Altuna Akalın
Group Leader at Max Delbrück Center
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolAltuna Akalın is a group leader at the Max Delbrück Center with more than two decades of experience at the intersection of computational genomics, bioinformatics, and AI. She leads a multidisciplinary team to transform biological and medical data into novel diagnostics and therapeutics, with a focus on oncology and solid-tumor target discovery. Her work combines deep learning, predictive modeling, and large-scale genomic analysis to uncover biomarkers, accelerate drug discovery, and personalise cancer treatment. In addition to research, she authored a Computational Genomics book and contributes to open-source projects, notably as Technical Writer and Build Engineer for the compgenomr/book repository, implementing automated deployment with GitHub Actions. Based in Berlin, she brings a global, cross-disciplinary perspective supported by a PhD in Genomics & Bioinformatics from the University of Bergen and ongoing executive education from Harvard Medical School.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Harvard Medical School
Github Skills (8)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
compgenomr/book
May 2016 - Jun 2020
Role in this project:
Technical Writer & Build Engineer
Technical Writer & Build EngineerContributions:111 commits, 31 PRs, 127 pushes in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Altuna primarily contributed to the book's content and build process. They added preface and introduction sections, expanded genomics explanations, and incorporated Google Analytics tracking. Furthermore, the user updated the publishing and deployment scripts, including manual and automated deployment using GitHub Actions, indicating a focus on build and release automation.
BIMSBbioinfo/compgen
Feb 2015 - Dec 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 138 pushes, 1 comment in 9 years 11 months
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