Katrina Sherbina Baklan

Katrina Sherbina Baklan has a diverse work experience in the field of computational biology and bioinformatics. Katrina is currently working as a Scientist in Computational Biology at Instil Bio since October 2021. Prior to this, they worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Southern California from January 2015 to August 2021. Their research focused on using high throughput sequencing data to study gene regulation in plant and animal hybrids. Katrina also utilized statistical modeling to study allele specific expression.

Katrina also worked as a Bioinformatics and Genomics Research Assistant at Loyola Marymount University from January 2011 to May 2014. Additionally, they gained experience as an NCI ICBP Undergraduate Summer Cancer Research Fellow at the Center of Cancer Systems Biology in June 2013 to August 2013. In this role, they performed statistical analysis of microarray data and validated the data using real-time PCR and Western blots.

Overall, Katrina Sherbina Baklan has a strong background in computational biology, bioinformatics, and genomics with expertise in analyzing sequencing data, statistical modeling, and gene expression analysis.

Katrina Sherbina Baklan pursued their education in a chronological manner. From 2010 to 2014, they attended Loyola Marymount University, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomathematics. Following this, from 2014 to 2021, they enrolled at the University of Southern California and completed their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.