Luis Fernando Rivera Serna

Center Operations Team

Senior Bioinformatics Engineer

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B2/R3272

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Research Interests

Luis Fernando Rivera Serna's current interests in bioinformatics are focused on (1) the generation of new biological databases from omics research in plants, (2) optimizing the usage of HPC environments for biological data analysis, (3) the usage of advanced visualization tools for structural variation researches, and (4) the discovery of new agronomical interest molecules using machine learning algorithms. 

Selected Publications

  • Genomes of 13 domesticated and wild rice relatives reveal genetic conservation, turnover and innovation across the genus Oryza, J.C. Stein, Y. Yu, D. Copetti, D.J. Zwick, L. Zhang, C. Zhang, K. Chougule, D. Gao, A. Iwata, J.L. Goicoechea, S. Wei, J. Wang, Y. Liao, M. Wang, J. Jacquemin, C. Becker, D. Kudrna, J. Zhang, C.E.M. Londono, X. Song, S. Lee, P. Sanchez, A. Zuccolo, J.S.S. Amiraju, J. Talag, A. Danowitz, L.F. Rivera, A.R. Gschwend, C. Noutsos, C. Wu, S. Kao, J. Zeng, F. Wei, Q. Zhao, Q. Feng, M. Elbaidouri, M.C. Carpentier, E. Lasserre, R. Cooke, D.R. Farias, L.C. Maia, R.S. Santos, K.G. Nyberg, C. Fan, D. Weigel, K.K. Jena, T. Wicker, M. Chen, B. Han, R. Henry, Y.C. Hsing, N. Kurata, A.C. Oliveira, O. Panaud, S.A. Jackson, C.A. Machado, M.J. Sanderson, M. Long, D. Ware & R.A. Wing, Nature Genetics, 2018, [Article & Cover] 50:285-296.
  • 15 MYA of evolution in the Oryza genus shows extensive gene family expansion, Jacquemin, J., J.S.S. Ammiraju, G. Haberer2, D.D. Billheimer, Y. Yu., L.C. Liu, L.F. Rivera, K. Mayer, M. Chen, & R.A. Wing, Molecular Plant, 2013 (10.1093/mp/sst149).
  • Annotation of a hybrid partial genome of the coffee rust (Hemileia vastatrix) contributes to the gene repertoire catalog of the Pucciniales, Cristancho, M. A., Botero-Rozo, D. O., Giraldo, W., Tabima, J., Riaño-Pachón, D. M., Escobar, C., Rivera. L.F... & Eilam, T., Frontiers in plant science, 2014, 5, 594.
  • Identification and chromosomal distribution of copia-like retrotransposon sequences in the coffee (Coffea L.) genome, Herrera, J. C., Camayo, G., De-La-Torre, G., Galeano, N., Salcedo, E., Rivera, L. F., & Duran, A.,  Agronomía Colombiana, 2013, 31(3), 269-278.
  • Sistema de información para el manejo de datos moleculares en café: 1. Desarrollo y uso de herramientas, Rivera, L. F., Orozco, C. E., Chalarca, A., Gaitán, Á. L., & Cristancho, M. A., Rev Acad Colomb Cienc, 2008, 32(124), 317-324.

Education

  • MSc, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, UM, Manizales, Colombia, 2018 
  • BA, System and Telecommunication Engineer, UAM, Manizales, Colombia, 2000

Professional Profile

  • 2019-present: System Administrator, CDA, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
  • 2015-2019: Associate Researcher, BIOS, Manizales, Colombia
  • 2013-2015: Project Manager, KOMMIT, Miami, USA
  • 2011-2013: Bioinformatics Specialist, AGI, Tucson, USA
  • 2003-2011: Associate Researcher, CENICAFE, Chinchiná, Colombia
  • 2001-2003: Young Research fellow, CENICAFE, Chinchiná, Colombia

KAUST Affiliations

Research Interests Keywords

bioinformatics omics tools machine learning biological db HPC