This person is a member of the following groups:

• Bio-Linux: A Linux OS distribution
• RPM repository for R and its packages

Current address:

Bioinformatics Support Unit, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences,
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Framlington Place,
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, NE2 4HH

United Kingdom

Education:

BSc (Hons) Genetics
Manchester University
1991 - 1995

PhD Developmental Biology
Imperial College, London
1995 - 1999

Experience:

Bioinformatician Genome Centre, QMW, London 2001 - 2003

Bio-Linux developer and Systems Administrator Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxford 2003 - 2005

Senior Research Associate, Bioinformatics Bioinformatics Support Unit, Newcastle University 2005 -

Skills:

Extensive Linux experience since 1995

Red Hat Certified Engineer (2003)

Perl programmer and some time Perl tutor

Genome annotation, EST pipelines, data mining

7 years lab bench experience in genetics/molecular biology

Activities:

ISCB member

Interests:

Microarray analysis methodology

Apple Xserve clusters/iNquiry

Large scale Condor deployment

References:

Open software for biologists: from famine to feast (Nature Biotechnology 24, 801 - 803 (2006))

The EIF2AK3 gene region and type I diabetes in subjects from South India (Genes Immun. 2004 Dec;5(8):648-52)

A variation in the ghrelin gene increases weight and decreases insulin secretion in tall, obese children. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2002 Aug;87(8):4005-8.)

The molecular phenotype of heparan sulfate in the Hs2st-/- mutant mouse. (J Biol Chem. 2001 Sep 21;276(38):35429-34)

Induction of the mammalian node requires Arkadia function in the extraembryonic lineages. (Nature. 2001 Apr 12;410(6830):825-30.)

Other:

Former developer of the Bio-Linux bioinformatics focused Linux distribution