Jason McDermott
Expertise
Dr. McDermott, senior research scientist, has extensive research experience in molecular and structural virology and data resource design, data integration and prediction of biological networks, bridging experimental and computational biology. Dr. McDermott received his Ph.D. from the Department in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology from Oregon Health & Science University and received his post-doctoral training in computational biology and bioinformatics at the University of Washington. He joined the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics group at PNNL in 2006. Currently, his research interests include data integration of high-throughput 'omics data for biomarker discovery, developing systems biology models of cyclic systems and host-pathogen interactions, characterizing phylogenetic and functional relationships in complex eukaryotic microbial communities, and using network inference and topology to characterize organism-level phenotypes.
Education
- Ph.D. Oregon Health & Science University, Structural Virology, 2000
- B.A. Reed College, Biology, 1993