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Bioinformatics Scientist with 10 years of experience in Bioinformatics, NGS, and Data Science.

Profile Summary

I have 10 years of experience with data ingestion, cleaning, EDA, statistical analysis, feature engineering, predictive modeling, deployment, and generating strategic business insights. Key relevant achievements include: - Expertise in applying state-of-the-art method ML algorithms (CNNs, transformers, scikit-learn, etc.) and Chemoinformics for in silico drug discovery, improving drug screening capabilities 1000-fold. - Architected end-to-end QA systems for data ingestion and preprocessing, boosting data quality to 89% and revolutionizing cross-departmental workflows. - Developed neural network model for customer features, resulting in an 18-fold reduction in missing values and 34% improvement in LTV model and forecasting accuracy.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Transcriptomics
• ☆ Proteomics
• ☆ Genomics
• ☆ Chromatin
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ ATAC-Seq
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ Genome Sequencing
• ☆ RNA Sequencing
• ☆ DNA/Gene Synthesis
• ☆ Plasmid DNA
• ☆ DNA Damage & Repair
• ☆ ChIP-Seq
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Cell Signaling Pathways
• ☆ Gene Regulation
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Biophysics
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Algorithm Design
• ☆ Predictive Modeling & Analytics
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Cluster Analysis
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Big Data Analytics
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Data Management
• ☆ Data Manipulation
• ☆ Machine Learning
• ☆ Text Mining & Analytics
• ☆ Data Mining
• ☆ Data Cleaning
• ☆ Natural Language Processing
• ☆ Neural Networks
• ☆ Pattern Recognition
• ☆ Artificial Intelligence
• ☆ Deep Learning
• ☆ Business Analytics
• ☆ Fuzzy Logic
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Applied Statistics
• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Regression Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Nonlinear Regression
• ☆ Bayesian Statistics
• ☆ Correlation Analysis
• ☆ Statistical Computing
• ☆ Mathematical Statistics
• ☆ Study Design
• ☆ Medical Statistics
• ☆ Health Data Analysis
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Gene & Protein Expression Analysis
• ☆ Structural Bioinformatics
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Primary Cells
• ☆ Cell Surface Receptors
• ☆ Cell Aging
• ☆ Risk Assessment & Actuarial Science
• ☆ Data Storage

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Meta-Research, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Data Scientist

GoHealth

January 2023 - Present

Bioinformatics Scientist in Microbiology & Mol Genetics

UCI

September 2017 - January 2023

Education

Ph.D (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)

University of California, Irvine

- Present

B.S (Biophyiscs)

Brown University

- Present

PhD

University of California, Irvine

September 2017 - January 2023

BS

Brown University

August 2008 - May 2015

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

PREPRINT

Lauren Urban, Ilona P. Foik, Lauren A. Urban, Andy P. Huang, Timothy L. Downing, Albert Siryaporn(2022). Activation of a bacterial flow sensor by hypochlorous acid from stimulated neutrophils . []. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Lauren Urban, Lauren A. Urban, Annie Trinh, Eric Pearlman, Albert Siryaporn, Timothy L. Downing(2021). The impact of age-related hypomethylated DNA on immune signaling upon cellular demise . Trends in Immunology. 42. (6). p. 464--468. Elsevier {BV}

Lauren Urban, Tory Doolin, Henry Amir, Leora Duong, Rachel Rosenzweig, Lauren A. Urban, Marta Bosch, Albert Pol, Steven P. Gross, Albert Siryaporn(2020). Mammalian histones facilitate antimicrobial synergy by disrupting the bacterial proton gradient and chromosome organization . Nature Communications. 11. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}