Fredrick Mobegi

Fredrick Mobegi serves as an Adjunct Research Fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology within the School of Biomedical Sciences at The University of Western Australia. His research bridges bioinformatics and clinical immunology with a focus on transplant medicine and pathogen genomics.

Education:

• PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology from Radboud University Medical Center (2012-2016), thesis: 'Deciphering the etiology and epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae through bioinformatics'
• MSc in Bioinformatics from Wageningen University (2009-2011)

Mobegi's research centers on immunogenetics and high-resolution HLA typing, leveraging next-generation sequencing for transplant compatibility assessment. His work develops bioinformatic tools like HLA-EP-RESOLVER for rare allele detection and validates Oxford Nanopore-based genotyping systems. Additional expertise spans plant-pathogen interactions in Striga-rice systems and ABO blood group characterization using third-generation sequencing. His fingerprint reveals dominant activity in HLA Typing (66%), Immunogenetics (44%), Next Generation Sequencing (44%), and Bioinformatics (44%) within immunology/microbiology contexts.

His five recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate consistent innovation in transplant genomics, with articles in Transplantation, HLA, and International Journal of Molecular Sciences focusing on clinical implementation challenges, novel tool development, and haplotype analysis. These works collectively advance precision matching in organ transplantation through bioinformatic solutions.

Professional Activities:

• Senior Bioinformatician at PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA (since 2001)
• ORCID: 0000-0003-0554-9919

Mobegi maintains active external collaborations across international transplant research networks, with recent work involving institutions in Australia and globally. His h-index of 7 reflects growing impact in niche bioinformatics applications for clinical immunology.