Christopher Wardell
Assistant Professor at Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
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Top SchoolChristopher Wardell is an assistant professor and experienced bioinformatician with 11 years of experience translating cancer genomics projects from inception to publication. Trained with a PhD in Biochemistry and an MSc in Bioinformatics, he has held research roles at The Institute of Cancer Research and RIKEN before leading computational efforts at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy. His work bridges deep wet-lab understanding and advanced computational analysis, contributing to peer-reviewed literature in genomics and cancer research. Based in Little Rock, AR, he combines academic leadership with hands-on data science, often driving end-to-end pipelines that turn complex sequencing data into actionable biological insights.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Bioinformatics, Master of Science (MSc), Bioinformatics at The University of ManchesterDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biochemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biochemistry at University of BirminghamBachelor of Science (BSc), Biochemistry and genetics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biochemistry and genetics at The University of Sheffield
Github Skills (47)
feature-extraction10
extraction10
bioinformatics10
r-package9
3d-images9
discourse9
medical-imaging9
docker8
bioconda8
python8
segmentation8
conda8
structural-variation8
package-management8
cancer-genomics7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cpwardell/FiNGS
Sep 2016 - Aug 2022
Contributions:6 releases, 71 commits, 2 PRs in 5 years 11 months
cpwardell/3dbarplot
Jul 2015 - Oct 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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