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Hire Dr. Sankhya B.

India

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Senior Scientific Consultant – Microbiome & Bacterial Genomics | Data Analysis & Scientific Writing

Profile Summary

PhD-trained molecular microbiologist with 10+ years of international research experience across academia and clinical–translational research. I specialise in microbiome data analysis, bacterial genomics, statistical interpretation, and high-impact scientific writing, with extensive experience working on real-world clinical datasets. I support researchers, universities, startups, and postgraduate students (MSc/PhD) with microbiome analysis (16S & shotgun metagenomics), bacterial genomics & comparative genomics, statistical analysis, manuscript and thesis writing, reviewer responses, and grant support. I have 20+ peer-reviewed publications and deliver clear, rigorous, publication-ready outcomes through fully remote collaborations. Full CV and publication list available on request.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Microbiome Research
• ★ Comparative Genomics
• ★ Bioinformatics
• ★ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Microbiological Assays
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Genomics
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ Synthetic Genomics
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Health Data Analysis
• ☆ Structural Bioinformatics
• ☆ Pathogenesis
• ☆ Clinical Microbiology
• ☆ R
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Microbiology Testing
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Case Studies
• ☆ Textbook Content Writing
• ☆ Science Communication

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Medical Writing

Research Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Image Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Cleaning, Data Insights

Product Development Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC), Concept Development

Work Experience

Grant and research consultant

University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

August 2024 - March 2025

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

July 2019 - June 2024

Education

PhD (Microbiology)

University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

May 2015 - April 2019

Certifications

• PhD (Microbiology)

  University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

  https://research.usc.edu.au/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Characterisation-of-Chlamydia-pecorum-infection-and-antibody-dynamics-to-inform-diagnosis-epidemiology-and-control/99451379302621

  May 2015 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Sankhya Bommana, Helena Seth-Smith, Deborah Dean, Timothy D. Read, Hanna Marti (2024). Chlamydia suis undergoes interclade recombination promoting Tet-island exchange . BMC Genomics.

Sankhya Bommana, Yi-Juan Hu, Mike Kama, Ruohong Wang, Reshma Kodimerla, Kenan Jijakli, Timothy D. Read, Deborah Dean, Sheryl Justice (2024). Unique microbial diversity, community composition, and networks among Pacific Islander endocervical and vaginal microbiomes with and without Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Fiji . mBio.

Sankhya Bommana, Gracie Richards, Mike Kama, Reshma Kodimerla, Kenan Jijakli, Timothy D. Read, Deborah Dean, Salika M. Shakir (2022). Metagenomic Shotgun Sequencing of Endocervical, Vaginal, and Rectal Samples among Fijian Women with and without Chlamydia trachomatis Reveals Disparate Microbial Populations and Function across Anatomic Sites: a Pilot Study . Microbiology Spectrum.

Sankhya Bommana, Martina Jelocnik, Nicole Borel, Ian Marsh, Scott Carver, Adam Polkinghorne(2019). The limitations of commercial serological assays for detection of chlamydial infections in Australian livestock . Journal of Medical Microbiology. 68. (4). p. 627--632. Microbiology Society

PREPRINT

Sankhya Bommana, Sandeep J. Joseph, Noa Ziklo, Mike Kama, Deborah Dean, Timothy D. Read (2023). Patterns of within-host spread ofChlamydia trachomatisbetween vagina, endocervix and rectum revealed by comparative genomic analysis .