One Ignition Award went to Dr. Sanjay Srivatsan, an assistant professor in the Basic Sciences Division. Sanjay’s funded project will focus on developing a new platform investigating the single cell whole genome and transcriptome of pediatric patients with acute leukemia. With this detailed data set, Dr. Srivatsan intends on utilizing a novel statistical framework called "genomic velocity," which looks at mutations shared between cells to estimate the rate of change of each given clone in a sample. Collectively, this will create a longitudinal clinical profile for leukemia patients that is more comprehensive and will inform the clinical decision-making process.
