John Huddleston
Staff Scientist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Huddleston is a Staff Scientist at Fred Hutch with 16 years of interdisciplinary experience at the intersection of computational biology, evolution, and software engineering. He develops predictive models of influenza evolution and contributes front-end improvements to high-profile open-source tools like Nextstrain’s auspice, enhancing phylogenetic visualizations and clade displays. His background blends a PhD in Cell/ Molecular Biology with MS and BS degrees in Computer Science, enabling him to bridge biological insight and production-ready software. Prior roles at the University of Washington and HHMI reflect deep expertise in bioinformatics and research-driven engineering. Colleagues rely on him for turning complex evolutionary data into clear, interactive visualizations that support real-time pathogen surveillance.
16 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology at University of WashingtonMaster of Science - MS, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Master of Science - MS, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Western Washington University
Github Skills (7)
javascript10
user-interface10
d3js10
react9
webapp9
web-application9
web-development9
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
nextstrain/auspice
Jun 2017 - Mar 2022
Web app for visualizing pathogen evolution
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 19 reviews, 10 commits in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:John primarily focused on enhancing the visualization aspects of the `auspice` web application. They implemented clade label display functionality within the phylogenetic tree visualization, adding the ability to show clade names. The user also addressed UI-related issues by removing branch label annotations during redraws and fixing a typo in a reference to an attribute class. Furthermore, they contributed to integrating the information panel, ensuring data display related to clade information.
pathogenreactevolutionvisualizingvisualization
nextstrain/janus
Jul 2017 - Apr 2020
Build and deploy Nextstrain
Contributions:162 commits, 3 PRs, 35 pushes in 2 years 9 months
nextstrain
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