Zoeb Jamal, grad student

Education

• Ph.D. student, Integrative Genetics and Genomics graduate group, UC Davis (2023-current)

• B.S. Computational and Systems Biology, Minor in Scandinavian, UCLA (2022)

Professional Experience

• Undergraduate Researcher, Xia Yang lab, Päivi Pajukanta lab (UCLA)

• Research Assistant, Department of Human Genetics in Päivi Pajukanta lab (UCLA)

Interests

• Bioinformatics

• Machine learning

• Evolutionary genetics

Hobbies

• Rock climbing

• Running

• Formula 1

Recent Publications

• Age-dependent genes in adipose stem and precursor cells affect regulation of fat cell differentiation and link aging to obesity via cellular and genetic interactions.  Kar, A., Alvarez, M., Garske, K. M., Huang, H., Lee, S. H. T., Deal, M., Das, S. S., Koka, A., Jamal, Z., Mohlke, K. L., Laakso, M., Heinonen, S., Pietiläinen, K. H., & Pajukanta, P. (2024). Genome Medicine, 16(1), 19.

Contact: znjamal [at] ucdavis.edu