Mark Adams, Ph.D.
Professor & Interim Scientific Director, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Leads the research and clinical genome sequencing groups.
Mark Adams, Ph.D., leads the clinical and research genomics services that provide access to next-generation sequencing platforms for JAX researchers. The CAP-accredited Advanced Precision Medicine Laboratory offers genetic testing to patients in the context of cancer and rare diseases.
Adams was a co-founder of The Institute for Genomic Research and Celera Genomics where he led the DNA sequencing and genome annotation groups responsible for sequencing of the initial human, mouse, and Drosophila genomes. He then joined the Department of Genetics at Case Western Reserve University, where he was an associate professor. Prior to joining JAX, he was the scientific director and professor at the J. Craig Venter Institute where he directed programs that characterized genomic changes in the evolution of antibiotic resistance in hospital-acquired infections.
He has a BA in Chemistry from Warren Wilson College and a Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry from the University of Michigan.
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Press ReleaseJune 21, 2021JAX center helps develop new genomic technology
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Press ReleaseJune 01, 2021JAX helps brief CT legislature on COVID-19 variants
Dr. Mark Adams of JAX and Dr. Nathan Grubaugh of the Yale School of Public Health spoke to legislators about how COVID s being monitored, which variants are present to date, and what we know about how the mutations are changing the properties of the virus itself. -
Press ReleaseJanuary 10, 2017Mark Adams joins The Jackson Laboratory as director, Microbial Genomic Services
Genomics pioneer and bioinformatics expert Mark Adams, Ph.D. will enhance the The Jackson Laboratory’s large-scale microbiome initiatives.