Ben is the Outreach Project Manager for Ensembl: he is responsible for the team that provides support and training for the Ensembl genome resources by delivering workshops, creating online courses and documentation, managing social media and answering helpdesk queries. Ben started at EMBL-EBI as an Ensembl Outreach Officer in September 2015 and became the Project Manager in January 2021. Before working at EMBL-EBI, Ben obtained his PhD in Biological Sciences from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge.
Publications
Annotating and prioritizing genomic variants using the Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor-A tutorial.
Hunt SE, Moore B, Amode RM, Armean IM, Lemos D, Mushtaq A, Parton A, Schuilenburg H, Szpak M, Thormann A, Perry E, Trevanion SJ, Flicek P, Yates AD, Cunningham F.
Hum Mutat, 2022
doi:10.1002/humu.24298.
Ensembl Genomes 2022: an expanding genome resource for non-vertebrates.
Yates AD, Allen J, Amode RM, Azov AG, Barba M, Becerra A, Bhai J, Campbell LI, Carbajo Martinez M, Chakiachvili M, Chougule K, Christensen M, Contreras-Moreira B, Cuzick A, Da Rin Fioretto L, Davis P, De Silva NH, Diamantakis S, Dyer S, Elser J, Filippi CV, Gall A, Grigoriadis D, Guijarro-Clarke C, Gupta P, Hammond-Kosack KE, Howe KL, Jaiswal P, Kaikala V, Kumar V, Kumari S, Langridge N, Le T, Luypaert M, Maslen GL, Maurel T, Moore B, Muffato M, Mushtaq A, Naamati G, Naithani S, Olson A, Parker A, Paulini M, Pedro H, Perry E, Preece J, Quinton-Tulloch M, Rodgers F, Rosello M, Ruffier M, Seager J, Sitnik V, Szpak M, Tate J, Tello-Ruiz MK, Trevanion SJ, Urban M, Ware D, Wei S, Williams G, Winterbottom A, Zarowiecki M, Finn RD, Flicek P.
Nucleic Acids Res, 2022
doi:10.1093/nar/gkab1007.
Ensembl 2022.
Cunningham F, Allen JE, Allen J, Alvarez-Jarreta J, Amode MR, Armean IM, Austine-Orimoloye O, Azov AG, Barnes I, Bennett R, Berry A, Bhai J, Bignell A, Billis K, Boddu S, Brooks L, Charkhchi M, Cummins C, Da Rin Fioretto L, Davidson C, Dodiya K, Donaldson S, El Houdaigui B, El Naboulsi T, Fatima R, Giron CG, Genez T, Martinez JG, Guijarro-Clarke C, Gymer A, Hardy M, Hollis Z, Hourlier T, Hunt T, Juettemann T, Kaikala V, Kay M, Lavidas I, Le T, Lemos D, Marugán JC, Mohanan S, Mushtaq A, Naven M, Ogeh DN, Parker A, Parton A, Perry M, Piližota I, Prosovetskaia I, Sakthivel MP, Salam AIA, Schmitt BM, Schuilenburg H, Sheppard D, Pérez-Silva JG, Stark W, Steed E, Sutinen K, Sukumaran R, Sumathipala D, Suner MM, Szpak M, Thormann A, Tricomi FF, Urbina-Gómez D, Veidenberg A, Walsh TA, Walts B, Willhoft N, Winterbottom A, Wass E, Chakiachvili M, Flint B, Frankish A, Giorgetti S, Haggerty L, Hunt SE, IIsley GR, Loveland JE, Martin FJ, Moore B, Mudge JM, Muffato M, Perry E, Ruffier M, Tate J, Thybert D, Trevanion SJ, Dyer S, Harrison PW, Howe KL, Yates AD, Zerbino DR, Flicek P.
Nucleic Acids Res, 2022
doi:10.1093/nar/gkab1049.
The Ensembl COVID-19 resource: ongoing integration of public SARS-CoV-2 data.
De Silva NH, Bhai J, Chakiachvili M, Contreras-Moreira B, Cummins C, Frankish A, Gall A, Genez T, Howe KL, Hunt SE, Martin FJ, Moore B, Ogeh D, Parker A, Parton A, Ruffier M, Sakthivel MP, Sheppard D, Tate J, Thormann A, Thybert D, Trevanion SJ, Winterbottom A, Zerbino DR, Finn RD, Flicek P, Yates AD.
Nucleic Acids Res, 2022
doi:10.1093/nar/gkab889.
Moore B, Carvajal-López P, Chauke PA, Cristancho M, Dominguez Del Angel V, Fernandez-Valverde SL, Ghouila A, Gopalasingam P, Guerfali FZ, Matimba A, Morgan SL, Oliveira G, Ras V, Reyes A, De Las Rivas J, Mulder N.
PLoS Comput Biol, 2021
doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009218.
Ensembl 2021.
Howe KL, Achuthan P, Allen J, Allen J, Alvarez-Jarreta J, Amode MR, Armean IM, Azov AG, Bennett R, Bhai J, Billis K, Boddu S, Charkhchi M, Cummins C, Da Rin Fioretto L, Davidson C, Dodiya K, El Houdaigui B, Fatima R, Gall A, Garcia Giron C, Grego T, Guijarro-Clarke C, Haggerty L, Hemrom A, Hourlier T, Izuogu OG, Juettemann T, Kaikala V, Kay M, Lavidas I, Le T, Lemos D, Gonzalez Martinez J, Marugán JC, Maurel T, McMahon AC, Mohanan S, Moore B, Muffato M, Oheh DN, Paraschas D, Parker A, Parton A, Prosovetskaia I, Sakthivel MP, Salam AIA, Schmitt BM, Schuilenburg H, Sheppard D, Steed E, Szpak M, Szuba M, Taylor K, Thormann A, Threadgold G, Walts B, Winterbottom A, Chakiachvili M, Chaubal A, De Silva N, Flint B, Frankish A, Hunt SE, IIsley GR, Langridge N, Loveland JE, Martin FJ, Mudge JM, Morales J, Perry E, Ruffier M, Tate J, Thybert D, Trevanion SJ, Cunningham F, Yates AD, Zerbino DR, Flicek P.
Nucleic Acids Res, 2021
doi:10.1093/nar/gkaa942.
The Ensembl Rapid Release genome browser
Moore B.
2020
doi:10.6019/tol.ensembl-rapid-release-w.2020.00001.1.
Ensembl 2020.
Yates AD, Achuthan P, Akanni W, Allen J, Allen J, Alvarez-Jarreta J, Amode MR, Armean IM, Azov AG, Bennett R, Bhai J, Billis K, Boddu S, Marugán JC, Cummins C, Davidson C, Dodiya K, Fatima R, Gall A, Giron CG, Gil L, Grego T, Haggerty L, Haskell E, Hourlier T, Izuogu OG, Janacek SH, Juettemann T, Kay M, Lavidas I, Le T, Lemos D, Martinez JG, Maurel T, McDowall M, McMahon A, Mohanan S, Moore B, Nuhn M, Oheh DN, Parker A, Parton A, Patricio M, Sakthivel MP, Abdul Salam AI, Schmitt BM, Schuilenburg H, Sheppard D, Sycheva M, Szuba M, Taylor K, Thormann A, Threadgold G, Vullo A, Walts B, Winterbottom A, Zadissa A, Chakiachvili M, Flint B, Frankish A, Hunt SE, IIsley G, Kostadima M, Langridge N, Loveland JE, Martin FJ, Morales J, Mudge JM, Muffato M, Perry E, Ruffier M, Trevanion SJ, Cunningham F, Howe KL, Zerbino DR, Flicek P.
Nucleic Acids Res, 2020
doi:10.1093/nar/gkz966.
Ensembl Genomes 2020-enabling non-vertebrate genomic research.
Howe KL, Contreras-Moreira B, De Silva N, Maslen G, Akanni W, Allen J, Alvarez-Jarreta J, Barba M, Bolser DM, Cambell L, Carbajo M, Chakiachvili M, Christensen M, Cummins C, Cuzick A, Davis P, Fexova S, Gall A, George N, Gil L, Gupta P, Hammond-Kosack KE, Haskell E, Hunt SE, Jaiswal P, Janacek SH, Kersey PJ, Langridge N, Maheswari U, Maurel T, McDowall MD, Moore B, Muffato M, Naamati G, Naithani S, Olson A, Papatheodorou I, Patricio M, Paulini M, Pedro H, Perry E, Preece J, Rosello M, Russell M, Sitnik V, Staines DM, Stein J, Tello-Ruiz MK, Trevanion SJ, Urban M, Wei S, Ware D, Williams G, Yates AD, Flicek P.
Nucleic Acids Res, 2020
doi:10.1093/nar/gkz890.
Cunningham F, Achuthan P, Akanni W, Allen J, Amode MR, Armean IM, Bennett R, Bhai J, Billis K, Boddu S, Cummins C, Davidson C, Dodiya KJ, Gall A, Girón CG, Gil L, Grego T, Haggerty L, Haskell E, Hourlier T, Izuogu OG, Janacek SH, Juettemann T, Kay M, Laird MR, Lavidas I, Liu Z, Loveland JE, Marugán JC, Maurel T, McMahon AC, Moore B, Morales J, Mudge JM, Nuhn M, Ogeh D, Parker A, Parton A, Patricio M, Abdul Salam AI, Schmitt BM, Schuilenburg H, Sheppard D, Sparrow H, Stapleton E, Szuba M, Taylor K, Threadgold G, Thormann A, Vullo A, Walts B, Winterbottom A, Zadissa A, Chakiachvili M, Frankish A, Hunt SE, Kostadima M, Langridge N, Martin FJ, Muffato M, Perry E, Ruffier M, Staines DM, Trevanion SJ, Aken BL, Yates AD, Zerbino DR, Flicek P.
Nucleic Acids Res, 2019
doi:10.1093/nar/gky1113.
Teaching and Supervisions
2022/2023:
- Using the Ensembl Genome Browser - Training Lead, Trainer
- Ensembl REST API workshop - Training Lead, Trainer
2021/2022:
- Using the Ensembl Genome Browser - Training Lead, Trainer
- Ensembl REST API workshop - Training Lead, Trainer
2020/2021:
- Using the Ensembl Genome Browser - Training Lead, Trainer
- Ensembl REST API workshop - Training Lead, Trainer
2017/2018:
- Using the Ensembl Genome Browser - Training Lead, Trainer
2016/2017:
- Using the Ensembl Genome Browser - Training Lead, Trainer
- Exploring genetic variation data - Training Lead, Trainer
