Wasimuddin, PhD
Education:
Professional appointments:
Project Name: Ecology and species barriers in emerging viral diseases.
Project: Next-generation technologies in evolutionary genetics.
Project: Next-generation technologies in evolutionary genetics.
Project: Development of fecal steroid analysis as a non-invasive method to monitor reproductive function in Indian endangered animals (Big cats and Ungulates).
Awards & honours:
Invited talks:
Teaching in workshops:
Presentations:
Workshops attended:
Reviewer Services:
Scientific Reports, Epidemiology and Infection, Frontiers in Microbiology, FEMS Microbiology Letters, PLOS One.
Other relevant experiences:
Education:
- PhD: Subject-Zoology from Institute of Vertebrate Biology and Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. 2014
- MSc: Subject-Biotechnology from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India. 2004 Thesis title: “Effect of N-Acetyl Cysteine on hypoxia induced oxidative stress in C-6 Glioblastoma cell line”
- BSc: Subject-Biology from M.D.S. University, Ajmer, India. 2002
Professional appointments:
- Senior Project Scientist (III): 2021-Till date Place: CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India Project Name: “Advancing SARS-CoV-2 pathogen genomics, bioinformatics and global data sharing”
- Postdoctoral Scientist: 2018-2021 Place: Institute for Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland.
- Postdoctoral Scientist: 2015-2018
Project Name: Ecology and species barriers in emerging viral diseases.
- Postdoctoral Researcher: 2014-2015
Project: Next-generation technologies in evolutionary genetics.
- Research assistant: 2011-2012
Project: Next-generation technologies in evolutionary genetics.
- Research assistant: 2007-2009
Project: Development of fecal steroid analysis as a non-invasive method to monitor reproductive function in Indian endangered animals (Big cats and Ungulates).
Awards & honours:
- Short research visit fund award to work on project “One Health: Response of compartment specific microbiomes against common stressors”. Genetic Diversity Center, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland (one week, 2019)
- Travel fund award to attend, The Conservation Genomics conference (Conservation Genomics, European Science Foundation), Porto, Portugal. 2016
- Awarded the ConGenOmics (Conservation Genomics, European Science Foundation) short research visit grant to work on project “Characterizing the gut-microbiome of Namibian Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus): analysing data generated by high throughput sequencing”. University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. (two weeks, 2014)
- Awarded the Erasmus (“Erasmus work placement”) grant to work on project “Role of age, sex and diet in influencing gut-microbiome of Namibian Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus): a next-generation sequencing approach”. Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin, Germany. (five months, 2013)
- Awarded “Dean’s scholarship for talented students”, by Dean of the faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. 2010-2014 (Two rounds)
- Awarded “graduate scholarship” by Czech Ministry of Education, Czech Republic. 2010-2014
- Awarded “Lectureship” by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-UGC), India. 2006
- Awarded “ICMR Project-Fellow” by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India. 2006
- Awarded “Rajasthan-SLET for lectureship” by University Grant Commission (UGC), India. 2005
Invited talks:
- Host-parasite, host-microbiome interactions: insights from natural systems. Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES), Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, CSIR, India. 2019
- Metagenomics of gut-bacteria in Cheetah - the role of diet, age and kinship. The central European meeting on genes, gene expression, and behavior. Nove Hrady, CZ. 2014
- Non-invasive monitoring of hormones for the conservation of endangered wild animal species. Charles University, Prague, CZ. 2010
Teaching in workshops:
- Microbiome analysis using DADA2: One Health Workshop. Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern. Switzerland. 2019
- QIIME (quantitative insights into microbial ecology) – presenting of a software package for comparison and analysis of microbial communities. The central European meeting on genes, gene expression, and behavior. Nove Hrady, Czech Republic. 2014
- Learning QIIME (quantitative insights into microbial ecology). Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey. 2014
Presentations:
- Microbiomes in soil, plant, animal and human health. International PhD and Postdoc Summer School. Bern, Switzerland. Oral presentation. 2019
- Influence of extrinsic and intrinsic host variables on gut microbial community composition and function of Namibian cheetahs. ConGenOmics (travel fund awarded, ESF). Porto, Portugal. Oral presentation. 2016
- Contrasting genetic structure of two nematode parasites (Syphacia obvelata and Trichuris muris) across the European house mouse hybrid zone. Jacques Monod Conference (CNRS) Roscoff, France. Poster presentation. 2014
- Genetic structure of a nematode parasite (Trichuris muris) across the European house mouse hybrid zone. XIV congress of the European society for evolutionary biology. Lisbon, Portugal. Poster presentation. 2013
- Hybrid zone in hybrid zone; Syphacia obvelata genetic structure in mouse hybrid zone. The central European meeting on genes, gene expression, and behaviour. Nove Hrady, CZ. Oral presentation. 2011
- High prevalence and species diversity of Helicobacter detected in free-ranging house mice. 8th international conference on behaviour, physiology and genetics of wildlife. Berlin, Germany. Poster presentation. 2011
Workshops attended:
- Scientific communication, stress and conflicts management, Second one-health young researcher meeting, University of Bern. 2019
- The 4th metabarcoding spring school, Samara, South Africa (travel fund provided by project “Science for all senses”, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. CR). 2014
- Current methods on speciation research: population genetic approaches (ESF), Průhonice, CR. 2012
- Contemporary molecular-genetic approaches in zoology and conservation genetics, Brno, CR. 2011
- The 6th Berlin summer school, non-invasive monitoring of hormones, Berlin, Germany. 2011
Reviewer Services:
Scientific Reports, Epidemiology and Infection, Frontiers in Microbiology, FEMS Microbiology Letters, PLOS One.
Other relevant experiences:
- Field: Wildlife sampling in remote areas, rodent/bat/bird trapping, collection of feces/tissue/blood samples, field experiments and behavioural observation.
- Lab: Developing ELISA, handling GC-MS/HPLC, developing various genetic markers/microsatellites, next generation techniques (Illumina library preparation, sequencing), handling basic and advanced softwares for population genetics/microbiome studies.
- Bioinformatics/Biostatistics: Developing/employing bioinformatic pipelines (UNIX/Linux/Python/R) for amplicon, whole genome sequencing, big data analysis on server, extensive experience in utilizing statistical packages in R.
- Teaching: Teaching undergraduate/graduate students, organizing training workshops for students.