Christopher Castro

Doctoral Student since January 2016
Bioinformatics Candidate

Research areas

  • Non-coding Variation
  • Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • De Novo Mutations
  • Gene Regulation

Education

  • B.S.: Northeastern Illinois University

Honors and Awards

  • Bioinformatics Training Program (T32)
  • Rackham Merit Fellow
  • Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant (pre-candidate)
  • Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant (candidate)
  • Global Research Engagement Opportunity Fellowship

Background

Christopher Castro received his bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from Northeastern Illinois University. His current research targets the role of genetic variation in autism spectrum disorders, with a particular focus on uninherited (de novo) mutations occurring in non-coding regions.

Boyle lab papers

  1. McDonald TL, Zhou W, Castro CP, Mumm C, Switzenberg JA, Mills RE and Boyle AP. 2021. Cas9 targeted enrichment of mobile elements using nanopore sequencing. Nature Communications. 12: 3586. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23918-y.