Rachel Edgar
Postdoctoral Researcher at University Health Network
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolRachel Edgar is a postdoctoral researcher with 13 years of experience applying computational biology and single-cell analysis to liver immunology, currently based at University Health Network in Toronto. She brings deep genomics and genetics training from a PhD at Cambridge and an MSc from UBC, complemented by practical research roles at EMBL-EBI and pediatric health centres. Skilled in data analysis and scientific writing, she bridges wet-lab questions and computational approaches to uncover immune cell dynamics in the liver. Her background working at a major bioinformatics institute gives her fluency with large-scale datasets and reproducible workflows, enabling translational insights from complex single-cell experiments.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Genetics, Bachelor's Degree, Genetics at Western UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biological Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biological Sciences at University of CambridgeMaster's Degree, Genome Sciences/Genomics, Master's Degree, Genome Sciences/Genomics at The University of British Columbia
Github Skills (2)
python5
blockchain3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
redgar598/General_Analysis
Sep 2015 - Apr 2020
Contributions:115 commits, 2 PRs, 112 pushes in 4 years 7 months
pythoninterestfigures
redgar598/DNAm_organoid_passage
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
Contributions:79 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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