Richard Durbin
Professor
University of Cambridge
Associate Faculty
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Richard Durbin is a computational biologist and Professor of Genetics at the University of Cambridge, as well as an Associate Faculty member at the Wellcome Sanger Institute.
Durbin works across a broad range of genomic and genetic research from computational and mathematical perspectives. His current interests include genetic variation, evolutionary and population genetics in humans and cichlid fishes, as well as the development of algorithms and software for high throughput sequencing and genome assembly.
He has led several major large scale genomics initiatives, including the 1000 Genomes Project (with David Altshuler at the Broad Institute), the UK10K project, and the gorilla reference genome sequencing effort.
Within AEGIS, Durbin leads the branch based at the Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge. His own group works on new algorithms and data structures for eDNA data matching and representation, and also plans to work on downstream population genetic analysis. He also collaborates closely with the Wellcome Sanger Institute team working on new reference genomes, with whom he is involved in improving genome assembly methodology. Richard Durbin is also a member of the AEGIS Scientific Steering Committee.
Durbin works across a broad range of genomic and genetic research from computational and mathematical perspectives. His current interests include genetic variation, evolutionary and population genetics in humans and cichlid fishes, as well as the development of algorithms and software for high throughput sequencing and genome assembly.
He has led several major large scale genomics initiatives, including the 1000 Genomes Project (with David Altshuler at the Broad Institute), the UK10K project, and the gorilla reference genome sequencing effort.
Within AEGIS, Durbin leads the branch based at the Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge. His own group works on new algorithms and data structures for eDNA data matching and representation, and also plans to work on downstream population genetic analysis. He also collaborates closely with the Wellcome Sanger Institute team working on new reference genomes, with whom he is involved in improving genome assembly methodology. Richard Durbin is also a member of the AEGIS Scientific Steering Committee.