👋 Hi, I'm Benjamín Garcés — Biochemist, researcher, and science communicator based in Ecuador.
🔬 My work sits at the intersection of biochemistry, molecular biology, and bioinformatics. I'm currently working as a medical interpreter (ES↔EN) and developing computational pipelines for genomic and enzymatic data analysis.
🧬 Research interests:
- Genomics
- Enzyme structural & phylogenetic analysis
- miRNA sequence analysis
- Cryopreservation of endangered amphibians
- Endocrine disruptors analysis via HPLC
- Bacteriophages
💻 Tools & languages:
- Python (genomic pipelines, data analysis, visualization)
- R (statistical analysis, ggplot2)
- Bash / Shell scripting
- Command-line bioinformatics tools (SeqKit, BLAST, NCBI)
📄 Selected work:
- Freire & Garcés (2022) — Springer International Publishing (TICEC 2022)
- Undergraduate thesis: Phylogenetic Analysis of PETase enzyme of I. sakaiensis
I'm open to remote research collaborations in genomics, molecular biology, and bioinformatics.
📫 Reach me at: agarces2381@gmail.com
🌐 Portfolio: https://charlesdexterw.github.io/BGC/
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abgc2381