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Jonathan Birchall, PhD

Research Associate

Department of Radiology

Areas Of Expertise:

Git, Matlab, Data visualisation, Big data, Statistical analysis, Data collection, Data architecture, Version control, Experimental design, Data storage, Code sharing, Writing/publishing data papers, Surveys, Imaging, Textual data, Digital illustration

Contact Information

jb2455@cam.ac.uk

ORCiD:

0000-0003-3920-4038

Biography

I am currently a Research Associate in the Gallagher Group, where my goals are to develop novel screening techniques for cancer using pre-clinical hyperpolarised 13C-MRI, with an aim towards evaluation, documentation and eventual translation of these techniques into human imaging. This work is jointly funded by the University and The National Cancer Imaging Translational Accelerator (NCITA), where I am a member of the QA/QC Unit responsible for developing Standard Operating Procedures and performing data analysis on NCITA exemplar studies towards the creation of an MRI Core Lab.

I received my PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2017, researching experimental methods for improving 129Xe hyperpolarisation with an application to clinical functional lung imaging. I continued in a postdoctoral role for one year, performing QA/QC duties for the clinical Hyperpolarised Imaging Lung Facility (HILF), before moving to Wayne State University, Detroit, USA to take up a 2.5 year postdoctoral role developing pre-clinical hyperpolariser technologies for 13C, 15N and 129Xe.

I have always had a passion for statistics and communication, and as a Data Champion in the Department of Radiology, I hope that I can collaborate with my peers across a diverse range of projects, advocating for good record-keeping, analysis, dissemination and other facets of research data management.

Dace Apšvalka

Research Associate

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, Data visualisation, Big data, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Data collection, R language, Version control, Experimental design, Data storage, Git, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, FAIR Data, Writing/publishing data papers, SQL, Imaging, Video editing, Digital illustration, Matlab, Workshop delivery, Website development, Other programming languages

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Biography

I work in cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, with a strong focus on research data management, reproducible analysis, and open science practices. Before training in cognitive neuroscience, I was educated in computer science and trained as a systems analyst, which continues to shape how I approach research data, workflows, and computational methods. In my current work, I focus on brain imaging data, including data organisation in BIDS (Brain Imaging Data Structure), preprocessing and analysis pipelines, and the development of practical training materials to support researchers in using modern computational tools and adopting good data practices.

Dillan Saunders

PhD Student

Department of Genetics

Areas Of Expertise:

Discipline-specific repositories, Data analysis, Data collection, Data architecture, Experimental design, Imaging, Illustration

Contact Information

ddzs2@cam.ac.uk

@DillanDZ

ORCiD:

0000-0001-5169-5488

Biography

I am a PhD student in developmental biology in Ben Steventon’s lab. Through being part of the Data Champions network I hope to learn more about the management of data and share this understanding, as it develops, with my community. I hope to be a part of making academic research more accountable, accessible, and communal.

Marlou Perquin

Research Associate

Clinical Neurosciences

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, Data visualisatio, Statistical analysis, Electronic Lab Notebooks, Data collection, R language, Experimental design, Sensitive data, Data storage, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, Data archiving, Writing/publishing data papers, Imaging, Matlab, Workshop delivery

Contact Information

mnp28@medschl.cam.ac.uk

ORCiD:

0000-0001-9791-8202

Biography

Marlou is a Research Associate at Clinical Neurosciences, working at the Cambridge Centre for Frontotemporal Dementia and Related Disorders. Her background is in Psychology, with a specialism in intra-individual variability. She has experience in neuroimaging (specifically M/EEG), eye tracking, psychophysics/experimental design, and metacognition. In her current role, she oversees multi-modal, multi-site, and longitudinal projects in patients and healthy controls.

Máté Aller, PhD

Research Associate

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, Git, Matlab, Data visualisation, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Data collection, Version control, Experimental design, Data storage, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, Imaging

Contact Information

mate.aller@mrc-cbu.ac.uk

Website

My LinkedIn Profile

ORCiD:

0000-0001-7096-5180

Biography

I am a neuroscientist studying human speech perception with the aim of advancing assistive speech (neuro)technologies and AI speech recognition systems. My background is in cognitive neuroscience and medicine.

I am an expert in human neurophysiology methods (electro- and magnetoencephalography, EEG/MEG) combined with machine learning and artificial neural network modelling (deep learning).

Since the beginning of my PhD, I’ve been passionate about reproducible and open science practices such as data and code sharing, and good coding practices including version control. In my department I am leading the adoption of the standardised Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) for storing and sharing human neurophysiology (MEG/EEG) data.

Susana Sauret-Gueto

Research Manager / Research Associate

Department of Plant Sciences

Areas Of Expertise:

Electronic Laboratory Notebooks, Discipline-specific repositories, Repositories (general), FAIR Data, Data analysis, Bioinformatics, Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), R language, Data visualisation, Data collection, Database design, Experimental design, Open data, Imaging

Contact Information

ss2359@cam.ac.uk

@susanasagu

Biography

Biocuration of lab type IIS standardised DNA registries through LIMS-Benchling and R. Assist in the overall management of OpenPlant lab, including Microscopy Hub. Conduct research in Synthetic Biology and Plant Development.

Additional areas of expertise:

Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) – Benchling.

Tim Hearn

Principal Investigator

Department of Genomic Medicine

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, Data visualisation, Big data, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Data Management Plans, Electronic Lab Notebooks, Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Data collection, Database design, R language, Data architecture, Version control, Experimental design, Sensitive data, Git, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, FAIR Data, Data archiving, Data preservation, Writing/publishing data papers, SQL, Imaging, Bioinformatics, Textual data, Matlab, Digitisation, Workshop delivery, Website development Visual Basic

Contact Information

tjh70@cam.ac.uk

ORCiD:

0000-0001-6827-4196

Biography

Tim Hearn is a PI in the Department of Genomic Medicine where he runs the Chronomic Medicine group. He teaches extensively in bioinformatics, data science and reproducibility. Tim is passionate about teaching researchers about reproducibility principles.

Jonathan Birchall, PhD

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Marlou Perquin

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Máté Aller, PhD

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Susana Sauret-Gueto

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Tim Hearn

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