Kevin Alexis Castillo MendietaEDUCATIONCollege / UniversityYachay Tech UniversityHighest DegreeBachelor of ScienceMajor SubjectsBiology |
CountryEcuador |
Lab Experience
M13 Phage infection, bacterial and yeast transformation, hemolytic activity assay, antimicrobial activity assay, gel electrophoresis, DNA purification, anaerobic bioreactors, bioprospection in sewage sludgeProjects / Research
- 2024: Research Article “Multiquery Similarity Searching Models: An Alternative Approach for Predicting Hemolytic Activity from Peptide Sequence” (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.3c00408)
- 2022 – 2024: Research Assistant, Project “Complex Networks in the Discovery of Antimicrobial, Anticancer and Hemolytic Peptides”
- 2023: Book Chapter “Upgrading Non-Conventional Yeasts into Valuable Biofactories” (https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.109903)
- 2022 – 2023: Teaching Assistant in Immunology
- 2022: Research Assistant, Project “Bioprospection in Sewage Sludge”
- 2022: Research Assistant, Project “Phage Display”
Scholarships / Awards
| 2024 – 2025: | Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School |
| 2024: | Best Poster Presentation, 1st International Electronic Conference on Toxics - MDPI |
| 2023: | Highest Academic Standing in my Graduating Class, Yachay Tech University |
| 2023: | First Place: Short Conference in the Biomedical Engineering Category, II LIFE SCIENCE YT CONGRESS |
| 2018 – 2023: | Scholarship for Excellence, Yachay Tech University |
| 2017: | Highest Academic Standing by the International Baccalaureate® (IB) Diploma Programme (DP), Unidad Educativa Cap. Edmundo Chiriboga |
| 2017: | Finalist at the X Dimitri Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad, Universidad San Francisco de Quito |