Matthew Lafave
Principal Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Lafave is a Senior Manager and data scientist with 13 years of experience applying NGS bioinformatics, genomics, and molecular biology to accelerate pharmaceutical and discovery programs. Based in California, he blends hands-on pipeline and app development (notably Shiny apps and Nextflow pipelines) with strategic data stewardship to make complex assay and genomic data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable across teams. At Bristol Myers Squibb he leads technical projects, mentors data scientists, and shapes data management plans that improve research decision-making and efficiency. His background includes creating tools that surfaced millions of genomic events (e.g., retroviral integration sites and CRISPR-induced variants) during NIH postdoctoral work, a detail that underpins his knack for turning high-throughput biology into actionable insights. Known for clear communication, reliability, and stakeholder-driven solutions, he routinely bridges computational and experimental groups to remove analytical barriers and surface novel biology.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Genetics and Molecular Biology, Ph.D., Genetics and Molecular Biology at The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBachelor of Science - BS, Biological Sciences, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biological Sciences at University of Notre Dame
Github Skills (4)
insertion9
bioinformatics6
genomics6
memory-efficient2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mlafave/crisprTrack
Feb 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:1 release, 69 commits, 2 pushes in 2 months
mlafave/meeting_notes
Jul 2014 - Jan 2015
Contributions:29 commits, 17 pushes in 6 months
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