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Marcel Dinger is a Professor and Head of the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences at UNSW Sydney. With over 20 years of experience in genomics, Dinger is also an academic entrepreneur who has published over 153 papers that have been collectively cited more than 24,000 times. His research primarily focuses on understanding the links between phenotype and genotype, particularly in rare complex diseases, underexplored regions of the genome, pseudogenes, and transcribed noncoding RNAs. Dinger has played a significant role as a (co)-founder of four biotechnology startups and received numerous awards and honors throughout his career, including being named a Highly Cited Researcher multiple times. He has held notable positions such as CEO of Genome.One and Head of the Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. Dinger completed his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Waikato in 2003 and has an ongoing commitment to promoting genomics research and technologies in Australasia.
University of New South Wales • Sydney, Australia
Head of School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences.
Australasian Genomics Technologies Association • Sydney, Australia
Leading the association to promote genomics technologies.
National Centre for Indigenous Genomics • Sydney, Australia
Governance body focusing on genomics for Indigenous health.
Genome.One • Sydney, Australia
Led a world-class clinical genomics service.
Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research • Sydney, Australia
Oversaw translational research in genomic medicine.
Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland • Brisbane, Australia
Led research on Cancer Transcriptomics.
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland • Brisbane, Australia
Worked in informatics and genomics.
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland • Brisbane, Australia
Conducted research on long noncoding RNAs.
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