Brandon Barker
Division of Nutritional SciencesCornell University317 Savage HallGarden Ave.Ithaca, NY 14853(607) 262-6009
brandon.barker@gmail.com
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Cornell University
, Ithaca, NY.
Education
Ph.D. in Computational Biology and Medicine, expected June 2013.Thesis Advisor: Zhenglong Gu.
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University of Kentucky
, Lexington, KY.B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics, Aug 2006.
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Yeast Metabolism, Biological Robustness, Flux Balance Analysis,
Research
Mathematical Programming, Image Analysis, Sequence Alignment.
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Publications:
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Zanders, S., Ma, X., RoyChoudhury, A., Hernandez, R., Demogines, A., Barker, B.,Indap, A., Gu, Z., Bustamante, C., & Alani, E.
Identification of a mutational hotspot in yeast and humans by whole-genome sequencing.
In revision, PLoS Biology.
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Bioinformatics IT Specialist
(Aug 2006 – June 2008) Assist in Bioinformatics Research,
WorkExperience
develop and administer a microarray database, Department of Biology,University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
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Cluster Administrator
(May 2006 – Aug 2006)Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
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Grader
(2004) Graded papers and projects for a Compilers class,Department of Computer Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
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Research Summer Internship
(Summer 2003)Department of Computer Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.– Supported by the Kentucky Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network.
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NIH Training Grant GM083937-01A1, 2009-2010.
Honors andAwards
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Tri-Institutional Fellowship 2008-2013.
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Senior Design project: Robot design, won 2nd place out of 7 at UK ECE competition, 2005,project page located at URL:=
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University of Kentucky IEEE ECC Officer 2005.
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University of Kentucky Microsoft Student Ambassador 2004-2005.
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KEES Scholarship 2002-2006.
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Henry Mason Lutes Scholarship.
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Thurston Strunk Scholarship.
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University of Kentucky Academic Scholarship.
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