Sohini Ramachandran
EducationStanford University
Alma materStanford University
Scientific career
ThesisThe signature of historical migrations on human population genetic data (2007)
Doctoral advisorMarcus Feldman
Websitehttps://brown.edu/Research/Ramachandran_Lab/

Sohini Ramachandran is professor at Brown University known for her work in evolutionary biology and population genetics.

Early life and education

Ramachandran's parents were both professors.[1] In the summer before her senior year of high school, Ramachandran completed a research project in plant genomics under the guidance of Marcus Feldman, which won her the fourth place prize in the 1998 Westinghouse Science Talent Search,[2] where when she was the youngest finalist in the group.[3] Ramachandran earned a B.S. from Stanford University in 2002. She went on to complete a Ph.D. at Stanford University in the Department of Biological Sciences, advised by Marcus Feldman. Her dissertation research was dissertation was titled "The signature of historical migrations on human population genetic data."[4] Following her PhD, she was in the Harvard Society of Fellows as a postdoctoral researcher with John Wakeley in Harvard University's Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.[5] She moved to Brown University in 2010 and was promoted to professor in 2021.[5] In 2019, she was a fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study.[6]

Research

Ramachandran's research group uses statistical and mathematical modeling techniques to study evolutionary biology and population genetics. Her early research examined the genetic relationships originating within people from Africa,[7][8] where she showed that diversity decreases as distance from Africa increases.[9] She has also investigated the use of genetic tools to track infectious diseases[10][11] and shown that while more outbreaks are occurring, fewer people are getting infected.[12] She has also shown a lack of genetic evidence for selection for language at the FOXP2 site.[13]

Selected publications

Honors and awards

In 2012, Ramachandran received a Sloan Research Fellowship[14] and was named a Pew Scholar.[15] From Brown University she has received the Henry Merritt Wriston Fellowship (2016)[16] and the Philip J. Bray Award for excellence in teaching.[17] In 2019, she received a Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering.[18][19]

References

  1. ↑ Chen, Ling-Ling; Claw, Katrina G.; Ramachandran, Sohini (2016). "A two-fold challenge: the experience of women of color in genomics". Genome Biology. 17 (1): 210. doi:10.1186/s13059-016-1075-0. ISSN 1474-760X. PMC 5059990. PMID 27729075.
  2. ↑ Chiu, Yvonne (1998-03-09). "Fair Oaks teen gets national honor". The Sacramento Bee. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  3. ↑ Alcala, Carlos (1998-01-28). "Fair Oaks teen, like sister, is on academic fast track". The Sacramento Bee. pp. , . Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  4. ↑ Ramachandran, Sohini (2007). The signature of historical migrations on human population genetic data (Thesis). OCLC 269371999.
  5. 1 2 "Sohini Ramachandran Lab: people". brown.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  6. ↑ "SCAS: Sohini Ramachandran". www.swedishcollegium.se. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  7. ↑ Ramachandran, Sohini; Deshpande, Omkar; Roseman, Charles C.; Rosenberg, Noah A.; Feldman, Marcus W.; Cavalli-Sforza, L. Luca (2005). "Support from the relationship of genetic and geographic distance in human populations for a serial founder effect originating in Africa". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102 (44): 15942–15947. Bibcode:2005PNAS..10215942R. doi:10.1073/pnas.0507611102. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 1276087. PMID 16243969.
  8. ↑ Henn, Brenna M.; Gignoux, Christopher R.; Jobin, Matthew; Granka, Julie M.; Macpherson, J. M.; Kidd, Jeffrey M.; Rodríguez-Botigué, Laura; Ramachandran, Sohini; Hon, Lawrence; Brisbin, Abra; Lin, Alice A. (2011-03-29). "Hunter-gatherer genomic diversity suggests a southern African origin for modern humans". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (13): 5154–5162. doi:10.1073/pnas.1017511108. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3069156. PMID 21383195.
  9. ↑ Scudellari, Megan (June 2012). "Sohini Ramachandran: Population Tracker". The Scientist Magazine®. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  10. ↑ Smith, Katherine F.; Goldberg, Michael; Rosenthal, Samantha; Carlson, Lynn; Chen, Jane; Chen, Cici; Ramachandran, Sohini (2014-12-06). "Global rise in human infectious disease outbreaks". Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 11 (101): 20140950. doi:10.1098/rsif.2014.0950. PMC 4223919. PMID 25401184.
  11. ↑ Nakka, Priyanka; Raphael, Benjamin J; Ramachandran, Sohini (2016-10-01). "Gene and Network Analysis of Common Variants Reveals Novel Associations in Multiple Complex Diseases". Genetics. 204 (2): 783–798. doi:10.1534/genetics.116.188391. ISSN 1943-2631. PMC 5068862. PMID 27489002.
  12. ↑ Berman, Jessica (October 29, 2014). "Global Infection Outbreaks Rise over Past 30 Years". Voice of America News / FIND; Washington.
  13. ↑ Atkinson, Elizabeth Grace; Audesse, Amanda Jane; Palacios, Julia Adela; Bobo, Dean Michael; Webb, Ashley Elizabeth; Ramachandran, Sohini; Henn, Brenna Mariah (2018-09-06). "No Evidence for Recent Selection at FOXP2 among Diverse Human Populations". Cell. 174 (6): 1424–1435.e15. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2018.06.048. ISSN 0092-8674. PMC 6128738. PMID 30078708.
  14. ↑ "Sohini Ramachandran, Ph.D." pew.org. August 23, 2012. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  15. ↑ "Eight Women Win Pew Scholarships in the Biomedical Sciences". Women in Academia Report; Bartonsville. July 3, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Sohini Ramchandran awarded Wriston Fellowship". CCMB | Brown University. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  17. ↑ Gimenes, Livia (2021-07-03). "Sohini Ramachandran Receives The Philip J. Bray Award For Excellence In Teaching In The Physical Sciences". awards.cs.brown.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  18. ↑ "Two Brown researchers earn top White House award for early-career scientists". Brown University. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  19. ↑ Abbey Bigler and Talylor Walter. "PECASE Honoree Sohini Ramachandran Studies the Genetic Foundations of Traits in Diverse Populations". NIGMS Biomedical Beat Blog. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
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