Lilia Romdhane

 Lilia Romdhane
  • Bioinformatics & Genetics

Areas of Expertise:
Bioinformatics; Rare genetic diseases; Genotyping array; Next-generation sequencing; Genomics; Population genetics; Copy number variation

Membership:
2019 - 2024

Contact

University of Carthage, Tunisia

Pasteur Institute of Tunis
Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics
13 Place Pasteur, BP 74
1002 Tunis Belvédère
Tunisia

+216 97 464 780
lilia.romdhane(at)pasteur.utm.tn

About me

Being an AGYA alumna is a great opportunity to meet people from different disciplines that will allow me to build collaborative research relationships and widen my scientific perspectives.


Academic career
2024 - todayAssociate Professor at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, Tunisia
2015 - 2024Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, Tunisia
2023Award from the Tunisian FABA foundation
2022University Habilitation in Biological Sciences at the Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, Tunisia
2020Award from the Tunisian Ministry of the High Education to encourage Young Researchers
2013 - 2015University Assistant in the Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, Tunisia
2012 - 2013University Assistant in the Higher Institute of Applied Biological Sciences, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
2012 - 2019Associate Researcher in the Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunisia
2012Ph.D. in the Bioinformatic Research Unit of the Center of Biotechnology of Sfax, Tunisia, and the Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics at the Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunisia
2007Master’s degree in the Laboratory of Genetics, Immunology and Human Pathology, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia

 

My Commitment to AGYA
Task Force 'Equal Access' 2020
Selection Committee 'New AGYA Members' 2022, 2023

On a personal note

Must read in my discipline: 
The Genetics of African Populations in Health and Disease by Muntaser E. Ibrahim & Charles N. Rotimi (eds.)

Favourite novel:
Poetry of Abou El Kacem Chebbi

The scientist from my country you should know:
Ibn Khaldoun