Bio

Juan C. Sanchez-Arias^(he/him) is a medical doctor and neuroscientist working as a Scientist II, Data Extraction at BenchSci where he uses his experience in medicine, neurobiology, biomedical research, and experimental design to magnify the impact of BenchSci’s platform on empowering preclinical scientists with the most advanced AI to increase the speed and quality of their research. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Division of Medical Science at the University of Victoria funded by a Michael Smith Health Research BC Award. Juan’s research experience includes investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying brain and heart development, neuronal network and synapse formation, and onset of inherited cardiac arrhythmias combining model organism experimentation, advanced microscopy, and computational biology. His other interests include pathophysiological mechanisms of human disease, bio-image analysis automation, open science, and science outreach and communication.

Education

University of Victoria | Victoria, BC, Canada

Ph.D. in Neuroscience | January 2015 - April 2020

Universidad del Valle, School of Medicine | Cali, Valle, Colombia

Doctor in Medicine | August 2007 - September 2014

Experience

BenchSci | Scientific Associate (Experimental Data) | June 2022 - Present

University of Victoria | Postdoctoral Fellow | August 2020 - June 2022

Hospital Universitario del Valle ESE | Medical Intern | September 2013 - September 2014

Centro de Estudios Cerebrales, Universidad del Valle | Research Intern | February 2014 - July 2014

Memberships

Canadian Society for Molecular Bioscience | 2022 - Present

Canadian Cardiovascular Society | 2021 - Present

Colegio Colombiano de Neurociencias | 2021 - Present

Society for Neuroscience | 2016 - 2022

Canadian Association for Neuroscience | 2015 - 2022