joelrome88 {at} gmail {dot} com
I use programming and data science to answer questions about biology. I also like to write, draw, and teaching principles of data literacy by coding.
I helped to teach and develop material to teach an undergrad course at UC Davis called Genome Hunters. We taught undergrads principles of bioinformatics in a project-based course. Students isolated salt-tolerant microbes and send their genomes for sequencing. In the class students learned data-driven approaches to test hypothesis. This resulted in a publication that was featured as a the Microbiology Resource of the Month .
In 2018 I was selected into the ASPB Conviron Scholars Program aimed to support the early career of students of plant sciences. During this program I wrote a piece about genome editing in plants aimed for a general audience. My piece was featured in the Twitter feed of the program and you can read it here:
"Snap it, work it, quick, erase it, write it, cut it, paste it, save it…” by @rodriguezmDNA, @ASPB @Conviron Scholar from UC Davis @bradylabs: https://t.co/GrN6AUgAkt
— Plantae (@plantae_org) January 22, 2019
Small variations in the genome can mean the diff. between overgrown flowers (e.g. cauliflower) or leaves (kale) pic.twitter.com/3qgfq13Db3