Louisa Perelo
Bioinformatician
Herrenberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Summary
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RockstarLouisa Perelo is a bioinformatician with five years of experience specializing in R&D and data science, based in Herrenberg, Germany. She focuses on backend development and automation for bioinformatics pipelines, contributing to the well-regarded nf-core community by building and testing Nextflow DSL2 modules for tools like Samtools and Mtnucratio. Louisa blends practical software engineering with domain knowledge in computational biology, ensuring reproducible, automated workflows that scale for research use. Her work on integrating modules with testing frameworks and automating builds highlights a strong emphasis on quality and CI-driven delivery. Colleagues describe her as a pragmatic problem-solver who moves projects from prototype to robust pipeline with attention to maintainability. An understated strength is her cross-disciplinary fluency—she writes code that biologists can trust while keeping engineering best practices front and center.
4 years of coding experience
Github Skills (11)
go-modules10
bioinformatics10
jsmodules10
workflow-engine10
kernel-module10
nextflow10
pipeline10
dsl10
conda9
bash7
python5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
nf-core/modules
Oct 2021 - Oct 2022
Repository to host tool-specific module files for the Nextflow DSL2 community!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:37 reviews, 13 commits, 34 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Louisa primarily contributes to the development of Nextflow modules, a key component of the nf-core framework. Their work involves creating and modifying module files for various bioinformatics tools like Samtools, Mtnucratio, and Fargene. They also integrate the modules with the testing framework, incorporating changes to the testing scripts for the modules. Furthermore, the user works on automating builds for the developed modules.
nf-corehostnextflow-dsl2nextflowdsl2
louperelo/funcscan
Feb 2022 - Nov 2023
Screening of functional components and natural products from assembled contigs
Contributions:161 pushes, 25 branches in 1 year 9 months
screeningfunctional-componentsbioinformaticsnatural-productsnatural
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