Julie Dragon, PhD
Associate Professor
Director of the Bioinformatics Shared Resource
Interim Director of the Vermont Integrative Genomics Research
julie.dragon@med.uvm.edu
Given Courtyard S451
95 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
Affiliated Department(s)
- Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Vermont Integrative Genomics
- Bioinformatics Shared Resource
BIO
- Ph.D. in Plant Biology UVM, studying the evolution of an arctic-subarctic section of marsh sedges with Dr. David Barrington.
- Postdoctoral research, evolution of salt tolerance through hybridization with Dr. Marcia Waterway at McGill University.
- In 2010, joined UVM Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics as a bioinformatician with the Bioinformatics Shared Resource.
- Focused on the analysis of genome-wide expression data and systems biology. Research has expanded to include variant analysis and metagenomics.
Area(s) of expertise
- Bioinformatician finding high performance computing solutions to the analysis of high-throughput -omics data.
- Focus on a wide range of basic science and translational research projects, including those related to cancer and other diseases.
- In 2014, Director of the Bioinformatics Shared Resource (BSR), the Larner College of Medicine’s bioinformatics core facility.
- In 2017, Director of the Vermont Integrative Genomics Resource (VIGR), which fused the BSR with the Advanced Genome Technologies Core (AGTC).
Bio
- Ph.D. in Plant Biology UVM, studying the evolution of an arctic-subarctic section of marsh sedges with Dr. David Barrington.
- Postdoctoral research, evolution of salt tolerance through hybridization with Dr. Marcia Waterway at McGill University.
- In 2010, joined UVM Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics as a bioinformatician with the Bioinformatics Shared Resource.
- Focused on the analysis of genome-wide expression data and systems biology. Research has expanded to include variant analysis and metagenomics.
Areas of Expertise
- Bioinformatician finding high performance computing solutions to the analysis of high-throughput -omics data.
- Focus on a wide range of basic science and translational research projects, including those related to cancer and other diseases.
- In 2014, Director of the Bioinformatics Shared Resource (BSR), the Larner College of Medicine’s bioinformatics core facility.
- In 2017, Director of the Vermont Integrative Genomics Resource (VIGR), which fused the BSR with the Advanced Genome Technologies Core (AGTC).