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Stephen R. Piccolo

Portrait photo of Stephen Piccolo
Stephen R. Piccolo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Brigham Young University (BYU). He earned a B.S. degree in Management Information Systems from BYU in 2001 and then worked as a software engineer at Intel Corporation. In 2011, he received a PhD in Biomedical Informatics from the University of Utah (advised by Dr. Lewis J. Frey). From 2011-2014, he was postdoctoral researcher jointly at the University of Utah (Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, advised by Dr. Andrea H. Bild) and Boston University School of Medicine (Division of Computational Biomedicine, advised by Dr. W. Evan Johnson). He teaches classes on biology and bioinformatics.

Graduate Students

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Ifeanyichukwu (Ify) Nwosu

Ifeanyi is a doctoral student from Nigeria. He earned a B.Sc. (2006) and M.Sc. (2009) in Biochemistry from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He then joined the Medical Genetics Unit, IMRAT, University College Hospital, Ibadan in 2011 as a Research Scientist working on the Genetics of Breast Cancer in blacks. His passion for bioinformatics led him to join the CASS group at IITA analyzing transcriptome data of cassava in 2017. His research focuses on using gene-expression data to explore the role of race in cancer biology. He spends his free time practicing taekwondo or riding his sports bike.
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Undergraduate Students

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Alex Brown

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Abby Muir

Abby is an undergraduate majoring in Bioinformatics. She grew up in Los Angeles, California and served her mission in Pachuca, Mexico. Abby loves running, surfing, music, art, and spending time with friends and family. She has loved computer science and the medical field since her teen years and is excited to keep learning more in the lab.
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Anna Tubbs

Anna Tubbs is an undergraduate studying Computer Science with an emphasis in Bioinformatics. She is a native of western Washington and suspects it was the beautiful greenery there that inspired her fascination with biology. Anna also loves logic and problem solving, and enjoys dancing and spending time with friends and family in her free time. She is eager to help others through her research
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Lab Alumni

  • Grace (Salmons) Brown
  • Harlan Stevens
  • Tolulope Barbara Akinbo
  • Eliza (Kartchner) Homer
  • Emi Ford
  • Maren Callaway
  • Arwen Oakley
  • Aaron Fabelico
  • Badí Israel Quinteros
  • James Wengler
  • Carly Winegar
  • Daniel Tabler
  • Dustin B. Miller (PhD graduate)
  • Alyssa C. Parker
  • Zach Eliason
  • Landon Becker
  • Emme Tuft
  • Jérémie Johnson
  • Nathan Mella
  • Ashlie Johnson
  • Elizabeth Cook Anderson
  • Avery Bell
  • Erica Suh
  • Tyler Heaton
  • Jonathan B. Dayton (MS graduate)
  • Kimball Hill
  • Brandon Fry
  • Zac Ence
  • Michael Bradshaw
  • Louisa Dayton
  • Daniel Larson
  • Dallas Larsen
  • Benjamin Cookson
  • Nathan Golightly
  • Haley Hilton
  • Jeremy Gygi
  • Rex Sumsion
  • T. James Lee
  • Samantha Jensen
  • Evan Jones
  • Ashton Omdahl
  • Adam Hansen
  • Clarissa Farmer
  • Shelby Taylor
  • Anna Guyer
  • Mike Frampton
  • PJ Tatlow
  • Douglas Hawkes
  • Weston Bodily (MS graduate)
  • Adam Lee
  • Parker Hollingsworth
  • Hyrum Eddington