As Associate Director of Bioinformatics at Insmed, Katharine Best leverages extensive experience from senior roles at Bristol Myers Squibb and MSD. She specializes in the computational analysis of the human immune system, holding a PhD from UCL and completing postdoctoral research at Harvard and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
She developed mathematical models of viral dynamics, including for the Zika virus, during her postdoctoral research at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Katharine Best
Associate Director, Bioinformatics at Insmed Incorporated
United Kingdom
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Topics They Care About
TCR Analysis
Her PhD thesis and a significant body of her published work focuses on the computational analysis and sequencing of T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoires.
Computational Immunology
Her career has focused on applying computational and bioinformatic pipelines to understand complex immune responses in health and disease, including HIV and cancer.
Viral Dynamics Modeling
During her time at Los Alamos National Laboratory, she published research on creating mathematical models to understand the within-host dynamics of viral infections like Zika.
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Work History
2-2025
Associate Director, Bioinformatics at Insmed Incorporated
1-2023 - 1-2025
Principal Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb
6-2020 - 1-2023
Associate Principal Scientist, Bioinformatics at MSD
5-2019 - 6-2020
Postdoctoral Researcher at Harvard University
5-2016 - 5-2019
Postdoctoral Researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Education
Doctor of Philosophy from UCL
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Location : United Kingdom
Job Level : Mid-senior
Designation : Associate Director, Bioinformatics at Insmed Incorporated
