Dr. Asela Wijeratne

Associate Professor of Bioinformatics

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Education

• PhD - 2007 - Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
• BS - 2000 - University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Professional Credentials

• Adjunct Research Associate, 2016 – present, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
• Research Scientist, 2010 - 2016, Molecular and Cellular Imaging Center, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2007 - 2010 - Erich Grotewold Lab, Department of Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Teaching Specialties

• Bioinformatics and Applications
• Biotechniques I (lab course)
• Biotechniques II (lab course)
• Molecular Biology
• Introduction to Biotechnology and Research Design

Research Interests

• Bioinformatics and Applied Machine Learning for biological data
• Gene regulation
• Gene regulatory networks
• Abiotic stress in plants
• Evolution of gene regulation

Curriculum Vitae

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