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Jonathan Threlfall

My CV

  • Education

    Norwich School (GCSE/A-level)

    University of Bristol (undergrad)

    University of East Anglia (masters)

  • Qualifications

    GCSEs: 3xA* (dual science, RS), 4xA (maths, geography, English language, French), 2xB (English lit., graphic design)

    AS levels: Physics, D; Critical Thinking, B

    A-level: Biology, A; Chemistry, A; Philosophy, B

    BSc Biochemistry: 2.1

    MSc Molecular Medicine: Distinction

  • Work History

    Making sandwiches at Subway > Washing cars > Editing scientific papers at three different publishing companies

     

     

  • Current Job

    Genome Note Editor for the Tree of Life programme at the Sanger Institute

  • Employer

    Wellcome Sanger Institute

  • My pronouns are:

    he/him

  • About Me:

    I live in London with my partner and some friends. I love running, eating pizza and riding my bike.

  • My Work:

    I help turn the genomes produced by the Darwin Tree of Life project into papers for other scientists to read.

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    I gather together information from various different places and people to put together genome notes. This information is taken from different online repositories (websites where data is stored) and the internal Sanger Institute network. I also coordinate the recruitment of different scientists to write short ‘background’ pieces about each of the species we sequence so that people reading the genome notes can understand more about the species.

    Once I have gathered together all of this information, I submit the genome note for publication with our publisher, Wellcome Open Research, and also search for peer reviewers (other scientists that read the genome note to make sure everything in it is correct). We are trying to publish around 20 of these per month.

    • My Interview

      • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

        Bike-fixing editor

        What or who inspired you to follow your career?

        Curiosity about how the world works

        What was your favourite subject at school?

        Chemistry

        What did you want to be after you left school?

        Nobel prize winner

        Were you ever in trouble at school?

        Only when I didn't do my homework

        If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?

        Bike mechanic

        Who is your favourite singer or band?

        Parquet Courts

        What's your favourite food?

        Pizza

        If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

        Cash, cash, cash

    • My profile link:
      https://ias.im/u.310891

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