David Tabb
Bioinformatics Researcher
Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Tabb is a bioinformatics researcher and proteome informatics professor with decades of experience translating tandem mass spectrometry data into biological insight. Trained in molecular biotechnology (Ph.D., Univ. of Washington) and with roles at ORNL, Vanderbilt, Stellenbosch, Institut Pasteur and now UMCG, he specializes in protein identification algorithms, biomarker verification and lipid quantitation rather than bench or instrument work. He has built sequence search engines and other analytic tools for mass-spec data and balances rigorous computational method development with practical support for diverse labs and TB research programs. Based in Groningen after lengthy international academic appointments, he brings a pragmatic problem-solving approach and wry curiosity about controlled vocabularies—an “old dog” who still innovates in proteomics informatics.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Molecular Biotechnology, Ph.D., Molecular Biotechnology at University of Washington School of MedicineBS, Biology, Computer Science, BS, Biology, Computer Science at University of Arkansas
Github Skills (30)
mass9
mass-spectrometry9
exchange8
shotgun8
command-line-interface6
pipeline5
file-parser5
vcf-files5
psi4
dia4
graphical-user-interface4
parser4
top-down3
espn3
bottom-up3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dtabb73/ProForma-Exporters
Jan 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
dtabb73/TDAuditor
Aug 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:33 pushes, 2 branches, 1 issue in 2 years 7 months
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