Hoffman research group
- Michael M. Hoffman
- Scientist (principal investigator)
- Research
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
- University Health Network
- Assistant 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
Databases
- DNAmod: the DNA modification database
Join the lab
People
- Michael Hoffman
- Davide Chicco
- Eric Roberts
- Coby Viner
- Mehran Karimzadeh
- Jai Sood
- Mickael Mendez
- Rachel Chan
- Danielle Denisko
- Francis Nguyen
- Chang Cao
- Lee Zamparo
- Samantha Wilson
- Marc Asenjo
News
- 2018-11-04: Michael is a co-chair of the Probabilistic Modeling in Genomics conference at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA.
- 2018-07-31: Michael is a session organizer, speaker, and chair at the 2018 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His talk covers: "Inference of transcription factor binding sites in new cell types from open chromatin and gene expression data".
- 2018-06-01: Michael is an invited speaker at the Symposium on Advances in Genomics, Epidemiology, and Statistics at the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 2018-04-04: Michael is a co-author on "Opportunities and obstacles for deep learning in biology and medicine" in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
- 2018-03-20: Francis presents a poster on "Predicting genomic annotation from chromatin accessibility" at the Systems Biology: Global Regulation of Gene Expression conference at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA.
- 2018-03-12: Nicole Dirks (Toronto French School) joins the lab for the Gene Researcher For A Week Program.
- News archive
Contact
- Twitter: @michaelhoffman
- LinkedIn: michaelmhoffman