Anouschka Ramsteijn

I am a postdoctoral scientist interested in how environmental and genetic factors interact to influence long-term health. My work uses genomics approaches across preclinical, population-based, and clinical studies. I particularly enjoy working in collaborative, multidisciplinary, and international teams.

My PhD research (Neurobiology) at the University of Groningen focused on the molecular effects of maternal antidepressant exposure on offspring brain and behaviour; this included a Fulbright fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. I then moved to the Rowett Institute (University of Aberdeen), where I was the lead postdoc of the Microbiome and Epigenetics work packages of the UKRI-GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub. In this role, I trained fellow early-career researchers across partner institutes in Senegal, India, and Indonesia in laboratory and bioinformatic pipelines for a multi-cohort study of children and parents.

In the Satsangi lab, I am applying my epigenetics background in a more clinical setting. My current research uses DNA methylation biomarkers to predict treatment response in inflammatory bowel disease within a collaborative study across Europe and the US. My work ranges from integrating large genetic and epigenetic datasets to translating bioinformatic insights into clinically applicable assays.