mtekman
Bioinformatician
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Summary
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Rockstarmtekman is a GNU-obsessed bioinformatician based in Freiburg with 12 years of experience developing and integrating data-intensive tools for RNA sequencing analysis. He contributes actively to the Galaxy ecosystem, implementing Anndata support, maintaining Galaxy tool wrappers, and improving training material for single-cell workflows. His technical work spans R-based deconvolution methods (MuSiC), Perl backend integrations, and visualization pipelines, demonstrating a blend of statistical rigor and production-oriented engineering. Beyond code, he enhances usability and teaching resources, reflecting a commitment to reproducible science and community tooling. An avid mountaineer off-duty, he brings the same methodical persistence to debugging pipelines as he does to summiting peaks.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (27)
data-visualizations10
material310
datatypes10
python10
h5p10
material-components10
r10
user-manual10
seq10
data-visualisation10
perl10
sc10
material-design10
trainings10
rna-seq10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
galaxyproject/tools-iuc
Oct 2017 - Apr 2022
Tool Shed repositories maintained by the Intergalactic Utilities Commission
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:64 reviews, 369 commits, 93 PRs in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Mtekman appears to be primarily contributing to a Perl script within the repository, which involves integrating tools and implementing analysis pipelines within the Galaxy project. The commit messages indicate that the user is merging branches and incorporating changes to existing Perl scripts, suggesting a focus on maintaining and enhancing existing functionality. The changes involve modifying tools and scripts for bioinformatics analysis, adding features, and fixing potential bugs, reflecting the responsibilities of a back-end developer.
intergalacticrepositoriesusegalaxywrapperscommission
galaxyproject/training-material
Aug 2018 - Feb 2022
A collection of Galaxy-related training material
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:56 reviews, 237 commits, 72 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Mtekman primarily contributed to the creation and improvement of training materials related to single-cell RNA sequencing, specifically focusing on plates, batches, and barcodes. They added and edited slides, including visual examples, questions, and key points to enhance the learning experience. Furthermore, the user addressed spelling errors, formatting issues, and added more content to support the training material.
chip-seqmetagenomicsrnaseqtraining-materialusegalaxy
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