Margus Tõnu
Pottery at Self-employed
Tartu, Estonia
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Top SchoolMargus Tõnu is a bioinformatician with over a decade of experience integrating multi-omics data to illuminate mitochondrial biology and its links to disease. His career spans academia and public health—postdoctoral work in ribosome profiling and translational regulation at UIC and Umeå, senior scientist roles, and bioinformatics work for Estonia’s Health Board and freelance projects. He translates wet-lab questions into computational solutions, with strengths in genome-scale analyses of antibiotic resistance and mitochondrial sequence evolution. Recently retrained as a certified potter, he combines hands-on craft with deep analytical expertise, reflecting a practical, experimental mindset. Based in Tartu, Estonia, he focuses on delivering efficient, integrative tools to tackle clinically relevant problems rooted in mitochondrial dysfunction.
11 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
Cert Level 3, pottery, A, Cert Level 3, pottery, A at Tartu Vocational CollegeMaster of Science (MSc), Molecular Genetics, Genetics and teacher of biology and chemistry, Master of Science (MSc), Molecular Genetics, Genetics and teacher of biology and chemistry at Tartu Ülikool / University of TartuDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at University of Tartu
Estonian, English, Russian
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Github Skills (26)
bioinformatics7
htslib7
ncbi7
pysam7
tree-structure7
treeview7
bcftools7
genome7
genomics6
genome-analysis6
samtools6
tabix6
phylogenetics5
python5
visualization4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
GCA-VH-lab/RiboSeqPy
Jan 2017 - Nov 2018
Contributions:61 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
tmargus/RiboSeqPy
Jan 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:33 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 8 months
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