Sarah Griffiths
Bioinformatics Workflow Developer
Thatcham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSarah Griffiths is a bioinformatics workflow developer with nine years' experience combining life sciences training and software engineering to build production sequencing pipelines at Oxford Nanopore Technologies. She specializes in Nextflow, Java/Groovy and Python for processing and analyzing high-throughput sequencing data, and brings practical client-facing insight from prior roles managing data solutions and complex scientific translations. Sarah's background in Biological Sciences and an MSc in Bioinformatics with Systems Biology (Distinction) gives her a strong grounding in both domain theory and reproducible computational practice. Recognized for client engagement and awarded as top representative at IDBS, she excels at translating lab needs into robust, auditable pipelines that scale. Notably, she bridges lab-to-cloud workflows with a pragmatic project-management mindset honed across industry and service delivery roles.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Combined Honours, Biological sciences and Business Studies, 2.1, Combined Honours, Biological sciences and Business Studies, 2.1 at University of LiverpoolThe 6th Form College FarnboroughBioinformatics with Systems Biology Msc, Distinction, Bioinformatics with Systems Biology Msc, Distinction at Birkbeck, University of London
English
Github Skills (45)
microbiome10
phylogeny10
taxonomy9
classification9
sequencing9
bioinformatics9
immunology9
metagenomics9
genomics9
django-rest8
nextflow8
pipeline7
documentation-generator7
rest-framework7
django7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
epi2me-labs/wf-metagenomics
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
Metagenomic classification of long-read sequencing data
Contributions:71 commits, 38 comments, 2 issues in 10 months
phylogenymetagenomicssequencing-datasequencinggenomics
epi2me-labs/wf-clone-validation
Jul 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:145 commits, 1 PR, 126 comments in 1 year 7 months
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