João Luiz de Meirelles

About

A proactive scientist who is in love with coding, bioinformatics and how they can better the world. 5+ years experience in computational biology.

Bioinformatics Scientist

  • Degree: BsC
  • Email: jldemeirelles@gmail.com
  • Freelance: Available

Skills

Python100%
Docker 100%
NGS 100%
PyTorch 80%
R 70%
Single-Cell 70%
Nextflow 100%
Django REST 100%
SQL 100%
TDD 100%

Resume

Sumary

João Luiz de Meirelles

🧬 Bioinformatics | NGS Specialist in Single-Cell & Multiomics 🧬
Hello! 👋 I'm a Bioinformatics graduate with a direct transition into industry, focusing on next-generation sequencing data. My experience spans single-cell, multiomics, epigenomics, and metagenomics, covering a spectrum from human genomes to bacterial and fungi data.
💼 Key Skills:
● Single-Cell & Multiomics: Proven proficiency in both academic and industry settings.
● Programming: Extensive use of Python and R for data analysis and software engineering, bioinformatics pipelines with Nextflow and Snakemake, and machine learning using Pytorch and sklearn.
●Pipeline Optimization: Developed and optimized pipelines using Nextflow and Snakemake for efficiency, reproducibility and modularization.
● Cloud & Docker: Leveraged cloud computing and Docker for scalable and streamlined analyses.
👣 Professional Journey:
From delving into single-cell biology in academia to spearheading multiomics projects in industry, I bring experience in translating complex biological data into actionable insights.
If you're passionate about the synergy between biology and informatics, let's connect and explore collaboration possibilities! 🤝

Education

Bachelor of Science & Bioinformatics

2017 - 2020

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Professional Experience

Lead Bioinformatics Engineer

January 2024 - Present

DeepLife, Remote

    Developing and maintaining pipelines to analyze omics and mulitomics datasets in order to feed a digital twin model.

Computational Biologist

January 2023 - December 2023

DeepLife, Remote

Bioinformatics Scientist

April 2022 - December 2022

DZNE, Ulm, Germany

    Single-cell sequencing analysis and bioinformatics applied to the study of neurodegenerative diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson's disease.

Bioinformatics Engineer

April 2022 - Present

ImYoo, Part-time, Remote

    Single-cell sequencing to profile immune cells and capture precise cellular states with time resolution.

Field Bioinformatics Scientist

September 2021 - March 2022

Thermo Fisher, Remote

    Helping and training clients to understand NGS data. Troubleshooting sequencing problems and developing custom programs to leverage the Ion Torrent platform and create value from sequence.

Bioinformatics Scientist

January 2021 - September 2021

Neoprospecta, Florianópolis, SC/BR

    Development and maintenance of bioinformatics NGS pipelines for genomics and metagenomics analysis for academia and food industry.

Student Developer

June 2021 - August 2021

Google Summer of Code, Remote

Single-Cell data feature extraction pipeline using gene sets from Reactome pathway database.

Bioinformatics Internship

September 2020 - December 2020

Neoprospecta, Florianópolis, SC/BR

Development and maintenance of bioinformatics NGS pipelines for genomics and metagenomics analysis for academia and food industry.

Scientific Initiation Scholarship

August 2019 - May 2021

UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS/BR

Structural analysis of carbohydrates in interaction with proteins by metadynamics and molecular dynamics.

Teaching assistant

March 2019 - July 2019

UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS/BR

Advised students in the Biochemistry for Biotechnology course.

Portfolio

Contact

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