The Cube Initiative with Ed Liu
The Cube Initiative is accelerating how The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) conducts research by combining our extensive genetic expertise, large-scale research capacity, predictive computational power and collaborative culture. The Cube platform will be a conduit for scientists around the world to better understand our different propensities for disease. This dynamic digital tool will curate scientific discovery, integrate mouse and human data and generate visual imagery of biological networks affected by disease.
Proof of concept: Type 2 diabetes
JAX scientists are in the process of creating a computable, multidimensional data environment for sophisticated human and mouse data related to type 2 diabetes (T2D). The Cube core team is using their collective ability to generate, organize and, most importantly, analyze and interpret integrated genomic and physiologic measurements.
- Edison Liu, M.D., President and CEO
- Madeleine Braun, Ph.D., M.B.A., Chief of Presidential Initiatives
- Doug Abbott, M.B.A., C.P.A.,Chief Financial Officer
- Candice Baker, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist and Program Manager, Cube
- Elissa J. Chesler, Ph.D., Professor
- Gregory Carter, Ph.D., Associate Professor
- Gary Churchill, Ph.D., Professor, Karl Gunnar Johansson Chair
- Jake Emerson, M.S., Principal Scientific Software Engineer
- Ken Fasman, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Research
- Charles Lee, Ph.D., FACMG Scientific Director and Professor, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
- Renee LaCasse, Executive Assistant II
- Bill Pierce, Chief Information Officer
- Laura Reinholdt, Ph.D., Associate Professor
- Nadia Rosenthal, Ph.D., FMedSci, FAAHMS, Scientific Director and Professor, The Jackson Laboratory for Mammalian Genetics
- Alan Sawyer, Senior Director of Scientific Services
- Michael Stitzel, Ph.D., Associate Professor
- Jay Vetelino, Senior Director, Financial Planning and Budgets
- Charles Wray, Ph.D., Vice President for Education