Gabrielle Raymond
Postdoctoral Researcher
I am interested in understanding how non-coding genetic variation influences gene regulation and contributes to complex disease. During my PhD, I studied the transcription factor NFXL1, a gene associated with developmental language disorders, using Drosophila genetics and bioinformatic approaches to investigate its role in neurodevelopment. I now focus on coronary artery disease, where genome-wide association studies have identified hundreds of risk loci, the majority of which lie in non-coding regions. Using functional genomic approaches, including ATAC-seq, POINT-seq, and chromosome conformation capture technologies, alongside computational methods, I aim to link disease-associated variants to their target genes and uncover the regulatory mechanisms that drive disease.