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Dr. Dean Southwood is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Genomics Bioinformatics Team at the Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research, Macquarie University. He completed his PhD in 2020 at Macquarie University, focusing on developing and applying high-performance computing pipelines for genomic analysis, particularly in reconstructing genomes of animals. His applied work involved DNA sequencing analysis related to neurodegenerative diseases such as Frontotemporal Dementia and Parkinson's Disease. He utilizes novel biomarkers from cell-free DNA and cutting-edge spatial transcriptomics methods to understand the causes of these diseases and to analyze how patient outcomes differ based on diagnosis, aiming to detect diseases through less invasive methods. Since joining the Centre in 2023, his current research has concentrated on understanding the genetic basis of Motor Neuron Disease by employing high-throughput data analysis and high-performance computing methods to investigate large genomic datasets for novel mutations in candidate genes.
Applied to Department of Business (MBA Program).