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Mariana Gómez-Schiavon, PhD

Mariana Gómez-Schiavon, PhD
Junior Faculty @ LIIGH, UNAM, Mexico
Adjunct Investigator @ iBio, Chile
[she/her/ella]

Mariana did her B.Sc. in Genome Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), her M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering and Physics at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV), her Ph.D. in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at Duke University, and her postdoctoral research in the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Interests: Systems biology, Evolution, Gene regulatory circuits, Emergent properties, Nonlinear dynamics

CV | email | ORCID | LIIGH Profile

Emiliano Sánchez Escalante
Undergrad student
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Emiliano has recently graduated from the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Cuernavaca, and he is working on his research thesis to obtain his degree.

Interests: Population genetics, Emergent properties, Systems biology, Homeostasis

Emmanuel Hernádez Sánchez
Undergrad student

Emmanuel is studying his 8th semester in the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Cuernavaca, and he is working on his research thesis to obtain his degree.

Interests: Biological systems, Evolution, Mathematical modeling, Machine learning

Athena Tamayo Luisce
Undergrad student
[she/her/ella]

Athena is studying her 8th semester in the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Cuernavaca, and she is working on his research thesis to obtain his degree.

Interests: Systems biology, Complex systems, Emergent properties, Biological systems engineering, Sustainability

Ana Isabel Montejano Montelongo
Undergrad student

Isabel is studying her 10th semester in Biotechnology Engineering B.Sc. program at the ITESM Campus Querétaro.

Interests: Systems biology, Cancer biology, Genomics, Mathematical modeling

Yuan Chang-Halabi
Undergrad student
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Yuan is studying his 8th semester in the Biochemistry B.Sc. program at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC), and he is doing an internship in our lab in collaboration with Dr. Luis Larrondo’s lab (PUC). He is also doing an internship in the Nanophysiology and Structural Biology with Dr. Nelson P. Barrera (PUC).

Interests: Signalling integration,  Cross-talk, Structural Biology, Membrane Proteins, Complex Systems, Mathematical Modeling, Emergent properties

email | ORCID

Adán Israel Espinosa de la Cruz
Applying to Masters program

Adán is developing a project proposal in the lab, in order to apply to a Master program in UNAM. He graduated from Mathematics B.Sc. program at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Interests: Systems biology, Evolution, Complex systems, Nonlinear dynamics, Epigenetics, Psychedelics

Diego Morales Martínez
Preparing to apply to PhD program
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Diego is graduating from Biology B.Sc. program at the Autonomous University of Queretaro (UAQ). Diego is learning about mathematical modeling in the lab, in order to apply to a PhD program in UNAM.

Interests: Evolution, Systems biology, Complex systems, Biophysics

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Rodrigo Aguilar Díaz
Undergrad student

Rodrigo is studying his 4th semester in the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Juriquilla. (Project to be defined.)

Interests: Systems biology, Ecology, Mathematical modeling, Emergent properties

Alumni

Juan Esteban Zurita Lema
In the lab: Undergrad student, March 2021 – February 2022

Interests: Molecular biology, Genetic circuits, Dynamical systems, Numerical methods, Mathematical analysis, Waves, Condensed matter

email | ORCID | Twitter

Sophia Orozco
In the lab: Undergrad student, March 2021 – August 2022
[she/her/ella]

Sophia graduated from the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Juriquilla (with honors), developing her research thesis in the lab.

Interests: Systems Biology, Emergent properties, Cancer Biology

Cristina Sotomayor
In the lab: Undergrad student, March 2021 – December 2022
[she/her/ella]

Cristina did an internship in lab while studying her 2nd-5th semesters in the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Cuernavaca.

Interests: Evolution, Systems Biology, Complex Networks, Dynamical Systems, Cancer Biology

Bruno Villalobos Reveles
In the lab: Undergrad student, September 2022 – May 2023

Bruno did an internship in lab while studying his 5th-6th semester in the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Juriquilla.

Interests: Theoretical physics, Pure mathematics, and their applications to Biology