Sam Nooij
Postdoctoral Researcher at Leiden University Medical Center
Randstad, Netherlands
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Top SchoolSam Nooij is a computational microbiologist and postdoctoral researcher with about 10 years of bioinformatics experience, specializing in genomics and metagenomics applied to medical microbiology and public health. He has driven research on faecal microbiota transplantation and viromics across institutions including Leiden UMC, RIVM and Utrecht University, combining statistical rigor with reproducible, state-of-the-art computational methods in Python, R and Linux. A certified Carpentries instructor and open-science advocate, he frequently translates complex analyses into teachable workflows and has been recognized for science communication and pitching. Notably, his work bridges fundamental biology questions and practical public-health sequencing tools, and has been featured in national media and institutional outlets.
10 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MSc, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Master of Science - MSc, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at University of Amsterdam
Dutch, English, German, French, Japanese
Github Skills (52)
bioinformatics10
metagenomics10
bioinformatics-analysis9
package-management9
stable9
conda9
surveillance9
genomics9
bioconda8
diagnostics8
docker-image8
binning8
snakemake7
taxonomy7
telegram-client7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
samnooij/sequence_analysis_scripts
Oct 2017 - Apr 2024
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
UtrechtUniversity/campylobacter-crisprscape
Aug 2025 - Jun 2026
Exploring the diversity of CRISPR spacers in Campylobacter jejuni & coli
Contributions:1 release, 4 reviews, 49 pushes in 10 months
bacterial-genomicsbioinformaticscampylobactercrispr-cas-systemssnakemake
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