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
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.
