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Yadira PG
Looking for a jobPostdoctoral Researcher in Cancer Evolution
Computational genomicist at Harvard Medical School building analyses of tumor sequencing to study clonal mixing, mutation selection, and cancer evolution.
United StatesPostdoctoral Researcher in Cancer Evolution at Harvard Medical School
Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher in Cancer Evolution
Studies intratumoral heterogeneity and clonal mixing in multiple cancers using multi-region whole-exome sequencing, and estimates selection in tissues from duplex sequencing data. Also prepares NGS libraries and builds workflows for lineage analysis.
WGSWESDuplex SequencingCopy Number Variation AnalysisClonal DeconvolutionPyClone VIPhyCloneDN DSLibrary PreparationPythonRBASHGitLinuxHPCSlurmJupyterConda
Postdoctoral Researcher in Biostatistics
Estimated neutral mutation rates and cancer effect sizes of somatic variants across tumor types, separating variant occurrence from selection strength.
Cancer GenomicsMutation Rate EstimationSelection AnalysisCancer Effect SizeStatistical Genetics
PhD in Genome, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Estimated germline mutation rates and parental sex bias from pedigree whole-genome sequencing in opossum, grizzly bear, and aye-aye, and timed de novo and somatic mutations in rhesus macaque offspring and placenta.
WGSVariant CallingSomatic Mutation DetectionMutation Rate EstimationCAGEEPythonRBASHGitLinuxHPCSlurmJupyterConda
MSc in Biotechnology
Analyzed RNA-seq and small RNA-seq data for expression profiling and miRNA identification, and characterized an F-box gene regulating arsenic tolerance in Arabidopsis.
RNAseqSmallRNA SequencingTranscriptomicsMolecular CloningAgrobacterium Mediated TransformationArabidopsisCapsicum
BSc in Biochemical Engineering
Graduated with High Distinction. Completed undergraduate studies in biochemical engineering.
Education
Harvard Medical School
Postdoctoral research in cancer evolution, studying intratumoral heterogeneity and selection in tissues using multi-region whole-exome and duplex sequencing data.
Indiana University
PhD in Genome, Cell, and Developmental Biology with a minor in Bioinformatics. Research focused on germline mutation rates and somatic mutation timing using pedigree whole-genome sequencing.
Yale School of Public Health
Postdoctoral research in biostatistics, estimating neutral mutation rates and cancer effect sizes of somatic variants across tumor types.
West Virginia State University
MSc in Biotechnology with research in transcriptomics and functional genetics, including analysis of RNA-seq and small RNA-seq data and characterization of an arsenic tolerance gene in Arabidopsis.
Autonomous University of Coahuila
BSc in Biochemical Engineering, graduated with high distinction.