Dr. Siba Shanak is an assistant professor at the Arab American University/Palestine (AAUP), since 2015. She has finished her PhD at Saarland University/Germany in the field of Bioinformatics. For the past few years, she’s been working on biomolecular interactions and in data analysis in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). One of the research interests she focused on is the mechanistic insights of epigenetic modifications via modeling Protein:DNA interactions. In the field of NGS data analysis, Dr. Siba Shanak is currently analyzing the correlation of expression and epigenetic modifications at the exon level. She also explores the field of combinatorial histone allocation at the exon level. She conducts the analysis in adult, fetal, and cultured embryonic cells of human. To this aim, she investigates bed files for RNA-Seq, Methyl-Seq and Chip-Seq data. She undertakes the statistical analysis using Linux scripting tools and R statistical language. In essence, she is working on several packages provided via Bioconductor, which is based primarily on R platform. Additionally, she has explored gene mapping and differential gene and transcript expression analysis using tools such as Bowtie, Tophat and Cufflinks. Education and Credentials: • PhD in Bioinformatics (magna cum laude) at the Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, January, 2015. • M.Sc. in Computational Molecular Biology/ Bioinformatics (Honor’s degree), Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany, 2009. • B.Sc. in Biology and Biotechnology (Honor’s degree), Arab American University, Jenin, Palestine, 2006. GPA: 3.99, with an ‘excellent’ standing. • Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Tawjihi) – Average: 97.1%
From | To | Present | Position | Institution |
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01/09/2010 | 31/08/2012 | Instructor | Arab American Univrsity- Jenin | |
04/03/2015 | Assistant Professor | Arab American Univrsity- Jenin |
From | To | Present | Position | Institution | Description |
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01/09/2006 | 20/07/2007 | Lab Technician | Arab American University- Palestine | Lab Technician at AAUP/ Department of Biology and Biotechnology | |
01/09/2015 | 31/08/2016 | Head of the Department | AAUP | Biology and Biotechnology Department | |
01/08/2019 | Dean | AAUP | Faculty of Science |
University/College Name | Degree Received | Specialization | Description |
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Saarland University- Germany | Phd | Bioinformatics | |
Saarland University/ Center for Bioinformatics | MSc/MS | Bioinformatics/ Computational Biology | |
AAUP/ Faculty of Sciences | BSc/BS | Biology and Biotechnology |
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Course Title | Level |
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Biochemistry I | Undergraduate |
Bionformatics and Computational Biology | Undergraduate |
General Biology I | Undergraduate |
General Biology II | Undergraduate |
Biology for Medical Students/Sciences | Undergraduate |
General Biology I Lab | Undergraduate |
General Biology II Lab | Undergraduate |
Biology for Medical Students Lab | Undergraduate |
Biochemistry I Lab | Undergraduate |
Seminar | Undergraduate |
Health Informatics | Undergraduate |
Undergraduate Research and Training | Undergraduate |
Biology I for Dental Students | Undergraduate |
Biology II for Dental Students | Undergraduate |
General and Cell Biology | Undergraduate |
Bioinformatics | Graduate |
General Biochemistry | Undergraduate |