Alexander Turco
Aspiring Scientist.
Graduate researcher passionate about As Ts Cs and Gs!
About me
Thanks for checking out my website! I wrote this website using react and tailwindcss as a means of bettering my Javascript skills while also finding a cool way to share some of the projects I have been involved in (because resumes are boring). I am currently a graduate student at the University of Toronto pursuing a Masters degree (MSc) in Medical Biophysics. Since my first year of undergrad, I have been obsessed with studying the part of the genome that most often gets filtered out of genomics studies. My research has focused on low-complexity regions, tandem repeats, non-B DNA motifs, and transposable elements, and how we can better find and utilize these dark regions of the genome to better understand the blueprint of all life. If im not programming, you can also find me playing video games (currently Zelda Tears of the Kingdom), playing soccer, snowboarding, solving rubiks cubes, or travelling wherever I can go. Please feel free to connect with me about anything!
Skills
As fascinated as I am about biology, throughout my undergrad I began to develop an obsession with programming. As I started to teach myself more, I quickly recognized the potential programming has in so many different areas. Below are some languages I have experience in.