Jerrod Schwartz, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Department of Genome Sciences
University of Washington
Foege Building S-210
1705 NE Pacific St
Seattle WA 98195-5065

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

Interests: high throughput genomics & proteomics, single molecule biophysics

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

Publications:

4. Patterned Nanoparticle Arrays as Platforms for Single-Molecule Fluorescence Imaging
Stoltenberg R, Schwartz JJ, Quake SR, Bao Z. Submitted (2009).

3. Colloidal Lenses Enable High Temperature Single Molecule Imaging and Improve Fluorophore Photostability
Schwartz JJ, Stavrakis S, Quake SR. Nature Nanotechnology, 5, 127-132 (2010) doi:10.1038/nnano.2009.452
* Featured on the cover.
* Highlighted in Nature Nanotechnology News & Views and C&E News 88:1 26 (January 4, 2010).

2. Single Molecule Measurement of the "Speed Limit" of DNA Polymerase
Schwartz JJ, Quake SR. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 106(48): 20294 - 20299, doi:10.1073/pnas.0907404106 (2009)
* Highlighted in Nature 462, 141 (12 November 2009) and GenomeWeb Daily News.

1. High density single molecule surface patterning with colloidal epitaxy
Schwartz JJ, Quake SR. Applied Physics Letters, 91, 083902 (2007).

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

Patent Applications:
1. Quake SR, Schwartz JJ, Mrksich M. Surface Chemistry and Deposition Techniques Application 20090053690.