Meet Our Team
Nordic CompBio Team
Our everyday heroes, who keep the organisation running like clockwork.
Nazeefa Fatima
Project Lead
Sweden – Norway
Computational biologist. Interests: sequencing technologies (long reads), web development, data management, and genomics infrastructure.
Marcel Tarbier
Project member
Sweden
I am a postdoctoral researcher at Karolinska Institute and SciLifeLab in Stockholm. My research focuses on quantitative aspects of single-cell biology, omics technologies and data integration to answer fundamental biological questions with regard to gene regulation and chromatin architecture. I am convinced that Nordic CompBio can address the need for computational biologists to exchange ideas past institutional and country borders.
Johan Österlund
Project member
Sweden
My primary interest lies in systems biology and multiomic data integration. I am particularly fascinated by the visualization techniques and the theory behind combining information of different scale, encoding and biological setting. Nordic Computational Biology provides a natural place for me and others to socialize, learn and develop together. The project is open for anyone with a burning interest in computational biology and related fields, a society that is actively non-exclusive which I find extremely valuable.
Ahmed Eltorky
Project member
Finland
I am a PhD student in the field of Systems Biology with interests in Immunology, transcriptomics and single-cell technologies. I appreciate the gesture from the Nordic Computational Biology to welcome, develop and integrate researchers across the nordics and other countries with a light collaborative dynamic.
Margarita Alonso
Project member
Sweden
My interest is mainly immunoinformatics, currently working with B-cell receptor sequences, but in general, I'm interested in systems biology (also its relationship with biostatistics and mathematical modelling), bioinformatics and NGS. I believe that the Nordic CompBio is an excellent opportunity to learn from different people about the field that unites us all as professionals. It also makes possible the visualization and sharing of information and research, which in turn promotes the development of more scientists, generating a positive impact on the scientific world.
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Nordic CompBio
Advisory Board
Our trusted advisors
Norway
Anthony Mathelier
Our group’s computational biology research programme focuses on gene expression regulation and the mechanisms by which it can be disrupted in human diseases such as cancers. In a nutshell, the group develops and applies computational approaches to analyze in house and public multi-omics data to study gene expression dysregulation.
There are unparalleled opportunities arising from being part of a scientific community with a common focus and a common goal. The Nordic Computational Biology (NCB) initiative provides such an opportunity to trainees working in the field of bioinformatics in the Nordics. I see the events organized by NBC as catalyst events aiming at sharing knowledge, promoting scientific excellence, providing support, and triggering international and local collaborations on computational biology and statistical research projects related to molecular biology. I believe that it is an exciting forum to strengthen computational biology in the Nordics
Norway
Marieke Kuijjer
My group’s research focuses on developing computational frameworks that place genomic data into the context of gene regulatory networks and on exploring how these networks influence complex disease, with a main focus on cancer.
Thoughts on Nordic CompBio: Many of the tools and methodologies that computational biologists develop and use can be applied to or extended in a wide variety of settings and projects. Through connecting researchers from different career stages and across the Nordic countries, I hope that the NCB platform will spark creativity, increase collaborations, and create a more collective and open approach to doing research.
Finland
Jing Tang
I would like to be part of NCB to develop the community further in the Nordic region, especially Finland. The needs for computational biology are far exceeding the available support, and therefore the NCB needs to act more coherently to engage the researchers, students, as well as funding agencies.
I see a great potential for NCB as a central hub for sharing ideas, resources, and activities to promote computational biology across the region
