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Gabriela Pozo

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University of San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Biography

Gabriela Pozo obtained her Master's degree in Biotechnology and Genomics from Rutgers University as a Fulbright scholar. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador, where she works in the biotechnology area. Gabriela is also a researcher at the Plant Biotechnology Laboratory. Her research focuses on aspects such as genetic diversity, population structure of animal and plant species, metagenomics, and genomics. She has contributed as a co-author to various scientific publications related to her research interests. She is part of the ORG.one initiative, which aims to sequence complete genomes of critically endangered species.

Recent publications

Pozo, G. et al. First whole-genome sequence and assembly of the Ecuadorian brown-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps fusciceps), a critically endangered species, using Oxford Nanopore Technologies. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics 14(3) (2024).
DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae014

Albuja-Quintana, M. et al. First reference genome of Vaccinium floribundum Kunth, an emblematic Andean species. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, jkae136 (2024).
DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae136

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