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Hire Dr. Ramon R.

Spain

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Protein engineer who codes. Antimicrobials, gene therapy, ML-guided design — from sequence to bench.

Profile Summary

Protein engineer turned computational biologist. Designs antimicrobials and gene therapy vectors where ML pipelines meet bench validation.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Microbiome Research
• ☆ Virology
• ☆ Adenoviruses
• ☆ Molecular Virology
• ☆ Microbiological Assays
• ☆ Bacteriology
• ☆ Gram-Negative Bacteria
• ☆ Gram-Positive Bacteria
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Mathematical Biology
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Immunoassay
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Biophysics
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Recombinant Protein Expression
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Image Processing
• ☆ Computer Simulation/Computational Modeling
• ☆ Algorithm Design
• ☆ Predictive Modeling & Analytics
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Cluster Analysis
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Big Data Analytics
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Data Management
• ☆ Data Manipulation
• ☆ Machine Learning
• ☆ Text Mining & Analytics
• ☆ Data Mining
• ☆ Data Cleaning
• ☆ Natural Language Processing
• ☆ Data Architecture
• ☆ Neural Networks
• ☆ Pattern Recognition
• ☆ Artificial Intelligence
• ☆ Deep Learning
• ☆ Applied Mathematics
• ☆ Mathematical Models
• ☆ Mathematical Optimization
• ☆ Mathematics Education
• ☆ Computational Sciences
• ☆ Knowledge Management
• ☆ Information Retrieval
• ☆ Library & Information Science
• ☆ Abstracting & Indexing
• ☆ Digital Libraries
• ☆ Information & Knowledge Management
• ☆ Exercise & Fitness
• ☆ Physical Fitness
• ☆ Running
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Matlab
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ Tensorflow
• ☆ LaTex
• ☆ R
• ☆ Scikit-learn
• ☆ Markup Languages
• ☆ Drug Discovery
• ☆ High Throughput Screening (HTS)
• ☆ Hit-to-Lead & Lead Optimization
• ☆ Drug Design
• ☆ Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR) Studies

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Creative Writing, Audio Transcription

Research Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Research Officer

Children's Medical Research Institute

May 2021 - Present

Research Officer/Senior Research Officer

Children's Medical Research Institute

May 2021 - January 2026

Education

PhD in Biomedicine, Biochemistry and molecular biology

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

February 2016 - July 2020

MSc Biomedical Engineering

University of California Irvine

July 2013 - July 2015

Bachelor's in Biotechnology

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

August 2009 - July 2013

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Adrian Westhaus, Elena Barba-Sarasua, Yuyan Chen, Kenneth Hsu, Suzanne Scott, Maddison Knight, Florencia Haase, Santiago Mesa Mora, Benjamin C. Houghton, Ramon Roca-Pinilla, et al. (2024). Tailoring capsid-directed evolution technology for improved AAV-mediated CAR-T generation . Molecular Therapy.

Marti Cabanes-Creus, Sophia H. Y. Liao, Renina Gale Navarro, Maddison Knight, Deborah Nazareth, Ngee-Soon Lau, Mark Ly, Erhua Zhu, Ramon Roca-Pinilla, Ricardo Bugallo Delgado, et al. (2024). Harnessing whole human liver ex situ normothermic perfusion for preclinical AAV vector evaluation . Nature Communications.

Marti Cabanes-Creus, Renina Gale Navarro, Sophia H.Y. Liao, Suzanne Scott, Rodrigo Carlessi, Ramon Roca-Pinilla, Maddison Knight, Grober Baltazar, Erhua Zhu, Matthew Jones, et al.(2023). Characterization of the humanized FRG mouse model and development of an AAV-LK03 variant with improved liver lobular biodistribution . Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development. Elsevier {BV}

Adriana R. Kyvik, Ramon Roca, Karla Mayolo-Deloisa, Xavier R. Rodriguez Rodriguez, Marc Martínez-Miguel, Marta Martos, Mariana Köber, Nora Ventosa, Jaume Veciana, Judith Guasch, et al.(2023). Antibiofilm surfaces based on the immobilization of a novel recombinant antimicrobial multidomain protein using self-assembly monolayers . Materials Advances. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Adriana R. Kyvik, Ramon Roca-Pinilla, Karla Mayolo-Deloisa, Xavier Rodriguez Rodriguez, Marc Martinez-Miguel, Marta Martos, Mariana Köber, Nora Ventosa, Jaume Veciana, Judith Guasch, et al. (2023). Antibiofilm surfaces based on the immobilization of a novel recombinant antimicrobial multidomain protein using self-assembled monolayers . Materials Advances.

Roca-Pinilla R, Lisowski L, Arís A, Garcia-Fruitós E (2022). The future of recombinant host defense peptides . Microbial cell factories.

Ramon Roca-Pinilla and Ravi Holani and Adri{\`{a}} L{\'{o}}pez-Cano and Cristina Saubi and Ricardo Balt{\`{a}}-Foix and Eduardo R. Cobo and Elena Garcia-Fruit{\'{o}}s and Anna Ar{\'{\i}}s(2021). Sequence edition of single domains modulates the final immune and antimicrobial potential of a new generation of multidomain recombinant proteins . Scientific Reports. 11. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Jose Vicente Carratal{\'{a}} and Laia Gifre-Renom and Ramon Roca-Pinilla and Antonio Villaverde and Anna Ar{\'{\i}}s and Elena Garcia-Fruit{\'{o}}s and Julieta Mar{\'{\i}}a S{\'{a}}nchez and Neus Ferrer-Miralles(2021). Selecting Subpopulations of High-Quality Protein Conformers among Conformational Mixtures of Recombinant Bovine MMP-9 Solubilized from Inclusion Bodies . International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22. (6). p. 3020. {MDPI} {AG}

(2020). Exploring the use of leucine zippers for the generation of a new class of inclusion bodies for pharma and biotechnological applications . Microbial cell factories.

(2020). CCL21-loaded 3D hydrogels for T cell expansion and differentiation . Biomaterials.

Roca-Pinilla, R., López-Cano, A., Saubi, C., Garcia-Fruitós, E., Arís, A.(2020). A new generation of recombinant polypeptides combines multiple protein domains for effective antimicrobial activity . Microbial cell factories. 19. (1). p. 122.

Gifre-Renom, L., Ugarte-Berzal, E., Martens, E., Boon, L., Cano-Garrido, O., Martínez-Núñez, E., Luque, T., Roca-Pinilla, R., Conchillo-Solé, Ò., Ferrer-Miralles, N., et al.(2020). Recombinant protein-based nanoparticles: Elucidating their inflammatory effects in vivo and their potential as a new therapeutic format . Pharmaceutics. 12. (5).

Gifre-Renom, L., Cano-Garrido, O., Fàbregas, F., Roca-Pinilla, R., Seras-Franzoso, J., Ferrer-Miralles, N., Villaverde, A., Bach, À., Devant, M., Arís, A., et al.(2018). A new approach to obtain pure and active proteins from Lactococcus lactis protein aggregates . Scientific Reports. 8. (1).

PREPRINT

Marti Cabanes-Creus, Sophia H.Y. Liao, Renina Gale Navarro, Maddison Knight, Deborah Nazareth, Ngee-Soon Lau, Mark Ly, Erhua Zhu, Ramon Roca-Pinilla, Ricardo Bugallo Delgado, et al. (2023). Harnessing the power of whole human liver ex situ normothermic perfusion for preclinical AAV vector evaluation .

BOOK CHAPTER

Ramon Roca-Pinilla, Anna Arís, Elena Garcia-Fruitós(2023). Antimicrobial Applications of Inclusion Bodies . Methods in Molecular Biology. p. 257--269. Springer {US}

Ramon Roca(2022). Functional Inclusion Bodies . Microbial Production of High-Value Products. p. 289--308. Springer International Publishing

CONFERENCE POSTER

Ramon Roca (2022). Antimicrobial potential of Recombinant Host Defense Peptides produced as soluble and nanoclusters . World Buiatrics Congress.