Sara Cardoso is a project consultant and multidisciplinary researcher with 11 years' experience applying molecular biology and computational genomics to behavioural and environmental questions. She specializes in RNA-Seq, de novo transcriptome assembly, gene expression regulation, and scalable reproducible pipelines in R and Python, with a track record across multi-omics studies and genome annotation. Her work spans hands-on lab techniques, CRISPR probe design and automated behavioural phenotyping systems (including IoT and ML-supported tracking), bridging wet-lab experiments with high-throughput computational analysis. She has co-led international projects on microplastics and fish stress biology, mentored teams, and taught R and quantitative methods to life-science audiences. Currently based in Lisbon, she focuses on translating computational biology into applied research with an emphasis on reproducibility and biological insight.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Master's degree, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biological Sciences (specialization in Molecular Ecology), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biological Sciences (specialization in Molecular Ecology) at Universidade do Algarve
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Sara Cardoso - Project Consultant at University of Saint Joseph