Welcome to UCL Biosciences' github, where we store Division-related code, training material and other information. Our Data Science team and computational experts are promoting reproducible, FAIR and open science across the Division.
This repository provides information about computational research support activities in UCL's Division of Biosciences. This is aimed at anyone doing computational research in the Division. Read on for info about:
- guides summarising data management, sharing and analysis using UCL infrastructure (including HPC clusters)
- collaboration and support for data analysis pipelines
- support and training for computational research
The Data Science team helps researchers plan, run, and maintain computational analyses, with a focus on reproducibility and skills development. Book a meeting with James Gilbert, Biosciences' Senior Research Data Scientist, to discuss any part of your computational life.
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Auto-Prot | Pipeline for automated mass spec proteomics analysis |
| Computational Training 2025 | Materials from our annual training series for biologists |
| Image Analysis | Fortnightly drop-ins (Darwin Common Room, 10:30–11:30) supporting reproducible image analysis with Python. Contact: biosciences.imaging@ucl.ac.uk |
| nextflow/nf-core | Support for automated, reproducible nextflow pipelines. |
| UCL Comp Guides | Guides for navigating UCL's computational resources including data storage, sharing and using HPCs |
UCL has a Slack workspace for computational questions — join here.
Coming 2027!!
Drop-ins are paused for the 2026 summer break - see you later in 2026!
Come along to the Darwin Common Room for a drop-in with Biosciences Data Scientist James Gilbert. We can discuss any questions you have about your data, code, or analyses. No appointment needed!
Want to request more information about a specific topic or type of support? We welcome general requests, questions, or ideas (e.g. training needs, new tools, or pipeline improvements) - please open an issue in the computational support repository. This provides a single point for tracking and coordinating work across projects.
Point of Contact: Dr. James D. Gilbert
Team: Biosciences Data Science
Email: james.d.gilbert@ucl.ac.uk
More Biosciences information: For information about Computational Biology in the Division, visit the Computational Biology webpage.
Computational Research at UCL: ARC is UCL's research, innovation and service centre for the tools, practices and systems that enable computational science and digital scholarship.
Bioinformatics: There are a lot of great resources across UCL and beyond:
- The Bill Lyon Informatics Centre's pipeline repository and training material.
- UCL Genomics for sequencing and bioinformatics support.
- The Proteomics Research Translational Technology Platform for all things relating to proteomics analysis.
- UCL's Imaging STP covers a huge range of imaging-related instruments, expertise, and training.
Support technicians by recognising their contributions to research! Here is some information about fair attribution in papers and funding.