Phil Ewels

Hi There!

I’m a postdoctoral bioinformatics researcher doing research at the Babraham Institute, in the UK. I also do website design and photography.

I have a few other personal sites which may be of interest:

tallphil.co.uk – my blog
tallphilproductions.co.uk – my web design portfolio

If you’re trying to hunt me down, I’ve put together a list of where I am on the web – if in doubt you can always drop me an e-mail!

What I Do // Web

I’ve been making websites for a number of years, and am fascinated in how the internet is changing the world.

You can see my portfolio on tallphilproductions.co.uk, though it is quite out of date (I’m currently in the middle of changing brands to Customised Web). I’ve also put together a list of links showing my activity across sites on Where I am on the web.

I’m experienced in the common coding languages of the web: PHP, SQL, JavaScript, HTML amongst others, and have recently done a lot of development with WordPress.

What I Do // Science

I work at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge researching epigenetic reprogramming. I also hold a postdoctoral affiliate position with Trinity Hall.

I do bioinformatics research (computational analysis of biological data) into how epigenetic marks such as DNA methylation is changed in embryonic development, and how these changes affect the biology of the organism.

Tools

I have released a few simple bioinformatic tools that I’ve written for general use on the web:

Cytoband Converter - takes cytogenetic band (ideogram) names for mouse or human and converts them to genomic coordinates, or vice versa.
Sequences – simple, lightweight tool for finding the reverse compliment of DNA or RNA sequences. Also available on github.
Genome RE Sites – script to generate genomic coordinates for the recognition site of any restriction endonuclease in mouse or human.

You can see other tools released by the Babraham Bioinformatics group on their website.