RESEARCH
Cecilia González is a Ph.D. student in Bioengineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), where she applies computational methods to understand how the brain develops and processes sensory information. Her current research focuses on integrating short-read and long-read RNA sequencing technologies to dissect cell type-specific gene expression and alternative splicing dynamics in the developing mouse visual cortex. Her work contributes to revealing cell-specific isoform usage and the molecular logic behind interneuron connectivity, with broader implications for sensory circuit formation and plasticity.

BIOGRAPHY
She holds a BSc in Nanotechnology and Chemistry from Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), where she was part of the International Honors Program. During her undergraduate studies, she gained early research experience in computational chemistry and materials science through international exchange programs at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Kyung Hee University in South Korea.
She joined KAUST in 2021 as an MS/PhD student in Bioengineering. Her early graduate work focused on the structural annotation of protein variants involved in genetic disorders. She later transitioned to neuroscience research, where she now applies single-cell and long-read transcriptomics to study the development of the mouse visual cortex. Her current work explores how alternative splicing and cell-cell communication shape inhibitory neuron diversity across developm