Jasper Koehorst
Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research
Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolJasper Koehorst is an assistant professor and bioinformatics specialist with 11 years of experience advancing microbial community analysis, comparative genomics and FAIR functional genomics at Wageningen University & Research. He combines strong UNIX and Python development skills with expertise in genome annotation, big data workflows and semantic web technologies such as Wikidata to make complex microbial datasets interoperable and reusable. His work spans hands-on method development, reproducible bioinformatics pipelines and domain-driven data curation, informed by a PhD in functional genomics and a track record dating back to synthetic biology and peptidoglycan research. Based in Wageningen, he’s known for translating deep computational proficiency into practical tools for the microbiome research community and for bringing uncommon semantic-web perspectives to genomic data integration.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Bioinformatics, 80, Master's degree, Bioinformatics, 80 at Wageningen UniversityBachelor, Biochemistry; Microbiology, Biology; Chemistry, Bachelor's degree, Bachelor, Biochemistry; Microbiology, Biology; Chemistry, Bachelor's degree at HAN University of Applied SciencesMBO, Biochemistry, MBO, Biochemistry at R.O.C de Leijgraaf
Dutch, English
Github Skills (200)
systems-biology10
data-science10
python10
genome-assembly10
pipeline10
galaxy10
workflow-engine10
genomics10
science10
illumina10
next-generation-sequencing10
sequencing10
docker10
bioinformatics10
json-schema9
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
jjkoehorst/enaBrowserTools
Jul 2017 - Jun 2021
A collection of scripts to assist in the retrieval of data from the ENA Browser
Contributions:4 pushes in 3 years 11 months
retrievalbrowserenaassist
jjkoehorst/cwltool
Aug 2022 - Aug 2023
Common Workflow Language reference implementation
Contributions:38 pushes, 3 branches, 3 tags in 1 year
reference-implementationcommon-workflow-languagelanguage-referenceworkflow
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