Jon Ambler
Principal Bioinformatics Scientist
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolJon Ambler is a Principal Bioinformatics Scientist with 11 years' experience turning sequencing data into actionable insights, currently leading bioinformatics at bit.bio and co-founding Tuesday Innovation in South Africa. He combines deep academic training (PhD, University of Cape Town) and hands-on genomics work—from fungal genome assembly using long-read sequencing to cancer BRCA sample processing—with product-focused platform development for diverse users. Jon has bridged research and industry roles across CIDRI Africa and startups, emphasizing practical data presentation and usability rather than just data generation. Known for tackling messy, real-world datasets, he brings both technical rigor and entrepreneurial drive to scale bioinformatics solutions that serve researchers and customers alike.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Matric, Matric at Thomas More CollageDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at University of Cape TownUniversity of Pretoria
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (49)
sequencing10
rna-seq10
singularity9
reproducible-science9
slurm9
dataflow9
reproducible-research9
nextflow9
groovy9
docker9
graph9
aws9
pipeline9
bioinformatics9
nf-core9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jambler24/GenGraph
Feb 2017 - Aug 2021
A repository for the GenGraph toolkit for the creation and manipulation of graph genomes
Contributions:3 releases, 126 commits, 33 PRs in 4 years 6 months
graph
uct-cbio/bacterial_variant_calling
Jul 2018 - Apr 2021
A pipeline for variant calling on bacterial genomes created with Nextflow and singularity / docker
Contributions:317 pushes, 2 comments, 4 issues in 2 years 9 months
dockernextflow
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