Hi everyone! I am Damandeep Kaur, and I have joined Genetics of Sex Differences group as a PhD student under the supervision of Jessica Abbott.
I am originally from India, where I did my bachelor’s and master’s in Biotechnology. In 2014, I moved to Denmark to be with my husband and to carry out my second master’s in bioinformatics at Lund University. I moved to Lund in 2017. For my thesis project, I worked with clinical Whole Exome Sequencing data of 5 generations of 2 Finnish families affected by a familial stroke to find underlying genotype behind this familial embolic stroke.
Now, I am very excited to use my experience working with sequencing data to study the evolution of dosage compensation. In my project, I will try to manipulate the evolution of dosage compensation in real time using experimental evolution. I will investigate changes in gene expression and mechanistic basis of these changes over time with different sequencing technologies.
In my personal time, I like to cook, explore nature, and watch a range of web series. I’m looking forward to pursuing this interesting project and being part of the amazing work environment at Lund University.
