Alberto Noronha
Co-Founder & CEO at Nium
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Top SchoolAlberto Noronha is a computational biologist and entrepreneur with 11 years of experience bridging systems biology, bioinformatics and product development to translate microbiome science into practical health solutions. As Co-Founder & CEO of NIUM, he leads the development of tools and platforms enabling advanced research into diet–microbiome–host interactions, building on academic work at the University of Luxembourg where he created the Virtual Metabolic Human knowledge-base. He combines deep technical hands-on experience—contributing backend enhancements to the widely used COBRA Toolbox for metabolic reconstruction—with a PhD in Computational Biology and a background in informatics engineering. Known for integrating multi-omics, dietary data and constraint-based modeling, he focuses on turning complex in-silico experiments into actionable insights and translational opportunities.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology at University of LuxembourgMaster's degree, Bioinformatics, Master's degree, Bioinformatics at University of Minho
English, Portuguese, French
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Github Skills (11)
constraint-layout10
constraint10
matlab10
constraint-satisfaction10
cobra10
modeling10
api-design9
bioinformatics9
biom9
api9
python7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
opencobra/cobratoolbox
Oct 2015 - Jul 2018
The COnstraint-Based Reconstruction and Analysis Toolbox. Documentation:
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 12 PRs, 4 comments in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Alberto contributed to the COBRA Toolbox by implementing and modifying core functions related to metabolic reconstruction and analysis. Their work involved adding new files, such as those related to removing reactions and merging metabolic models. The commits demonstrate a focus on manipulating and extending the functionality of the toolbox, specifically within the areas of model reconstruction and gap-filling. They also made changes to the MINERVA integration.
microbiome-analysisgap-fillingmetabolic-reconstructioncobra-toolboxomics-data-integration
bertonoronha/COBRA.tutorials
Jun 2018 - Feb 2019
Repository of tutorials for The COBRA Toolbox
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
cobracobra-toolboxtoolbox
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