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Here is my CV. Do not hesitate to contact me for more information. CV last updated on January 16, 2025
Basics
| Name | Kisun Pokharel |
| Label | Senior Scientist |
| kisun.pokharel@luke.fi | |
| Phone | (358) 295-326760 |
| Url | https://kisun.github.io/ |
| Summary | Bioinformatician applying genomic tools to study different species |
Work
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2015.01 - Present Senior Scientist, Bioinformatics
Natural Resources Institute Finland Luke
I am working as a Bioinformatician in Statistical Methods group at Luke.
- Genomics
Education
Awards
- 2012.06.01
Best Poster Award
Turku Biocity Symposium
Best poster prize for my poster titled 'What makes a protein Lysosomal?'
Certificates
| Elements of AI | ||
| Stanford University | 2018-05-01 |
| Gut check: Exploring your microbiome | ||
| MOOC: University of Colorado Boulder and University of California San Diego | 2017-10-14 |
| Writing in the Sciences | ||
| Stanford University | 2012-11-01 |
Publications
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2023.08.01 Whole genome sequencing provides novel insights into the evolutionary history and genetic adaptation of reindeer populations in northern Eurasia
Scientific Reports
The new genome assembly was generated and utilised to explore genetic diversity, population structure and selective sweeps in Eurasian Rangifer tarandus populations which was based on the largest population genomic dataset for reindeer, encompassing 58 individuals from diverse populations.Two independent reindeer domestication processes were inferred, suggesting separate origins for the domestic Fennoscandian and eastern/northern Russian reindeer.
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2012.07.27 The structure and catalytic cycle of a sodium-pumping pyrophosphatase
Science Magazine
The 2.6-angstrom structure of Thermotoga maritima M-PPase in the resting state reveals a previously unknown solution for ion pumping. This was the first membrane protein solved in Finland
Skills
| Bioinformatics | |
| Genomics | |
| Genetic diversity | |
| Livestock | |
| Adaptation |
Languages
| Nepali | |
| Native speaker |
| English | |
| Fluent |
Interests
| Badminton |
| Frisbee Golf |
References
| Professor Juha Kantanen | |
| Professor Kantanen was the main supervisor of my PhD. I have worked with him for more than 10 years in the field of livestock genomics. |
| Professor Adrian Goldman | |
| I performed sequence and structure analysis of Thermotoga Maritima membrane bound pyrophosphatase at Professor Goldman's lab. |
Projects
- 2012.11 - 2016.06
SOMICS
SOMICS - Sheep Omics, Funded by the Academy of Finland. This was my PhD project where I studied fertility traits in Sheep using RNA-Seq.
- Transcriptomics
- De novo transcriptome assembly