Tim Stickland
Principal Software Developer, Pathogen Informatics
Uttlesford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTim Stickland is a Principal Software Developer leading pathogen informatics software at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, bringing eight years in that role and a long career blending research computing with production-grade services. He combines deep scientific programming roots—from a DPhil in animal behavior and academic research on ecological and biological modelling—with senior engineering and team leadership experience delivering robust, standards-compliant data platforms for universities and public-health genomics. Tim excels at designing scalable middleware and metadata-driven systems that aggregate, validate and expose complex datasets via reliable APIs, with a strong attention to accessibility and long-term maintainability. Colleagues know him for turning research-grade code into production-ready services and for bridging domain science and software engineering in high-stakes, collaborative environments.
7 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - DPhil, Animal Behavior and Ethology, Doctor of Philosophy - DPhil, Animal Behavior and Ethology at University of BathBachelor of Science - BSc, Biology, Bachelor of Science - BSc, Biology at University of York
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Github Skills (79)
genomics10
next-generation-sequencing10
genome10
infectious-diseases10
sequencing10
pathogen10
bioinformatics10
genome-annotation10
fastq-files9
bioconda9
package-management9
jbrowse9
conda9
fasta8
grails8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
trstickland/gffmunger
Aug 2018 - Apr 2024
Munges GFF3 files exported from Chado (http://www.gmod.org/) database to make them suitable for loading into WebApollo.
Contributions:2 PRs, 15 pushes, 9 branches in 5 years 8 months
suitablemanualdatabasedmchado
sanger-pathogens/monocle
Feb 2021 - Mar 2023
Contributions:305 pushes, 1 branch, 173 tags in 2 years 1 month
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