My CV
WORK EXPERIENCE
PhD Student {
at: Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal);
where: Barcelona, Spain;
when: 1 Oct 2022 - now;
activities: machine-learning, deep-learning, computer vision, microscopy imaging, ATACseq, data-integration;
}
Research Assistant {
at: Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute;
where: Barcelona, Spain;
when: 15 Feb 2021 - 31 Aug 2022;
activities: single-cell, multi-omics, scRNAseq, scATACseq, data-integration, machine-learning, deep-learning;
}
Research Assistant {
at: GeoGenetics, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen;
where: Copenhagen, Denmark;
when: 1 Dic 2020 - 1 Feb 2021;
activities: population-genetics, machine-learning, deep-learning, generative-adversarial-network, markov-chain-monte-carlo;
}
Content Reviewer {
at: Arvato Polska;
where: Krakow, Poland;
when: 1 April 2018 - 1 July 2018;
}
Undergraduate Student Researcher {
at: Centro de Investigación Biomédica;
where: Granada, Spain;
when: 1 Nov 2016 - 1 July 2017;
with: Beca de Colaboración Fellowship;
activities: western-blot, spectrophotometric-assays, respiration-analysis, zebrafish-management;
}
Student Scientific Entertainer {
at: Parque de las Ciencias;
where: Granada, Spain;
when: 1 Oct 2016 - 1 Feb 2017;
activities: scientific-dissemination, exhibition-explanation;
}
EDUCATION
PhD Student in Biomedical Data Science {
at: Universitat Pompeu Fabra;
where: Barcelona, Spain;
when: 1 Oct 2022 - now;
activities: machine-learning, deep-learning, computer vision, microscopy imaging, ATACseq, data-integration;
}
MSc in Bioinformatics {
at: University of Copenhagen;
where: Copenhagen, Denmark;
when: 1 Sep 2018 - 22 Oct 2020;
subjects: machine-learning, data-science, linux-python-programming;
}
Exchange Student {
at: Università Politechnica delle Marche;
where: Ancona, Italy;
when: 1 Sep 2015 - 1 July 2016;
with: Erasmus+ mobility scholarship;
}
BSc in Biochemistry {
at: Universidad de Granada;
where: Granada, Spain;
when: 1 Sep 2013 - 1 July 2017;
subjects: systems-biology, protein-engineering, statistics;
}
AWARDS
La Caixa Foundation INPhINIT Incoming Fellowship {
from: Fundacion La Caixa;
where: Spain;
when: Apr 2022;
}
Beca de Colaboración Young Researcher Fellowship {
from: Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional;
where: Granada, Spain;
when: 1 Nov 2016 - 1 July 2017;
}
Erasmus+ Scholarship {
from: European Union;
where: Ancona, Italy;
when: 1 Sep 2015 - 1 July 2016;
}
BIOINFORMATICS PROJECTS
Research project {
at: Cellular Systems Genomics lab, Josep Carreras Institute;
where: Barcelona, Spain;
when: Ongoing;
title: ’DeepScore, a multi-platform and multi-omics deep learning model for
user-friendly single-cell annotation and label transfer’;
}
Research project {
at: Cellular Systems Genomics lab, Josep Carreras Institute;
where: Barcelona, Spain;
when: Ongoing;
title: ’Generation of a single-cell ATAC-seq atlas of chromatin accessibility
of human pancreas, part of Human Cell Atlas, ESPACE consortium’;
}
Research project {
at: Cellular Systems Genomics lab, Josep Carreras Institute;
where: Barcelona, Spain;
when: Ongoing;
title: ’Single-cell multi-omics data integration and characterization in the
human kidney, part of Human Cell Atlas project’;
}
Research project {
at: Cellular Systems Genomics lab, Josep Carreras Institute;
where: Barcelona, Spain;
when: Ongoing;
title: ’Single-cell RNA-seq analyses of human mesenchymal cell in Acute
Lymphocytic and Myeloid Leukemia in adults and infants’;
}
Research project {
at: Cellular Systems Genomics lab, Josep Carreras Institute;
where: Barcelona, Spain;
when: Ongoing;
title: ’Single-cell RNA-seq analyses of cell induced senescence in the
mammary gland of mice’;
}
Master thesis {
at: Racimo lab, University of Copenhagen;
where: Copenahgen, Denmark;
when: 1 Feb 2020 - 22 Oct 2020;
title: ’Demographic inference using a MCMC-coupled Generative
Adversarial Network on genomic data’;
grade: 12/12;
}
Bioinformatics project II {
at: Racimo lab, University of Copenhagen;
where: Copenhagen, Denmark;
when: 1 Oct 2019 - 1 Feb 2020;
title: ’Interpreting a Convolutional Neural Network that predicts
Archaic Adaptive Introgression’;
grade: 12/12;
}
Bioinformatics project I {
at: Hamelryck lab, University of Copenhagen;
where: Copenhagen, Denmark;
when: 1 June 2019 - 1 Oct 2019;
title: ’Inferring Protein Superposition using The No-U Turn Sampler’;
grade: 10/12;
}
Bachelor thesis {
at: Hilario Ramirez lab, Universidad de Granada;
where: Granada, Spain;
when: 1 Feb 2017 - 1 July 2017;
title: ’Potential application of Virtual Reality technologies to
Molecular Infography of Proteins and Nucleic Acids’;
grade: 9.9/10;
}
PUBLICATIONS
Detecting adaptive introgression in human evolution using convolutional neural networks {
authors: Graham Gower, Pablo Iáñez Picazo, Matteo Fumagalli, Fernando Racimo;
journal: eLife;
year: 2021;
doi: 10.7554/eLife.64669;
url: elifesciences.org/articles/64669;
}
Deep Learning Applications in Single-Cell Omics Data Analysis {
authors: Nafiseh Erfanian, A. Ali Heydari, Pablo Iañez, Afshin Derakhshani, Mohammad Ghasemigol, Mohsen Farahpour, Saeed Nasseri, Hossein Safarpour, Amirhossein Sahebkar;
journal: bioRxiv;
year: 2021;
doi: doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.26.470166;
url: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.26.470166v2.full;
}
Inference of population genetics parameters using discriminator neural networks: an adversarial Monte Carlo approach {
authors: Graham Gower, Pablo Iáñez Picazo, Finn Lindgren, Fernando Racimo;
journal: bioRxiv;
year: 2023;
doi: doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.27.538386;
url: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.27.538386v1;
}
CONFERENCE POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Human Cell Atlas ESPACE final meeting {
at: Charité Campus Virchow;
where: Berlin, Germany;
when: June 1 - 2, 2022;
}
DeepSCore, a multi-language multi-omics framework for single-cell
automatic label transfer {
conference: Single Cell Genomics Symposium;
at: Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona;
format: poster;
where: Barcelona, Spain;
when: March 24 - 25, 2022;
}
Population genomic inference using a MCMC-coupled generative adversarial network {
conference: Probabilistic Modeling in Genomics;
at: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory;
format: poster;
where: New York, United States (online);
when: April 14 - 16, 2021;
}
INVITED TALKS
Demographic inference using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo coupled GAN {
organisation: Bioinfo GRX;
format: talk;
where: online;
when: April 19, 2022;
url: bioinformaticsgrx.es/bioinfo-club-abril-2022-demographic-inference-using-a-mcmc-coupled-generative-adversarial-network
youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=dko-bEcEb20&t=691s
}
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Barista and bartender {
at: Studenterhuset;
where: Copenhagen, Denmark;
when: Jan 2019 - Jan 2020;
}
SKILLS
Languages {
human: spanish, english, italian, polish, french;
programming: python, R, bash, C++, C#, matlab, pascal;
}
Computational skills {
PyTorch, Keras, Tensorflow, NumPy, Pandas, Tidyverse, Bioconductor,
LaTeX, Github, Linux, Markdown, Jupyter Notebook, Unity 3D, Deep Learning,
Machine Learning, Data Science, Single-cell analysis, multimodal integration,
}
CERTIFICATIONS | MEMBERSHIPS
Member of ESPACE, the Human Cell Atlas Pancreas consortium {
url: www.espace-h2020.eu/#
}
Member of CZI, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative kidney consortium {
url: www.chanzuckerberg.com/science/programs-resources/single-cell-biology/seednetworks/a-comprehensive-single-cell-atlas-of-the-human-kidney/
}
Cambridge C1 Advanced {
C2 level mention
}
Certificazione della Lingua Italiana CELI 3 {
Livello B2
}