Neil Saunders

Bioinformatician and proponent of web2.0 technology for science communication

South Brisbane Area, Australia

Current
  • Research Officer at University of Queensland
Past
  • Postdoctoral Fellow at University of New South Wales
  • ARC Postdoctoral Fellow at University of New South Wales
  • Vice-Chancellors Research Fellow at University of New South Wales
  • Marie Curie Research Fellow at Free University of Amsterdam
Education
  • University of Oxford
  • The University of Edinburgh
Connections
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Neil Saunders’s Summary

Wide-ranging research experience in biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology and computer programming.

Neil Saunders’s Specialties:

My specialty is the acquisition, processing and interpretation of large, diverse scientific datasets using open-source software.


Neil Saunders’s Experience

  • Research Officer

    University of Queensland

    (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

    April 2006Present (2 years 4 months)

    Research officer in bioinformatics

  • Postdoctoral Fellow

    University of New South Wales

    (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

    April 2005April 2006 (1 year 1 month)

    Researcher in microbial genomics and computational biology

  • ARC Postdoctoral Fellow

    University of New South Wales

    (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

    April 2002April 2005 (3 years 1 month)

    Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship

  • Vice-Chancellors Research Fellow

    University of New South Wales

    (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

    April 2000April 2002 (2 years 1 month)

    A UNSW research fellowship to work on microbial genomics

  • Marie Curie Research Fellow

    Free University of Amsterdam

    (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

    January 1998December 2000 (3 years)

    Two year Marie Curie EU Fellowship to work on microbial genetics and biochemistry at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, NL


Neil Saunders’s Education

  • University of Oxford

    D. Phil., Biochemistry, 19931997

    Funded by a Wellcome Trust Postgraduate Studentship

    Activities and Societies:
    President, Oxford University Biochemistry Society, 1994-1996
  • The University of Edinburgh

    BSc, Biochemistry, 19891993

    First class Honours degree in Biological Sciences (Biochemistry)

    Activities and Societies:
    Edinburgh University Mountaineering Club, 1989-1993

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Neil Saunders’s Interests:

Bioinformatics, computational biology, open science, web applications, social networks, web 2.0, photography, diving, hiking,

Neil Saunders’s Groups:

Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,International Society for Computational Biology

  •    Computational Biology member
  •    Bioinformatics geeks member

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