The Data Science Hub
The Technology Facility's Data Science Hub provides a wide variety of data science services to customers from both academia and industry.
We are able to provide expertise in all phases from experimental design and data collection, through data analysis to downstream visualisation and dissemination.
Contact us
Dr Alastair Droop
Data Science Lab Head
alastair.droop@york.ac.uk
Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD UK
General enquiries to: btf-ds-group@york.ac.uk
- De-novo genome assembly
- SNP analysis
- Genome re-sequencing
- Annotation
- RNASeq from both short-read (Illumina) and long-read (Oxford Nanopore) data
- Single-cell RNAseq
- Spatial transcriptomics
- ChIPseq
- Bespoke software design & implementation (R, Python & Rust)
- High-performance software
- Experimental design consultancy
- Data analysis
- Visualisation
- Web-based data visualisation
- Training in scientific computing
- Programming tuition
- Tuition on specific analysis & techniques
Our people
| Photo | Name | Role | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
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Alastair Droop |
Head of Laboratory |
alastair.droop@york.ac.uk |
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Sandy MacDonald | Bioinformatics Technical Specialist | s.macdonald@york.ac.uk |
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Sophia Ahmed | Bioinformatics Technical Specialist | sophia.ahmed@york.ac.uk |
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Fabiano Pais | Bioinformatics Technical Specialist | fabiano.pais@york.ac.uk |
Contact us
Dr Alastair Droop
Data Science Lab Head
alastair.droop@york.ac.uk
Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD UK
General enquiries to: btf-ds-group@york.ac.uk