Regular biography
Jason Ernst is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research interests include computational biology, bioinformatics, and machine learning. He is affiliated with the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and maintains a laboratory focused on these areas. His work is reflected in publications available on his lab website. He can be contacted via email at jason.ernst@ucla.edu.
Scholar-generated biography
Jason Ernst is a Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, specializing in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Epigenomics, and Machine Learning. His research focuses on understanding the complex regulatory mechanisms governing gene expression and chromatin structure through integrative analysis of genomic data. Ernst's work includes the development of computational tools such as ChromHMM and STEM, which enable the analysis of chromatin states and short time series gene expression data. His research has contributed significantly to the field of epigenomics, particularly through projects like the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE), which aims to identify functional elements in the human genome. His studies also explore the role of DNA methylation in diseases such as Alzheimer's and the evolutionary constraints on the human genome.