Eran Elhaik

Lecturer
Animal and Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom

Academician Plant Sciences
Biography

BSc (1999) Israel, Open University (double major in Computer Science and Business) PhD (2009) Texas, University of Houston Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2009-2011) Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2011-2013) Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health Research Associate (2013-2013) Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health Lecturer (2014-present) University of Sheffield

Research Intrest

My research centres on identifying and addressing BIG QUESTIONS in biology from multiple fields such as: Complex disorders, particularly mental health disorders Population genetics (biogeography, population structure, DNA reconstruction) Personalised medicine (prescribing medicine based on biogeography) Molecular evolution (molecular clocks, evolution rates) Genomics (genome evolution, phylogeny) Paleo-genomics (Adam Y chromosome, ancient genomes) Epigenetics (methylation, gene expression, regulation) My research is multidisciplinary and requires computational and statistical skills alongside epidemiological and mathematical skills. For example, in Elhaik (2013a) I designed a dedicated microarray for genetic genealogy, in Elhaik (2013b) I showed that the origin of European Jews is from the Khazars, in Elhaik (2014a) I dated the most ancient human Y chromosome known as "Adam" Y chromosome, and in Elhaik (2014b) I developed the GPS tool that uses DNA to predict geographical origin of populations with an extreme accuracy. Current research topics include: Identifying the environmental causes of autism and developing therapeutic methods Identifying the "Missing Link" between human and ape Predicting the geographical origins of ancient populations Developing applications for personalised medicine and stem cell therapy

List of Publications
Elhaik E, Tatarinova TV, Klyosov AA & Graur D (2014) The ‘extremely ancient’ chromosome that isn’t: a forensic bioinformatic investigation of Albert Perry’s X-degenerate portion of the Y chromosome. European Journal of Human Genetics, 22(9), 1111-1116.
Elsik CG, Worley KC, Bennett AK, Beye M, Camara F, Childers CP, et al. Finding the missing honey bee genes: lessons learned from a genome upgrade. BMC Genomics [Internet]. Springer Nature; 2014;15(1):86.
Elhaik E, Tatarinova T, Chebotarev D, Piras IS, Calò CM, De Montis A, et al. Corrigendum: Geographic population structure analysis of worldwide human populations infers their biogeographical origins. Nature Communications [Internet]. Springer Nature; 2016 Oct 31;7:13468.
Elhaik E, Graur D. A Comparative Study and a Phylogenetic Exploration of the Compositional Architectures of Mammalian Nuclear Genomes. Kosakovsky Pond SL, editor. PLoS Computational Biology [Internet]. Public Library of Science (PLoS); 2014 Nov 6;10(11):e1003925.