Emma Somerville, BSc

Schwerpunktbereich

  • Genetik
  • Neurodegeneration
  • Genetische Ursachen der Parkinson-Erkrankung
  • GBA1
  • Funktionelle Genomik
  • Biomarker
  • Gene prioritization
  • Gene-pesticide exposure interaction
  • Polygenic Risk Score (PRS)
  • Genetic Modifiers

Biographie

Emma is a Research Scientist at Centogene who specializes in computationally analyzing how genetics can inform disease risk or impact biomarker variability. She completed her PhD at McGill University where she studied the genetic determinants of Parkinson’s disease biomarkers and the prodromal synucleinopathy REM-sleep behaviour disorder.