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Laura Shemilt

BioFAIR Lead Architect

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Personal pronouns: She/her

Contact details:

laura.shemilt@biofair.uk

ORCiD

Laura is the Lead Architect for BioFAIR where she helps design platforms and Research Data Management to increase reproducibility and accelerate bioscience.

Laura was previously Head of Advanced Research Computing at The Rosalind Franklin where she and the team developed a nationally recognised site wide data and analytics platform.

Laura has a research background in physics completing a PhD in X-ray microscopy at UCL. She has worked across industry and academia in a variety of sectors and roles.

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