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Freelance Bioinformatician (PhD) | NGS Pipelines, Variant Calling, Long-Read Assembly | Glasgow, UK

Profile Summary

PhD-qualified bioinformatician with eight years of combined academic and commercial experience across NGS data analysis, variant calling, and pipeline development. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Glasgow, developing field-deployable molecular diagnostics, constructing nextflow-based pipelines for multiomic research and primer design for SNP genotyping. PhD completed at the University of Glasgow, producing multiple peer-reviewed publications, and a de novo long-read genome assembly and annotation of a non-model organism. Prior to academic research, worked as a bioinformatician, delivering production-grade variant interpretation and reporting pipelines for diagnostic use. Technical stack: Python, R, Bash, Perl, Nextflow, Docker, Git, HPC environments. Methods: whole-genome sequencing, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, methylation sequencing, de novo assembly (Nanopore long-read, Illumina short-read), variant calling and annotation, primer and probe design (qPCR, LAMP, allele-specific), differential expression analysis. Available for projects in NGS analysis, pipeline development, primer design, and bioinformatics consulting. Publications verifiable via linked ORCID.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ★ Bioinformatics
• ★ R
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Transcriptomics
• ☆ Comparative Genomics
• ☆ Proteomics
• ☆ Genomics
• ☆ Molecular Evolution
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Protein Sequencing
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ Genome Sequencing
• ☆ Exome Sequencing
• ☆ RNA Sequencing
• ☆ Plasmid DNA
• ☆ ChIP-Seq
• ☆ Molecular Ecology
• ☆ Structural Bioinformatics
• ☆ Immunohistochemistry
• ☆ Phylogenetics
• ☆ Population Genetics
• ☆ Python

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Cleaning, Data Processing

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

University of Glasgow

February 2026 - Present

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

University of Glasgow

February 2026 - Present

Jr. Bioinformatician and Support

Genomize

May 2021 - March 2022

Jr. Bioinformatician and Support

Genomize

May 2021 - March 2022

Molecular geneticist and bioinformatician

Next Genetic Center

January 2018 - August 2018

Molecular geneticist and bioinformatician

Next Genetic Center

January 2018 - August 2018

Education

(College of Med Vet and Life Sciences)

University of Glasgow

- Present

Evolution

University of Glasgow

September 2022 - February 2026

Master's Degree (Molecular Biology and Genetics)

Bogazici Üniversitesi - Kuzey Kampüsü

January 2019 - March 2022

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Bogazici University

January 2019 - March 2022

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Istanbul Yeni Yuzyil University

September 2013 - June 2017

BSc (Molecular Biology and Genetics (100% Scholarship))

Yeni Yüzyıl University

September 2013 - June 2017

Certifications

• Multi-omics Course

  University of Glasgow

  January 2026 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Sayantan Sur, Zoe Adam, Timothy A Liddle, Calum Stewart, Irem Denizli, Broderick M B Parks, Leslie S Phillmore, Tyler J Stevenson (2025). Prolactin Regulates Seasonal Changes in Renal Rheostasis in Djungarian Hamsters . Endocrinology.

Irem Denizli, Ana Monteiro, Kathryn R. Elmer, Tyler J. Stevenson (2025). Photoperiod-driven testicular DNA methylation in gonadotropin and sex steroid receptor promoters in Siberian hamsters . Journal of Comparative Physiology A.

Sayantan Sur, Calum Stewart, Timothy A. Liddle, Ana Maria Monteiro, Irem Denizli, Gaurav Majumdar, Tyler J. Stevenson (2025). Molecular basis of photoinduced seasonal energy rheostasis in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) . Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.

Christopher J Marshall, Alexandra Blake, Calum Stewart, T Adam Liddle, Irem Denizli, Fallon Cuthill, Neil P Evans, Tyler J Stevenson (2024). Prolactin Mediates Long-Term, Seasonal Rheostatic Regulation of Body Mass in Female Mammals . Endocrinology.