Ninad Oak
Principal Bioinformatics Research Scientist
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNinad Oak is a Lead Bioinformatics Research Scientist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with nine years of experience translating large-scale genomics and functional genomics data into insights on pediatric cancer predisposition and tumor biology. He leads integrative analyses across single-cell RNA-seq, Cut&Run, ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq and whole exome/genome data, and has driven germline cancer-predisposition studies using population and cancer cohorts. Trained as a PhD geneticist, he developed ADmiRE, a miRNA variant annotation tool, and has a track record of publishing and mentoring while moving methods into collaborative clinical research. Comfortable at the intersection of computational tool-building and biological interpretation, he blends software skills (Perl, R, Linux) with experimental genomics to answer clinically relevant questions. Based in Memphis, he pairs rigorous academic pedigree with practical product-minded experience from consulting and entrepreneurship training.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular and Human Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of MedicineMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Bioinformatics, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Bioinformatics at Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityCertification, Life Science Entrepreneurship Course, Certification, Life Science Entrepreneurship Course at Rice Business
English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Github Skills (80)
statistical-genetics10
heatmap10
deconvolution9
genetic9
vep9
maf9
expressions9
clustering9
genomics9
bioinformatics9
sequence9
predictor9
rna-seq8
differential-expression8
computational-biology8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
nroak/ADmiRE
Mar 2017 - Dec 2018
Contributions:117 commits, 4 PRs, 115 pushes in 1 year 9 months
elementsgenomicsmirnabioinformaticsdatabase
nroak/nroak.github.io
Jun 2018 - Oct 2019
Contributions:90 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 4 months
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