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

2. I studied biochemistry then bioinformatics…
Cranfield University
Cranfield University
Imperial College London
• 2000-2004 • 2004-2005 • 2005-2009
• BSc • MSc • Engineering
Biochemistry Bioinformatics Doctorate
(EngD) in
• Year in industry: • UK university Bioinformatics
Merck KGaA, near Milton
Darmstadt, Keynes • Sponsor: GSK
Germany
• Project: BOKU, • Incl. exec MBA
Vienna, Austria
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4. What do I do now?
• Nov 2009 joined the European Bioinformatics Institute
• ‘User experience Analyst’ role in bioinformatics
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• Transferrable skills from my doctorate

5. 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
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• Multiple project supervisors including in pharma industry

6. At Cranfield University…
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7. MSc project in cross-species microarray
bioinformatics
…in Vienna

8. Opportunities to make connections with other universities
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9. Working with
postdocs during
the doctorate
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10. Teaching, writing
papers & reviews
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11. EBI role
My current role
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12. Consulting with service teams
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13. User-Centered Design e.g. card sorting
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14. 1-to-1 usability testing
• involves travelling
• interacting with scientists
• Draws in my science background
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15. Capturing User Requirements: workshops, focus groups, user surveys
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16. Thanks for listening…
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