ELIXIR - Key Persons


Adam Partridge

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee
Interests My research background is in cognitive neuroscience, human neuroimaging and neurostimulation. Specifically, I have used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to investigate low-level auditory processing further. Through my own research, I became interested in novel…

Ciara Loughrey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee
Interests I am currently working on my PhD, investigating host-pathogen interactions in visceral leishmaniasis, which encompasses immunology, parasite biology, population ecology, molecular biology and mathematical modelling. I am interested in all aspects of biology, and I always look to apply…

Dr David Studholme

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee

Edward Parkinson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee
Interests I am interested in developing interactive training in computational tools for conducting machine learning analyses with transcriptomics data. My work I am a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Cardiff University. I am working on computational methods for biomarker…

Gabriela López González

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee
Interests My research interests include natural resources management, research network facilitation, climate change, tropical forests, research data management and data-driven decision-making. I am interested in data sharing and re-usability for long-term ecological monitoring and research; and in developing protocols to…

Manuel Lera Ramírez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee
Interests I am interested in data standardisation in the context of genetic research. That means standardising genotypes (engineered DNA changes concerning a reference genome present in a strain) and phenotypes (biological consequences of that genotype that researchers characterise). This started…

Nilam Khan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee

Phillip Crout

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee
Interests I'm interested in breaking down barriers between researchers and their open science goals. My journey began with academic software but has moved to more holistic approaches, hosting seminars and creating resources on data management. In addition, I am a…

Richard Ostler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee
Interests Over the last five years, much of my work has revolved around long-term agricultural experiments, and I've become a passionate advocate for their unique data! These experiments continue to generate routine measurements and observations, and the long-term data results…

Sandra Ng

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee
Interests I am interested in promoting data deposition in public libraries, such as GEO, in enabling findable datasets, focusing on improving the quality and richness of clinical data, data standards and metadata. My particular areas of interest are within IMIDs…

Sonal Henson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee
Interests My interests are in genomics and how genomic data can be used to answer biological questions. Having spent most of my life in the Tropics, diseases that afflict the global South interest me in particular. My work I am…

Vasileios Panagiotis Lenis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee