Hernando Vergara
Ramon Y Cajal Fellow at Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Top SchoolHernando Vergara is a Ramon y Cajal Fellow and neuroscientist with 14 years of combined experimental and computational experience, now based at IDIBAPS in Barcelona. He blends hands-on expertise in animal experimentation, molecular biology and high-throughput imaging with software development and machine learning to drive multi-omics and multimodal analyses for neurodegeneration and learning circuits. Previously he led neuroanalytics at a startup and delivered reproducible CI/CD protocols, and as a senior research fellow he built Python and Java tools that increased histology throughput ten-fold while automating complex statistical workflows. His work spans in vivo manipulation, advanced microscopy, CRISPR, and transcriptomics, and has contributed to high-impact, collaborative publications including a Cell paper. Known for turning biological problems into testable computational frameworks, he secures competitive funding and excels at cross-disciplinary communication and stakeholder engagement. An uncommon strength is his track record of shipping research-grade software alongside rigorous wet-lab science, accelerating both discovery and translation.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Cell and Molecular Biology, Master’s Degree Cell and Molecular Biology at San Francisco State UniversityBachelor’s Degree Biotechnology, Bachelor’s Degree Biotechnology at Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Evolution and Development of Nervous System, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Evolution and Development of Nervous System at Heidelberg UniversityMaster’s Degree Bioinformatics, Master’s Degree Bioinformatics at King's College London
Spanish, English, Catalan, French
Github Skills (44)
segmentation10
editor9
electron9
typescript9
neuroscience8
anatomy8
visual-studio8
vscode8
vscode-extension8
visual-studio-code8
microsoft8
visualization7
fiji7
python7
sh7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
HernandoMV/CellProfiler_AnalysisPipelines
Sep 2018 - Dec 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 58 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 3 months
HernandoMV/Fiji_Custom
Jul 2018 - Dec 2022
Contributions:56 pushes, 5 branches in 4 years 6 months
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