https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/israel-israel/index.htmlAbout me I am an undergraduate Biomedical Engineering student at the Universidad Especializada de las Américas (UDelAS), with a strong interest in neuroscience, biomedical research, and emerging technologies applied to healthcare. My experience includes research projects, robotics, automation, electronics, programming, and scientific outreach. I am particularly interested in neuroengineering and in developing technologies that can address challenges in neurological health.Hugoenhttps://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/israel-israel/week-01-hw-project-ideas/index.htmlMon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/israel-israel/week-01-hw-project-ideas/index.htmlAutomation-Assisted Biomanufacturing of Hyaluronic Acid for Hydrogel Scaffolds in Neural Tissue Engineering Research (1) What I would like to biomanufacture and why I propose a conceptual workflow to produce hyaluronic acid (HA) using engineered bacteria and subsequently convert the purified HA into hydrogel scaffolds for neural tissue engineering research. The biologically manufactured product would be HA; the final research material would be an HA-based hydrogel prepared through additional material-processing steps.https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/israel-israel/week-02-hw-dna-design/index.htmlMon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/israel-israel/week-02-hw-dna-design/index.htmlPart 0 Repository name: HA-Neural-Hydrogels Folder: herrera-ha-neural Initial construct: Bsub-TuaD-expression-v1 Part 1 What molecule are you expressing? R: TuaD, To investigate whether increasing its expression improves the availability of UDP-glucuronic acid. What is the sequence? R: I will encode the native tuaD gene from Bacillus subtilis strain 168, which encodes UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase TuaD. The reference protein is UniProtKB O32271, also identified as NCBI RefSeq NP_391438.1. The corresponding coding DNA sequence will be retrieved and verified before import into Kernel. Any subsequent codon optimization will preserve the reference amino acid sequence.https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/israel-israel/week-03-hw-cell-free/index.htmlMon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/israel-israel/week-03-hw-cell-free/index.htmlhttps://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/israel-israel/final-project/index.htmlMon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/israel-israel/final-project/index.html