Tayab Soomro
Bioinformatics Data Scientist Lead
Canada
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Top SchoolTayab Soomro is a bioinformatics data scientist lead at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada with a decade of experience applying computational biology and machine learning to crop genomics and pathogen research. He builds end-to-end genomics workflows—from PacBio Revio and Nanopore sequencing assemblies to RNA-Seq annotation and Hi-C chromatin mapping—while ensuring datasets are organized and accessible for the scientific community. A co-founder of PathoScan, he translates research into field-ready diagnostic tools like the PathoBox, showing a rare blend of hands-on sequencing expertise and product-minded entrepreneurship. His background includes developing Nextflow pipelines in a startup context, leveraging AlphaFold for effector protein analyses, and comparative genomics for crop trait discovery. Based in Canada, he pairs formal training in bioinformatics with practical experience across government, industry, and academic labs to accelerate actionable insights for agricultural resilience.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Tommy Douglas CollegiateBachelor’s Degree Bioinformatics, Bachelor’s Degree Bioinformatics at University of SaskatchewanMaster of Science - MS Bioinformatics, Master of Science - MS Bioinformatics at Dalhousie UniversityUniversity of California, DavisRockies Ag-Stream (2024-25; Calgary AB) Agricultural Business and Management, Rockies Ag-Stream (2024-25; Calgary AB) Agricultural Business and Management at Creative Destruction Lab
Sindhi, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (170)
flask-restful10
reproducible-science9
react-component9
structural-variation9
genomes9
genome-assembly9
genomics9
bootstrap9
reproducible-research9
bootstrap-components9
gwas9
bioinformatics9
react9
autoplay9
docusaurus9
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
coadunate/nanoView
May 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:70 commits, 1 PR, 48 pushes in 1 year 1 month
nanopore-datananoporedata-visualizationvisualization
tayabsoomro/tayabsoomro.com
May 2022 - Dec 2024
My personal website
Contributions:2 PRs, 42 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 7 months
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