Nicolàs Palacio
After obtaining my BSc in Biotechnology at the Universitat of Girona, I acquired a MSc in Mathematical modeling for Science and Engineering at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. During those years I closely worked with Prof. Dr. Garcia-Ojalvo in the mathematical modeling of complex biological systems.Then I moved to Germany, where I started my PhD in Computational Biomedicine at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, led by Prof. Dr. Saez-Rodriguez, where I developed extensive data analysis skills. After graduating, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at EMBL and DKFZ for Prof. Dr. Krijgsveld, where I analyzed complex mass spectrometry proteomic data sets. Currently I am working as a Bioinformatician at the Institute of Computational Biomedicine at the Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg.
0000-0002-7022-1437Research Interests
I am mainly interested in the description and understanding of complex biological systems from a physical/mathematical point of view. I am passionate about programming and the development of bioinformatic tools and resources that can be useful for the scientific community and the research and development of new biological and medical insights.
Professional Career
| 2024-present | Bioinformatician, Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany) |
| 2022-2024 | Postdoctoral researcher, Division of Proteomics of Stem Cells and Cancer, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (Heidelberg, Germany) |
| 2021-2022 | Postdoctoral fellow, Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg, Germany) |
| 2020 | Doctoral researcher, Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany) |
| 2017-2020 | Doctoral researcher, Joint Research Centre for Computational Biomedicine, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (Aachen, Germany) |
| 2016-2017 | Research intern, Joint Research Centre for Computational Biomedicine, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (Aachen, Germany) |
| 2016 | Research intern, Dynamical Systems Biology lab, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain) |
| 2014-2015 | Research intern, Biochemistry of Cancer lab, Department of Biology, Universitat de Girona (Girona, Spain) |
| 2012 | Research assistant, Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Terrassa, Spain) |
| 2011 | Research assistant, Molecular Modeling Platform, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Universidad Miguel Hernández (Elx, Spain) |
Education
| 2017-2021 | PhD in Computational Biomedicine, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Germany) |
| 2015-2016 | MSc in Mathematical Modeling for Science and Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) |
| 2009-2015 | BSc in Biotechnology, Universitat de Girona (Spain) |