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It’s all about DNA… decoding
AGRF data science team lead by Dr Lesley Gray has two members on-board: Dr Rust Turakulov and Naga Kasinadhuni. Our small data science team specializes in big data mining for genomics questions, translating numerical complexities into compelling biological narratives. We are passionate about uncovering insights encoded within genomes, and navigate the data landscape with precision and innovation. Our focus is on bringing clarity to the biological stories hidden within the numerical wast of genetic information.
Lesley Gray
lesley.gray@agrf.org.au
Rust
Turakulov
rust.turakulov@agrf.org.au
Naga
Kasinadhuni
naga.kasinadhuni@agrf.org.au
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Our team offers expertise in bioinformatics analysis and manages large-scale data integration and workflows, specializing in microbiome and genomic sequencing datasets, population studies, and genome assemblies. We develop intuitive visualization dashboards and provide robust data hosting solutions to facilitate exploration and understanding of complex biological data.Lesley Gray, PhD
Data Science & Strategy Manager
Lesley Gray
is a seasoned bioinformatics expert, holding a PhD and postdoctoral
experience in quantitative genetics. As the Data Science & Strategy
Manager at the Australian Genome Research Facility, she leverages her
extensive technical background across a spectrum of genomic data types
to deliver insights from genomic data and define AGRF’s Data Strategy.
Her expertise spans agricultural, bacterial, and clinical genomic
applications. In her service laboratory role, she has delivered insights
from a wide array of sequencing technologies and genomic research areas.
Lesley is passionate about integrating strategy and data science with
bioinformatics to craft effective, applied solutions.
Naga Kasinashuni
Data Scientist
Naga Kasinashuni is an expert
bioinformatician with extensive experience in a service laboratory
setting. His expertise includes defining bespoke bioinformatics analyses
for complex genomic data, pipeline development, and managing genomic
data through advanced databasing and dashboarding techniques. Naga
excels in data science and is adept at navigating the challenges posed
by the inherently variable quality of data from emerging technologies.
He has developed numerous data management tools, databases, and
visualizations. With a passion for unpacking genomic data, Naga
specializes in the intricate analysis of complex metagenomic
datasets.
Rust Turakulov, PhD
Senior Developer
Rust Turakulov’s professional
journey has been rich in bioinformatics, data analysis, and pipeline
development, showcasing a progressive mastery of Perl, Shell, SQL, R,
and long list of bioinformatics tools. His work has included clustering
algorithms for genetic classification, developing GATK and other callers
genotyping pipelines, integrating complex data-flow systems. Rust has
also created automated workflows and reporting for the bacterial 16S
sequence analysis and contributed to patented diagnostic methods. His
expertise extends to developing analytical methods for very large
genomics data, tumor classification based on multiomics data, and
creating comprehensive data management portals. Recently, he has focused
on integration of large datasets from public and private domains and the
development of interactive user interfaces, showcasing his deep
proficiency in bioinformatics and data-driven research.