Speakers

Dr. Jasmine Plummer, Ph.D is the founding Director of the Center for Spatial Omics and a member of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She is an Associate Professor and cross-appointment in the Departments of Developmental Neurobiology and Cellular and Molecular Biology.

She received her PhD in Molecular and Medical Genetics at the University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Plummer completed her post-doctoral training at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California and moved into a faculty role at Cedars Sinai where she became a funded PI of the Human Cell Atlas. Dr. Plummer’s lab uses a multi-omic approach through single-cell and spatial genomics to better understand the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental disorders and cancer.

Since moving to her new role, Dr. Plummer has established one of the first centers specializing in applying spatial technologies to various disease types.