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Hire Pablo V.

Mexico

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Bioinformatics Specialist | RNA-seq, WGBS, Genome Assembly/Annotation, Metabarcoding, R/Python, Epigenetics

Profile Summary

I am a plant and microbial bioinformatician with graduate training in plant biotechnology, agrogenomics, molecular biology, plant pathology, RNA interference, transcriptomics, and epigenomics. I specialize in NGS data analysis and reproducible bioinformatics workflows using R, Python, Bash, Linux, and HPC environments. My work focuses on plant–pathogen interactions, microbial and oomycete genomics, RNA-seq, WGBS/DNA methylation analysis, genome annotation, metabarcoding, RNAi design, and scientific data visualization. I have experience developing and troubleshooting bioinformatics pipelines, interpreting complex biological datasets, and producing clear reports, publication-ready figures, and reproducible code. I can help with RNA-seq differential expression analysis, methylation analysis with Bismark/methylKit-style workflows, genome assembly and annotation support, GFF3/functional annotation cleanup, ITS/metabarcoding analysis, NGS quality control, R/Python scripting, and troubleshooting Linux/HPC bioinformatics workflows. I have authored peer-reviewed publications in plant virology, RNAi, bioinformatics, and plant–pathogen interactions, and I am currently a Ph.D. researcher in Biological Sciences. I communicate clearly in English and Spanish and can support both technical analysis and biological interpretation for academic, biotech, and agricultural genomics projects.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Evolutionary Biology
• ☆ Botany
• ☆ Plant Pathology
• ☆ Plant Physiology
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Microbiome Research
• ☆ Mycology/Fungi
• ☆ Parasitology
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Microarrays
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Transcriptomics
• ☆ Genomics
• ☆ Chromatin
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ ATAC-Seq
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ Genome Sequencing
• ☆ Exome Sequencing
• ☆ RNA Synthesis
• ☆ RNA Sequencing
• ☆ DNA/Gene Synthesis
• ☆ Oligonucleotide Synthesis
• ☆ Plasmid DNA
• ☆ ChIP-Seq
• ☆ Molecular Ecology
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Gene Regulation
• ☆ Mycology
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Agronomy & Crop Science
• ☆ Plant Biotechnology
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Gene Synthesis
• ☆ Genetic Engineering
• ☆ Blotting
• ☆ Phylogenetics
• ☆ Population Genetics
• ☆ Publishing
• ☆ Python
• ☆ R

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, 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, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Molecular Biology Lecturer

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México

April 2026 - Present

Visiting Scholar

The Ohio State University

July 2025 - December 2025

Teaching Assistant

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México

September 2023 - November 2024

Bioethics Lecturer

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México

January 2024 - August 2024

Education

PhD (Ciencias biológicas)

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

August 2022 - Present

M.Sc. (Genetic Engineering)

Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Unidad Irapuato

2020 - 2022

Licenciatura en Ciencias Agrogenómicas

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León

2017 - 2020

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

PREPRINT

Pablo Vargas-Mejía (2026). Phytophthora capsici CTAB DNA Extraction for High-Molecular Weight DNA v1 .

Pablo Vargas-Mejía, Julio C. Vega-Arreguín (2025). SIREN: Suite for Intelligent RNAi Design and Evaluation of Nucleotide Sequences .

Pablo Vargas-Mejia, Lino Sanchez-Segura, Fernando Uriel Rojas-Rojas, Harumi Shimada-Beltran, Julio Cesar Vega-Arreguin (2025). Adaptive transcriptional strategies underpin the host-specific virulence of the generalist oomycete Phytophthora capsici during early crown infection .

Pablo Vargas-Mejía, Alejandro Olguín-Lamas, Selene L. Fernandez-Valverde, Carmen M. Flores-García, Gertrud Lund, Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada, Laura Silva-Rosales (2022). Callose deposition at plasmodesmata suggests a role in viral movement restriction in transgenic tobacco plants during recovery fromTobacco etch virusinfection .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Pablo Vargas-Mejía, Julio Vega-Arreguín, Guoqiang Yu (2026). SIREN: suite for intelligent RNAi design and evaluation of nucleotide sequences . Bioinformatics Advances.

Pablo Vargas-Mejía, Gustavo Rodríguez-Gómez, Daniel A. Salas-Aranda, Irving J. García-López, Ruth S. Pérez-Alfaro, Emmanuel Ávila de Dios, J. Natzul Santoyo-Villa, Ricardo I. Alcalá Briseño, Laura Silva-Rosales (2023). Correction to:  Identifcation and management of tomato brown rugose fruit virus in greenhouses in Mexico . Archives of Virology.

Pablo Vargas-Mejía, Gustavo Rodríguez-Gómez, Daniel A. Salas-Aranda, Irving J. García-López, Ruth S. Pérez-Alfaro, Emmanuel Ávila de Dios, J. Natzul Santoyo-Villa, Ricardo I. Alcalá Briseño, Laura Silva-Rosales (2023). Identification and management of tomato brown rugose fruit virus in greenhouses in Mexico . Archives of Virology.

Gustavo Rodríguez-Gómez, Pablo Vargas-Mejía, Laura Silva-Rosales (2022). Differential Expression of Genes between a Tolerant and a Susceptible Maize Line in Response to a Sugarcane Mosaic Virus Infection . Viruses.

Gustavo Rodr&#237;guez-G&#243;mez, Pablo Vargas-Mej&#237;a, Laura Silva-Rosales (2022). Differential Expression of Genes between a Tolerant and a Susceptible Maize Line in Response to a <i>Sugarcane</i> <i>Mosaic Virus</i> Infection . Viruses.

Pablo Vargas-Mej&#237;a, Julio Vega-Arregu&#237;n, Gabriela Ch&#225;vez-Calvillo, Enrique Ibarra-Laclette, Laura Silva-Rosales(2020). Differential Accumulation of Innate- and Adaptive-Immune-Response-Derived Transcripts during Antagonism between Papaya Ringspot Virus and Papaya Mosaic Virus . Viruses. 12. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 230. {MDPI} {AG}

Pablo Vargas-Mej&#237;a, Julio Vega-Arregu&#237;n, Gabriela Ch&#225;vez-Calvillo, Enrique Ibarra-Laclette, Laura Silva-Rosales (2020). Differential Accumulation of Innate- and Adaptive-Immune-Response-Derived Transcripts during Antagonism between Papaya Ringspot Virus and Papaya Mosaic Virus . Viruses.

BOOK

Silva-Rosales, L., Vargas, P., Alcal&#225;-Brise&#241;o, R., Casarrubias, K.(2019). Revisiting cross-protection in the form of antagonism: The case of Papaya mosaic virus protecting papaya plants against Papaya ringspot virus . Acta Horticulturae. 1250. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 55-61.