Lawrence Bower

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Lawrence Bower

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Lawrence Bower is a Scientific IT Developer at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Previous Positions

2013 to 2018 - Computer Officer - University of Cambridge CRUK – Cambridge Institute, England

2003 to 2012 - Software Engineer - European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Saffron Walden, England

2000 to 2003 - Software Engineer - Cambridge Anitbody Technology, England

Qualifications

MSc in Bioinformatics - University of Manchester, England

BSc in Pharmacology - University of Manchester, England

 

Research

Research Group

Epidemiology and Modelling

Research Overview

Providing scientific programming support for large-scale epidemiological forecasting programmes. Currently contributing to an on-going wheat rust collaborative project which provides current predictions for long-distance dispersal pathways of wheat rust spores across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Areas of expertise include Pipelines, HPC, plotting and user interfaces.