Summary
Brandenburg Jean-tristan is a cancer genomics researcher with eight years’ experience applying bioinformatics, whole-genome sequencing, GWAS, proteomics and metabolomics to dissect genetic risk in Sub-Saharan African populations. Trained with a PhD from Université Paris Sud and masters in bioinformatics, he has led and supervised PhD projects across institutions in Europe and South Africa while contributing to studies on cardiovascular and kidney disease genetics as well as population genomics in humans, maize and fungi. At the Sydney Brenner Institute he combines hands-on variant discovery and rare-mutation detection with consortium-level collaboration and knowledge transfer. He is comfortable moving between statistical genetics, epidemiology and computational genome analysis, and has a track record of turning high-coverage sequencing data into publishable insights. An under-the-radar strength is his cross-species perspective—applying lessons from plant and fungal population genomics to human disease questions.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Biologie et Informatique, Master, Biologie et Informatique at Université Denis Diderot (Paris VII)
Doctorat, Science du Vivant, Doctorat, Science du Vivant at Université Paris Sud (Paris XI)
Master, Bio informatics, Master, Bio informatics at Université de Paris
English, French