Nicolàs Palacio-escat
Visiting Researcher at University Hospital Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolNicolàs Palacio-escat is a computational biomedicine researcher with nine years of experience bridging biotechnology, mathematical modeling, and proteomics to decode cellular systems. Trained in biotechnology and systems biology, he developed mechanistic and stochastic models—from the Min protein dynamics in E. coli to single-cell stochastic models and MS-based predictors for chronic kidney disease—during roles across RWTH Aachen, EMBL, DKFZ and University Hospital Heidelberg. Currently a Visiting Researcher at EMBL-EBI while staff bioinformatician at Heidelberg University, he combines hands-on modeling, coding and mass-spec analysis to turn complex biological data into predictive insights. Notably, his background spans wet-lab-informed theory and applied computational pipelines, giving him an uncommon fluency across experimental design and mathematical abstraction.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Modeling for Science and Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Modeling for Science and Engineering at Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaDoctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), Computational Biomedicine, Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), Computational Biomedicine at Heidelberg UniversityBachelor of Science (BSc), Biotechnology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biotechnology at Universitat de Girona
Spanish, Catalan, English, German, Japanese
Github Skills (71)
python10
annotations10
database10
signaling10
network10
enzyme10
nextflow9
infer9
spatial-transcriptomics9
databases9
gene-expression9
functional-analysis9
proteins9
r-package9
substrate9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
saezlab/FUNKI
Jan 2024 - Jan 2025
Contributions:131 pushes, 8 branches, 4 tags in 11 months
saezlab/omnipath_analysis
Mar 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:106 commits in 9 months
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