Toyin Abdulsalam
Sydney,NSW
Summary
As a bioinformatics analyst with over 8 years of experience, I have a strong background in the analysis and interpretation of complex genomic data. I have worked on a variety of projects, including the identification of genetic risk factors for diseases such as cancer and the development of machine learning algorithms to predict protein function. I have also played a key role in the design and implementation of databases for the storage and management of large-scale genomic data sets. In addition to my technical skills, I have strong communication and collaboration abilities, and have contributed to multiple publications in leading scientific journals.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
eResearch Analyst
Intersect Australia
05.2021 - Current
- Eventbrite), recording a list of attendee names, or taking a head count
- Reporting attendance figures back to the L&D Coordinator (if a list of attendee names or a headcount was taken
- If checked in in Eventbrite, this action is not required)
- Head Bioinformatics/Big data analytics
Bioinformatics Data Analyst
DATA-LEAD AFRICA
06.2016 - 12.2019
- Key responsibilities
- Leading and directing the bioinformatics/Big data analytics team
- Develop and implement statistical and machine learning models to analyse and interpret healthcare data
- Work with a team of data scientists and healthcare professionals to identify trends and patterns in the data, and to develop predictive models to support decision-making and improve patient outcomes
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and execute data-driven projects
- Communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders through presentations, reports, and other forms of communication
- Stay up to date with the latest developments in statistical and machine learning methods, and apply these techniques to real- world healthcare problems, African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious
Bioinformatics Data Analyst
ACEGID
04.2017 - 12.2018
- Key responsibilities
- Working with the NGS team for high throughput processing and analysis of pathogen sequence data (including for dengue virus)
- Design and conduct statistical analyses of biological and medical data
- Develop statistical models and interpret results
- Work with a team of researchers and healthcare professionals to identify trends and patterns in the data, and to support decision-making and improve patient outcomes
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and execute data-driven projects
- Communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders through presentations, reports, and other forms of communication
- Stay up to date with the latest developments in biostatistics, and apply these techniques to real-world healthcare problems
Bioinformatics Data Analyst
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture
08.2013 - 07.2017
- Key responsibilities
- To build bioinformatics infrastructure for data management, data integration and data visualization, in collaboration with
- IITA IT department
- To work proactively with biologists to define analysis questions, interpret analysis results, and prioritize on the hypothesis
- To develop research plan and initiate new translational transcriptomics study
- Serve as a technical expert in bioinformatics within the organization and provide support to multiple projects and programs work with a highly effective bioinformatics team
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- Responsible for setting up automated systems for processing of very large volumes of primary and derived data, data mining, statistical analysis, and for reporting of results
- Creating novel algorithms for analysis for large data sets and optimizing computationally intensive workflows
- Perform in‑depth end to end data analysis of whole Genome sequencing data, RNA‑seq, BS-Seq, GWAS, eQTL and other genomics data
- Discussed results of database analysis with various members of management in an organization and led staff members to realize the significance of the data
- Carry out data analyses in parallel on large compute cluster.
Web Programmer
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture
03.2010 - 07.2013
- Designing web layout and user interface by using HTML/CSS practices
- Producing functional and efficient programs by clean and testable coding
- Integrating back-end data for creating efficient web programs/applications
- Collaborating with internal teams for the purpose of identifying system requirements
- Assisting Technical Writers in creating technical documents for end-user support
- Regular upgrading and repairing of existing programs
- Performing regular debugging and tests for maximizing program efficiency
- Following all security regulations to keep the web programs/applications always secure
- Staying aware of latest industry developments and advancements
- Suggesting new features for improving programs’ operation and navigation in accordance with latest trends and user feedbacks 5
Education
Ph.D. - Bioinformatics
University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW08.2023
MSc - Computer Science, Bioinformatics
University of
Ibadan
2018
B. Tech - Agricultural Engineering
Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology
2008
Skills
- Python 6 years
- Apache Spark 4 years
- Apache Hive 4 years
- Apache Impala 4 years
- Apache Mahout 3 years
- Hue 4 years
- MapReduce 4 years
- HBase 4 years
- R programming 8 years
- Nextflow 4 years
- SQL 4 years
- Snowflake
- Tableau
- MongoDB 3 years
- Bash scripting 10 years
- Data analytics 8 years
- Web development 10 years
- Java script 2 years
- React 3 years
- GitHub 5 years
- Bitbucket 4 years
- AWS 2 years
- Google could computing 2
- Years
- HTML 10 years
- AWS Glue 4 years
- Informatica PowerCenter 3
- Talend 3 years
- Machine Learning 3 years
- Rapid miner 3 years
- Unit Testing
- Summary
- Skilled and dedicated Data Analyst with extensive background in
- Research in technology and the industry With a thorough attention to
- Detail, makes use of talents to investigate and research using complex
- Datasets With experience in both private and government research,
- Ready to work with teams finding practical purposes for data and long-
- Lasting solutions
Accomplishments
- 05/2021-current
- Key responsibilities
- Monitoring periodic “request for trainers” emails and responding to indicate availability or otherwise to train
- Delivering training courses (Python, R, MATLAB, SPSS,
- HPC, SQL, Unix shell scripting, Excel, shinyR and web scrapping)
- Determining and equitably sharing the training workload with another eResearch Trainer or eResearch Analyst
- For instance, agreeing to alternate roles of presenting and providing support to attendees of the course
- Ensuring that attendees are provided the link to the Intersect
- Course Evaluation survey and are encouraged to complete it
- Ensuring that attendance is taken, either by checking in to
- Eventbrite (where registrations have been managed in 2, Candida (Diutina) mesorugosa in Non‑Albicans Candida Species
- Clinical Isolates in Southwest Nigeria Read more
- Set up from the beginning: the origin and early development of cassava storage roots Read more
- A Computational Pipeline for Unravelling Complex Traits in Plants (A
- Case Study of CMD in Cassava) Read more
- An augmented transcript discovery approach to improve the delimitation of gene features from RNA‑seq data in the
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene annotation model
- Professional Memberships
- HDR Representative: UNSW Academic board at UNSW
- Member: University Higher Degree Research Committee (UHDRC)
- Vice President Research: Nigerian Bioinformatics and Genomics Network
- Internship Coordinator: The Student Council conceptualized 'Regional Student
- Groups (RSGs) of International Society for Computational Biology.
Timeline
eResearch Analyst
Intersect Australia
05.2021 - Current
Bioinformatics Data Analyst
ACEGID
04.2017 - 12.2018
Bioinformatics Data Analyst
DATA-LEAD AFRICA
06.2016 - 12.2019
Bioinformatics Data Analyst
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture
08.2013 - 07.2017
Web Programmer
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture
03.2010 - 07.2013
Ph.D. - Bioinformatics
University of New South Wales
MSc - Computer Science, Bioinformatics
University of
Ibadan
B. Tech - Agricultural Engineering
Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology
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