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.
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Getting 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!
Continue readingGetting to know us: Sarah, non-vertebrate genomics team leader
In the November edition of our Getting to know us blog series, we introduce Sarah Dyer who joined the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in May 2021 leading the non-vertebrate genomics team.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Arne from Ensembl Infrastructure
In this edition of our Getting to know us blog series, we introduce Arne Becker, member of the Infrastructure team at Ensembl who joined the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in March 2022. Arne transitioned from IT security to bioinformatics and his work focuses on enhancing the efficiency of data processing pipelines.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Shradha from Ensembl Plants
For this month’s Getting to know us series, we talked to Shradha Saraf, a bioinformatician in the Ensembl Plants team. Her advice to her younger self is to follow your dreams! Read more about Shradha and her role in the team below.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Nakib from Ensembl Variation
Meet Syed Nakib Hossain, who joined the Ensembl Variation team in 2021. Read on to learn more about Nakib’s role in the team, what he is currently working on and what he enjoys about working at EMBL-EBI.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Nishadi from Ensembl Microbes
This month, we meet Nishadi De Silva, who joined the Ensembl Microbes team in 2016. She’s responsible for the delivery of microbial genomes on our platforms. With a diverse background in computer science and bioinformatics, Nishadi is passionate about providing open-access to scientific data.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Louisse from Ensembl Outreach
We are back with our Getting to know us blog series! This month, we talked to Louisse from the Outreach team. Find out how she ended up here, what her everyday workday looks like and what she does outside of work.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Marc from Ensembl Production
After a little hiatus we are back with our Getting to know us blog series! Meet Marc Chakiachvili who joined Ensembl back in 2018. Keep reading to find out about his diverse work experience and that you don’t have to do an undergraduate degree in bioinformatics to work in the field.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Aleena from Outreach
In this post, we are getting to know Aleena Mushtaq from the Outreach team, who are (interestingly) also in charge of the Ensembl blog! Aleena tells us of the diverse workload of an outreach officer, the public engagement programmes she is involved in, and what she does in her free-time.
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