Iain Mathieson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Genetics
Department: Genetics
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
405A Clinical Research Building
415 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6145
415 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6145
Office: 215-573-1835
Email:
mathi@upenn.edu
mathi@upenn.edu
Education:
BA (Mathematics)
Cambridge University, 2005.
MPhil (Statistical Science)
Cambridge University, 2006.
DPhil (Genomic Medicine & Statistics)
Oxford University, 2013.
Permanent linkBA (Mathematics)
Cambridge University, 2005.
MPhil (Statistical Science)
Cambridge University, 2006.
DPhil (Genomic Medicine & Statistics)
Oxford University, 2013.
Selected Publications
Mathieson I. 2023 Oct 23;33(20):R1064-R1066. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.023. PMID: .: Human genetics: An extreme fitness landscape. Curr Biol 33(20): R1064-R1066, Oct 2023.Adams CJ, Conery M, Auerbach BJ, Jensen ST, Mathieson I, Voight BF: Regularized sequence-context mutational trees capture variation in mutation rates across the human genome. PLoS Genet 19(7): e1010807, Jul 2023.
Zaidi AA, Verma A, Morse C; Penn Medicine BioBank; Ritchie MD, Mathieson I.: The genetic and phenotypic correlates of mtDNA copy number in a multi-ancestry cohort. HGG Adv 4: 100202, May 2023.
Colbran LL, Ramos-Almodovar FC, Mathieson I.: A gene-level test for directional selection on gene expression. Genetics 224: iyad060, May 2023.
Davy T, Ju D, Mathieson I, Skoglund P.: Hunter-gatherer admixture facilitated natural selection in Neolithic European farmers. Curr Biol 33: 1365-1371, Apr 2023.
Mathieson I, Day FR, Barban N, Tropf FC, Brazel DM , et al.: Genome-wide analysis identifies genetic effects on reproductive success and ongoing natural selection at the FADS locus. Nat Hum Behav 7: 790–801, Mar 2023.
Hui D, Mehrabi S, Quimby AE, Chen T, Chen S, Park J, Li B; Regeneron Genetics Center; Penn Medicine Biobank; Ruckenstein MJ, Rader DJ, Ritchie MD, Brant JA, Epstein DJ, Mathieson I.: Gene burden analysis identifies genes associated with increased risk and severity of adult-onset hearing loss in a diverse hospital-based cohort. PLoS Genet 19: e1010584, Jan 2023.
Matheison I, Terhorst J: Direct detection of natural selection in Bronze Age Britain. Genome Res. 32(11): 2057-2067, Nov 2022.
Sahoo SA, Zaidi AA, Anagol S, Mathieson I: Long runs of homozygosity are correlated with marriage preferences across global population samples. Human Biology 93-3, May 2022.
Mills MC, Mathieson I.: The challenge of detecting recent natural selection in human populations. PNAS 119: e2203237119, Apr 2022.