Dr. Nicolas Salcedo Porras is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a Lab Scientist (Genome Analyst) in the Cytogenomics Department at Vancouver General Hospital. He is a molecular biologist specializing in RNA biology, functional genomics, and evolutionary immunology, with a strong focus on bioinformatics and high-throughput screening techniques. His research has contributed to the advancement of RNA therapeutics and the understanding of host–pathogen interactions in vector-borne diseases. Over the past decade, Dr. Salcedo Porras has led diverse, multidisciplinary teams at the interface of bioinformatics, biochemistry, and molecular biology, and he now applies this expertise to the development, validation, and clinical implementation of genomic technologies for hematologic cancer testing, including optical genome mapping, nanopore sequencing, and next-generation sequencing approaches.