Resume
Download PDFSanzhar Kakenov
Education
New York University Abu Dhabi
May 2025 · Abu Dhabi, UAEB.Sc. in Biology — Brain & Cognitive Science specialization
Selected experience
Chaudhury Laboratory
Oct 2022 – present · Abu Dhabi, UAEResearch Assistant
- Research on major depressive disorders and sleep; mouse-model neurobiology (stereotaxic surgery, perfusions, IHC, behavioural assays, electrode recordings).
- scRNA-seq analysis with Seurat (R) and Scanpy (Python), including RNA velocity.
Cornille Laboratory
Nov 2024 – May 2025 · Abu Dhabi, UAEStudent Assistant
- Population genomics of fig-tree domestication using STRUCTURE, ADZE, GenoDive, ABC, TreeMix.
Highlights
iGEM 2022 — Gold Medal
2022 · Abu Dhabi / ParisAptamer-based biosensor for early Alzheimer's detection
ALANT — Founder
2023 – 2025Neuroscience-based EdTech for students with disabilities; 25,000 AED pre-seed grant (Sandooq al Watan)
Languages & skills
Languages
Kazakh (native), Russian (native), English (advanced), Turkish (intermediate)
Technical
Python, R, QGIS, Adobe Creative Cloud, STRUCTURE, ADZE, ABC, GenoDive