Alexis Thornton
Senior Bioinformatics And Data Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAlexis Thornton is a Senior Bioinformatics and Data Scientist in the San Francisco Bay Area with a decade of experience translating genomic data into actionable insights. She completed a PhD in Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics at UC Santa Cruz after early research and fellowship work spanning neurodegenerative disease and RNA-focused consortia. At GRAIL she progressed from intern to senior scientist, applying robust computational pipelines and statistical genomics to cancer detection projects. Alexis has a strong track record mentoring and teaching bioinformatics topics, from summer workshops to graduate-level TAs, signaling real strength in communication as well as technical depth. Her background combines hands-on algorithm development, large-scale RNA analysis, and participation in international genomics collaborations—skills that bridge research and product-oriented diagnostics. An understated asset is her continuity across academic and industry roles, enabling rapid translation of cutting-edge methods into production workflows.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
University of California Santa CruzBachelor’s Degree, Biology, Bachelor’s Degree, Biology at University of Florida
Github Skills (6)
mixture7
seq7
rna-seq6
bioinformatics5
junction4
pipeline1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
althornt/eVIP2-paper
Dec 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:49 commits, 14 pushes in 2 months
BrooksLabUCSC/eVIP2
Nov 2019 - Jun 2022
Expression-based variant impact phenotyping
Contributions:1 release, 75 commits, 50 pushes in 2 years 7 months
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