Former Liberles Research Group Members

Nick Braun

(M.Sc., Ph.D., University of Southampton (UK))

Stockholm and Bergen

2002-2003

Independent Software Developer (Berlin, Germany)

Ann-Charlotte Berglund Sonnhammer

(M.Sc. Umeå University (Sweden); Ph.D. Danish Technical University (Denmark))

Stockholm and Bergen

2003-2004

Senior Researcher, Linnaeus Centre for Bioinformatics, Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden)

Matthew Betts

(B.Sc. York University (UK), M.Sc. Birkbeck College (UK), Ph.D. Imperial Cancer Research Fund (UK))

Bergen

2003-2005

Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Russell Research Group, University of Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany)

Christian Roth

(M.Sc. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (Switzerland), Ph.D. University of Lausanne (Switzerland))

Stockholm, Bergen, and Wyoming

2002-2006

Project Coordinator, Gyllensten Research Group, Uppsala Genome Center, Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden)

Marie Skovgaard

(M.Sc. University of Copenhagen (Denmark), Ph.D. Danish Technical University (Denmark))

Bergen

2004-2006

Project Manager, Zealand Pharma (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Alexander Churbanov

(M.Sc. Urals State University (Russia), Ph.D. University of Nebraska (USA))

Wyoming

2006-2007

Director, Genomics and Bioinformatics Facility, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM, USA)

Katharina Dittmar

(M.Sc., D.V.M., Ph.D. University of Leipzig (Germany))

Wyoming

2006-2007

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY, USA)

Steven Massey

(B.Sc. Bath University (UK), Ph.D. University of Kent (UK))

Wyoming

2006-2008

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras, PR, USA)

Vera Brok-Volchanskaya

(M.Sc. Voronezh State University (Russia), Ph.D. Pushchino Biological Center (Russia))

Wyoming

2008-2009

(Madison, WI, USA)

Grigory Kolesov

(M.Sc. Novosibirsk State University (Russia), Ph.D. Technical University of Munich (Germany))

Wyoming

2007-2009

Researcher, Dahnovsky Research Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY, USA)

Åsa (Tellgren) Tellgren-Roth

(M.Sc. Linköping University (Sweden), Lic. Deg. Karolinska Institute (Sweden), Ph.D. University of Bergen (Norway))

Stockholm, Bergen, and Wyoming

2002-2007

"A study of adaptive evolution in mammals: Myostatin in Artiodactyls and plasminogen activator in vampire bats."

(Uppsala, Sweden)

Timothy Hughes

(B.Sc. London School of Economics (UK), M.Sc. Oxford University (UK), M.Sc. (Computer Science) Imperial College (UK), Ph.D. University of Bergen (Norway))

Bergen

2003-2008

“Computational analysis of the evolutionary dynamics of proteins on a genomic scale.”

Senior Scientist, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway)

Shruti Rastogi

(B.Sc. University of Lucknow (India), M.Sc. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (India), M.Sc. (Bioinformatics) Chalmers Institute of Technology (Sweden), Ph.D. University of Bergen (Norway))

Bergen and Wyoming

2004-2008

“Understanding protein evolution using structural models.”

Postdoctoral Researcher, Rost Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University (New York, NY, USA)

STUDENT

EDUCATION

LOCATION

THESIS TITLE

CURRENT (LAST KNOWN) LOCATION

Cecilia Kemi

(M.Sc. Umeå University (Sweden), 2000)

Stockholm

"Sequencing and analysis of plasminogen activator from Carollia perspicillata: A study in functional adaptation."

Staff Scientist, Resistentia Pharmaceuticals (Stockholm, Sweden)

Malin Almgren

(M.Sc. Stockholm University (Sweden), 2001)

Stockholm

"Genomic Approaches to Understanding Protein Function."

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden)

Alexander Roth

(M.Sc. Stockholm University (Sweden), 2001)

Stockholm

"Construction of a Protein Family Database."

Postdoctoral Researcher, von Mering Research Group, Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich (Zürich, Switzerland)

Liang-Je (Ackila or Jay) Lin

(M.Sc. Skövde University College (Sweden), 2002)

Stockholm

"Examination of functional differentiation during protein evolution."

Research Assistant, Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden)

Arshia Rouhani

(M.Sc. Mid-Sweden University (Sweden), 2002)

Stockholm

"Image mapping tools for binary trees." (thesis in Swedish)

Anna Nilsson

(M.Sc. Skövde University College (Sweden), 2003)

Stockholm

"Evaluation of maximum likelihood tree building methodologies for large-scale databases."

(Stockholm, Sweden)

Francois Beaussart

(M.Sc. Université de Lille 1 (France), 2003)

Bergen

"Independent gamma distributions to optimize the likelihood of a tree." (thesis in French)

(Lille, France)

Pär Steffansson

(M.Sc. Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Sweden), 2004)

Stockholm and Bergen

"Building consensus trees using gene sequences- A phylogenetic approach."

Consultant, Oracle Sweden (Stockholm, Sweden)

Ninoa Malki

(M.Sc. Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Sweden), 2004)

Stockholm and Bergen

"Rekonstruktion av evolutionära anfadersgensekvenser och detektion av adaptiv evolution med likelihoodmetod när substitutionshastigeten varierar över genpositioner." (thesis in Swedish)

Ph.D. Student, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden)

Saywan Pasha

(M.Sc. University of Bergen (Norway), 2004)

Bergen

"Visualization tools in bioinformatics."

Shruti Rastogi

(B.Sc. University of Lucknow (India), M.Sc. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (India), M.Sc. Bioinformatics Chalmers Institute of Technology (Sweden), 2005)

Bergen

"The evolution of protein structural models."

see information on group Ph.D. student section

Roald Rossnes

(M.Sc. University of Bergen (Norway), 2005)

Bergen

"Phylogenetic reconstuction of gene expression and mRNA splicing patterns."

Chandra Thompson

(B.A. University of Wyoming, 2007)

Wyoming

“Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction and Homology Modeling of the Deoxyribonucleoside Kinase Enzyme”

Katherine Harris

(B.S., University of Wyoming, 2008)

Wyoming

Ph.D. Student, Ardell Research Group, School of Natural Sciences, University of California (Merced, CA, USA)