Vasundra Touré
Scientific Coordinator (RDF)
Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
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Top SchoolVasundra Touré is a Scientific Coordinator with 11 years of experience specializing in data management, semantic interoperability and Semantic Web technologies for healthcare research. At SIB she leads the design and maintenance of the SPHN RDF Schema, integrates clinical terminologies (SNOMED CT, LOINC, ATC) and develops SHACL/SPARQL validation tools to enable FAIR, interoperable patient data across Swiss hospitals. Her background includes a PhD-focused track improving FAIR causal interaction representation and building curation tools like causalBuilder, reflecting a strong blend of bioinformatics, standards development and software engineering. She has a track record of turning complex biological standards (SBGN, SBML) into practical software pipelines and outreach resources, and frequently supports public–private collaborations and researcher onboarding. Based in Basel, she pairs deep domain expertise with hands-on tooling and documentation that make semantic models usable in real-world personalized health research.
11 years of coding experience
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitetMaster of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Mention Bien, Master of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Mention Bien at Université Paris Sud (Paris XI)Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology, General, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology, General at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
French, English, Tamil, Spanish, German
Github Skills (62)
causal10
statement10
ontologies9
minimum9
owl9
interaction9
geneontology8
uri8
bfo8
specification8
semantic-web8
ontology8
identifier8
sparql7
linked-data7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
MI2CAST/causalBuilder
Jul 2019 - Oct 2020
Causal statement curation interface
Contributions:99 commits, 4 PRs, 48 pushes in 1 year 3 months
statementcausalcuration
MI2CAST/MI2CAST
Dec 2017 - Aug 2020
Minimum Information about a Molecular Interaction Causal Statement
Contributions:79 commits, 3 PRs, 69 pushes in 2 years 8 months
interactioncausalmolecularminimumstatement
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