Geoffrey Barton

Professor Geoffrey Barton is the Chair of Bioinformatics at the Computational Biology department within the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee. With a career spanning decades, he has been pivotal in advancing bioinformatics tools and methodologies for analyzing biological data, particularly in protein structure prediction and RNA sequencing.

• Core Research Interests: Protein structure and function prediction, computational methods for large biological datasets, small RNA analysis, and integration with wet-lab collaborations across plants, model organisms, and human disease.
• Awards:
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2019)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (2011)
  • Brian Cox Prize for Excellence in Public Engagement with Research (2023)

  Publications and Software: He leads the development of widely used tools like JPred (25,000+ predictions/month) and Jalview (55,000+ installations). His group's work spans proteomics, transcriptomics, and structural genomics, addressing questions in basic science and clinical applications.

  Media and Collaboration: Available for media commentary on bioinformatics and computational biology, he collaborates extensively with international institutions, including the University of Cambridge and Oxford.