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Boas Pucker, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Plant Sciences

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, Big data, Electronic Lab Notebooks, Data collection, Version control, Experimental design, Institutional repositories, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, FAIR Data, Writing/publishing data papers, Bioinformatics, Social media & digital communications, Website development

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Boas studied Biochemistry at the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf and Biology at Bielefeld University. His bachelor thesis is about the flavonoid biosynthesis in sugar beet. From 2014 to 2019, Boas participated in the synthetic biology competition iGEM in various roles. While completing the Master of Science program Genome-based Systems Biology, he shifted from molecular biology to bioinformatics and genomics. His doctoral thesis is about comparative analysis of different Arabidopsis thaliana genomes. Boas also investigated non-canonical splice sites in the genome sequences of numerous plant species. Parts of this research were performed during a visit in the Brockington group. In 2019, Boas received his doctoral degree from the Faculty of Biology at Bielefeld University. He was a member of the Computational Methods for the Analysis of the Diversity and Dynamics of Genomes (DiDy) graduate school and completed PhD programs in Biology and Bioinformatics.

Boas conducted many ONT long read sequencing and plant genome assembly projects at the Genetics and Genomics of Plants group (Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University) and at the Department of Molecular Genetics and Physiology of Plants (Ruhr-University Bochum). Since 2020, he is working as a postdoctoral fellow on the evolution of the betalain biosynthesis supported by a DFG fellowship.

Darran Clements

Imaging Assistant

Wellcome–MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, Data visualisation, Machine learning, Version control, Copyright, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Data archiving, Data preservation, Surveys, Imaging, Social media & digital communications, Website development

Contact Information

dkc25@cam.ac.uk

@darranclem

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Fabio Lahr

IT and 3D Imaging Officer

HSPS

Areas Of Expertise:

File sharing systems, Discipline-specific repositories, Repositories (general), Institutional repositories, Data Management Plans, 3D image repositories, AR/VR, Data storage, Coding, SQL, Database design, Data sharing, Data archiving, Data preservation, Surveys, Imaging, Digitisation, Workshop delivery, Social media and digital communications, Video editing, Illustration, Website development

Contact Information

ferl3@cam.ac.uk

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Biography

My professional experience spans from being a creative director in a media company, to product and project management in IT.

I joined the University to help develop a 3D imaging lab – a 3D scanning and printing facility in the Department of Biological Anthropology, which I currently manage in addition to acting as an IT officer.

Additional areas of expertise:

File sharing systems, discipline-specific repositories, repositories (general), Data Management Plans, 3D image repositories, AR/VR, Digitalization, Storage.

George Cronin

Library Manager (Biological Sciences)

School of Biological Sciences

Areas Of Expertise:

Open Access, Altmetrics, Data Management Plans, Licensing, Statistical analysis, Copyright, Sensitive data, Research data ethics, Data protection and research, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Open data, Workshop delivery, Social media and digital communications, Video editing, Illustration, Website development

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gmp36@cam.ac.uk

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ORCiD:

0000-0003-0054-6436

Biography

In my role as Library Manager (Biological Sciences) I support STEMM students and researchers across the School of Biological Sciences. I have worked in a variety of different roles over the years and have worked with different groups such as business students and polar scientists. I teach regularly on various research topics and manage library services in the departments of PDN, Genetics, Plant Sciences and Zoology.

Additional areas of expertise:

Social media use in research, Research communication and outreach, Public engagement, Creative Commons, Open sharing.

Junaid Bhatti

Research Development and Innovation Manager

Department of Psychiatry

Areas Of Expertise:

SQL, Data Management Plans, Data collection, Database design, Data architecture, Sensitive data, Research data ethics, Data protection and research, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Data archiving, Open data, Surveys, Imaging, Textual data, REDCap, Socal media and digital communications, Video editing, Illustration, Website development

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jb898@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Biography

I’ve been working in the Department of Psychiatry for almost a decade now. I specialise in improving process and workflow and in research data management. I also work in branding, digital recruitment, website design and administration, social media management, and data architecture. I am particularly good at thinking of new and creative solutions to emerging problems. I am currently working on ways to govern and organise the many research projects within my department and in the School of Clinical Medicine, and on creating ways to share research and imaging data (MRI, PET etc) openly.

Russell Hamilton, PhD

Bioinformatics Facility Manager

Centre for Trophoblast Research (PDN)

Senior Research Associate

Department of Genetics

Areas Of Expertise:

Bioinformatics, Coding, Python, R language, Git, SQL, Data visualisation, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Data archiving, Code sharing, Open data, Imaging, Website development

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Providing bioinformatics support to ~30 research groups in the Centre for Trophoblast Research (CTR).

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Systems admin.

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

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ss861@mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk

@shamith

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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/

Boas Pucker, PhD

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George Cronin

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Russell Hamilton, PhD

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Shamith Samarajiwa, PhD

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