Jasper Linthorst
Bioinformatics Scientist
Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJasper Linthorst is a bioinformatics scientist with 12 years of experience applying computational methods to high-throughput sequencing, de novo assembly, variant calling and machine learning workflows. Based in Leiden and currently at Amsterdam UMC, he combines a strong academic background in bioinformatics with hands-on engineering skills in Python, Matlab, shell, C and Java. His career bridges research and production—ranging from a research internship at the Institute for Systems Biology to earlier web and systems development roles—giving him fluency in both algorithm development and software delivery. Jasper’s profile suggests a practical focus on turning complex sequencing data into reproducible pipelines and scalable analyses, with an uncommon mix of clinical-research exposure and long-standing software engineering experience.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Bioinformatics, 9, Master’s Degree, Bioinformatics, 9 at Leiden UniversityMaster’s Degree, Bioinformatics, 9, Master’s Degree, Bioinformatics, 9 at Delft University of TechnologyPhd, Bioinformatics, Phd, Bioinformatics at Amsterdam UMC
Github Skills (22)
genome10
structural-variation10
bioinformatics10
python-bindings10
genomics10
snakemake9
ncbi9
graph9
blast7
unzip7
workflow-management7
assembler6
simulator6
sequence5
falcon5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jasperlinthorst/reveal
Apr 2015 - Sep 2021
Graph based multi genome aligner
Contributions:8 releases, 560 commits, 4 PRs in 6 years 6 months
graph-basedgenomestructural-variationpython-bindingsaligner
jasperlinthorst/fragmentomics
Jun 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:2 releases, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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