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Mazdak Salavati
DVM PhD AFHEA (He/Him)
Education
Veterinary Medicine Faculty of University of Tehran
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran
Tehran, Iran
2010
University of Bedfordshire
PhD in Biomedical Sciences, University of Bedfordshire
Luton, United Kingdom
2013
Thesis: Studies on in vitro maturation of dog oocytes to improve maturation rate and development potentials
University College Dublin
Professional certificate in Bioinformatics for Veterinary & Animal Scientists, University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
2016
Higher Education Academy
Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (#PR134243), United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom
2017
Work Experience
Poctdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral researcher at The Royal Veterinary College, University of London
London, United Kingdom
2013 - 2018
- Pototyped an ex vivo culture system of superficial digital flexor tendon tissue heat stress induction for proteomic studies. Developed image analysis pipeline with macro batch scripting in FIJI/ImageJ for IHC and ICC images. (BBSRC UKRI fundned project 2013-2015)
- RNA-Seq sample processing (extraction, QC and PCR preps) and bioinformatics analysis of all the RNA samples captured as part of Genotype Plus Environment consotium (http://www.gpluse.eu/) in collaboration with University of Liege, GIGA Institute (EU FP7 funded project 2015-2018)
Core Scientist
Research Fellow in Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2018 - Present
- Core bioinformatician for the Ruminant Functional Genomics Lab (https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/ruminant-functional-genomics)
- nf-CAGE pipeline development and maintenance (https://github.com/MazdaX/nf-cage) for the BovReg consortium (https://www.bovreg.eu)
- Working with multiple programmes within the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (https://www.ctlgh.org/)
- Member of Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes (FAANG) community (https://www.animalgenome.org/community/FAANG/)
- Contributor to VarGoats (http://www.goatgenome.org/vargoats.html) and International Sheep Genomics initiatives (https://www.sheephapmap.org/)
- Co-organiser of the FAANG-CompGen task force (Comparative Genomics and Assemblies) (https://www.animalgenome.org/community/FAANG/tf?name=FAANGCompGen)
Industry Consultant
Data Science consultant at Wyoming Interactive, Edinburgh, UK (USA)
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2020 - Present
Placement Experience
Data Analyst and Data Engineering sabatical
Flexible Talent Mobility Award (BBSRC/UKRI) grantee at Wyoming Interactive, Edinburgh UK
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2020 Jan - 2020 March
- Developed multiple dashboards and deployed web apps (Shiny and Plotly).
- Prototyped predictive modelling and forecasting modules for a Waste Water Plant company (AutoRegression and MACD).
- Engaged with client facing sessions to communicate analytical results and developped decision making tools.
Review panel memberships
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United Kingdom
2012 - Present
Publications
For detailed records please refer to :
- https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/mazdak-salavati
- https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55447194100
United Kingdom
2012 - Present