Bryan Merrill Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

As a Bioinformatics Scientist at Nuanced Health, I leveraged multi-omics data gathered from human-relevant model organisms with diverse phenotypes to search for novel therapeutics. My main responsibilities included building and using Nextflow pipelines for metagenome analysis, gathering public meta- and prokaryote genomes, and conducting statistical.

Stanford, California, United States

I worked as a PhD researcher in the Sonnenburg Lab. I developed a bioinformatics pipeline that utilizes Docker and AWS to analyze ultra-deep sequencing microbiome samples from raw reads through genome bins.My primary research involved using this pipeline and terabase-scale sequencing of the gut microbiome of Hadza hunter-gatherers, an indigenous group in.

Provo, Utah, United States

I worked as a research assistant for Dr. Sandra Hope where I led the research program investigating the use of bacteriophages to treat American Foulbrood (AFB), a pathogenic honeybee disease caused by the bacterium Paenibacillus larvae.I worked extensively with the local beekeeping community to gather hundreds of samples for (1) isolation of bacteriophages.

Provo, Utah, United States

I worked for three years as a teaching assistant for Brigham Young University's chapter of the HHMI SEA-PHAGES (Phage Hunters) course designed to familiarize first-year undergraduate students with hands-on basic research.During the first semester of the course I helped 20-30 students as they worked on each isolating their own bacteriophage from an.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Microbiology And Immunology

Master Of Science (M.S.), Microbiology And Molecular Biology

Bachelor Of Science, Molecular Biology, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi