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.
11 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 (58)
mothur10
rna-seq10
illumina10
sequencing9
bioinformatics9
phyloseq8
heat8
nextflow8
bioinformatics-analysis8
taxonomy7
microbiology7
docker-image7
blast7
figure7
bioconductor7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
didillysquat/reefMapMaker
Dec 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:6 releases, 76 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 7 months
csgenetics/csgenetics_scrnaseq
Jun 2023 - Jun 2026
Bioinformatic pipeline for processing CS Genetics' scRNA-Seq kit-generated sequencing data
Contributions:35 releases, 14 reviews, 67 PRs in 3 years 1 month
sequencing
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