Uwe Ohler's Research Group
David Corcoran
Email: david.corcoran (at) dukeD0Tedu
Location: 2211 CIEMAS
Hometown: Bemidji, MN
Research Projects
- Computational Analysis of Core Promoter Sequences and Their Effect on Transcription Start Sites
- Identification of Developmental Genes That Have Different Expression Patterns in Related Species
- Transcription Factor Binding Site Identification and Evolution
Education
University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D. Human Genetics, 2008
M.S. Biostatistics, 2004
University of Minnesota
B.S. Genetics Cell Biology and Development, 2002
Publications
Corcoran DL*, Kusum PV*, Gordon B, Bhattacharjee A, Kaminski N, Benos PV (2009) Features of mammalian microRNA promoters emerge from polymerase II chromatin immunoprecipitation data. PLoS One, 4(4):e5279 [*co-primary authors]
Mahony S, Corcoran DL, Feingold E, Benos PV. (2007) Regulatory conservation of protein coding and miRNA genes in vertebrates: lessons from the opossum genome. Genome Biol, 395:425-36
Corcoran DL, Feingold E, Dominick J, Wright M, Harnaha J, Trucco M, Giannoukakis N, Benos PV. (2005) Footer: a quantitative comparative genomics method for efficient recognition of cis-regulatory elements. Genome Res, 15(6):840-7
Rogulski KR, Cohen DE, Corcoran DL, Benos PV, Prochownik EV. (2005) Deregulation of common genes by c-Myc and its direct target, MT-MC1. PNAS, 102(52):18968-73
Corcoran DL, Feingold E, Benos PV. (2005) Footer: a web tool for finding mammalian DNA regulatory regions using phylogenetic footprinting. NAR, 33(web server issue):W442-6
Workman CT, Yin Y, Corcoran DL, Ideker T, Stormo GD, Benos PV. (2005) EnoLOGOS: a versatile web tool for energy normalized sequence logos. NAR, 33(web server issue):W389-92
Book Chapters
Benos PV, Corcoran DL, Feingold E. "Web-based identification of evolutionary conservered DNA cis-regulatory elements." Methods in Moleculary Biology, ed. Nicholas Bergman. Comparative Genomics volume, July 2007, Humana Press Inc. Totowa, New Jersey.
Previous Groups
Benos Lab, University of Pittsburgh: Graduate Student Researcher
Behrens Lab, University of Minnesota: Student Lab Technician
Outside Interests/Hobbies
Soccer, Basketball, Chess, Tennis and Ultimate