Elias Romero

Curriculum Vitae

Elias Romero

Ninth-semester Genetics and Biotechnology student with skills in molecular biology, bioinformatics, genomics, transcriptomics, and phylogenomics applied to epidemiological analysis.

Experience

Academic research experience

2022 - Present | UNMSM, Lima, Peru

  • Affiliated with the Laboratory of Genomics and Integrative Biology.
  • Screening, normalization, and analysis of microRNA profiles for colorectal cancer biomarkers in pre- and post-metastatic stages.
  • Data and metadata mining in GenBank BioProject to select NGS datasets of Klebsiella pneumoniae MDR.
  • In silico structural stability analysis of the NS3-NS2B protease complex in Dengue virus.

Education

  • Undergraduate Degree in Genetics and Biotechnology - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (2022 - present)
  • Faculty of Biological Sciences.
  • Affiliated with the Laboratory of Genomics and Integrative Biology.

Technical skills

Laboratory

  • Lymphocyte cell culture, cytological preparation, and culture quality assessment.
  • Karyotype analysis using Adobe Photoshop and related software.
  • DNA extraction by silica column and quality assessment by nanospectrophotometry, fluorometry, and electrophoresis.

In silico and bioinformatics

  • Python y R: Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Tidyverse, Bioconductor.
  • API automation with NCBI Entrez Direct/esearch for large-scale metadata downloads.
  • Advanced SQL and handling of structured formats (JSON/XML).
  • Advanced Linux and Bash for remote servers and analysis pipelines.
  • Microbial genomics: Unicycler, Falcon, Prokka, Bakta, PlasmidFinder, Fastp.
  • Molecular dynamics and docking: GROMACS, AutoDock Vina, MGLTools.

Certifications

  • Genomics and Metagenomics, sequencing and bioinformatics analysis - Flyteek (2024).
  • II Course for Tissue and Cell Bank Operators - National Institute of Child Health (2024).
  • Academic writing and publication layout with LaTeX (intermediate level).
  • Advanced office productivity tools (2022).
  • English: intermediate reading and writing, basic conversation.

Developed projects

AMRplotting (Infectious diseases)

  • Automated workflow for analysis and visualization of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial profiles.
  • Skills: report automation, bacterial genomic data handling, and visualization in R.

Machine learning in biomarkers (Oncology)

  • Evaluation of predictive performance of Random Forest and SVM with microRNA profiles.
  • Skills: high-dimensional data cleaning, cross-validation, and rigorous statistical analysis.

Publications

No indexed publications yet. Active participation in research projects focused on microbiology, oncology, and omics-based epidemiological surveillance.

Contact

LinkedIn GitHub ORCID Email Phone

Affiliation: Laboratory of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.