Biography
Deanne Nixie Miao is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba. Nixie graduated with a B.Sc. Honors in Genetics at the University of Manitoba in 2021. Her Ph.D. focuses on identifying genetic variants and genes involved in pathways underlying cisplatin-induced ototoxicity through GWAS and scRNA-seq analyses.
Awards
- Caroline A. Coupe Award for Excellence in Oncology Research
- Human Genetics Endowment Fund Graduate Student Award
- CIHR Strategic Master’s Award
- Deer Lodge Hospital Staff Association Memorial Fund Award
- NIHR Graduate Studentship
- Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops Travel Grant
- Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Studentship
- NSERC-CREATE Visual and Automated Disease Analytics Graduate Training Program Studentship
- Research Manitoba Masters Studentship
Education
- University of Manitoba | Winnipeg, MB, Canada
B.Sc. (honours co-op) in Genetics, 2016-2021
Interests
- Bioinformatics
- Genomics
- Histology
- Health and Wellness
- Cooking and Baking
- Culture and Languages