Joan Hérisson
Co-leader Of Galaxy SynBioCAD Platform
Évry, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
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Top SchoolJoan Hérisson is a computational systems biologist and software leader with nine years of professional experience, currently co-leading the Galaxy SynBioCAD platform at UMR8030 (CEA, CNRS, University of Evry/Paris-Saclay). With a PhD from Université Paris Sud, he bridges computer science and bioinformatics to build reproducible, user-friendly synthetic biology tools that accelerate design-to-experiment workflows. He focuses on integrating complex computational pipelines within the Galaxy ecosystem, making advanced bioinformatics accessible to bench scientists and bioengineers. Based in Évry, France, Joan combines deep academic training with practical platform development, driving collaboration across research labs and institutions. His work hints at a broader mission to responsibly usher synthetic biology into societal use by emphasizing transparency, reproducibility, and open scientific software.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Université Paris Sud (Paris XI)
French, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (62)
conda-forge10
artificial-intelligence10
synthetic-biology10
package-management10
python10
conda10
ai10
claude10
bioinformatics10
systems-biology10
llm9
rebuild9
knime9
smithy9
autonomous-agents9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
brsynth/brs-utils
May 2020 - Apr 2026
Utilities
Contributions:4 releases, 1 review, 6 PRs in 5 years 11 months
utilitiesmcfunctionjavascripttypescript
brsynth/rpviz
Sep 2021 - Jul 2026
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
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