Benjamin Hume
Director, Computational Biology
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Hume is Director of Computational Biology at CS Genetics with a decade of experience building bioinformatics pipelines, data infrastructure, and customer-facing tools to make single-cell RNA sequencing more accessible and scalable. He combines hands-on pipeline development and automation with strategic oversight, guiding assay development, product decisions, and cross-functional data-driven experiments. His background spans academia and field science—from leading SymPortal analytics for coral symbiont genotyping and participating in the Tara Pacific expedition to managing multi-institution bioinformatics projects—bringing a rare mix of ecological genomics insight and production informatics. Based in Cambridge, he excels at turning complex experimental questions into robust, reproducible analysis systems that serve both R&D and commercial customers.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular Biology at University of SouthamptonMaster's degree, Aquatic Biology and Resource Management, Master's degree, Aquatic Biology and Resource Management at University of Exeter
Github Skills (82)
mothur10
rna-seq10
analytical10
bioinformatics10
illumina10
phylogeny9
fill9
genomics9
microbiology9
genome9
sequencing9
pipeline8
nextflow8
computational-biology8
immunology8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
didillysquat/reefMapMaker
Dec 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:6 releases, 76 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 7 months
reefgenomics/SymPortal_framework
Jun 2018 - Dec 2022
SymPortal is an analytical tool used to identify Symbiodiniaceae genotypes using Illumina rDNA ITS2 amplicon NGS data.
Contributions:43 releases, 899 commits, 3 PRs in 4 years 6 months
ampliconilluminangsbioinformaticsrdna
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