Christophe Magnan

Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics
School of Information & Computer Sciences
University of California, Irvine

In Brief...

Associate Project Scientist, Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, UC Irvine, since July.
Previously Assistant Project Scientist, Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, UC Irvine, 2013 to 2019.
Previously Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, UC Irvine, 2008 to 2013.

Overseeing the storage, processing, and analysis of the sequencing data
generated by the Genomics High-Throughput Facility at UC Irvine since 2010.

PhD, Computer Science, Université de Provence, 2007.

Research Interests

Computational methods for the analysis of biological data.
Bioinformatics, Genomics, Proteomics, and Machine Learning.

Contact Information

Christophe Magnan (cmagnan@ics.uci.edu)
Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics
249 Information and Computer Science 2
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3445, USA

Recent Publications

• Local features determine Ty3 targeting frequency at RNA polymerase III transcription start sites. K. Patterson, F. Shavarebi, C.N. Magnan, I. Chang, X. Qi, P. Baldi, V. Bilanchone, S.B. Sandmeyer. Genome Research, 29(8), 1298-1309, 2019.


• Defining the Independence of the Liver Circadian Clock. K.B. Koronowski, K. Kinouchi, P.S. Welz, J.G. Smith, V.M. Zinna, J. Shi, M. Samad, S. Chen, C.N. Magnan, J.M. Kinchen, W. Li, P. Baldi, S. Benitah, P. Sassone-Corsi. Cell, 177(6), 1448-1462, 2019.


• The DNA modification N6-methyl-2’-deoxyadenosine (m6dA) drives activity-induced gene expression and is required for fear extinction. X. Li, Q. Zhao, W. Wei, Q. Lin, C.N. Magnan, M.R. Emami, L.E. Wearick-Silva, T.W. Viola, P.R. Marshall, J. Yin, S.U. Madugalle, Z. Wang, S. Nainar, C.B. Vågbø, L.J. Leighton, E.L. Zajaczkowski, K. Ke, R. Grassi-Oliveira, M. Bjørås, P.F. Baldi, R.C. Spitale, T.W. Bredy. Nature Neuroscience, 22(4), 534-544, 2019.


• Fasting Imparts a Switch to Alternative Daily Pathways in Liver and Muscle. K. Kinouchi, C.N. Magnan, N. Ceglia, Y. Liu, M. Cervantes, N. Pastore, T. Huynh, A. Ballabio, P. Baldi, S. Masri, P. Sassone-Corsi. Cell Reports, 25(12), 3299-3314.e6, 2018.


• Epigenetic regulation of the circadian gene Per1 contributes to age-related changes in hippocampal memory. J.L. Kwapis, Y. Alaghband, E.A. Kramár, A.J. López, A. Vogel-Ciernia, A.O. White, G. Shu, D. Rhee, C.M. Michael, E. Montellier, Y. Liu, C.N. Magnan, S. Chen, P. Sassone-Corsi, P. Baldi, D.P. Matheos, M.A. Wood. Nature Communications, 9, 3323, 2018.