How did I get here? My career so far... Dr. Jennifer Cham User Experience Analyst, EMBL-EBI (Cambridge, UK)

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•  BSc Biochemistry

•  Year in industry: Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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•  2004-2005

•  MSc Bioinformatics

•  UK university near Milton Keynes

•  Project: BOKU, Vienna, Austria

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•  2005-2009

•  Engineering Doctorate (EngD) in Bioinformatics

•  Sponsor: GSK

•  Incl. exec MBA

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•  Nov 2009 joined the European Bioinformatics Institute •  ‘User experience Analyst’ role in bioinformatics •  Transferrable skills from my doctorate

What do I do now?

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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 •  Multiple project supervisors including in pharma industry

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At Cranfield University…

MSc project in cross-species microarray bioinformatics

…in Vienna

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Opportunities to make connections with other universities

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Working with postdocs during

the doctorate

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Teaching, writing papers & reviews

EBI role

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My current role

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Consulting with service teams

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User-Centered Design e.g. card sorting

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1-to-1 usability testing •  involves travelling •  interacting with scientists •  Draws in my science background

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Capturing User Requirements: workshops, focus groups, user surveys

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Thanks for listening…