Nick Loman
Bioinformatician
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarNick Loman is a seasoned bioinformatician based in Birmingham with 18 years of experience applying software engineering to biological data analysis. At the University of Birmingham he combines back-end development skills with domain expertise, focusing on signal-level algorithms and practical data-processing refinements for nanopore sequencing. His open-source contributions to the widely used nanopolish project show a hands-on ability to improve core functionality—implementing event-based alignment, fixing library paths, and streamlining sequence handling. Colleagues rely on him to translate messy experimental outputs into robust, reproducible pipelines, and he brings a pragmatic mix of research sensitivity and production-grade coding. Notably, his work tends to live at the intersection of low-level algorithmic detail and user-facing reliability, making complex sequencing data more accessible to researchers.
18 years of coding experience
Github Skills (7)
bioinformatics10
c-language10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
cplus10
signal-processing10
python8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
jts/nanopolish
Feb 2015 - Jun 2018
Signal-level algorithms for MinION data
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:24 commits, 3 PRs, 4 pushes in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Nick primarily worked on improving the `nanopolish` codebase, focusing on signal-level algorithms for MinION data analysis. Their contributions included fixing library paths, implementing event-based alignment, and adding a merge script. The user also addressed issues related to event counts and sequence handling, suggesting a focus on refining the core functionality and data processing within the bioinformatics project.
signalpythonsciencegenome-assemblyc-plus-plus
zibraproject/zibraproject.github.io
Mar 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:116 commits, 12 PRs, 98 pushes in 1 year 2 months
zikaconsortiumsequencing
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