Hamel Patel
Principal Scientist - Bioinformatics
Amersham, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolHamel Patel is a Principal Scientist in Bioinformatics with over a decade of hands-on experience translating large-scale omics data into actionable insights for drug discovery and clinical diagnostics. He combines academic depth from a PhD-level bioinformatics background with practical industry impact across biotech startups and research institutions, including roles at Sitryx, F-star and King’s College London. His expertise spans genotype QC and GWAS pipelines, RNA-seq and microarray analysis, drug repositioning using gene expression resources (CMap/LINCS), and machine learning for biomarker discovery. Earlier laboratory roles at Great Ormond Street gave him rare end-to-end perspective from clinical sample handling and assay development to computational analysis. Known for building reproducible pipelines and training teams, he blends rigorous methodology with pragmatic delivery in translational bioinformatics.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Bioinformatics, Master’s Degree Bioinformatics at University of HertfordshireDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioinformatics at King's College LondonGithub contributions (5)
hamelpatel/brain_expression
May 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:1 release, 75 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
hamelpatel/AD_microarray_gene_expression_classifier
Jan 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:5 releases, 35 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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