Tanigawa Lab
University of California, Los Angeles · Bioengineering
Graduate application deadlines
Bioengineering
PhD in Bioengineering
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 1, 2026
Source: bioeng.ucla.eduChecked Nov 2, 2026MS in Bioengineering
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 1, 2026
Source: bioeng.ucla.eduChecked Nov 2, 2026
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Prof. Yosuke Tanigawa at University of California, Los Angeles Bioengineering lists Disease heterogeneity dissection, Statistical genetics and polygenic score methods, Biomedical data science and multimodal integration, AI/ML methods for genomic and clinical data, Translational applications in precision medicine as their registered research area.
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Recent papers
- GeneSIS: enhancing transferability of polygenic scores with variant-level gene-by-sex interaction effectsPreprintbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Sep 17
- Gene-gene and Gene-Environment Interactions Improve Genetic Risk Predictions for Complex DiseasesPreprintmedRxiv · Aug 14
- EpiATLAS – a reference for human epigenomic researchPreprintbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Jun 26
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