Manuel Corpas | |
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Born | Manuel Corpas Lopez |
Alma mater | University of Navarra |
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Awards | Software Sustainability Institute 2016 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Bioinformatics Genomics |
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Thesis | Folding Patterns in Protein Sequences (2007) |
Doctoral advisor | Terri Attwood |
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Manuel Corpas is an Anglo-Spanish biologist and entrepreneur known primarily for his contributions to the field of Bioinformatics and Genomics. Currently Corpas is Chief Scientist of Cambridge startup Cambridge Precision Medicine,[1] a tutor at the Institute for Continuing Education at the University of Cambridge and a lecturer at the Universidad Internacional de La Rioja. Manuel worked on the human genome from the beginning of his career, being one of the first consumers to sequence his own genome and that of close relatives, which he published as the Corpasome.[2] He has held positions at the Earlham Institute as Project Leader, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute, developing the DECIPHER database, a database that aids in the diagnosis of patients with rare genomic disorders.
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