Góngora Castillo Lab

🧪 Very interesting project: AI designed to enhance the evaluation of scientific research. The system deconstructs manuscripts to expose underlying logic, identify weaknesses, and suggest improvements.

Haven't had a chance to try it yet, but early reviews seem promising!
#AcademicSky #MLSky

16.10.2025 02:20 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

The Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics Laboratory, in collaboration with Ciencia Cakotanú and CICY, held a scientific outreach workshop for the community of Cuxtal in Yucatan Mexico. 🌱🧬

01.10.2025 19:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

1083

A few years ago, we published a science outreach article about the fascinating world of medicinal plants, their history, and scientific potential. Take a look! 🌱
www.revistacyn.com/actual/1083

15.09.2025 18:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Our first WGCNA workshop at Cinvestav Merida was a great success!!!
Students and academic staff explored key concepts in bioinformatics. Big thanks to all participants, especially @jorgetzec.bsky.social, who led this workshop sharing his knowledge and expertise 🧬👨🏻‍💻

26.06.2025 18:38 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Congrats Alejandra Sallas for earning her Master’s degree in Science! We’re proud of her contribution in the plant defense field! 🌱

¡Felicidades a Ale Sallas por obtener su título de Maestra en Ciencias! Su trabajo de identificación de genes NBS en papaya aporta valiosa información! 🪴

26.06.2025 18:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Laboratorio de Bioinformática y genómica funcional

¡Tenemos nueva doctora en el laboratorio!
Con alegría compartimos que Perla Contreras se graduó del Doctorado en Ciencias el pasado 11 de abril. Su investigación se centró en el análisis de comunidades microbianas en cenotes para identificar BGCs.
¡Felicidades, Dra. Contreras!

22.04.2025 08:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We have a new PhD in the lab!
We’re thrilled to share that Perla Contreras officially earned her PhD on April 11th!
Her research focused on microbial communities in cenotes to identify BGCs. Congratulations Dr. Contreras! We are so proud of your dedication, perseverance, and passion for science.

22.04.2025 08:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Bioinformatics perspectives on transcriptomics: A comprehensive review of bulk and single‐cell RNA sequencing analyses The transcriptome, the complete set of RNA molecules within a cell, plays a critical role in regulating physiological processes. The advent of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) facilitated by Next Generation ...

Review paper!

This review aims to provide a user-friendly guide to navigating the computational landscape of RNA-seq and scRNA-seq, offering an overview of the fundamental computational processes involved, highlighting their differences and challenges.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

04.04.2025 13:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Exploring the microbial communities in coastal cenote and their hidden biotechnological potential Bacterial secondary metabolites are crucial bioactive compounds with significant therapeutic potential, playing key roles in ecological processes and the discovery of novel antimicrobial agents and na...

New paper!!

Microbiología communities and their biosynthetic potential in Pol-Ac, a coastal sinkhole (cenote) located in the Yucatán Peninsula. These unique and largely unexplored ecosystems represent a rich source of bioactive compounds.

www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

04.04.2025 13:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0