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Montse Garcia Cerqueda

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Hi! I'm Montse, a (currently) 22-years old Bioinformatics Master's student from Barcelona, Spain.
My interest in Biology started when I was very young, when my mum introduced me to the TV show Once Upon a Time... Life, which sparked my interest on knowing how our body worked and how life came to be. With time, my interest also expanded to ecology, biodiversity and conservation efforts. So it wasn't a surprise when I decided to do a Bachelor's Degree in Biology at the University of Barcelona.

Graduating class of 2020-2024

Plant physiology practial. Studying the effect of the lack of nutrients on the growth of Raphanus sativus.

Taking samples to study the effect of contamination on the river's biodiversity.

I was lucky and during my degree I made a solid group of friends.

On the day of my graduation :)

And all of us together!

During my degree I was able to explore many different parts of Biology, but at then end, I fell in love with its "micro" side and did my minor in Molecular, Cell and System Biology. My Bachelor's thesis was about characterizing the role of two glycosilation proteins on the stemness of triple-negative breast cancer, which required many traditional wet-lab techniques, such as cell culture, western blot, qPCR, amongst others.
However, during my degree I also learned about Bioinformatics through a PhD student who wanted to share it amongst the undergraduate students, and I found it fascinating. From that point on, I started to learn about Bioinformatics on my own, and at the end of my degree I decided to pursue a Master's degree in Bioinformatics for Health Sciences at the Pompeu Fabra University. I'm particularly interested in structural bioinformatics, systems biology, ML and functional genomics.