Internship and thesis on "Influence of intron length in Norway spruce gene expression in response to drought". Knowledge and skills acquired: Processing and analysing annotation file format. Extensive experience in using R including for data visualisation and statistical analysis. Use of tools for performing intersection of genome annotation features, for example using BedTools. Familiarity with Unix and HPC environments including use of job scheduling using SLURM. Performing analysis of RNA-Seq data including quality control using MultiQC, pseudoalignment using Salmon, differential expression analysis using DESeq2 and functional enrichment tests of gene lists. Interaction, communication and collaboration within the genome project including presenting results, providing update reports and attending project meetings

Drafting a questionnaire to be given to dentists concerning their knowledge of the oral microbiota and their interest in the development of a test capable of diagnosing peri-implantitis and the development of a related application. Skills:- Use of google forms and gmail- Data analysis with Excel- Literature search on oral microbiota, periodontitis, peri-implantitis and sample sequencing and processing techniques