Sarah Bastkowski
Senior Research Scientist at Quadram Institute
Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSarah Bastkowski is a Senior Research Scientist with 12 years of interdisciplinary experience at the intersection of computing, bioinformatics and mathematics, currently leading research at the Quadram Institute. She develops novel algorithms and extendable software for phylogenetics, gene regulatory network construction and microbiome multi-omics integration, with a track record from PhD work in biomathematics to biomathematician roles at Earlham Institute. Her recent focus combines methodological advances and applied studies into the evolution of antibiotic resistance and flavonoid–microbiome–host interactions, marrying algorithm design with biological discovery. Known for building reusable tool suites and pipelines, she brings both theoretical depth and practical engineering to complex comparative genomics problems. Based in Norwich, UK, she often blends phylogenetic network ideas with multi-omic data fusion—an unusual mix that lets her translate abstract algorithms into experiments with direct biomedical relevance.
12 years of coding experience
Exchange Student (Diplom), Computer Science, Biology, Exchange Student (Diplom), Computer Science, Biology at University of AberdeenA-level, 1.3 (1.0 best, 6.0 worst), A-level, 1.3 (1.0 best, 6.0 worst) at Einstein Gymnasium AngermuendeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology at University of East AngliaDiplom, Biomathematics, Diplom, Biomathematics at Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
German, English
Github Skills (27)
next-generation-sequencing10
microbial-genomics10
infectious-diseases10
sequencing10
bioinformatics10
pathogen10
package-management9
conda9
bioconda9
genomics9
linuxbrew6
insertion5
computational-biology5
rna-seq5
science4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sbastkowski/Bio-Tradis
May 2019 - Feb 2020
A set of tools to analyse the output from TraDIS analyses
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
tradisanalyses
sbastkowski/albatradis
Dec 2019 - Apr 2020
Comparative TraDIS analysis
Contributions:12 pushes in 3 months
comparativetradisanalysisdigital-humanities
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