Gwênlyn Glusman
Principal Scientist at Institute for Systems Biology
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolGwênlyn Glusman is a Principal Scientist based in Seattle with 13+ years driving computational genomics and large-scale family-based genome analysis, particularly in neurodegeneration. At the Institute for Systems Biology she designs novel algorithms and data structures to integrate genetics, transcriptomics, networks and large cohort analyses. Her background blends deep academic training (PhD in Bioinformatics, computational genomics at Cold Spring Harbor) with early internet-era community-building—she founded BioMOO and BigRoc at the Weizmann Institute, precursors to modern bioinformatics forums. She specializes in gene and transcript prediction, multigene family evolution (notably olfactory receptor genes), and visualization of complex genomic data. Colleagues value her mix of algorithmic rigor, practical tool-building, and a long view of how community and data infrastructure shape biology.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Biology, BSc, Biology at Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyPhD, Bioinformatics, PhD, Bioinformatics at Weizmann Institute of ScienceBachiller, Bachiller at Colegio Nacional de Buenos AiresComputational Genomics, Computational Genomics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Spanish, Hebrew, English, Irish, French
Github Skills (52)
json-api10
neo4j10
specification10
owl10
monarchinitiative10
linkml9
skos9
fingerprint9
yaml9
bioinformatics9
rdf9
biomedical8
extraction8
webservice8
file-format7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
gglusman/genome-fingerprints
Jul 2017 - Apr 2022
Contributions:1 release, 52 commits, 59 pushes in 4 years 10 months
gglusman/data-fingerprints
Jan 2018 - Dec 2021
Contributions:63 commits, 5 PRs, 62 pushes in 4 years
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