Deena Gendoo
Program Director Of Bioinformatics
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolDeena Gendoo is a program director and associate professor in computational biology with 11 years of experience bridging bioinformatics research and graduate education. Based in Toronto and leading the MSc Bioinformatics programme at the University of Birmingham, she focuses on translational and medical bioinformatics with a strong emphasis on cancer research, particularly comparative genomics of tumors and disease models. Her career spans postdoctoral roles at top Canadian cancer centres and a PhD in Bioinformatics from McGill, reflecting deep domain expertise in genomic analysis and model systems like PDAC organoids and xenografts. Known for combining rigorous research with curriculum leadership, she translates complex computational methods into training that prepares the next generation of bioinformaticians.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biology, double minor Computer Science & Chemistry, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biology, double minor Computer Science & Chemistry at The American University in CairoMRes Advanced Genetic Analysis, MRes Advanced Genetic Analysis at University of LeedsDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bioinformatics at McGill University
Arabic, French, English
Github Skills (11)
breast-cancer10
gene-expression10
r-package9
bioinformatics8
datasets6
scale4
fusion4
large-scale4
pandas3
similarity3
taxonomy3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
DGendoo/PDACDiseaseModels
Oct 2016 - Dec 2020
Contributions:44 commits, 41 pushes in 4 years 2 months
DGendoo/MM2S
Jun 2015 - Dec 2016
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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