Dr
Frances PearlProfile page
Associate Professor in Bioinformatics (Biochemistry)
School of Life Sciences
Orcid identifier0000-0002-8210-4393
- Associate Professor in Bioinformatics (Biochemistry)School of Life Sciences
- +44 (0)1273 876631 Ext.6631 (Work)
BIO
After my PhD I spent 7 years as the CATH database manager at UCL. The CATH database classifies protein structural domains into structural and evolutionary families. I ran the CATH update team and developed algorithms to maintain the CATH database.
Following a career break, I was awarded a Daphne Jackson Research Fellowship hosted at ICR and funded by the MRC, to develop the MoKCa database that analyses cancer associated mutations.
I started the bioinformatics lab in 2013. Current Group Members can be found here
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Co-Community Lead for Data and Sample ReuseCancer Research UK, Data Community Support Unit (DCSU), United Kingdom1 Jan 2024
- Deputy Academic Lead (Sussex)BBSRC SoCoBio Doctotal Training Programme, United Kingdom1 Oct 2022
- Director of Doctoral StudiesUniversity of Sussex, School of Life Sciences, Brighton, United Kingdom1 Oct 2018 - 31 Aug 2024
DEGREES
- PhD Biochemistry (Structural Bioinformatics)University College London, London, United Kingdom
- BSc Chemistry (Hons) 1st ClassUMIST, Manchester, UK
CERTIFICATIONS
- PGCertHEUniversity of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom30 Jun 2016
- Higher Education Mental Health First Aid ChampionMHFA1 Nov 2019
- Fellow of the Higher Education AcademyAdvance HE (Higher Education Academy)1 Nov 2016
UK TECHNOLOGY FAMILY
- Bioinformatics and genomics
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 3 Good Health and Well Being