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Freelance Bioinformatician, Biostatician, Academic Scientific Writer
Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Medical Writing,
Technical Writing
Research
Market Research,
Meta-Research,
Fact Checking,
Scientific and Technical Research,
Systematic Literature Review,
Secondary Data Collection
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI
Predictive Modeling,
Statistical Analysis,
Image Analysis,
Data Visualization,
Big Data Analytics,
Data Cleaning,
Data Processing
Work Experience
I have worked on and lead more than 20 research projects leading to more than 12 publications
Simon Fraser University
January 2019 - Present
Researcher/ Teaching assistant
Simon Fraser University
September 2019 - September 2020 
Education
Researcher
Simon Fraser University
January 2025 - Present
PhD (Biological Sciences)
Simon Fraser University
July 2019 - Present
PhD focused on infectious diseases and bioinformatics
Simon Fraser University
January 2019 - January 2024
Bachelors in molecular biology and biochemistry
Simon Fraser University
January 2016 - January 2019
Certifications
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sanam Meraj, Phillip Phung, Kelvin Lau, Carl Lowenberger, Gerhard Gries (2024). Common Bed Bugs: Non-Viable Hosts for Trypanosoma rangeli Parasites . Cells.
Sanam Meraj, Phillip Phung, Kelvin Lau, Carl Lowenberger, Gerhard Gries (2024). Common Bed Bugs: Non-Viable Hosts for <i>Trypanosoma rangeli</i> Parasites . Cells.
Saif Nayani, Sanam Meraj, Asim Renyard, Gerhard Gries (2024). Blood-feeding stable flies, <i>Stomoxys calcitrans</i> (Diptera: Muscidae), are attracted to, and transmit <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (Bacillales: Staphylococcaceae), a causal agent of bovine mastitis: a laboratory pilot study . Journal of Medical Entomology.
Sanam Meraj, Arshvir Singh Dhari, Emerson Mohr, Carl Lowenberger, Gerhard Gries (2024). A novel prolixicin identified in common bed bugs with activity against both bacteria and parasites . Scientific Reports.
Sanam Meraj, Nicolas Salcedo-Porras, Carl Lowenberger, Gerhard Gries (2024). Activation of immune pathways in common bed bugs, Cimex lectularius, in response to bacterial immune challenges - a transcriptomics analysis . Frontiers in Immunology.
Saif A. Nayani, Sanam Meraj, Emerson Mohr, Regine Gries, Emma Kovacs, Anand Devireddy, Gerhard Gries, Sanam Meradj (2023). Staphylococcus microbes in the bovine skin microbiome attract blood-feeding stable flies . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
Andreas Fischer, Regine Gries, Santosh K. Alamsetti, Emmanuel Hung, Andrea C. Roman Torres, Yasasi Fernando, Sanam Meraj, Weiwu Ren, Robert Britton, Gerhard Gries (2022). Origin, structure and functional transition of sex pheromone components in a false widow spider . Communications Biology.
Characterization of New Defensin Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Expression in Bed Bugs in Response to Bacterial Ingestion and Injection <head>
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Sanam Meraj, Emerson Mohr, Negin Ketabchi, Anastasia Bogdanovic, Carl Lowenberger, Gerhard Gries (2021). Time- and tissue-specific antimicrobial activity of the common bed bug in response to blood feeding and immune activation by bacterial injection . Journal of Insect Physiology.
BOOK CHAPTER
Sanam Meraj, Gerhard Gries (2022). The Innate and Adaptive Immune System of the Common Bed Bug, <i>Cimex lectularius</i>: Current Knowledge and Research Opportunities . Hemiptera - Recent Updates [Working Title].
PREPRINT
D. A. H. Peach, C. Carroll, S. Meraj, S. Gomes, E. Galloway, A. Balcita, H. Coatsworth, N. Young, Y. Uriel, R. Gries, et al. (2020). Nectar-dwelling microbes of common tansy are attractive to its mosquito pollinator,Culex pipiensL .
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