Hi, I’m Olena-Maria 🦄

My PhD combines single-cell transcriptomics with SPLiT-seq long-read protocol development to investigate planarian regeneration and transcript diversity. To our knowledge this is the first such protocol developed.

At Oxford Nanopore Technologies, I generated ultra-long and Pore-C datasets and worked on the telomere-to-telomere assembly of a cancerous human cell line.

I use Python, R, Unix, Scanpy and Nextflow in my computational work, with an emphasis on reproducible bioinformatics analyses.

My PhD has been one big protocol development journey, connecting laboratory decisions with downstream sequencing analysis.

My MSc in Genomic Medicine included an internship at the Manchester Centre for Genomic Research, where I investigated the relationship between genotype and phenotype in patients with Gorlin syndrome using Sanger sequencing.

At Procter & Gamble, I worked on antimicrobial formulations and managed a biosafety level 2 laboratory. I am a named co-inventor on a published patent application.