
Dr Atma Ivancevic
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Adelaide Medical School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Atma Ivancevic is a postdoctoral researcher at the Adelaide Medical School, Neurogenetics Research Program. Her background includes an undergraduate degree in mathematics, recently conferred PhD in bioinformatics (awarded a University Doctoral Research Medal and Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence), and several attempts at freelance science writing. Her current project in the Gecz lab (@GeczSquadGoals) involves designing and optimizing pipelines to identify the genetic causes of intellectual disabilities, particularly epilepsy and cerebral palsy.
Current projects:
- Evaluation and optimisation of current variant calling pipelines for identification of disease genes in intellectual disabilities.
- Development of new bioinformatics pipelines for neurogenetics analysis, particularly in the areas of proteomics and structural variation (e.g. mobile element insertions).
- Development of alternative population genetics approaches for inferring ancestry and species relationships.
Previous projects:
- The evolution and long-term impact of mobile element horizontal transfer in eukaryotic species (PhD).
- The role of VvPEN1 and VvMLO in powdery mildew resistance in grapevine (RA).
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2017 - 2017 Postdoctoral Research Fellow The University of Adelaide 2016 - 2016 Practical Demonstrator for 3rd Year Genetics The University of Adelaide 2012 - 2012 Research Assistant Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 - 2011 Summer Scholar Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2010 - 2011 Summer Scholar Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG) -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2017 Honour Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence The University of Adelaide Australia — -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Serbian Can read, speak and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2013 - 2016 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD in Bioinformatics 2010 - 2012 The University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2015 Adelson, D., Buckley, R., Ivancevic, A., Qu, Z., & Zeng, L. (2015). Retrotransposons: Genomic and trans-genomic agents of change. In Unknown Conference (pp. 55-75).
DOI Scopus1
- Practical Demonstrator for GENETICS 3111 (Undergraduate, 3rd Year, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, 2016 Sem 1)
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2017 - ongoing Member ABACBS Conference Committee — Australia 2016 - 2017 Member Australian Bioinformatics And Computational Biology Society (ABACBS) 2017 Organising Committee The University of Adelaide Australia
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