Sol Shenker
CEO at Shenker Bioinformatics, LLC
Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolSol Shenker is a mission-driven bioinformatics and software leader specializing in CRISPR informatics and data-driven biology. As CEO of Shenker Bioinformatics, LLC, he guides clients in CRISPR research and cell therapy development, bridging computational and laboratory science to accelerate translational programs and address regulatory feedback for genotoxicity assessments. With 11 years in the biotech space, he previously led computational biology at KSQ Therapeutics, delivering genotox analysis pipelines, AI-driven biomarker discovery, and Agile-enabled software development across discovery and translational workflows. His work spans high-throughput sequencing assays (SITE-seq, GUIDE-seq, UDITAS) and end-to-end data platforms that democratize analysis for bench scientists through reproducible, version-controlled workflows. Sol earned a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from Memorial Sloan Kettering and a BSc in Biochemistry with a CS minor from McGill, reflecting a strong blend of wet-lab insight and software craft. Based in the Boston area, he combines scientific curiosity with leadership to build scalable, auditable solutions that connect data to biology.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioinformatics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterBachelor’s Degree, Biochemistry, minor Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Biochemistry, minor Computer Science at McGill University
Github Skills (55)
spark-ml10
genome10
bam10
transcript10
sequencing10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
fasta10
feature-extraction9
spark9
ssa9
gatk9
kallisto9
rnaseq9
science9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
shenkers/CrossBrowse
Dec 2014 - Nov 2016
Contributions:6 releases, 114 commits, 58 pushes in 1 year 11 months
shenkers/isoscm
Apr 2014 - Jan 2016
Transcript assembly tool using multiple change-point inference to improve 3'UTR annotation
Contributions:11 releases, 48 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 9 months
change-pointfeature-extractioninferencepointutr
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