Spandan Chaudhary
Xcelris Labs, India
Biography
Dr. Spandan Chaudhary is team leader of Medical Genetics, Diagnostics and Next Generation research divisions of Xcelris Labs, India. He has six years of professional experience in genomics industry specifically in the medical genetics segment. He has developed more than 30 very important diagnostic, sports and nutrition health related assays. He has designed the beta thalassemia mutation screening assay based on whole gene sequencing of HBB gene including all the mutations and indels. He has screened more than 200 individual samples and 25 trio samples as prenatal screening for beta thalassemia. This approach is very useful in diagnosing prenatal thalassemia in combination with regular screening methods.