With a background both in molecular biology and computer science, Jessica has been involved in the fields of Genomics and Bioinformatics since 1992 and the early days of the Human Genome project. Her main research focus is in the areas of large-scale-dataset interactive visualization and data processing. Her interests in biological science are focused around comparative and systems analyses (comparative genomics, tissue specificity, developmental differentiation, cell-type differentiation, network interactions, evolution, systems biology). As a technical scientist Jessica is interested in providing tools for exploring large datasets from the point of view of visualization as process, data analysis algorithm development, and AI or knowledge discovery systems.
Jessica: “My aim is to create powerful tools which easily enable scientists or students to ask the questions they want of complex datasets in a near real-time interactive manner to stimulate thought processes and problem solving.”
Specialties: molecular biology, computer science, visualization, databases, data integration systems, automation systems, autonomous agents, AI, expert systems, bioinformatics, big data
Jessica is currently focused on developing and maintaining the ZENBU data integration and visualization system.
http://fantom.gsc.riken.jp/zenbu/
ZENBU is an interactive website providing a platform for scientists to load and share data through secured collaborations and to interactively process and visualize that data through both a novel genome-browser and a data-interactive report-page based system for building data portal websites.
Interactive visualization and analysis of large-scale sequencing datasets using ZENBU. Jessica Severin, et.al.
Nature Biotechnology volume 32, pages 217–219 (2014)
https://jp.linkedin.com/in/jessicaseverin
google scholar page
Professional Experience
RIKEN Yokohama, Japan,
May 2007 – present
Senior Technical Scientist – FANTOM4, FANTOM5, FANTOM6
P.I. Dr. Yoshihide HAYASHIZAKI, Dr. Carsten Daub, Dr. Piero Carninci
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
Jan 2006 – March 2007
Mouse informatics group, EUCOMM/KOMP Mouse gene mutagenesis project – developer
P.I. Dr. Allan Bradley, Dr. Bill Skarnes, Dr. Karen Steel
European Bioinformatics Institute / EMBL, Hinxton, UK
Jan 2004 – Jan 2006
Ensembl Developer,
P.L. Dr. Ewan Birney, Dr. Abel Ureta-Vidal.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Biotechnology Center,
July 2000 – Dec 2003
Bioinformatics systems programmer, Laboratory for Molecular and Computational Genomics, P.I. Prof. David Schwartz PhD.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry,
July 1992 – July 2000
Bioinformatics systems programmer, Laboratory of Dr. Lloyd Smith
P.I. Prof. Lloyd Smith PhD.
Education
- University of Wisconsin, Madison B.S. Degree in Molecular Biology & Computer Science 1985-1990, Double Major Degree granted with honors
- University of Wisconsin, Madison B.S. Degree in Anthropology granted 1993
- University of Wisconsin, Madison Post Graduate studies Dept. Anthropology, Prof. Karen Strier advising professor. 1990-1993. degree was not completed.