Peter Orchard
Assistant Research Scientist at Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Orchard is an Assistant Research Scientist and bioinformatician at Michigan Medicine with a decade of experience applying DNA sequencing to healthcare, specializing in epigenomic, transcriptomic, and single-cell analyses. He progressed from PhD candidate to senior bioinformatician and now leads research-focused computational efforts in Stephen Parker’s lab at the University of Michigan. Trained in bioinformatics, statistics, and molecular biology across institutions in the US and Germany, he combines rigorous statistical grounding with hands-on sequencing workflow expertise. Peter is particularly fluent in translating complex single-cell and epigenomic datasets into biologically actionable insights for clinical research. Colleagues rely on him for bridging computational method development with practical laboratory needs, including reproducible pipelines and data interpretation tailored to translational projects.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology, Bachelor’s Degree, Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology at University of WashingtonDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioinformatics at University of MichiganMaster’s Degree, Biology, General, Master’s Degree, Biology, General at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
English, German
Github Skills (17)
seq10
visualization7
r-package6
snakemake6
bioinformatics5
rna-seq5
pipeline5
mapper4
datasets4
wasp3
discovery3
adapter3
gpu3
bioconda2
cpp2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
porchard/snATACseq-NextFlow
Nov 2019 - Jan 2023
Contributions:30 commits, 29 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 2 months
porchard/snRNAseq-NextFlow
Nov 2019 - Feb 2025
Contributions:1 PR, 25 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 3 months
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