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Al Ivens

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MSc Bioinformatics Course Organiser: Research Proposal at University of Edinburgh
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Al Ivens is an MBA-qualified Director of Bioinformatics at the University of Edinburgh, leading projects in both academic and commercial settings. With a PhD in a biological science, he is an expert in omics data analysis, including NGS, RNAseq, and GWAS, and develops custom analysis pipelines using R, Python, and bash.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.

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Experience
34 Years
Current Role
MSc Bioinformatics Course Organiser: Research Proposal
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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'Omics' Data Analysis
His work focuses on analyzing complex 'omics' datasets, including genomes, transcriptomes, and proteomes, to derive maximum value from high-throughput sequencing data.
Bioinformatics Education
He is the course organizer for the MSc in Bioinformatics at the University of Edinburgh, developing curricula and teaching programming and systems management.
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Career

Work history

8-2018
MSc Bioinformatics Course Organiser: Research Proposal
University of Edinburgh
9-2016
MSc Bioinformatics Course Organiser: Bioinformatics Programming & System Management
University of Edinburgh
10-2011
Director of Bioinformatics, IIIR
University of Edinburgh
3-2008 - 9-2011
Head of Data Analysis
Fios Genomics Ltd
4-1999 - 3-2008
Senior Computational Biologist
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
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Media appearances

MSc Bioinformatics Handbook – University of Edinburgh. Featured in University of Edinburgh, School of Biological Sciences
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Course Catalogue – Research Proposal (Bioinformatics) (PGBI11114). Featured in University of Edinburgh – DRPS (Doctoral and Research Programme Services)
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Education
1995 - 1999
Master of Business Administration - MBA
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
1985 - 1988
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
University of London
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