Adam Simpkin
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Simpkin is a computational structural biologist and software engineer with 10 years' experience, currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Liverpool optimising CCP4 tools to integrate high-accuracy predicted models like AlphaFold3 into Molecular Replacement pipelines. He developed Slice'N'Dice to maximise the utility of predicted models in MR and has a track record contributing to CASP14 and CASP15 assessments, applying data science to benchmark cutting-edge prediction methods. His background includes hands-on beamline experience at Synchrotron SOLEIL during his PhD, giving him practical insight into experimental crystallography workflows. Passionate about building pragmatic, impactful tools, he bridges structural biology, software development and data-driven evaluation to accelerate structure determination.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Structural Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Structural Biology at University of Liverpool
English, French
Github Skills (10)
database10
ab-initio9
crystallography8
prediction7
python6
slice4
refinement3
bioinformatics3
pipeline2
visualization1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rigdenlab/SIMBAD
May 2016 - May 2022
Sequence Independent Molecular replacement Based on Available Database
Contributions:16 releases, 4 reviews, 741 commits in 6 years 1 month
databasemrxray-crystallography
rigdenlab/MrParse
Jun 2019 - Jun 2025
Automated Molecular Replacement decision protocol
Contributions:21 releases, 9 reviews, 36 PRs in 6 years 1 month
replacementmoleculardecision
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