The Jian Carrot-Zhang Lab

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Jian Carrot-Zhang
Jian Carrot-Zhang, PhD

The Carrot-Zhang Lab started in 2022. We focus on developing cutting-edge computational methods to link the germline genome to the specific somatic phenotypes, in order to better characterize cancer risk and response to treatment mechanisms. Another focus of the lab is combining statistical modeling and large-scale, multiethnic clinical genomic cohorts to understand how cancer is impacted by genetic ancestry, with the goal of improving precision oncology for all. The group is also involved in Project GENIE (Genomics Evidence Neoplasia Information Exchange), a collaboration with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), and has a strong interest in discovering new cancer drivers through whole-genome sequencing.

Publications

Carrot-Zhang J, Chambwe N, Damrauer JS, Knijnenburg TA, Robertson AG, Yau C, Zhou W, Berger AC, Huang KL, Newberg JY, Mashl RJ, Romanel A, Sayaman RW, Demichelis F, Felau I, Frampton GM, Han S, Hoadley KA, Kemal A, Laird PW, Lazar AJ, Le X, Oak N, Shen H, Wong CK, Zenklusen JC, Ziv E; Cancer Genome Atlas Analysis Network, Cherniack AD, Beroukhim R. Comprehensive Analysis of Genetic Ancestry and Its Molecular Correlates in Cancer. Cancer Cell. 2020 May 11;37(5):639-654.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2020.04.012. PMCID: PMC7328015.

Carrot-Zhang J, Soca-Chafre G, Patterson N, Thorner AR, Nag A, Watson J, Genovese G, Rodriguez J, Gelbard MK, Corrales-Rodriguez L, Mitsuishi Y, Ha G, Campbell JD, Oxnard GR, Arrieta O, Cardona AF, Gusev A, Meyerson M. Genetic Ancestry Contributes to Somatic Mutations in Lung Cancers from Admixed Latin American Populations. Cancer Discov. 2021 Mar;11(3):591-598. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-20-1165. Epub 2020 Dec 2. PMCID: PMC7933062.

Carrot-Zhang J, Yao X, Devarakonda S, Deshpande A, Damrauer JS, Silva TC, Wong CK, Choi HY, Felau I, Robertson AG, Castro MAA, Bao L, Rheinbay E, Liu EM, Trieu T, Haan D, Yau C, Hinoue T, Liu Y, Shapira O, Kumar K, Mungall KL, Zhang H, Lee JJ, Berger A, Gao GF, Zhitomirsky B, Liang WW, Zhou M, Moorthi S, Berger AH, Collisson EA, Zody MC, Ding L, Cherniack AD, Getz G, Elemento O, Benz CC, Stuart J, Zenklusen JC, Beroukhim R, Chang JC, Campbell JD, Hayes DN, Yang L, Laird PW, Weinstein JN, Kwiatkowski DJ, Tsao MS, Travis WD, Khurana E, Berman BP, Hoadley KA, Robine N; TCGA Research Network, Meyerson M, Govindan R, Imielinski M. Whole-genome characterization of lung adenocarcinomas lacking the RTK/RAS/RAF pathway. Cell Rep. 2021 Feb 2;34(5):108707. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108707. Erratum in: Cell Rep. 2021 Feb 23;34(8):108784. PMCID: PMC8009291.

Chen H, Carrot-Zhang J, Zhao Y, Hu H, Freeman SS, Yu S, Ha G, Taylor AM, Berger AC, Westlake L, Zheng Y, Zhang J, Ramachandran A, Zheng Q, Pan Y, Zheng D, Zheng S, Cheng C, Kuang M, Zhou X, Zhang Y, Li H, Ye T, Ma Y, Gao Z, Tao X, Han H, Shang J, Yu Y, Bao D, Huang Y, Li X, Zhang Y, Xiang J, Sun Y, Li Y, Cherniack AD, Campbell JD, Shi L, Meyerson M. Genomic and immune profiling of pre-invasive lung adenocarcinoma. Nat Commun. 2019 Nov 29;10(1):5472. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13460-3. PMCID: PMC6884501.

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People

Jian Carrot-Zhang

Jian Carrot-Zhang, PhD

  • Computational Geneticist focused on germline-somatic interaction in multi-ethnic populations.

Members

David Ma
David Ma

Computational Biologist Sr. I

Tomin Perea-Chamblee
Tomin Perea-Chamblee

Bioinformatics Software Engineer

Genesis Pineda
Genesis Pineda

Administrative Assistant

Achievements

  • National Cancer Institute – K99 Pathway to Independence Award, “Understanding ancestral contribution to lung adenocarcinoma.” (Role: PI) (2021)
  • Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2019)
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