Malcolm Perry
Principal Scientist at Pencil Biosciences Limited
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMalcolm Perry is a Principal Scientist and computational biologist with 11 years’ experience translating functional genomics into actionable insights about gene regulation and noncoding DNA. He has led statistical genomics and bioinformatics work across startups and research institutes, including developing the core algorithm for Inivata’s RaDaR assay and contributing to Ensembl’s enhancer-promoter annotation efforts at EMBL-EBI. Now building bioinformatics at Pencil Biosciences, he blends rigorous PhD-level computational methods with practical pipeline and AWS experience to move analyses from bench to clinic. Based in Manchester, he combines deep domain knowledge in genetics with hands-on engineering of reproducible workflows. Colleagues know him for turning complex regulatory genomics questions into tractable statistical models and production-ready tools.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology at Imperial College LondonMaster of Philosophy - MPhil, Computational Biology, Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Computational Biology at University of Cambridge
Github Skills (59)
python10
dataframes10
dataframe10
apache-arrow10
polars10
threaded10
rust10
r9
bedtools9
genome9
parser9
genomics-visualization9
hybrid9
dplyr9
grammar9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mgperry/heatmaps
Jan 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:140 commits, 57 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 6 months
mgperry/regulation-pwm-tools
Sep 2021 - Apr 2023
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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