Ruben Vorderman
Bioinformatician At Leiden University Medical Center
Gelderland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRuben Vorderman is a bioinformatician with nine years’ experience blending biology, teaching, and software engineering at Leiden University Medical Center’s Sequence Analysis Support Core. He maintains and deploys Galaxy servers and contributes practical tooling and packaging to open-source bioinformatics projects, including notable work on Cromwell, Bioconda recipes, Cutadapt and core Python modules. Trained in functional anatomy, evolution and vector-borne disease ecology, Ruben brings domain insight from hands-on mosquito research to computational workflows for infectious disease genomics. Comfortable across DevOps, backend development and QA, he focuses on simple, robust solutions—reflected in contributions that improve file handling, reproducible workflows and container efficiency. He is motivated by non-profit health impact and pairs his teaching background with technical craftsmanship to make complex analyses accessible to researchers.
9 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MSc), Biology, Master of Science (MSc), Biology at Wageningen UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Leraar Voorbereidend Hoger Onderwijs in Biologie, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Leraar Voorbereidend Hoger Onderwijs in Biologie at Universiteit UtrechtVWO, Natuur en techniek + natuur en gezondheid, VWO, Natuur en techniek + natuur en gezondheid at RSG Wiringherlant
Dutch, English, German
Github Skills (57)
tooling10
kubernetes10
gzip10
docker10
biom10
package-management10
python10
testing10
command-line-interface10
work-flow10
conda10
workflow-engine10
data-management10
dockers10
containerization10
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
broadinstitute/cromwell
Jan 2018 - Dec 2020
Scientific workflow engine designed for simplicity & scalability. Trivially transition between one off use cases to massive scale production environments
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 101 commits, 33 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Ruben made several contributions to the Cromwell workflow engine, focusing on improving the backend and file handling aspects. They added a new path+modtime file hash strategy, and implemented a cached-copy localization strategy, which involved modifying the SharedFileSystem class. The user also fixed a bug related to relative input paths and the size function, and updated the regex for relative outputs. These changes involved modifications to file path handling, call caching, and overall workflow execution.
scientific-workflowworkflow-executionworkflowcloudhpc
galaxyproject/tools-iuc
May 2017 - Jun 2021
Tool Shed repositories maintained by the Intergalactic Utilities Commission
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 20 commits, 8 PRs in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Ruben primarily contributed to the `data_manager_mothur_toolsuite` within the repository, demonstrating a focus on enhancing data retrieval and management. They addressed bugs, updated Python versions, and added new data releases for the tools. Furthermore, the user improved the code by incorporating f-strings, optimizing file handling, and refactoring code for better functionality.
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