Dr Negusse T. Kitaba BSc, MSc, PhD
Research Fellow in Bioinformatics/Epigenetics
Research Fellow in Bioinformatics/Epigenetics within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton.
Dr Negusse graduated from Addis Ababa University with a BSc in Biological Science and an MSc in Biodiversity. He completed his MSc in Bioinformatics at Cardiff University. He undertook research into gene regulation, pathway analysis and protein structure prediction to support drug discovery at the University of South Wales, graduating with a PhD in Computational Biology in 2015.
Dr Negusse has a keen interest in understanding how genetics and environmental interactions affect gene function and disease outcomes. He joined the University of Southampton, Faculty of Biological Science in 2017 where he investigated the effect of maternal gestational diabetes on the offspring epigenome. His current work in the Faculty of Medicine involves studying the transgenerational effect of paternal smoking.
Qualifications
- PhD, Computational Biology, University of South Wales 2015
- MSc, Bioinformatics, Cardiff University 2010
- MSc, Biodiversity, Addis Ababa University 2006
- BSc, Biological Science, Addis Ababa University 1999
Appointments held
- Research Fellow in Bioinformatics/ Epigenetics: Rhinessa EWAS Project at Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton (2020 -present)
- Research Fellow in Epigenetics: UPBEAT Diabetes UK project at Faculty of Biological Science, University of Southampton (2017 to 2020)
- Bioinformatics Scientist II PhoreMost Ltd, Cambridge (2017)