Dr. rer. nat. Amer Ghalawinji
- Post doc
- +49 451 – 3101 8324
- Room: 067.000.10.035.00
- amer.ghalawinji@uni-luebeck.de
- ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2221-3800
- Twitter:AmerGhalawinji
Research Focus
Training & Functions
Memberships
Fundings
Selected publications
Research Focus
- Investigating the pathways of coronary artery disease (CAD)
- Developing computational pipelines to explore genomic architecture of cardiovascular diseases
- Processing and analyzing genetic data to understand mechanisms modulating susceptibility of heart complications
- Goal: Identifying CAD-related biomarkers
Training & Functions
2024–ongoing
Bioinformatics Postdoctoral research fellow
2020–2024
Doctoral Thesis – University of Münster, Institute of Human Genetics
Thesis: “Contribution of Non-Coding RNA to The Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular Diseases”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Monika Stoll
2016–2019
Master of Science – Bioinformatics, University of Saarland
Thesis: “EpiPrimer Software; Bioinformatics Pipeline with GUI for DNA Methylation Data Analysis Using Shiny R package”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jörn Walter
2008–2014
Bachelor of Science – Biomedical Engineering, University of Münster
Thesis: “Design of a Hidden Markov Model Based Speech Recognition System to Help Patients with Hearing Disorders”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hani Amasha
Functions
- Bioinformatics / IT
Memberships
- Deutsch-Syrische Forschungsgesellschaft e.V (DSFG)
- Alumnus, University of Münster
- yDZHK
Fundings
Fundings
- RTG EvoPAD PhD Programme (2020-2023)
Selected publications
- Schulz, C., Lemoine, M.D., Mearini, G., Koivumäki, J., Sani, J., Schwedhelm, E., Kirchhof, P., Ghalawinji, A., Stoll, M., Hansen, A. and Eschenhagen, T., 2023. PITX2 Knockout Induces Key Findings of Electrical Remodeling as Seen in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 16(3), p.e011602.
- Herrera-Rivero, M., Gandhi, S., Witten, A., Ghalawinji, A., Schotten, U. and Stoll, M., 2022. Cardiac chamber-specific genetic alterations suggest candidate genes and pathways implicating the left ventricle in the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation. Genomics, 114(2), p.110320.
- Zeemering, S., Isaacs, A., Winters, J., Kawczynski, M., Rivero, M. H., Ghalawinji, A., … & Schotten, U. (2022). BS-515-04 REPLICATED GENE EXPRESSION CHANGES IN PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. Heart Rhythm, 19(5), S52-S53.