My name is Larysa Sivitskaya. I have a PhD in Molecular Genetics and more than 20 years of experience in genetics. For many years, I worked in an academic institute, where I earned my PhD, carried out different research projects, learned various methods of molecular diagnostics, and published scientific papers. In the last four years, I have been working in a private company that focuses on diagnosing genetic diseases using next-generation sequencing (NGS).

Over time, I became especially interested in copy number variants (CNVs). I find them the most exciting part of NGS data analysis, even though many people consider CNVs too complicated or confusing. That’s why I created this course — to show that CNVs can be understood and interpreted with confidence.