Marcela Da Silva
Associate Professor 2
South Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMarcela Da Silva is an associate professor and genome biologist with a decade of experience translating whole-genome sequencing into insights on convergent evolution, most recently investigating the molecular basis of suspensory behavior in sloths. She combines deep academic training (PhD in Biomathematics/Bioinformatics from UFRJ) with applied excellence at institutions like the Wellcome Sanger Institute’s Darwin Tree of Life project and as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow. Marcela’s work spans genome assembly, comparative genomics, and molecular physiology, and she has a track record of creative science engagement—from crowdfunding her PhD project to running a Portuguese science communication blog. A 2014 TED Fellow and MSCA grantee, she brings interdisciplinary curiosity across biochemistry, pharmacology, neuroscience and philosophy to computational biology challenges. Unusually for a genomicist, she pairs large-scale bioinformatics with hands-on ecology and outreach, bridging lab, field and public conversation.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bacharel e Licenciada em Ciências Biológicas, Bacharel e Licenciada em Ciências Biológicas at Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro4-months research placemen: Biomarkers in the sentinel speciesMytilus edulis, Biology, biochemistry, ecotoxicology, 4-months research placemen: Biomarkers in the sentinel speciesMytilus edulis, Biology, biochemistry, ecotoxicology at University of Plymouth
English
Github Skills (37)
bioinformatics10
annotate10
genome7
genomics6
phylogenetics6
genome-assembly6
genomes6
assembly6
sequence5
iterative5
ncbi4
assembler4
pipeline3
fasta3
error-correction3
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
marcelauliano/mChoDid1
Jun 2022 - Nov 2024
Contributions:88 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
marcelauliano/MitoHiFi
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
Find, circularise and annotate mitogenome from PacBio assemblies
Contributions:15 releases, 421 commits, 31 PRs in 2 years 5 months
bioinformaticsannotatepacbio
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