
Maarten Rudolph Leerkes
Medical Science & Computing Inc., USA
Biography
Maarten Rudolph Leerkes is an accomplished Bioinformatics Scientist at NIH-BCBB (Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch). He works on developing novel quantitative biology methods. He has worked on identifying molecular signatures for disease prognosis and treatment prediction in patient sub-populations in biotech industry as well as on product development including study design for product validation in clinical settings. His PhD, Post-doctoral and research experiences span academia as well as biotech industry settings where he focused on the use of bioinformatics to interpret sequencing data (NGS) and to fi nd patterns that can be extrapolated into diagnostic tools for improving treatment for patients.