Mark Fernandes
Employment Specialist at ,Bioinformatics Training Facility, Dept of Genetics, University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMark Fernandes is a multidisciplinary bioinformatics educator and scientist with over 30 years in research institutes and a decade focused on formal bioinformatics training and course development. Based in Cambridge, he blends microbiology, mathematical modelling and IT skills—writing web applications, managing systems and using containers/VMs—to build reproducible training infrastructure and teach R and Python workflows. He has led and delivered training at the University of Cambridge, Cancer Research UK and Quadram Institute, and is experienced recruiting trainers and authoring course materials for diverse research audiences. Beyond teaching, his background includes quantitative microbial image analysis, database and web-system development, and union negotiation and equality work, reflecting a rare mix of technical depth and institutional stewardship.
11 years of coding experience
35 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics and Statistics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics and Statistics at The Open UniversityThorpe Grammar SchoolAdvancing Educational Practice Programme, Advancing Educational Practice Programme at University of CambridgeGraduate Diploma, Systems Design, Graduate Diploma, Systems Design at University of East AngliaBSc. Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, microbiology, BSc. Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, microbiology at University of Leicester
French, Spanish
Github Skills (65)
anova10
shiny-apps10
linear-models10
rna-seq10
chip-seq10
r9
linear-regression9
statistics9
throughput9
genomics9
bioinformatics9
t-test9
galaxy8
data-wrangling8
metagenomics8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
bioinformatics-core-shared-training/hpc
Oct 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:52 commits, 44 pushes in 1 year 1 month
bioinformatics-core-shared-training/Managing-your-research-data
Oct 2018 - Nov 2022
Course on good principles & practices in Data Management (https://tinyurl.com/cruk-myrd)
Contributions:102 commits, 97 pushes in 4 years 1 month
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