Aroon Chande

Bioinformatics Scientist

Biography

I’m a graduate student in the Jordan Lab at Georgia Tech and Bioinformatics Scientist at the Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory. My PhD focuses on health and populations genomics in Colombia, South America. Specifically, I study the impacts of recent admixture and ancestry on health. My work at the Applied Bioinformatics Lab (ABiL) involves the development of bioinformatics methods for public health pathogen surveillance, metagenomics and industry research. I also teach continuing education and workforce development courses with ABiL, working to bring bioinformatics into the life sciences.

Interests

Bioinformatics
Human Genetics
Clinical Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Microbial Pathogens
Public Health

Education

PhD Bioinformatics, In progress

Georgia Institute of Technology
MSc Bioinformatics, 2016

Georgia Institute of Technology
BSc Microbiology, 2015

University of Iowa
BSc Biology, 2013

University of Iowa

Publications

More Publications

Dale, R., Gruning, B., Sjodin, A., Rowe, J., Chapman, B. A., Tomkins-Tinch, C. H., … Chande, A. T… ., KÃűster, J (2018). Bioconda: A sustainable and comprehensive software distribution for the life sciences. NatMeth.

Preprint Project

Chande, A.T., Wang, L., Rishishwar, L., Conley, A.B., Norris, E.T., Valderrama-Aguirre, A., Jordan, I.K. (2018). GlobAl Distribution of GEnetic Traits (GADGET) web server: polygenic trait scores worldwide. NAR.

PDF Project Source Document

Cho, C., Chande, A.T., Gakhar, L., Hunt, J., Ketterer, M. R., Apicella, M. A. (2018). Characterization of a nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Thermonuclease. PONE.

PDF Source Document

Medina-Cordoba, L.K., Chande, A.T, Rishishwar, L., Mayer, L.W., Mariño-Ramírez, L., Valderrama-Aguirre, L., Valderrama-Aguirre, A., Kostka, J.E, Jordan, I.K. (2018). Genome sequences of 15 Klebsiella spp. isolates from sugarcane fields in Colombia’s Cauca Valley. GenomeA.

PDF Dataset Project Source Document

Chande, A.T., Rowell, J., Rishishwar, L., Conley, A.B., Norris, E.T., Valderrama-Aguirre, A., Medina-Rivas, M., Jordan, I.K. (2017). Influence of genetic ancestry and socioeconomic status on type 2 diabetes in the diverse Colombian populations of Chocó and Antioquia. SciRep.

PDF Project Source Document

Projects

GADGET

Global Distribtion of Genetic Traits - is a visual platform for exploring the genetic basis of human phenotypic diversity

ChocoGEN

Genetic ancestry and health in the Colombian Pacific

Vibriocholera.com

Prediction of Type VI Secretion Systems in Vibrio cholerae

rampdb

A central repository for: (1) Exploring known information regarding RAMPs, GPCRs and associated ligands; (2) Predicting potential RAMP interactions with your sequence or ligand; (3) Visualizing currently known interactions between RAMPs, GPCRs and ligands

Teaching

I help design and teach the MS Bioinformatics capstone classes at Georgia Tech

BIOL7200 Programming for Bioinformatics
BIOL7210 Computational Genomics

I also help design and deliver 40+ 2- and 4-day workforce development courses. More information about these courses can be found on the Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory’s website.

Contact

mail@aroonchande.com
@arch on Keybase.
515-981-6868
chande.aroon
2200 EBB, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332