jamesgo.com

James Go

Contact

Email: <My first name> @ <this domain>
GitHub: https://github.com/fivebillionmph

Skills

Programming languages

Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Go, Rust, PHP, SQL

Python is my strongest programming language. I have extensive experience building services, automated systems and data analysis tools using Python. I also use JavaScript, HTML and CSS to build graphical user interfaces for both backend and frontend tools.

Technologies

Linux, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB, Git, Vue.js, AngularJS, MongoDB

Experience

Software Engineer - Apr 2021 to present
Bioinformatician - Aug 2019 to Apr 2021
Cedars-Sinai
  • Writing and maintaining software for aiding data analysis of biological data.
  • Building web and desktop bioinformatics tools.
Programmer - Jun 2015 to Sep 2018
University of California, San Diego
  • Automated data collection across multiple heterogeneous data sources using Python and shell scripts and ingested data into SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Developed frontend and backend services for a scientific web application portal and related backend services. Backend services were built in PHP, Python and MySQL and frontend was built with Angular, jQuery and Bootstrap.
  • Created a REST API with authentication keys and permissions to allow services to programmatically access the web application.
  • Set up new production and development Nginx and Apache web servers with Bamboo continuous integration.
  • Supervised and guided the work of several student programmers.

Education

University of California, Los Angeles
Master of Science, Bioengineering (Medical Imaging Informatics concentration)
Sep 2019
California State University, Northridge
Bachelor of Science, Cell and Molecular Biology
Jun 2013

Publications

PINE: An Automation Tool to Extract and Visualize Protein-Centric Functional Networks.
Sundararaman N, Go J, Robinson AE, Mato JM, Lu SC, Van Eyk JE, Venkatraman V.
J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2020 Jul 1;31(7):1410-1421. doi: 10.1021/jasms.0c00032. Epub 2020 Jun 11.
Recurrent patterns of DNA copy number alterations in tumors reflect metabolic selection pressures.
Graham NA, Minasyan A, Lomova A, Cass A, Balanis NG, Friedman M, Chan S, Zhao S, Delgado A, Go J, Beck L, Hurtz C, Ng C, Qiao R, Ten Hoeve J, Palaskas N, Wu H, Müschen M, Multani AS, Port E, Larson SM, Schultz N, Braas D, Christofk HR, Mellinghoff IK, Graeber TG.
Mol Syst Biol. 2017 Feb 15;13(2):914. doi: 10.15252/msb.20167159.
Epigenome-wide association of liver methylation patterns and complex metabolic traits in mice.
Orozco LD, Morselli M, Rubbi L, Guo W, Go J, Shi H, Lopez D, Furlotte NA, Bennett BJ, Farber CR, Ghazalpour A, Zhang MQ, Bahous R, Rozen R, Lusis AJ, Pellegrini M.
Cell Metab. 2015 Jun 2;21(6):905-17. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2015.04.025.
A host beetle pheromone regulates development and behavior in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus.
Cinkornpumin JK, Wisidagama DR, Rapoport V, Go JL, Dieterich C, Wang X, Sommer RJ, Hong RL.
Elife. 2014 Oct 15;3:e03229. doi: 10.7554/eLife.03229.