Obed A Garcia
- Assistant Professor
- Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2020
Contact Info
1415 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045
Selected Publications —
In prep [submitting June 2024 to American Journal of Human Genetics] Garcia OA* and Moreno Grau S*, et al., Bustamante CD, Ioannides A. Introgressed segments and COVID susceptibility in an Andorran population. *co-first authors
In prep [submitting March 2024 to Human Biology] Garcia OA, Li JZ, Bigham AW. Adaptive Introgression at Immune Response Loci in Mesoamericans. In prep [submitting to Nature in Feb 2024] Sokol J, Blanco-Portillo J, Garcia OA, Penjueli M, Liu F, … Jha AR, Feldman MW, Ioannidis AG. Selection signatures in admixed Pacific genomes.
2023 [submitted to PLOS Genetics Dec 2023] Jorgensen K, Garcia OA, et al., Lesnik J, Fan C. Genome survey of 4 Andean potato weevils. De novo genome assembly of four Andean potato weevil species (Premnotrypes, Rhigopsidius), the primary agricultural pest of the potato in South America. Preprint available now on BioRkiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.13.571405
2023 Jorgensen K, Song D, Weinstein J, Garcia OA, Pearson LN, Inclan M, Rivera-Chira M, Leon-Velarde F, Kiyamu M, Brutsaert TD, Bigham AW, Lee FS. High-Altitude Andean H194R HIF2A Allele is a Hypomorphic Allele. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msad162, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad162
2023 Garcia OA, Arsalanian K, Whorf D, Thariath S, Moore L, Brutsaert TD, Shriver M, Li JZ, Bigham AW. Natural History of Immune Response Genes in a Mesoamerican Cohort. Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 3, March 2023, evad015, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad015 2
2022 Jorgensen K, Garcia OA, Kiyamu M, Lesnik J, Rivera-ChiraM, Leon-VelardeF, BrutsaertTD, BighamAW. Genetic adaptations to potato starch digestion in the Peruvian Andes. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 180(1), 162–172. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24656
2022 Wang, T., Antonacci-Fulton, L., Howe, K. et al.* The Human Pangenome Project: a global resource to map genomic diversity. Nature 604, 437–446 (2022). *Authorship as part of the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium in supplemental author list
Selected Presentations —
Conference Abstracts
2023 Penjueli M, Blanco-Portillo J, Sokol J, Liu F, Garcia O, Taparra K, Barberena-Jonas C, Medina-Muñoz SG, Venkataraman G, Moreno-Estrada A, Kirch P, Feldman M, Gignoux C, Wojcik G, Fox K, Jha AR, Ioannidis A. Pacific Islander Founder Populations. The Annual Meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics.
2023 ShapiraR, KleinCJ, KeselerIM, CheungG, GarciaOA, Fernández-ViñaM, MerrimanTR, TinA, PlonSE, Wright MW, AksentijevichI, MackSJ, Bridges, Jr.SL, KleinTE, on behalf of the ClinGen Rheumatologic Autoimmune Disease Clinical Domain Working Group. Development of the ClinGen Rheumatologic Autoimmune Disease Clinical Domain Working Group (RAD CDWG) as an exemplar of complex disease curation. The Annual Meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics.
2023 Penjueli M, Blanco-Portillo J, Sokol J, Garcia OA, Liu F, Barbarena Jonas C, Fox K, Feldman M, Jha A, Ioannidis A. Effect of Admixture and Selection in Hawaiians. The Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB)
2023 Meeting. 4 2023 Garcia OA, Reveille JD, Keseler I, Whirl-Carillo M, Klein C, Shapira R, Wright MW, Bridges SL, Fernandez-Viña M, Mack SJ, Klein TE. Developing an HLA curation framework in ClinGen for complex diseases. The Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB) 2023 Meeting.
2022 Zhu K, Kiyamu M, Elías G, Isherwood K, Garcia OA, Lee FS, Rivera-Chira M, Leon-Valerde F, Brutsaert TD, Bigham AW. Genomic features underlying the Andean pattern of high-altitude adaptations. The American Association of Biological Anthropology Meeting.
2022 Battista VM, Zhu KT, Garcia OA, Evans K, Inclán M, Kiyamu M, Brutsaert TD, Shriver M, Pearson L, Bigham AW. Genetic Evidence for Heat Adaptation in Mexican Mayans. The American Association of Biological Anthropology Meeting.
Grants & Other Funded Activity —
2022 NIH R01 The push and pull of inflammation on HIV susceptibility: impact of host variation in CD101 and AXL National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Award # 5R01AI172479-02 Role: Senior/Key Personnel PI: Jairam Lingappa
Memberships —
2014-Present American Association of Anthropological Genetics
2014-Present American Association of Physical Anthropology
2011-Present The American Society of Human Genetics