Didrik Olofsson

Bioinformatics Scientist &
Co-founder at Omiqa Bioinformatics

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About me

My name is Didrik Olofsson and I'm a computational biologist based in Berlin, Germany. I have over 6 years experience of analyzing genomic and transcriptomic data from a wide range of sources including short-read, long-read, single-cell and bulk experiments. In 2020 I co-founded Omiqa Bioinformatics where I currently work as Head of Bioinformatics.

I am passionate about finding patterns in high-complexity biological datasets using state-of-the-art bioinformatic methods. In particular, I enjoy designing and developing new data visualizations that help with the interpretation and communication of such results. Also dabble in web development from time to time.

Research experience

April 2020 - Now

Head of Bioinformatics

Omiqa Bioinformatics

Berlin, Germany

June 2018 - April 2020

Research fellow

Freie Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

June 2014 - July 2016

Student assistant

SciLifeLab

Stockholm, Sweden

Internships

April 2018 - July 2018

Dr. Marina Chekulaeva

Berlin Institute of Medical Systems Biology

Berlin, Germany

October 2017 - February 2018

Prof. Dr. Stefan Mundlos

Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics

Berlin, Germany

March 2017 - June 2017

Prof. Dr. Florian Heyd

Freie Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

Education

October 2016 - March 2019

Master of Science, Biochemsitry

Freie Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

September 2013 - January 2016

Bachelor of Science, Chemistry

Stockholm University

Stockholm, Sweden

Stipends and grants

April 2020 - June 2021

EXIST Business Start-up Grant

Berlin, Germany

Skills

Main expertise

Bioinformatic analysis

Pipeline development

Data visualization

Task automation

Project management

Technologies

Python

R

HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Nextflow

Git

Frameworks

Pandas

Pysam

Biopython

Tidyverse

Infrastructure

High-performance computing

Amazon Web Services

Languages

Swedish

English

German

Publications

  • Barreira, M., Kerridge, C., Jorda, S., Olofsson, D., Neumann, A., Horton, H., & Smith-Moore, S. (2022). Enzymatically amplified linear dbDNATM as a rapid and scalable solution to industrial lentiviral vector manufacturing . In Gene Therapy. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-022-00343-4
  • Crute, C. E., Hall, S. M., Landon, C. D., Garner, A., Everitt, J. I., Zhang, S., Blake, B., Olofsson, D., Chen, H., Murphy, S. K., Stapleton, H. M., & Feng, L. (2022). Evaluating maternal exposure to an environmental per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mixture during pregnancy: Adverse maternal and fetoplacental effects in a New Zealand White (NZW) rabbit model. In Science of The Total Environment (Vol. 838, p. 156499). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156499
  • Los, B., Preußner, M., Eschke, K., Vidal, R. M., Abdelgawad, A., Olofsson, D., Keiper, S., Paulo-Pedro, M., Grindel, A., Meinke, S., Trimpert, J., & Heyd, F. (2022). Body temperature variation controls pre-mRNA processing and transcription of antiviral genes and SARS-CoV-2 replication. In Nucleic Acids Research (Vol. 50, Issue 12, pp. 6769–6785). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkac513
  • Herdt, O., Reich, S., Medenbach, J., Timmermann, B., Olofsson, D., Preußner, M., & Heyd, F. (2020). The zinc finger domains in U2AF26 and U2AF35 have diverse functionalities including a role in controlling translation. In RNA Biology (Vol. 17, Issue 6, pp. 843–856). Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/15476286.2020.1732701
  • Neumann, A., Schindler, M., Olofsson, D., Wilhelmi, I., Schürmann, A., & Heyd, F. (2019). Genome-wide identification of alternative splicing events that regulate protein transport across the secretory pathway. In Journal of Cell Science. The Company of Biologists. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.230201