Welcome to our Teamsembl blog series, where we chat with folks from the Ensembl team to get a peek into what they do. This month, we got to know Suzanna Dickson, a visiting PhD student with the Ensembl Non-Vertebrates team. Check out what Suzanna has been up to during her placement and hear about her experiences working with us!
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Getting to know us: Jack Carpenter (visiting PhD student)
In our Getting to know us (a.k.a. Teamsembl) blog series, we talk to Ensembl colleagues and ask them a series of questions about their role in the project. In June, we talked to Jack Carpenter, who is a visiting PhD student within the Ensembl Non-Vertebrates team. Learn more about Jack’s placement at Ensembl and the experience he gained
Continue readingGetting to know us: Paulo from Ensembl Regulation
Welcome to our Getting to know us (a.k.a. Teamsembl) blog series, where we talk to Ensembl colleagues and ask them a series of questions about their role in the project. For this month, we chatted with Paulo Branco Lins, who is a bioinformatician and software developer within the Ensembl Regulation team. Join us as we learn more about Paulo’s role at Ensembl.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Natalie from Ensembl Automation
In our Getting to know us (a.k.a. Teamsembl) blog series we talk to Ensembl colleagues and ask them a series of questions. In February, we interviewed Natalie Willhoft, who recently took over the role of project leader of the Ensembl Automation team. Join us as we learn more about Natalie’s role, what she did before joining Ensembl and find out the exciting things she does with her family in her freetime.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Jon from Ensembl Web
In our Getting to know us (a.k.a. Teamsembl) blog series we talk to Ensembl colleagues and ask them a series of questions. To kick off the year, we had the pleasure of interviewing Jon Keatley, who is the project leader of the Ensembl Web team. The Web team is the driving force behind developing, maintaining, and improving the Ensembl websites, including creating user interfaces and data visualisations. Join us as we explore Jon’s journey, the work he is currently involved in and the activities he enjoys with his family outside of work.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Reham from Ensembl Havana
In July, we talked to Reham Fatima, a member of the Havana team. The Havana team carry out manual annotation on human, mouse, zebrafish and rat genomes. Reham has contributed to the MANE and GENCODE projects. Read more about Reham’s work at EMBL-EBI and what kind of cuisine she likes the most. You can also see some amazing photographs she has taken in her free time.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Ian Tsang (visiting PhD student)
Meet visiting PhD student Ian Tsang, who is doing a three-month work experience placement with the Ensembl Plants team. We talked all about his PhD, what projects he is working on during his time in Ensembl and what he does during his free time.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Swati from Ensembl Genebuild
We are back with our Getting to know us (a.k.a. Teamsembl) blog series after a short hiatus in March. For the month of April, we got the chance to Swati Sinha who is a senior bioinformatician in the Ensembl Genebuild team. The Genebuild team is in charge of the Ensembl automatic annotation pipeline. Read all about Swati and have a look at the amazing photographs she has taken during her travels.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Gabriela from Ensembl Regulation
In February, we talked to Gabriela Alejandra Merino from the Ensembl Regulation team. Before joining EMBL-EBI, Gabriela worked on protein function prediction. She is now involved in producing regulatory annotations for Ensembl. Outside of work, Gabriela is very active and participates in swimming competitions. Read on to get to know Gabriela and her work.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Bilal from Ensembl Applications
In January, we talked to Bilal El Houdaigui from the Ensembl Applications team. He has told us all about the projects he is currently involved in, what his typical day looks like and advice he would give his younger self if he could meet him. Continue reading to get to know our colleague Bilal!
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