Kipp Akers
Director at Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKipp Akers is a bioinformatics leader with 11 years of experience translating RNA-Seq and genomic data into clinically actionable insights, now directing computational efforts at Adaptive Biotechnologies in Seattle. He blends deep academic training (PhD/MS/BS from UC Berkeley) and postdoctoral work with hands-on industry experience developing and validating DNA sequence–based in vitro diagnostics aimed at FDA approval. His work spans oncology, immunology, epidemiology and big-data computational biology, with a track record of collaborative research and publications across multiple malignancies. Known for improving detection of circRNA, fusions, and mutation calling from RNA-Seq, he brings both algorithmic rigor and practical validation expertise. Notably, he advances projects from method development through analytical and clinical validation, bridging research-grade analyses to regulated diagnostic deployment.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D Environmental Health Sciences; Computational and Genomic Biology, Ph.D Environmental Health Sciences; Computational and Genomic Biology at University of California, Berkeley
r, perl, bash, python
Github Skills (27)
seq9
rna-seq9
python-bindings8
sequencing8
bam7
bedtools7
bioinformatics7
minhash7
genome7
genomics7
python-interface6
genes6
gwas5
binding5
r-package4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
LosicLab/starchip
Dec 2014 - Dec 2015
Contributions:9 releases, 5 commits, 52 pushes in 1 year
kippakers/example_R_scripts
Feb 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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