João Carriço
R&D Genomics Fellow at bioMérieux
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolJoão Carriço is an R&D Genomics Fellow with 11 years of experience applying high-throughput sequencing and microbial bioinformatics to improve food safety and industrial microbiology robustness. He transitioned from a decade as an academic researcher at the University of Lisbon—where he led a small bioinformatics team, developed open-source software, and contributed to multiple EU and EFSA projects—to industrial R&D at bioMérieux. João has served as an expert adviser for ECDC and EFSA on sequencing and bioinformatics, bridging regulatory needs with practical genomics workflows. His background blends hands-on pipeline and tool development with applied research, and his work is publicly documented across his academic pages and GitHub. Notably, he pairs deep domain expertise in microbial genomics with a proven track record of translating research-grade methods into operational solutions for food safety.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
MsC, Applied Chemistry - Biotechnology, MsC, Applied Chemistry - Biotechnology at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de LisboaMsC, Chemistry, Biotechnology, MsC, Chemistry, Biotechnology at Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (53)
genome10
next-generation-sequencing10
ncbi10
infectious-diseases10
sequencing10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
bacteria10
pathogen10
immunology8
component-based8
genes7
genome-assembly7
delta7
sequence6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mickaelsilva/chewBBACA
May 2016 - Aug 2017
Contributions:77 commits, 76 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
jacarrico/goeBURST
May 2015 - Feb 2020
goeBURST in python
Contributions:4 PRs, 5 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 9 months
pythonpython3
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