• Data mining of online databases and large sets (millions of cells) of single cell RNA-seq (Chan Zuckerberg initiative, Allen Brain Atlas, Answer ALS and more). • Analysis pipeline development using Python, R, Bash. • Batch submission working with HTC Linux system. • I applied advanced statistical methods in search of metabolic networks involved in motor neuron degeneration.

Solis Agroseiences | May 2023 - Oct 2023

Director of Scientific Research

I oversaw: • The company’s scientific team. • Research and development. • Constructing research plans for clients.

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | Jan 2013 - Feb 2023

Research Scientist - Bioinformatics, Genomics, Molecular Biology

• Multidisciplinary project management, supervising postdocs, students, lab technicians. • Writing grant proposals, reports, and publications. • Analysis of combined large complex NGS data sets (RNA-seq, DAP-seq, ChIP-seq, CUT&TAG, ATAC, and more) using Bash, Python, and R. • Pipeline and code development, advanced statistical modeling. • Digital breeding and prediction statistical models (GWAS, eQTL, colocalization). • Working in a UNIX high performance cluster computing, and cloud environment (CyVerse, AWS). • Gene Editing and Genotyping analysis. • Comparative analysis of gene regulatory networks. • Advanced statistics such as: complex experimental design, advanced statistical models, linear models, Inference, etc.

BTI, Cornell University | Sep 2008 - Dec 2012

Postdoctoral Fellow – Bioinformatics, Genomics, Molecular Biology

Research foci: • Analysis and pipeline development of spatial time course gene expression using Bash and R. • Statistical analysis of evolutionary gene expression. • Network analysis of cell type specific gene expression. • Working in high performance cluster computing.

The Weizmann Institute of Science | Aug 2005 - Aug 2008

Postdoctoral Fellow – Neurodevelopment, Cytology, Molecular Biology

Research foci: • Computational and statistical analysis of the evolution of non-coding sequences. • Generated transgenic mice using expression plasmids and recombinant BACs. • ChIP-seq analysis of samples from mice tissue and cell cultures. • In-situ hybridization of wax and cold tissue sections. • I Constructed the transcriptional regulation model of mammalian RUNX3.

My Education

Take a look at my formal education

PhD in Molecular Evolution, Bioinformatics, Cytogenetics,The Weizmann Institute of Science | 2005

B.Sc in Animal ScienceThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem

M.Sc in Quantitative Genetics and Statistics The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 2000

About Me

I am an experienced scientist in genetics, molecular biology, and statistics. I am a self-taught bioinformatician and decided to get some official education in the field, while updating my knowledge to recent functions and methods.

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