2026a-mariana-kanbe

About me
Nice to meet you! ˚ ༘ ೀ⋆。˚
Experience:
- Senior Support Engineer - AI Financial Systems (Current)
- Developer Advocate - Rollup Infrastructure (2021-2026)
- Biomedical Research Specialist (2017-2018)
Education:
- MSc, Biotechnology (2025)
- BSc, Philosophy (2025)
- BSc, Biomedical Sciences (2016)
Publications:
- Kanbe, M.T., da Silva, L.F. and Gomez, J.G.C. (2024), Cross-sectoral citrus sugarcane biorefinery: polyhydroxyalkanoates production in Brazil. Biofuels, Bioprod. Bioref., 18: 322-339. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2571
- Kanbe, M. T., & Zygband, T. G. (2020). tectonia.com.br: websites as pedagogical and formative spaces for democratic reflections on science, technology and society. I CONBIOTED, ISBN 978-65-86861-05-1.
Honours and Awards:
- University of São Paulo: Young Biotechnologist Award – Master’s Research Category (2022)
- CNPq – National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (Brazil): CNPq Graduate Research Scholarship in Biotecnology (2019–2021)
- São Paulo Research Foundation - FAPESP Scientific Initiation Scholarship in Genetics (2015–2016)
Contact info
Homework
- Week 1 HW: Principles and Practices
- Week 2: DNA Read, Write, & Edit
- Week 3 HW: Lab Automation
- Week 4 HW: Protein Design Part 1
- Week 5 HW: Protein Design Part 2
- Week 6 HW: Genetic Circuits Part 1: Assembly Technologies
- Week 7 HW: Genetic Circuits Part 2: Neuromorphic Circuits
- Week 9 HW: Cell Free Systems
- Week 10 HW: Advanced Imaging & Measurement Technology
- Week 11 HW: Bioproduction & Cloud Labs
- Week 12 HW: Building Genomes
- Week 13 HW: AI, Synbio, and Scaling Health Innovation (ARPA-H)
- Week 14 HW: Bio Design & Bio Fabrication
Labs
- Week 1 Lab: Pipetting
- Week 2 Lab: DNA Gel Art
- Week 3 Lab: Lab Automation
- Week 4 Lab: Protein Design Part 1
- Week 5 Lab: Protein Design Part 2
- Week 6 Lab: Gibson Assembly
- Week 7 Lab: Neuromorphic Circuits
- Week 9 Lab: Cell Free Systems
- Week 10 Lab: Mass Spectrometry
- Week 11 Lab: Cloud Laboratories Homework & Lab
- Week 12 Lab: Bioproduction of Beta-Carotene and Lycopene
- Week 13 Lab: Final Project Labwork
- Week 14 Lab: Final Project Labwork
Projects
Agreements
BioClub Committed Listener MoU
I am a HTGAA Committed Listener, my responsibilities are:
- Watching class lectures and recitations
- Participating in node reviews
- Developing and documenting my homework
- Actively communicating with other students and TAs on the forum
- Allowing HTGAA and BioClub to share my work (with attribution)
- Honestly reporting on my work, and appropriately attributing and citing the work of others (both human and non-human)
- Following locally applicable health and safety guidance
- Promoting a respectful environment free of harassment and discrimination
Signed by committing this file to my documentation page/repository,
{{ Mariana Teixeira Kanbe }}
{{ 2nd Feb, 2026 }}