Portfolio

Adam Lorch




Web Designer


Twenty Years Ago..

I wrote my first homepage in the fall of 1996, and published my first websites in the spring of 1997, while still a senior at Oberlin College.

Picture of Adam in his apartment in Vancouver.

Adam H. Lorch

I grew up in Southern Indiana on the banks of the Ohio River, and set up my first internet server in 1985. It was a dial-up fileserver on an Apple //e.

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Beautiful Informatics

Data can be pretty! My scientific visualization expertise means there is no such thing as too much data. Big data is valuable, and can be approachably rendered.

Harvard Gene Therapy Initiative website screenshot

Harvard Gene Therapy Initiative

My first professional website debuted at Harvard in the spring of 2000.  I'm proud to say the Harvard Gene Therapy Initiative still uses the website I designed in the 20th century!  Providing visual access to complex information remains a passion of mine.

I used basic HTML and Javascript to create crisp database interfaces, several of which remain in use today.

 

Check out my Harvard website

Vector Data Resource

One of the sites I produced while working at the Harvard Gene Therapy Initiative at Harvard Medical School is this repository of basic genetic maps and sequences of the plasmid vectors utilized in medical research.

The important work started during my time at the Harvard Institutes of Medicine continues today, and the Vector Data Resource provides scientific data to medical researchers.

 

Try out the Vector Data Resource
Screen capture of the hgti website showing technical data on vectors such as genetic maps, DNA sequence, and restriction enzyme sites.

Meeting Websites

Academia can be pretty! My scientific visualization expertise means there is no such thing as too much data. Big data is valuable, and can be approachably rendered.

Vancouver Worm Research Meeting website screenshot

Vancouver Worm Research Meeting

My next professional home was on the west coast of Canada where my work visa took effect in early 2004.  Along with four graduate students, I founded a committee to organize a seminar series, and I'm proud to say the Vancouver Worm Research Meeting has continued into its tenth year!   Stylized GUIs provide visual tools for data navigation and I continue to advocate for the use of dynamic infographics in every sphere.

I used PHP to create a wide variety of database-driven websites characterized by a clean interface and fast loading times. The content I generated in my six years as the VanWoRM webmaster remains present on the official VanWoRM website.

 

Check out a replica of the 2007 VanWoRM website

Seattle-Vancouver Worm Meeting

Research labs in the Northwest gathered at the University of British Columbia in the spring of 2008 to discuss their scientific subject, the tiny nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

The joint meeting of Seattle and Vancouver worm research laboratories started in 2006 and is a tradition that continues today. The 2016 Northwest Worm Meeting will be held at the University of British Columbia on June 16, 2016.

 

Check out the 2008 Northwest Worm Meeting website

Scientific Information

Big Data can be pretty! My scientific visualization expertise means there is no such thing as too much data. Big data is valuable, and can be approachably rendered.

The Nematode Regional Research Review website screenshot

Nematode Regional Research Review

My first professional website in Canada debuted at the University of British Columbia in the spring of 2004.  I'm proud to say the Nematode Regional Research Review still thrives among graduate students more than a decade later!   Providing ease of access to scientific information remains a passion of mine.

I used PHP and MySQL to create clean database interfaces that remain in use today.

 

Check out a replica of the 2006 NRRR.ca website

Extracellular Protein Modules

As part of the Gene Knockout Laboratory at the C. elegans Genomics Facility, mutagenized worms were often of interest to us, and this website describes protein modules that play a role in the scientific subject, the tiny nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

The website's front interface retains (limited) functionality, a decade later.

 

Check out the Extracellular Protein Modules viewer
Screen shot of the website describing the modules (protein domains) found in extracellular proteins in the tiny nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

Homepages

Big Data can be pretty! My scientific visualization expertise means there is no such thing as too much data. Big data is valuable, and can be approachably rendered.

Harvard Institute of Human Genetics homepage for Adam H. Lorch

Department of Genetics,
Harvard Medical School

My first professional homepage debuted at Harvard in the spring of 2000.  Although it was a simple webpage, I'm proud to say the laboratory of George Church was directly across the hall from mine when I started at Harvard late in the 20th century!  Providing access to deep knowledge remains a passion of mine.

Simple HTML, and a flatbed scanner to scan in a 35mm photographic print, were sufficient to create this homepage.

 

Check out a replica of my Harvard homepage

Department of Zoology,
University of British Columbia

Another early foray into showing that informatics is not boring! This homepage I designed while at the University of British Columbia sometime in 2004 originally was a knockoff of the homepage I had designed for my laboratory's website, which displayed various GFP-tagged Caenorhabditis elegans selected at random.

You can see an example of glowing worms here

 

Check out my UBC homepage
Screenshot of UBC Zoology homepage

Contact / Hire Me

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My Work Location

31 W. 34th Street
7th floor
New York, NY, 10001 USA
Text: +917-828-4890
Email: adam.lorch@fake-domain (use the gmail.com domain instead)

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