Skills

Technical toolbox.

A working summary of the methods, tools, and languages I use day to day.

Bioinformatics

  • Command-line scripting (Linux/Bash)
  • Bacterial genomics: QC, assembly, annotation
  • AMR gene detection: Abricate, CARD, ResFinder
  • Comparative genomics & pangenome analysis (Roary)
  • Genomic surveillance: Pathogenwatch, Kleborate
  • 16S microbiome and metagenomics
  • RNA-Seq and single-cell transcriptomics

Data Science

  • R, Python, MATLAB
  • Statistical analysis (SPSS, GraphPad Prism)
  • Geospatial data analysis and mapping
  • Machine learning workflows in R/Python
  • Data visualisation (ggplot2, matplotlib, seaborn)
  • Reproducible reporting (R Markdown, Quarto)

Wet lab

  • Bacterial culture and identification
  • DNA extraction and quantification
  • Whole-genome sequencing on Oxford Nanopore MinION
  • Phenotypic AMR testing