Nicholas James Loman(born February 1979) is the co-founder of theGamer Networkwith his brother Rupert, which they started under the name Eurogamer Network in 1999.[1]Nick left the business in 2004 to pursue a career in medicine.[2]
Nick loman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nicholas James Loman February 1979 (age 45) Brighton,England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Queen Mary University of London |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Microbiology |
| Institutions | University of Birmingham |
| Doctoral advisor | Mark Pallen |
Loman studied medicine atQueen Mary University of London.He undertook an intercalated BSc degree in Pathology (Infection & Immunity) fromImperial Collegein 2001 and graduated in Medicine fromQueen Mary University of Londonin 2004. He then spent some time as junior doctor, before working as a bioinformatician inMark Pallen's research group at theUniversity of Birminghamfrom 2007 to 2012, where gained a PhD inComparative Bacterial Genomics.[3]On completing his thesis, Loman developed an interest in emerging viral infections, usingNanopore sequencingto track the spread ofEbolain theWestern African Ebola virus epidemic.[4]During theCOVID-19 pandemic,he played a key role in establishing bioinformatics workflows for genomic analysis ofsevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.[5][6]
Since 2017, Loman has been professor of microbial genomics and bioinformatics at the Institute for Microbiology and Infection at theUniversity of Birmingham.[7]He is also a fellow of theAlan Turing Institute.[8]
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- ^"History – About".Gamer Network.Archivedfrom the original on 2 May 2019.Retrieved5 July2019.
- ^"Loman, Nicholas James (2012). Comparative bacterial genomics. University of Birmingham. Ph.D."
- ^"Real-time, portable genome sequencing for Ebola surveillance".
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- ^Gallagher, James (10 June 2020)."Coronavirus came to UK 'at least 1,300 times'"– via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^"Professor Nick Loman - School of Biosciences - University of Birmingham".
- ^"Nicholas Loman".The Alan Turing Institute.