Balázs Kakuk
Research Assistant at Department of Medical Biology, University of Szeged
Szeged, Hungary
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Top SchoolBalázs Kakuk is a research-focused bioinformatician and postdoctoral scientist with nine years' experience in metagenomics, viral long-read transcriptomics, and gut microbiome studies based at the University of Szeged. He combines deep wet-lab training (PhD in Environmental Biotechnology, MSc/BSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) with strong R programming skills to produce reproducible analyses and publication-ready visualizations. Since 2020 he has been advancing viral transcriptomic methods and metagenomic pipelines as a Research Assistant in the Department of Medical Biology, building on earlier work in the university's Department of Biotechnology. Balázs is particularly skilled at harnessing long-read sequencing to resolve complex viral transcripts and at integrating community-level microbiome data with functional insights. Colleagues describe him as meticulous in code and data presentation—aptly captured by his "R is love, R is life" approach—and comfortable bridging bench and computational workflows. He brings a pragmatic, visualization-first mindset to turning high-dimensional sequencing data into actionable biological stories.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Biotechnology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Biotechnology at University of Szeged
English
Github Skills (20)
genome8
bacteria8
minhash8
bioinformatics7
genomes7
nomenclature7
metagenomics7
genomics7
ncbi6
taxonomy6
phylogenetics5
pipeline5
data-analysis3
virus2
coordinates1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Balays/SARS-CoV2_ONT_data
Jul 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:35 commits, 25 pushes in 2 months
Balays/Rlyeh
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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