About Me 👋

Hello, and welcome to my introduction page! I am @Samantha-A-Taylor, a bioinformatician and recent M.S. graduate from the University of North Carolina - Charlotte as of May 2022. I have a range of computational skills that I have aquired over the last 4 years, and am proficient in:

 - Python3/Pandas
 - SQL/SQLite
 - R/Rstudio
 - Bash/Unix

Education 🎓

Master of Science in Bioinformatics and Genomics

 The University of North Carolina - Charlotte [Charlotte, North Carolina]
 August 2021 - May 2022

Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics Applications

 The University of North Carolina - Charlotte [Charlotte, North Carolina]
 August 2020 - May 2021

Bachelor of Arts in Biology

 Minors In Statistics and Bioinformatics
 The University of North Carolina - Charlotte [Charlotte, North Carolina]
 August 2018 - May 2020

Associate in Science

 Central Piedmont Community College [Charlotte, North Carolina]
 August 2016 - May 2018

Recent Projects 📚

Culex tarsalis Genome Analysis
North Carolina Research Campus [Kannapolis, North Carolina]
(Repository: Culex-tarsalis)

 Assisted my PI in researching local adaptation and range expansion in Culex tarsalis mosquitoes through use of a combination 
 of bioinformatics tools (GenMap, OrthoFinder, UniFunc, InterProScan, etc.) and programming languages (SQLite, R, bash, Python3)
 to analyze and troubleshoot the sample data and reference genomes.

Pandas SARS-CoV-2 Project
UNC Charlotte's College of Computing and Informatics [Charlotte, North Carolina]
(Repository: Pandas SARS-CoV-2 Project)

 Created a demo for utilizing Pandas when working with SARS-CoV-2 computational research/database data.

Samantha A Taylor's Projects

culex-tarsalis

Culex tarsalis is a North American mosquito species known for being the principle vector of the West Nile virus along with other arboviruses. The purpose of this project is to examine local adaptation and range expansion in Culex mosquitoes.