Experience

HeartGenetics

• Portugal
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Scientist

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  • Assessment, design, preparation, and implementation of genetic tests, clinical reports and analytic algorithms, in the areas of pharmacogenomics and nutrigenomics; • Implementation of a clinical report for cancer therapy, including the prioritization of variants to determine those potentially implicated and/or with clinical impact in a patient's phenotype; • Development of a Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) pipeline for variant calling of germline variations, using data from exome and amplicon sequencing; • Participation in research activities related with the development of genetic tests; • Liaison and monitoring of customers and employees on issues related with genetics. Show less



UCL

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2020

  Evolutionary genomics of young sex-chromosomes in the basket willow (plant) and guppy (vertebrate). • Generation, processing and analysis of Next-generation sequencing (NGS) data from multiple sequencing technologies, including Illumina short-reads, Pacific Biosciences long-reads and 10x Genomics linked-reads; • Genome assembly and annotation; • Design of computational approaches for the detection of sex-linked variation using phased data; • Generation and analysis of sex-specific k-mers; • Forward-time population genomics simulations; • Development of wet-lab protocols for the extraction of high-molecular weight (HMW) DNA; • Collaboration with internal and international researchers (Sweden and China). Show less



NOVA School of Science and Technology

• Portugal
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2009 - Feb 2012

  Application of molecular methods to study the evolutionary ecology of wild populations of yeasts. Application of molecular methods to study the evolutionary ecology of wild populations of yeasts.



Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica

• Lisbon Area, Portugal

• Integration into Research Grant

  • Oct 2008 - Aug 2009

  Characterization of membrane proteins with alternative NADH dehydrogenase activity (type II). Characterization of membrane proteins with alternative NADH dehydrogenase activity (type II).



NOVA School of Science and Technology

• Portugal
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Volunteer Research Assistant

  • Jan 2007 - Jul 2008

  Molecular examination of symbiotic bacteria in cicadas from their tissues. Molecular examination of symbiotic bacteria in cicadas from their tissues.