Clint Miller
@clintomics
Human genomicist, Assoc Prof @UVA. Deconvolving complex cardiovascular diseases using systems genetics and single-cell omics.
Latest news feature in @NatureBiotech on recent developments in spatial biology to unravel disease mechanisms, with insights from experts in field @aruthak @NeBanovich @AI4Pathology @PDulaiMD Jasmine Plummer, Amanda Orr etc nature.com/articles/s4158…
The 9p21 risk locus — the first and most impactful CAD genetic risk factor in humans — drives VSMCs to adopt an osteochondrogenic state, promoting calcification @clintomics @valelosardo ahajrnls.org/3E59c3h
Thrilled to share the🥇paper from the lab @atvbahajournals. Here we continue to unravel the mysteries of the 9p21.3 CAD locus showing it drives VSMC transition into an osteochondrogenic state, promoting calcification. @clintomics @UWMadisonCRB ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/AT…
🚀 Thrilled to announce our latest #preprint on intraplaque haemorrhage (IPH) quantification and molecular 🧬characterisation of carotid plaques using deep learning. A thread 🧵👇🏽
Trump's slashing of NIH indirects blocked for now in 22 states but not VA. Will the "peoples protector" Attorney General @JasonMiyaresVA stand up for Virginia researchers and doctors and their work to cure cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and more?
JUST IN: A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration's rate change to NIH grants.
Huge congrats to PhD student @John_S_IV for successfully defending his thesis today! Thanks to the committee and everyone for their support. @shefflab @uva_bims @MedicineUVA

New model for multimodal spatial omics analysis, MISO, performs feature extraction, clustering and handles large-scale omics data. Includes extensive benchmarking and application to various cancer types. @DrMingyaoLi @naturemethods nature.com/articles/s4159…
New expression foundation model, GET, predicts gene expression in unseen cell types and context specific TF interaction networks - pretrained on chromatin accessibility data from 213 human adult and fetal cell types. @nature @ericxing @RabadanColumbia nature.com/articles/s4158…
New generative model, IMPA, predicts cell morphology responses to genetic and drug perturbations, enhancing phenotypic screening and drug discovery. Corrects batch effects and models unseen perturbations. @NatureComms @mo_lotfollahi @fabian_theis doi.org/10.1038/s41467…
Delineating the effective use of self-supervised learning in single-cell genomics @NatMachIntell @fabian_theis nature.com/articles/s4225…
Very grateful and humbled to receive promotion to tenure @MedicineUVA! Huge thanks to my supportive mentors, colleagues, family, and talented trainees who continue to inspire me along this journey. Here’s to the work ahead!
The number of cells in single-cell transcriptomics studies grew exponentially over the years. But what about the number of donors? Let me tell you the story of my contribution to the fantastic paper of @SikkemaLisa and @KHrovatin. Read the paper: nature.com/articles/s4159… 1/12
Virtual cell models have the potential to transform biological research. Today @ChanZuckerberg released an initial set of models, including scGenePT and SubCell, designed to be easy to run and build upon. This is a really exciting time in biology. czi.co/4g1jTSa
New method CellANOVA recovers lost biological signals and evaluates global and gene level distortions introduced from common single-cell batch correction algorithms @NatureBiotech github.com/Janezjz/cellan… nature.com/articles/s4158…
We use Multiome and HiC to build a comprehensive single cell variant to enhancer to gene map for coronary artery disease. Join effort with @PaulChungrohLee and IttaiEres in Nate Stitziel Lab and in collaboration with @Amgen @WUSTLmed medrxiv.org/content/10.110…