About
I am a bioinformatician specialising in genomic technologies, real-time nanopore sequencing, signal analysis, machine learning, and associated hardware. I have a background in software development and more than a decade of pathology industry experience.
Leading computational development within the Centre for Population Genomics' Genomic Technologies Group at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, I apply my unique skills to develop new bioinformatic tools, as well as design and support nanopore sequencing infrastructure.
My research areas include:
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Nanopore signal analysis
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Clinical testing and method development
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Short tandem repeat disorders
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Viral genomics (HIV/SARS-Cov-2)
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Single-cell sequencing
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Direct RNA Sequencing
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Genome assembly
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Methylation detection
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Machine/Deep learning
Experience
Garvan Institute / Genomic Systems Analyst
June 2017 - PRESENT, Darlinghurst
Cerebro Biosystems / Co-founder and CTO
October 2017 - PRESENT, Darlinghurst
Healius (Primary Healthcare) / Senior Software Developer
December 2017 - PRESENT, St Leonards
Garvan Institute / Research Assistant
Dec 2016 - June 2017, Darlinghurst
Primary Healthcare / Analyst Programmer
June 2015 - June 2017, St Leonards
Douglas Hanly Moir Pathology / Lab Aide
2011 - 2015, Macquarie Park
Davies Campbell De Lambert/Healthscope Pathology / Lab Aide
2009-2011, Ryde
Awards
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2020 - Runner-up poster prize - London Calling
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2019 - Lighting talk award - ABACBS/GIW
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2018 - Palmer Innovation award - Garvan award
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2017 - J&J award - Med Tech’s Got Talent
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2017 - Garvan Award: For going ‘above and beyond’ in supporting the bioinformatics culture at Garvan
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2017 - Late breaking poster award - AGTA Conference
Skills
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Linux/UNIX, BASH
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Python, Rust, R statistical programming, C, AHK, SQL
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algorithm design
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High-Performance Computing (SGE)
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Bioinformatics, data science
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system administration, automation, networking
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Laboratory Information Systems (LIS)