Juniper Lake
Staff Bioinformatics Scientist
Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolJuniper Lake is a Staff Bioinformatics Scientist with eight years of experience building reproducible, HiFi long-read workflows and tertiary analysis tools to advance rare human disease research. Based at PacBio’s U.S. applications lab, she leads bespoke analysis for variant detection, de novo assembly, transcriptomics, and epigenomics, translating complex results for diverse audiences and shaping product and commercial strategy. Her work on a 1000+ sample HiFi WGS human variation database and contributions to Genome in a Bottle benchmarks reflect a strong blend of method development and practical validation. Trained with a PhD in Bioinformatics Data Science and earlier degrees spanning plant science, economics, and international studies, she brings cross-disciplinary problem solving and experimental rigor. Off the bench she pairs technical depth with eclectic interests—from chicken diabetes research to swing dance and mountain biking—that make her a resourceful collaborator with a knack for anticipating users’ needs.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, International/Global Studies, Bachelor of Arts - BA, International/Global Studies at University of PennsylvaniaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics Data Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics Data Science at University of DelawareBachelor of Science - BS, Economics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Economics at The Wharton School
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Github Skills (23)
binning10
genomes10
snakemake9
reproducible-science9
variants9
bioinformatics9
genomics9
wdl8
pipeline8
conda8
structural-variation6
caller6
bioconda5
sequencing5
fastq4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
juniper-lake/juniper-lake.github.io
Aug 2018 - Feb 2025
Contributions:202 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 7 months
juniper-lake/CoLoRSdb
Apr 2023 - Jun 2024
Contributions:1 release, 106 PRs, 78 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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