Achchuthan Shanmugasundram
Scientific Curator
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAchchuthan Shanmugasundram is a scientific curator and experienced biocurator with a decade of expertise in genome annotation, gene-disease curation and bioinformatics across both mammalian and eukaryotic pathogen genomes. Currently curating gene-disease associations for rare disorders at Genomics England’s PanelApp, he previously improved fungal and kinetoplastid genome annotations for VEuPathDB while applying controlled vocabularies and biomedical ontologies. He holds a PhD in Biology and has led genome annotation projects—from hibernator and alpine marmot genomics at MRC/Crick to apicomplexan metabolic reconstructions and a bespoke metabolic pathways database—combining wet-lab proteomics exposure with deep computational skills. Experienced in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, outreach and training, he blends research, curation and communication to make genomic data practically useful for human health. Notably, his background spans academic fellowships and funded resource development, reflecting a sustained focus on building community-facing genomic resources that impact diagnosis and research.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biology/Biological Sciences, General at University of LiverpoolBachelor of Science (BSc) and Associateship of the Royal College of Science, Biochemistry, second class upper honours, Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Associateship of the Royal College of Science, Biochemistry, second class upper honours at Imperial College LondonGCE AS and A Level, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, Physics & Further Maths, AABabb, GCE AS and A Level, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, Physics & Further Maths, AABabb at Forest Hill School, LondonClass X Matriculation Examinations, English, Tamil, Mathematics, Science, History & Geography, 1008/1100, Class X Matriculation Examinations, English, Tamil, Mathematics, Science, History & Geography, 1008/1100 at Velankanni Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai, India
Tamil, English
Github Skills (33)
metadata10
geneontology10
owl10
genes9
ontology9
yaml9
rdf9
documentation8
quantities8
compounds8
semantic-web8
semantics8
ontologies8
monarchinitiative7
go6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Achchuthan/go-site
May 2018 - Oct 2022
A collection of metadata, tools, and files associated with the Gene Ontology public web presence.
Contributions:4 pushes in 4 years 5 months
linked-open-datajsonldgene-ontologygeneontologygene
Achchuthan/FungiDB-Curation
Apr 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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