POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE · UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
My research seeks to understand the molecular mechanisms of brain disorders and translate that understanding into therapeutic opportunities. I integrate multi-omic data from human brain tissue across development with computational genomics and machine learning to determine how genetic variation is translated through gene-regulatory programs across time and cell types. A central focus is the discovery and functional testing of cis-regulatory regions in common and rare brain disorders, with the long-term goal of enabling more precise, mechanism-informed therapies.
Postdoctoral Research Associate · Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine · University of Oxford
RESEARCH
I analyse large-scale multi-omic data from developing brain tissue to understand when and how disease mechanisms emerge, and to identify cis-regulatory elements that may be therapeutically actionable. The long-term goal is to make precision medicine for brain disorders more biologically grounded and more tractable.
Read more →I use developmental multi-omics to connect disease-associated variation to the regulatory elements and cell states that shape brain phenotypes, then prioritise mechanisms that can be tested experimentally with functional perturbation.
Read more →During my PhD I studied AI and learning analytics in precision medicine and health data science. I also develop accessible science communication, including Genes, Brains & Breakthroughs, an animated series explaining neurodevelopmental disorders and genomic research to patients and families.
Explore this work →Lin Yang, Mikihito Shibata, Saejeong Park, Yuting Liu, Iva Salamon, Jia Liu, Suel-Kee Kim, Akemi Shibata, Ashley Deveau-French, Xoel Mato Blanco, Suxia Bai, Timothy Nottoli, Xiaojun Xing, Narjes Rohani, Stephan J. Sanders, Rothem Kovner, Kartik Pattabiraman, Nenad Sestan · Nature
Accepted in Nature
Preprint DOI →Narjes Rohani, Kobi Gal, Michael Gallagher, Areti Manataki · BMC Medical Education 24, 564
DOI →Eloise S. Beer Wells, Laura De Conti, Hyung Chul Kim, Narjes Rohani, Kartik Chundru, Laura M. Watts, Ruebena Dawes, Yuyang Chen, Alexandra C. Martin-Geary, Michael J. Griffiths, Sam Scott, Rosemary A. Bamford, Jonathan Mill, Caroline F. Wright, Marco Baralle, Stephan J. Sanders, Nicola Whiffin · Molecular Therapy
Details →NEWS & OUTREACH
New preprints, papers, and milestones.
See news →Sharing research in genomics, AI, and neurodevelopment beyond the lab.
See activities →HEA Associate Fellow, with a research background in health data science education.
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