Cera Fisher
Scientific Program Manager at Velsera
Lakeville, Connecticut, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCera Fisher is a Scientific Program Manager with 11 years of experience bridging genomics research, bioinformatics, and stakeholder-facing product development to accelerate translational science. Currently leading NHLBI-sponsored programs at Velsera, she synthesizes community feedback, ensures grant compliance, and guides user-centric tool development so researchers can move from data intimidation to data mastery. Trained as an evolutionary biologist with a PhD focused on novel arthropod morphology and a postdoc that produced a high-quality Aedes aegypti genome, she combines wet-lab insight with genome-scale sequencing and RNA-seq analysis. Her background in history of embryo research and early work on machine-learning-enabled biodiversity name reconciliation reflect an unusual blend of humanities-informed curiosity and technical rigor. Based in Connecticut, she is known for translating complex methods into accessible workflows and for practical innovations in phenotypic assays and resistance genomics.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Biology and Society, Master of Science - MS Biology and Society at Arizona State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Connecticut
Github Skills (23)
seq10
rna-seq9
genomes8
assembly8
blast8
bioinformatics8
genomics6
sequence6
lift6
assembler6
sequence-alignment6
pipeline5
molecule5
structural-variation4
shell4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
fishercera/petulant-avenger
Jun 2015 - Mar 2020
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
fishercera/Festivity
Apr 2017 - Oct 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 7 months
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