People


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  • Colin Semple – Head of Bioinformatics – Brief CVFull Publications

  • Stuart Aitken – Bioinformatician

  • Devin Bendixsen – Bioinformatician

  • Vera Kaiser – Bioinformatician

  • Ryan Silk – MRC PhD student

  • Matt Brown – MRC PhD student

  • Scott Pirrie – UKRI Biomedical Artificial Intelligence CDT PhD student

  • Simon Timmins – MRC PhD student

  • Edward Esiri-Bloom – CRUK Edinburgh Clinical Academic Track Fellow

  • Alhafidz Hamdan – CRUK Edinburgh Clinical Academic Track Fellow


  • Jing Su – IGC Bioinformatics Analysis Core (BAC) Manager

  • Philippe Gautier – BAC Bioinformatician

  • Graeme R. Grimes – BAC Bioinformatician

  • Kevin Donnelly – BAC Bioinformatician

  • Murray Wham – BAC Bioinformatician

  • Mike Halachev – NHS/IGC Translational Bioinformatician

  • Steve Fox – IGC Data Manager

  • BAC statistician – vacant


  • We also work closely with other groups in the MRC HGU and IGC.

Past occupants of the lab:

  • Alison Meynert – BAC Manager (2014-2024)

  • Stuart Brown – MRC PhD student (2019-2023)

  • Mitchell Foster – CRUK Edinburgh Clinical Academic Track Fellow (2020-2023)

  • Hannes Becher – BAC statistician (2020-2023)

  • Thomas Parry – MRC PhD student (2018-2022)

  • Elvina Gountouna – BAC Research Data Manager (2019-2022)

  • Tracy Ballinger – MRC staff Bioinformatician (2016-2021)

  • Ailith Ewing – MRC Research Fellow (2016-2021)

  • Jose Campos Parada – SGP Bioinformatician (2018-2020)

  • Toby Gurran – MRC PhD student (2015-2019)

  • Kevin Donnelly – SGP Bioinformatician (2017-2019)

  • Seyhan Yazar – NHMRC Research Fellow (2016-2018)

  • Annalaura Vacca – MRC PhD student (2015-2018)

  • Sarah Baker – MRC PhD student (2011-2015)

  • Zhenhua Hu – MRC PhD student (2011-2015)

  • Ben Moore – MRC PhD student (2012-2015)

  • Emily V. Chambers, MRC PhD student (2009-2013)

  • Alida S. Kindt, MRC PhD student (2009-2013)

  • James G. Prendergast, MRC PhD student (2004-2008), MRC Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2013)

  • Frances S. Turner, MRC PhD student (2002-2006)

  • Daniel R. Clutterbuck, MRC PhD student (2001-2005)

  • Stephane Ballereau, MRC PhD student (2000-2004)

Please note that any vacancies in the lab are not advertised here – when they exist they can be found on the HGU jobs and studentships pages.