Matt Castle, PhD | Bioinformatics Training

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Head of Bioinformatics Training Facility

Job Role

Matt took over the running of the Bioinformatics Training Facility in 2020 and oversees all aspects of the facility’s programme, working with the rest of the team to drive innovation and continually improve the quality of bioinformatics, data science and biostatistics training for researchers within Cambridge and more broadly.

Email

mdc31@cam.ac.uk

Hours

Monday to Friday, office hours.

Biography

With a background in Mathematics and Epidemiological Modelling, Matt has spent many years teaching and developing material for a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses. Matt set up the PSLS Biostatistics Initiative at the University of Cambridge in 2017 to support improved biostatistics training for life science researchers.

Research

Matt has a particular interest in supporting early career academics and researchers develop their pedagogical understanding and teaching skills.

Teaching and Supervisions

Teaching:

2022/2023:

Fundamentals of Programming in R - Training Lead
Reproducible Research and Experimental Design R - Training Lead
Critical Analysis of Papers - Training Lead
Core Statistics for Chemists - Training Lead, Trainer

2021/2022:

Reproducible Research with R - Training Lead, Trainer
Core Statistics in R - Training Lead, Trainer
Core Statistics using Python - Training Lead, Trainer

2020/2021:

Core Statistics - Training Lead
Bioinformatics Data Exploration for Biologists - Training Lead

2019/2020:

Statistics for Biologists in R - Training Lead

2018/2019:

Statistics for Biologists in R - Training Lead
Bioinformatics for Biologists - Training Lead

2017/2018

Statistics for Biologists in R - Training Lead
Part III Systems Biology - Training Lead

2016/2017:

Part III Systems Biology - Training Lead

Other Professional Activities

Matt won the 2020 Technology-Enabled Learning Prize in the in the STEMM category.

Head of Bioinformatics Training Facility

Associate Teaching Professor

Contact Details

Email address:

mdc31@cam.ac.uk

Bioinformatics Training

University of Cambridge

Department of Genetics

Downing Street

Cambridge

CB2 3EH

United Kingdom

Subject:

Core Statistics in Python

Fundamentals of Programming in R

Introduction to Python

Core Statistics in R

Reproducible Research with R

Bioinformatics Data Exploration

Experimental Design