Mark Fernandes
Bioinformatics Teaching Associate
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.
10 years of coding experience
34 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 SchoolGraduate 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 (69)
tinyurl10
anova10
linear-models10
r-package10
t-test10
linear-regression9
galaxy9
regression9
genomics9
metagenomics9
statistics8
hyper-v8
virtualbox8
chip-seq8
bioinformatics8
Programming languages (9)
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/CRUK_CI_RNAseq_course
Mar 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:55 commits, 3 pushes in 4 months
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