Our Team
We are scientists with deep expertise in genomics and software engineering. We have first-hand experience with needing to build custom software to help us make sense of biological data. We can help you build high-performance, intuitive software for complex biology.
Maria Nattestad, PhD.
Specializes in custom genomics data visualization and making complex data analysis accessible with a great user experience.
Background:- On the Google DeepVariant team, using deep learning for variant calling
- Led scientific visualization at DNAnexus
- PhD at CSHL: analyzing and visualizing complex structural variants in the first PacBio cancer genome
- Creator of Circa, Ribbon/SplitThreader, and Assemblytics
Robert Aboukhalil, PhD.
Specializes in cloud infrastructure and using WebAssembly to move bioinformatics computations into the client-side.
Background:- Built metagenomics web tools at CZI
- Helped scale clinical genomics lab at Invitae
- Built bioinformatics platforms at Fluidigm, GenapSys
- PhD at CSHL: using single-cell DNA sequencing to retrace tumor evolution
- Creator of sandbox.bio, 42basepairs, biowasm, and Level up With WebAssembly