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Medicines Discovery Catapult

Dr Gemma Holliday is a Bioinformation at Medicines Discovery Catapult.

Gemma studied for her PhD in Molecular Science Informatics at The University of Cambridge. During her studies she co-designed and built the MACiE database before bringing the project to the European Bioinformatics Institute. She used her growing experience at The University of California to run the Structure for Function Linkage Database and worked extensively on the Radical SAM Superfamily. Gemma then transitioned her 15 years of academic expertise into industry – first as a freelance consultant and then to her position with Medicines Discovery Catapult.