Dulika Sumpathipala

Dr. Dulika Sumpathipala serves as a Postdoctoral Fellow (Research Fellow) at the Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases within the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University (ANU), where she conducts cutting-edge research at the intersection of genomics, immunology, and rare diseases.

Education:

• MBBS (Medical Degree)
• MSc in Clinical Genetics
• PhD from the University of Oslo, Norway (2022)

Research Expertise: Dr. Sumpathipala specializes in identifying genetic bases of rare diseases through high-throughput sequencing (WES/WGS), combining wet-lab techniques (western blotting, chromatin immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence) with bioinformatic analysis (VCF processing, SNV/indel filtering, transcriptomics, ChIP-seq). Her work bridges in-silico and in-vitro methodologies to uncover disease mechanisms and advance personalized treatment strategies.

Scientific Recognition:

• EMBO Research Fellowship enabling specialized training at UMC Radboud (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

Collaborative Engagement: As a core member of The Jiang Group - Personalised Medicine and Autoimmunity, she contributes to translational research in autoimmune disorders. While no formal student supervision is documented, her technical mastery positions her as a valuable mentor in genomic medicine. Current activities focus on expanding rare disease genetic databases and developing computational pipelines for variant interpretation.