1. Joaquim
Aguirre Plans
Curriculum Vitae
90 Alcoi St. 2nd
floor, 4th
door
08225, Terrassa, BCN, Spain
(+34) 692 352 112
quim.aguirre@gmail.com
es.linkedin.com/in/quimaguirre
Education and Training
2015–2017 Master of Science degree in Bioinformatics for Health Sciences, Pompeu
Fabra University (UPF) and Barcelona University (UB), Barcelona.
2011–2015 Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB),
Bellaterra, 7.62.
Relevant Experience and Courses
Apr 2016–
Present
MSc researcher, Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Pompeu Fabra University
(UPF).
Master thesis project about the prediction of drug-drug interactions and drug adverse effects
using the protein-protein interaction network. Maintenance of the servers of the laboratory.
Involved in several other projects of the laboratory
Sep 2016 MSc researcher, Poster presentation in the "5th DCEXS Symposium on Quantita-
tive Biology: a systems-level approach to life" (https://goo.gl/XU5fRv), Barcelona.
Sep 2015 MSc student, Attendance to the B-Debate "Synthetic Biology: From standard
biological parts to artificial life", Barcelona.
Feb 2015 –
Jul 2015
Undergraduated researcher, Research line on Pathogenesis and prophylaxis of
Asfavirus infections, Centre for Research into Animal Health (CReSA).
Research project focused on the development of new vaccination strategies for the African
Swine Fever Virus
Oct 2014 –
Jun 2015
Bachelor Thesis, Production of vaccines using Virus-Like Particles and the
Baculovirus-Insect Cell Expression System, Autonomous University of Barcelona
(UAB).
Bibliographic project about the use of two biotechnological applications of viruses together in
order to produce vaccines: the generation of Virus-Like Particles using the Baculovirus-Insect
Cell Expression System. Tutored by Dr Antonio Villaverde. Selected between the best 8
Biotechnology Bachelor Theses of the year (https://goo.gl/c16s13)
Jul 2014 –
Aug 2014
Undergraduated student, Group of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Au-
tonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
Internship in a laboratory working on the applicability of microbiology to veterinary, such as
the analysis of food and environmental samples and the evaluation of probiotics
Career Goal
Biotechnologist researcher and entrepreneur specialized on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology.
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2. My Bioinformatics Toolbox
Python Good programming skills, including BioPython, Numpy, Tkinter, NetworkX and
Scikit-learn packages
Perl Good programming skills, including experience in the application of Perl for the
processing of genomic data and machine learning studies
R Good programming skills, including numerous statistical analyses, Bioconductor and
use of RMarkdown
Web
development
PHP, JavaScript, CGI, HTML, CSS. Good use of the web framework CodeIgniter,
and currently learning Django. Previous experience in a project of a web application
using PHP, MySQL and Python. Currently developing a web server for the laboratory
using CodeIgniter and JavaScript
Databases Good programming skills in MySQL and SQLite
Systems
biology
Good use of COPASI for building and analyzing biochemical models, OPTFLUX
for metabolic engineering tasks, GEPHI and iGraph R package for visualizing and
analyzing networks
Network
biology
Experience in the application of the Network Biology programs BIANA, BIPS
and GUILD from the Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory in research and their
day-to-day maintenance (https://goo.gl/BkibrB)
Structural
bioinf.
Knowledge on template-based homology modelling, model evaluation, structure
alignment, docking techniques
Cluster Experience using the computing cluster Gaudí in GRIB facilities
UNIX Good UNIX command line skills
LaTeX Good scripting skills in LATEX
Always willing to learn more and increase this Toolbox
Languages
Catalan Mother tongue
Spanish Mother tongue
English Excellent level. Grade C1
(Cambridge English: Advanced)
Skills
- Good oral communication skills
- Always ready to cooperate and
work in a team
Interests
- 10 years of Field Hockey practise. Currently playing at Línia 22 H.C.
- Guitar
Grants and awards
Jul 2017– Sep
2017
Erasmus + (Traineeships): Two months work placement in the Systems Biology
of Small Molecules Laboratory of the Helmholtz Zentrum München, supervised by
Dr Mónica Campillos
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3. Research Experience
Apr 2016–
Present
Research project in the Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory (SBI) of Dr Baldo
Oliva: The project consists in using protein-protein interaction networks in order to
find interaction profiles of drugs and apply them to predict drug-drug interactions,
drug combinations or adverse effects. The networks are built using the program
BIANA, and the profiles are obtained using the program GUILD, both from SBI
laboratory. The work is supported by the grant "BIO2014 - 57518" from the Spanish
Ministry of Economy awarded to the laboratory. More information: sbi.imim.es
Feb 2015 –
Jul 2015
Research project on Pathogenesis and prophylaxis of Asfavirus infections in
the laboratory of Dr Fernando Rodríguez: The goal of the research was the
development of an effective vaccine, DIVA if possible, against the African Swine
Fever Virus (ASFV). My work done was mainly the cloning of different ASFV genes
and the evaluation of their antigenicity and essentiality in the infection progress
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