Nicole Powell
- Email: umnpo@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Using somatic mutation to understand adaptation to cardiometabolic disease
- Supervisors: Dr Richard Cubbon, Dr Marc Bailey, Dr Chew Cheng, Dr Kathryn Griffin, Professor Lee Roberts
Profile
I'm a 3rd-year PhD researcher in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, funded by the British Heart Foundation, at the University of Leeds.
First class honours degree graduate in Biomedical Sciences. Awarded with the Royal Society of Biology Top Student 2022 Award for gaining the highest percentage in my bioscience degree, across my institution.
Research interests
My work focuses on the role of somatic mutations in cardiometabolic disease, which is bioinformatics and genomics based.
Research & Skills
- Bioinformatics pipelines: variant calling, exome and RNA sequencing analysis, data visualization
- Programming: R, Linux/Bash, workflow automation
- Data analysis: large-scale genomics (UK Biobank exome sequencing), statistical analysis
Qualifications
- BSc Biomedical Science