About me:

Tom Laver is a bioinformatician and geneticist specialising in analysis of DNA sequencing data. He received a BSc in Biology from the University of Bath in 2010. He then completed a bioinformatics PhD at the University of Exeter on computational metagenomics. Tom joined the monogenic diabetes group at the University of Exeter Medical School in 2015. He became a Lecturer in Diabetes in 2020 and Senior Lecturer in Human Genetics 2024. His research is focused on using analysis of DNA sequencing data to discover novel genetic causes of hyperinsulinism and monogenic diabetes.

Qualifications:

• 2021 Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice & Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (University of Exeter)
• 2015 PhD in computational bacterial metagenomics (Biosciences, Univeristy of Exeter)
• 2010 BSc. Biology (University of Bath)