Karol Pal

Karol Pal

Postdoctoral Scholar
Karol has a Computer Science background but also enjoys the biological aspect of his work. He did his PhD in Oncology analyzing clonal evolution in leukemias. Currently he is focusing on a more standard type of evolution, that of the primate sex chromosomes. He enjoys creating interactive visual representations of his findings. Outside of the lab Karol likes playing music and scuba diving.

Interests

  • Bioinformatics
  • Molecular Evolution
  • Data Visualization

Education

  • Ph.D. in Oncology
    Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
  • M.S. in Bioinformatics
    Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia

Publications

P Hebbar, TA Potapova, H Loucks, K Ray, MF Rodrigues, F Ryabov, J Malukiewicz, D Yoo, LG de Lima, A Haber, S Kumar, S Banerjee, M Borchers, GH Garcia, J Gardner, S Hachem, HD Heath, SK Ha, M Mastoras, B McNulty, KM Munson, Karol Pal, JE Park, S Plosch, C Roos, WE Seligmann, V Shepelev, C Spruce, I Violich, L Walter, Kateryna Makova, Ph.D., A Thathiah, SJS Rizzo, AC Silva, GW Carter, KH Miga, EE Eichler, DF Conrad, JL Gerton, I Alexandrov, B Paten (2026). A Complete Genome for the Common Marmoset. CELL, ACCEPTED.
Paper Link Sex chromosome
P Hallast, A Rhie, M Loftus, M Mazzetto, P Ebert, S Gao, GV Martino, PA Audano, H Ashraf, Karol Pal, R Siford, J Ebler, S Koren, D Yoo, K Kim, Y Jiang, NF Hansen, P Hebbar, T Kanno, O Purnoch, C Montano, J Lin, KK Oshima, L Ren, A Guarracino, M Jensen, BJ Pinto, D Porubsky, S Kuziel, L Ni, J Li, P Balachandran, F Yilmaz, Human Genome Structural Variation Consortium (HGSVC), Human Pangenome Reference Consortium (HPRC), JO Korbel, B Paten, M Gerstein, Kateryna Makova, Ph.D., X Shi, Evan E. Eichler, CR Beck, MR Wilson, MK Konkel, T Marschall, Monika Cechova (Michalovova), G Logsdon, Adam M. Phillippy, C Lee (2026). Population-scale Y chromosome assemblies reveal recurrent remodeling within constrained architectures. BIORXIV.
Paper Link Sex chromosome
Karol Pal, Alexandra Greshnova, S Park, Byung June Ko, Hana Palova, M Steinegger, SLK Pond, S Canzar, Kateryna Makova, Ph.D. (2026). How and why ampliconic genes survive on the human Y chromosome. BIORXIV.
Paper Link Sex chromosome
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, Laura 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, Robert Harris, GA Hartley, WT Harvey, M Hiller, K Hoekzema, ML Houck, H Jeong, Kaivan 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, Barb McGrath, S McKinney, BS Meyer, KH Miga, Saswat Kumar Mohanty, KM Munson, Karol Pal, M Pennell, PA Pevzner, D Porubsky, T Potapova, FR Ringeling, JL Rocha, Oliver Ryder, S Sacco, S Saha, T Sasaki, MC Schatz, NJ Schork, C Shanks, Linnéa Smeds, DR Son, C Steiner, AP Sweeten, MG Tassia, F Thibaud-Nissen, Edmundo 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, Kateryna Makova, Ph.D., Adam M. Phillippy, EE Eichler (2025). Complete sequencing of ape genomes. NATURE.
Paper Link Sex chromosome
Kateryna Makova, Ph.D., BD Pickett, Robert Harris, GA Hartley, Monika Cechova (Michalovova), Karol 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, Laura Carrel, A Carroll, PC Chang, CS Chin, DE Cook, Sarah J. Carnahan 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, Kaivan Kamali, SL Kosakovsky Pond, TM LaPolice, C Lee, AP Lewis, YE Loh, P Masterson, RC McCoy, Paul Medvedev, KH Miga, KM Munson, E Pak, B Paten, BJ Pinto, T Potapova, A Rhie, JL Rocha, F Ryabov, Oliver 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, Melissa A. Wilson Sayres, AC Young, Huiqing Zeng, Xinru Zhang, ZA Szpiech, CD Huber, JL Gerton, SV Yi, MC Schatz, IA Alexandrov, S Koren, RJ O’Neill, Evan E. Eichler, Adam M. Phillippy (2024). The Complete Sequence and Comparative Analysis of Ape Sex Chromosomes. NATURE.
Video Press release Paper Link Sex chromosome