Azat Badretdin
Staff Scientist at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Montgomery Village, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolAzat Badretdin is a Staff Scientist at NCBI with over two decades of experience bridging theoretical molecular biophysics and practical genome annotation, and eight years in his current focused role annotating prokaryotic genomes. He combines deep expertise in computational structural biology, homology modeling, protein structure prediction, and sequence analysis with a track record of developing annotation algorithms used across NCBI/NLM/NIH. His background includes industry and academic stints—postdoc in a structural biology lab and senior/principal scientist roles at Accelrys, Ariadne, and MSC—giving him rare breadth from molecular simulation to large-scale genome pipelines. Known for translating biophysical theory into robust computational tools, he pragmatically balances algorithmic rigor with production-ready annotation systems. Based in Montgomery Village, MD, he continues contributing to public genomic resources and method development even during periods of federal furlough.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MS, molecular biophysics, MS, molecular biophysics at Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyPh.D., biophysics, Ph.D., biophysics at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)
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Github Skills (85)
json-schema10
genomes10
genomics10
schema10
ncbi10
api10
pipeline10
json10
genome10
schema-validation10
bioinformatics10
genome-annotation10
science9
bacteria9
reference-implementation9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ncbi-gpipe/pgap
Apr 2018 - Aug 2018
NCBI Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline
Contributions:1 release, 145 commits, 107 pushes in 4 months
genomepipelinencbigenome-annotationgenomics
ncbi/pgap
Sep 2018 - Dec 2022
NCBI Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline
Contributions:19 releases, 500 commits, 3 PRs in 4 years 3 months
genomepipelinencbigenome-annotationgenomics
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