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: 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!
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: Astrid from Outreach
Ever wondered what an Outreach Officer does? Meet Astrid who talks about her job and how she got here.