CV
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Basics
| Name | Abhilesh Dhawanjewar |
| Tagline | Evolutionary Geneticist | Bioinformatician |
| ad2347@cam.ac.uk | |
| Url | https://abhilesh.github.io/ |
| Summary | As an Integrative Researcher, I leverage my robust background in quantitative methods and analytical thinking to work effectively with diverse biological data. My passion lies in amalgamating insights from various knowledge streams, aiming to cultivate a comprehensive understanding of Life on Earth. |
Education
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2015 - 2022 USA
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2010 - 2015 India
Work
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2024 - Present UK
Bioinformatician
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge
Cell-type specificity of mitochondrial dysfunction
- Analyzing data from diverse sequencing technologies to identify cell-type specific mitochondrial dysfunction
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2022 - 2024 UK
Research Fellow
University College London
Genetic basis of sexual antagonism
- Designed experimental evolution study to identify sexually antagonistic genetic variants
- Developed analytical pipelines to simulate and analyze population genetic data
- Built Nextflow pipeline for processing and analyzing Pool-Seq data
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2015 - 2022 USA
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Coevolution between the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes
- Characterized the impact of a mito-nuclear incompatibility on male sterility
- Developed integrative pipeline for sequence, structure and phylogenetic characterization of mitochondrial disease-causing mutations
- Performed phylogenetic analysis to identify coevolutionary patterns in mammlian mitochondrial and nuclear genomes
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2014 - 2015 India
Masters Thesis Researcher
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
PIZSA: Protein Interaction Z-Score Assessment
- Developed a novel scoring function for the prediction of protein-protein interactions
- Implemented the method as a web-server for public use
Publications
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2023.06.03 Multilevel Selection on Mitochondrial Genomes
Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
Review article on the evolutoinary dynamics of mitochondrial genomes across multiple levels of biological organization.
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2020.04.04 A Knowledge-Based Scoring Function to Assess Quaternary Associations of Proteins
Bioinformatics
Describes a novel scoring function for the prediction of protein-protein interactions.
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2019.06.07 Temperature-Sensitive Reproduction and the Physiological and Evolutionary Potential for Mother's Curse
Integrative and Comparative Biology
Investigates the impact of deleterious mito-nuclear interactions on the temperature sensitivity of male reproduction.
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2019.05.22 Protein Interaction Z Score Assessment (PIZSA): An Empirical Scoring Scheme for Evaluation of Protein-Protein Interactions
Nucleic Acids Research
Describes a novel scoring function for the prediction of protein-protein interactions implemented as a web-server for public use.
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2019.03.04 UNVEILing Connections between Genotype, Phenotype, and Fitness in Natural Populations
Molecular Ecology
Review article outlining the latest developments in the field of evolutionary genetics presented at the UNVEIL conference.