Stefan Rooke
Genome Analyst at University of Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolStefan Rooke is a genome analyst and bioinformatician with nine years’ experience applying portable nanopore sequencing to real-world public health challenges. Based in Edinburgh, he combines lab protocol design, bioinformatics pipeline development and statistical analysis to enable mobile, decentralized surveillance of antibiotic resistance, particularly through field work in Western Kenya as part of the ZooLinK project. Currently at Public Health Scotland and a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, he focuses on whole-genome and metagenomic bacterial sequencing to make ABR data actionable in infrastructure-poor settings. His work bridges academic research and public-health operations, emphasizing reproducible pipelines that deliver prospective, locally relevant insights. An often-overlooked strength is his ability to translate wet-lab constraints into pragmatic computational solutions that run outside traditional lab environments.
9 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MSc), Adv. Biological Sciences, Master of Science (MSc), Adv. Biological Sciences at University of LiverpoolBachelor of Science (BSc), Biology, First, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biology, First at The University of Hull
Github Skills (32)
virus10
typescript8
microsoft7
electron7
vscode-extension7
vscode7
editor7
pathogen6
visual-studio6
visual-studio-code6
sequence5
bioinformatics5
genomics5
systems-biology5
tsne5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
SRooke/artic-ncov2019
May 2020 - Oct 2021
ARTIC nanopore protocol for nCoV2019 novel coronavirus
Contributions:29 pushes in 1 year 5 months
articnanoporenovel-coronavirus
SRooke/AnalysingPilotGenomes
Jan 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:10 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 2 months
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