Ruslan Kalendar

Professor (Biology), Senior Research Scientist, Adjunct Professor (Docent)

Genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, PCR assay design, repeats and genome dynamics

Appointments


Education

Research interests

General evolution, Goethe's science, genetics, DNA, biology of retrotransposons, the role of viruses in genome evolution and adaptation, biodiversity and genetic marker applications, synthetic biology, bioinformatics (string search and complexity analysis, repeat search, DNA alignment and assembly, PCR primer design) and mathematics (projective geometry).

Software and publications

Software

  • FastPCR: PCR primer/probe design, in silico PCR, oligo analysis, alignment, repeats
  • WebTools: online PCR/qPCR/multiplex tools, LAMP, RPA, genotyping, tiling panels, repeats
  • GitHub: software repositories