Elliot Hershberg
Partner at Amplify Partners
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolElliot Hershberg is a partner at Amplify Partners with a decade of experience at the intersection of software and genomics, focused on accelerating biotech progress for technical founders. He brings deep technical roots from a PhD in Genetics at Stanford and a BS in Computer Science, and has practical engineering chops from roles building genomic tools and web applications such as JBrowse 2 and oligo-imaging pipelines. Elliot has scaled from hands-on research and software development at UW and Berkeley to shaping early-stage biotech investments and storytelling at Not Boring and 8VC. His background as a “genome explorer” and thesis work mining proteins, genomes, and preprints gives him a rare ability to evaluate both scientific novelty and productizable software. Based in San Francisco, he combines scientific rigor with investor instincts to spot platform-level opportunities that materially accelerate discovery. An underappreciated strength is his consistent translation of complex lab methods into robust, user-facing tools that founders can productize.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Oregon State UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA Biology General, Bachelor of Arts - BA Biology General at Southwestern UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Genetics at Stanford University
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Github Skills (125)
specificity10
python10
core-package10
shiny-apps10
genomics10
javascript10
scikit10
statistics10
monorepo10
genome10
data-science10
typescript10
data-analysis10
visualization10
machine-learning10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
beliveau-lab/PaintSHOP
Jul 2019 - May 2021
Shiny App for interactive oligo probe design.
Contributions:95 commits, 5 pushes in 1 year 10 months
shiny-appprobe-designshinyprobe
GMOD/JBrowseR
Dec 2020 - Jul 2022
R interface to the JBrowse 2 Linear Genome View.
Contributions:6 releases, 235 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year 7 months
rmarkdowngenomeshinyrstatsgenomics
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