Ernesto Aparicio-Puerta
Postdoc @ Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics.
I am broadly interested on the analysis of small RNAs through sequencing, particularly miRNAs but also tRNAs and tRNA fragments. As part of my work at Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, I have focused on cataloguing all human isomiRs, miRNA variants that can arise through post-transcriptional processing and editing.
Previously, I completed my PhD at University of Granada, where I was advised by Michael Hackenberg and worked on miRNA-seq analysis tools for quantification and quality control, supported by an iPFIS fellowship. I also visited other labs at the Cancer Center Amsterdam and University of Michigan, the latter thanks to a Fulbright PhD Scholarship.
In my spare time, I try to play as much tennis as I can. I also enjoy travelling, learning new languages and spending quality time with friends and family.