Data Analysis and Engineering

Genomic Surveillance Unit

We integrate, process, curate and analyse genomic surveillance sequence data, transforming raw data into actionable public health insight. 

About us

We are a group of bioinformaticians, data scientists, and data engineers who create the software, data processing pipelines, analysis workflows, and reports that make genomic data available for public health decision-making. A key driver for our team is the delivery of actionable data in real-time, and we are passionate about creating efficient, reliable and well-engineered products and processes.

Our work

Our work spans bioinformatics, and data curation, engineering and analysis, and we apply a product-oriented, agile-delivery-focussed approach. Working across surveillance streams and disease areas in the Genomic Surveillance Unit, we:

  • Develop and maintain robust, high-quality bioinformatics data-processing pipelines and apply them to large genomic datasets to deliver analysis-ready data to partners.
  • Perform in-depth analysis on genomic datasets to address questions posed by public health programmes, and drive methodological improvements of our laboratory and analytical workflows.
  • Collaborate in the creation of high-quality data resources (like Pf7 for malaria parasites) that are impactful for both public health and act as a foundation for discovery research.
  • Develop highly scalable tools and processes that import and standardise data from dozens of external sources, enabling seamless integration with sequence data generated by the GSU.
  • Develop efficient data upload tools and processes for submission of GSU data to key public genomic data repositories (e.g. the European Nucleotide Archive).

Core team

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Katherine Figueroa

Senior Bioinformatician

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Dr Matthew Forbes

Senior Bioinformatician

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Kim Judge

Bioinformatician

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Tom Maddison

Bioinformatician

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Naga Morisetti

Principal Data Engineer

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Mr Simon Suddaby

Bioinformatician

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Mr Christiaan Gerhardus Viljoen

Principal Data Engineer

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Dr Antonio Marinho da Silva Neto

Senior Bioinformatician