Tyler Alioto
Genome Assembly And Annotation Team Leader
Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolTyler Alioto is a computational genomics leader with 20 years of experience bridging molecular biology, neuroscience and bioinformatics to assemble and annotate reference genomes for initiatives under the Earth Biogenome Project. As Genome Assembly and Annotation Team Leader at CNAG, he leads de novo assemblies, genome annotation and somatic variant benchmarking across diverse taxa, translating deep academic expertise into production-grade reference resources. His prior work at the Center for Genomic Regulation includes developing gene prediction tools (GeneID/GenePC/NextGeneID) and databases such as U12DB, reflecting a long track record in gene modeling and comparative splicing analysis. Trained with a PhD from UC Berkeley and a BS from Stanford, he combines rigorous research instincts with large-scale project delivery, often working at the interface of method development and consortium-driven genomics. A less obvious strength is his sustained focus on practical benchmarking and reproducibility, which helps turn complex assemblies into trustworthy community standards.
20 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Molecular and Cell Biology, PhD, Molecular and Cell Biology at University of California, BerkeleyB.S., Biological Sciences, B.S., Biological Sciences at Stanford University
English, Spanish, Catalan, Japanese
Github Skills (14)
viewer5
bioinformatics5
genomics5
genome4
annotations4
visualization3
assembler2
scalable2
assembly2
python-bindings1
anchor1
unzip1
nextflow1
pipeline1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cnag-aat/ERGA-Status
Jul 2022 - Dec 2024
Contributions:412 pushes, 7 comments, 3 issues in 2 years 5 months
talioto/EARs
Oct 2023 - Mar 2025
The ERGA Assembly Reports repository
Contributions:9 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 5 months
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