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E3 life as a ux analyst (jenny_cham)
1. How did I get here? My career so far...
Dr. Jennifer Cham
User Experience Analyst, EMBL-EBI (Cambridge, UK)
2. I studied biochemistry then bioinformatics…
Cranfield University
Cranfield University
Imperial College London
• 2000-2004 • 2004-2005 • 2005-2009
• BSc • MSc • Engineering
Biochemistry Bioinformatics Doctorate
(EngD) in
• Year in industry: • UK university Bioinformatics
Merck KGaA, near Milton
Darmstadt, Keynes • Sponsor: GSK
Germany
• Project: BOKU, • Incl. exec MBA
Vienna, Austria
June 14, 2012
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4. What do I do now?
• Nov 2009 joined the European Bioinformatics Institute
• ‘User experience Analyst’ role in bioinformatics
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• Transferrable skills from my doctorate
5. MSc in Bioinformatics included:
• Computer programming (Perl, Java)
• Databases, SQL
• Tools e.g. those at the EBI website
• Statistics e.g. Matlab
• 5 month project
EngD in Proteomic Bioinformatics included:
• Research project!
• MBA for a year
• Bioinformatics meetings and conferences
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• Multiple project supervisors including in pharma industry