Bioinformatics Meetup: Cambridge

An Amazon Web Services (AWS) Sponsored Event.

Join our speakers, Emily Richardson (AWS) and Nicole Chai (Genomics England) as they walk us through their personal stories and talk about their career path, skills gained and how they landed their jobs at AWS and Genomics England.

Emily is a Genomics Solutions Architect at AWS. She has a background in microbial genomics. Prior to working for AWS she worked for MicrobesNG, a spinout from the University of Birmingham, as the Head of Bioinformatics.

Nicole is a Bioinformatician on the R&D team at Genomics England. She has a background in medicine and after getting an MBBS at Newcastle University, she practised as a medical doctor. She then made a career transition into bioinformatics, obtaining an MSc in the field. Prior to joining Genomics England, she worked as a Bioinformatician at a biopharmaceutical company looking to identify novel compounds from genomic data to treat inflammatory disorders and cancer.

Programme:

18.00 - 18.15: Arrive
18.15 - 18.20: Welcome
18.20 - 19.00: Short talks and Q/A
19.00 - 20.00: Networking
20.00: Close

This will be an excellent networking opportunity to meet colleagues from across academia, industry and the tech sector in the Cambridge area. Come and join a diverse group of professionals and students for a drink while mingling with other fellow scientists at one of the hottest locations to do science on Earth!

We look forward to seeing many of you there and please do not forget to let your friends know about this event!

By registering for this event, you will receive information from Genomics England on this event.