Kez Cleal
Lecturer In Cancer Bioinformatics
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolKez Cleal is a Lecturer in Cancer Bioinformatics at Cardiff University with seven years of experience bridging computational engineering and biomedical research. With a PhD from Cardiff, Kez combines hands-on bioinformatics research with practical DevOps skills, contributing to high-profile open-source projects like bioconda-recipes and Termux package builds to ensure reliable distribution of genomic tools. Their work focuses on automating builds, resolving cross-platform linking issues, and packaging sequencing tools—skills that translate directly into reproducible cancer genomics pipelines. Known for fixing tricky build and dependency problems, Kez brings a pragmatic, systems-first approach to making complex bioinformatics software dependable for researchers.
7 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
Github Skills (15)
dependency-management10
conda10
bash10
package-management10
packager10
build-automation10
package10
yaml10
termux9
linux9
bioinformatics9
makefile8
android7
dockers5
docker5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
termux/termux-packages
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
A package build system for Termux.
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:1 review, 11 PRs, 11 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Kez primarily contributed to the build and packaging system for Termux packages. Their work focused on updating package versions and dependencies, specifically for "gw", a genomic sequencing data browser, and introducing support for new packages like libdeflate. They also made changes to the build scripts, including modifications to dependencies and build processes. These contributions suggest a focus on maintaining and improving the build infrastructure for the repository.
chromebookvnc-serverlinux-distributionlinuxandroid
bioconda/bioconda-recipes
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:18 reviews, 3 commits, 48 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Kez primarily focused on updating and maintaining the build process for recipes within the bioconda-recipes repository. Their contributions involve modifying build scripts (build.sh) and configuration files (meta.yaml, conda_build_config.yaml) to support the packaging and distribution of bioinformatics software. They frequently updated build dependencies and addressed linking issues, ensuring that software builds correctly across different platforms. The user's work also involved patching code and adjusting build configurations for various software versions, as well as integrating changes related to the GNU compiler.
recipescondabiocondabioinformaticspackage-management
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