Damien Marsic
Validation Expert
Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu, China
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Top SchoolDamien Marsic is a Validation Expert and AAV capsid engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience in directed evolution, gene therapy R&D, and bioinformatics. He has led cross-functional teams to develop novel AAV capsids for retinal, liver and lung targeting, including oversized genomes and immune-evasive variants, and has hands-on expertise across the full workflow from 3D-structure-informed design to Illumina/PacBio sequencing and variant barcoding. His background spans academia and industry—from postdoctoral capsid library development to senior roles at Porton Advanced, AstraZeneca and Novartis—coupling deep molecular biology skills with Python-based tools for NGS analysis. Fluent in both experimental and computational approaches, he often bridges wet-lab selection campaigns with bespoke bioinformatic pipelines, accelerating candidate discovery and biodistribution analysis. Based in Suzhou Industrial Park, he also consults on translational AAV projects, bringing a rare combination of capsid engineering creativity and validation rigor.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
DEA Biologie appliquée à la nutrition et aux bioindustries, DEA Biologie appliquée à la nutrition et aux bioindustries at Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy 1Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biotechnology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biotechnology at The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Chinese, English, French, Slovenian, Spanish, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Russian
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Github Skills (22)
package-management10
conda10
bioinformatics10
bioconda9
anaconda6
sequencing6
python6
open-access5
php5
gui-application5
journal5
vpn-client4
mysql4
docker4
command-line4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
damienmarsic/Parent-map
Apr 2020 - Jan 2021
Contributions:5 releases, 37 commits, 55 pushes in 9 months
damienmarsic/dmbiolib
Apr 2022 - May 2023
Contributions:49 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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