Tania L Gonzalez, PhD
Tania L Gonzalez, PhD
Project Scientist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Project Scientist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
I am a molecular biologist with a focus on RNA expression.
I study human gene expression, sex differences, placenta across gestation, and immune changes before/during pregnancy. I work with Dr Margareta Pisarska in the OB/GYN department.
Wet lab work: I optimize sample processing from leftover blood or biopsy tissue, create protocols and train staff for big data projects, and oversee sample quality control before sequencing.
Dry lab work: I perform downstream bioinformatics analysis on bulk and single cell RNA-seq, DNA methylation, and other datasets. I perform statistical testing, summarize results, merge datasets for multiomics analysis, and visualize results. I primarily code in R and bash, sometimes Python, and very infrequently Perl.
PhD - Molecular and Cell Biology - University of California, Berkeley, 2015
Coursework in human, yeast, and bacterial biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, and evolution.
Dissertation on plant RNA biochemistry, with a focus on gene expression regulation, RNA splicing, and de novo sequences.
BS - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - University of California, Davis, 2010
Coursework in biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, plant biology, virology, mathematical modeling, computer programming, and bioinformatics.
Undergraduate research in plant biochemistry (focus on hormone signaling), DNA repair pathways, and Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) of avian flu disease spread.
Maternal-fetal health biomarkers and early indicators of later pregnancy outcomes
Gene expression, gene regulation, cell signaling, immune tolerance
Computational biology, big data analysis, data visualization
Mathematics in biology
Linux servers
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