About
I am Senior Data Scientist at Mark III Systems. My projects vary from computer vision to classical machine learning and everything in between. I develop and teach AI courses for students of all levels.
I am the father of 3 great daughters, husband of 26 years, and a triathlon maniac. I have completed 5 full Ironman distance races (Ironman Texas 2011, 2015, and 2019. Ironman Florida 2013. Tri Fort Worth 2018)
I received my Ph.D. in Quantitative Biology from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2008, studying under Cedric Feschotte (@cedricfeschotte), a world authority on transposable elements. In my graduate work, I studied the evolution of transposable elements in mammalian genomes. Check it out - I think it's a good read :).
THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY AND GENOMIC IMPACT OF MAMMALIAN DNA TRANSPOSONS
Publications:
I am the father of 3 great daughters, husband of 26 years, and a triathlon maniac. I have completed 5 full Ironman distance races (Ironman Texas 2011, 2015, and 2019. Ironman Florida 2013. Tri Fort Worth 2018)
I received my Ph.D. in Quantitative Biology from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2008, studying under Cedric Feschotte (@cedricfeschotte), a world authority on transposable elements. In my graduate work, I studied the evolution of transposable elements in mammalian genomes. Check it out - I think it's a good read :).
THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY AND GENOMIC IMPACT OF MAMMALIAN DNA TRANSPOSONS
Publications:
- Gilbert C, Pace JK, Feschotte C. Horizontal SPINning of transposons. Commun Integr Biol. 2009;2(2):117-119. doi:10.4161/cib.7720 (PDF)
- Pace JK 2nd, Sen SK, Batzer MA, Feschotte C. Repair-mediated duplication by capture of proximal chromosomal DNA has shaped vertebrate genome evolution. PLoS Genet. 2009;5(5):e1000469. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000469 (PDF)
- Pace JK 2nd, Gilbert C, Clark MS, Feschotte C. Repeated horizontal transfer of a DNA transposon in mammals and other tetrapods. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008;105(44):17023-17028. doi:10.1073/pnas.0806548105 (PDF)
- Gilbert C, Schaack S, Pace JK 2nd, Brindley PJ, Feschotte C. A role for host-parasite interactions in the horizontal transfer of transposons across phyla. Nature. 2010;464(7293):1347-1350. doi:10.1038/nature08939 (PDF)
- Pace JK 2nd, Feschotte C. The evolutionary history of human DNA transposons: evidence for intense activity in the primate lineage. Genome Res. 2007;17(4):422-432. doi:10.1101/gr.5826307 (PDF)
- Gilbert C, Pace JK 2nd, Waters PD. Target site analysis of RTE1_LA and its AfroSINE partner in the elephant genome. Gene. 2008;425(1-2):1-8. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2008.08.013