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Tyler Laird (Fed)
Bioinformatician / Computational Biologist
Tyler Laird is a bioinformatician within the Complex Microbial Systems Group at NIST. Broadly, his research focuses on assessing and developing metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing (mNGS) workflows and databases for biosurveillance. He employs a variety of computational software (e.g. Nextflow, Python, R) across cloud (AWS) and high-performance computing (HPC) environments and also aims to advance data management best practices and rigorous traceability in bioinformatics.
Some of his current efforts at NIST include: generating datasets to assess baseline sequence screening as part of NIST's Biosecurity for Synthetic Nucleic Acid Sequences program, advancing mNGS methods for sterility testing as a working group lead in the RMTM Consortium, and developing NGS-based assays to ensure the safety of Animal Cells, Tissues, and Cell- and Tissue-Based Products (ACTPs).
Awards
2026 MML Science Data Management and Capabilities Accolade for timely production of a NIST test dataset for demonstrating screening of Sequences of Concern by synthetic nucleic acid producers