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Alexia Cardona, PhD

Bioinformatics Training Developer

Department of Genetics

Areas Of Expertise:

R language, Git, Data visualisation, Big data, Data analysis, Bioinformatics, Workshop delivery, Social media and digital comms.

Contact Information

alexia.cardona@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk

ORCiD:

0000-0002-7877-5565

Before joining the University of Cambridge I was a Software Engineer. Since then I have been working on different research projects across different Departments at the University investigating the epigenetics of obesity, diabetes and related metabolic disorders and human evolutionary genetics. I am currently the Bioinformatics Training Developer for the Bioinformatics Training Programme at the University.

Amelie Roper, PhD

Research Facilitator

Cambridge University Library

Areas Of Expertise:

Big data, Repositories (general), Institutional repositories, Licensing, Copyright, Sensitive data, Research data ethics, Data protection and research, Data policies, Data Management Plans, Digitisation, Workshop delivery, Website development

Contact Information

alr39@cam.ac.uk

@amelieroper

ORCiD:

0000-0003-3239-2208

Biography

Amelie Roper is Research Facilitator at Cambridge University Library. Her role involves supporting grant applications for research funding for library activities, and assisting with project delivery once funding is awarded.

She studied music at King’s College London and Library and Information Studies at University College London. She also holds a PhD in book history from the University of St Andrews.

Her research interests include early modern European print culture, digital music publishing and big data.

Borja Blanco, PhD

Research Associate

Department of Psychology

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, R language, Git, Matlab, Big data, Statistical analysis, Code sharing, Imaging, Workshop delivery

Contact Information

bb579@cam.ac.uk

@borja_blanco4

ORCiD:

0000-0001-5533-2086

Biography

I received my PhD in cognitive neuroscience from Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL). I am currently a Research Associate at the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge. My interests include data processing and analysis methods for neuroimaging techniques employed in developmental research (fNIRS & EEG). I am interested in the application of these methods for investigating functional connectivity and cognitive processes such as social cognition and language acquisition in infant populations.

Hugo Tavares, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Genetics

Bioinformatics Training Facility

Areas Of Expertise:

Bioinformatics, Coding, Python, R language, Git, Data analysis, Data visualisation, Big data, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Data collection, Experimental design, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, Workshop delivery

Contact Information

hm533@cam.ac.uk

Biography

Additional areas of expertise:

Plant science, Quantitative genetics.

Janina Schupp, PhD

Affiliated Lecturer and Research Associate

Department of Architecture

Areas Of Expertise:

Data mining, Data collection, Database design, Data sharing, Audiovisual data, Workshop delivery, Video editing

Contact Information

js2034@cam.ac.uk

Biography

I am an Affiliated Lecturer in Architecture and the Moving Image and a researcher working with large audio-visual datasets. I specialise in developing digital methodologies and database approaches for film and media research. I am currently the main researcher of the ‘CineMuseSpace: A Cinematic Musée Imaginaire of Spatial Cultural Differences’ project (cinemusespace.com).

Additional areas of expertise:

Audio-visual data analysis, film databases, metadata ontologies.

Jiayin Hong, PhD

Research Associate

Department of Biochemistry

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, R language, Git, SQL, Matlab, Data visualisation, Big data, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Electronic Lab Notebooks, Version control, Bioinformatics, Workshop delivery

Contact Information

jh2313@cam.ac.uk

My LinkedIn Profile

ORCiD:

0000-0002-2212-558X

Biography

Jiayin is a postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Biochemistry. Holding a Ph.D in Integrated Life Sciences and Physics, Jiayin is passionate about unraveling intricate mechanisms in epigenetics, transcriptional regulation, and cancer biology. Her approach blends experimental techniques with computational methods.

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

My LinkedIn Profile

Biography

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.

Qi Wang, PhD

Bioinformatician

Department of Plant Sciences

Areas Of Expertise:

Big data, Data analysis, Bioinformatics, Coding, Python, R language, SQL, Git, Data visualisation, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Experimental design, Data storage, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Code sharing, Writing/publishing data papers, Workshop delivery

Contact Information

qw254@cam.ac.uk

ORCiD:

0000-0002-6420-1720

Biography

Qi received her PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she developed computational methods to study alternative splicing and the evolution of HIV. Later she joined the UCLA Division of Dermatology to help identify the resistance mechanisms of targeted cancer therapies using computational tools.

In 2011 she was awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship to work in the Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, and later the Division of Applied Bioinformatics, at the German Cancer Research Centre. There she worked on diverse bioinformatics projects with NGS data, such as studying genome-wide epigenetic regulation of cell differentiation, developing sequencing protocols and detecting somatic mutations from whole-genome sequencing data, as well as data integration and predictive modelling.

Currently, she provides bioinformatics training and support to PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in the lab of Professor Beverley Glover.

Raquel Manzano

Bioinformatician

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute

Areas Of Expertise:

Big data, Sensitive data, Code sharing, Data analysis, Bioinformatics, Coding, Python, R language, Git, Data visualisation, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Electronic Lab Notebooks, Data collection, Version control, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Data archiving, Workshop delivery

Contact Information

raquel.manzanogarcia@cruk.cam.ac.uk

My LinkedIn Profile

ORCiD:

0000-0002-5124-8992

Biography

I am bioinformatician who has been working in Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute since 2017. I have a background in biology and have experience with HPC, version control, R and python, and confidential data. I work with big volumes of cancer patient data on a daily basis.

Additional areas of expertise:

High Performance Computing (HPC) - cluster.

Sacha Jones, PhD

Head of Open Research Services, Associate Director

University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives

Areas Of Expertise:

Research data management, Data Management Plans, Licensing, Sensitive data, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Apollo (Cambridge University repository), Data sharing, Open data, Statistical analysis, Data collection, Database design, Workshop delivery, Digital illustration

Contact Information

scj23@cam.ac.uk

ORCiD:

0000-0003-0492-2662

Biography

I joined the Office of Scholarly Communication in November 2018 as Research Data Coordinator for the Research Data Management Facility. I manage the Data Champion Programme as part of my role. I have a PhD in Biological Anthropology from the University of Cambridge and was a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research from 2009–2017, specialising in human evolution and Palaeolithic archaeology.

Additional areas of expertise:

Archaeology data

Alexia Cardona, PhD

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Karla Cervantes Barron

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Qi Wang, PhD

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