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Accomplished Bioinformatic Scientist with over 13 years of extensive expertise in immunology and oncology bioinformatics

Profile Summary

During my tenure at NeoImmuneTech, Inc., I spearheaded bioinformatics initiatives aimed at identifying clinical biomarkers within transcriptomic and genomic datasets. Specializing in transcriptomics, genomics, and immunology, my focus centered on single-cell RNA-Seq and adaptive immune repertoire analyses within the realm of oncology. Prior to this, at the Vaccine Research Center within the National Institutes of Health, I pioneered the development of innovative analysis pipelines relating to infectious disease. My expertise spans adaptive immune repertoire analysis, single-cell RNASeq analysis, viral sequencing and analysis, as well as pathogen detection in cell-free host samples. I consider myself to be a lifelong learner and someone who consistently seeks opportunities to broaden my knowledge base. My strength lies in my ability to integrate new data and master novel techniques, which I then apply to emerging challenges.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Virology
• ☆ Molecular Virology
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Gene & Protein Expression Analysis
• ☆ Systems Biology
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ Java
• ☆ R

Services

• Data & AI

Data & AI Algorithm Design-Non ML, Big Data Analytics

Work Experience

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

NeoImmuneTech, Inc

October 2022 - March 2024

Senior Bioinformatician

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

April 2010 - October 2022

Education

Genomics and Bioinformatics

George Washington University

August 2008 - May 2010

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Carolyn M. Nielsen, Jordan R. Barrett, Christine Davis, Jonathan K. Fallon, Cyndi Goh, Ashlin R. Michell, Catherine Griffin, Andrew Kwok, Carolin Loos, Samuel Darko, et al. (2023). Delayed boosting improves human antigen-specific Ig and B cell responses to the RH5.1/AS01B malaria vaccine . JCI Insight.

Lingshu Wang, Tongqing Zhou, Yi Zhang, Eun Sung Yang, Chaim A. Schramm, Wei Shi, Amarendra Pegu, Olamide K. Oloniniyi, Amy R. Henry, Samuel Darko, et al. (2021). Ultrapotent antibodies against diverse and highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants . Science.

Kimberly A. Morrissey, Marcin Wegrecki, T. Praveena, Victoria L. Hansen, Lijing Bu, Komagal Kannan Sivaraman, Samuel Darko, Daniel C. Douek, Jamie Rossjohn, Robert D. Miller, et al. (2021). The molecular assembly of the marsupial γμ T cell receptor defines a third T cell lineage . Science.

Marcus Buggert, Laura A. Vella, Son Nguyen, Vincent H. Wu, Zeyu Chen, Takuya Sekine, André Perez-Potti, Colby R. Maldini, Sasikanth Manne, Samuel Darko, et al. (2020). The Identity of Human Tissue-Emigrant CD8+ T Cells . Cell.

Sam Darko, Joseph C. Mudd, Stephen Lai, Sanjana Shah, Andrew Rahmberg, Jacob K. Flynn, Carly E. Starke, Molly R. Perkins, Amy Ransier, Daniel C. Douek, et al. (2020). Epigenetic silencing of CD4 expression in nonpathogenic SIV infection in African green monkeys . JCI Insight.

Son Nguyen, Claire Deleage, Samuel Darko, Amy Ransier, Duc P. Truong, Divyansh Agarwal, Alberto Sada Japp, Vincent H. Wu, Leticia Kuri-Cervantes, Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, et al. (2019). Elite control of HIV is associated with distinct functional and transcriptional signatures in lymphoid tissue CD8 + T cells . Science Translational Medicine.