Adam Phillippy, PhD
Senior Investigator
adam.phillippy
nih.gov
Adam began his career at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) in 2001, followed by graduate school at the University of Maryland from 2005 to 2010 under the advising of Dr. Steven Salzberg. After receiving his PhD in computer science, he established a bioinformatics research group at the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) and in 2015 moved his lab to the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), where it currently resides. He has made foundational contributions to bioinformatics, specifically in the areas of genome alignment, genome assembly, and microbial forensics. Early in his career he made key contributions to the FBI's genomic investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks, and most recently he pioneered the use of single-molecule and nanopore sequencing for the accurate reconstruction of complete genomes. For this work he was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2019.
Merqury
Evaluate genome assemblies with k-mers and more
MetaMaps
Long-read metagenomic analysis
SALSA
A tool to scaffold long read assemblies with Hi-C data
HLA*PRG:LA
Fast and efficient HLA typing from whole-genome sequencing data
September 22, 2020
September 21, 2020
October 22, 2018
May 23, 2018
Merqury: reference-free quality, completeness, and phasing assessment for genome assemblies
Genome Biology, September 14, 2020
Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus
HiCanu: accurate assembly of segmental duplications, satellites, and allelic variants from high-fidelity long reads
Genome Research, August 14, 2020
Nurk S, Walenz BP, Rhie A, Vollger MR, Logsdon GA, Grothe R, Miga KH, Eichler EE, Phillippy AM, Koren S
Genomic analyses of a livestock pest, the New World screwworm, find potential targets for genetic control programs
Communications biology, August 4, 2020
Scott MJ, Benoit JB, Davis RJ, Bailey ST, Varga V, Martinson EO, Hickner PV, Syed Z, Cardoso GA, Torres TT, Weirauch MT, Scholl EH, Phillippy AM, Sagel A, Vasquez M, Quintero G, Skoda SR