**Brad Balderson**

Email: b.balderson@uq.edu.au

I completed Honours with first class in 2018 under the supervision of [[research:mikael_boden|Mikael Boden]].
My project started off with the aim of determining differentially expressed genes in RNA-sequencing data
on melanoma cells with gene perturbation. This eventually lead me
to analysing publicly available single cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) data from melanoma patient tumors.

By the end of my project I developed a new method to understand bulk RNA-seq perturbation data
(further research/paper still in progress). 

The expertise I developed in scRNA-seq lead to a research appointment
after honours. During this appointment I pre-processed and analysed a new scRNA-seq data set from the developing mouse
brain (research/paper in progress). 

My goal is to further my computational, mathematical, and biological knowledge so I can be a better Bioinformatician. 
The research area which excites me most is the integration of scRNA-seq with other data types in order to understand genomic regulation at the single cell level. I believe this area of research will have a dramatic effect on all fronts of medicine, biotechnology, bioinformatics, and developmental biology.

I'm currently pursuing my PhD in this field under the supervision of [[https://au.linkedin.com/in/mikael-boden-2453a841|Mikael Boden]], with co-supervision by [[https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/632|Mike Piper]] and [[https://aibn.uq.edu.au/profile/3649/jessica-mar|Jessica Mar]]. 

If you have similar interests, love science, and want to have a chat, please feel free to throw me an email! :)

**Achievements**
  * Deans Commendation for Academic Excellence