Michelle Ragsac
Postdoctoral Scholar at Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, UC San Diego
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolMichelle Ragsac is a doctoral-trained bioinformatics and data science researcher with 11 years of experience applying large-scale, data-driven approaches to genomics and single-cell transcriptomics. Currently a postdoctoral scholar at UC San Diego’s Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, she has led computational pipeline development for scRNA-seq and population-scale genetic data on cloud platforms (Databricks/AWS, DNAnexus) and mentored graduate students through key PhD milestones. Her industry work includes productionizing RNA-seq workflows, QC and differential expression tooling, and documenting onboarding processes to scale bioinformatics teams. Michelle blends wet-lab experience and computational rigor—from developing multiplex PCR assays and cfDNA extraction to high-throughput enhancer screens in model organisms—enabling interdisciplinary problem solving. Known for translating complex analyses into clear scientific communication, she also has a track record of creating reproducible, containerized pipelines and internal tooling that accelerate research delivery.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoMiddle School Diploma, Middle School Diploma at Central Middle SchoolNo Degree, Histoire de l'Art, No Degree, Histoire de l'Art at University of CaliforniaHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at San Mateo High School
English, French
Github Skills (37)
bioinformatics9
computational-biology9
systems-biology9
population-genetics8
transcriptomics8
biology8
genetics8
single-cell-analysis7
functional-genomics7
quantitative7
genomics7
fasta6
pypi6
bioconda6
python6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
biom262/cmm262-2021
Dec 2020 - Mar 2021
The course repository for CMM262 for Winter 2021
Contributions:88 commits, 17 PRs, 44 pushes in 3 months
winter
mragsac/BISB-Bootcamp-2021
Mar 2021 - Sep 2021
FA2021 Bootcamp course website for the incoming cohort of the Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Ph.D. program
Contributions:61 commits, 10 PRs, 39 pushes in 5 months
incomingbiologysystems-biologybioinformaticscourse-website
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