CV

General Information

Full Name Sean Moore
Languages English (Native), French (Intermediate)

Education

  • In Progress
    PhD. Quantitative Life Science
    McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • 2018 - 2022
    BSc. Honors Computer Science and Biology
    McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Research Experience

  • 2022
    Vogel Lab (PhD. Rotation 1)
    McGill University
    • Developed program to analyze biases in intrinsically disordered regions of proteins based on the NARDINI algorithm.
    • Used automated tracking pipeline to analyze microscope image data to obtain quantitative information about a system and develop a model to quantify cell division structures.
  • 2023
    Weber Lab (PhD. Rotation 2)
    McGill University
    • Developed and implemented methods to analyze the physics of phase separated droplets in live cells.
    • Worked to verify and reproduce results that support current models of phase separation in nucleoli.
    • Refined analysis techniques to understand mechanisms regulating phase separation.
  • 2023-Present
    Francois Lab (PhD. Rotation 3)
    Universite de Montreal
    • Analyzing T-Cell responses to antigens to understand the dynamics of different antigen qualities.

Work Experience

  • 2021 - Present
    Bioinformatics Contractor
    Guardian Therapeutics
    • Build and manage large database of sequence information.
    • Build and maintain analysis pipeline. The pipeline uses analytical and statistical methods to process large amounts of information into managable and actionable results.
  • 2019
    Rapid Assay Project Management Intern
    California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, US
    • Pathogen prevelence studies.
    • Research and development on new technitian equipment.

Honors and Awards

  • 2022
    • 3rd Place: QLS 3MT Competition
    • Grad Excellence Award | McGill University
    • QLS Grad Award | Quantitative Life Science, McGill University
  • 2019
    • 1st Place: IDEXX Project Poster Competition

Leadership

  • 2023 - 2024
    VP Finance | Quantitative Life Sciences Student Association
  • 2023 - 2024
    Buddy | QLS Buddy Program
  • 2021 - 2022
    President | McGill Nordic Ski Team
  • 2020 - 2023
    VP Finance | McGill Nordic Ski Team

Confrences and Workshops

  • 2023
    Physical Basis of Cellular Adaptation Memory and Adaptation | Chair
  • 2022
    QLS Annual Research Day | Poster Presentation

Open Source Projects

  • 2022 - now
    LlpsSim
    • A liquid-lilquid phase separation simulation that predicts the phases that occur given a set of component interactions.
  • 2021 - now
    R-Gen
    • A generative modeling framework for doing probabilistic programming and Bayesian inference in the Rust programming language.

Academic Interests

  • Mathematics and Computer Science.
    • Analytical Number Theory
    • Probabilistic Modeling
    • Language Models and Grammars
    • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biology.
    • Liquid-liquid phase seperation
    • Cell Cycle Dynamics

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Nordic Skiing, Board Games, Hiking
  • Media: Stephen King, Sci-Fi
  • Athletics: McGill Nordic Ski Team. Racer (2018-2020), VP Finance (2020-2021, 2022-2023), President (2021-2022)