Aaron Mussig
Bioinformatician
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolAaron Mussig is a bioinformatician and software developer with eight years' experience, currently based at the University of Queensland where he applies computational methods to life-science problems. He blends hands-on bioinformatics analysis with DevOps automation—contributing to widely used projects like bioconda-recipes by streamlining package builds, installs, and deployment scripts. Comfortable across scripting, reproducible environments and package management, he focuses on making complex bioinformatics tools easier to install and run for research teams. With a BSc from UQ and practical certificates from Microsoft and Axiom College, he pairs formal training with pragmatic engineering skills. Colleagues rely on him to translate research needs into reliable, reproducible pipelines and reproducible software delivery.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science at The University of QueenslandCertificate, Certificate at MicrosoftCertificate III, Certificate III at Axiom College
Github Skills (9)
automation10
bash10
automations10
conda10
package-management10
bioinformatics9
dockers5
docker5
git4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
bioconda/bioconda-recipes
Jun 2019 - Sep 2022
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer / Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer / Automation EngineerContributions:62 reviews, 32 commits, 74 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily contributed to the bioconda-recipes repository by modifying build scripts and post-installation scripts for various bioinformatics packages. Their work involved automating the build and deployment processes for these packages. These changes included updating download paths, adjusting install locations, and creating symlinks, indicative of DevOps practices aimed at streamlining package management and ensuring correct software execution.
recipescondabiocondabioinformaticspackage-management
Ecogenomics/gtdb-release-tk
Feb 2020 - Oct 2022
Toolkit for updating the GTDB to the next release and generating data files for the GTDB website.
Contributions:1 release, 25 commits, 13 pushes in 2 years 8 months
gtdbdata-filesdatabaseupdatingnext-release
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