Vijay Jidigam
Research Scientist at Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolVijay Jidigam is a research scientist with 14+ years of expertise in molecular and developmental biology, angiogenesis, and NGS-driven bioinformatics, currently advancing translational research at Cleveland Clinic. He combines hands-on assay development, CRISPR and stem cell techniques with computational analysis (R/Python, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, GeoMx) to identify biomarkers and therapeutic targets for vascular and retinal diseases. A PhD-trained scientist with proven success publishing, securing grant funding, and mentoring junior researchers, he translates complex datasets into validated molecular assays and potential clinical applications. Comfortable across wet-lab and cloud-enabled bioinformatics workflows, he uniquely bridges embryo and retinal biology experimentation with scalable data-driven discovery aimed at gene therapy and drug development.
7 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Umeå universitetMaster's degree, Master's degree at University of SkövdeBengaluru UniversityPG in Bioinformatics & Cheminformatics, PG in Bioinformatics & Cheminformatics at Biomed Informatics
Github Skills (27)
docker10
python10
data-science10
workflow-engine10
chip-seq10
pipeline10
hla10
sequencing10
bioinformatics10
galaxy10
genomics10
science10
metagenomics10
package-management9
test-data9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nvk747/training-material
Jun 2018 - May 2021
A collection of Galaxy-related training material
Contributions:7 PRs, 60 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 10 months
training-materialgalaxytraining
nvk747/pancancer
Feb 2019 - Feb 2020
Building classifiers using cancer transcriptomes across 33 different cancer-types
Contributions:15 PRs, 54 pushes, 2 branches in 11 months
machine-learningclassifierscancer
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