Gonzalo Vidal

Gonzalo Vidal

Postgraduate Reasearcher

Newcastle University

Biography

I’m a postdoctorate researcher at the Genetic Logic Lab, led by Chris Myers at the University of Colorado Boulder. My research include Synthetic Biology, Genetic Design Automation (GDA), Lab automation, Software Development and Data Standardization.

I’m currently developing a connected and automated DBTL cycle for SynBio using standardized DNA parts, software tools and lab automation in bacteria.

I had leadership positions in different SynBio communities as SBOL Editor, iGEM Engineering Committee, NEUK SynBio Co-chair, and IWBDA 2023 program committee. Previously I participaed as student representative and project leader at IIBMers in Chile.

Interests
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Genetic Design Automation
  • Sofware Development
  • Data Science
  • Lab Automation
  • Data Standardization
  • Microbiology
  • Plant Biology
  • Agriculture
Education
  • PhD in Computer Science, 2024

    Newcastle University

  • PhD in Biological and Medical Engineering, 2021

    Ponthifical Catholic University of Chile

  • Graduate and Professional degree in Biochemistry, 2019

    Ponthifical Catholic University of Chile (Honours)

  • BSc in Natural and Exact Sciences, 2012

    University of Chile (Honours)

Skills

DryLab

90%

WetLab

80%

Python

95%

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
SBOL Industrial and Bio-Design Automation Consortium
Intern
SBOL Industrial and Bio-Design Automation Consortium
May 2022 – August 2022 US

Responsibilities include:

  • Software Development
  • Liquid handling robot control
  • Experimental test
 
 
 
 
 
Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering
Automation and Robotics Technician
Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering
January 2019 – December 2020 Chile
DNA assembly automation. Liquid handling robot setup to perform BASIC and Golden Gate assembly.
 
 
 
 
 
Monsanto
Advice, research, project realization.
Monsanto
April 2017 – December 2018 Chile
Water management. Satellital and drone image processing. Determination of Kc in Brassica. Part of the program Sin Limites from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
 
 
 
 
 
Milandu
Research and Development, Co-founder.
Milandu
April 2016 – June 2019 Chile
Startup in Maule valley, Chile. Water management and remote sensing on amaranth crops.

Projects

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Build planning standardization
Build planning standardization for DNA assembly
Build planning standardization
Corchea
Paper fluidic 3D printed device to grow bacteria.
Corchea
LOICA
Genetic Network Design Automation and simulation using ODE, ODE with noise, stochastic algorithm and PDE.
LOICA
Non-equilibrium Polysome Dynamics
Transcription and translation analysis using statistical physics tools like TASEP.
Non-equilibrium Polysome Dynamics
PUDU
Liquid handling robot control for lab automation on synthetic biology workflows.
PUDU
pyFlapjack
Python package to connect to the Flapjack API for data analysis and management.
pyFlapjack
XDC
Experimental Data Connector, upload data to SynBioHub and Flapjack.
XDC
MiNuD
Semi-Automated Mitochondrial and Nucleoids segmentation and analysis.
MiNuD
Machine Learning Gene Expression Analysis
Machine Learning Gene Expression Analysis.
Machine Learning Gene Expression Analysis
External Projects
Link to external projects that I participated or lead as student representative at IIBMers, like plant growing automation, use of IoT for lab automation, organization of a conference.
External Projects

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Software for Synthetic Biology Workflows
Workshop - Software for Synthetic Biology Workflows - How to Improve Your Productivity and Impact
Software for Synthetic Biology Workflows

Gallery

Accomplish­ments

Leadership
See certificate
Coursera
Technology Transfer
See certificate