Claire E. O’Donovan

I have used my degree in Biochemistry and Diploma in Computer Science gained at the University of Cork to provide expertise in the development of a number of essential and diverse life science databases such as UniProt, InterPro, ENA, Ensembl and Gene Ontology and more latterly MetaboLights. I have been a key member of EMBL-EBI since it’s establishment in 1994, with my career evolving in parallel with the institute’s. I was the Team Leader for Protein Function Content for seven successful years providing essential resources to the biological community through the biocuration of UniProt, the Gene Ontology Annotation project and the Enzyme portal. I had specific responsibility for the UniProt and Gene Ontology databases, where I led the development of the Gene Ontology content curation and in particular, its adaptation from free text to ontology and controlled vocabulary based to ensure programmatic use in the wider scientific context. Since 2017, I have been the Head of Metabolomics with responsibility for the maintenance and development of Metabolomics resources at EMBL-EBI. In my various roles, I have been responsible for a number of international collaborations including with the INSDC, Genomic Standards Consortium and GO Consortium designing and enabling the integration of genomics and proteomic data and now metabolomics data for the benefit of the wider 'omics field.