Katie Saund
Scientist at Denali Therapeutics
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolKatie Saund is a computational biologist with a decade of experience applying statistical and machine learning approaches to RNA-seq, single-nucleus RNA-seq, metabolomics, and genomics for biomarker discovery and neurodegeneration research. Currently a Scientist at Denali Therapeutics, she integrates multiomic datasets and develops workflows for differential expression, splicing, GSEA, and predictive modeling while managing access to diverse public cohorts. Her research foundation includes a PhD in Microbiology & Immunology from the University of Michigan and tool development for bacterial GWAS (including the CRAN package prewas and the hogwash package). She has bridged academia, industry, and translational projects—from infectious disease genomics to cancer immunology—and has experience evaluating biotech investments through student-led venture work. On a career break and based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she remains open to collaborations and discussions around biomarker-driven biotech problems and reproducible computational tooling.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Microbiology and Immunology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Microbiology and Immunology at University of MichiganBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology at California Institute of TechnologyUniversity College London
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Github Skills (25)
r-package10
microbiology10
convergence10
gwas10
genomics10
r9
vignette6
seq4
population-genetics4
pipeline3
sequencing3
python-requests3
rna-seq3
rcpp3
script3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
katiesaund/hogwash
Jan 2019 - Jan 2022
Three bacterial GWAS methods all rolled into one easy-to-use R package
Contributions:9 releases, 500 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years
r-packagebacterial-gwasbgwasgenomicsgwas-tools
katiesaund/simulate_data_for_convergence_based_bGWAS
Jan 2020 - Apr 2021
Contributions:3 releases, 231 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 3 months
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