Robin Van Der Lee
Senior Research Scientist - Protein Engineering at AbCellera
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolRobin Van Der Lee is a Senior Research Scientist in protein engineering with a PhD in comparative genomics and over a decade of experience translating computational biology into antibody therapeutics. At AbCellera he has led bioinformatics-driven developability assessment and in silico engineering that materially de-risked antibodies entering clinical development, including contributions to two emergency-use COVID-19 treatments. His work spans genomics, immunology and structural prediction, producing 25 peer-reviewed papers with over 6,500 citations and practical tools for immunogenicity and liability prediction used across partnered programs. Equally at home building pipelines as leading small teams, he bridges discovery, data science and experimental validation—having authored surveillance pipelines that tracked millions of viral genomes to guide antibody selection. He combines rigorous academic training and clinical genomics experience with hands-on software development, and has a track record of turning complex omics data into actionable decisions for drug development.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Molecular Life Sciences, Bioinformatics specialization, Graduated cum laude (~top 5%), Master of Science - MS, Molecular Life Sciences, Bioinformatics specialization, Graduated cum laude (~top 5%) at Radboud UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Comparative and integrative genomics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Comparative and integrative genomics at Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics (CMBI), Radboud university medical center
English, Dutch, French, German
Github Skills (11)
genes10
procedures9
genomics8
bioinformatics8
tracks5
genetic5
genome4
pipeline3
browser2
gemini1
database1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
robinvanderlee/positive-selection
Jun 2017 - Nov 2020
Contributions:1 release, 76 commits, 10 PRs in 3 years 5 months
primatesgenomicsbioinformaticsgenesdetecting
robinvanderlee/jaspar-ucsc-tracker
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:5 pushes in 6 days
motifstracksucsc
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