"The progress that was made 20 years ago with the sequencing of the human genome will now be made by bioinformatics with all the omics applications.

For Álex Pérez Maiztegui (Urretxu, 23), computing will drive the development fields such as biomedicine in the coming years. This young man from Gipuzkoa works in the department & Analytics department at the Madrid office of the multinational firm Ernest & Young, focusing on auditing. Pérez Maiztegui holds former student Biochemistry 2021) and Master's Degree Computational Methods in Science (MC2) (2022) from the School of Science at the University of Navarra.

During his degree program Biochemistry was student intern department Physics and Applied Mathematics, where he was introduced to the field of programming, and at MC2 he specialized in bioinformatics, an area believes is becoming increasingly important. “Just as the sequencing of the human genome marked a major breakthrough 20 years ago, bioinformatics will now do the same with all the omics applications.” 

Alex highlights the programming concepts acquired at Master's Degree as a basis for further knowledge, and the methods applied to life sciences such as "the study of gene sequences, molecular modelling or Machine Learning and Deep Learning algorithms".

Álex has very positive memories of the Master's Degree , such as the dynamism of the classes, the proximity to the faculty, the family atmosphere, and the possibilities of interactionwith other centers of the University, from the School itself, the Applied Medicalresearch center and the Clínica Universidad de Navarra. Clínica Universidad de Navarra. "It is a master's degree that has been created knowing the problems and needs of society, there is currently an excessive demand for professionals in the area of data science and this Master's Degree certainly has a lot to contribute".