Robert Huether

Background

About Robert Huether

As a leader in cancer biology with a strong computational and experimental biology background, I have dedicated my career to combining macromolecular structural analysis with population genetics to understand the functional impact of variants in somatic cancers and rare diseases. My teams have successfully integrated genomic, structural, and functional data to prioritize, interpret, and classify the impact of variants derived from both somatic and germline sequencing. My ultimate goal is to generate prognostic, diagnostic, and therapeutic markers for clinical care. Key Capabilities • Developed strategy and overseen the development of genomics-based computational and machine learning tools for clinical markets, including somatic and germline variant prioritization methods, PGx algorithms, and literature prioritization using natural language processing. • Design, develop and apply pipelines on genetics, transcriptomic and reference sets for clinical molecular diagnostic applications. • Ensured the delivery of high-quality products within committed timelines. • Built and led teams of scientists, engineers, and analysts in computational efforts, fostering productive research collaborations • Proficient in drafting experimental plans, validation reports, work instructions, technology transfer documents, study summaries, and SOPs. • Strong record of developing and publishing computational analyses focused on human disease. I am proud to be a member of several expert panel working groups for the Clingen consortium, where we work towards setting gene-specific criteria for the analysis and classification of clinically relevant variants. Furthermore, my contributions in the field have been recognized, and I have been honored as one of Chicago's 40 under 40 Scientists. For more information, please visit my website: https://sites.google.com/site/rphuether/About