Eric Minikel
Director Of Prion Therapeutic Science at Prion Alliance
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolEric Minikel is a biomedical researcher and drug-development leader with 12+ years of experience focused on curing and preventing human prion diseases. As Director of Prion Therapeutic Science at the Broad Institute and co-founder/director of Prion Alliance, he leads an interdisciplinary program spanning preclinical therapeutics, biomarker discovery, human genetics, and regulatory and patient engagement. He completed a PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Harvard/Broad and serves on the neurology faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital, combining rigorous genetics and translational expertise with clinical perspectives. Eric is notable for pairing hands-on computational genetics and bioinformatics work with laboratory drug development—publishing methods and pipelines used to analyze exomes and RNA-seq for rare neurodegenerative disease research. His long-term, public-facing commitment includes advocacy and education through CureFFI.org and media engagement, reflecting a rare mix of scientist-advocate leadership. Colleagues describe him as mission-driven and unusually effective at bridging basic science, clinical translation, and community mobilization.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MCP/MST, City Planning and Transportation, MCP/MST, City Planning and Transportation at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBS, Chinese Language and Literature, BS, Chinese Language and Literature at University of Wisconsin-MadisonPhD, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, PhD, Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Harvard University
English, Chinese, Spanish, modern standard arabic
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Github Skills (18)
bioinformatics10
genomics10
sequence10
genetic9
azerothcore9
kebab-case9
flat-file9
dplyr6
shiny6
r6
singer3
browser2
venn-diagram2
javascript2
python2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ericminikel/prp_lowering
Mar 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:14 commits, 8 pushes in 4 months
ericminikel/drug_target_lof
Jan 2019 - May 2020
Contributions:24 commits, 17 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 4 months
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