Genomics England
Zander Mears is currently serving as an HPC Platform Engineer at Genomics England, a position held since June 2021. Prior to this role, Zander accumulated extensive experience at the European Bioinformatics Institute | EMBL-EBI, where responsibilities included serving as a Compute Systems Administrator and Storage Systems Administrator from July 2012 to June 2021. Earlier experience includes working as a VMware & Storage System Administrator at Cardif Pinnacle from June 2011 to July 2012, and as a Primary Network Support Specialist/Network Manager at Domino Printing Sciences from December 2003 to June 2011. Zander began a career in IT as a Computer Associate at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Classics from April 2002 to December 2003 and earlier worked as a European Network Operations Engineer at PSINet from June 1998 to December 2001.
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.