John Obenauer

John Obenauer has a diverse work experience in the field of bioinformatics and biomedical data analysis. John has worked at various organizations including Rancho BioSciences, Digital Genomics LLC, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, MIT, and Brandeis University.

At Rancho BioSciences, John has served as a Staff Scientist and the Head of Bioinformatics. Their responsibilities included analyzing and curating biomedical data, proposing projects to clients, and managing a team of bioinformatics staff.

At Digital Genomics LLC, they worked as the CEO & Research Scientist, where they analyzed biomedical data for clients, including next-generation sequencing experiments and microarrays. John successfully detected differentially expressed genes and single nucleotide polymorphisms.

In their role at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, John worked as a Bioinformatics Research Scientist, Bioinformatics Group Leader, and Bioinformatics Associate Research Scientist. Their work involved analyzing genome sequencing and genotyping data, detecting mutations and copy number variants, developing methods to detect sample contamination, and mapping genomes. John also provided bioinformatics services, managed a team, conducted research projects, assisted staff with analysis methods, planned budgets, and developed algorithms and databases.

During their time at MIT, John worked as a Research Scientist, where they wrote bioinformatics software and provided support to affiliated departments. John developed software for predicting phosphoprotein interactions and microRNA binding sites, installed and maintained server hardware and software, and assisted in the analysis of DNA microarray data.

Lastly, at Brandeis University, John worked as a graduate student in the Biochemistry department. Their research focused on studying the structural features of electron transfer proteins using multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). John conducted experiments, synthesized genes, grew and purified proteins, and developed various tools and programs.

Overall, John Obenauer has demonstrated extensive experience and expertise in bioinformatics, biomedical data analysis, and research methodology throughout their career.

John Obenauer obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies from St. John's College in the years 1986 to 1990. Following this, they pursued a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biochemistry from Brandeis University between 1996 and 2001.