Jackson Laboratory

The Robinson Lab

Principal Investigator: Peter Robinson, M.D., MSc.

The Jackson Laboratory
Farmington, CT

Contact me at: 860-837-2095

Connect with me:

Develops algorithms and software for the analysis of exome and genome sequences.

The Robinson Lab is primarily located at The Jackson Laboratory. Together with the Phenomics Team, our group develops the Human Phenotype Ontology and applications of this ontology to differential diagnostics and genomics analyses.

We develop algorithms for exome and genome sequencing, ChIP-seq, immunogenomics, and other genomics applications, Gene Ontology analysis, computational phenotype analysis, as well as various algorithms from the fields of Machine Learning and modeling of biological networks with the tools of linear algebra and graph theory. We also collaborate on the computational analysis of wetlab biological data, especially in the fields of human hereditary disease and the molecular basis of bone development and fracture healing.

Robinson Lab on Github

Research HighlightNovember 08, 2018
Working with uncertainty in cell populations
JAX researchers have developed a new computational algorithm that is capable of modeling the effects of both stochastic gene expression and cell-to-cell variability in a cell population.
Tech CornerOctober 11, 2018
Precision medicine and making sense of data
JAX professor calls for concerted effort to align data across patients and systems with comparable and consistent formats and contextual meaning.
Press ReleaseOctober 09, 2018
Advancing therapeutic gene editing
NIH awards $3.5M to JAX under multi-institution Somatic Cell Genome Editing program.
Search MagazineSeptember 11, 2018
Jumping genes and where to find them
Assistant Professor Christine Beck, Ph.D., is uncovering how recurring sequences in our genomes might shed light on genome stability, as well as diseases like cancer.

Press ReleaseOctober 24, 2018
Data provides new hope for pediatric brain tumor patients
Using computer models, researchers have identified a potential new therapy that would reduce the long-term side effects of radiation therapy in pediatric brain cancer patients.
Search MagazineOctober 09, 2018
Of mighty mice and men
Pioneering scientist Se-Jin Lee, a leader in the study of muscle development, moves his groundbreaking research program to JAX.
Press ReleaseOctober 02, 2018
Addiction: The microbiome link
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has made a $4M grant to JAX scientists to explore the roles of the microbiome and genetics in substance use disorders.
Research HighlightSeptember 11, 2018
Exploring zinc finger proteins
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded Petko Petkov a four-year grant totaling $1,385,337 to exploit the new methods he has developed to profile and investigate zinc finger proteins and their binding sites.

Lab Staff

Peter Robinson, M.D., MSc.

Professor of Computational Biology

Develops algorithms and software for the analysis of exome and genome sequences.

View all research positions

Open Positions

Job	Job Title	Location	Description

Selected Publications

View full list of publications