Trevor Bedford
Research Scientist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarTrevor Bedford is a research scientist with 16 years of experience applying data engineering and software development to viral evolution and public health. Based at Fred Hutch in Seattle, he builds and maintains widely used open-source tools like Nextstrain and the ncov pipeline for real-time SARS-CoV-2 tracking, as well as analytical resources such as @nextstrain, @seattleflu, and @blab. His work blends large-scale genomic data processing, metadata curation, and visualization to deliver timely, actionable insights during outbreaks. Trevor’s code contributions include automating imports from GISAID/GenBank, constructing recency metrics, and implementing mutational fitness analyses that improve phylogenetic interpretation. He pairs rigorous computational methods with an orientation toward practical public-health impact, often surfacing signals that guide real-world responses.
16 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
bioinformatics10
json10
sar10
data-pipeline10
data-pipelines10
python10
data-analysis9
snakemake9
bash9
pandas8
githubaction-workflow7
github-ci7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
nextstrain/ncov
Jan 2020 - Nov 2022
Nextstrain build for SARS-CoV-2
Role in this project:
Data Engineer & Software Engineer
Data Engineer & Software EngineerContributions:3 releases, 64 reviews, 404 commits in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Trevor primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the Nextstrain build for SARS-CoV-2. They focused on data processing, including importing GISAID and GenBank accession data, constructing recency metrics, and adjusting metadata for regional builds. The user also implemented scripts to assign colors, modify tree structures, and streamline reference files, thereby improving the efficiency and accuracy of the data analysis pipeline. The user also implemented mutational fitness.
ncovnovel-coronavirussars-cov-2sars-covnextstrain
seattleflu/augur-build
Mar 2019 - Jan 2020
the (in development) augur build for understanding influenza dynamics in Seattle
Contributions:20 PRs, 108 pushes, 41 branches in 9 months
understandingaugurinfluenzadynamics
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