Youssef Darzi
Owner Bioinformatics Solution Architect
Beirut Governorate, Lebanon
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Top SchoolYoussef Darzi is a bioinformatics solution architect and entrepreneur with 10 years of experience building scalable genomic and microbiome analysis platforms that combine modern web stacks, cloud automation, and workflow orchestration. He holds a PhD in Metagenomics and has led end-to-end projects from genome assembly and clinical variant reporting to interactive big-data visualizations and machine learning–driven omics integration. As founder of Omixer he designs production-ready pipelines (Nextflow/WDL, Cromwell, AWS/Azure/GCP) and web apps (Angular, Micronaut/Flask) for research and clinical customers, having previously sped up GWAS and microarray workflows by orders of magnitude. His work spans academia and industry—from contributing tools like iPath3/FuncTree2 and gut-brain modules to commercializing whole-genome interpretation—bringing a rare combination of deep domain science and full-stack engineering. Based in Beirut, he uniquely bridges hands-on algorithmic development with cloud-native delivery and practical automation to turn complex biological data into actionable insights.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Bioinformatics, Bachelor’s Degree, Bioinformatics at Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-II) - Clermont-FerrandMaster’s Degree, Bioinformatics, graduated with honors, Master’s Degree, Bioinformatics, graduated with honors at Université de MontpellierDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioinformatics | Metagenomics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioinformatics | Metagenomics at KU Leuven | VUB
English, French, Arabic
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Github Skills (25)
step-functions10
hierarchy-viewer10
metagenomics10
aws9
bioinformatics9
genomics9
batch9
mapper8
caller7
rpm7
openapi6
openapi-generator6
swagger6
micronaut6
grails6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
raeslab/omixer-rpm
Jul 2018 - Nov 2018
A Reference Pathways Mapper for turning metagenomic functional profiles into pathway/module profiles.
Contributions:2 releases, 20 commits, 4 PRs in 4 months
pathwayspathwayturningbioinformaticsmapper
omixer/omixer-rpmR
Nov 2018 - Dec 2022
An R interface to the omixer-rpm for turning metagenomic functional profiles into pathway/module profiles
Contributions:8 releases, 23 commits, 4 PRs in 4 years 2 months
metagenomicsrpmpathwaypathway-analysismetabolic-reconstruction
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