Dr Stepan Denisov

Dr Stepan Denisov

Biomedical Data Scientist

University of Manchester

I am a biomedical data scientist at the University of Manchester, working in exposome-related research and spatial transcriptomics. My background integrates molecular biology, evolutionary biology, and bioinformatics across both eukaryotic systems and bacteria. I completed my PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, focusing on the evolution of splice sites. I subsequently transitioned to bacterial genomics, transcriptomics, and evolution, with particular emphasis on intrinsic terminators and promoters. My current research involves analysing large-scale spatial transcriptomic datasets to investigate how environmental and genetic factors shape gene regulation, mutational processes, and phenotypic outcomes.

Education
  • PhD in Bioinformatics & Computational biology, 2017

    Institute for Information Transmission Problems RAS, Moscow, Russia

  • Post-graduate school in Bioinformatics, 2009

    Moscow State University, Russia

  • M.Sc. in Biology, Biochemistry, 2009

    Moscow State University, Russia