Hoffman research group
- Michael M. Hoffman
- Senior Scientist (principal investigator)
- Computational Biology and Medicine Program
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
- University Health Network
- Associate Professor (status-only)
- Computational Biology Group
- Department of Computer Science
- University of Toronto
We develop machine learning techniques to better understand chromatin biology. These models and algorithms transform high-dimensional functional genomics data into interpretable patterns and lead to new biological insight.
Publications
Software
- Segway: semi-automated genomic annotation
- Segtools: segmentation analysis and graphics
- Genomedata: efficient storage and retrieval
- Umap and Bismap: tools for quantifying mappability of the genome and methylome
- BEHST: biological enrichment of hidden sequence targets
- Virchip: predicting transcription factor binding by learning from the transcriptome
- PeaKO: finding transcription factor binding motifs using knockout controls
Databases
- DNAmod: the DNA modification database
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People
Meet the team- Michael Hoffman
- Eric Roberts
- Coby Viner
- Linh Huynh
- Annie Lu
- Luomeng Tan
- Mary Agopian
- Gergely Pap
- Yahan Zhang
- Natalia Mukhina
News
- 2024-11-06: Michael is a commentator on a news story titled "Researchers rejoice: the Canadian Common CV’s days are numbered", on University Affairs.
- 2024-10-15: Michael is a co-author on a paper titled "LINE1 and PRC2 control nucleolar organization and repression of the 8C-state in human ESCs on Developmental Cell.
- 2024-10-03: Eric releases Genomedata 1.7.3
- 2024-09-16: Michael is a co-author on a paper titled "A renewed call for open artificial intelligence in biomedicine", a preprint on OSF Preprints.
- 2024-08-19: Luomeng and Yahan are recipients of the 2024-2025 MBP Excellence OSOTF scholarships.
- 2024-09-06: Michael presents a selected talk on "Human papillomavirus integration transforms chromatin to drive oncogenesis" at the 2024 Chromatin Control of Viral Infection Workshop, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
- News archive
Contact
- Twitter: @michaelhoffman
- LinkedIn: michaelmhoffman