Matt Shirley
Associate Director And Senior Principle Scientist
North Vancouver, British Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolMatt Shirley is an associate director and senior principal scientist with 11 years of experience translating rare disease and cancer genomics into production-ready software and actionable biology. He rose through research and leadership roles at Novartis and NIBR after a PhD and postdoc at Johns Hopkins, where he discovered the somatic mutation behind Sturge–Weber syndrome and built web tools for somatic mosaicism detection. Comfortable at the intersection of computational method development, NGS data analysis, and team-led translational programs, he also guides patient-led research as Chief Scientific Officer of the Sturge–Weber Foundation. Known for shipping reproducible genomics pipelines and visualizations, he combines deep domain expertise with pragmatic software engineering—plus a famously insatiable appetite for pastries and bananas that hints at a curious, persistent work ethic.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology at The Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineUniversity of Missouri
English
Stackoverflow
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javascript
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babeljs
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Github Skills (200)
api-platform10
rest-framework10
testing10
api-client10
chat10
automation10
nike10
rest-api10
collaboration10
javascript10
django-rest10
chromium10
data-protection10
editor10
firefox10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
grnspace/django-parler
Jan 2023 - Aug 2024
Easily translate "cheese omelet" into "omelette au fromage".
Contributions:3 reviews, 4 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 year 6 months
matthewshirley/pact_dart
Jul 2021 - Nov 2022
Dart DSL for Pact, the de-facto API contract testing tool.
Contributions:7 releases, 1 review, 61 commits in 1 year 3 months
apidartlangcontractdartpact
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