Sanamjeet Virdi


Background

  • Nationality : Indian
  • Bachelor of Engineering (2009), Biotechnology, Panjab University Chandigarh, India.
  • Master of Science (2014), Bioinformatics, University of Tampere, Finland.
  • Doctorand (Started 2015), University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Project

Rapid identification of ENU mutation by high-throughput sequencing. The aim of the project is to focus on development of a software pipeline for data analysis, and validating it by sequencing of previously uncharacterized myogenesis mutants which mimic myopathies and neuropathies of humans.

Secondments

  • GIGA, University of Liege, Belgium, Bernard Peers Lab. (20.04.2016 - 05.05.2017)
  • Max Planck institute, Muenster, in the lab Juan M. Vaquerizas (planned March 2018)
  • MicroDiscovery GmbH, Berlin (planned June 2018)

Supervisor(s)

Keywords

Forward genetics, developmental genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, mutation mapping.