Staff
Scientific Instrumentation Specialist
As a passionate molecular biology laboratory technician with many years of experience, I am highly motivated to help support the Sequencing and Genomics Facility through the development and maintenance of different protocols for NGS platform, e.g. Illumina MiSeq. Also, in a nearby future, I would like to participate in the refinement of Biology Genetics Courses by giving students the required laboratory classes.
Silvia Planas, MSc.
SGF Director
Ricardo Papa, PhD.
Director of SGF | Professor | Lab Director
I have been a faculty member at the University of Puerto Rico since 2010. The diversity and beauty found in nature first sparked my interest in biology as a student, which ultimately led me to studying Heliconius here in Puerto Rico. I am also the Director of the Sequencing and Genotyping Facility.