Ben Sutherland
Geneticist at Vancouver Island University
Lantzville, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolBen Sutherland is a geneticist and bioinformatics scientist with 11 years of experience applying genomics and population genetics to marine species, from salmonids to Pacific oysters. He holds a PhD in Molecular Biology and completed postdoctoral work on salmonid chromosome evolution and oyster population genomics, then led Genetic Stock Identification efforts at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Now running Sutherland Bioinformatics while serving as a geneticist at Vancouver Island University, he combines academic rigor with applied program leadership and reproducible open-science workflows. His skill set spans transcriptomics, gene expression analysis, mixed-stock analysis, and custom code development for genomic panels, reflecting both wet‑lab insight and strong computational fluency. Based on his career path, he brings a practical focus on translating complex genomic data into management-relevant insights for fisheries and aquaculture.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Biology at University of VictoriaBachelor of Science (BSc) hons., Zoology/Animal Biology, Bachelor of Science (BSc) hons., Zoology/Animal Biology at Thompson Rivers University
Github Skills (13)
genomics10
genetic9
wdl8
gene-expression8
r-package7
bioinformatics7
kin6
hierarchical5
pipeline4
sampling4
go3
python1
r1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bensutherland/assembly_metrics
Jun 2016 - Jun 2019
Contributions:40 commits, 41 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
bensutherland/simple_pop_stats
May 2019 - Dec 2022
Contributions:209 commits, 127 pushes, 4 comments in 3 years 8 months
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