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"Happy is he who gets to know the reasons for things" Virgil

I currently work as a Lecturer in Genetics and Computational Biology within Cranfield Health at Cranfield University as a member of the Cranfield Bioinformatics Group, and I am the current course director for Cranfield Health's MSc in Applied Bioinformatics with significant teaching responsibilities

Initially a laboratory scientist, focus has steady shifted towards in silico approaches. My current research focus is broadly in the area of functional genomics; the exploration of the dynamics and regulation of transcription/translation and protein function from sequence information. I also have an interest in device development towards the diagnostic application of biomarkers. Current research areas include:

• Identification of novel gene promoter motifs for prediction of co-expression
• Genome-wide SNP susceptibility screening and SNP-based multiplex assay design
• Sequence-based identification of novel conserved protein motifs
• Synthetic antigen peptide prediction for antibody and synthetic receptor targeting
• Protein structure and function modelling for target identification/characterisation
• Development of integrated chemoinformatic small molecule screening databases