Welcome! We are the Edge lab, a group of researchers studying evolutionary genetics at the University of Southern California (USC). We use math, statistics, and computation to study the sources and consequences of genetic variation. We are part of USC’s Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology (QCB), which administers the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB) graduate program.
Find Us
We are located on the 4th floor of Ray R. Irani Hall (RRI) at the University of Southern California, in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.
News
May 2025Feriel Ouerghi's paper on forensic likelihood ratios from sequencing reads is accepted at FSI Genetics. Congratulations, Feriel!
April 2025Sanjana Paye's paper on the implications of mathematical bounds on r^2 for case-control GWAS is accepted at Theoretical Population Biology. Congratulations, Sanjana!
April 2025Feriel Ouerghi, Obadiah Mulder, Dandan Peng, and Janis Liu all completed their qualifying exams this month. Congratulations to all our students, and thanks to their faculty committees.
Mar 2025Our collaborative paper (led by Charleston Chiang's lab) on an ARG-based likelihood for demographic inference is accepted at Nature Genetics.
Feb 2025Janis Liu's paper on Qst-Fst comparisons is accepted at Genetics. Congratulations, Janis!