Science AMA Series: I’m John Novembre and I study the genetic diversity of human populations from an evolutionary perspective by developing and applying computational methods.

Hi Reddit!I am a population geneticist and computational biologist and my research focuses on analyzing large-scale genetic variation data from humans (and other species). We are interested in understanding genetic diversity for what it can tell us about the evolutionary past and about genetic processes like mutation and recombination. A major focus of our work is on analyzing geographic patterns of variation and on the impacts recent population growth in humans. Much of our work has relevance for evaluating strategies human geneticists might use for mapping disease and for personalized genomics and ancestry inference.I will be back at 1 pm ET (10 am PT, 6 pm UTC) to answer your questions, ask me anything!Note from the mods: John is a 2015 recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship award
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Hi Reddit!

I am a population geneticist and computational biologist and my research focuses on analyzing large-scale genetic variation data from humans (and other species). We are interested in understanding genetic diversity for what it can tell us about the evolutionary past and about genetic processes like mutation and recombination. A major focus of our work is on analyzing geographic patterns of variation and on the impacts recent population growth in humans. Much of our work has relevance for evaluating strategies human geneticists might use for mapping disease and for personalized genomics and ancestry inference.

I will be back at 1 pm ET (10 am PT, 6 pm UTC) to answer your questions, ask me anything!

Note from the mods: John is a 2015 recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship award