Harmen Bussemaker
Co-Founder at Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHarmen Bussemaker is a computational genomics leader and Co-Founder with a physics-trained, quantitative approach to biology, serving as Professor of Biological Sciences and Systems Biology at Columbia University. He pivoted from statistical mechanics to genomics during the rise of high-throughput sequencing and has for decades pioneered applying language models and deep learning to interpret noncoding DNA and transcription factor behavior. His lab develops machine learning methods that map how proteins read genomic instructions and how molecular interactions drive genetic disease associations, translating theory into experimental collaboration. As a longtime academic chair and course organizer, he blends rigorous theory, tool-building, and mentorship while actively spinning research toward biotech translation in a stealth-mode startup in New York.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics at Utrecht University
Github Skills (2)
bioconductor4
bioinformatics3
Github contributions (5)
BussemakerLab/NRLB
Nov 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:49 commits, 3 pushes, 5 branches in 8 months
BussemakerLab/PyProBound
Sep 2023 - Oct 2024
Contributions:3 releases, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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