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Sofía Salazar Magaña
Genomic scientist and bioinformatician. Interested in AI applications for the analysis of genome data and its harmonization with bioinformatic techniques
Education
B.Sc.,Genomic Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Querétaro, México
2020 - 2024
- Grade: 9.89/10
Research Experience
Research Intern
Im Lab, The University of Chicago
Remotely
September 2023 - Present
- Hae Kyung Im, PhD
- Conducted performance testing and workflow assembly for deep-learning software designed to predict genomic features.
Research Intern
RegGenoLab, International Laboratory for Human Genome Research (LIIGH), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Querétaro, México
January 2022 - September 2023
- Alejandra Medina-Rivera, PhD
- Assembled a bioinformatic pipeline for analysis of RNA-seq data and and conducted differential expression analysis across multiple datasets of Lupus patients and unaffected controls
Teaching Experience
TA at Quantitative Genomics Training Boot Camp
Columbia University
Remotely
June 2024
- Assisted students solving software issues
Guest lecturer at bioinformatics institutional course
Bioinformatic Fridays 2024 course, International Laboratory for Human Genome Research (LIIGH)
Querétaro, México
2024
- Two lectures: “Generating diverse graphics on R using ggplot2” & “Data manipulation to create heatmaps on R with ComplexHeatmap”
- Graduate level class
Guest lecturer at bioinformatics institutional course
Bioinformatic Fridays 2023 course, International Laboratory for Human Genome Research (LIIGH)
Querétaro, México
2023
- Lectured on introduction to R lenguage usage for data analysis
- Undergraduate to graduate level class
Lecturer at RNA-seq analysis workshop
International Laboratory for Human Genome Research (LIIGH)
Querétaro, México
2023
- Lectured on RNA-seq analysis workflow using STAR and R
- Graduate level class
Talks and posters
Academic Days at LIIGH Symposium 2024
Talk
Querétaro, México
February 2024
- Studying the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus expression signature and contextualizing it in a Mexican cohort
Academic Days at LIIGH Symposium 2023
Poster
Querétaro, México
February 2023
- Lupus peripheral blood meta-analysis with Recount3 & Recount3-like processed RNA-seq data
ISCB-LA SoIBio BioNetMX International Conference on Bioinformatics 2022
Poster
Querétaro, México
November 2022
- Lupus peripheral blood meta-analysis with Recount3 & Recount3-like processed RNA-seq data
Courses
Night Science Workshop: The creative scientific process
International Laboratory for Human Genome Research (LIIGH)
Querétaro, México
March 2024
- Main instructor: Itai Yanai, PhD
Workshop: Analysis of biological and biomedical transcriptomic data using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) methods with R
ISCB-LA SoIBio BioNetMX International Conference on Bioinformatics 2022
Querétaro, México
November 2022
- Multiple Instructors
Introduction to the logical modeling of cellular networks, with applications to cancer and immunology.
International Laboratory for Human Genome Research (LIIGH)
Querétaro, México
January 2022
- Main instructor: Denis Thieffry, PhD, (ENS, Paris)
Academic Writing in English course
Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores (ENES) Juriquilla, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Querétaro, México
November 2021
- Main instructor: M.S. José Antonio Alonso-Pavón
Certifications
Intro to AI-driven Science on Supercomputers
Argonne National Laboratory, IL, USA
Online
February 2024 - April 2024
- Multiple Instructors
- Credential ID: a1ff9ac49d6d6754ce667fae36f8ad83f8fe93a5
Google’s Data Analytics Professional Certificate
Google - Coursera
Online
January 2024
- Credential ID: KEBDX9FHLDSG