Dr. Jay Shendure
Jay Shendure, MD/PhD, collaborates with fellow Crazy 8 researchers in barcoding pediatric leukemia for therapeutic purposes. Dr. Shendure is a scientist and human geneticist at the University of Washington, Professor in the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and an Affiliate Investigator in the Human Biology Division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. His interests include the development and application of new technologies and methods for genetics, genomics, and molecular biology. Ultimately, his goal is to develop innovations that make a big impact on our understanding of biology and disease.
Barcode-based recording allows us to capture information about past events that are not readily obtainable by other means. I am incredibly excited about the potential of these methods to shed fresh light on the origin and early progression of childhood cancer.
Dr. Jay Shendure