About Me
Favour Oluwapelumi Oyelami, is a researcher whose interest lies in applying genomics to human health, especially those of African descent. Resolute to his goal, he seeks to contribute to the delivery of precision medicine for Africans.
Favour, who holds a Masters of Statistical Genomics and Bioinformatics degree certificate from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, is currently a Ph.D student at Australian National University.
He won the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Scholarship award for his MSc degree and the Australian National University Scholarship for his Ph.D.
Favour has affiliations to the following bodies:
- EMBL Australia Partner Laboratory Network at the Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
- Centre for Computational Biomedical Sciences, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
- The Shine-Dalgarno Centre for RNA innovation, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS:
- Higher Degree by Research PhD Scholarship by the Australian National University
- The John curtin School of Medical Research PhD Scholarship
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Scholarship award
- Talo Computational Biology Talent Accelerator Program Travel Grant
- Ruth Gani Travel Award
- Riboclub Travel Fellowship to attend the RNA Canada Meeting ARN 2024*/* 25th RiboClub Annual Meeting
SKILLS & EXPERTISE
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office application: Excel, Word, Powerpoint; Photoshop and SPSS (basics)
- Programming languages (Perl, Python, R, and Linux-Ubuntu)
- Molecular Biotechnology techniques (DNA library construction; PCR, Pipetting, Gel Electrophoresis; ELISA technique, CCK-8, Flow cytometry, RNA Pull-down assay.)
- Software and Tools (Plink, MEGA, FigTree, Haploview, Beagle, GATK, VCFtool, NCBI BLAST, ADMIXTURE, Variant Effect Predictor (VEP), JBrowse, MAFFT, Bedtools, and EMBOSS programs)