Gil Poiares-Oliveira

Gil Poiares-Oliveira

Bioinformatics Technician

INESC-ID

BioData.pt | ELIXIR Portugal

Welcome!

I enjoy mixing together wet and computational approaches to gain a better understanding of complex biological systems, and discovering novel approaches for tackling grave diseases.

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Interests
  • Medical Biotechnology
  • Systems Biology
  • Epigenetics and RNA Biology
  • RNA-Seq
Education

  • MSc in Biotechnology, 2022

    NOVA University Lisbon

  • BSc in Biology (Molecular Biology and Genetics), 2019

    University of Lisbon

  • Minor in Informatics, 2019

    University of Lisbon

Publications

Deep Hybrid Modeling of a HEK293 Process: Combining Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Networks with First Principles Equations
In this paper, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks and multilayered feedforward neural networks (FFNNs) were combined with first …
João R. C. Ramos, José Pinto, Gil Poiares-Oliveira, Ludovic Peeters, Patrick Dumas, Rui Oliveira
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Dissecting the Role of miR-34c-5p in Human CD4+ T Cells
Cláudia Noronha-Estima, Madalena Marques, Gil Poiares-Oliveira, Ana Espada de Sousa, Margarida Gama-Carvalho
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Dissecting the Role of miR-34c-5p in Human CD4+ T Cells
Cláudia Noronha-Estima, Madalena Marques, Gil Poiares-Oliveira, Ana Espada de Sousa, Margarida Gama-Carvalho
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Genome-scale modeling of Chinese hamster ovary cells by hybrid semi-parametric flux balance analysis
Flux balance analysis (FBA) is currently the standard method to compute metabolic fluxes in genome-scale networks. Several FBA …
João R. C. Ramos, Gil Poiares-Oliveira, Patrick Dumas, Rui Oliveira
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Development of a HEK293 Cell-line Digital Twin Based on Hybrid Semi-Parametric Modeling at the Genome-Scale
Gil Poiares-Oliveira
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Development of a HEK293 Cell-line Digital Twin Based on Hybrid Semi-Parametric Modeling at the Genome-Scale
The speed at which new drugs and therapies have been developed in the last years has put immense pressure in the biopharmaceutical …
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Development of a HEK293 Cell-line Digital Twin Based on Hybrid Semi-Parametric Modeling at the Genome-Scale
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Research Experience

 
 
 
 
 
INESC-ID
Bioinformatics Technician
INESC-ID
Jun 2023 – Present Lisbon, Portugal
At INESC-ID, I work for BioData.pt as a Bioinformatics Training Technician for Data Management, I support national and European training programmes for data management and stewardship, maintain computational resources for trainees and perform Bioinformatics data analyses and pipelines. ELIXIR deputy node coordinator for Portugal with responsibilities over Training and Data Management.
 
 
 
 
 
Research Intern
BioISI - Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Research Institute
Sep 2022 – May 2023 Lisbon, Portugal
Researcher at the RNA Systems Biology lab
 
 
 
 
 
Student Researcher / Research Fellow
NOVA School of Science & Technology
Jan 2021 – Jun 2022 Caparica, Portugal
Student researcher at the Department of Chemistry of the NOVA School of Science & Technology in the Systems Biology and Engineering Group. Conducting reseearch in hybrid semiparametric modelling of human cell culture growth for vaccine production.
 
 
 
 
 
Student Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes
Aug 2020 – Dec 2020 Lisbon, Portugal
Student researcher at the Institute for Molecular Medicine (iMM) studying the influence of R-loops in mRNA splicing and the correction of splicing defects at the Sérgio de Almeida Laboratory.
 
 
 
 
 
Trainee
Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon
Jun 2014 – Jun 2014 Porto Salvo, Portugal
Short term internship as part of a high school protocol. Worked in the Stem Cell Bioengineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory learning about laboratory procedures such as human stem cell culture and fluorescence microscopy analysis.
 
 
 
 
 
Trainee
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon
Jan 2014 – Jul 2016 Lisbon, Portugal
Research project for a high school subject which involved studying recombinant endolysins biosynthesis and study. In collaboration with the Enzymology group of the Centre for Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Training

COVID-19: collection techniques, detection methods, and protection measurements
National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge and the Portuguese Red Cross Dec 2022 – Dec 2022
Collection of biological samples by nasopharyngeal swab, SARS-CoV-2 detection techniques, and protection measures for professionals working with suspected COVID-19 patients. Course required by Portuguese law for health professionals envolved in COVID-19 testing.
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Learn C
Codecademy Jun 2022 – Jun 2022
Introductory 15 h course about the C programming language.
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Learn R
Codecademy Jan 2021
20 h online course about the R programming languages and its usage in data science.
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Entrepeneurship by NOVATechShip
NovaTechShip Jan 2021
Probably the biggest entrepeneurship course in Europe.
Entry Level Bioinformatics Course
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Jan 2020
Entry level course broadly based around a series of exercises in which a combination of simple analytical tools and reference to publicly available databases.
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4 Ways 4 the Future
Unlimited Future Feb 2019
Series of 4 workshops: Curiosity, Communication, Conflict management & Emotional Intelligence
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Public Speaking Course
Speak and Lead May 2017
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Skills

Computer Languages

Python, MATLAB, R, JavaScript, C, HTML, CSS, SQL, Markdown, LaTeX, sh, regex

Systems Biology

Hybrid modelling, flux analysis, genome-scale modelling, constraint-based modelling, dynamic modelling

Molecular Biology

Microbiological culture, Animal cell culture (HEK293, U2OS), Molecular cloning, PCR, DNA/RNA extraction, Electrophoresis, qPCR (beginner), BSL-2 laboratory practices, Bioinformatics tools

Computing

Object-oriented programming, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Networking, Web development, Git, Graphics software, *nix command line, Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux

Research support

Scientific conference organization, science communication

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