About Ewan Birney
John Frederick William Birney (known as Ewan Birney) (born 6 December 1972) is Director of European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). He also serves as non-executive director of Genomics England, chair of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) and honorary professor of bioinformatics at the University of Cambridge. Birney has made significant contributions to genomics, through his development of innovative bioinformatics and computational biology tools. He previously served as an associate faculty member at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
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