Hosna Jabbari
Associate Professor
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolHosna Jabbari is an Associate Professor and University of Alberta Engineering Research Chair in Computational Biology with nine years of independent research experience leading the COBRA Lab. She develops bioinformatics, machine learning, and computational genomics methods to create diagnostics and therapeutics, with applied projects ranging from antisense oligonucleotide design for Duchenne muscular dystrophy to biomarker discovery for breast cancer. Her background spans a PhD in Computer Science and a trajectory through academic appointments in Canada and the US, combining algorithmic rigor from early RNA-structure work with translational biomedical goals. She directs multidisciplinary teams to move algorithms toward clinical impact, routinely bridging theory, software engineering, and wet-lab collaboration. Notably, her lab’s public GitHub aggregates reproducible research and tools that reflect a commitment to open science and deployable computational solutions.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Computer Science, B.Sc., Computer Science at University of VictoriaPh.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at The University of British Columbiahigh school diploma, Mathematics and Physics, high school diploma, Mathematics and Physics at National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (Sampad)
English
Github Skills (7)
hierarchical10
folding10
bioinformatics9
prediction9
python5
cpp5
mfe3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
TheCOBRALab/DinoKnot
Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
RNA/DNA/PMO Pseudoknotted Secondary Structure Interaction Prediction Using Relaxed Hierarchical Folding
Contributions:4 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
under-developmentstillpythoncpphfold
TheCOBRALab/HFold
Jun 2017 - Feb 2025
RNA Pseudoknotted Secondary Structure Prediction Using Strict Hierarchical Folding
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 9 months
hfoldpseudoknot-structuresrnarna-foldingrna-structure
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