Travis Saari
Bioinformatics Analyst, Bioinformatics Core
trsaari@umich.edu
North Campus Research Complex (NCRC) Bldg 22
2800 Plymouth Rd
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Background
Travis Saari received his bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Michigan State University. He then went on to work at Pfizer and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. At the EPA, he led the annotation efforts on a draft genome of a minnow species widely used in aquatic toxicology and created a web portal for these data, providing access to these resources to the wider research community. Most recently, he has been focused on fostering scientific reproducibility and best practices by incorporating workflow and environment management tools into bioinformatics analysis pipelines.