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Mariana G\u00f3mez-Schiavon, PhD<\/strong>
Principal Investigator @ LIIGH, UNAM, Mexico
Adjunct Investigator @ iBio, Chile
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Mariana completed 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 at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Systems biology, Evolution, Gene regulatory circuits, Emergent properties, Nonlinear dynamics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emmanuel Hern\u00e1ndez S\u00e1nchez<\/strong><\/strong>
PhD student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emmanuel obtained his degree from the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Cuernavaca, with a research thesis on the evolutionary robustness of the circadian clock in Neurospora crassa<\/em>. He is currently in his 3rd semester in the Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program at UNAM, with his project titled \u201cSystematic Comparison of Oscillators and Switches in Biological Systems in the Presence of Biochemical Noise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Biological systems, Evolution, Mathematical modeling, Machine learning<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Diego Morales Mart\u00ednez<\/strong>
Applying to Master program
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Diego has graduated from the Biology B.Sc. program at the Autonomous University of Queretaro (UAQ). He is currently in his 3rd semester in the Biological Sciences Master’s program at UAQ, with a project titled \u201cExploring the Relationship Between Bistable Models and Transcriptional Bursting Models,\u201d co-advised by Dr. Roberto \u00c1lvarez (UAQ) and Dr. Mariana G\u00f3mez-Schiavon (LIIGH-UNAM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Evolution, Systems biology, Complex systems, Biophysics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paulina Victoria Rodr\u00edguez Lelis<\/strong>
Undergrad student
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Victoria is currently in her 7th semester of the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at UNAM Campus Juriquilla, and she is working on modeling the homeostasis of telomere length<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Mathematics, Molecular biology, Evolution, Systems biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yael Daniel Hern\u00e1ndez Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>
Undergrad student
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Yael is currently in his 5th semester of the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at UNAM Campus Juriquilla, and he is working on modeling the role of plasticity for dealing with fluctuating environments<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Systems biology, Mathematical modeling, Gene regulation, Statistics, Molecular biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Diana Barrientos Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>
Undergrad student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diana is currently in her 3rd semester of the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at UNAM Campus Juriquilla, and she is working on the epigenetic switching in the MITF rheostatic model in melanoma<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Systems biology, Cancer biology, Noise in gene expression<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Zyanya Valentina Velazquez Aldrete<\/strong>
Undergrad student
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Zyanya is currently in her 3rd semester of the Genomic Sciences B.Sc. program at UNAM Campus Cuernavaca, and she is exploring the role of control and homeostasis in pulmonary fibrosis<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Systems biology, Mathematical modeling, Biological systems<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Miriam Ang\u00e9lica Cordero Burgos<\/strong>
Applying to PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Celia Mar\u00eda Puente Sol\u00eds<\/strong>
Undergrad student
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Celia is currently in her 5th semester of the Genomic Sciences B.Sc. program at UNAM Campus Juriquilla, and she is working on the dynamic properties of Boolean networks<\/em>. She also enjoys traveling, hiking, and learning new things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Databases, bioinformatics, epigenetic regulation, statistics, cancer biology, mathematics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Juan Esteban Zurita Lema<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, Internship, March 2021 – February 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Molecular biology, Genetic circuits, Dynamical systems, Numerical methods, Mathematical analysis, Waves, Condensed matter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sophia Orozco<\/strong><\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, Thesis Research, March 2021 – August 2022
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Sophia graduated from the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Juriquilla (with honors), developing her research thesis in the lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Systems Biology, Emergent properties, Cancer Biology<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cristina Sotomayor<\/strong><\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, Internship, March 2021 – December 2022
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Cristina did an internship in lab while studying her 2nd-5th semesters in the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Cuernavaca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Evolution, Systems Biology, Complex Networks, Dynamical Systems, Cancer Biology<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bruno Villalobos Reveles<\/strong><\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, Internship, September 2022 – May 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Interests: <\/strong>Theoretical physics, Pure mathematics, and their applications to Biology<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ad\u00e1n Israel Espinosa de la Cruz<\/strong><\/strong>
In the lab: Internship, January 2023 – June 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ad\u00e1n did an internship in the lab while appling to a Master program in UNAM. He graduated from Mathematics B.Sc. program at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Systems biology, Evolution, Complex systems, Nonlinear dynamics, Epigenetics, Psychedelics<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yuan Chang-Halabi<\/strong><\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, Internship, January 2023 – July 2023
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Yuan did an internship in our lab in collaboration with Dr. Luis Larrondo’s lab (PUC), while studying his 9th semester in the Biochemistry B.Sc. program at the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile (PUC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Signalling integration, Cross-talk, Structural Biology, Membrane Proteins, Complex Systems, Mathematical Modeling, Emergent properties<\/p>\n\n\n\n

email<\/a> | ORCID<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ana Isabel Montejano Montelongo<\/strong><\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, Internship, July 2022 – September 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isabel did an internship in lab while studying her last semesters and graduating from Biotechnology Engineering B.Sc. program at the ITESM Campus Quer\u00e9taro, working on the epigenetic switching in the MITF rheostatic model in melanoma<\/em> before starting her PhD in Quantitative Biology at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Systems biology, Cancer biology, Genomics, Mathematical modeling<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alejandro Efra\u00edn Mar\u00edn Peralta<\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, Internship, August 2023 – October 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Efra\u00edn did an internship in lab while studying his 5th semester in the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Juriquilla, working in collaboration with Dr. Daniela Robles lab, modeling the effect of genetic fusions in melanoma<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Mathematical modeling, Systems biology, Dynamic systems, Stochastic processes, Cancer biology<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong><\/summary>\n

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Omar Vargas Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong><\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, Internship, August 2023 – January 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omar did a research internship in the lab as part of his final semesters at the Mathematics B.Sc. program at the “Universidad Abierta y a Distancia de M\u00e9xico”, where he analyzed the control potential in gene regulatory networks associated with cancer predisposition<\/em>. Omar also holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the UNAM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Mathematics, Modeling, Statistics, Cancer biology, Molecular biology, Genetics, Biochemistry<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Manuel Eduardo Hern\u00e1ndez Garc\u00eda<\/strong><\/strong>
In the lab: PhD student, Internship, August 2023 – May 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manuel completed a research internship in the lab as part of his Applied Physics Ph.D. at the Benem\u00e9rita Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Puebla (BUAP), analyzing the effect of extrinsic noise in gene regulatory networks. Manuel also holds an M.Sc. in Applied Physics from BUAP.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Emiliano S\u00e1nchez Escalante<\/strong><\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, Thesis, March 2021 – August 2024
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Emiliano graduated from the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Cuernavaca, and did his research thesis on the lab on the behavioral signatures of homeostatic control mechanisms<\/em> to obtain his degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Population genetics, Emergent properties, Systems biology, Homeostasis<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bram van Haastrecht<\/strong>
In the lab: Masters student, Thesis, March 2024 – December 2024
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Bram graduated with a B.Sc. in Physics and Astrophysics from the University of Amsterdam in 2022. He did his Master’s in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (Vrije Universiteit) thesis as a joint internship in our lab and Dr. Daniela Robles’ lab (LIIGH-UNAM), exploring potential control motifs of homeostasis disruption during acral melanoma onset. Bram graduated in September 2024. Bram is also a passionate piano player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Oncology, Systems biology, Network techniques, Artificial intelligence, Homeostasis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Valentina Arias Ojeda<\/strong><\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, Internship, June 2023 – March 2025
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Valentina did an internship in the lab while studying her 3rd to 6th semester in the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Cuernavaca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Applied mathematics, Systems biology, Complex systems, Human health<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Athena Tamayo Luisce<\/strong><\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, Thesis, June 2022 – August 2025
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Athena completed the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Cuernavaca, graduating with honors. Her research thesis was titled \u201cCoRaDyn \u2014 An Approach to Quantify Feedback Control Considering the Response Dynamics of Biological Systems to a Step Perturbation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Systems biology, Complex systems, Emergent properties, Biological systems engineering, Sustainability<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yaretzi Alejandrina Hern\u00e1ndez S\u00e1nchez<\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, Internship, May 2025 – August 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yaretzi did a summer internship in the lab as part of her undergraduate program at the Universidad Tecnol\u00f3gica de Corregidora, in the state of Quer\u00e9taro. She worked on a stochastic analysis of the dynamics of the tna<\/em> operon in E. coli<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rogelio Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> Valdez<\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, Internship, May 2025 – August 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rogelio did a summer internship in the lab as part of his undergraduate program at the Universidad Tecnol\u00f3gica de Corregidora, in the state of Quer\u00e9taro. He worked on a stochastic analysis of the dynamics of the tna<\/em> operon in E. coli<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pablo Salazar M\u00e9ndez<\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, listener, January 2025 – August 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pablo was in his 2nd semester of the Genomic Sciences B.Sc. program at the Center for Genomic Sciences, UNAM, Campus Morelos. In the lab, he participated as an observer, seeking to learn and gain experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Data science, Mathematical modeling, Systems biology, Molecular biology, Precision medicine<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rodrigo Aguilar D\u00edaz<\/strong>
In the lab: Undergrad student, Internship, June 2023 – December 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rodrigo did his research internship in the lab as part of the final year of the Genome Sciences B.Sc. program at the UNAM Campus Juriquilla (graduated in October 2025), and he worked on using CoRa to optimize and design biological feedback control<\/em>, among other projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interests: <\/strong>Systems biology, Ecology, Mathematical modeling, Emergent properties<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mariana G\u00f3mez-Schiavon, PhDPrincipal Investigator @ LIIGH, UNAM, MexicoAdjunct Investigator @ iBio, Chile[she\/her\/ella] Mariana completed 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… Read More »People<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"full-width","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"on","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-72","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgschiavon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgschiavon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgschiavon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgschiavon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgschiavon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":81,"href":"https:\/\/mgschiavon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":751,"href":"https:\/\/mgschiavon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions\/751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgschiavon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}