Research

My work focuses on translating genomic data into clinically actionable insights across diagnosis, interpretation, and deployment.

Clinical Genomics

Development of bioinformatics pipelines for rare disease diagnosis and clinical sequencing.

  • Variant prioritisation workflows
  • ACMG/AMP-based interpretation frameworks
  • Integration into clinical reporting systems

Population Genomics

Analysis of large-scale genomic datasets to improve interpretation in Asian populations.

  • SG10K and SG100K projects
  • Population-specific variant frequencies
  • Carrier screening and disease risk estimation

AI and Computational Methods

Automated and language-model assisted systems for more consistent variant interpretation.

  • LLM-based literature analysis
  • Automated ACMG criteria evaluation
  • Phenotype-driven gene prioritisation

Functional Genomics

Resolving uncertain variants through targeted experimental validation strategies.

  • Splicing assays (minigene)
  • Cellular models
  • Multi-omics approaches

Goal

Reduce the gap between sequencing and diagnosis by combining scalable computation, population data, experimental validation, and clinical integration.