Niko Pinter
Forscher (Postdoktorand) at Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolNiko Pinter is a postdoctoral researcher and bioinformatics-focused software engineer based in Freiburg with eight years of experience at the intersection of computational biology and automation. At Universitätsklinikum Freiburg and previously at Göttingen he has bridged wet‑lab questions and scalable data workflows, applying Python-driven pipelines to genomic data processing. His open-source contributions to the Galaxy Project tools-iuc demonstrate practical expertise in automating analyses (e.g., FASTA manipulation and Circos plot generation) within a widely used bioinformatics ecosystem. Trained at KIT (BSc and MSc), he combines rigorous academic research with hands-on engineering, regularly turning complex sequencing datasets into reproducible, production-ready workflows. An often-overlooked strength is his consistent focus on tooling that eases reproducibility for collaborators, not just one-off analyses.
8 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Github Skills (10)
bioinformatics10
python10
data-processing10
wrapper9
automation9
automations9
bash9
tooling8
toolbox8
toolz8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
galaxyproject/tools-iuc
Jul 2020 - Nov 2022
Tool Shed repositories maintained by the Intergalactic Utilities Commission
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:210 commits, 11 PRs, 10 comments in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Niko contributed to the development and maintenance of tools within the Galaxy Project ecosystem. Their work involved writing Python scripts, specifically for manipulating and processing genomic data, including splitting and renaming FASTA files. They also automated tasks related to data processing and output, such as generating Circos plots, showcasing a focus on workflow automation and data analysis capabilities. The user demonstrated expertise in bioinformatics tools and data manipulation.
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npinter/tools-galaxyp
Dec 2020 - Jan 2025
Galaxy Tool Shed repositories maintained and developed by the GalaxyP community
Contributions:143 pushes, 54 branches in 4 years 1 month
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