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Priyanka Surana

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  • Education:

    Grade 11 & 12 (equivalent to A levels) – India

    Bachelors in Science – Majors: Genetics and Applied Statistics; Minor: Psychology – Purdue University, USA

    PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; Minor: Statistics – Iowa State University, USA

  • Work History:

    Postdoctoral Fellowship – University of Sydney, Australia

  • Employer:

    Wellcome Sanger Institute

    • About Me:

      I am from India 🇮🇳. I did my undergraduate and PhD 👩🏻‍🎓 education in the USA 🇺🇸. Then, worked in Australia before coming to the UK. I enjoy exploring art 🖼 and traveling 🧳 in my free time.

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      I am a senior bioinformatician (solving biological problems with statistics and computer science) at Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge. I oversee the design of workflows to analyse our data and train other scientists in designing workflows. I spend my time at work problem solving, mentoring, managing projects, and programming. My role involves 1 part managing relations with other scientists, 2 parts managing the projects and 1 part coding workflows.

    • My pronouns are:

      she/her

    • My Work:

      I am a senior bioinformatician (solving biological problems with statistics and computer science) at Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge. I spend my time at work problem solving, mentoring, managing projects, and programming.

    • My Typical Day:

      I wake up, do some meditation and get ready. Most days I work from home, so I am at my desk/dining table by 9am. In my team, we start everyday with a catch up at 9:30am. I spend the rest of my time attending meetings, programming, and solving issues from other programmers. I generally break for lunch around 12pm and a snack break around 3pm. I end my day at 6pm.

    • What I'd do with the prize money:

      I would use the money to buy art supplies for students and work with them to create a short graphic novel strip on how they want to change the world. The students are the leads and STEM is their superpower.

    • My Interview

      • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

        nomad bioinformatician

        What did you want to be after you left school?

        geneticist

        Were you ever in trouble at school?

        My chemistry teacher and I did not get along.

        If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?

        If I didn't do science, I may have studied law.

        Who is your favourite singer or band?

        Keeps changing with my mood.

        What's your favourite food?

        I like spicy food.

        If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

        See the world in style (especially Antartica). Live in a house with a Beauty and Beast style library, plus several dogs, horses and gardens. Superpower to learn anything instantly - instruments, books, etc.

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