Anil is a Research Scientist in the Computational Biology and Cancer Regulatory Genomics (CBCRG) Lab at MBZUAI. He holds a PhD from the University of East Anglia, UK, and specializes in bioinformatics tool and pipeline development, genomic data analysis, and computational infrastructure.
Education
- PhD in Bioinformatics, University of East Anglia, UK (2020)
- Master of Science in Bioinformatics, University of Leicester, UK (2011)
- Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics, Saurashtra University, India (2009)
Experience
- Senior Bioinformatician, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge, UK (2022–2026)
- Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK (2020–2022)
- Scientific Programmer, Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK (2011–2020)
Selected Publications
- Galaxy for accessible, reproducible, and collaborative data analyses: 2026 update. Nucleic Acids Research (2026).
- Expression Atlas in 2026: Enabling FAIR and Open Expression Data Through Community Collaboration and Integration. Nucleic Acids Research (2025).
- The Galaxy platform for accessible, reproducible, and collaborative data analyses: 2024 update. Nucleic Acids Research (2023).
- Expression Atlas update: insights from sequencing data at both bulk and single cell level. Nucleic Acids Research (2023).
- TGAC Browser: An open-source genome browser for non-model organisms. bioRxiv (2019). DOI:10.1101/677658
- GeneSeqToFamily: a Galaxy workflow to find gene families based on the Ensembl Compara GeneTrees pipeline. GigaScience (2018).
- Aequatus: An open-source homology browser. GigaScience (2018).
Search for Anil Thanki's papers on the Publications page