Evolution is to me the most fascinating thing in Life.
I love fundamental research - I have been passionate about dissecting the principles of Life and Evolution since I was very young. Academic research allows me to think freely. For that, I chose to research the most paradoxical genomic region: the centromere. This is one of the most important regions in the chromosome and, strikingly, is the region that evolves more rapidly!
I do much wet lab, but I am particularly trained in Bioinformatics. With the power of Computational Biology, I am driven to understand the complexities of Plant Sciences and unlock novel insights in agriculture, sustainability, and ecological preservation.
Last and most importantly, as a first-gen uni student, I am very concerned about the unequal access to the university system between social classes. I actively fight against that problem.
🌱 Plants are my plans for the future!
I'm a PhD student at the University of Cambridge (Department of Plant Sciences & King's College), funded by the prestigious "la Caixa" Foundation Postgraduate Fellowship. My research focuses on bioinformatics, phylogenomics, and comparative genomics in plant sciences.
- Working in the Genetic and Epigenetic Inheritance in Plants group (Prof. Henderson)
- Funded by "la Caixa" Foundation Postgraduate Fellowship - Selected from 1000+ applicants (€120,000+ funding)
- MSc in Computational Biology| BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry
- 📊 Pipeline development, Nextflow, HPC computing (SLURM), long-read analysis, and comparative genomics
- 🎓 Supervisor for "Mathematical and Computational Biology" course at Cambridge
- 🧬 Phylogenomics and comparative genomics across plant species
- 🌿 Genetic and epigenetic inheritance in plants
- 💻 Bioinformatics pipeline development for genomic analysis
- 📊 Long-read sequencing analysis and genome assembly
- 🔍 Metagenomic functional enzyme detection
Włodzimierz, P., Perez-Roman, E., et al. (including González-Isa, J.) (2025). Cyclical evolution of centromere architecture across 193 eukaryote species. Submitted
I'm always interested in collaborating on exciting projects in computational biology, plant genomics, and bioinformatics. Feel free to reach out!
