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<p>Rob has been active in open-source bioinformatics for many years, contributing to a long list of projects such as <a href="http://gmod.org/wiki/GBrowse" title="Generic Genome Browser">GBrowse</a>, <a href="http://bioperl.org" title="BioPerl">BioPerl</a>, <a href="http://gmod.org/wiki/Chado" title="Chado">Chado</a>, <a href="http://metacpan.org/module/Bio::Chado::Schema" title="Bio::Chado::Schema on metacpan">Bio::Chado::Schema</a>, <a href="http://www.catalystframework.org/">Catalyst</a>, and <a href="http://metacpan.org/module/DBIx::Class">DBIx::Class</a>. Before joining JBrowse, Rob was employed as Engineering Lead at the <a href="http://solgenomics.net" title="Sol Genomics Network">Sol Genomics Network</a>, a clade-oriented database for plants centered on the Solanaceae family.</p>
<p>As JBrowse lead developer, Rob is responsible for the project's technical strategy, architecture, planning, and coordination, as well as a large part of the implementation. In the coming months, he intends to focus on helping JBrowse mature as a project: solidifying its development infrastructure and incorporating new features and contributions from developers around the world.</p>
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