Joshua Cook, Ph.D.

Joshua Cook, Ph.D.

Computational Genomics Research Scientist

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Biography

I am a computational biologist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Boston, MA.

In my free time, I enjoy learning about programming and computer science. Off the computer, my hobbies include running 🏃🏻‍♂️, exercising 🏋🏻, caring for my plants 🌵, baking bread 🍞, and fishing 🎣.

Interests
  • Bayesian data analysis
  • Python, R, and Rust programming
  • Swift and iOS development
Education
  • PhD in Computational Biology & Cancer Genetics, 2022

    Harvard Medical School

  • BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2017

    University of California, Irvine

  • BS in Chemistry, 2017

    University of California, Irvine

Skills

Python

Proficient

Rust

Intermediate

R

Proficient

Bayesian modeling

Proficient

Machine Learning

Intermediate

Data Visualization

Proficient

Linux

Sufficient

iOS, macOS & watchOS

Hobbiest

Raspberry Pi & Arduino

Hobbiest

Recent Accomplishments

Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Started at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
I have joined Vertex Pharmaceuticals as a Computational Genomics Research Scientist.
Harvard University
Defended my Ph.D. dissertation
Earned my Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School with my dissertation on “Studying the tissue-specificity of cancer drive genes through KRAS and genetic dependency screens.”
Python package of the ‘Tumoroscope’ model implemented in PyMC.

Publications

Functional and biological heterogeneity of KRAS Q61 mutations
The origins and genetic interactions of KRAS mutations are allele- and tissue-specific
Tissue-specific oncogenic activity of KRAS A146T
.js-id-data-analysis

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