Lennart Opitz
Senior Bioinformatics Expert
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolLennart Opitz is a Senior Bioinformatics Expert based in Zurich with over a decade of experience delivering NGS analyses, pipeline engineering, and consulting for clinical and research projects. He has deep domain knowledge at the intersection of immunology, hematology and oncology, having supported clinical research and rare-disease discovery from whole-exome/genome to RNA-Seq, ATAC-Seq and multi-omics integration. At the Functional Genomics Center Zurich and prior core facilities he built robust, reusable pipelines and taught analysis methods while supervising students and collaborating closely with clinicians. Technically fluent in R, Python and SQL with exposure to machine learning and multivariate statistics, he pairs hands-on scripting with practical IT administration and project management. Notably, his background spans both core lab operations and clinical bioinformatics, enabling him to translate experimental design into auditable, production-ready analyses.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom/Master, Bioinformatik, Diplom/Master, Bioinformatik at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
German, English
Github Skills (8)
bioinformatics10
shell10
next-generation-sequencing10
sequencing10
meta10
cran9
genomics8
single-cell-genomics8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
opitzl/CombinedCourse
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
uzh/sushi
Oct 2015 - Feb 2021
SUSHI: Supporting User for SHell script Integration
Contributions:482 commits, 367 pushes in 5 years 4 months
sushishellshell-scriptsupporting
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