Experience

Enara Bio

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Scientist

  • Nov 2022 - Present



Oxford University Museum Of Natural History

• United Kingdom
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Assistant

  • Sep 2020 - Aug 2022

  Investigating the genetic basis of spider eye development to better understand variation in animal eye morphology. Sequencing and de novo assembly of embryonic transcriptomes from 5 different spider species – Marpissa muscosa, Pardosa amentata, Segestria senoculata, Zygiella x-notata and Drassodes sp. Identification and expression pattern analysis of retinal determination genes in the spiders Acanthoscurria geniculata, Pholcus phalangioides, M. muscosa, P. amentata, S. senoculata and Z. x-notata. Phylogenetic analysis of retinal determination genes. Functional analysis of eye development genes in the spider P. tepidariorum using parental and embryonic RNAi techniques. Show less



Centre de Biologie du Développement

• Toulouse, Occitanie, France

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2016 - Jul 2016

  Identification and expression analysis of cis-regulatory elements responsible for the divergent larval expression patterns of two recently duplicated genes in the Drosophila lineage. Functional test of a minimal enhancer by CRISPR\Cas9 mediated deletion of endogenous region. Identification and expression analysis of cis-regulatory elements responsible for the divergent larval expression patterns of two recently duplicated genes in the Drosophila lineage. Functional test of a minimal enhancer by CRISPR\Cas9 mediated deletion of endogenous region.



Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia

• Portugal
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2013 - Dec 2015

  Identification and expression analysis of cis-regulatory elements responsible for the divergent embryonic expression patterns of two recently duplicated genes in the Drosophila lineage. I established several Drosophila melanogaster reporter lines with sequences from D. ananassae, D. pseudoobscura and D. virilis, to study the divergence of cis-regulatory elements regulating the embryonic expression patterns of two recently duplicated genes. I also further dissected the regulatory regions previously identified in D. melanogaster to identify the minimal sequence size driving the divergent embryonic expression patterns between paralogous and orthologous duplicates. Show less

• Master Thesis Student

  • Sep 2012 - Sep 2013

  Identification and expression analysis of cis-regulatory elements responsible for the divergent embryonic expression patterns of two recently duplicated genes in Drosophila melanogaster. I established several Drosophila reporter lines that allowed me to identify the genomic regions responsible for regulating each individual embryonic expression domain of a pair of tandemly duplicated genes.



Centro de Investigação da Ferrugem do Cafeeiro

• Oeiras, Lisbon, Portugal

• Bachelor Thesis

  • Mar 2009 - Jul 2009

  Phylogenetic analysis of the genetic diversity of Hemileia vastatrix (coffee rust) using molecular markers (RAPD and RFLP) and sequencing of the 16S rRNA coding region. This analysis showed the correct grouping of previously known coffee rust strains from different regions of the world, showing that molecular characterisation can be used to properly categorise unknown strains. Phylogenetic analysis of the genetic diversity of Hemileia vastatrix (coffee rust) using molecular markers (RAPD and RFLP) and sequencing of the 16S rRNA coding region. This analysis showed the correct grouping of previously known coffee rust strains from different regions of the world, showing that molecular characterisation can be used to properly categorise unknown strains.