Elaine Mardis, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Genetics at Washington University as well as Co-Director of The Genome Institute at Washington University. For the past four years, Dr. Mardis and her team have spearheaded several large-scale genomics projects aimed at fully characterizing human and genetically-engineered mouse NF1-associated brain tumors
At the Washington University NF Center Research Symposium, Dr. Mardis will describe her exciting work on leveraging advanced genomic and genetic sequencing approaches to understand tumors arising in people with NF1. Dr. Mardis will be speaking at 9:30AM on May 16, 2014.