A Bioinformatician and Genomics Analyst based in Vietnam 🇻🇳, working at the Functional Genomics Research Center (FGRC) — NTT Hi-Tech Institute.
I work with NGS data, build analysis pipelines, and try to make sense of the genome — one messy dataset at a time.
vanness = {
"role" : "Bioinformatician & Genomics Analyst",
"institute" : "FGRC - NTT Hi-Tech Institute, Vietnam",
"focus" : ["NGS Analysis", "Genomics", "Computational Biology"],
"currently" : "Learning, building, and figuring things out 🌱",
"motto" : "Simple words. Deep understanding. Good science. 🔬"
}When I started learning Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, it felt... intimidating. Papers were dense. Tools had cryptic documentation. Everyone around me seemed to already know everything. And I often felt like I was the only one quietly panicking.
This GitHub is my answer to that feeling.
I built this space with a few simple beliefs:
→ Science shouldn't feel scary to approach. If you're new to Bioinformatics, Comp Bio, or NGS analysis, you are welcome here. No gatekeeping. No jargon without explanation. Just honest notes from someone who's figuring it out too.
→ Teaching is how I learn deeper. If I can explain something complex in plain, simple, easy-to-remember language, that means I actually understand it. So every guide, every note, every protocol I write here is also me challenging myself to understand things better. This is the Feynman Technique and I'm a firm believer. 🧠
→ Writing is a skill I'm training. English isn't my first language — I'm Vietnamese, and I'm working toward studying, working, and eventually building a life abroad. Every README, every comment, every documentation I write here is me practising: how to communicate science clearly, concisely, and accessibly in Academic English. Bear is a work in progress. Always. ✍️
→ A little chaos is good for the soul. Research life can be stressful. So sometimes things here will be a little weird, a little playful, a little young at heart. Because if we can't laugh at our own broken pipelines at 2am, what are we even doing?
| Project | What it does | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 🧬 seqdepcov_plot | Visualise NGS Sequencing Depth & Coverage — because staring at raw numbers is no fun | 🟢 Active |
| 🧪 Lab-1 | My personal testing ground. Things break here so they don't break elsewhere 😅 | 🔵 Ongoing |
| 📡 More coming... | Pipelines, guides, and tools for functional genomics analysis | 🟡 Brewing ☕ |
Outside the terminal, I'm:
- 🎵 A pianist — music is where my brain finally goes quiet
- ✍️ A fanfiction writer — because sometimes you need to live in a different universe for a while
- 🗺️ A history & geography nerd — the world has always been a fascinating, complicated mess
- ☕ Fuelled by coffee — especially when the pipeline crashes at midnight
- 🌍 A Vietnamese researcher dreaming of the world — learning, growing, going
Still learning. Still building. Still here. 🐾