Mary Thompson

Mary Thompson is a postdoctoral computational biologist and researcher at the University of Oxford, affiliated with the Computational Genomics department under the Medical Sciences Division. She serves as a trainer for the Oxford Biomedical Data Science (OBDS) training programme, specializing in genomics data processing and interpretation.

• Education:
  • BSc in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, USA
  • PhD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, under Wendy Gilbert
  • Postdoc at University of Oxford, UK, under Ilan Davis

Her research investigates transcriptional regulation during brain development, focusing on the role of non-coding genomic regions in cerebellar development and their implications in neurodevelopmental disorders. She integrates single-cell open chromatin profiles, RNA sequencing, chromosome conformation capture, and transcription factor binding site data to analyze epigenetic remodelling across developmental stages and cell types.

Recent publications highlight her expertise in RNA metabolism, ribosomal protein functions, and computational genomics. Thompson combines experimental and computational approaches, with a background in private-sector bioinformatics, and contributes to training initiatives in reproducible genomics data analysis.