Vikas Peddu
PHD Candidate
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVikas Peddu is a PhD candidate in Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics at UCSC with eight years of hands-on experience applying Nanopore sequencing to discover host and non-host RNA biomarkers from liquid biopsies. His work spans exosomal RNA biomarker discovery for tobacco-related cancers and transcriptomic diagnostics for integrated viral genomes, combining wet-lab skills (RT-qPCR, PCR) with bioinformatics and next-generation sequencing analysis. Based in Seattle, he bridges academic research and translational goals, holding a Master's in Laboratory Medicine and a BS in Microbiology. Notably, he leverages long-read Nanopore data to probe RNA signatures that are often missed by short-read approaches, aiming to improve non-invasive diagnostics.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Microbiology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Microbiology at University of WashingtonUniversity of California Santa CruzMaster's degree, Laboratory Medicine, Master's degree, Laboratory Medicine at University of Washington Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Github Skills (60)
fastq-files9
rna-seq9
genbank8
bioinformatics8
reproducible-science7
binning7
nextflow7
pipeline7
lava7
aws6
groovy6
reproducible-research6
assembly6
slurm6
singularity6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
vpeddu/CLOMP
Aug 2019 - Dec 2020
UW Virology's Clinically OK Metagenomic Pipeline
Contributions:226 commits, 3 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 year 3 months
metagenomic-pipelinepipelinevirology
vpeddu/aPOMP
Aug 2021 - Feb 2025
Contributions:11 PRs, 627 pushes, 25 branches in 3 years 6 months
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