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Daniel Rafael Saldaña Torres

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San Luis Potosí, Mexico

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  • IPICyT
    PhD student
    IPICyT
    Jan 2021 - Current (5 years 10 months)
    Applied k-means clustering to identify organism-specific sRNA expression patterns across interaction timepoints, revealing dynamic regulatory patterns during mutualistic establishment. Conducted Gene Ontology enrichment analysis for differentially accumulated sRNA clusters, identifying biological processes modulated during plant-fungus interactions. Characterized dynamic conformational changes in AGO-sRNA-target complexes by modeling different protein states using multiple templates, identifying key non-conserved contacts in intermediate conformations.
  • IPICyT
    Master student
    IPICyT
    Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 (2 years 1 month)
    Implemented an organism-specific RNAseq mapping and loci annotation pipeline, achieving 90% genome mapping rate and identified 354 loci in Arabidopsis and 227 in Trichoderma. Developed a scoring algorithm incorporating thermodynamics and plant sRNA targeting parameters to predict non-canonical sRNA-target interactions for previously uncharacterized tsRNAs ≥24 nt.
  • UANL
    Bachelor student
    UANL
    Jan 2014 - Jan 2019 (5 years 1 month)
    Identified 80 miRNAs across Ae. aegypti life stages (eggs, females, males) from RNAseq data, using miRDeep2 to annotate microRNAs critical for mosquito development and viral transmission. Performed conservation analysis that revealed 55 miRNAs shared across insect orders, with 62.4% present in Diptera and 34 unique to holometabolous insects, establishing evolutionary relationships. Authored and contributed to 3 peer-reviewed publications as the lead or consulted bioinformatician.
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    Associate Data Scientist
    Jul 2025
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    PhD. degree in Molecular Biology (in progress)
    Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C. (IPICYT)
    Jan 2021 - Current (5 years 10 months)
    San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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    Sc. M. degree in Molecular Biology
    Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C. (IPICYT)
    Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 (2 years 1 month)
    San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
  • Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León (UANL)
    Bachelor's degree in Genomic Biotechnology
    Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León (UANL)
    Jan 2014 - Jan 2019 (5 years 1 month)
    Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
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    De Novo miRNAs from Anisopteromalus calandrae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Conserved in the Order Hymenoptera
    Jan 2024
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    miRNAs of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus 1762) conserved in six orders of the class Insecta
    Jan 2021
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    Genomic Mining, Evolution Analysis, and Structural Characterization of the Sepik Virus
    Jan 2018