Christa Caggiano
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolChrista Caggiano is a computational biologist and postdoctoral research fellow with a decade of experience applying statistical learning and bioinformatics to human genetics and health. Based at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai after a PhD in Bioinformatics from UCLA, she develops predictive and diagnostic tools focused on ALS and other complex diseases. Her background blends rigorous computational training with experimental research roles across academia and industry, from UCLA and Brandeis to a biotech internship at Asuragen. Based in Los Angeles, she pairs large-scale data analysis with a pragmatic, problem-driven approach and an eye for translating genomics into clinically relevant insights.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at University of California, Los AngelesBachelor's degree, BA/BS: Biological Physics and Art History, Minor: Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, BA/BS: Biological Physics and Art History, Minor: Computer Science at Brandeis University
Github Skills (51)
bioinformatics9
azerothcore9
opcodes9
genome8
sequencing8
ncbi8
bam7
blast7
encode7
data-exchange7
python-bindings7
genomics7
bioconda6
pipeline6
snakemake6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
christacaggiano/cell-free-dna-in-ALS
Aug 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:3 PRs, 84 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
alsrotationcfdna
christacaggiano/ENCODE_WGBS
Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
a SGE, python, implementation of the ENCODE consortium whole genome bisulfite sequencing pipeline.
Contributions:45 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
genomepythonbioinformaticsbampipeline
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