Alejandra Escobar
Laboratory Technologist
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAlejandra Escobar is a biomedical scientist turned data-savvy genomics specialist with nine years of experience blending laboratory practice and people-focused hospitality roles. With a BSc from the University of Liverpool and a Master's in Data Science & Cancer Genomics from Queen Mary University of London, she combines hands-on lab skills (PCR, culture) with computational approaches to extract actionable insights from complex cancer datasets. Currently based in Cambridge, she balances research ambition with practical leadership gained managing coffee shops and hospitality teams, which honed resilience, customer-focused problem solving, and team coordination. Open to collaboration and continual learning, she is eager to translate genomic data into real-world health improvements while growing her applied bioinformatics toolkit.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS Biomedical Sciences, Bachelor of Science - BS Biomedical Sciences at University of LiverpoolMaster's degree data science and cancer genomics, Master's degree data science and cancer genomics at Queen Mary University of London
Github Skills (40)
chip-seq10
nextflow10
quarto10
genome-analysis10
galaxy10
illumina10
nf-core10
comparative-genomics10
metagenomics10
shinyproxy10
pipeline9
jupyterlab-extension9
bioinformatics9
genome-annotation9
rlang9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
EBI-Metagenomics/mobilome-annotation-pipeline
Jun 2022 - Jul 2026
Contributions:11 releases, 100 reviews, 66 PRs in 4 years 1 month
Ales-ibt/Metagenomic-benchmark
Mar 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:227 commits, 207 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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