Olin Silander
Senior Research Fellow at The University of Auckland
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolOlin Silander is a senior research fellow who blends genomics, computational biology, and machine learning to advance human and cancer genomics, synthetic biology, and large-scale sequencing. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, he has led interdisciplinary research at The University of Auckland and previously held roles at Massey University, with earlier appointments at ETH Zurich, University of Basel, and Harvard, reflecting a broad international footprint. His core focus is developing methods and frameworks to interpret biology at scale, translating complex omics signals into practical insights. He holds a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from UC San Diego and a BS in Molecular Biology from Northwestern University, underscoring a rigorous cross-disciplinary training. His career demonstrates a track record of translational genomics and computational biology research across academia, with a strong emphasis on scalable analytics and data-driven discovery.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San DiegoBachelor's degree, Molecular Biology, Bachelor's degree, Molecular Biology at Northwestern University
Github Skills (54)
genome10
bioinformatics9
genomics9
fasta8
libtorch8
file-manipulation8
fastq7
tsne7
science7
sequence7
dna-sequences7
systems-biology7
adapter5
biodiversity5
manipulation5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
osilander/bacterial-genomics-intro
Jan 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:220 pushes, 7 branches in 3 months
osilander/203.311
Jan 2022 - Mar 2023
Genome Science for Genome Scientists
Contributions:315 commits, 381 pushes in 1 year 2 months
scientistsgenomesciencegenomicsbioinformatics
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