Augusto Rendon

Augusto Rendon leads a team of 100+ bioinformaticians and data scientists at Genomics England. He has over 15 years of experience growing and leading bioinformatics teams and overseeing the delivery of bioinformatics and genome analysis for population-scale whole genome sequencing initiatives, specifically the NIHR Bioresource for Rare Diseases, Genomics England's 100,000 Genomes Project, and the whole genome component of England's Genomic Medicine Service. He also enjoys sharing lessons and experiences with similar international initiatives, including those in Australia, Canada, Germany, Denmark and Sweden.

Augusto is a physicist by background. He completed his PhD at the University of Toronto in Medical Biophysics, before moving to postdoctoral work in Professor Willem Ouwehand's laboratory at the University of Cambridge. There, he used statistical genomics approaches to investigate the mechanisms of blood formation and platelet function in humans, working with a variety of experimental techniques including functional genomics assays, epigenomics, RNA-seq and DNA-seq.

A cross between a scientist and an engineer, Augusto divides his time between mentoring his team, embedding bioinformatics and data science across Genomics England's work, and leading the development of the Research Environment.