John Gill

John Gill has a diverse work experience spanning several companies and positions. John is currently working at Synthetic Genomics as a Sr. Automation Program Manager, a role they started in 2011. Prior to that, they worked at the J. Craig Venter Institute as a Sr. Manager, Quality Systems from 2003 to 2011, where they oversaw a team focused on Quality Control/Quality Assurance and process optimization for a high-throughput sequencing pipeline.

Before their time at the J. Craig Venter Institute, John worked at The Institute for Genomic Research. Their roles there included Manager, Sequencing Research Development/Quality Control from 2001 to 2003, where they led a team and implemented new technology and software to increase sequencing capacity. John also served as a Team Leader, Sequencing Research Development/Quality Control from 1999 to 2001, where they implemented a robotic platform and managed the daily performance of DNA analyzers. Additionally, they worked as a Research Associate, Molecular Biology Group from 1998 to 1999, where they developed strategies to close DNA sequencing gaps and trained facility personnel.

John's earlier experience includes a research assistant role at East Carolina University, where they conducted laboratory research on gene expression in intestinal epithelial cells. John also worked as a graduate student and teaching assistant at the university.

Overall, John Gill has extensive experience in high-throughput sequencing, quality control, and process optimization, as well as molecular biology research.

John Gill completed their Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at East Carolina University from 1990 to 1994. John then pursued a Master of Science degree in Biotechnology/Molecular Biology at the same university from 1994 to 1997. In addition to their formal education, John has obtained several certifications from Udemy, including "Build Web Apps in R with Shiny," "How I Automate Everything with Zapier," "Introduction to Swift for Non-Programmers," "Python for Beginners," and "Scraping and Data Mining for Beginners and Pros." The specific years of obtaining these certifications are not provided.