Torsten Houwaart
Bioinformatician
Germany
Summary
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RockstarTorsten Houwaart is a bioinformatician with 12 years of experience bridging academic research and public health analytics, currently applying his skills at the Robert Koch Institute. He has a strong postdoctoral background from the University of Düsseldorf and University of Freiburg, bringing deep domain knowledge in computational biology and RNA analysis. Torsten contributes to open-source bioinformatics tooling—helping develop and clean Python wrappers for the widely used Galaxy platform and integrating visualization features for RNA structure tools like ViennaRNA. He combines rigorous research experience with hands-on backend development, making complex algorithms accessible in reproducible workflows. Colleagues value his ability to translate niche computational methods into robust, usable software for both research and operational contexts.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (5)
bioinformatics10
tooling10
galaxy10
wrapper10
python10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
bgruening/galaxytools
Feb 2014 - Feb 2018
:microscope::books: Galaxy Tool wrappers
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:149 commits, 16 PRs, 39 pushes in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Torsten primarily contributed to the development of Galaxy Tool wrappers, focusing on bioinformatics tools related to RNA analysis. Their work included scaffolding and cleaning up Python code for wrappers, specifically for tools like RNALfold and the ViennaRNA suite. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to integrating the tools, such as dot-bracket sequence representation in the visualization plugins.
cheminformaticsmicroscopegalaxyprojgalaxygalaxy-tool
DiltheyLab/graph-genome-workbench
Sep 2019 - Aug 2022
Software, workflows and information for working with graph genomes
Contributions:26 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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