Alaina Weinheimer
Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Boothbay, Maine, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlaina Weinheimer is a postdoctoral research scientist with eight years of experience applying single-cell and multi-omics approaches to decode virus–host interactions in marine microbial communities. Based at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, she develops computational tools that integrate microbial 'omics with environmental data to reveal actionable patterns for ecosystem and One Health applications. Her background spans a PhD in Bioinformatics, an MSc in Marine Microbiology, and hands-on lab work from flow cytometry to cultivation and PCR, giving her fluency across wet lab and computational methods. Known for combining single-amplified genomics with ecological context, she seeks to translate microbial insights into environmental protection and public health utility.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at Virginia TechM.Sc., Marine Microbiology, M.Sc., Marine Microbiology at University of BremenBachelor's Degree, Biology, Ecology, Bachelor's Degree, Biology, Ecology at Penn State University
Github Skills (25)
blast4
genomes4
traits4
biodiversity4
bioconductor3
meta-analysis3
nmf3
ecology3
taxonomy3
ncbi3
locate3
sequence-alignment3
meta2
classification2
python2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
scubalaina/Bacteriophage_RNAP
Nov 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:69 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
scubalaina/plants_lol
Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
Contributions:11 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
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