Francisco Requena
Founder at Candela Labs
New York, New York, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolFrancisco Requena is a founder and computational biologist with nine years of experience building AI-driven tools for life sciences, currently leading Candela Labs to deliver custom LLM-powered automations and workflows for web and enterprise environments. He blends deep domain expertise from a PhD in Clinical Bioinformatics with hands-on engineering—React, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, and Docker—to connect patient-level data with scalable clinical trial matching and drug target prioritization. At Weill Cornell he built an LLM framework that matches patients to trials in minutes and led a genome-wide prioritization effort for Alzheimer’s, while his PhD work produced robust ML tools (CNVxplorer, CNVscore) for clinical CNV interpretation. Comfortable moving research into production, he combines rigorous genomics methods with practical software delivery and an entrepreneurial drive informed by freelance engineering and international training across Spain and France.
9 years of coding experience
Master's Degree in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Master's Degree in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Universidad Autónoma de MadridDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Clinical Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Clinical Bioinformatics at Université Paris CitéMaster in Translational Research and Personalized Medicine, Master in Translational Research and Personalized Medicine at Universidad de Granada
Github Skills (49)
bedtools8
interval-arithmetic7
genome7
parsnip6
genomics5
variable-selection5
bioinformatics4
explore4
rule3
r-programming3
visualization3
javascript3
missing-data3
r3
web-application3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
RausellLab/CNVscore
May 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:63 commits, 16 pushes in 5 months
RausellLab/CNVxplorer
Sep 2021 - Jun 2022
Contributions:3 commits, 31 pushes, 2 branches in 9 months
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