Jordy Coolen
Associate Director Bioinformatics
Limburg, Netherlands
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Top SchoolJordy Coolen is an Associate Director of Bioinformatics with a decade of experience translating molecular biology into scalable informatics solutions, currently leading bioinformatics at MSD Animal Health Nederland. He holds a PhD and an MSc in Bioinformatics and has built automated pipelines for whole genome sequencing, 16S/18S amplicon analysis, RNA-seq and comparative genomics used in clinical diagnostics and research. Jordy combines hands-on Unix/server administration and pipeline engineering with domain expertise in microbial genomics, enabling labs to process big sequencing datasets reliably for infection control and R&D. He is a collaborative team player who also thrives working independently, known for introducing new tools and automations that become departmental standards. Notably, his career spans both applied industry roles and academic research, giving him a rare ability to bridge regulatory, clinical and exploratory bioinformatics needs. Based in Limburg, Netherlands, he brings creative problem-solving and rapid learning to complex, high-throughput bioinformatics challenges.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Faculty of Medical Sciences (Radboudumc), PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Faculty of Medical Sciences (Radboudumc), PhD at Radboud UniversityBachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Molecular Biology / Life Sciences, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Molecular Biology / Life Sciences at Fontys Hogeschool EindhovenMaster of Science - MS, Bioinformatics, Master of Science - MS, Bioinformatics at Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum
Dutch, English
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Github Skills (17)
bioconda5
genomes5
bioinformatics4
nextflow4
genome4
genomics4
genome-annotation4
pipeline3
pathogen3
assembly3
pipeline-framework2
zap2
conda2
graph2
rapid2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
JordyCoolen/easyseq_covid19
Feb 2021 - Jul 2022
Contributions:9 releases, 33 commits, 20 pushes in 1 year 5 months
JordyCoolen/MyCodentifier
Nov 2021 - Oct 2023
Contributions:3 releases, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
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