Can Cenik

Biography

Dr. Cenik graduated magna cum laude with highest honors in Applied Mathematics from Harvard College and received his Ph.D. in Genetics and Genomics from Harvard Medical School. His doctoral research identified the role of 5′ UTR introns in a novel mRNA export pathway and involved developing computational approaches to determine the targets of RNA-binding proteins.

During his postdoctoral research at Stanford University, he characterized variation in translation and its genetic determinants among human populations. He has received several prestigious awards in support of his research, including NIH K99/R00 and R35 awards. Dr. Cenik established his independent research group at UT Austin in August 2018 as a recipient of a CPRIT Recruitment Award. The lab’s long-term goal is to develop the computational and experimental framework necessary for predictive models that explain how cells regulate protein abundance.

The goal of Cenik Lab is to develop the necessary computational and experimental framework for predictive models that explain how cells determine their protein abundance. Achieving this goal involves two major components: (1) higher-resolution and higher-precision measurements of various gene expression modalities, and (2) computational and theoretical advancements capable of integrating these quantitative measurements into cohesive, predictive frameworks.

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