Biography
Neil is a member of the Project Management team within the Technical Genomics group at EI and manages the group’s Laboratory Information Management System (Sapio LIMS). This software automates sample management through EI’s High Performance Sequencing facilities, ensuring that all information and operations are tracked and logged during the lifetime of the samples.
After taking an unusual route into science, Neil completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 2020, studying the regulation of denitrification in Paracoccus denitrificans in the laboratory of Stephen Spiro. He then spent 15 years working on various bacterial research projects across the Norwich Research Park, focusing on bacterial stress-management and signalling systems.
Neil changed focus in 2014, qualifying as a PRINCE2 project management practitioner before joining EI to assist in the management of sequencing projects. He then led the implementation of Sapio LIMS at EI before taking on permanent management of the software.
Neil co-organises High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) sessions for Norwich Bioscience Institutes (NBI) staff and chairs the NBI Bicycle Users group, which promotes cycling at the NBI. Outside of work Neil is an active member of the Parkrun community, volunteering as a Run Director at Norwich ParkRun, held in Eaton Park.
