Dan Maclean
Head Of Bioinformatics
South Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDan Maclean is Head of Bioinformatics at The Sainsbury Laboratory with 17 years’ experience at the interface of genomics, molecular biology and computational science. He develops algorithms and visualization tools for next-generation sequencing analysis, with particular strengths in assembly, RNA-seq and polymorphism detection applied across plant systems such as Arabidopsis. Trained with a PhD from Cambridge and a postdoc at Stanford, he blends rigorous academic research with hands-on tool development and collaborative projects spanning phosphoproteomics to small RNA network analysis. Based in South Norfolk, he also lectures in computational biology, bringing both pedagogy and practical pipeline-building to multidisciplinary teams. An avid problem-solver, he focuses on turning complex sequencing data into actionable biological insight through reproducible methods and novel visualization approaches.
17 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
A levels, A levels at Wigan & Leigh College and University CentreMaster's degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Master's degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at The University of ManchesterDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular Biology at University of CambridgeGCSE, GCSE at Bedford High School Leigh
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Github Skills (44)
porting10
application-service10
samtools10
crowd9
ffi9
bioinformatics9
genomics9
extensible8
factor7
ruby7
genome7
database6
ruby-on-rails6
cytoscapejs6
rails6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
TeamMacLean/redpatch
Jan 2020 - Nov 2021
Finding Disease Lesions in Plant Leaves
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 37 pushes in 1 year 10 months
plantfindingleavesdiseaselesions
danmaclean/bayes_factors
Feb 2021 - Nov 2025
A primer on bayesian inference
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 9 months
primerbayesian-inferencebayesianinference
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