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Hire Gerald Amiel B.

Philippines

USD 25 /hr

Bioinformatics & Microbiology Consultant | NGS, AMR, Metagenomics, Scientific Writing

Profile Summary

I am a bioinformatics and microbiology specialist with 3+ years of experience working on genomics, metagenomics, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) projects in academic and applied research settings. I design and execute reproducible NGS workflows for environmental and clinical samples, covering quality control, assembly, taxonomic profiling, functional annotation, and downstream statistical analysis. I regularly translate complex analyses into clear reports, figures, and methods sections suitable for manuscripts, grant reports, and stakeholder communication. In addition to analysis work, I support scientific writing and reviewer-response revisions, including methods refinement, data re-analysis, and figure improvement. I am comfortable working on short-term, output-based projects with clear deliverables and timelines. Typical projects I take on include: • Bioinformatics re-analysis or troubleshooting • Metagenomics and AMR profiling • Statistical analysis and visualization in R/Python • Scientific and technical writing (methods, reports, SOPs) • Review and validation of AI-generated scientific content

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Evolutionary Biology
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Genomics
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Statistical Computing
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Gene & Protein Expression Analysis
• ☆ Phylogenetics

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Data Visualization, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Project Technical Specialist I

University of the Philippines Manila

May 2024 - January 2026

Education

MS Microbiology - ASTHRDP Scholarship Program (Institute of Biology)

University of the Philippines Diliman

2018 - 2022

BS Biology (Department of Biology)

University of the Philippines Baguio

2014 - 2018

Certifications

• Analyzing Genomic Data in R

  DataCamp

  November 2024 - Present

Publications

CONFERENCE POSTER

Ballena GA, Arnoza JJR, Tobias-Altura M, Sison MAC, Quizon RR, Dato MC. Pathogen–resistome coupling in urban surface waters: a genus-level analysis. Poster presented at: International Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Genomics 2025 (ICAMR 2025); 18–20 November 2025; Monash University Malaysia, Sunway City, Selangor, Malaysia.

Dato MC, Ballena GA, Arnoza JJR, Sison MAC, Quizon RR, Tobias-Altura M. Genome-resolved antimicrobial resistance burden across Metro Manila’s urban waters. Poster presented at: International Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Genomics 2025 (ICAMR 2025); 18–20 November 2025; Monash University Malaysia, Sunway City, Selangor, Malaysia .

Sison MAC, Dato MC, Ballena GA, Arnoza JJR, Quizon RR, Tobias-Altura M. Plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance across Metro Manila wastewater sites. Poster presented at: International Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Genomics 2025 (ICAMR 2025); 18–20 November 2025; Monash University Malaysia, Sunway City, Selangor, Malaysia .

Ballena, Calaycay, & Baculi, 2018.

PREPRINT

Ballena GAM, Velarde MC, Dacones LS. In silico assessment of the association of pathogenicity and metal-resistance potential of \textit{Fusarium} spp. bioRxiv. 2022;2022.10.12.511937. doi:10.1101/2022.10.12.511937. ‌ .