Eyal David
Sr. Manager, Bioinformatics At The Illumina AI Research Laboratory
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEyal David is a senior bioinformatics leader and principal investigator at the Illumina AI Research Laboratory with 11 years of experience bridging genetics, multiomics, cellular screens and AI to decode the regulatory genome. He leads a hybrid experimental and computational team in the San Francisco Bay Area, translating multi-species single-cell and whole-genome data into mechanistic insights about how genetic variation shapes traits. His academic trajectory—from a PhD in Human Genetics to faculty and postdoc roles—reflects deep expertise in combining genomics, molecular biology and deep learning, including novel microscopy methods and work on selfish toxin–antidote genes. Known for pairing hands-on experimental design with computational method development, he brings both lab leadership and AI-driven analytics to large-scale genomic problems.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology with a minor in Cognitive Sciences, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology with a minor in Cognitive Sciences, Magna Cum Laude at The Hebrew University of JerusalemDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Human Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Human Genetics at The Hebrew University
English, Hebrew
Github Skills (35)
genome-annotation9
comparative-genomics9
rna-seq9
barcodes7
cpp6
single-cell-analysis6
conda6
python6
slim5
fastq5
sequencing4
population-genetics4
expression3
pipeline3
bioconductor3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
eyalbenda/liftoveR
Jul 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:25 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
eyalbenda/xQTLstats
Oct 2017 - Mar 2021
Contributions:8 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
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