University of Cambridge / CIMR / PHENIX Consortium
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Principal Research Associate at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), University of Cambridge. Lead day-to-day developer of Phaser, the maximum-likelihood molecular replacement program distributed via PHENIX and CCP4. At CIMR since 2000, making her the longest-tenured active Phaser developer. First author of the 2007 “Phaser Crystallographic Software” paper that established the modern Phaser codebase.
Handoff context
McCoy is the current-generation Phaser lead under Randy Read’s group. She represents the practical continuity of the Phaser project from its origins through the modern cryo-EM and AlphaFold era.
Key Relationships
- Randy Read — Phaser PI, CIMR group leader; long-running collaboration since 2000
- Phaser — lead developer
- Cambridge Phaser team: Gabor Bunkoczi (2007-), Robert Oeffner (2007-), Alisia Fadini
- PHENIX Consortium — Cambridge site
- 2007 Phaser paper co-authors: Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve (LBNL), Paul Adams (LBNL), Martyn Winn (CCP4), Laurent Storoni, Randy Read
Sources
- Phaserwiki (McCoy): https://www.phaser.cimr.cam.ac.uk/index.php/Airlie_J._McCoy
- PHENIX team page: https://phenix-online.org/people