Sara Villa
Software Sustainability Fellow at Open Life Science
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSara Villa is a researcher and community-builder focused on making science more equitable, responsible, and efficient, with seven years of experience bridging molecular biology, bioinformatics, and open research practices. As a recovering molecular biologist turned Software Sustainability Fellow and community lead, she designs people-centric training and engagement programs (Open Seeds, Nebula) and steers PPIE and data diversity initiatives in health equity projects. She combines hands-on lab and sequencing expertise from academic neuroscience and genomics with practical community management, project coordination, and open documentation skills at organizations like Open Life Science and The Turing Way. Sara’s approach prioritizes sustainable processes and inclusive governance, and she repeatedly translates technical and social components of research into actionable training and policy. Based in London, she’s known for nurturing collaborative ecosystems and for thoughtful, impact-driven research on how training and openness change academic practice.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree in Cancer Biology and Clinics Cancer Research, Master's degree in Cancer Biology and Clinics Cancer Research at Cancer Research Center (CIC), University of SalamancaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Functional Biology and Genomics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Functional Biology and Genomics at Universidad de SalamancaKing's College London
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (16)
science10
data-science10
machine-learning9
cran8
rna-seq7
genomics7
single-cell-genomics7
bioinformatics7
kallisto5
seq5
open-science4
near4
crt4
sequence4
python3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
SaraVilla/test
Apr 2020 - Apr 2022
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years
SaraVilla/the-turing-way
May 2024 - Jun 2024
Host repository for The Turing Way: a how to guide for reproducible data science
Contributions:7 pushes in 4 days
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