Studying the Effects of Genes and Environment in Aging

Advisor: Yolanda Gil (Viterbi School of Engineering)
Students: Meera Patel , Boya Li , Haoyang Chen , Qinming Zhang , Ming Yan

Description

Students will analyze genomic and environmental data collected through the lifetime of individuals to investigate which genes and external conditions could be associated with aging. The goal of the project will be to reproduce an existing published paper and improve on its results.

Awards

Best Interdisciplinary Data Science Team

Students

Meera Patel
Boya Li
Haoyang Chen
Qinming Zhang
Ming Yan

Advisors

T. Em Arpawong
Yolanda Gil

Skills Required by the team

Python
R
Machine Learning