Macrina Lobo
Graduate Research Assistant
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolMacrina Lobo is a bioinformatician and PhD candidate with 9 years of experience applying machine learning to single-cell and bulk omics problems across academic labs at Columbia, UMass Medical School, and Georgia Tech. Trained as an electrical engineer at IIT Guwahati and holding an MS in Computer Science from Columbia, she blends rigorous quantitative foundations with practical bioinformatics applied to gene regulation, trajectory inference, data integration, and cell–cell communication. Her work history spans hands-on bioinformatics roles and graduate research, demonstrating an ability to translate complex high-dimensional data into biologically meaningful insights. Known as an enthusiastic and conscientious collaborator, she seeks graduate programs that will let her build tools to better leverage vast omic datasets for human health. Outside the lab she volunteers, follows diverse lectures, and plays chess—activities that reflect a curious, analytical mindset she brings to computational biology.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, GuwahatiDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioinformatics at Georgia Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Columbia University
English, Hindi, Spanish
Github Skills (24)
population-genetics9
genomics6
bioinformatics6
single-cell-genomics4
diagnostic-tool4
multimodal-deep-learning4
scale4
deep-learning3
scatter-plot3
graph3
java3
plot3
charts2
visualization2
pie-chart2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
macrinalobo/mitochondrial-mutations
Dec 2016 - Nov 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
maehrlab/pharyngeal_endoderm_development
Aug 2021 - Aug 2021
Contributions:1 release, 16 commits, 1 tag in 4 days
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