Ene Reimann
I started studying gene technology in University of Tartu in 2002, where my first
study subject was fis gene promoter area of Pseudomonas putida under
supervision of dr. Riho Teras and professor Maia Kivisaar in Chair of Genetics. For
making my masters degree I moved to the department of Physiology. Under
supervision of professor Sulev Kõks and professor Külli Kingo I studied vitiligo
and its association with pro-inflammatory cytokines – interleukin 10 family
cytokines and their receptors. I continued studying vitiligo during my doctoral
studies, where in addition to cytokines, I focused on cutaneous neuroendocrine
system and its role in vitiligo pathogenesis. After finishing my PhD in neuroscience
in 2012 I continued working with professor Sulev Kõks – I became a research
fellow of pathophysiology and also the head of the core facility of clinical
genomics. I have participated in different projects in collaboration with Tartu
University Hospital. We have studied i.e. vitiligo, psoriasis, Parkinson’s disease,
different bone and muscle diseases, cardiovascular system. Between 2009 and
2016 I also worked as a researcher of genomics in Department of Reproductive
Biology at the Estonian University of Life Sciences – our projects there were
associated mostly with cattle and their reproductive health. My main competency
in these projects was the next generation sequencing – whole genome, whole
exome and whole transcriptome sequencing. Since February 2017 I am working
as a research fellow of clinical genomics and personalized medicine under
supervision of professor Alireza Fazeli. My main study object is psoriasis and its
biomarkers for clinical diagnostics and treatment strategies.