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05/2026 release pxseek published on PyPI. CLI for querying and filtering ProteomeXchange dataset metadata with local caching.
05/2026 release Released QuEStVar v0.1.0 on PyPI.
04/2026 milestone Founded Zenteomics, building proteomics data infrastructure and open-source tooling for mass spectrometry. GitHub.
02/2026 release Open-sourced z-fasta, an ultra-fast FASTA indexer written in Zig.
12/2025 publication Submitted ProteoForge to bioRxiv. Now under revision at the Journal of Proteome Research. Preprint.
06/2025 career Started as Staff Bioinformatician at BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, continuing proteomics research in the Lange Lab.
05/2025 milestone PhD thesis indexed on Google Scholar.
04/2025 publication Fifth co-authored paper (PROFYLE) by Barnabas et al. published in EMBO Molecular Medicine.
04/2025 milestone Successfully defended PhD dissertation without revisions. Thesis deposited to UBC Library.
11/2024 event Attended CNPN 2024 in Whistler, BC.
07/2024 publication Fifth co-authored paper (PROFYLE) submitted to bioRxiv.
06/2024 milestone Received approval to write and defend PhD thesis.
05/2024 publication Published QuEStVar in the Journal of Proteome Research.
11/2023 publication Co-authored paper on pediatric ALL proteomics published in Nature Communications.
07/2023 event Led a workshop on downstream proteomics analysis pipelines for the Trainee Omics Group (TOG) at BCCHR.
06/2023 event Gave a talk on QuEStVar and stable proteomes at BCCHR's Trainee Omics Group.
05/2023 award Received a student travel award at CNPN 2023 in Regina, SK.
05/2023 event Gave a trainee talk and presented two posters at CNPN 2023 in Regina, SK.
03/2023 event Presented a poster at BIG 2023 Research Day.
01/2023 publication Fourth co-authored paper posted to MedRxiv as a preprint.
09/2022 publication Published SQuAPP in Bioinformatics.
05/2022 mentoring Supervised first co-op student.
12/2021 publication Co-authored paper on PDX models published in the Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research.
09/2021 milestone Passed comprehensive exam and advanced to PhD candidacy.
08/2020 career Took a leave of absence from PhD.
05/2020 event Presented on normalization techniques for proteomics data at BCCHR.
11/2019 publication Co-authored first proteomics paper published in Molecular and Cellular Proteomics.
05/2019 award Received the Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF) for PhD funding.
04/2019 milestone Transferred from Masters to PhD in the UBC Bioinformatics Graduate Program.
05/2018 event Attended first proteomics conference, CNPN 2018, in Vancouver, BC.
05/2018 award Received the Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Foundation Graduate Studentship.
04/2018 event Presented a class project poster at STAT Day 2018 at UBC.
09/2017 career Began graduate studies in the Lange Lab at BC Children's Hospital Research Institute.
06/2017 career Relocated from the U.S. to Canada.
05/2017 milestone Graduated with Distinction in Computer Science from NAU.