{"id":156,"date":"2025-02-27T09:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T09:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imb.am\/scf\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:08:00","slug":"our-experts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imb.am\/scf\/our-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"OUR EXPERTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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We advise you to start the project with consultation. Understanding your research goals, helps us to provide recommendations to suit your needs as well as to address practical questions and collaboratively plan and design your experiment. Please contact us at scf@mb.sci.am<\/a> <\/span>to discuss your project in detail!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. <\/strong>Arsen Arakelyan<\/strong>, Ph.D., <\/strong>DrSc<\/strong>, <\/strong>Bioinformatics and Data Science Team<\/strong><\/p>

Dr. Arsen Arakelyan is the director of the Institute of Molecular Biology NAS RA and the Institute of Combined and Pharmacy at the Russian-Armenian University. He leads the Laboratory of Human Genomics and established the Bioinformatics Group in 2011, focusing on “-omics” bioinformatics of chronic diseases and cancers. His research expertise includes high-throughput sequencing data analysis, such as RNA-Seq, WGS, WES, single-cell RNA-Seq, and genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Dr. Arakelyan has contributed to numerous high-profile research projects in human genomics, personalized medicine, and population genetics. See PubMed<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Jonathan Schug, Ph.D.<\/strong>, <\/strong>Bioinformatics and Data Science Team<\/strong><\/p>

Education – mathematics and computer science from University of Pennsylvania. Technical director of sequencing core facilities at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine from 2008 to 2022 and continues to consult for the NGS@PGSC. Has provided data analysis services for numerous high-profile publications involving ChIP-Seq, RNA-Seq, miRNA-Seq, RIP-Seq, WGBS, ATAC-Seq, single-cell RNA-Seq, scATAC-Seq, and many other sequencing techniques in a wide variety of research areas. See PubMed<\/a>\u2024<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Ani Stepanyan, Ph.D.<\/strong>, <\/strong>Laboratory Operations Team<\/strong><\/p>

Dr. Ani Stepanyan is a senior scientist at the Institute of Molecular Biology NAS RA, specializing in molecular genetics and next-generation sequencing (NGS). Her research explores the genetic mechanisms of complex diseases and the impact of environmental factors-such as diet, radiation, and pollutants-on gene regulation, DNA methylation and damage. She has conducted collaborative research as a visiting researcher at the Palack\u00fd University, University of Pennsylvania and Rostock University. Dr. Stepanyan has experience in bisulfite sequencing, custom NGS panel development, whole exome sequencing (WES), and RNA-Seq. See PubMed<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Narineh Kianian, Ph. D. student<\/strong><\/p>

A neuroscience graduate with expertise in molecular and cellular biology techniques, including Next-generation sequencing (NGS), immunohistochemistry, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), primer design, Western blotting, gene manipulation with Site-directed mutagenesis, and basic Python programming. Her experience spans electrophysiological recordings, and histopathological techniques in both clinical and research settings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Gevorg Martirosyan, Ph.D., ClS<\/strong><\/p>

Education – Biologist (YSU), Medical Laboratory specialist (YMSU). Areas of expertise include laboratory genetics (wet lab), molecular laboratory routine workflow, and clinical genetics interpretations. Researcher, Head of Clinical Molecular Laboratory.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Gisane Khachatryan, Ph. D. student<\/strong><\/p>

Gisane Khachatryan is currently a PhD student in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the Russian-Armenian University. She holds her specialty\u00a0 degree in Bioengineering and Bioinformatics from the same institution.<\/p>

Her PhD research focuses on \u201cMolecular Genetic Risks Associated with Long-Duration Space Missions,\u201d exploring how space-related stressors impact genomic stability and disease susceptibility. Gisane has advanced laboratory experience, ranging from nucleic acid extractions to Illumina and Oxford Nanopore sequencing technologies, and basic knowledge of R programming for data analysis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Arpine Minasyan, Ph.D. student<\/strong><\/p>

Arpine Minasyan is currently a PhD student and a senior laboratory assistant at the Laboratory of Human Genomics in IMB NAS RA since 2021. She has a Master\u2019s (ISEC NAS RA) and a Bachelor\u2019s( YSU) degree in cellular and molecular biology. Her PhD research focuses on \u201cMolecular subtyping of chronic myeloid leukemia and multiple myeloma with nanopore RNA sequencing through integration of publicly available short-read transcriptomic datasets and machine learning approaches\u201d. Her laboratory experience includes Illumina and Oxford Nanopore sequencing technologies, basic R programming and statistics, cell-based assays and techniques, cytotoxicity assays, and cellular viability testing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Andranik Chavushyan, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>

Education – Biologist (YSU), Faculty of Physics (YSU). Areas of expertise include laboratory genetics, molecular laboratory routine workflow, clinical genetics interpretations, researcher.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lilit Ghukasyan, Ph. D. student<\/strong><\/p>

Lilit Ghukasyan is currently a Senior Laboratory Assistant-Researcher at the Laboratory of Human Genomics, Institute of Molecular Biology, NAS RA. She holds a Master\u2019s and a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Yerevan State University (YSU). Her PhD research focuses on the \u201cMolecular Genetic Study of Familial Mediterranean Fever Using Third-Generation Sequencing.\u201d She is proficient in Illumina and Oxford Nanopore sequencing technologies, as well as a range of other laboratory techniques, including cell line cultivation and the basics of genetic engineering.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Siras Hakobyan, Ph. D. student<\/strong><\/p>

Siras Hakobyan is currently a Junior Researcher and PhD student in the Research Group of Bioinformatics at the Institute of Molecular Biology NAS RA in Yerevan, Armenia. He received his Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Bioinformatics from Yerevan State University. His PhD project focuses on pathway-centered analysis of high-throughput omics data, particularly examining pathway activity states in cancers based on pathway topology, gene expression, and somatic mutation data. This project is conducted in collaboration with Leipzig University. Since 2017, Siras has been engaged in genome bioinformatics, accumulating diverse expertise in the field.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Suren Davitavyan, Ph. D.<\/strong><\/p>

Education \u2013 Mathematical Biology and Bioinformatics from the Russian-Armenian University . Junior scientist at the Institute of Molecular Biology NAS RA since 2019. Areas of expertise include big biological data analysis, machine learning, artificial intelligence, next-generation sequencing (NGS), cancer research, and genetics, Python\/R\/bash programming. Author of multiple publications in international scientific journals. See ResearchGate<\/a>\u2024<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Yeva Bareghamyan Ph.D. student<\/strong><\/p>

Yeva Bareghamyan is currently a PhD student in Mathematical biology and Bioinformatics\u00a0 at the Russian-Armenian University. She has a Master\u2019s degree in Biophysics and a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Biophysics and Bioinformatics at Yerevan State University. Her PhD research focuses on \u201cWhole genome and whole exome sequencing based analysis of diversity of genomic variants in Armenian population\u201d. She has experience in genome bioinformatics and the analysis of genetic variation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We advise you to start the project with consultation. Understanding your research goals, helps us to provide recommendations to suit your needs as well as to address practical questions and collaboratively plan and design your experiment. Please contact us at scf@mb.sci.am to discuss your project in detail! Leadership Dr. Arsen Arakelyan, Ph.D., DrSc, Bioinformatics and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imb.am\/scf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imb.am\/scf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imb.am\/scf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imb.am\/scf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imb.am\/scf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/imb.am\/scf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671,"href":"https:\/\/imb.am\/scf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions\/671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imb.am\/scf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}