BioFractal Network
A scientific collaboration and knowledge-sharing platform designed to connect researchers, institutions, and interdisciplinary projects. The system aimed to centralize research initiatives, facilitate collaboration workflows, and provide structured visibility for academic innovation across institutions.
Project Overview
Understanding the Project
The Goal
Build a scalable research collaboration platform capable of connecting universities, research groups, and interdisciplinary projects within a unified digital ecosystem to foster innovation and cross-institutional collaboration.
The Challenge
Designing a platform flexible enough to support diverse academic disciplines, institutional structures, and collaborative research workflows while ensuring scalability and long-term sustainability.
My Role
Co-Founder and Lead Developer responsible for system architecture, platform design, and strategic technical direction, including preparation for investor presentations and institutional partnerships.
Role
Full-Stack Developer
Timeline
2019
Platform
Web
Team
Team (3)
Screenshots
Visual Showcase
Developer Profile Dashboard - Skills, Projects & Team Overview
Landing page with search
What I Built
- Developed a web application for professional networking and knowledge sharing.
- Implemented user profiles with experience, skills, and expertise management.
- Built project management functionality to track development progress.
- Implemented a recommendation system to suggest relevant developers and consultants.
- Developed consulting workflows allowing users to offer expertise and solve industry problems.
- Designed and implemented a MySQL database for users, projects, expertise, and transactions.
- Deployed and configured the platform on Amazon Web Services.
- Configured EC2 instances for application compute.
- Provisioned RDS MySQL for managed database services.
- Set up S3 for file storage.
- Configured Route 53 for domain management.
- Implemented Load Balancers for traffic distribution and scalability.
Tech Stack
Frontend
Backend
Database
Cloud & Infrastructure
Architecture Design Decisions
These decisions were intentional to ensure the site feels professional, calm, and easy to navigate:
- Modular platform design to support multiple user roles and workflows
- Profile-driven expertise representation to enable meaningful matching
- Project-centric collaboration model to track real development work
- Cloud-native deployment on AWS to support scalability and reliability
- Separation of application logic and infrastructure for future growth
Results & Learnings
The project was presented to multiple investment funds in Mexico and the United States, generating investor interest and leaving open the possibility of future funding upon delivery of a functional prototype. Additionally, at least five major universities in Mexico explicitly expressed interest in adopting the platform for their research communities, validating the concept at an institutional level.