Oleguer Casals
Project Manager at The Hyve
North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolOleguer Casals is a project manager and data engineer with nine years of experience bridging bioinformatics and software engineering, based in North Holland. Trained in genetics and MSc-level bioinformatics, he combines domain expertise in biological data with hands-on contributions to high-profile open-source projects like cBioPortal, improving data validation, migration, and frontend mutation displays. At The Hyve he moved from data engineering into project leadership, keeping a strong technical foothold while coordinating complex genomics data workflows. Meticulous and detail-oriented, he emphasizes data integrity and user-facing clarity—evident in his work integrating CIViC annotations and improving importer validation. Multilingual and culturally curious, he has embraced life in the Netherlands and is learning Dutch. His background in laboratory techniques and sports team coordination reflects an unusual mix of bench-level biology, engineering rigor, and operational discipline.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree Genetics, Bachelor's degree Genetics at Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaMaster of Science (MSc) Bioinformatics, Master of Science (MSc) Bioinformatics at Wageningen University & Research
English, Spanish, Catalan, Dutch
Github Skills (20)
javascript10
data-validation10
python10
cancer-genomics10
data-export10
ui-design10
data-import10
import-data10
uid10
front-end-development10
bioinformatics10
exports10
react10
mysql9
mobx9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
cBioPortal/cbioportal
Jul 2016 - Jan 2023
cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:31 reviews, 104 commits, 104 PRs in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Oleguer contributed to the cBioPortal project by implementing features related to data validation and database migration. They added a warning for missing citations when a PubMed ID exists, indicating a focus on data integrity. Further contributions involved code changes in the data importer and validation scripts to handle data more effectively. They also made changes to the API and database to facilitate improvements to driver annotation functionalities.
precision-medicinesciencecbioportalgenomicscancer
cBioPortal/cbioportal-frontend
Jul 2017 - Jan 2023
React Frontend of cBioPortal :tada:
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 120 commits, 61 PRs in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Oleguer primarily contributed to the React frontend of the cBioPortal project, focusing on the patient view's mutation table. Their work involved implementing and integrating CIViC data into the mutation table, including handling API calls and conditional rendering based on CIViC status. They also addressed a filtering problem and made improvements to the table's download functionality and styling. Several commits included changes to components related to annotation, suggesting a focus on data display and user interface elements.
reactcbioportalreact-frontendmobxfrontend
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