Genomics England
Awab Ahmed is a skilled Bioinformatics Engineer at Genomics England since November 2022, previously serving as a Bioinformatician at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences from November 2020 to October 2022. Expertise includes developing and maintaining Whole Exome/Genome Sequencing data processing pipelines for Illumina and Nanopore technologies, conducting statistical analyses, visualizing biological data, and developing bioinformatic tools using programming languages such as R, Python, Bash, and Java. Awab Ahmed holds a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Aberdeen and a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Systems Software Engineering from the University of Khartoum.
Genomics England
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Genomics England is a wholly owned company of the Department of Health set up to deliver the 100,000 Genomes Project. It was made possible by the National Institute for Health Research, NHS England, Public Health England, and Health Education England.Genomics England sequences 100,000 whole genomes from NHS patients and their families. Its fourmain aims include bringing benefit to patients, creating an ethical and transparent program based on consent, supporting new scientific discovery and medical insights, and kick-starting the development of the U.K. genomics industry.Genomics England is focusing on patients with rare diseases, and their families, as well as patients with common cancers. It was announced by Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health, as part of the NHS 65th birthday celebrations in 2013. It is based in London, England.