Andrew Slater
Consulting Bioinformatics Scientist (QIAGEN)
North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Slater is a consulting bioinformatics scientist with 11+ years of genetics informatics experience and an additional seven years of wet-lab background, specializing in turning large, messy genomic datasets into analysis-ready, production-grade systems. He has led product and technical efforts at QIAGEN and ClearPath to design GeneticsLand and streamline genotype data management, securing multi-year enterprise licenses and winning competitive RFPs. Skilled at bridging wet-lab and in-silico teams, he architects automated QA, harmonizes heterogeneous public and legacy genomics sources, and applies pragmatic cloud-aligned solutions. Known for retaining more usable data through nuanced quality filtering and for embedding agile practices in growing teams, he pairs deep domain expertise with software product ownership. Based in North Carolina, he blends rigorous academic training in computer science, molecular biology, and bioinformatics with a track record of enabling cross-organizational partnerships and supplier integrations.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Bioinformatics, 3.93, Master's degree, Bioinformatics, 3.93 at North Carolina State UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, 3.92 summa cum laude, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, 3.92 summa cum laude at University at Albany, SUNY
Github Skills (29)
bam10
sequencing9
bioinformatics9
genomics9
fasta9
htslib9
c-library8
throughput8
sam8
data-formats8
r-package8
genetics7
beta-testing6
plink6
bioconda5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
StatGenPRD/HIBAGImputation
Jul 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:2 releases, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
andrew-slater/ProgrammingAssignment2
Jul 2015 - Apr 2021
Contributions:1 release, 3 pushes, 1 tag in 5 years 9 months
r-programming
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