Tamsen Dunn, Ph.D.

Email

Primary Email: [email protected]

Phone/Fax

Primary Phone: 619-594-5200

Building/Location

Life Science North
5500 Campanile Dr.
San Diego, CA 92182

Website Links

• Google Scholar

Bio

I am a computational biologist and bioinformatics scientist studying plant genome evolution. I am presently an NSF fellow and postdoc, hosted by the Sethuraman Lab at SDSU and the Barker Lab at the University of Arizona. I love teaching, and I hold adjunct appointments at SDSU and Grossmont College.

As an undergraduate, I studied physics and mathematics at the University of California, San Diego. My master's degree is in applied mathematics, also from UC San Diego. For my Ph.D., I studied computational evolutionary biology with Dr. Arun Sethuraman.

My Ph.D. is jointly from San Diego State University and the University of California, Riverside.

Education

• Ph.D., San Diego State University and the University of California, Riverside.

Areas of Specialization

• Evolutionary Biology, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Developing Statistical Methods, Software, Simulations

Office Hours

Publications

• Norman, P. J., Norberg, S. J., Guethlein, L. A., Nemat-Gorgani, N., Royce, T., ... (2017). Sequences of 95 human MHC haplotypes reveal extreme coding variation in genes other than highly polymorphic HLA class I and II. Genome Research, 27(5), 813-823.
• Dunn, T., Berry, G., Emig-Agius, D., Jiang, Y., Lei, S., Iyer, A., Udar, N., ... (2019). Pisces: an accurate and versatile variant caller for somatic and germline next-generation sequencing data. Bioinformatics, 35(9), 1579-1581.
• Dunn, T., Jackson, B. V., Hick, P. P., Buffington, A., & Zhao, X. P. (2005). Comparative analyses of the CSSS calculation in the UCSD tomographic solar observations. Solar Physics, 227(2), 339-353.
• Udar, N., Iyer, A., Porter, M., Haigis, R., Smith, S., Dhillon, S., Meier, K., Ward, D., ... (2020). Development and Analytical Validation of a DNA Dual-Strand Approach for the US Food and Drug Administration–Approved Next-Generation Sequencing–Based Praxis Extended RAS Panel …. The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 22(2), 159-178.
• Dunn, T., & Sethuraman, A. (2024). Accurate Inference of the Polyploid Continuum Using Forward-Time Simulations. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 41(12), msae241.
• Dunn, T., Hick, P. P., Jackson, B. V., & Zhao, X. (2003). Inclusion of the CSSS magnetic field calculation into the UCSD tomograhic solar wind model. Innovative Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics, 4853, 504-510.
• Dunn, T., Berry, G., Emig-Agius, D., Jiang, Y., Iyer, A., Udar, N., & Strömberg, M. (2017). Pisces: An accurate and versatile single sample somatic and germline variant caller. Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics.
• Windham, M. D., Mandáková, T., Dunn, T., Hay, N. M., & Pryer, K. M. (2025). Resolving taxonomic complexity in the genus Boechera (Brassicaceae) using the Boechera Microsatellite Website: a case study of the rare triploid B. bodiensis. Annals of Botany, mcaf217.
• Starks, E. R., Carlton, V., Rajaraman, V., Kosheleva, K., Dunn, T., ... (2022). Increasing equity in MSI and TMB biomarker testing with diverse datasets and personalized informatics. Cancer Research, 82(12 Supplement), 1230-1230.
• Dunn, T., Hick, P. P., Jackson, B. V., & Buffington, A. (2001). Introduction of the CSSS magnetic field model into the UCSD tomographic solar wind model. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2001, SH31A-0701.
• Iyer, A., Haigis, R., Porter, M., Lee, D., Smith, S., Dhillon, S., Dunn, T., Murillo, S., ... (2016). Library Preparation Control for Amplicon-Based Next-Generation Sequencing Assays for Somatic Mutations. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 18(6), 1022-1022.
• Dunn, T., Iyer, A., Porter, M., Haigis, R., Smith, S., Lee, D., & Udar, N. (2016). A rapid, multiplexed, and highly accurate next-generation sequencing RAS Panel for FFPE colorectal samples reporting on the absence or presence of low frequency somatic variants. Cancer Research, 76(14 Supplement), 3638-3638.
• Udar, N., Porter, M., Haigis, R., Fabian, J., Dunn, T., Lee, D., Gros, T., Hasnat, F., ... (2015). 803 Highly sensitive and multiplexed next-generation sequencing MiSeqDx Extended RAS Panel for FFPE colorectal samples. European Journal of Cancer, 3(51), S134.
• Iyer, A., Haigis, R., Porter, M., Fabian, J., Gros, T., Hasnat, F., Dunn, T., Saad, W., ... (2014). Next-Generation Sequencing Based MiseqDx Extended RAS panel for FFPE Colorectal Samples. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 16(6), 771-771.
• Norman, P. J., Norberg, S., Royce, T., Won, M., Dunn, T., Mann, T., ... (2012). TOWARDS THE NEXT GENERATION OF GENETIC STUDIES AND DIAGNOSTICS FOR HLA: O23. Tissue Antigens, 79(6), 412.
• Dunn, T., Hick, P. P., Jackson, B. V., Buffington, A., & Zhao, X. P. (2004). Comparative analyses of the CSSS magnetic field calculation in the Univ. of California/San Diego tomographic solar wind model with in situ spacecraft observations. Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics, 5171, 6-13.
• Dunn, T., Hick, P. P., Jackson, B. V., Buffington, A., & Zhao, X. P. (2004). Comparative Analyses of the CSSS Magnetic Field Calculation in the UCSD Tomographic Solar Wind Model with in situ Spacecraft Observations. Proceedings of SPIE, 5171(6), 13.
• Dunn, T., Hick, P., Jackson, B. V., & Buffington, A. (2003). Recent Comparative Analyses of the CSSS UCSD Tomographic Solar Wind Model with in situ Spacecraft Observations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2003, SH42B-0526.
• Hick, P. P., Rappoport, S. A., Jackson, B. V., Dunn, T., & Wang, C. (2002). Remote-Sensing of the Solar Wind: A Space Weather Application. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 201, 141.02.
• Dunn, T., Hick, P. P., Jackson, B. V., & Zhao, X. (2002). Inclusion of the CSSS magnetic field calculation into the UCSD tomographic solar wind model [4853-07]. Proceedings-SPIE The International Society for Optical Engineering, 504-510.

Service

• Cowen, L. I. (2017). Women in Bioinformatics Panelists. UMass Boston.