Ben Moore
Senior Staff Bioinformatics Scientist
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBen Moore is a Senior Staff Bioinformatics Scientist based in Cambridge with 12 years of experience building frontend systems and user experiences for large-scale scientific software. At Illumina he has progressed from statistical programmer to technical lead, designing cloud-native bioinformatics applications and automation for R&D. He combines a strong academic foundation—a PhD in Biomathematics/Bioinformatics from Edinburgh and an MSc from Imperial—with hands-on engineering skills across UI, cloud, and data science. Early work at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute on covariance models for non-coding RNAs signals a long-standing strength in translating complex computational biology into production-ready tools. Colleagues rely on him to bridge research rigor and pragmatic software delivery, improving usability of sophisticated genomics platforms.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Biomathematics Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Biomathematics Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at The University of EdinburghMaster's Degree Bioinformatics and Theoretical Systems Biology, Master's Degree Bioinformatics and Theoretical Systems Biology at Imperial College LondonA-levels (AS-levels), A-levels (AS-levels) at Hills Road Sixth Form College, CambridgeBachelor's Degree Biology General, Bachelor's Degree Biology General at University of York
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genomics10
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bioinformatics10
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Github contributions (5)
blmoore/blmoore.github.io
May 2014 - Apr 2022
Contributions:78 commits, 73 pushes in 7 years 11 months
blmoore/summerdatachallenge
Sep 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:40 commits in 2 months
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