Lahcen Campbell
Senior Bioinformatics Scientist
North Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolLahcen Campbell is a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist with over sixteen years of experience applying and developing computational tools in phylogenomics, comparative genomics and multi-omics, with a particular focus on deep metazoan evolution and novel adaptation mechanisms. He has led genome and transcriptome assembly and annotation efforts at EMBL-EBI, producing first draft genomes and enabling community-facing resources for species such as Bemisia tabaci and Culicoides sonorensis. Comfortable across UNIX environments and industry-standard languages and pipelines (e.g., Python, Nextflow), he combines rigorous academic output—including high-impact publications—with production-grade pipeline development and big-data QC. His background spans academic research, teaching, and applied bioinformatics in museum and institute settings, and he brings a knack for translating complex evolutionary questions into reproducible computational workflows. A detail that sets him apart is his sustained interest in venom evolution and convergent toxin recruitment, which informs both his evolutionary insights and practical genomics work.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetics, Bioinformatics, Comparative genomics., Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetics, Bioinformatics, Comparative genomics. at National University of Ireland, MaynoothBachelor of Science (BSc), General Science - Specialized in biology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), General Science - Specialized in biology at Maynooth University
Github Skills (39)
perl10
genomes10
api10
bioinformatics10
comparative-genomics10
mysql9
nmf9
biodiversity9
database9
genomics9
sequence8
kraken8
pipeline8
sql8
taxonomy8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Ensembl/nextflow_modules
Feb 2025 - Apr 2025
A collection of shared Ensembl modules used in NextFlow pipelines
Contributions:52 reviews, 10 PRs, 49 pushes in 1 month
ens-LCampbell/assembly-stats
Mar 2023 - Sep 2023
Assembly statistic visualisation
Contributions:34 pushes in 6 months
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