Coby Viner
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolCoby Viner is a cross-trained computational biologist and postdoctoral researcher with 12 years of experience designing novel algorithms for evolutionary, regulatory, and biochemical problems. Currently at the University of Pennsylvania working with Prof. Junhyong Kim, he applies combinatoric and statistical methods to untangle evolutionary histories of genes and proteins across diverse taxa. His PhD and MSc in Computational Biology from the University of Toronto and a BSc in Bioinformatics underpin a rare blend of theoretical computer science and hands-on molecular insight. Coby’s work emphasizes resolving biological uncertainty through discrete, often nonparametric approaches rather than standard large-scale statistical pipelines. He has international research experience including visits to Goethe University and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, reflecting adaptability to different collaborative and experimental contexts. Colleagues describe him as someone who turns abstract combinatorial ideas into practical tools for pressing evolutionary questions.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Biology at Department of Computer Science, University of TorontoHonours Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bioinformatics, Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bioinformatics at Western UniversityPostdoctoral Fellowship, Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology at University of Pennsylvania
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Github Skills (127)
duplication10
genomics10
bedtools10
bam10
file-manipulation10
minhash10
fasta10
genome10
sequence-alignment10
sequencing10
adapter10
matplotlib10
fastq10
phylogenetics10
bioinformatics10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
cviner/mycontribs
Apr 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:52 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
cviner/bio-playground
Jul 2017 - Nov 2018
miscellaneous scripts for bioinformatics/genomics that dont merit their own repo.
Contributions:15 pushes, 9 branches, 2 tags in 1 year 4 months
miscellaneousbiocondadontgenomicsbioinformatics
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