Freddy Monteiro Email & Phone Number

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Leading a growing highly productive team. My roles include project management, team coordination, implementation of new technologies, and collaboration with other teams (application scientists, core facilities, finance, purchasing and tenders, ITS, etc.). I further coordinate efforts with providers and external partners to help move research forward with the most efficient tools.2021: Deployed microfluidics single-cell and in-house Illumina sequencing capacities (Chromium controller ans NS550). Expanded the service portfolio to include updated genomics and transcriptomics techniques and delivered two courses. Crafted a modular service portfolio pricing scheme.2022: Supported two ERC grants applications; Partnered with industry leader Merck for an advanced workshop; supported several public tenders; Improoved the service resources allocation and deployed new and traceable fees; Improved the procedures for pricing updates. Configured and initiated the deployment of an open-source Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). Member of one TAC.2023: Doubled team size (from 3 to 6). Deployment of a second sequencer through a technology acceleration programme (NS2000); deployed a second platform for single-cell transcriptomics and multiomics assays (Matrix); implemented automated NGS library preparation (Microlab Star) and automated single-cell suspension preparations. Member of three TACs.2024: Secured Horizon funding. Deployed a third NGS plaform (DNBSEQ). Supported multidisciplinary initiatives and grant applications. Upgraded single-cell instrumentation (Matrix Neo). Do not hesitate to reach out if you want to discuss challenges and opportunities!!

Catalonia, Spain

- Designed and implemented a commercial strategy based on the territory demands, needs, and competitive advantages;- Provided tailored solutions to 172 new leads from academia institutes, healthcare, biotech and pharma sectors;- Developed trust relationships based on configurable solutions, adaptability, and accumulated experience. - Coordinated projects status updates with backend.- Boosted online service information requests through creative and active prospecting;- Established collaborations with local genomics facilities that secured their sustainability and granted access to cutting edge NGS technology; - Delivered service-specific presentations in more than 30 institutes and companies, represented the company at 4 scientific venues, lead 20 team meetings, organized 2 manager-clients meetings, and provided technical advice to teams. - Collected territorial market intelligence and competitive information;

Barcelona Area, Spain

- Coordinated technology implementation;- Designed data analysis strategies and pipelines; - Reviewed scientific documentation, standard operating procedures, reports and manuscripts;- Assisted four international research groups funded by the 2Blades Foundation with technology-transfer;- Cataloged species-wide gene diversity using second and third-generation sequencing. - Provided Principal Investigators and Funding Agency Coordinators with customized solutions and documentation;- Led project status meetings;- Documented data analysis code in public repositories and computing capsules;- Advocated for open-access scientific publishing and authored the first preprint from a 30-year-old prestigious laboratory; - Advocated for open and transparent data analysis and authored the first computing capsule of the research consortium;

Dangl Lab

- Developed three high-risk projects with the overall aim of understanding, both how diverse plant pathogens evolved to infect plants and how particular host populations evolved to resist infection. - Developed of molecular tools using molecular biology, biochemistry and analytical techniques;- Set up pilot to full-scale protein expression and purification procedures; - Participated in recruitment and interviewing of an structural biologist;- Defined project priorities and KPIs;- Deployed large-scale host-pathogen disease resistance screens;- Collaborated with world-class research groups in the field of plant evolutionary biology and innate immunity;- Collaborated with the UNC-HTSF genomics facility and the biotech company MOgene to troubleshoot production pipelines;- Set up DNA QC and processing instruments;- Acquired a panoramic understanding of genomics project life-cycle;- Assumed a leading role as annotation expert.

Nürnberger Lab

- Developed molecular tools for in vitro interaction and structure-determination studies.- Defined methods and optimized protein expression protocols. - Used Escherichia coli and Pichia pastoris expression systems for biophysical, structural, binding and enzymatic studies.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

My thesis aimed to understand how the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum deploys its pathogenicity program during plant infection. For that I developed a set of molecular tools that allowed a cheap and non-disruptive analysis of bacterial gene expression during plant infection. I also designed an adaptor plasmid to broaden the uses of the system to distantly evolved strains. During my research I also trained undergraduate students.

Atrian Lab

I joined Prof. Dr. Silvia Atrian group as an undergraduate student, supported by the ERASMUS program. In her lab I was introduced to general molecular biology and protein expression techniques.During my training I participated in the setting up of an AKTA FPLC automated platform. I also participated directly in the analytical characterization of the purified metallothioneins metallothioneins, by setting up new protocols. A big part of the work was performed in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Merce Capdevila, with whom I had the opportunity to work and discuss about research progress.As a result of my internship I co-authored three publications from the group.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Molecular Genetics, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Graduate students representative in the Centre for Research in Agricultural GenomicsPhD dissertation titled.

Master Of Science (Msc), Genetics And Develomental Biology, 8.8 / 10

Undergraduate Research Traning, Biotechnology, 20 / 20

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Biochemistry, 16 / 20

Activities and Societies: Elected undergraduate student representative in the Biochemisty degree pedagogical council. Elected.

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