PADILLA SIRERA, Natàlia

Academic training

PhD in Biotechnology - UNIVERSITY AUTONOMOUS OF BARCELONA
University Master's Bioinformatics for Health Sciences - POMPEU FABRA UNIVERSITY
Degree in Cellular Biology and Genetics - UNIVERSITY AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA

Professional experience

Superior Research Technician September 2014 – Clinical and Translational Bioinformatics, VHIR, Barcelona, Spain
Secretary of the Directive board March 2018 - Python Barcelona Association, Barcelona, Spain https://pybcn.org

Research stays
Graduated Research Assistant July – September 2014 Movement Ecology Laboratory, CEAB-CSIC, Spain
Title: Mechanistic Analysis of the Search Behavior of C. elegans
MSc Thesis October 2013 – March 2014 Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics, University of Freiburg, Germany
Title: In Silico Structural Prediction of Polyketides
Undergraduate Research Assistant July – September 2011
Red Cell Pathology Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain
Title: Molecular Diagnostics of Hemoglobinopathies
Undergraduate Research Assistant July – September 2010
Protein Folding and Conformational Diseases, Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Spain
Title: Amyloid Aggregation in Bacterial Inclusion Bodies

Participation in research projects
A translational approach to the interpretation of sequence variants in proteins: integrating molecular impact, regulation by the genetic environment and clinical cost.
Network for the interpretation of neonatal screening: from the mutation to the patient.
New approach to identify pathogenic variants in massive sequencing experiments based on the integration of molecular impact and biomedical information.