Jerrod J. Schwartz, Ph.D.

Jerrod Schwartz, Ph.D.

Helen Hay Whitney Fellow
Department of Genome Sciences
University of Washington
Foege Building S-210
1705 NE Pacific St
Seattle WA 98195-5065

email: jschwar [at] u (dot) washington (dot) edu
phone: (206) 685-3720
fax: (206) 685-7301

Click here for my CV (updated 03/11).

Interests

Technology development for high throughput molecular biology, genome engineering, evolution, single molecule biophysics

Education

Stanford University, Ph.D. in Bioengineering, 2009
California Institute of Technology, M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, 2005
University of British Columbia, B.Sc. (Honours) in Biochemistry, 2003

Training

University of Washington, Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Jay Shendure, 2009-present
Stanford University, Graduate Research Assistant with Prof. Stephen Quake, 2005-2009
California Institute of Technology, Graduate Research Assistant with Prof. Stephen Quake, 2003-2004
University of British Columbia, Research Assistant with Prof. Andre Marziali, 2002-2003
Agencourt Bioscience, Research Assistant, 2002
Stanford Genome Technology Center, Research Assistant, 2001

Publications

Exome sequencing in sporadic autism spectrum disorders identifies severe de novo mutations
O'Roak BJ, Deriziotis P, Lee C, Vives L, Schwartz JJ, Girirajan S, Karakoc E, MacKenzie AP, Ng SB, Baker C, Rieder MJ, Nickerson DA, Bernier R, Fisher SE, Shendure J, Eichler EE. Nature Genet. (2011) DOI PubMed HTML PDF
(Highlighted in HHMI News and GenomeWeb Daily News)

Colloidal lenses enable high temperature single molecule imaging and improve fluorophore photostability
Schwartz JJ, Stavrakis S, Quake SR. Nature Nanotech., 5, 127-132 (2010) DOI PubMed HTML PDF
(Cover, Highlighted in Nature Nanotechnology News & Views and C&EN News)

Single molecule measurement of the "speed limit" of DNA polymerase
Schwartz JJ, Quake SR. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 106(48): 20294 - 20299, (2009) DOI PubMed HTML PDF
(Highlighted in Nature and GenomeWeb Daily News)

High density single molecule surface patterning with colloidal epitaxy
Schwartz JJ, Quake SR. Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 083902 (2007). DOI HTML PDF

Patents

Quake SR, Schwartz JJ, Mrksich M. Surface Chemistry and Deposition Techniques, US. Patent pending (application 20090053690).

Theses

Ph.D. - Technologies for high throughput single molecule DNA sequencing , Stanford University, defended May 2009.

B.Sc. (Honours) - High Information Content BAC Fingerprinting via Capillary Electrophoresis, University of British Columbia, defended April 2003.
* Awarded the UBC Violet and Blythe Eagles Undergraduate Prize for the Best Biochemistry Thesis