George Vasmatzis
Mayo Clinic; MN, Rochester, USA.
Biography
I am a Consultant in the Department of Molecular Medicine and a member of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, as well as the co-director of the Biomarker Discovery Program, within the Center for Individualized Medicine. My research program consists of bioinformatics specialists, molecular biologists, epidemiologists, and pathologists. This team has demonstrated success in discovery and translation of several biomarkers as well as developing evidence-based models that should help clinicians stratify (cancer) patients in order to provide each individual with the appropriate care. With the recent advances in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies my laboratory have been engaging in massive sequencing to scan the genome of cancer cells for abnormalities that can be used for clinical purposes such as diagnosis and stratification of patients for optimal treatment. Published papers in Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Research and BLOOD further demonstrate our discovery, validation, and translation capabilities.
Published and/ or presented over 100 peer reviewed publications.
Abstract
Abstract : Biomarker Discovery Facilitated by Next Generation Sequencing