Head of Bioinformatics Facility, Babraham institute
Biography
Simon Andrews did his first degree in Microbiology at the University of Warwick. After a brief period working for Sandoz pharmaceuticals he went on to do a PhD in protein engineering a the University of Newcastle with Harry Gilbert. During his PhD his interests moved from bench work toward the emerging field of bioinformatics, and he decided to follow this direction in his future career. After completing his PhD Simon worked with the BBSRC IT Services where he developed and then presented a series of bioinformatics training courses in protein structure analysis to the BBSRC institutes. At one of these courses at Babraham he met John Coadwell who establised the Babraham bioinformatics group and was then employed as the second member of the bioinformatics team. Since joining Babraham Simon has seen the group grow from two people to nine as the field has become far more prominent in the biological research community. He took over the running of the group in 2010.
Publications
Comparative Principles of DNA Methylation Reprogramming during Human and Mouse In Vitro Primordial Germ Cell Specification.
VON MEYENN F, BERRENS RV, ANDREWS S, SANTOS F, COLLIER AJ, KRUEGER F, OSORNO R, DEAN W, RUGG-GUNN PJ, REIK W
DEVELOPMENTAL CELL, PMID: 3647346305 DEC 2022
Small-molecule inhibitors of P-Rex guanine-nucleotide exchange factors.
LAWSON CD, HORNIGOLD K, PAN D, NIEWCZAS I, ANDREWS S, CLARK J, WELCH H
SMALL GTPASES, PMID: 36342857JAN 2022
Librarian: A quality control tool to analyse sequencing library compositions.
VASHISHTHA K, GAUD C, ANDREWS S, KRUEGER C
F1000RESEARCH, PMID: 363000362022
Teaching and Supervisions
2024/2025:
- Extracting biological information from gene lists - Training Lead
2023/2024:
- Analysis of DNA Methylation using Sequencing - Training Lead
- Extracting biological information from gene lists - Training Lead
- Analysis of ChIP-seq Data with SeqMonk - Training Lead
2020/2021:
- Extracting biological information from gene lists - Training Lead, Trainer
- Introduction to Scientific Figure Design - Training Lead, Trainer
- Analysis of mapped NGS data with SeqMonk - Training Lead, Trainer
- Analysis of DNA Methylation using Sequencing - Training Lead
2019/2020:
- Statistics bootcamp using R - Training Lead, Trainer
- Extracting biological information from gene lists - Training Lead, Trainer
- Introduction to Scientific Figure Design - Training Lead, Trainer
- Analysis of DNA Methylation using Sequencing - Training Lead
2018/2019:
- Extracting biological information from gene lists - Training Lead, Trainer
- Introduction to Scientific Figure Design - Training Lead, Trainer
- Analysis of DNA Methylation using Sequencing - Training Lead
- Bioinformatics for Principal Investigators - Training Lead, Trainer
2017/2018:
- Introduction to Scientific Figure Design - Training Lead, Trainer
- Analysis of DNA Methylation using Sequencing - Training Lead, Trainer
2016/2017:
- Introduction to Scientific Figure Design - Training Lead, Trainer
- Analysis of DNA Methylation using Sequencing - Training Lead, Trainer
- Statistical Analysis using R - Training Lead, Trainer
2015/2016:
- Introduction to Scientific Figure Design - Training Lead, Trainer
- Analysis of DNA Methylation using Sequencing - Training Lead, Trainer
- Statistical Analysis using R - Training Lead, Trainer
- Analysis of mapped NGS data with SeqMonk - Training Lead, Trainer
- Bioinformatics for Principal Investigators - Training Lead, Trainer
