Omar Wagih
Advisor at Stately Bio
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolOmar Wagih is an advisor and computational biologist with 13 years of experience applying machine learning and AI to oligonucleotide and RNA therapeutic discovery. He built his expertise through progressive research and leadership roles at Deep Genomics, advancing from research intern to Associate Director of Platform Innovation where he bridged ML-driven platform development with drug discovery programs. Trained at the University of Cambridge (PhD) and the University of Toronto (MSc, BSc), he combines rigorous academic grounding with hands-on experience in bioinformatics, systems biology, and imaging data analysis. Based in Old Toronto, Omar is equally comfortable steering translational projects and diving into algorithmic model development for sequence- and structure-informed therapies. A less obvious strength is his track record of scaling scientific R&D workflows into platform capabilities that accelerate oligonucleotide candidate generation. He now advises early-stage ventures at the intersection of AI and RNA therapeutics, translating complex biology into actionable computational strategies.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Biology at University of CambridgeMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science at University of Toronto
English, Arabic
Github Skills (98)
cancer-genomics9
genomics-visualization9
genomics9
viewer9
bioinformatics9
sequence9
component-based9
genome9
adapter8
r-package8
duplication7
parcel7
logos7
substrate7
embeddable7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
boonelab/sgatools
Dec 2012 - Jun 2013
Contributions:20 commits in 5 months
evocellnet/kpred
Sep 2015 - Sep 2022
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 7 years 2 months
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