Rasa Elmentaite
Head Of Genomics & Data Science
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRasa Elmentaite is a computational biologist and founder leading Genomics & Data Science at Ensocell Therapeutics, where she builds single-cell and spatial genomics–driven AI platforms to accelerate first-in-class drug discovery for inflammatory diseases. With eight years of experience spanning a PhD at Cambridge, staff scientist roles at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, and a Foresite fellowship, she helped create large-scale human gut cell atlases and is co-inventor on patent applications. Author of 25+ papers and winner of the BSDB Beddington Medal, she blends deep academic rigor with product-focused team leadership. She’s particularly excited about applying generative AI to reveal hidden biological signals and translate them into therapeutic hypotheses, and actively recruits computational biologists and AI scientists to join that mission.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Panevezys Juozas Balcikonis GymnasiumCandidate for Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Genome Sciences/Genomics, Candidate for Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Genome Sciences/Genomics at University of CambridgeMaster’s Degree Cellular and Molecular Biology with Biotechnology, Master’s Degree Cellular and Molecular Biology with Biotechnology at University of Glasgow
English, Lithuanian
Github Skills (6)
python3
scanpy3
data-exchange2
conda2
multimodal2
muon1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Raselel/DevCell_GutAtlas
Oct 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:16 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
Teichlab/SpaceTimeGut
May 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 11 days
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