Dr Shane A. McCarthy
Senior Scientific Manager
Shane is a Senior Scientific Manager at the Sanger Institute.
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Team Lead, Tree of Life Assembly, WSI
Senior Research Associate, Dept of Genetics, University of Cambridge
Team Lead, Vertebrate Resequencing, WTSI
Principal Bioinformatician, Vertebrate Resequencing, WTSI
Appointed Co-Chair of UK10K Project Production
Senior Bioinformatician, Vertebrate Resequencing, WTSI
Completed MPhil in Computational Biology, University of Cambridge
Research Associate, Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland
Research Associate, Center for String and Particle Theory, University of Maryland
Completed PhD in Physics, University of Western Australia
Completed BSc (Hons) in Physics and Pure Mathematics, University of Western Autralia
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The preprint for our new samtools / bcftools paper is now out on @arxiv. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed. https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.10295
The preprint for our new method for phylogenetic placement of ancient DNA samples is out!
In collaboration with Bianca De Sanctis, @pille_hallast and @richard_durbin.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.19.423614v1
At @SangerToL, we are looking for an advanced research assistant to be based in Scotland working with the @BordersForest on the @darwintreelife project and the @iBOLConsortium BIOSCAN project. Please RT! Job info here:
https://tinyurl.com/araforest