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Justin Wagner (Fed)

Computer Scientist (Data Scientist)

Justin Wagner is a Computer Scientist on the NIST Human Genomics team developing whole human genome benchmarks for the Genome in a Bottle (GIAB) consortium. He has contributed to GIAB benchmarks including an expansion of the GIAB small variant benchmark using long and linked read sequencing, a targeted diploid assembly benchmark of the Major Histocompatibility Complex, a benchmark for a subset of medically-relevant and difficult-to-characterize genes, and an in-progress tumor/normal benchmark. He also co-leads the NCCoE Genomic Data Cybersecurity and Privacy Project with more information available at https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/cybersecurity-and-privacy-genomic-data.

Awards

Department of Commerce Gold and Silver Medals with NIST Human Genomics Team

Material Measurements Laboratory Early Career Award 

Publications

Small variant benchmark from a complete assembly of X and Y chromosomes

Author(s)
Justin Wagner, Nathanael Olson, Jennifer McDaniel, Lindsay Harris, Chunlin Xiao, Fritz Sedlazeck, Kishwar Shafin, Andrew Carroll, Justin Zook
The sex chromosomes contain complex, important genes impacting medical phenotypes, but differ from the autosomes in their ploidy and large repetitive regions

Cybersecurity of Genomic Data

Author(s)
Ronald Pulivarti, Natalia Globus, Frederick R. Byers, Justin Wagner, Justin Zook, Samantha Maragh, Jennifer McDaniel, Kevin Wilson, Martin Wojtyniak, Brett Kreider, Ann-Marie France, Sallie Edwards, Tommy Morris, Jared Sheldon, Scott Ross, Phillip Whitlow
Genomic data has enabled the rapid growth of the U.S. bioeconomy and is valuable to the individual, industry, and government because it has multiple intrinsic
Created October 23, 2018, Updated September 25, 2025
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