Tobias Baril
Postdoctoral Fellow at BMC Genomics
Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolTobias Baril is a postdoctoral fellow in evolutionary genetics at Université de Neuchâtel studying how transposable elements (TEs) drive genome evolution, adaptation, and long-term host dynamics. He combines comparative genomics, scalable bioinformatics, machine learning and methods development to analyse TE content across thousands of fungal genomes, with a focus on the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Tobias builds practical tools for the community—authoring the Earl Grey TE annotation pipeline and contributing packaging and automation work to the bioconda ecosystem to ease distribution of bioinformatics software. His research spans from predicting TE insertion dynamics and adaptive potential to creating curated, open resources that accelerate TE discovery in non-model organisms. As an editorial board member at BMC Genomics and an SNF-funded researcher, he balances rigorous scholarship with reproducible tool development. Outside the lab he’s an avid skier, hiker and cyclist, a background that informs his collaborative, field-oriented approach to large-scale genomic problems.
6 years of coding experience
High School, Geography, Chemistry, Mathematics, High School, Geography, Chemistry, Mathematics at Twynham SchoolMaster’s Degree, Biochemistry, Master’s Degree, Biochemistry at University of SouthamptonDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Genetics at University of Exeter
English, French, German
Github Skills (9)
bioinformatics10
conda10
bash10
develop10
recipe10
package-management10
build-automation10
linux9
github7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
bioconda/bioconda-recipes
Nov 2022 - Apr 2025
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:15 reviews, 19 PRs, 65 comments in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Tobias's commits primarily focus on updating build scripts (`build.sh`) and modifying configuration files (`meta.yaml`) within the bioconda-recipes repository. These changes consistently involve adjustments to how software packages are built, dependencies are managed, and executables are linked. Furthermore, the user introduced a new recipe for the tool HELIANO, showcasing their ability to package and integrate new bioinformatics tools into the bioconda ecosystem. This indicates expertise in automating the build and distribution processes specific to Conda.
recipescondabiocondabioinformaticspackage-management
TobyBaril/EarlGrey
Sep 2021 - Dec 2022
Earl Grey: A fully automated TE curation and annotation pipeline
Contributions:43 releases, 1 review, 219 commits in 1 year 2 months
earlpipelinegreygenome-annotationcuration
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