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Kyung Hoi (Joseph) Min

Computational Biologist. Software Engineer.

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About Me

I am passionate about the application of computer science to the biological sciences. As an undergraduate double-majoring Biology and Computer Science at Caltech, I develop software applicaitons that automate biological data anlysis and allow scientists to take full advantage of the massive amount of data generated by modern biological methods. My specific interests include bulk and single-cell RNA-sequencing.

Experience

Sep 2019 - Present

Pachter Lab

Undergraduate Researcher

Working with Sina Booeshaghi and Prof Lior Pachter on a single-cell RNA-seq project with Kallisto. Developed a friendly wrapper around a popular scRNA-seq analysis pipeline (kb-python). Developing a repository for scRNA-seq data that will allow aggregation across multiple datasets.

Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

Ginkgo Bioworks

Software Engineering Intern

Worked on improving Ginkgo's in-house next-generation sequncing analysis pipeline. Implemented contamination screening and dropout detection, along with metadata reporting. Migrated on-site pipeline to the cloud (AWS).

Jan 2017 - Jun 2019

Sternberg Lab

Undergraduate Researcher

Worked with David Angeles PhD. and Prof Paul W. Sternberg on bioinformatics and molecular biology projects involving the model organism C. elegans, most notably Alaska (above).

Projects

Commons Cell Atlas

  • Repository for all the world's single-cell RNA-seq data.
  • Arbitrary aggregation and comparison of data across multiple datasets by using a variational autoencoder to siplify multi-dimensional data.
  • Web application written in React.js and Django.
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kb-python

  • A friendly Python wrapper around the kallisto | bustools pipeline for scRNA-seq analysis
  • Pre-processes scRNA-seq data into gene count matrices and RNA velocity matrices
  • Provides pre-built reference indices for pseudoalignment
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Alaska

  • Full-stack developer - Wrote entire back-end server in Python, R, Bash; and front-end portal in Javascript, HTML/CSS, PHP.
  • Presented a poster at the 21st International C. elegans Conference.
  • Alpha version available at http://alaska.caltech.edu/ and source code on Github.
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Education

Caltech

Sep 2016 - Present

BS in Biology and Computer Science

Coursework

Biology

Computer Science

Extracurriculars

Yearbook

Sep 2016 - Present

Business Manager, Designer, Photographer

Established a new advertisement system, shared cloud storage system, job organization and assignment system, and payment reimbursement system. Designed pages and took/edited photos with Adobe software.

Health Advocate

Sep 2017 - Present

Emergency Medical Responder

American Red Cross certified emergency medical responder and basic life support provider. Worked as the dormitory health advocate and provided first aid to students.

Student Government

Jun 2017 - May 2019

Lloyd House Historian

Recorded Lloyd House (dormitory) events by taking photos. Established a new shared cloud storage system for the house to distribute these photos.

Awards

Skills

Programming

Software

Data Analysis

Molecular Biology