Rebecca Johnston
Bioinformatician (Institute)
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolRebecca Johnston is a bioinformatician with 12 years of experience applying computational methods to cancer and molecular biology, currently embedded in the Medical Genomics group at QIMR Berghofer. She combines hands-on wet-lab experience from earlier roles with deep expertise in R/Bioconductor, high-dimensional NGS and NanoString data analysis, and prognostic model development using penalized survival methods. Her work focuses on the molecular drivers of tumourigenesis, evolution, treatment resistance and relapse, translating complex genomics into clinically relevant insights. Rebecca is comfortable in Unix environments, uses Git for reproducible workflows, and builds interactive visualisations and reports (ggplot2, Shiny, RMarkdown) to make results accessible to clinicians. Trained with an MSc in Bioinformatics from UBC and a First Class Honours BSc in Biochemistry, she brings both rigorous statistical modelling and practical laboratory perspective to clinical bioinformatics. Colleagues benefit from her blend of computational rigor and translational curiosity, particularly in developing prognostic tools from diagnostic biopsy data.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (Honours), Biochemistry, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Science (Honours), Biochemistry, First Class Honours at The University of QueenslandBachelor's degree, Biomolecular Science, Bachelor's degree, Biomolecular Science at Griffith UniversityMaster of Science, Bioinformatics, Master of Science, Bioinformatics at The University of British Columbia
Github Skills (10)
interpretation8
genome8
rna-seq8
sequencing8
genomics7
bioinformatics7
editing6
pipeline6
rapid5
data-analysis1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
rebjoh/Gapminder-app
Nov 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:18 commits in 4 days
rebjoh/STAT545A_hw06
Oct 2013 - Oct 2013
Contributions:4 commits in 1 day
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