Eirinn Mackay
Engineer at Micrographia Bio
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolEirinn Mackay is a software engineer and mechatronics-minded scientist with 11 years of cross-disciplinary experience building instrumented, reproducible workflows at the intersection of biology and engineering. With a PhD in biochemistry and a background in zebrafish genetics and neurobiology, she has translated wet-lab know-how into production-ready systems for bioinformatics, computer vision, robotics and embedded hardware. Her roles at Micrographia Bio, UCL and the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre highlight an ability to design multimodal acquisition rigs, ship containerised Python/C++ pipelines, and deploy HPC and Nextflow-based genomics workflows. She pairs deep experimental understanding with practical automation—writing microscope control software, integrating sensors, and developing image-analysis assays—to speed discovery and clinical applications. Based in London, she brings both lab-bench credibility and hands-on engineering to teams building the next generation of scientific instruments.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at The University of QueenslandDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biochemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biochemistry at Utrecht UniversityHigh School Certificate (HSc), High School Certificate (HSc) at Byron Bay High School
English, Dutch
Stackoverflow
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31answers
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Github Skills (189)
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
eirinnm/k-designer
Feb 2019 - Feb 2021
Tool for designing K primers
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
reacttypescriptprimers
eirinnm/klipper-web-control-docker
Apr 2022 - Jun 2023
Klipper with Moonraker shipped with Fluidd and/or Mainsail
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 2 months
mainsaildockermoonrakerfluiddklipper
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