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Arushi Varshney

I work out how genetic variation changes gene regulation at the University of Michigan. Single-nucleus multi-omics across hundreds of human samples, mapped down to the cell types, regulatory elements and genes behind metabolic disease. Before that, a PhD in human genetics here and bioengineering at EPFL.

A GWAS signal names a stretch of the genome, not a mechanism. The work is finding which variant, in which cell type, acting on which gene.

GWAS · type 2 diabetes eQTL · skeletal muscle accessible chromatin · one cell type same variant position along the chromosome -log10 p -log10 p
Fig. 1 Two signals, one locus. When a trait association and a molecular QTL rise and fall together, the variant they share is the one worth chasing into a cell type.