Mr Sam Fletcher (he/them)

About me:

Sam Fletcher is a graduate research assistant in the Complex Disease Epigenetics Group at the University of Exeter Medical School.

Sam Fletcher holds an MSci in Mathematics from the University of Birmingham, where he was honored with the Corbett Prize in 2023. During his studies, he embarked on a significant project centered on modeling gene regulatory networks in E.coli, showcasing his keen interest in biological complexities.

Bolstered by a solid foundation in mathematical analysis, Sam is currently expanding his knowledge in molecular biology and programming as he enters the Complex Disease Epigenomics Group in Exeter. The focus of his role is to develop software to better understand and identify functional elements/regions observed in different cell types through the use of hidden Markov models (HMMs).