Tim Kistner
Postdoctoral Associate
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Kistner is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Arizona Cancer Center with 13 years of interdisciplinary experience probing how physical activity–induced myokines augment cancer immunotherapies. Building on a PhD from Harvard in Human Evolutionary Biology, he combines mechanistic human and mouse studies to test how IL-6 and other myokines coordinate energy allocation, enhance immune cell cytotoxicity, and inhibit tumor proliferation. His work spans in vitro and in vivo models and leverages rigorous dose-response and cross-population studies, including investigations of activity–diet interactions on bone health in rural African cohorts. Tim pairs deep wet-lab expertise with practical engineering instincts—demonstrated by contributions to a cross-platform virtual network sound card project—reflecting a rare blend of molecular physiology and systems-level problem solving. Based in Cambridge, MA, he brings translational curiosity and methodological breadth to projects at the interface of exercise physiology, immunology, and cancer biology.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University
Github Skills (9)
windows-driver10
audio-streaming10
c-language10
driver10
cprogramming-language10
networking9
pulseaudio9
multicasting8
multicast8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
duncanthrax/scream
Jul 2015 - Sep 2022
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & System Engineer
Back-end Developer & System EngineerContributions:18 releases, 84 commits, 38 PRs in 7 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Tim primarily contributed to the development and enhancement of a virtual network sound card for Windows. Their work included implementing features for a PulseAudio receiver, integrating variable sample rate and width support, and adding registry options for unicast IP and port configurations. Furthermore, the user addressed potential system stability issues and made updates to build processes for x64, x86, and arm64 architectures.
windowsvirtual-networkmicrosoftmicrosoft-windowssound
duncanthrax/octopus
Nov 2017 - Oct 2019
Contributions:1 release, 24 commits, 20 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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