Venkata Ramana Mallela is a 2nd-year PhD student from the Translational Cancer Genomics Laboratory at the Biomedical Center, working under the guidance of ERA Chair holder Prof. Kari Hemminki and supervised by Dr. Filip Ambrozkiewicz. Mallela is currently on a six-month scientific stay abroad at Imperial College London, United Kingdom, from May 3rd to November 15th, 2024. Imperial College London is a prestigious institution, ranked 2nd globally by QS World University Rankings. During his stay, Mallela is working under the supervision of Professor Rohini Sharma, a specialist in liver cancer and the head of the Liver Cancer Group at Imperial College. His research project, entitled “Shallow Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Treated with Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab,” focuses on evaluating tumor burden (Tumor Fraction) before and after treatment, analyzing copy number alterations, and conducting survival analysis, including progression-free survival and overall survival.
