Francois Kroll
Research Fellow at UCL
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolFrancois Kroll is a research fellow and PhD geneticist with eight years' experience developing high-throughput genome-editing and long-read sequencing methods. He created a CRISPR-Cas9 technique that produces hundreds of zebrafish knockouts in hours—now adopted by multiple labs and cited widely—and applied comparable computational rigor to detect rare somatic mutations in prion disease using Oxford Nanopore data. Currently based between UCL and Institut de la Vision, he combines hands-on molecular work, algorithm development, and large-scale behavioural screening to study genes linked to Alzheimer’s and sleep-wake regulation. Funded through competitive neurodegeneration fellowships and trained across European research institutes, he brings both practical assay innovation and bioinformatics expertise that translate into reproducible, scalable tools used by the field.
8 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, First Class Honours, Master's degree, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, First Class Honours at University of LiègeMaster's degree, Bioinformatics and Modelling, First Class Honours, Master's degree, Bioinformatics and Modelling, First Class Honours at Université libre de BruxellesUniversity College London
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (43)
structural-variation10
caller10
genome-assembly9
bioinformatics9
interpretation8
genome8
rna-seq8
bioconda8
sequencing8
genomes8
r8
phasing7
data-visualisation7
grammar7
science7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
francoiskroll/FramebyFrame
Nov 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:106 commits, 209 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
francoiskroll/DeepBrainStimulation_modelling
Dec 2017 - May 2020
Contributions:27 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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