CV
Nataly Olivia Allasi Canales
PhD in EVOLUTiONARY GENOMICS
Copenhagen, Denmark
I aim to dedicate my scientific career to improving the understanding of under-utilised Indigenous plants, and their sustainable use in the face of planetary dysregulation and its effects: food insecurity and biodiversity and climate crisis. Strengthening research in South America by exploring its amazing flora and local Knowledges in consultation with Indigenous Communities, to build local capacity towards autonomous research and better livelihoods. I will unleash the potential of Natural History Collections by applying genomic, biochemical, ecological and ethnobotanical perspectives to conduct state-of-the-art research to realise my dream.
Education
Lima, Perú
Postgraduate diploma in Interculturality and Amazonian Indigenous peoples
Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya (UARM)
Copenhagen, Denmark
PhD in Evolutionary Genomics
University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum of Denmark (UCPH‐NHM)
Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China
M.Sc. in Bioinformatics
Fujian Agricultural And Forestry University (FAFU)
Lima, Perú
Postgraduate diploma in Statistics applied to research
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)
Lima, Perú
B.Sc. in Genetics and Biotechnology
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM)
Experience
present
Copenhagen, Denmark - London, UK
Natural History Museum of Denmark UCPH - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Villum Postdoc Fellow - Mentors: Rafał Gutaker & Natasha de Vere
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Bitter potatoes! My project aims to clarify the genetic origin, explore biochemical diversity, and estimate ecological models of bitter potatoes: chuño, tunta and moraya. To diversify food systems that are under threat due to the climate and biodiversity crisis to ensure food for the most vulnerable populations.
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Supervised a master's student thesis on the population genetic structures of Tillandsia in Peruvian lomas.
Copenhagen, Denmark
BioPhero ‐ FMC
Bioinformatician ‑ CSO: Irina Borodina
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I aim to advance yeast strain design by developing workflows and analysing multi‑omic yeast data.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Globe Institute ‐ UCPH
Postdoc ‑ PI: Christopher Barnes, Anders J. Hansen
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My aim is to characterise the population make-up of Cinchona calisaya and to give metagenomic bioinformatic support for skin microbiome data of patients with atopic dermatitis.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Natural History Museum of Denmark ‑ UCPH
MSCA PhD Fellow ‑ PI: Nina Rønsted, Christopher Barnes. Co‑supervisors: Mark Nesbitt & Alexandre Antonelli
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This PhD project aimed to explore the potential of historical Cinchona barks from the genomic, chemical, and archival perspectives to uncover the evolutionary history, chemical diversity, and reconnecting split collections.
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Supervised a master's student thesis in the chemical analysis of Cinchona bark collections, which led to a publication.
Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
He lab ‐ FAFU
CSC Master Student ‐ PI: He HuaQin
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Our main drive was to assure food security, we searched for non‐synonymous beneficial mutations in orthologous resistant genes in the Oryza genus to insert the mutations into the cultivated lines using CRISPR. My activities ranged from retrieving data from databases,
ortholog analysis, SNP analyses to the 3‐D model of the candidate resistant genes, including molecular docking.
Lima, Perú
Biology and Molecular Genetics laboratory ‐ UNMSM
Undergrad Thesis And Research Assistant - PI: Lenin Maturrano
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Our main aim was to design a vaccine for alpacas to prevent pasteurellosis using the reverse vaccinology approach. We performed comparative
genomics analyses of several strains of P. multocida, focusing on the one that infects alpaca. My activities ranged from sampling lungs from
alpaca, bacteria isolation and characterization, and genome assembly to in silico identifying the vaccine candidates against pasteurellosis.