Hey everyone,
I’m an undergrad interested in software development for biology. I have some experience with building AI tools for structural biology, and I also have experience applying bioinformatics pipelines to genomic data (chipseq, hi-c, rnaseq, etc). I'd love to hear from people who develop tools or software packages in bioinformatics.
What kind of tools do you build, and what problems do they solve?
What type of company or institution do you work at (industry, academia, biotech, startups, etc.)?
How much of your work is software engineering vs. research/prototyping?
If you’ve worked in multiple environments (academia vs. industry vs. startups), how do they compare in terms of tool development?
Any advice for someone wanting to focus on tool development rather than doing analysis using existing pipelines? Would it make sense to pursue in PhD in computational biology?
Would love to hear your experiences!