Akshay Bhat

I am an independent cancer research scientist with experience in bioinformatics, application programming and software development. I have built, managed and maintained several software applications for biological research especially in cancer biomarker discovery. I have worked both in academic and commerical entities and was a part of several start-up organisations in my career.

I have project management, team playing skills and have lead small and large groups in bioinformatics firms. I have worked with cloud computing, and HPCs and am comfortable in coding in UNIX bash scripts, python and R for cancer data analysis. I have also used machine learning and AI algorithms in my past roles and have trained junior employees and wet lab scientists for thier projects and career building.

1. LIMS Manager - Centre of Virology Research - University of Glasgow
2. Senior Bioinformatics Scientist - The Gene Box Pvt Ltd. 
3. Livestrong Cancer Institute Postdoc - University of Texas at Austin
4. Project Research Associate - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
5. Visiting Faculty - University of Mumbai 
6. Bioinformatics Scientist - GenomeDX Vancouver
7. Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellow - Vancouver Prostate Centre, Canada
8. Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher - PhD.
   • Mosaiques Diagnositics and European Union
   • Application Programmer - Robertson Centre of Biostatistics - University of Glasgow 
   • Software Developer - Glasgow Polyomics Facility

Postdoctoral Fellow - Dell Medical Centre - University of Texas at Austin

Postdoctoral Fellow - Vancouver Prostate Centre - University of British Columbia

Marie Curie PhD. - European Union, Charite University Berlin

Master of Research in Bioinformatics - University of Glasgow

Bachelors of Engineering in Biotechnology - The Oxford College of Engineering Bangalore.