Ofir Cohen
Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Israel
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Top SchoolOfir Cohen is a computational biologist and senior lecturer with over a decade of experience at the intersection of genomics research and software engineering. He has contributed backend Java changes to the widely used GATK toolkit at the Broad Institute, adding validation features, new arguments, tests and refactorings that improved tool robustness and integration. Currently based in Israel, he balances academic leadership at Ben-Gurion University with active research affiliations at Broad and Dana-Farber, bringing practical production-code experience into the classroom and labs. His background spans PhD-level computational genomics work and hands-on tool development, enabling him to translate complex bioinformatics problems into maintainable, well-tested software.
3 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Science (BSc) at Tel Aviv University
Github Skills (9)
bioinformatics10
javas10
gatk10
java10
genomes9
genomics9
genome9
testing8
sequencing8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
broadinstitute/gatk
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
Official code repository for GATK versions 4 and up
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 12 commits, 14 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Ofir primarily contributed to the GATK tool suite, focusing on enhancements to existing tools and introducing new functionalities. This includes modifying tool documentation, adding validation features, and implementing new arguments to control the execution of specific processes. The user demonstrates proficiency in Java by modifying existing classes and creating test classes within the context of the GATK codebase. The user's work also involves the refactoring and integration of tools within the existing infrastructure.
genomesciencednaspark-mlngs
orlicohen/BC3930-Portfolio
Jan 2024 - Mar 2024
Contributions:26 pushes, 12 branches in 1 month
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