Ash O'farrell
Bioinformatics Analyst
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAsh O'Farrell is a bioinformatics analyst based in California with nine years of experience applying genomics and engineering to real-world problems. At UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute they built scalable WDL pipelines, converted CWL workflows, and produced a global phylogeny of over 127,000 Mycobacterium tuberculosis samples with standardized metadata visualized on Taxonium. Trained in bioengineering with a bioinformatics minor, Ash combines hands-on sequencing and assembly experience (including a Dean’s- and Chancellor’s-awarded Varroa destructor de novo assembly) with strong documentation, tutorial, and user-facing tooling skills. They enjoy mentoring and translating complex genomic methods for broader audiences, and have a track record of making reproducible, production-ready pipelines that bridge research and public-health surveillance.
9 years of coding experience
University of California Santa CruzBachelor of Science - BS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at University of California, Santa Cruz - Jack Baskin School of Engineering
Github Skills (158)
dockstore10
genomics10
spark-ml10
nextflow10
data-transfer10
genome10
sequencing10
transition10
wdl10
docker10
gwas10
tcp10
bioinformatics10
file-transfer10
syntax-highlighting10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
dockstore/checker-WDL-templates
Aug 2021 - Mar 2024
Templates for checker WDLs.
Contributions:11 releases, 28 PRs, 99 pushes in 2 years 7 months
checker
DataBiosphere/analysis_pipeline_WDL
Apr 2021 - Sep 2022
Collection of WDL workflows based off the University of Washington TOPMed DCC Best Practices for GWAS. The WDL structure was based upon CWLs written by the Seven Bridges development team.
Contributions:14 releases, 82 reviews, 660 commits in 1 year 5 months
dcctopmed-pipelinepipelinewdl-workflowspipeline-framework
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