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Ivan Iossifov, PhD

Associate Faculty Member, NYGC Professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Lab Groups & Research Areas

Ivan Iossifov, PhD, is an Associate Faculty Member at the New York Genome Center (NYGC), with a joint appointment as a Professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

His research interests are in the areas of genomics and systems biology and their application in the study of the etiologies of neuropsychiatric disorders like autism, schizophrenia and cancer. At the NYGC, Dr. Iossifov’s research focuses on large autism sequencing projects. He is facilitating collaborations with groups both within the NYGC and outside the NYGC that study other common human diseases.

Prior Experience

Dr. Iossifov obtained an MS degree in Computer Science from Sofia University in Bulgaria and a PhD in Biomedical Informatics from Columbia University.

Publications & Pre-Prints

Recent Publications

  • bioRxiv.  ·  February 11, 2024  ·  Preprint

    The Genotype and Phenotypes in Families (GPF) platform manages the large and complex data at SFARI.

    Liubomir Chorbadjiev, Murat Cokol, Zohar Weinstein, Kevin Shi, Chris Fleisch, Nikolay Dimitrov, Svetlin Mladenov, Simon Xu, Jake Hall, Steven Ford, Yoon-ha Lee, Boris Yamrom, Steven Marks, Adriana Munoz, Alex Lash, Natalia Volfovsky, Ivan Iossifov.

    Iossifov Lab Biology, Genomics & Technology
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  • The American Journal of Human Genetics  ·  October 5, 2023

    Heterozygous deletion of the autism-associated gene CHD8 impairs synaptic function through widespread changes in gene expression and chromatin compaction.

    Xi Shi, Congyi Lu, Alba Corman, Alexandra Nikish, Yang Zhou, Randy J. Platt, Ivan Iossifov, Feng Zhang, Jen Q. Pan, Neville E. Sanjana

    Iossifov Lab Sanjana Lab Biology, Genomics & Technology
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  • Genetics  ·  June 22, 2023

    Genetic control of mRNA splicing as a potential mechanism for incomplete penetrance of rare coding variants.

    Jonah Einson, Dafni Glinos, Eric Boerwinkle, Peter Castaldi, Dawood Darbar, Mariza de Andrade, Patrick Ellinor, Myriam Fornage, Stacey Gabriel, Soren Germer, Richard Gibbs, Craig Hersh, Jill Johnsen, Robert Kaplan, Barbara Konkle, Charles Kooperberg, Rami Nassir, Ruth J.F. Loos, Deborah A Meyers, Braxton D. Mitchell, Bruce Psaty, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Stephen S. Rich, Michael Rienstra, Jerome I. Rotter, Aabida Saferali, M. Benjamin Shoemaker, Edwin Silverman, Albert Vernon Smith, Pejman Mohammadi, Stephane E Castel, Ivan Iossifov, Tuuli Lappalainen

    Iossifov Lab Lappalainen Lab Biology, Genomics & Technology
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