INTERNATIONAL LEADER IN PROVIDING CLINICAL DATA SOLUTIONS FOR GENETIC DIAGNOSIS

After completing his MD in Applied Bioinformatics, Nadeem worked in the NGRL group at the Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine as a Bioinformatics Developer. There he developed the SNPCheck web application. He then joined the MCGM in-house Bioinformatics team to help build the NGS database for storing HTS data, and to explore development of N3 compliant big data storage and sharing mechanisms.

James has a PhD in Bioinformatics (University of Cambridge), and degrees in Computational Biology and Molecular and Cell Biology (University of York). His experience ranges from metabolic simulations of human pathogens through to database design, variant analysis and integration of GWAS data with other -omics studies. James previously worked at at the University of Cambridge Dept. of Public Health and Primary Care providing bioinformatics support and developing PhenoScanner, a human variant-trait association database. He joined Congenica to use his experience of bioinformatics data integration to help inform clinical decisions.

Eugene is a senior technologist with broad experience in B2B and direct-to-consumer software in life sciences, e-commerce and social media. Focused on scalable, efficient systems with flexible architecture, he built star technical teams at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (DECIPHER, ENSEMBL), SUP Livejournal.com, SW-Soft, Oscommerce (CEO), VisibleNation (CTO) and Congenica.

Daniel has expertise in designing and building highly available and high throughput Database Clusters. Daniel has years of experience in database system and software development within Manufacturing, Telecoms, and Academia. Daniel's primary focus is relational database scaling solutions.

Calvin started as a Senior Web Developer at Congenica in the early stages of the company, and uses his wide experience in developing new and creative solutions within SapientiaTM. Having gained a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from Cambridge University, Calvin went on to work in a variety of computational and developmental roles within the healthcare and information technology sectors, and lectured at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) in Singapore.

Sarah holds a PhD in Plant Molecular Biology from the University of Sheffield, during which she worked as a Research Technician, and later Research Associate, conducting research into the genetics of guard cell signalling. She went on to work with disabled students at Huddersfield University, before completing a masters in Bioinformatics at Cranfield University. Sarah contributes her skills in quality assurance and programme functionality to ensure the highest accuracy in Sapientia’sTM biological information.

Kevin has wide experience of IT consultancy and software development. He has worked on enterprise-scale projects for many blue-chip clients, often working through prime contractors such as IBM. Clients have been in diverse industry sectors such as Telecoms (Vodafone), Pharma (Boots, GSK) Finance (most UK Banks) and Retail (Kingfisher). His specialisms are in the management of servers and networks, and in secure configurations of infrastructure components.

Luis has a PhD in Computational Biology from Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany) and a degree in Biological Engineering from the IST - Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal). He has a interdisciplinary background ranging from modelling of genome-scale networks to cheminformatics. Over the past few years, Luis has embraced the challenges faced by healthcare and drug discovery pipelines with regards to storing and processing large amounts of Next-Generation Sequencing data. He joined Congenica with the aim of improving medical diagnostics turnover through automation and the use of scalable systems.

Alex joined Congenica from the Sanger Institute, working in the High Throughput Gene Targeting group, performing computational work for multiple CRISPR/Cas9 papers and various web tools. He is a Bioinformatics System Architect, with formal training in Computer Science from the University of Loughborough. He specialises in system implementation and deployment, and program development and testing.

Alan has a diverse experience of bioscience, including sequencing, molecular dynamics, genome wide association, nutritional science, genotyping platform development and validation, ADME, population genomics and microbiology. He also enjoys brewing beer and is an amateur singer songwriter on the acoustic guitar.

John has a Bachelor’s and a Master’s in Biology as well as a Ph.D. in Quantitative Genetics from the University of Cambridge, where he studied resistance genetics in Drosophila. John has also worked for the transport modelling company Ito world, where he solved complex problems with transit data. As part of his role in the Innovation team at Congenica, John works to apply his love of problem solving to a range of biological problems.

Sajith holds a MSc in Bioinformatics (Cranfield University) and a BSc in Biomedical Science (King's College London). He has many years experience working in scientific research and software development, with 5 years at the Sanger Institute in the High Throughput Gene Targeting Group and 3 years at Imperial College in the Cancer Screening & Prevention Research Group.

After gaining a BSc in Cognitive Science at Leeds University, Tim worked as a software developer in a variety of small businesses and start-ups for 6 years. He then received his MSc in Bioinformatics at Birkbeck College, and went on to help Repositive.io build their platform for human genomic data sharing. At Congenica, Tim is responsible for building a user interface that is clear, intuitive and responsive for all our customers.

Following a Master's degree in Mathematics and Philosophy, Alex began work focussing on finding, analysing and classifying web-based content and digital media, first at Alzheimer's Society in London then at NetNames in Cambridge. As part of the Innovation team at Congenica, he combines his interests in scientific research and programming.

Ant joined Congenica as one of the initial team of developers, and leads the Bioinformatics team in their genome sequence data analysis. Ant has over a decade of in depth experience in Bioinformatics and Genomics, and uses this knowledge to help bring Congenica’s data analysis software to the clinicians that need it. Having completed a PhD in Molecular Genetics from the University of Leicester, Ant has worked at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge, and The Genome Analysis Centre.

After his training in IT, Josh participated in website design services and bespoke software development at Computer Scene. He finally found a way to merge his interest in applied science with IT: he joined Congenica as a software developer, where he works on the extension of Sapientia features, focused on making high-level science friendly for the end users.

Katie has experience of a diverse range of bioinformatics roles within commercial, academic and clinical settings. She holds a PhD in Biotechnology and is particularly interested in how high-throughput technologies can be applied to deliver transformative improvements in clinical medicine. She trained at the University of Manchester (PhD Biotechnology, MSc Bioinformatics, BSc Biomedical Sciences) and is based in Congenica's Manchester office.

Having completed Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in computing, Alisdair gained experience working as a software engineer on a VoIP telephony platform. Alisdair sought out his role at Congenica in order to further his interest in Bioinformatics and build on the experience he gained in the area during his Master’s programme.