Kevin Yar

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Founder @ Omics-OS | Agentic data access layer for biotech R&D
California, United States

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  • OmicsOS
    Founder
    OmicsOS
    Aug 2025 - Current (1 year 3 months)
    Claude-Code for Bioinformatics
  • TrueYouOmics inactive
    Co-Founder and CEO
    TrueYouOmics inactive
    Sep 2023 - Sep 2025 (2 years 1 month)
    Implementing multi-modal pipelines using graph based approaches & LLMs, fundraising.

    Re-branded: to @idunox
  • Biognosys
    Data Science in Proteomics
    Biognosys
    Sep 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 6 months)
    Proteomic biomarker discovery using interpretable ML. Wet-lab simulations. Making ML accessible by creating full-stack solutions.
  • ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
    IT security & PM
    ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
    Jan 2018 - Jun 2023 (5 years 6 months)
    Led a team of 6 to manage 700+ consumers. Main technical responsibilities:
    Cybersecurity awareness training & GenAI integration in institution,
  • EMPA
    Chemistry & drug transportation modeling
    EMPA
    Dec 2017 - Aug 2018 (9 months)
    Researching a novel hydrogel with pharmaceutical applications in the chemistry group of EMPA St. gallen.
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  • ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
    Master, Applied Computational Life Sciences
    ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
    Sep 2021 - Jul 2023 (1 year 11 months)
    MSc Thesis:
    Combining Deep Reinforcement Learning, Protein Transformers (esm2 & ProtT5), and Molecular simulations (Vina, Rosetta) to engineer enzymes towards new catalytic functionalities. Validating mutants in-silico and in-vitro. Repository: https://github.com/cewinharhar/reincatalyze
  • ZHAW Life Sciences und Facility Management
    Master, Applied Computational Life Sciences
    ZHAW Life Sciences und Facility Management
    Jan 2021 - Dec 2023 (3 years)
    MSc Thesis: Combining Deep Reinforcement Learning, Protein Transformers (esm2 & ProtT5), and Molecular simulations (Vina, Rosetta) to engineer enzymes towards new catalytic functionalities. Validating mutants in-silico and in-vitro. Repository: https://github.com/cewinharhar/reincatalyze
  • ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
    Bachelor, Chemistry with biological specialization
    ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2021 (4 years)
    Bachelor thesis: "Biochemical characterisation of bioinformatically identified ketoreductases".
    -Biochemical analysis of enzymes with catalytic properties relevant to the pharmaceutical industry and further development and (partial) automation of the analysis process.
    - Grade 5.75 / 6.00

    Relevant courses:
    - Bioprocess Engineering
    - Biochemistry
    - Analytical Chemistry

    Autodidactic skills:
    - Python programming language
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      2nd place at the Tietoevry challenge Junction Hack 2023
      Juntion HACK
      Nov 2023
      Rebecka from Tietoevry: Commendable implementation of advanced technologies such as Deep Reinforcement Learning, PyTorch, and GPT-4. An innovative idea focusing on a preventative approach covering multiple approaches from communicating with healthcare professionals to having support from your loved ones Overall, a very well executed solution!
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      2nd place at the Techstars startup weekend Basel
      Innovationhub Basel
      May 2023
      Developed a concept in 54 hours using engineered microorganisms 🦠 armed with specialized #enzymes to degrade Estrogen, our primary target molecule, with the help of #biocatalysis. Powered by AI, our vision was to accelerate the creation of novel protein machines, think ChatGPT, but for proteins! πŸ€–
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      Overall Winner team START Hack 2023
      STARTGlobal
      Mar 2023
      START Hack is Europe's leading hackathon for aspiring tech entrepreneurs! At START Hack, we foster deep entrepreneurial understanding β€” supercharging you to kick off your entrepreneurial career. This annual event is designed to bridge the gap between business and tech. Challenge: AI-assistant for elder people to tackle loneliness Result: https://new-bets.vercel.app/
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      1st place at the 𝐓𝐨𝐨π₯𝐏𝐨𝐒𝐧𝐭 π‹πšπ› π’πœπ’πžπ§πœπžπ¬ Award 2022 for the thesis at CCBIO entitled: 𝐁𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐑𝐞𝐦?
      Toolpoint for LabScience
      Aug 2022
      The Lab Sciences Award provides recognition for very good bachelor theses with results that are relevant to lab sciences and diagnostics
    • T
      1st place at the 𝐓𝐨𝐨π₯𝐏𝐨𝐒𝐧𝐭 π‹πšπ› π’πœπ’πžπ§πœπžπ¬ Award 2022 for the thesis at CCBIO entitled: β€œππ’π¨πœπ‘πžπ¦
      Toolpoint for LabScience
      Aug 2022
      The Lab Sciences Award provides recognition for very good bachelor theses with results that are relevant to lab sciences and diagnostics
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      Structurally Tunable pH-responsive Phosphine Oxide Based Gels by Facile Synthesis Strategy
      ACS Applied Materials Interfaces
      Jan 2020