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Hi, I am Nelson

Nelson Kibinge

Computational Biologist at Orion Pharma

I am an enthusiast of data-driven drug discovery with 6 years of post-PhD working experience in many research projects. I have built diverse computational tools genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics using R, Unix and Python. My tools help with drug-target prioritization and biomarker discovery. I also work on some fun projects for example fantasy premier league data analysis.

R Programming
In silico modeling
Communication
Machine Learning
Transcriptomics
Proteomics

Skills

Experiences

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Senior Scientist (Computational Biology)
Orion Pharma

Feb 2020 - Present, Espoo, Finland

Orion Pharma is the largest Pharmaceautical company in Finland.

Responsibilities:
  • Design, develop and implement data-science tools for research and development projects
  • Support research project with data-related questions especially utilizing high-throughput omics datasets
  • Apply cutting-edge computational and statistical tools for novel drug targets prioritization and biomarker discovery
Senior Research Associate
University of Bristol.

Apr 2019 - Jan 2020, Bristol, United Kingdom

University of Bristol one of the world’s top universities and is the de facto home of Mendelian Randomization.

Responsibilities:
  • Applying Cutting edge genomics and epidemiology techniques to identify therapeutic targets for Autoimmune diseases.
  • Publish and communicate scientific research
  • Facilitate Academy-Pharma industry collaboration
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KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program.

Mar 2016 - Jun 2019, Kilifi Kenya

KEMRI-Wellcome Trust is a one of a kind International research facility in Kenya and Africa leading in infectious disease research and clinical trials

Senior Postdoctoral Scientist (Statistics)

Nov 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Support Institutional stastistical needs
  • Lead the statistics unit
  • Development of statistical methods for diverse omics datasets
Early career postdoctoral scientist (virus epidemiology)

Mar 2016 - Nov 2018

  • Conducting research on virus genomics and diversity in long-term surveillance
  • Writing and publishing scientific work
  • Supervising Masters students and Interns
Visiting Researcher
Heidelberg University.

Jan 2019 - Mar 2019, Heidelberg, Germany

One of the leading World universities

Responsibilities:
  • Developing statistical methods for analysis of the KILchip Protein Microarray data
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Part-time Bioinformatics Lecturer
Pwani University.

Jul 2016 - Present, Kilifi, Kenya

Responsibilities:
  • Taught MSc Bioinformatics SBCG810 Biostatics and data science for Biology
  • Taught SBCG812, Databases and Data visualization
Bioinformatics Intern
Yukiguni Maitake.

Mar 2015 - Sep 2015, Niigata, Japan

Responsibilities:
  • Developing transcriptomics and genomics software tools to support research and development
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Education
Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
2013-2015
Ph.D in Computational Biology
Publications
Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
2011-2013
M.Sc in Computational Biology
Publications
Taken Courses
Course Name Total Credit Obtained Credit
Systems Biology 4 3.75
Bioinformatics I and II 4 3.75
Network Security 4 3.8
Information Theory 4 3.5
Machine Learning 4 3.8
Osaka University
2010-2011
Diploma in Japanese Language
Taken Courses
  • Intensive Japanese Language Course
University of Nairobi
2004-2008
BSc in Biology
Taken Courses
Course Name Total Credit Obtained Credit
Molecular Biology and Bionformatics 4 4
Mathematics for Biologists 4 4
Biochemistry 4 4
Genetics 4 4
Organic Chemistry 4 4
St Patrick's High School-Iten
1999-2002
Secondary School Certificate
B+: 73 out of 84

Projects

Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Contributor March 2018 - Present

Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management.

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Tensorflow
Tensorflow
Developer Jun 2018 - Present

An Open Source Machine Learning Framework for Everyone.

professional machine-learning
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A sample academic paper
Team Lead Jan 2017 - Nov 2017

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Details
Nocode
Nocode
Nothing Oct 2019 - Dec 2019

The best way to write secure and reliable applications. Write nothing; deploy nowhere.

hobby fun
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Toha
Toha
Owner Jun 2019 - Present

A Hugo theme for personal portfolio.

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Achievements

Monbukagakusho MEXT Masters and PhD scholarship

Gandhi Smarak Nidhi fund prize

First Class Honors