Taehyong Kim

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Director of Bioinformatics Core at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Overview

Taehyong Kim is the Director of the Bioinformatics Core at the University of Pennsylvania, bringing over 13 years of experience in bioinformatics and software engineering. Holding a Ph. D. from the University at Buffalo, his expertise covers NGS-related algorithm development, computational biology, and extensive research into human diseases like cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimers.

His post-doctoral work at Stanfords Carnegie Institution for Science involved analyzing metabolic networks to infer the functions of unknown genes.

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Topics They Care About

Human Disease Research
His career includes extensive bioinformatics research into a wide range of human diseases, including diabetes, cancer, autism, and Alzheimer's.
NGS Data Analysis
As Director of the Bioinformatics Core, his work centers on providing data analysis, consultation, and building efficient pipelines for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data.
Computational Modeling
He has a history of designing and implementing computational models, from bone remodeling simulations during his Ph. D. to metabolic network analysis at Stanford.

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Work History

4-2020
Director of Bioinformatics Core at University of Pennsylvania
2-2017
Principal bioinformatician at University of Pennsylvania
8-2015 - 2-2017
Staff bioinformatician at University of Pennsylvania
3-2011 - 7-2015
Post-doctoral research scientist (bioinformatics) at Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford University
9-2005 - 2011
Research assistant (M.S. and Ph.D. in bioinformatics) at State University of New York at Buffalo

Education

2007 - 2011
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from University at Buffalo
2005 - 2007
M.S. from University at Buffalo

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Exp : 25 Location : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Director of Bioinformatics Core at University of Pennsylvania
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