Sebastian Bassi is a founder and CEO based in Berkeley with 19 years of experience building bioinformatics and automation systems, currently leading Toyoko.io. He combines deep Python and Linux expertise with cloud-native practices on AWS and GCP to deliver scalable bioinformatics tooling and automated QA pipelines. His background spans roles at Google, Autodesk and PLoS where he designed test automation, debugged complex deployments, and improved software quality across macOS, Windows and Linux environments. An active open-source contributor, he has fixed bugs and enhanced Biopython modules and authored a Python for Bioinformatics book, reflecting a commitment to community and reproducible science. Open to 1099 engagements in the Bay Area, he brings entrepreneurial leadership paired with hands-on engineering across research and production systems.
19 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Licenciado en BiotecnologĂa Biotechnology, Licenciado en BiotecnologĂa Biotechnology at Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
Official git repository for Biopython (originally converted from CVS)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:2 reviews, 5 commits, 5 PRs in 10 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Sebastian primarily contributed to the Biopython library by fixing bugs and implementing improvements to existing functionality. They addressed formatting issues and corrected logical errors within the `Bio.SeqUtils.lcc` module. Additionally, the user modified the `Bio.Restriction` module, allowing for flexibility in using the pretty-print functionality. Furthermore, they updated the contribution documentation to maintain accurate contact information.
Contributions:5 reviews, 18 PRs, 91 pushes in 4 months
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