Paola Pacheco Fernández

Paola Pacheco has a degree in Biology (2021) and is currently a student of the Master in Human Genetics and Genomics at the University of Barcelona.

She has been trained in the field of human genetics and rare diseases, graduated as a Clinical Laboratory Technician at the Institut Bonanova, and carried out the cycle practices at the Biochemical Genetics-Rett Service of the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona, ​​under directed by Dr. Judith Armstrong. During this period she carried out her end-of-cycle work on "the work of a technician in a genetic laboratory."

Once the cycle was over, she began his Biology career at the University of Barcelona, ​​where she was able to do the Mention in Molecular, Cellular and Systems Biology, doing the practicums and the final degree work in fine-tuning the sequencing and analysis of the mitochondrial genome. in pediatric patients at the Genomics Service of the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona, ​​under the direction of Dr. Dèlia Yubero and Dr. Judith Armstrong.

During her university studies, she began to work as a backup staff at the Hospital San Joan de Déu, in the group of Dr. Armstrong, and she was able to aspire to get a permanent position as a Senior Technician. Since then, in addition to training at the university, she has had the opportunity to attend different training sessions.