Andrew Armitage
Associate Professor
Rochester, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Armitage is an Associate Professor and bioinformatician with 12 years’ experience applying genome sequencing and evolutionary analysis to plant pathogens, especially fungal and oomycete diseases. Based at the Natural Resources Institute, he develops molecular diagnostics and effector-identification pipelines that translate genomic insights into practical tools for crop breeding and field pathogen surveillance. His background spans classical field ecology through a PhD in molecular and evolutionary biology, giving him a rare blend of hands-on lab skills and computational genomics. Notably, his work on Phytophthora and small-spored Alternaria has informed disease monitoring recommendations and resistance-breeding strategies, bridging academic research and applied biosecurity.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Ecology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Ecology at Cardiff University / Prifysgol CaerdyddPhD in Plant and Environmental Sciences, PhD in Plant and Environmental Sciences at University of Warwick
Github Skills (10)
genomes10
genomics9
bioinformatics8
genome5
biology3
pipeline3
genome-annotation3
science3
kraken2
python1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
harrisonlab/alternaria
Jun 2014 - Jul 2020
Contributions:181 commits, 70 pushes in 6 years 2 months
adarmitage/training
Oct 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 6 months
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