Lorena's background is in Biochemistry. She has a Ph.D. in Biomedicine where she developed the first tool to discover small ncRNAs in brain samples using NGS data. She has 13 years of experience in computational biology. Lorena leveraged genomics methods expertise to pioneer research at Harvard School of Public Health for 5 years. She transitioned to Biotech in 2019, and she has been in innovative companies since then. She has focused on cell gene-editing of pig genomes for xenotransplantation during her time at eGenesis, and target discovery of novel non-coding RNA at NextRNA currently. Lorena is a visionary leader in the field, excelling in genomic and data visualization to accelerate decision-making processes. In 2016, she founded 'Women in Bioinformatics' Meetup to foster collaboration and networking in computational biology field in the Boston area. In her free time, she likes to build Legos, paint miniatures and read sci-fi/fantasy books written by women.
