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Education

Individual Interdisciplinary Ph.D in Computer Science and Plant Genetics, Montana State University, USA. (2022)
MRes Biology, The University of Worcester, U.K. (2018)
BSc(Hons) Biology, The University of Worcester, U.K. (2014)

Employment

Senior Bioinformatician January 2024-Present
Scientist (Bioinformatics) Mursla Bio March 2023-December 2023
Research Assistant (Bioinformatics), Mursla Bio Jan 2023-March 2023
Research Assistantship, Montana State University 2018-present
Associate Lecturer in Biology, University of Worcester 2016 - 2018
Independent Study Co-Supervisor, University of Worcester 2016 - 2017
Data Quality Improvement Officer, National Health Service (NHS), Worcestershire Acute Trust 2015 - 2017
Guest Lecturer in Biology, University of Worcester 2014 - 2016
Research Assistant, University of Worcester 2014 - 2015

Publications

Investigating the function of a small secreted protein family in Physcomitrella patens

Sherrard, G., Woolard, G., & Wheeler, M. (2016). "Investigating the Function of a Small Secreted Protein Family in Physcomitrella Patens ." MOSS 2016 Conference, 2nd - 5th September 2016, University of Leeds. 1(3).

RNA Transcript Assembly Using Inexact Flows

Williams, L., Reynolds, G. and Mumey, B. (2019). "RNA Transcript Assembly Using Inexact Flows." 2019 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM) . (pp. 1907-1914).

Structure of SPH (self-incompatibility protein homologue) proteins: a widespread family of small, highly stable, secreted proteins

Rajasekar, K.V., Ji, S., Coulthard, R.J., Ride, J.P., Reynolds, G.L., Winn, P.J., Wheeler, M.J., Hyde, E.I. and Smith, L.J. (2019). "Structure of SPH (self-incompatibility protein homologue) proteins: a widespread family of small, highly stable, secreted proteins ." Biochemical Journal. 476(5), pp.809-826.

Metamorphic Testing for Quality Assurance of Protein Function Prediction Tools

Shahri, M.P., Srinivasan, M., Reynolds, G., Bimczok, D., Kahanda, I. and Kanewala, U. 2019. "Metamorphic Testing for Quality Assurance of Protein Function Prediction Tools." 2019 IEEE International Conference On Artificial Intelligence Testing (AITest).

PPPred: Classifying Protein-phenotype Co-mentions Extracted from Biomedical Literature

Pourreza Shahri, M., Reynolds, G., Roe, M.M. and Kahanda, I. (2019). "PPPred: Classifying protein-phenotype co-mentions extracted from biomedical literature ." Proceedings of the 10th ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Informatics . (pp. 414-422).

Computational methods for the ab initio identification of novel microRNA in plants: a systematic review

Manuweera, B., Reynolds, G. and Kahanda, I. (2019). "Computational methods for the ab initio identification of novel microRNA in plants: a systematic review." PeerJ Computer Science. 5, p.e233..

Identifying features for subgenomic sequence identification in a De Bruijn Graph (DBG)

Reynolds,G., Lachowiec,J., Strnadova-Neeley,V (2021). "Identifying features for subgenomic sequence identification in a De Bruijn Graph (DBG)." Tech talks at the CRA-WP Grad Cohort Workshop for Women Conference 2021 .

MinHash k-mer sketching highlights allopolyploid subgenome sequence differentiation.

Reynolds,G., Strnadova-Neeley,V., Lachowiec,J. MinHash k-mer sketching highlights allopolyploid subgenomesequence differentiation. ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2021

Transcriptional responses to 2,4-D herbicide treatment of a Eurasian (Myriophyllum spicatum) and a hybrid (M. spicatum × M. sibiricum) genotype of watermilfoil that differ in their sensitivity to 2,4-D

Chorak, G.M., Correr, F.H., Lachowiec, J., Reynolds, G. and Thum, R.A., 2023. Transcriptional responses to 2, 4-D herbicide treatment of a Eurasian (Myriophyllum spicatum) and a hybrid (M. spicatum× M. sibiricum) genotype of watermilfoil that differ in their sensitivity to 2, 4-D. Aquatic Botany, 186, p.103631.

Design, execution, and interpretation of plant RNA-seq analyses

Upton, R.N., Correr, F.H., Lile, J., Reynolds, G.L., Falaschi, K., Cook, J.P. and Lachowiec, J., 2023. Design, execution, and interpretation of plant RNA-seq analyses. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, p.1135455.

Gillian Reynolds

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