Wendi Bacon
Product Owner at Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)
Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolWendi Bacon is a product-focused leader who shapes health data and bioinformatics software by combining a wet-lab PhD in haematology with hands-on experience in single-cell sequencing and FAIR data training. She moved from academic research and global training roles at EMBL-EBI and Cambridge into product ownership at Health Data Research UK, driving user-centered tools that simplify health data research across the UK. A long-time contributor and technical writer for the Galaxy training materials, she brings a rare user-turned-contributor perspective that champions intuitive design informed by real-world scientific workflows. Wendi also mentors teams and supervises students, blending community management with multidisciplinary collaboration to translate complex science into usable software. Notably, she pairs formal data science study with deep domain expertise, making her equally comfortable debating barcode strategies as she is setting product priorities.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Data Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Data Science at The Open UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Haematology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Haematology at University of CambridgeBachelor’s Degree with Honors, Biochemistry; Spanish & Hispanic Studies, 1st (3.95 GPA), Bachelor’s Degree with Honors, Biochemistry; Spanish & Hispanic Studies, 1st (3.95 GPA) at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Github Skills (9)
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user-manual10
learn-ruby-on-rails10
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
galaxyproject/training-material
Mar 2020 - Jan 2023
A collection of Galaxy-related training material
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:194 reviews, 497 commits, 261 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Wendi's commits focused on modifying and updating slides related to single-cell RNA-seq, particularly concerning plates, batches, and barcodes. The commits involved changing existing content, adding new information, and incorporating feedback to improve clarity and accuracy. The user also updated the contributors list, indicating a role in content maintenance and curation.
chip-seqmetagenomicsrnaseqtraining-materialusegalaxy
nomadscientist/galaxy-workshop
Oct 2021 - Nov 2021
Template repository to easily create course handbooks (workshop website) for Galaxy-based workshops
Contributions:14 PRs, 98 pushes, 6 branches in 1 month
handbooksworkshop-websitegalaxyworkshop
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