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Paolo Ribeca

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Head of core bioinformatics at UK Health Security Agency
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Paolo Ribeca is the Head of Core Bioinformatics at the UK Health Security Agency, where he also co-directs the Health Protection Research Unit in Genomics and Enabling Data. With a Ph. D. from Paris-Sud University, he specializes in high-throughput bioinformatics, genomics, and their application to public health and pathogen surveillance.

His professional interests include the development of efficient tools for genomic data analysis. The provided information does not contain details about his personal hobbies or life outside of his professional work, though it notes an interest in the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy.

He co-authored "The GEM mapper, " a paper on a fast, accurate, and versatile alignment tool for processing high-throughput sequencing data.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Head of core bioinformatics
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Public Health Genomics
Leads bioinformatics for the UK Health Security Agency, focusing on using genomics for pathogen surveillance and public health.
High-Throughput Sequencing
His work and publications, such as "The GEM mapper, " focus on creating efficient tools to handle massive volumes of sequencing data.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Head of core bioinformatics
UK Health Security Agency
8-2023 - 3-2025
Co-director of Health Protection Research Unit in Genomics and Enabling Data
UK Health Security Agency
8-2021 - 3-2025
Head of genomics services
UK Health Security Agency
8-2021
Principal bioinformatician
Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland
10-2019 - 7-2021
Principal researcher in Statistical Genomics and Bioinformatics
Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland
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Education
2000 - 2003
Ph.D.
Paris-Sud University (Paris XI)
1992 - 1999
M.Sc.
Università degli Studi di Genova
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