Gudmundur Thorisson

Current

• PhD student at University of Leicester

Past

• Scientific programmer at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Scientific programmer at deCode Genetics
• Student project at University of Iceland

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Education

• University of Leicester
• Háskóli Íslands
• Menntaskólinn á Akureyri

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Connections

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Industry

Biotechnology

Gudmundur Thorisson’s Summary

Bioinformatics experience in a variety of settings, including the biotech industry and a major genomics project in academia. Interested in studies of genetic basis of disease, genome variation, evolution, genotype/phenotype databases, biomedical grids. Currently pursuing a PhD in bioinformatics to bolster a research career in academia or industry.

Gudmundur Thorisson’s Specialties:

Genotype/phenotype databases, database administration, web programming, analysis pipelines, data modelling, project management,

Gudmundur Thorisson’s Experience

• PhD student

  University of Leicester

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

  Development of an informatics resource for human genome variation and genotype to phenotype assocation studies, a key component in a large EU-funded biomedical project, a well as investigating various aspects of online identities for researchers and applications thereof.

• Scientific programmer

  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Biotechnology industry)

  October 2001 — July 2006 (4 years 10 months)

  Main project: day-to-day management of the International Haplotype Map Data Coordination Center (HapMap DCC), group responsible for receipt of genotyping data from centers around the world, QC processing of the data, high traffic database driven website, and distribution of datasets to the public.
  Other projects: BioMart development, TSC database/website management, Wormbase development.
  References: Principal investigator Dr. Lincoln Stein

• Scientific programmer

  deCode Genetics

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; DCGN; Biotechnology industry)

  May 1999 — October 2001 (2 years 6 months)

  Perl programming and other software developement. Database management, physical mapping data handling & coordination. Unix administration.
  References: Head of group Daniel Oskarsson.

• Student project

  University of Iceland

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  June 1998 — August 1998 (3 months)

  Research project in animal physiology at Institute of Physiology (title: Effects of trawling stress on blood factors in cod).

Gudmundur Thorisson’s Education

• University of Leicester

  2006 — 2009

• Háskóli Íslands

  BSc , Computational biology and population genetics , 1999 — 1999

  Several courses accredited from earlier studies at Fisheries Science Department, University of Akureyri (1994-1996) and from two semesters of exchange studies at University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada (1997-1998).

• Menntaskólinn á Akureyri

  Diploma , Natural sciences , 1990 — 1994