Elena M Cabello, Ph.D.

Posdoctoral researcher @ IMG, UZH | Bioinformatics | Rare diseases & Breast cancer

Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland

About

I am a postdoctoral bioinformatician with six years of experience in clinical genetics, specializing in the study of rare diseases. My work focuses on uncovering the genetic causes of several conditions to improve patients’ diagnoses. In my previous position as Bioinformatics consultant, I supported research groups at EPFL with their NGS data analysis.

Experience

  • University of Zurich (Full-time · 8 yrs 9 mos)
    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

    • PhD Candidate @ IMG UZH | Hereditary Breast Cancer | Bioinformatics
      Sep 2019 - Feb 2024 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    • Scientific Assistant
      Nov 2017 - Aug 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Study of the Lateral Plate Mesoderm layer in chordates, focusing on the regulation of transcription of target genes using ChIP-seq data and functionally testing for their dynamic expression pattern in zebrafish embryos

  • Genomics bioinformatician at SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
    Jun 2015 - Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Scientific collaborator at the SIB Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core Facility

  • Bioinformatician at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
    Jun 2015 - Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Université de Genève (1 yr 11 mos)
    • Bioinformatician, Department of Microbiology
      Nov 2012 - Sep 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos

      In silico analysis of acetic acid bacteria genomes.

    • Teaching Assistant
      Jan 2014 - Mar 2014 · 3 mos

      Practice assistant of General Microbiology course.