Robert Harris
Research Assistant Professor
Interests
Education
Biography
Publications
D Yoo, A Rhie, P Hebbar, F Antonacci, GA Logsdon, SJ Solar, D Antipov, BD Pickett, Y Safonova, F Montinaro, Y Luo, J Malukiewicz, JM Storer, J Lin, AN Sequeira, RJ Mangan, G Hickey, GM Anez, P Balachandran, A Bankevich, CR Beck, A Biddanda, M Borchers, GG Bouffard, E Brannan, SY Brooks, L Carbone, L Carrel, AP Chan, J Crawford, M Diekhans, E Engelbrecht, C Feschotte, G Formenti, GH Garcia, L de Gennaro, D Gilbert, RE Green, A Guarracino, I Gupta, D Haddad, J Han, RS Harris, GA Hartley, WT Harvey, M Hiller, K Hoekzema, ML Houck, H Jeong, K Kamali, M Kellis, B Kille, C Lee, Y Lee, W Lees, AP Lewis, Q Li, M Loftus, YHE Loh, H Loucks, J Ma, Y Mao, JFI Martinez, P Masterson, RC McCoy, B McGrath, S McKinney, BS Meyer, KH Miga, SK Mohanty, KM Munson, K Pal, M Pennell, PA Pevzner, D Porubsky, T Potapova, FR Ringeling, JL Rocha, OA Ryder, S Sacco, S Saha, T Sasaki, MC Schatz, NJ Schork, C Shanks, L Smeds, DR Son, C Steiner, AP Sweeten, MG Tassia, F Thibaud-Nissen, E Torres-González, M Trivedi, W Wei, J Wertz, M Yang, P Zhang, S Zhang, Y Zhang, Z Zhang, SA Zhao, Y Zhu, ED Jarvis, JL Gerton, I Rivas-González, B Paten, ZA Szpiech, CD Huber, TL Lenz, MK Konkel, SV Yi, S Canzar, CT Watson, PH Sudmant, E Molloy, E Garrison, CB Lowe, M Ventura, RJ O’Neill, S Koren, KD Makova, AM Phillippy, EE Eichler.
Complete sequencing of ape genomes.
NATURE,
2025.
KD Makova, BD Pickett, RS Harris, GA Hartley, M Cechova, K Pal, S Nurk, D Yoo, Q Li, P Hebbar, BC McGrath, F Antonacci, M Aubel, A Biddanda, M Borchers, E Bomberg, GG Bouffard, SY Brooks, L Carbone, L Carrel, A Carroll, PC Chang, CS Chin, DE Cook, SJC Craig, L de Gennaro, M Diekhans, A Dutra, GH Garcia, PGS Grady, RE Green, D Haddad, P Hallast, WT Harvey, G Hickey, DA Hillis, SJ Hoyt, H Jeong, K Kamali, SL Kosakovsky Pond, TM LaPolice, C Lee, AP Lewis, YE Loh, P Masterson, RC McCoy, P Medvedev, KH Miga, KM Munson, E Pak, B Paten, BJ Pinto, T Potapova, A Rhie, JL Rocha, F Ryabov, OA Ryder, S Sacco, K Shafin, VA Shepelev, V Slon, SJ Solar, JM Storer, PH Sudmant, Sweetalana, A Sweeten, MG Tassia, F Thibaud-Nissen, M Ventura, MA Wilson, AC Young, H Zeng, X Zhang, ZA Szpiech, CD Huber, JL Gerton, SV Yi, MC Schatz, IA Alexandrov, S Koren, RJ O’Neill, E Eichler, AM Phillippy.
The Complete Sequence and Comparative Analysis of Ape Sex Chromosomes.
NATURE,
2024.
A Rhie, S Nurk, M Cechova, SJ Hoyt, DJ Taylor, N Altemose, PW Hook, S Koren, M Rautiainen, IA Alexandrov, J Allen, M Asri, AV Bzikadze, N-C Chen, C-S Chin, M Diekhans, P Flicek, G Formenti, A Fungtammasan, CG Giron, E Garrison, A Gershman, JL Gerton, PGS Grady, A Guarracino, L Haggerty, R Halabian, NF Hansen, R Harris, GA Hartley, WT Harvey, M Haukness, J Heinz, T Hourlier, RM Hubley, SE Hunt, S Hwang, M Jain, RK Kesharwani, AP Lewis, H Li, GA Logsdon, JK Lucas, W Makalowski, C Markovic, FJ Martin, AM McCartney, RC McCoy, J McDaniel, BM McNulty, P Medvedev, A Mikheenko, KM Munson, TD Murphy, HE Olsen, ND Olson, LF Paulin, D Porubsky, T Potapova, F Ryabov, SL Salzberg, MEG Sauria, FJ Sedlazeck, K Shafin, VA Shepelev, A Shumate, JM Storer, L Surapaneni, AM Taravella Oill, F Thibaud-Nissen, W Timp, M Tomaszkiewicz, MR Vollger, BP Walenz, AC Watwood, MH Weissensteiner, AM Wenger, MA Wilson, S Zarate, Y Zhu, JM Zook, EE Eichler, RJ O’Neill, MC Schatz, KH Miga, KD Makova, AM Phillippy.
The complete sequence of a human Y chromosome.
NATURE,
2023.
M Weissensteiner, MA Cremona, WM Guiblet, N Stoler, RS Harris, M Cechova, KA Eckert, F Chiaromonte, YF Huang, KD Makova.
Accurate sequencing of DNA motifs able to form alternative (non-B) structures.
GENOME RES,
2023.
M Escalona, J VanCampen, NW Maurer, M Haukness, M Okhovat, RS Harris, A Watwood, GA Hartley, RJ O’Neill, P Medvedev, KD Makova, C Vollmers, L Carbone, RE Green.
Whole-genome sequence and assembly of the Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch).
J HERED,
2022.
A Rhie, SA McCarthy, O Fedrigo, J Damas, G Formenti, S Koren, M Uliano-Silva, W Chow, A Fungtammasan, GL Gedman, LJ Cantin, F Thibaud-Nissen, L Haggerty, C Lee, BJ Ko, J Kim, I Bista, M Smith, B Haase, J Mountcastle, S Winkler, S Paez, J Howard, SC Vernes, TM Lama, F Grutzner, WC Warren, C Balakrishnan, D Burt, JM George, M Biegler, D Iorns, A Digby, D Eason, T Edwards, M Wilkinson, G Turner, A Meyer, AF Kautt, P Franchini, HW Detrich III, H Svardal, M Wagner, GJP Naylor, M Pippel, M Malinsky, M Mooney, M Simbirsky, BT Hannigan, T Pesout, M Houck, A Misuraca, SB Kingan, R Hall, Z Kronenberg, J Korlach, I Sović, C Dunn, Z Ning, A Hastie, J Lee, S Selvaraj, RE Green, NH Putnam, J Ghurye, E Garrison, Y Sims, J Collins, S Pelan, J Torrance, A Tracey, J Wood, D Guan, SE London, DF Clayton, CV Mello, SR Friedrich, PV Lovell, E Osipova, FO Al-Ajli, S Secomandi, H Kim, C Theofanopoulou, Y Zhou, RS Harris, KD Makova, P Medvedev, J Hoffman, P Masterson, K Clark, F Martin, K Howe, P Flicek, BP Walenz, W Kwak, H Clawson, M Diekhans, L Nassar, B Paten, RHS Kraus, H Lewin, AJ Crawford, MTP Gilbert, G Zhang, B Venkatesh, RW Murphy, KP Koepfli, B Shapiro, WE Johnson, F Di Palma, T Margues-Bonet, EC Teeling, T Warnow, JM Graves, OA Ryder, D Hausler, SJ O’Brien, K Howe, EW Myers, R Durbin, AM Phillippy, ED Jarvis.
Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species.
NATURE,
2021.
WM Guiblet, MA Cremona, RS Harris, D Chen, KA Eckert, F Chiaromonte, Y Huang, KD Makova.
Non-B DNA: A major contributor to small- and large-scale variation in nucleotide substitution frequencies across the genome.
NUCLEIC ACIDS RES,
2021.
M Cechova, R Vegesna, M Tomaszkiewicz, RS Harris, D Chen, S Rangavittal, P Medvedev, KD Makova.
Dynamic evolution of great ape Y chromosomes.
P NATL ACAD SCI USA,
2020.
RS Harris, M Cechova, KD Makova.
Noise-Cancelling Repeat Finder: Uncovering tandem repeats in error-prone long-read sequencing data.
BIOINFORMATICS,
2019.
M Cechova, RS Harris, M Tomaszkiewicz, B Arbeithuber, F Chiaromonte, KD Makova.
High Satellite Repeat Turnover in Great Apes Studied with Short- and Long-read Technologies.
MOL BIOL EVOL,
2019.
WM Guiblet, MA Cremona, M Cechova, RS Harris, I Kejnovská, E Kejnovsky, KA Eckert, F Chiaromonte, KD Makova.
Long-read sequencing technology indicates genome-wide effects of non-B DNA on polymerization speed and error rate.
GENOME RES,
2018.
Regional variation Non-B DNA & Microsatellite Paper Link Press Release
S Rangavittal, RS Harris, M Cechova, M Tomaszkiewicz, R Chikhi, KD Makova, P Medvedev.
RecoverY: k-mer-based read classification for Y-chromosome-specific sequencing and assembly.
BIOINFORMATICS,
2018.
M Tomaszkiewicz, S Rangavittal, M Cechova, R Campos-Sánchez, HW Fescemyer, RS Harris, D Ye, PCM O’Brien, R Chikhi, OA Ryder, MA Ferguson-Smith, P Medvedev, KD Makova.
A time- and cost-effective strategy to sequence mammalian Y Chromosomes: an application to the de novo assembly of gorilla Y.
GENOME RES,
2016.
A Fungtammasan, G Ananda, SE Hile, MS-W Su, C Sun, RS Harris, P Medvedev, KA Eckert, KD Makova.
Accurate typing of short tandem repeats from genome-wide sequencing data and its applications.
GENOME RES,
2015.
SC Schuster, W Miller, A Ratan, LP Tomsho, B Giardine, LR Kasson, RS Harris, DC Petersen, F Zhao, J Qi, C Alkan, JM Kidd, Y Sun, DI Drautz, P Bouffard, DM Muzny, JG Reid, LV Nazareth, Q Wang, RC Burhans, C Riemer, NE Wittekindt, P Moorjani, EA Tindall, CG Danko, WS Teo, AM Buboltz, Z Zhang, Q Ma, A Oosthuysen, AW Steenkamp, H Oostuisen, P Venter, J Gajewski, Y Zhang, BF Pugh, KD Makova, A Nekrutenko, ER Mardis, N Patterson, TH Pringle, F Chiaromonte, JC Mullikin, EE Eichler, RC Hardison, RA Gibbs, TT Harkins, VM Hayes.
Complete Khoisan and Bantu genomes from southern Africa.
NATURE,
2010.
International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium, LW Hillier, W Miller, E Birney, W Warren, RC Hardison, CP Ponting, P Bork, DW Burt, MAM Groenen, ME Delany, JB Dodgson, AT Chinwalla, PF Cliften, SW Clifton, KD Delehaunty, C Fronick, RS Fulton, TA Graves, C Kremitzki, D Layman, V Magrini, JD McPherson, TL Miner, P Minx, WE Nash, MN Nhan, JO Nelson, LG Oddy, CS Pohl, J Randall-Maher, SM Smith, JW Wallis, S-P Yang, MN Romanov, CM Rondelli, B Paton, J Smith, D Morrice, L Daniels, HG Tempest, L Robertson, JS Masabanda, DK Griffin, A Vignal, V Fillon, L Jacobbson, S Kerje, L Andersson, RPM Crooijmans, J Aerts, JJ van der Poel, H Ellegren, RB Caldwell, SJ Hubbard, DV Grafham, AM Kierzek, SR McLaren, IM Overton, H Arakawa, KJ Beattie, Y Bezzubov, PE Boardman, JK Bonfield, MDR Croning, RM Davies, MD Francis, SJ Humphray, CE Scott, RG Taylor, C Tickle, WRA Brown, J Rogers, J-M Buerstedde, SA Wilson, L Stubbs, I Ovcharenko, L Gordon, S Lucas, MM Miller, H Inoko, T Shiina, J Kaufman, J Salomonsen, K Skjoedt, GK-S Wong, J Wang, B Liu, J Wang, J Yu, H Yang, M Nefedov, M Koriabine, PJ deJong, L Goodstadt, C Webber, NJ Dickens, I Letunic, M Suyama, D Torrents, C von Mering, EM Zdobnov, KD Makova, A Nekrutenko, L Elnitski, P Eswara, DC King, S Yang, S Tyekucheva, A Radakrishnan, RS Harris, F Chiaromonte, J Taylor, J He, M Rijnkels, S Griffiths-Jones, A Ureta-Vidal, MM Hoffman, J Severin, SMJ Searle, AS Law, D Speed, D Waddington, Z Cheng, E Tuzun, EE Eichler, Z Bao, P Flicek, DD Shteynberg, MR Brent, JM Bye, EJ Huckle, S Chatterji, C Dewey, L Pachter, A Kouranov, Z Mourelatos, AG Hatzigeorgiou, AH Paterson, R Ivarie, M Brandstrom, E Axelsson, N Backstrom, S Berlin, MT Webster, O Pourquie, A Reymond, C Ucla, SE Antonarakis, M Long, JJ Emerson, E Betrán, I Dupanloup, H Kaessmann, AS Hinrichs, G Bejerano, TS Furey, RA Harte, B Raney, A Siepel, WJ Kent, D Haussler, E Eyras, R Castelo, JF Abril, S Castellano, F Camara, G Parra, R Guigo, G Bourque, G Tesler, PA Pevzner, AFA Smit, LA Fulton, ER Mardis, RK Wilson.
Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution.
NATURE,
2004.