Julian Trachsel
Senior Bioinformatics Scientist
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJulian Trachsel is a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist with nine years of experience applying computational methods to microbial ecology and large-scale human microbiome datasets. He combines a PhD in Microbiology with practical roles across industry and government—most recently at Tiny Health and previously at Trace Genomics and the USDA ARS—bridging research, pipeline development, and applied product work. Julian has a track record of translating complex experimental questions into reproducible bioinformatics workflows and has worked on translational projects ranging from agricultural pathogen control to consumer-facing microbiome insights. Based in Iowa City, he brings cross-domain fluency in ecology, genomics, and scalable data analysis, and a practical sense for deploying research into products and interventions.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Microbiology General, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Microbiology General at Iowa State UniversityBachelor's Degree Biology General, Bachelor's Degree Biology General at Knox College
English, Spanish
Github Skills (60)
package-management10
microbiology10
conda10
ncbi10
genomes10
microbial-genomics10
bioinformatics10
bacteria10
bioconda10
comparative-genomics10
genes9
pathogen9
population-genetics9
genomics8
infectious-diseases8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Jtrachsel/gifrop
Apr 2020 - Jul 2021
Genomic Islands From Roary Pangenomes
Contributions:27 releases, 75 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year 3 months
bioinformaticsgenomicislandsgenomics
Jtrachsel/pdtools
Oct 2021 - Nov 2022
Functions for working with NCBI's Pathogen Detection data
Contributions:7 releases, 235 commits, 32 PRs in 1 year
pathogenbacterial-genomesncbinext-generation-sequencingcomparative-genomics
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