Robinson Vidva

Translational Bioinformatics Scientist

A working home for the tools, research, and projects of Robinson Vidva, a computational biologist working across neurodevelopment, immuno-oncology, and drug discovery. Most of the tools below run entirely in your browser: free, open-source, and no sign-up.

His work centers on integrating transcriptomics, metabolomics, and genomics data to understand disease mechanisms and weigh therapeutic options, with a recent focus on pediatric neurodevelopment.

Focus areas — multi-omics, neurodevelopment, immuno-oncology, drug discovery, data science, and systems biology.

Tools you can use

Free, browser-based tools for computational biology — open and use them right now, no install or sign-up.

pathsim

Interactive simulator of canonical cell-signaling models — MAPK/ERK feedback oscillations and zero-order ultrasensitivity. Tune parameters and a drug dose; the kinetics update live.

ODE modeling · Systems biology

DrugInteract

Educational drug-interaction reference that checks what each drug's FDA label says about another. Fully client-side.

openFDA · RxNorm

enrichlite

Gene-set over-representation analysis for human and mouse that runs entirely in the browser. GO, Hallmark, Reactome.

GO · Reactome · Hallmark

drugtargets

Drug-target exploration and repurposing-hypothesis tool built on Open Targets and openFDA.

Open Targets · openFDA

Selected work

Neurodevelopmental data analysis

Multi-omics analysis of preterm-birth effects on brain development, with behavioral phenotyping in mouse models using DeepLabCut and B-SOiD.

Immuno-oncology & precision medicine

Cancer-genomics analysis across 500+ cell lines and immune-pathway interactions to identify therapeutic targets and biomarkers of treatment response.

Predictive disease modeling

Pathway models for autoimmune disease and cancer therapeutics, validated against patient datasets; the underlying methods contributed to two granted drug-repurposing patents.

Open-source scientific tools

First-authored MyVivarium, an open-source cloud platform for research animal colony management, alongside the browser-based analysis tools above.

Latest

Preprint · 2025 Intrinsic Gestational Timing Governs Human Cerebellar Development After Preterm Birth. Sanidas, G., …, Vidva, R., …, Kratimenos, P.
Article · Feb 2026 Drug Repositioning Through Computational Modeling. How computational modeling enables drug repositioning across disease areas. Read →