
Biography
In my role as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist, I have expertise in both ‘wet lab’ and ‘dry lab’ techniques associated with comparative, regulatory, and functional genomics of various vertebrate and health-related systems.
In the context of vertebrate evolution, my research focuses on vertebrate regulatory evolution and its contributions to biological diversity. For this, I utilise the remarkable power of arguably one of the most dramatic examples of adaptive speciation, the East African cichlid fish radiations. In this respect, I have been generating and using regulatory data (transcriptome and epigenetic) to identify drivers of tissue-specific regulation and evolution in cichlid fish using systems biology and integrative approaches. In a separate project, I look to study smaller, simpler cichlid systems (instead of the large, complex East African cichlid radiations) to understand the molecular mechanisms driving adaptation to stressful environments.
In the context of health, I have closely collaborated with members of the UEA Norwich Medical School to apply low-input RNA-Seq chemistry to study leukemia driven transcriptional reprogramming of the bone marrow microenvironment.
Related reading.

The genetic machinery that drives biodiversity

On the origin of errors: the causes and consequences of mistakes during DNA replication

Why is genome annotation important?

Why cloud computing is important for data-driven bioscience research

How bioinformatics can crack the complex case of protist biodiversity

The dramatic effects genomics will have on our future world

The inextricable link between climate change and biodiversity.

Hidden Biodiversity: How genomics can save nature’s secrets before they’re lost forever

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Deciphering gut microbiome ‘chatter’ to combat IBD

New legislation granted to progress plant gene editing in UK

'Molecular Facebook’ signals researchers to right path for understanding cell function in disease
