Juan Picon
Computational Biology Scholar
Profile
Juan Picon earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Universidad EAFIT and is currently completing a masters in microbiology at Colombia University. Early on, Picon discovered a passion for computational biology. During his bachelor’s, Pichon worked on describing the genome of Talaromyces santanderensis, a recently discovered cadmium-resistant fungus. His master’s is focused on a bioinformatic analysis of two-component systems in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Looking for computational biology opportunities, Pichon came across the Stowers Computational Biology Scholars Program, which represented the perfect chance to expand his computational expertise and learn new methods to perform biological research.
