Regular biography
Shila Ghazanfar is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at The University of Sydney. She is affiliated with the MATH department and is based at the Carslaw Building. Her research area is bioinformatics, and she is involved in academic activities within the School. Her profile page provides details about her position, office location, and contact information. She contributes to the School's research and teaching programs.
Scholar-generated biography
Shila Ghazanfar is a Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow at The University of Sydney, specializing in Statistics and Bioinformatics. Her research focuses on developing statistical methodologies for analyzing complex biological data, particularly in single-cell and spatial transcriptomics. She has contributed to integrating multi-omics datasets, improving the accuracy of gene expression analysis, and understanding cellular mechanisms in diseases such as cancer and fibrosis. Her work includes the development of computational tools like scMerge and SpatialExperiment, which facilitate the analysis of spatially resolved transcriptomics data. Ghazanfar's research also explores the functional identification of genes involved in cancer resistance and the dynamics of cellular processes such as erythroid maturation.