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Jaime L. Lopes, PhD


  • Director, Genetics and Genomics Diagnostic Laboratory, Division of Human Genetics
  • Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

MSc: Molecular Genetics of Human Disease, University College London, UK, 2012-2013.

PhD: Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Wayne State State University, Detroit, MI, 2014-2018.

Fellowship: Laboratory Genetics and genomics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2018-2021.

Interests

Molecular and cytogenetics

Research Areas

Publications

The Innate Immune System Surveillance Biomarker p87 in African Americans and Caucasians with Small High-Grade Dysplastic Adenoma [SHiGDA] and Right-Sided JAK3 Colon Mutations May Explain the Presence of Multiple Cancers Revealing an Important Minority of Patients with JAK3 Mutations and Colorectal Neoplasia. Tobi, M; Zhao, X; Rodriquez, R; Tobi, YY; Ganguly, T; Kuhn, D; McVicker, B; Lawson, MJ; Lieb, J; Lopes, JL. Gastrointestinal Disorders. 2024; 6:497-512.

Identification of sex-specific genetic associations in response to opioid analgesics in a White, non-Hispanic cohort from Southeast Minnesota. Lopes, GS; Lopes, JL; Bielinski, SJ; Armasu, SM; Zhu, Y; Cavanaugh, DC; Moyer, AM; Jacobson, DJ; Wang, L; Jiang, R; St. Sauver, JL; Larson, NB. The Pharmacogenomics Journal. 2022; 22:117-123.

Germline mutations in apoptosis pathway genes in ovarian cancer; the functional role of a TP53I3 (PIG3) variant in ROS production and DNA repair. Chaudhry, SR; Lopes, J; Levin, NK; Kalpage, H; Tainsky, MA. Cell Death Discovery. 2021; 7:62.