Ingrid Camila Peñaloza Ortega
EDUCATION
College / University
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Highest Degree
Bachelor of Science
Major Subjects
Biology
Country
Colombia
Lab Experience
Wet lab: (q-RT) PCR, Molecular cloning (restriction digestion, ligation, transformation), DNA and RNA purification, Agarose gel electrophoresis, Protein extraction, SDS-PAGE, Golden gate cloning for TALEN assembly, bacterial cell culture, cell viability assays
Dry lab: NGS data analysis: RNA-Seq (functional annotation, TF interaction networks), GWAS. Phylogenetic analysis (R: maximum likelihood, MrBayes: Bayesian Inference). Comparative genomics: synteny analysis (Python, MCScanX, i-ADHoRe). Programming languages: R, Python and Perl, Linux (bash shell). Statistical analysis: R and python. Biological data handling: Biopython, BioPerl. In silico vector, primer and shRNA design.
Projects / Research
- 2022: "Identification of neurodevelopmental genes in the coral species Acropora digitifera (Acroporidae)"; Bachelor thesis – Prof Dr Clara Isabel Bermúdez Santana, Theoretical and Computational RNomics, Center of excellence in scientific computing, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- 2021 – 2022: "Genomic organization of developmental genes in coral species from the order Scleractinia"; – Prof Dr Clara Isabel Bermúdez Santana, Theoretical and Computational RNomics, Center of excellence in scientific computing, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- 2021: "In silico analysis of the evolutionary conservation of putative cis-regulatory elements controlled by Hand1 /Hand2 and potentially involved in the kidney development of vertebrates" – Department of Biology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- 2019: "First approaches to the existence of an innate immune memory in the Hydrozoan Hydractinia Symbiolongicarpus" – Genetics Institute, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- 2018 – 2019: "Genetic and phenotypic characterization of a mutant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis defective in a P-type ATPase gene, ctpA" – Department of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Scholarships / Awards
| 2022 – 2023: | Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School |
| 2022: | International Summer School “Gene Regulation, Epigenetics and Genome Stability”, Institute of Molecular Biology (Mainz, Germany) |
| 2022: | Second Place. Final Degree Examination-Bachelor of Science (Biology). Awarded by the Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
| 2021: | Virtual Cultural Exchange and Student Certificate Program: Developing Cultural Competence. Scholarship by the North Carolina State University |
| 2019: | Academic exchange program at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Stipend by the Pacific Alliance and the Chilean international Cooperation Agency-Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 2017: | Second Place. First National Olympiads of Organic Chemistry; Awarded by Universidad Nacional de Colombia |