Laura Sans Comerma

Bioinformatics Engineering Graduate

About Me

Hello World!

My name is Laura. I am a Bioinformatics graduate with focus on working in deploying production level software and AI models for academic and industry research, and clinical use. During my masters program I have mainly worked with statistics and machine learning and deep learning courses. I am an ambitious person that thrives in multidisciplinary and diverse teams.

Experience

Bioinformatics Engineer

BioLib

February 2022 - Present

biolib.com

Copenhagen, Denmark

Developing and deploying production level bioinformatics software and models. My role involved mainly working with structural biology deep learning models such as AlphaFold, RoseTTAFold, among others. Technologies used: version control Git, DevOps using Docker, Python, R, Bash and basics of Javascript.

Student Research Assistant

BioLib

December 2019 - February 2022

biolib.com

Copenhagen, Denmark

Research on bioinformatic software trends.

Organizing hackathons: Copenhagen Bioinformatics hackathon 2020 (April 2020), Synthetic Health Data Hackathon 2020 (November 2020), Copenhagen Bioinformatics Hackathon 2021 (April 2021), protein edition.

Deploying production level bioinformatics software and models. Technologies used: Python, R, basics of Javascript.

Education

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

MSc Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

2019 - 2022

Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

GPA: 10.65 (7-grade scale)

Main courses: Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Mining, Deep Learning and Bayesian Machine Learning. Statistical Modelling and Applied Statistics. Systems biology, protein chemistry, NGS and compositional data analysis for genomics data.

Part of Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) student association.

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)

BSc Human Biology

2014 - 2018

Barcelona, Spain

GPA: 7.85 ( 0 to 10 scale)

Main courses: Cell biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, chemistry of drugs, structural biology and bioinformatics.

Radboud University (RU)

BSc Biotechnology

2017

Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Semester abroad on the Erasmus+ Exchange Program Scholarship.

Main courses such as toxicology, functional genomics and neurobiology.

A Bit More About Me

Alongside my interests in Biology, proteins, data science and software developing some of my other interests and hobbies are:

  • Knitting, painting, and other kinds of crafts
  • Playing basketball and horseback riding
  • Cooking and eating