Nouri Benzakour
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolNouri Benzakour is a Principal Consultant and bioinformatics expert with 20 years of pathogen genomics experience and a dozen years operating in applied research and clinical settings. He builds production-grade genomic pipelines, HPC infrastructure and ISO-aligned quality frameworks that translate complex science into reliable systems for research and clinical teams. At Phage Australia he stood up the national phage genomics capability from scratch, marrying regulatory rigor with rapid analytical throughput. Technically fluent in Python, SQL, Bash and Linux, he focuses on workflow automation, reproducible analysis and clear technical documentation for diverse stakeholders. His background spans academic discovery, industry collaborations and training, with a track record of turning comparative genomics research into translational outcomes. Open to roles where deep scientific understanding meets hands-on engineering to accelerate health and biotech initiatives.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Informatics and Genomics, Master of Science (MS), Informatics and Genomics at Université de Rennes IDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bioinformatics at L'Institut Agro Rennes-Angers
English, French, Italian
Github Skills (14)
bioinformatics7
genome-analysis5
fasta4
visualization4
bam4
python4
coverage4
subsampling3
jekyll3
sequencing3
fastq3
bioconda2
genomics2
rust2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nbenzakour/BeatsonLab-MicrobialGenomics.github.io
Aug 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:9 pushes in 1 day
jekylllablab-website
nbenzakour/SeqFindR
Mar 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 6 months
pythoninformativebioinformaticsgenomicplots
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