Matej Troják
Planetary Biology Biocurator
Prague Metropolitan Area Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolMatej Troják is a Planetary Biology Biocurator and computational biologist with a decade of experience bridging research and software engineering, holding a PhD in Computer Science and a Master's in Bioinformatics from Masaryk University. He combines rigorous scientific reading and critical decision-making with practical scripting and front-end development—most notably contributing a 3D PCA visualization to the widely used Galaxy open-source platform. His background spans academic research roles and IT specialist work, giving him a knack for turning complex biological data and literature into reproducible, interactive tools. Based in Prague, he favors elegant rule-driven solutions—evident from both his code contributions and the aphorism in his GitHub bio—and brings a creative, research-informed perspective to data-intensive science.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Masaryk University Brno
English
Github Skills (8)
css10
javascript10
visualization10
visualizations10
plotly10
mako8
bioinformatics5
workflow-engine3
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
galaxyproject/galaxy
Apr 2022 - Oct 2022
Data intensive science for everyone.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 5 PRs, 7 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Matej primarily contributed to the development of a 3D PCA visualization tool within the Galaxy project. Their work involved implementing the front-end components of the visualization, including the JavaScript code to compute PCA, create interactive plots using Plotly.js, and handle user interactions like color and data selection. They also modified the associated Mako template and CSS styles for the visualization.
pythonsciencepipelinednadata-science
RECETOX/MSMetaEnhancer
Jun 2021 - Oct 2022
Tool for mass spectra metadata annotation.
Contributions:8 releases, 36 reviews, 290 commits in 1 year 4 months
pythonannotationsmass-spectrometryusegalaxymetadata
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