Daniella Matute is a synthetic and computational biologist with over five years of experience in BSL-2 labs and six years of programming and data analysis experience.
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Specialty: the combination of engineering principles (DBTL) and molecular biology techniques.
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Goal: to make "The Century of Biology" a reality and transform biology into a formalized engineering field.
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Looking for: a multidisciplinary position with access to lab-automation platforms.
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Traits: extroverted, analytical, precise, data-driven and quite funny.
| Molecular Biology | Biochemical/Biophysical Assays | Other |
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| DNA and RNA isolation | spectroscopy | cell culture |
| Electrophoresis | chromatography techniques | media preparation |
| DNA restriction | mass spectrometry | basic lab maintenance |
| plasmid cloning | light scattering | NGS prep |
| cell lysis | surface plasmon resonance | DNA assembly |
| protein purification | Genome editing | |
| protein expression | plasmid vector design |
| Languages | Code Editors | SynBio & Bioinformatic Tools | Other |
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| Python | Jupyter Notebooks | PyMol | Linux/Unix |
| SQL | VSC | SNAPgene | Command Line |
| R | RStudio | WGA | Visualisation |
| MATLAB | PyCharm | Alignment | Machine Learning |
| HTML | Qiime2 | DNA & Protein Database | Diverse Python Packages |
- Automation engineering
- Metagenomic/taxonomic analysis
- Stem cell lineage determination computational modeling
- Drug treatment profiling for Cancer
- Pharmaceutical Marketing, R&D, and Regulatory Affairs
- and much more
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The University of Edinburgh (Scotland) Distinction Award & 4.0 GPA
Master of Science in Synthetic Biology & Biotechnology
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George Mason University (VA, USA) - Cum Laude Award & 3.63 GPA
Bachelor of Science in Biology - Concentration in Molecular biology and Biotechnology & Minor in Business
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Professional Development: Machine Learning & Data Science Bootcamp (in progress), Unit-testing, Git Versioning.
Fluent in Spanish and English.
