Robert Hastings
Principal Research And Development Bioinformatician
Leicester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRobert Hastings is a Principal Research and Development Bioinformatician with 13 years’ experience translating complex genomic data into actionable insights for cancer research and diagnostics. Based in Leicester, he has led NGS and circulating nucleic acid analyses—specialising in somatic copy number variation, cfDNA/ctDNA mutation detection, GWAS and data management—across academic centres and EU/UK-funded projects. At Nonacus and the University of Leicester he designed pipelines for clinical trials (GALAXY-1) and supported biobanking and REDCaP deployments, bridging research-grade analysis with robust data infrastructure. His background combines a PhD in Genetics and an MSc in Bioinformatics with hands-on project management and database support, making him adept at moving methods from development into reproducible workflows. Notably, he brings both forensic lab experience and long-term academic collaboration experience to applied bioinformatics for early cancer detection.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biomolecular Science, 2:2 (Hons), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biomolecular Science, 2:2 (Hons) at University of Wales, BangorDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Genetics at University of Leicester
Github Skills (5)
loss3
cancer-genomics2
computation2
bioinformatics2
python2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
erwinwinder/molgenis_apps
Jul 2012 - Sep 2012
Contributions:23 commits in 2 months
computationpythonmolgenisscienceslife
gavinha/TitanCNA
Feb 2018 - Mar 2018
Analysis of subclonal copy number alterations (CNA) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in cancer
Contributions:1 comment, 1 issue in 4 days
cnacancerbioinformaticslossloh
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