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Molecular Biologist, PhD | Data Analysis (Python, R) | Scientific Illustration and writing | Structural Predictions

Profile Summary

I am a plant molecular biologist with a PhD from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Germany), specializing in protein interactions, gene regulation, and iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana. My research combines molecular biology with computational approaches, including structural predictions (AlphaFold), transcriptomics (RNA-seq, DESeq2), machine learning, and analytical chemistry (ICP-MS). I have published peer-reviewed research as first and co-first author, supervised student projects, and presented at international conferences. My daily work involves analyzing complex biological datasets, building statistical models, and creating publication-ready figures and scientific illustrations. Services I offer: Data analysis and visualization: statistical analysis, data cleaning, and professional figures using Python (matplotlib, seaborn, pandas, scipy) and R (ggplot2, tidyverse, DESeq2). Deliverables include high-resolution charts, reports, and editable PowerPoint slides. Scientific writing and editing: manuscript preparation, review articles, research summaries, and graphical abstracts. I write in clear academic English and have experience with the full publication cycle from draft to submission. Scientific illustration: graphical abstracts, scientific figures, pathway diagrams, and research summary visuals for papers, presentations, and grant applications. Bioinformatics consulting: RNA-seq analysis pipelines, HMM-based phylogenetics, AlphaFold structural modeling, and predictive modeling using machine learning. I am based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and available for remote projects worldwide. I communicate clearly, deliver on time, and provide reproducible code and methods with every analysis project.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Botany
• ☆ Plant Physiology
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Biochemical Assays
• ☆ Structural Biology
• ☆ Enzyme Activity Assays
• ☆ Binding Assays
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Transcriptomics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ Mutagenesis
• ☆ Recombinant DNA
• ☆ RNA Sequencing
• ☆ Plasmid DNA
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Recombinant Protein Expression
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Gene & Protein Expression Analysis
• ☆ Structural Bioinformatics
• ☆ Synthetic Biology
• ☆ Biomolecular Engineering
• ☆ Genetic Engineering
• ☆ Gene Editing/CRISPR
• ☆ Protein/Enzyme Engineering
• ☆ Blotting
• ☆ Phylogenetics
• ☆ Data Storage
• ☆ R

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

PhD student

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät

October 2020 - Present

Education

PhD in Biology

Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf - Germany

October 2020 - October 2025

Certifications

• IRTG 2466 (International Research Training Group) Graduate Program

  Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf / DFG

  October 2020 - Present

• Khorana Scholar (Indo-US Research Fellowship)

  University of Maryland / Indo-US Science and Technology Forum

  May 2018 - August 2018

Publications

PREPRINT

Dibin Baby, Sarah Weldi, Marie Knopf, Vinitha Venkadasamy, Jessica Lee Erickson, Petra Bauer (2025). A three amino acid sequence gates protein stability control of bHLH104 and iron uptake in Arabidopsis thaliana .

Dibin Baby, Daniela M. Lichtblau, Mather Khan, Ksenia Trofimov, Yunus Ari, Birte Schwarz, Petra Bauer (2023). The small iron-deficiency-induced protein OLIVIA and its relation to the bHLH transcription factor POPEYE .

Daniela M. Lichtblau and Birte Schwarz and Dibin Baby and Christopher Endres and Christin Sieberg and Petra Bauer(2021). The effector FEP3/IRON MAN1 modulates interaction between BRUTUS-LIKE1 and bHLH subgroup IVb and IVc proteins . []. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Dibin Baby, Ksenia Trofimov, Samriti Mankotia, Mary Ngigi, Santosh B Satbhai, Petra Bauer, Kishore Panigrahi (2025). Shedding light on iron nutrition: exploring intersections of transcription factor cascades in light and iron deficiency signaling . Journal of Experimental Botany.

Dibin Baby, Daniela M. Lichtblau, Nguyen Hoai Nguyen, Mather Khan, Ksenia Trofimov, Yunus Ari, Birte Schwarz, Petra Bauer (2024). The small iron-deficiency-induced protein OLIVIA and its relation to the bHLH transcription factor POPEYE . PLOS ONE.

Dibin Baby, Hans-Jörg Mai, Petra Bauer(2023). Black sheep, dark horses, and colorful dogs: a review on the current state of the Gene Ontology with respect to iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana . Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. Frontiers Media {SA}

Daniela M. Lichtblau and Birte Schwarz and Dibin Baby and Christopher Endres and Christin Sieberg and Petra Bauer(2022). The Iron Deficiency-Regulated Small Protein Effector FEP3/IRON MAN1 Modulates Interaction of BRUTUS-LIKE1 With bHLH Subgroup IVc and POPEYE Transcription Factors . Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. Frontiers Media {SA}

Kanwar P, Baby D, Bauer P(2021). Interconnection of iron and osmotic stress signalling in plants: is FIT a regulatory hub to cross-connect abscisic acid responses? . Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany).

Zhong Z, Sretenovic S, Ren Q, Yang L, Bao Y, Qi C, Yuan M, He Y, Liu S, Liu X, et al.(2019). Improving Plant Genome Editing with High-Fidelity xCas9 and Non-canonical PAM-Targeting Cas9-NG . Molecular plant.