What is your name? Shripathi Bhat (SB), Daniel Kumazawa Morais (DKM)
What is your hometown? SB: Mangaluru, India, DKM: Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Where do you work? Genetics Group at the Norwegian College of Fishery Sciences, The Arctic University of Norway
What is your job title? Senior Engineer (Bioinformatics)
Have you always wanted to be a bioinformatician? Can you tell us about your journey to this career?
SB: Bioinformatics is where computer science and biology meet. It was a relatively new field of science during my undergraduate time. My ambition was to become a medical doctor. But unfortunately, the competition was so fierce that I could not get a medical or veterinary program placement. Because I grew up in the lower middle class, I needed to stick to a locally available education that was affordable and reasonable. So in 2002, I joined a Bachelor's course in fishery science, and that is how my real academic journey started.
