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Single-Molecule Fluorescence | PacBio SMRT Sequencing | Nucleic Acids and Protein Chemistry

Profile Summary

Dr. Maya Segal is an interdisciplinary scientist with 10+ years of experience spanning wet lab and computational biology. Her expertise includes single-molecule fluorescence microscopy, PacBio long-read sequencing, cancer genomics, and epigenetics. She has deep technical knowledge of nucleic acid and protein chemistry, combined with strong Python programming skills for building analysis pipelines and machine learning models. Her work bridges experimental design and computational analysis, including patent-pending methods for detecting chemical modifications in DNA. Maya has published 4 peer-reviewed papers in high-impact journals and has industry experience at Gilead Sciences, implementing computational workflows in pharmaceutical environments. She works across disciplines, translating complex technical concepts for diverse audiences and delivering actionable insights. Available for consulting on long-reads sequencing technology and applications, assay development, cancer genomics and epigenomics, data structure and quality, and computational method design.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Physical Chemistry
• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Biochemical Assays
• ☆ Structural Biology
• ☆ Binding Assays
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Microarrays
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Genomics
• ☆ Chromatin
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ ATAC-Seq
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Exome Sequencing
• ☆ Recombinant DNA
• ☆ RNA Synthesis
• ☆ Plasmid DNA
• ☆ DNA Damage & Repair
• ☆ Biophysics
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Recombinant Protein Expression
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Image Processing
• ☆ Predictive Modeling & Analytics
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Cluster Analysis
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Big Data Analytics
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Data Manipulation
• ☆ Data Cleaning
• ☆ Data Architecture
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Regression Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Nonlinear Regression
• ☆ Correlation Analysis
• ☆ Statistical Mechanics
• ☆ Microfluidics
• ☆ Optics
• ☆ Lasers & Photonics
• ☆ Chemical Biology
• ☆ Python
• ☆ SQL
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ LaTex
• ☆ Scikit-learn
• ☆ Markup Languages
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Biologic & Biosimilar Development
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Presentation Design
• ☆ Animation & Illustration
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Course Content Writing
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher

UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine

April 2023 - Present

Biophysics Graduate Student Researcher

UCLA

July 2016 - December 2023

Education

Ph.D., Chemistry

Biophysics

July 2016 - December 2023

Chemical Biology B.S. (Chemistry)

UC Berkeley

September 2014 - May 2016

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

DISSERTATION THESIS

Maya Segal (2023). Methods development toward non-equilibrium studies of transcription initiation by E. coli RNA Polymerase .

OTHER

Maya Segal, Antonino Ingargiola, Eitan Lerner, Sang Yoon Chung, Jonathan A. White, Aaron Streets, S. Weiss, X. Michalet(2019). High-throughput smFRET analysis of freely diffusing nucleic acid molecules and associated proteins . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Antonino Ingargiola, Maya Segal, Angelo Gulinatti, Ivan Rech, Ivan Labanca, Piera Maccagnani, Massimo Ghioni, Shimon Weiss, Xavier Michalet(2017). Optical crosstalk in SPAD arrays for high-throughput single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Antonino Ingargiola, Maya Segal, Angelo Gulinatti, Ivan Rech, Ivan Labanca, Piera Maccagnani, Massimo Ghioni, Shimon Weiss, Xavier Michalet(2017). Optical crosstalk in SPAD arrays for high-throughput single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

PREPRINT

Antonino Ingargiola, Maya Segal, Angelo Gulinatti, Ivan Rech, Ivan Labanca, Piera Maccagnani, Massimo Ghioni, Shimon Weiss, Xavier Michalet (2017). 48-spot single-molecule FRET setup with periodic acceptor excitation .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Sara M. Wichner, Victor R. Mann, Alexander S. Powers, Maya A. Segal, Mustafa Mir, Jigar N. Bandaria, Mark A. DeWitt, Xavier Darzacq, Ahmet Yildiz, Bruce E. Cohen(2017). Covalent Protein Labeling and Improved Single-Molecule Optical Properties of Aqueous CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots . ACS Nano. 11. (7). p. 6773--6781. American Chemical Society ({ACS})