Petter Vikman

Biography

Petter Vikman is an Associate researcher in diabetes in Diabetes Center Malmoe, Sweden

Research Interest

Petter Vikman research interest is investigations using SNP analysis have shown a high correlation between chromosome 9p22-24 and inherited diabetes in a Finnish family. This project aims to further delve into this part of the human genome. The investigation will proceed with an in depth sequencing using the illumina platform trying to elucidate the inherited sequence difference between the people suffering from diabetes compared to the non diabetic in said family. This information will be further processed to see whether there are any differences in the genes in this region and if these differences could be translated into changes that are visible at a protein level. This follow up investigation will be done using 3D modelling of the proteins of interest, splice variant investigations to link the sequence changes with a putative biological impact.