Info
Kyran Wissink
Work address
Biosystems Data Analysis, University of Amsterdam
Room C2.202, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam
Email: k.wissink@uva.nl
Professional Career
In 2021, I received my bachelor’s degree in Biology at the University of Groningen, specialising in Biomedical Sciences. During this programme, I followed a minor programme in Chemical Engineering at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. Following this Bachelor programme, I started my master’s programme in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Groningen with a specialisation in Neuroscience. I did an internship at the University Medical Centre Groningen in AI prediction of RNA splicing consequences of genetic mutations. This topic intrigued me greatly, and I decided to change Master programmes as a result. Consequently, I received my Master degree in Bioinformatics and Biocomplexity at the Utrecht University in 2024. I did an internship on pangenome construction of microbial genomes at the Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics department of the Utrecht University, as well as an internship on AI-based age of onset prediction of rare genetic diseases based on phenotypical characteristics at the Berlin Institute of Health.
Currently, I am a PhD candidate in the Biosystems Data Analysis group, researching integrated modelling of plant life-history traits.
Research
My PhD project is part of the CropXR Yield & Viability research, where we aim to elucidate the regulatory networks controlling reproduction-associated transitions. I focus on combining machine learning techniques with a mechanistic modelling framework to obtain an integrated model of these networks, using data obtained from experiments within this group. We are currently working on temperature and drought effects on flowering time. From this integrated model, new experiments will be proposed for the experimental colleagues.
More information on the CropXR Yield & Viability project: https://cropxr.org/research/yield-viability/