Talk at 2025 CCP4/APS Workshop: "Bioinformatics for structural biologists" (Conference Role)
Talk at Biochemical Society Meeting - Engineering Recombinant Proteins for Structural and Functional Studies 2025: "Tips and tricks in maximising the use of protein bioinformatics" (Conference Role)
Keynote talk at 2025 Computing Insight UK Conference: "The impact of AlphaFold on experimental and computational biology research (and researchers)." (Conference Role)
Talk at 2025 CCP4/Diamond Workshop: "Bioinformatics for structural biologists" (Conference Role)
Editorship
Nucleic Acids Research (Executive Editor, 2016 - present) (Editorship)
Event Role
Biochemical Society webinar: "AlphaFold 3 structure modelling: access, uses, limitations and rivals" (Talk/Lecture, Biochemical Society, 2025) (Event Role)
Conference Roles
Talk at 2025 CCP4/APS Workshop: "Bioinformatics for structural biologists"
Talk at 2024 CCP4/APS Workshop: "Bioinformatics for structural biologists"
Talk at 2023 CCP4/APS Workshop: "Bioinformatics for structural biologists"
Talk at Biochemical Society Meeting - Engineering Recombinant Proteins for Structural and Functional Studies 2023: "Tips and tricks in maximising the use of protein bioinformatics"
Talk at Biochemical Society Meeting - Engineering Recombinant Proteins for Structural and Functional Studies 2024: "Tips and tricks in maximising the use of protein bioinformatics"
Talk at Biochemical Society Meeting - Engineering Recombinant Proteins for Structural and Functional Studies 2025: "Tips and tricks in maximising the use of protein bioinformatics"
Talk at Biochemical Society Meeting - Engineering Recombinant Proteins for Structural and Functional Studies 2022: "Tips and tricks in maximising the use of protein bioinformatics"
Keynote talk at 2025 Computing Insight UK Conference: "The impact of AlphaFold on experimental and computational biology research (and researchers)."
Talk at 2025 CCP4/Diamond Workshop: "Bioinformatics for structural biologists"
Talk at 2024 CCP4/Diamond Workshop: "Bioinformatics for structural biologists"
Talk at 2022 CCP4/Diamond Workshop: "Bioinformatics for structural biologists"
Talk at 2023 CCP4/Diamond Workshop: "Bioinformatics for structural biologists"
Talk at 2019 CCP4/Diamond Workshop: "Bioinformatics for structural biologists"
Talk at 2020 CCP4/Diamond Workshop: "Bioinformatics for structural biologists" (2021 - 2020)
Talk at 2021 CCP4/Diamond South Africa School: "Bioinformatics for structural biologists" (2021)
AMPLE: unconventional Molecular Replacement, by Invitation (CCP4 Study Weekend, 2017)
Exploiting structural bioinformatics for unconventional Molecular Replacement, by Invitation (12th International Conference on Biology and Synchrotron Radiation, SLAC, Stanford, 2016)
Applications of contact predictions to structural biology, by Invitation (British Biophysical Society 2016 Biennial Meeting, 2016)
AMPLE, a pipeline for unconventional Molecular Replacement, by Invitation (CCP4/APS School in Macromolecular Crystallography, 2016)
Bioinformatics for MR (and beyond), by Invitation (CCP4/APS School in Macromolecular Crystallography, 2016)
AMPLE, a pipeline for unconventional Molecular Replacement, by Invitation (IFSC/CCP4 Macromolecular Crystallography School 2016, 2016)
AMPLE: exploiting structural bioinformatics developments to extend the reach of molecular replacement to difficult cases, by Invitation (European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM29), 2015)
AMPLE, a program for unconventional Molecular Replacement, by Invitation (Dundee Bioinformatics Symposium Organisers, 2014)
AMPLE, a program to process ab initio structure predictions into search models for MR, by Invitation (CCP4 Study Weekend 2013 organising committee, 2013)
A cluster and truncate approach to processing ab initio models for Molecular Replacement., by Invitation (European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM27), 2012)
Bioinformatics to explore the connections between protein sequence, structure and evolution, by Invitation (University of Campinas, 2012)
Taking the initiative with ab initio protein modelling, by Invitation (Dundee Bioinformatics Symposium Organisers, 2011)
Structure Solution by Molecular Replacement using ab initio protein models, by Invitation (IUCr 2011 Organising Committee, 2011)
Searching for PEX13 in trypanosomatids: three surprises, by Invitation (43rd Microsymposium on glycosomes, trypanosomatid metabolism and drug discovery' 2011, 2011)
Ab initio modelling: from Holy Grail to everyday protein bioinformatics tool, by Invitation (Wellcome Sanger Centre, 2010)
Ab initio modelling: from Holy Grail to everyday protein bioinformatics tool, by Invitation (STFC Seminar Organisers, 2009)
Ab initio modelling: from Holy Grail to everyday protein bioinformatics tool, by Invitation (ISBM/ECCB 2009 Organising Committee, 2009)
Distribution and evolution of autophagy proteins in unicellular eukaryotes, by Invitation (organisers, 2008)
Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, a surprising yet promising drug target in Leishmania, by Invitation (39th Microsymposium on glycosomes, trypanosomatid metabolism and drug discovery' , 2007)
Autophagy and related processes in trypanosomatids:insights from genomic and bioinformatics analyses, by Invitation (Organising Committee, 2006)
Structural flexibility in Trypanosoma brucei enolase revealed by X-ray crystallography and molecular, by Invitation (Organising Committee, 2005)
Selected Abstract 'Autophagy and related processes in trypanosomatids: insights from genomic and ..', by Invitation (BioScience2005, 2005)
Analysis of the crystal structure of Trypanosoma brucei enolase, by Invitation (Organising Committee, 2003)
Preliminary analysis of enzymes of the carbohydrate metabolism of Trypanosoma
brucei, by Invitation (Organising Committee, 2002)
Co-chair of Microsymposium 12 "Structural Bioinformatics" at ECM31 conference, Oviedo, Spain, Aug 18 (2018)
CCP4 Study Weekend, Nottingham, UK, by Invitation (2016 - 2017)
British Biophysical Society 2016 Biennial Meeting 2016, by Invitation (2015 - 2016)
CCP4/APS School in Macromolecular Crystallography 2016, by Invitation (2015 - 2016)
CCP4/APS School in Macromolecular Crystallography 2016, by Invitation (2015 - 2016)
IFSC/CCP4 Macromolecular Crystallography School 2016 , by Invitation (2015 - 2016)
IFSC/CCP4 Macromolecular Crystallography School 2016, by Invitation (2015 - 2016)
12th International Conference on Biology and Synchrotron Radiation, SLAC, Stanford 2016, by Invitation (2015 - 2016)
European Crystallography Meeting (ECM29), by Invitation (2014 - 2015)
Dundee Bioinformatics Symposia, by Invitation (2014 - 2015)
University of Campinas, by Invitation (2012 - 2013)
CCP4 Study Weekend 2013, by Invitation (2012 - 2013)
European Crystallography Meeting (ECM27), by Invitation (2012 - 2013)
43rd Microsymposium on glycosomes, trypanosomatid metabolism and drug discovery' , by Invitation (2011 - 2012)
IUCr 2011 Organising Committee, by Invitation (2011 - 2012)
First International Meeting on Antimicrobial peptides, by Invitation (2009 - 2010)
ISBM/ECCB conference 2009, Stockholm, by Invitation (2009 - 2010)
Editorships
Nucleic Acids Research (Executive Editor, 2016 - present)
From Protein Structure to Function with Bioinformatics (Book Editor, 2007 - present)
Event Roles
Biochemical Society webinar: "AlphaFold 3 structure modelling: access, uses, limitations and rivals" (Talk/Lecture, Biochemical Society, 2025)
Biochemical Society webinar: "AlphaFold 2 structure modelling: access, uses and limitations" (Talk/Lecture, Biochemical Society, 2022)
Examination Roles
University of Reading, PhD (2024)
University of Oxford, DPhil (PhD, 2020)
Imperial College London, PhD (2017)
University of Edinburgh, PhD (2017)
University of Edinburgh, PhD (2013)
University of East Anglia, PhD (2018 - 2019)
University of Cambridge (2018 - 2019)
Imperial College London (2016 - 2017)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
Executive Committee Member of CCP4 (Collaborative Computing Project 4) (2017 - present)
Member, Advisory Committee: Dundee Resource for Protein Structure Prediction and Sequence Analysis (2014 - present)
Member of Jalview Scientific Advisory Committee (2011 - present)
Grant Application Assessments
External Post-submission (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), 2022 - present)
External Post-submission (Wellcome Trust)
External Post-submission (The Research Council of Norway)
External Post-submission (Swiss National Science Foundation)
External Post-submission (Qatar National Research Fund)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
ISMIB Director of Post-Graduate Research (School / Institute, 2020 - 2025)
IIB Director of Post-Graduate Research (School / Institute, 2018 - 2020)
Associate Director at the Computational Biology Facility (University, 2017 - present)
Professional Body Memberships
International Society for Computational Biology (Member)