About
Dr Jane Gibson is an Associate Professor in Cancer Bioinformatics and Genomics within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton.
She is the Academic Lead for the Bio-R Bioinformatics Research Facility, and Deputy Director of the Faculty Graduate School.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Bioinformatics
- Genomics
- Cancer sciences
Current research
Dr Gibson has experience in bioinformatics, and expertise the computational analysis of high throughput next generation sequencing data. Including exome, whole genome, epigenome, and transcriptome analyses, as well as Genome-Wide Association studies.
Her research involves bioinformatics approaches to understanding cancer, the human genome and the changes which can lead to disease. Leveraging the molecular data generated from a range of technologies to understand the development, progression, and response to treatment in cancer.
Research projects
Completed projects
Publications
Teaching
Dr Gibson is Deputy Director of the Faculty Graduate School. She is co-module lead for the MEDI6235 Genomic Informatics module and lecturer on the MEDI6237 Genomic Technologies and Basic Informatics module of the MSc in Genomics. She is co-lead for the MEDI6251 Cancer Genomics module on the MSc Cancer Biology and Immunology programme. She also supervises and marks MSc and iPhD research projects.
She contributes to the undergraduate BM programmes, taking on the role of Personal Academic Tutor and supervising research projects and associated project marking.