Katharine Best
Associate Director, Bioinformatics at Insmed Incorporated
📍 United Kingdom
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.
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9 Years
Current Role
Associate Director, Bioinformatics
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
United Kingdom
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Priorities
Topics Katharine cares 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.
Career
Work history
2-2025
Associate Director, Bioinformatics
Insmed Incorporated
1-2023 - 1-2025
Principal Scientist
Bristol Myers Squibb
6-2020 - 1-2023
Associate Principal Scientist, Bioinformatics
MSD
5-2019 - 6-2020
Postdoctoral Researcher
Harvard University
5-2016 - 5-2019
Postdoctoral Researcher
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Education
Doctor of Philosophy
UCL
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