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Abi Britten, PhD

Data Management Team Lead

MRC Epidemiology Unit

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, SQL, Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Database design, Sensitive data, Data protection and research, Institutional repositories, Data sharing

Dequn Teng

PhD Candidate, Department of Engineering

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, SQL, Matlab, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Data collection, Database design, Copyright, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, Imagin

Dequn (Peter) Teng is a Ph.D. candidate supervised by Dr. Veronica Martinez in the Business Model Innovation Group at the Institute of Manufacturing. His current research area is on blockchain and machine learning integrated methods for supply chain management.

Dequn graduated from University of Liverpool (2+2 route) with a first class honours degree in Computer Science and Electronic Engineering. His past research experiences relate to blockchain and digital innovation, with peer reviewed conference paper publications on IEEE Xplore and EI. Additionally, He has ten invention patent applications under substantive review process, ranging from Blockchain and Mechanical Design Innovation. For industrial exposure, he has taken research internships at Deutsche Bank (Shanghai) for digital transformation research, and Unilever (UK) for PowerBI visualization. Moreover, he loves mathematical modelling and was awarded Meritorious Winner at the Mathematical Contest in Modeling.

Hugo P. Bastos, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Haematology/Cambridge Stem Cell Institute

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, R language, SQL, Data visualisation, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Database design, Data storage, Bioinformatics

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hpb29@cam.ac.uk

ORCiD:

0000-0002-8072-4070

Biography

I provide Bioinformatic support for a few research groups in the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. For the most part I deal with the analysis of single cell sequencing data, storage management of such data and the deployment of data processing pipelines into HPC environments.

Jason Gellis, PhD

Research Associate

Department of Archaeology

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, R language, Git, Data visualisation, Big data, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Data Management Plans, Data collection, Database design, Version control, Data storage, Discipline-specific repositories, General repositories, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, FAIR Data

Contact Information

jg760@cam.ac.uk

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I am a researcher and educator in paleoanthropology and biology. Currently, I am developing machine learning and AI applications for human evolutionary studies with the University of Cambridge Leverhulme Center for Human Evolutionary Studies and the Alan Turing Institute.

Junaid Abdul Jabbar

Research Assistant, Database Developer

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, Git, SQL, Data Management Plans, Data collection, Database design, Data storage, FAIR Data, Data archiving, Data preservation, Surveys, Geospatial data, Digitisation

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I am a Geoinformatics Engineer. I have been actively contributing to the geospatial domain in both Academia and Industry since 2015. During this time I have used my expertise to make end-to-end solutions from data acquisition, data management and provision of services in the application areas of Urban planning, Vehicle tracking, Rescue services, Location based services and Archaeology.

Karla Cervantes Barron

PhD Student

Department of Engineering

Areas Of Expertise:

Data analysis, Data visualisation, Python, R language, Statistical analysis, Data collection, Database design, Data architecture, Surveys, Workshop delivery, Social media and digital communications

Contact Information

kc512@cam.ac.uk

@twin_karla

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Karla’s PhD is about the level of energy services used in different countries with a focus on development. The research involves analysing country-level databases, performing statistical analyses and making visualisations.

Karla holds a Bachelors’ degree in Chemical Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and an MSc from University College London (UCL).

Karla’s professional experiences before the PhD included working for the non-alcoholic beverage industry in Mexico in the areas of quality, environment protection and operations management.

Mark Fernandes

Bioinformatics Training Developer

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute

Areas Of Expertise:

File sharing systems, Big data, Discipline-specific repositories, Repositories (general), Licensing, Copyright, Sensitive data, Code sharing, Bioinformatics, RDM training, Coding, Python, R language, SQL, Git, Database design, Data storage, Workshop delivery, Social media and digital communications, Video editing, Website development

Contact Information

mark.fernandes@cruk.cam.ac.uk

@MAFatCRUK

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I have over 30 years experience of Scientific Computing. I have worked on Image analysis of Light Microscopy images, Scientific IT Support (13 years), Data-driven web applications of mathematical models and Bioinformatics Training at the Institute of Food Research (Now the Quadram Institute). I have been involved in an EU Framework Database Workshop. I strive to include good data-handling and reproducibility practices into all training materials.

Sergio Martínez Cuesta, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute

Areas Of Expertise:

Bioinformatics, Cheminformatics, Coding, Python, R language, SQL, Git, Data visualisation, Big data, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Electronic Lab Notebooks, Data collection, Database design, Data architecture, Experimental design, Research data ethics, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Data archiving, Code sharing, Open data, Data preservation, Writing/publishing data papers, Imaging, Workshop delivery, Video editing

Contact Information

sermarcue@gmail.com

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ORCiD:

0000-0001-9806-2805

Biography

My research involves developing computational methods to explore the chemical biology of the genome and investigating proteins catalysing chemical modifications in DNA.

Additional areas of expertise:

Computational biology/chemistry.

Shamith Samarajiwa, PhD

Group Leader

MRC Cancer Unit

Areas Of Expertise:

File sharing systems, Big data, Discipline-specific repositories, Repositories (general), Data sharing policies, Sensitive data, Code sharing, Data analysis, Bioinformatics, Data science, Coding, Python, R language, Git, SQL, C/C++/C# language, Data visualisation, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Data Management Plans, Electronic Lab Notebooks, Data collection, Database design, Experimental design, Data storage, Data sharing, Open data, Version control, Textual data, Workshop delivery, Website development

Contact Information

ss861@mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk

@shamith

ORCiD:

0000-0003-1046-0601

Biography

Shamith is a Group Leader at the MRC Cancer Unit. His lab develops and applies Genomics, Computational Biology, Data Science and AI approaches to understand processes leading to cancer formation and to develop cancer early detection methods.

url: https://samarajiwa-lab.org/

Abi Britten, PhD

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Dequn Teng

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Hugo P. Bastos, PhD

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Jason Gellis, PhD

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Junaid Abdul Jabbar

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Karla Cervantes Barron

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Mark Fernandes

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Sergio Martínez Cuesta, PhD

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Shamith Samarajiwa, PhD

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