Cantata Bio
James Durbin is a highly experienced bioinformatics scientist with a diverse background in software development and research. Currently serving as a Staff Bioinformatics Scientist at Cantata Bio since January 2019, previously held the role of Senior Bioinformatics Scientist. James has significant experience at UCSC's Department of Biomolecular Engineering from August 2014 to June 2018, where work involved enhancing machine learning models for patient prognosis and drug sensitivity, and developing tools such as SamplePsychic. Prior experience includes roles at Oracle Labs focusing on novel clustering algorithms, and as a Lead Scientific Programmer at Baylor College of Medicine contributing to the NIH Human Genome Project. Educational credentials include a PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University.
Cantata Bio
Cantata Bio is enabling researchers and clinicians to solve tomorrow’s most challenging scientific problems through novel, multiomic approaches that unlock access to genomic and metagenomic information at unprecedented levels. Combining propriety technologies with platform solutions, services, and cutting-edge bioinformatics and software, our unique approaches are solving complex problems, including chromatin topology analysis, small and large structural variant detection, de novo chromosome assembly, haplotype phasing, metagenomics, and microbiome analysis. Our customers are positively impacting the fields of epigenetics, developmental biology, cancer research, evolutionary biology, infectious disease, and more. Cantata Bio is based in Scotts Valley, California and Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information on Cantata Bio, its technology, and offerings, visit www.cantatabio.com.