Melanie Nuesch Germano
EDUCATION
College / University
Universidad de la República
Highest Degree
Bachelor of Science
Major Subjects
Human Biology, Minor: Neuroscience
Country
Uruguay
Lab Experience
Computational: Windows, Linux and Mac (Bash shell) advanced user; human genomic data analysis and big data handling (for clinical and evolutionary/population genomics purposes); statistical software programming (especially MATLAB, R and Plink); gene panel designing; molecular and genomic data bases usage
Wet Lab: Western Blot; basic laboratory skills; dissection and suture
Projects / Research
- 06/2016 – 06/2017: Internship at Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay, Bioinformatics Unit (Spangenberg, Raggio, Barbeito. Bachelor's thesis: "Study of 41 genetic markers of late onset Alzheimer's disease risk in 28 populations of the world."
- 08/2015 – 06/2016: Internship at Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Bioinformatics Unit (Spangenberg, Raggio). Gene panel design for epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease. Learning bioinformatical basic skills
- 03/2015 – 07/2015: Internship at Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Neurodegeneration Lab (Barbeito). Western blotting to compare KPRP levels in cerebrospinal fluid samples of transgenic SOD1 mice (ALS model) and control mice
- 2012 – 2013: Internship at Clemente Estable Institute (IIBCE), Computational Neuroscience Lab (Caputi), Montevideo. “Does Gymnotus carapo show a mixed type neuro-myogenic organ?”
Scholarships / Awards
| 2017 – 2018: | Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School |
| 2012: | "PAIE" grant of CSIC (Sectorial Commission of Scientific Research of the University of the Republic, Uruguay), approved "with distinction"; project: "Does Gymnotus carapo show a mixed type neuro-myogenic organ?" |