Nicolas Descostes
Reseach Assistant Professor at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNicolas Descostes is a research-focused bioinformatics leader with ~10 years' experience analyzing sequencing data tied to gene expression and guiding reproducible pipelines across academic labs. He has supported more than 20 projects and delivered over 350 scientific and 230 technical consultations, co-chairing EMBL’s Workflow Management Systems workstream while leading service, teaching, and data management efforts. At EMBL he scaled bioinformatics service provision and training—running ~15 workshops and supervising multiple MSc/PhD students—and now continues as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Miami. Comfortable bridging research and production, he combines hands-on tool and pipeline development with scientific mentorship and an interest in applying big-data analytics to healthcare and wearable-device exposome studies.
10 years of coding experience
Honours in Biology with IT, Bioinformatics, Honours in Biology with IT, Bioinformatics at University of the West of ScotlandMaster 2 in Genomics and Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics, Master 2 in Genomics and Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics at Université de la Méditerranée (Aix-Marseille II)MRes in Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics, MRes in Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics at University of Glasgow (one semester)
French, English, Italian
Github Skills (39)
sequencing10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
snakemake9
package-management9
conda9
pipeline9
bioconda9
science9
docker8
workflow-management8
workflow-engine7
python7
seq6
rhdf56
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
descostesn/BioinformaticSkills
Jun 2018 - Jun 2022
Contributions:69 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
descostesn/workflows-notes
Jun 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:26 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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