Steve Pierce, Ph.D.
About Steve Pierce
- Country of Birth: USA
- Undergraduate University: Reed College (B.A. in biology)
- Graduate University: Columbia University (Ph.D. in genetics and development)
- Thesis: Analyzing genomic studies and a screen for genes that suppress information loss during DNA damage repair
- Currently Working On: Computational methods to identify genetic predispositions to breast cancer or Parkinson’s
PUBLICATIONS
Pierce SE, Booms A, Prahl J, van der Schans EJC, Tyson T, Coetzee GA. 2020. Post-GWAS knowledge gap: the how, where and when. npj Parkinsons 6:23.
Booms A, Coetzee GA, Pierce SE. 2019. MCF-7 as a model for functional analysis of breast cancer risk variants. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev.
Pierce SE, Tyson T, Booms A, Prahl J, Coetzee GA. 2018. Parkinson’s disease genetic risk in a midbrain neuronal cell line. Neurobiol Dis 114:53–64.