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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.

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.

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.

I am a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge in Dr Paula MacGregor’s group. My research focuses on the parasites that cause African trypanosomiasis, a disease with significant burden in sub-Saharan Africa. Specifically, I use proteomics to spatially map the proteomes of African trypanosome species. This work will provide much needed functional insight into the cell biology of these parasites as well as their evolutionary diversification.

Additional areas of expertise:

Proteomics, Microbiology.