Dana Pe'er
Dana Pe'er | |
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דנה פאר | |
Dana Pe'er | |
| Born | 1971 (age 53–54) |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Spouse | Itsik Pe'er |
| Children | Inbar, Carmel |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology Computational biology Systems biology |
| Institutions | Harvard Medical School Columbia University Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Thesis | From Gene Expression to Molecular Pathways (2003) |
| Doctoral advisor | Nir Friedman |
| Other academic advisors | George M. Church |
Dana Pe'er (Hebrew: דנה פאר; born 1971), Chair and Professor in Computational and Systems Biology Program at Sloan Kettering Institute is a researcher in computational systems biology. A Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator since 2021, she was previously a professor at Columbia Department of Biological Sciences. Pe'er's research focuses on understanding the organization, function and evolution of molecular networks, particularly how genetic variations alter the regulatory network and how these genetic variations can cause cancer.