Prof Melanie Bahlo

Department Head
Population Health and Immunity
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

bahlo@wehi.edu.au

Contract research opportunities

Bioinformatics, Genomics, Transcriptomics
iptomics
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In 2018 the Bahlo lab:

  1. Published a survey of scRNAseq analysis methods for clustering (Freytag et al, F1000Research, https://f1000research.com/articles/7-1297/v2)
  2. Published identity-by-descent and selection signal detection method for haploid organisms with multiclonal isolates (e.g. Plasmodium) (Henden et al, PLOS Genetics, 2018 & https://github.com/bahlolab/isoRelate)
  3. Published detection method for repeat expansions using WES and WGS data (Tankard et al, AJHG & https://github.com/bahlolab/exSTRa)
  4. Started a collaboration with Dr Anna Coussens (WEHI), with Jacob Munro on TB WGS

Research Activities

Bahlo Lab works on bioinformatic analysis of high throughput sequencing data of human and non-human organisms, making use of familial and population level information. The emphasis is on statistical techniques that exploit high throughput data. We are interested in selection signatures and building classifiers in Malaria studies.

Techniques/Expertise

Bioinformatics, next-generation sequencing, SNP chips, DNA-seq, RNA-seq, scRNA-seq, statistical analysis, linkage mapping, GWAS

Collaborations

Prof Ivo Mueller
A/Prof Alyssa Barry
A/Prof Aaron Jex
Dr Sant-Rayn Pasricha
Dr Anna Coussens

Disease Models

Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium vivax
Homo sapiens
TB

Genetically Modified Organisms

N/A

Other Lab Members

Dr Mark Bennett
Dr Haloom Rafehi
Jiru Han
Jacob Munro
Dr Liam Fearnley
Dr Victoria Jackson
Dr Brendan Ansell
Roberto Bonelli

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