Rayan Chikhi
Researcher And Group Leader at CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolRayan Chikhi is a bioinformatics researcher and group leader based in Paris with 14 years of experience developing algorithms and data structures for DNA and RNA sequencing analysis. He focuses on de novo genome and metagenome assembly, methods for third-generation sequencing, and variant detection for rare diseases, combining theoretical computer science with practical implementation. His recent contributions include assembling the giraffe genome and the gorilla Y chromosome, demonstrating expertise in challenging long-read data. Leading teams at Institut Pasteur and CNRS, he bridges academic rigor and reproducible software engineering. An ENS Rennes PhD alumnus, he also curates a professional website and has a playful penchant for joining institutions with blue logos.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at École normale supérieure de Rennes
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (167)
package-management10
toolbox10
seq10
datasets10
genome-assembly10
hash-functions10
genomics10
mer10
core-library10
minhash10
hash10
bioconda10
phash10
genome10
low-memory10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
GATB/bcalm
Dec 2014 - Jan 2023
compacted de Bruijn graph construction in low memory
Contributions:14 releases, 165 commits, 10 PRs in 8 years 1 month
memorylow-memorybioinformaticsgraphgraph-construction
GATB/gatb-minia-pipeline
Aug 2013 - Sep 2019
GATB Minia assembly pipeline
Contributions:2 releases, 124 commits, 5 PRs in 6 years 2 months
assemblypipeline
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