Gungor Budak

Bioinformatics Engineer

Velsera, Inc.•  January 2023 - Present•  Ankara, TURKEY

Develop algorithms to enhance pangenome references. Construct and benchmark pangenome references for NGS data analysis. Develop reproducible workflows to analyze and process WGS/WES datasets. Generate reports/figures to summarize analysis results for easy interpretation.

Bioinformatics Analyst

Seven Bridges Genomics, Inc.•  December 2016 - January 2023•  Ankara, TURKEY

Led bioinformatics tasks of a national genome project including raw data QC, preprocessing, genome alignment and variant calling, postprocessing for reporting and visualization. Researched and developed bioinformatics algorithms and tools for NGS data analysis. Dockerized and optimized various bioinformatics tools for cloud computing.

Software Developer

Siya Biosciences•  May 2020 - November 2020•  Ankara, TURKEY

Developed Electron/Node.js based desktop application and a full-stack MERN application deployed to Microsoft Azure.

Research Scholar

School of Informatics and Computing, IUPUI•  October 2015 - June 2016•  Indianapolis, IN, USA

Developed a Python package and a React application for systematic identification and comparison of processes, phenotypes and diseases associated with RNA-binding proteins.

Software Developer

Evias Pharmaceutical R&D, Co., Ltd.•  February 2015 - October 2015•  Ankara, TURKEY

Developed a cloud-based high performance virtual screening for drug discovery web service.