Dr. Manuel Garcia-Albornoz

Research Interests

Bioinformatics and mathematical modeling applied to different biological systems by integration of various metabolic modeling tools. Development of mathematical algorithms and computational tools applied to metabolic and genetic research in a Systems Biology frame. Data mining and metabolic network analysis for microbial and medical applications.

Education

2008-2012 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (Bioprocessing), Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.

2002-2004 M.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CICY, Mexico.

2000-2002 M. Marketing and Business, Anahuac University, Mexico.

1991-1996 B.S. Chemical Engineering, UADY, Mexico.

Experience

2014-2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, ETH Zürich.

2012-2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

2008-2012 Staff Lecturer Assistant, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.

2004-2008 Business Consultant, Own company, Mexico.

2000-2008 Lecturer/Department Manager, Marist University, Mexico.

2000-2002 Manager of Agro-industrial Projects, Rotoplas group, Mexico and Belize.

1996-2000 Industrial Engineering Manager, Gamesa group, Mexico.

Presentations

September 14^th-18^th 2014: “PFBA: a probabilistic model applied to genetic regulation of metabolic networks”. International Conference on Systems Biology (ICSB), Melbourne, Australia.
June 14^th-19^th 2014: “Using genetic regulation of metabolic networks for growth rate predictions in yeast”. EMBO Conference, Gene transcription in yeast: From regulatory networks to mechanisms. Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain.
May 5^th 2014: “Genetic and metabolic human disease network”. Chalmers life science engineering area of advance meeting. Gothenburg, Sweden.
November 4^th-5^th 2013: “An online tool for analysis of genome-scale metabolic models and transcriptome data - BioMet toolbox v2.0”.Systems Biology conference. Organized by Systems biology Infrastructure for Life Science (SILS) Örsundsbro, Sweden.
August 30^th - September 3^rd 2013: “PFBA: a probabilistic model applied to genetic regulation of metabolic networks” 14^th International Conference on Systems Biology (ICSB), Copenhagen, Denmark.
June 9^th 2011: “Development of a microfabricated reference electrode for the measurement of the dielectric properties of cells” Speaker & Poster exhibition. Best poster winner. 6th Heriot-Watt Postgraduate Research Conference. Heriot-Watt University. Edinburgh, UK.
September 6^th-8^th 2010: “Monitoring of biomass of cells during lignocellulosic fermentations” 8^th European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Science. Bologna, Italy.
July 2^nd 2010: “The use of multifrequency dielectric spectroscopy to measure biomass in the presence of non-cellular particles”. VIII Symposium of Mexican Students. Speaker & Poster exhibition. The University of Manchester. Manchester, England, UK.
December 5^th-9^th 2004: “Fructans from Agave fourcroydes”. Fifth Internacional Fructan Symposium. Havana, Cuba.

Publications

Garcia-Albornoz MA. and Nielsen J. Finding directionality and gene-disease predictions in disease associations. BMC Systems Biology (2015), 9:35. external pageabstract
Garcia-Albornoz MA., Thankaswamy-Kosalai S, Nilsson A, Väremo L, Nookaew I., Nielsen J. BioMet Toolbox 2.0: Genome-wide analysis of metabolism and omics data. Nucl Acids Res (2014) 42(W1): W175-W181. external pageabstract
Garcia-Albornoz MA, Nielsen J. Application of genome-scale metabolic models in metabolic engineering. Industrial Biotechnology, 2013;9(4):203-214. external pageabstract
Wilsson J., Garcia-Albornoz MA., Kallus J., Jethava V., Nookaew I., Dubhashi D. PFBA: a probabilistic model applied to genetic regulation of metabolic networks. PLOS One (In correction).