Within six months of joining EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cath Brooksbank managed to delete the Gene Ontology knowledgebase – one of biology’s most widely used resources – and reinstate it at 6 p.m. on a Friday.

Within six months of joining EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cath Brooksbank managed to delete the Gene Ontology knowledgebase – one of biology’s most widely used resources – and reinstate it at 6 p.m. on a Friday.