Hi There!

My name is Daniel, and I am a Bioinformatics Software Engineer living in SoCal.

Daniel Diaz

Staff Bioinformatics Engineer

Illumina

About Me

I am a Computer Science(B.S.) and Political Science(B.A.) graduate from the University of California, Irvine. I love to solve impactful problems - I specialize in Genomics, Python applications, and Cloud Infrastructure. I am currently a Staff Bioinformatics Engineer in Product Development at Illumina (Dragen). When I am not coding you might find me sailing, traveling, cycling, or volunteering with a Diabetes non-profit.

Interests

Bioinformatics / Genomics
Python
Microsevices
CI/CD
Nextflow
Machine Learning
Cloud Infrastructure (AWS)

Education

BS in Computer Science, 2015
University of California, Irvine
BA in Political Science, 2014
University of California, Irvine
Machine Learning Methods Certificate, 2020
University of California, San Diego Extension

Featured Posts

Feb 27, 2021 10 min read python

Glucose Datascience

Predicting with 79% accuracy which days I exercised based on Blood Glucose Data with Neural Networks

Recent Posts

Exploring my own genome.

Using Dragen to explore my auto-immune variants, and explore the question of WHY someone gets diabetes.

Dec 10, 2023 15 min read

Loop

I have had Type 1 Diabetes for over 25 years and today on World Diabetes Day I want to celebrate the most impactful open source project I have ever used. Before I can talk about that though, I have to set the stage for a moment.

Nov 14, 2023 6 min read

Top 5 takeaways from TCOYD

TCOYD is a conference specifically for Type 1 Diabetics. In this post I wanted to go over the top 5 takeaways I got from the conference.

Aug 23, 2023 5 min read

Favorite Quotes

15 quotes that resonate with me about everything from Leadership to Invention.

Jul 22, 2023 3 min read

Updating my website from my iPad!

How I am able to use github codespaces to develop and push updates to my website, from my iPad.

Apr 30, 2023 3 min read

2022: Year In Review

Time Flies

Dec 30, 2022 7 min read

Much like bow ties, Genomics Is Cool!

If you like big data, cutting edge computing, cloud hyper scaling, and solving real problems to improve human health, you will love genomics.

May 22, 2022 5 min read

My T1D Variants 🧬

Analyzing My Own Genome 🧬 Looking For Type 1 Diabetes Specific Variants

Mar 15, 2022 9 min read

Grant

My thoughts after finishing Grant.

Dec 27, 2021 2 min read Books

2021 Year In Review

Reviewing my 2021 goals

Dec 17, 2021 6 min read

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Blood Glucose Stats

A person without Type 1 Diabetes has an average blood glucose reading of 120. The graphic shows whether I am above, below, or at average. Leveraging an open source project called Nightscout I am able to scrape the data from the continous glucose monitor that I wear on my body.