Ilya Soifer
Director at Ultima Genomics
Tel-Aviv District, Israel
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Top SchoolIlya Soifer is a computational biologist and data scientist with eight years of industry experience and a PhD in Systems Biology from the Weizmann Institute. He now leads bioinformatics at Ultima Genomics, advancing algorithms and analytics for next-generation sequencing and chromatin genomics after progressing from hands-on engineering roles. His background blends statistics, combinatorics, image analysis and algorithm development, rooted in earlier microscopy-driven research on yeast cell division. Ilya has applied these quantitative skills across academia and industry—from algorithm development for plant genomics to bioinformatics at CalicoLabs—bridging deep research experience with product-focused delivery. Known for turning complex genomic data into scalable analytic solutions, he brings both scientific rigor and practical engineering to genomics platforms.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
The Hebrew University of JerusalemDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Systems Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Systems Biology at Weizmann Institute of Science
English, Hebrew, Russian
Github Skills (17)
genome10
spark10
gatk10
sequencing10
bioinformatics10
command-line-tool10
genomics10
science10
visualization9
java9
aws7
wdl4
pipeline3
reproducible-science2
python2
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Ultimagen/cn.mops
May 2023 - May 2025
Fork of Bioconductor git repository for cn.mops. Contains UG-specific changes
Contributions:3 reviews, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 2 years
Ultimagen/parascopy
Mar 2024 - Sep 2025
Copy number estimation and variant calling for duplicated genes using WGS.
Contributions:2 reviews, 5 PRs, 23 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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