Aime Jaskolowski

My name is Aime and I am a molecular biologist with more than a decade of experience in the field of plant science.

Fascinated by plants and plant breeding

Plant breeding encompasses my two professional passions: molecular biology and plants. After completing my PhD in Biological Sciences in Argentina, I did a postdoc in Switzerland. My passion has led me to my current position, where I am establishing a plant gene editing platform at the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) in Spain as part of the Momentum CSIC programme ("Develop Your Digital Talent").

Professional path

• Manager of the Gene Editing Facility, CRAG (December 2024 - present). Setting up the tissue culture lab and the CRISPR-Cas gene-editing platform, as a service for researchers and agricultural companies: species-specific transformation and in vitro propagation protocols (Arabidopsis, tomato, rice, melon and potato), project milestones and budget, training of lab personnel, and machine learning tools to optimize the gene editing process, gene-target selection and phenotype analysis of edited plants.
• Postdoctoral researcher, University of Lausanne (May 2019 - June 2024), in the lab of Dr. Yves Poirier. Led projects on CRISPR-mediated gene editing, phosphate metabolism, biotic and abiotic stress signaling and the genetic regulation of seed germination, in Arabidopsis thaliana and tomato. Collaborated with research groups in India, France, the USA and Switzerland, and was teaching assistant in three undergraduate biology courses.
• Research scientist collaborator, Umeå University (January - April 2019): ChIP-seq to study the deposition of epigenetic marks, within a Marie Skłodowska-Curie RISE international collaboration.
• PhD candidate, Fundación Instituto Leloir (April 2014 - December 2018), under the supervision of Dr. Pablo Cerdán: molecular and genetic bases of plant flowering and reproduction in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Education

PhD in General Biology (2014-2018) and MSc in General Biology (2008-2013), University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Originally from San Carlos de Bariloche (Patagonia), where she obtained a vocational high school diploma in business and computing.

Digital and complementary competences

Training in Python and R programming, machine learning, data science, big data and data analysis, Git and GitHub, prompt engineering and agentic AI for research; project management (PMP exam preparation, Basics of Project Management, University of Lausanne); plant tissue culture and genome engineering. Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent), French (B1), Italian (A1).