Open to opportunities — PhD (CIFRE) candidate

Lorcan Brenders

Python Nextflow Vue.js R / Quarto Linux ML & Omics
Lorcan Brenders
6+ yrs volunteer FF M2 Bioinfo

About me

MSc Bioinformatics student at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and PhD (CIFRE) candidate. I combine expertise in multi-omic analysis, reproducible pipelines, and web development to turn complex biological data into actionable insights. I also serve as a volunteer firefighter (6+ years) and IT lead at my local fire station.

Location Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, France
Languages French (native) · English C2 · Italian

Technical skills

Languages

Python R JavaScript LaTeX Node.js

Bioinformatics

Nextflow GATK BLAST vcftools IGV SeaView PharmCAT Singularity

Multi-omics & Data

PLS-DA WGCNA DIABLO mixOmics Quarto Shiny pandas scikit-learn TensorFlow

Web & Systems

Vue.js Google Apps Script Linux (Ubuntu) SLURM Windows

Professional experience

2026

MSc Internship — Bioinformatics

LGD SARL
Jan – Jul 2026 · Lyon
  • Metabolomic and lipidomic analysis of spleen and bone marrow macrophages in the Townes sickle cell murine model
  • Reproducible multi-omic pipeline (Quarto, R/Python) on F4/80high sorted macrophages (MACS/FACS), LC-MS acquisition
  • Hierarchical PLS metabolomics and WGCNA lipidomics with LION functional annotation
  • Variable selection via stability (VISA), multi-omic integration (DIABLO, Procrustes)
2025

Bioinformatics Intern — Pharmacogenomics

Hospices Civils de Lyon — Bioinformatics Unit
Apr – Jul 2025 · Bron
  • Built Nextflow pipelines for pharmacogene genotyping (Aldy, Stargazer, PharmCAT, PyPGx)
  • Developed a pipeline to detect variants involved in drug response
  • Patient cohort analysis and PGx workflow validation
2024

Student Assistant — Enrollment Helpdesk

Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Jul – Sep 2024 · Villeurbanne
  • Supported the administrative enrollment service
  • Phone support and assistance email handling
  • Verification and validation of supporting documents

Project Internship — Inventory App

SDMIS
Apr – Jun 2024 · Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or
  • Built an app to manage perishable equipment used in emergency response (pharmacovigilance & materiovigilance)
2023

Intern & Socio-Educational Facilitator

Hôpital de Fourvière
Apr – Aug 2023 · Lyon
  • Internship: bringing life into a palliative care facility
  • Socio-educational activities with patients
2022

Administrative Assistant & Discovery Internship

Infirmerie Protestante de Lyon
May – Jun 2022 · Caluire-et-Cuire
  • Front desk coverage at the clinic admissions office
  • Patient pathway discovery, reception, phone support
  • Explored IT infrastructure through the information systems department

Projects & research

Colocatool

Defense / prophage colocalization in P. aeruginosa. Combined DefenseFinder, GeNomad and PHASTEST with pipeline automation and result visualization.

PythonBLASTPipelineBioinfo

ApprentiPhylo

Phylogenetic simulation and alignment using Bio++, FastTree, UMAP and MPD. Adversarial approach between simulator and classifier.

Bio++FastTreeUMAPML

TEX15 / ZCWPW1/2 Study

Metazoan homolog search (OrthoDB, BLASTp) and phylogenetic analyses around TEX15, ZCWPW1/2, PRDM9 and FBXO37.

OrthoDBBLASTpPhylogeny

SDMIS Apps — Web & Automation

Fire station IT lead: automations (Node.js, Google Apps Script), dynamic display system and perishable equipment management (Vue.js).

Vue.jsNode.jsGASFull-stack

Education

Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

MSc Bioinformatics — Methods & Analysis
2024 – 2026 · LyonTech la Doua Campus
  • Machine learning, genomics, transcriptomics
  • Structural bioinformatics
  • Bayesian statistics

Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

BSc Health Sciences — Connected Devices
2021 – 2024 · Lyon Est Medical Faculty
  • Biology, physiology, computer science
  • Patient-centered humanities
  • Healthcare systems

Lycée International Jean Perrin

French Baccalaureate — Maths & Physics-Chemistry
2017 – 2021 · Lyon 9
  • Scientific track
  • Esame di Stato — Liceo Scientifico

GFOR — SDMIS Training Group

PSE1 & PSE2 — First Aid
2019 – 2021
  • Team first aid training
  • Operational volunteer firefighter certification

Community involvement

Volunteer Firefighter

SDMIS — Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or · since Jul 2020

Emergency medical response, firefighting, diverse operations and rescue boat crew member. Young firefighters trainer since 2021.

Leadership

EMS crew and firefighting pair command

IT Lead

Automations, dynamic displays, web apps

Training

Practical/theory courses, young firefighters mentoring

Service

COVID-19 vaccination, equipment maintenance

Organization Volunteer

Prologin — Girls Can Code! · Jan 2026 – present

Promoting computer science to young women through hands-on workshops and supporting one of France's largest student programming contests.

Girls Can Code!

Participation in workshop sessions

Prologin 2026

Finals organization and logistics

Let's connect

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