Peter Deford Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

• Worked effectively with a remote team to support development of the personalized cancer monitoring (PCM) assay and analysis of the resulting data.
• Leveraged machine learning techniques to prioritize tumor specific variants that are detectable in cell free DNA.
• Identified aspects of analytical pipelines that influence the clinical performance of the PCM assay, investigated alternative approaches that improve runtime and performance, and collaborated with a diverse team to.
• Carried out custom analyses supporting client requests and other teams within the Oncology department.
• Communicated findings to biologists, clinicians, software engineers, and leadership via reports and presentations.
• Provided subject matter expertise to the legal team for questions surrounding intellectual property.

Denver, Colorado

• Analyzed high throughput sequencing data to develop insights into disease, particularly asthma.
• Developed pipelines for analytical methods such as response-eQTL analysis and qPCR.
• Established protocols for managing production, backup, and compilation of large volume datasets from diverse instrumentation.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

A member of James Taylor's lab (taylorlab.org). Research includes analyzing Next Generation Sequencing data to derive insights about developmental processes and gene regulation. Specific projects have focused on developing shape based statistical models to describe and predict transcription factor binding.

Baltimore, Maryland

• Graduate Computational Biology Lab I (2015-2020)
• Provide in class support during lectures.
• Develop and lead a portion of lectures.
• Work one-on-one with students to ensure understanding of material.
• Assess student work and identify weak topics to review.
• Lead several hands on activities, particularly on generally weak topics.Graduate Computational Biology Bootcamp (2015-2020)

Cold Spring Harbor, New York

• Foundations in Computational Genomics course for CSHL Meetings and Courses.Primary responsibilities include:
• Guiding student groups through workshops and projects related to genomics, especially next generation sequencing analysis.
• Being a resource for students during interactive activities and outside of the fast-paced class time.

Boise, Idaho Area

As a tutor I led one-on-one and small group sessions to clarify material from lecture and help students prepare for homework and exams.

Boise, Idaho

Dr. Allan Albig's lab studies cell-to-cell contacts and their signaling role in angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels. As an undergraduate I worked in particular on several extracellular matrix factors and their impact on Notch signaling through overexpression models we developed.

Boise, Idaho

• In this role I had the opportunity support an active learning environment in a large lecture-style classroom. I provided additional support by holding office hours for one-on-one personalized help and tutoring. Some of.
• Lead in class discussions, exam review sessions, tutoring help sessions.
• Create worksheets and topical guides.
• Proctor and grade assessments.

Role included analysis of carbon-14, tritium, and radon-222 levels in soil and water samples. Maintained Quality Assurance through the use of standards and quality controls.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology, And Biophysics (Cmdb)

Studied underlying mechanisms contributing to gene regulation in James Taylor's lab (taylorlab.org). Dissertation: "Development and.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Cell And Molecular Biology, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Honors College, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Blue Thunder Marching Band Minor in Chemistry Honors Scholar, ACS Division.