About myself

I am a young Mexican scientist and a bioinformatician in training. In August of 2023 I started my PhD at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. It’s going great! I’m learning a lot of new and amazing things and enjoying the beautiful campus. I’m still trying to figure out the topic I want to do my research on, but transcriptional regulation in cancer is at the top of the list. When I’m not in the lab, you can find me running—I’m training for my second half-marathon!—or having fun with my friends.

Education

PhD student in Biological Sciences | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | August 2023 - Present

B.S. in Genomic Sciences | National Autonomous University of Mexico | August 2018 - June 2022

Research Experience

Lieber Institute for Brain Development | Leonardo Collado-Torres Lab | Post-baccalaureate researcher | February 2023 - August 2023

New York Genome Center | Tuuli Lappalainen Lab | Undergraduate researcher | September 2021 - August 2022

LANGEBIO-CINVESTAV | Andres Moreno-Estrada Lab | Undergraduate researcher | August 2019 - June 2021

Center for Genomic Sciences, UNAM | Julio Collado-Vides Lab | Undergraduate researcher | February 2019 - December 2019

International Laboratory for Human Genome Research, UNAM | María Ávila-Arcos Lab | Undergraduate researcher | Summer 2019

Center for Genomic Sciences, UNAM | David Zamorano-Sánchez | Undergraduate researcher | January 2019 - June 2019

Publications

TrkB-dependent regulation of molecular signaling across septal cell types. Rodriguez, L.A., Tran, M.N., Garcia-Flores, R. et al. TrkB-dependent regulation of molecular signaling across septal cell types. Transl Psychiatry 14, 52 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-024-02758-6.

Noninvasive, low-cost RNA-sequencing enhances discovery potential of transcriptome studies. Martorella, M., Kasela, S., Garcia-Flores, R. et al. Evaluation of noninvasive biospecimens for transcriptome studies. BMC Genomics 24, 790 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-023-09875-4.