Paul Donovan
Senior Scientist at Rancho BioSciences
Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
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Top SchoolPaul Donovan is a Senior Scientist and bioinformatics specialist with nine years' experience applying genomics, transcriptomics, metagenomics and synthetic biology to real-world problems. With a PhD in Bioinformatics from University College Dublin and a publication record stemming from fungal genomics and metagenome pipelines, he combines rigorous computational methods (Python, R, Bash, Conda, git) with domain expertise in ncRNA and riboswitch discovery. He has progressed from academic postdoctoral research to industry roles at Genuity Science and Rancho BioSciences, moving into senior scientist responsibilities that bridge method development and applied analysis. Notably, he developed a portable pipeline for fungal detection in metagenomes during a research visit to Hokkaido University, demonstrating an eye for practical, reproducible tooling that reduces false positives. Based in Dublin, he brings a blend of publication-grade research, production-oriented bioinformatics engineering, and a knack for turning complex omics data into actionable insights.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Carrick Vocational SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at University College Dublin
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Github Skills (28)
package-management10
seq10
conda10
rna-seq10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
nextflow9
pipeline9
bioconda9
treeview8
tree-structure8
ncbi8
fragment8
phylogenetics6
sequencing6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
GiantSpaceRobot/FindFungi
Nov 2017 - Nov 2020
Contributions:112 commits, 110 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years
GiantSpaceRobot/tsRNAsearch
Oct 2018 - May 2022
Nextflow DSL2 tRNA and ncRNA fragment identification pipeline for small RNA-seq data
Contributions:583 commits, 1 PR, 143 pushes in 3 years 7 months
pipelinefragmentgenomicsnextflow-dsl2nextflow
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