Hi, i’m Damon a Bioinformatician in the Tree of Life Project (also found here) at The Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK. In my role I develop programs, websites and pipelines using (mostly) Python, Rust, Nextflow and a bit of JavaScript to generate data that supports genome assembly and curation. Currently, some of the major projects I am working on are TreeVal, ASCC and a handful of others. I am also the organiser for The Biodiversity Genomics Academy, a Free and Open education platform for aspir