Researcher @irj_pt 🇵🇹🇪🇺 | Bioinformatician working on pathogen evolution. My tweets are my own.
Lisboa, Portugal
Joined April 2018
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Verónica Mixão retweeted
s/ @BSC_CNS
"Els microbis ja s'adapten al #cambioclimático : biòlegs detecten a hospitals un fong híbrid resistent a la calor"
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@gabaldonlab @CCIB_Forum @eseb2025 #ESEB2025 @guillemcarreras
"Los microbios ya se adaptan al #cambioclimático: biólogos detectan en hospitales un hongo híbrido resistente al calor"
🌍 @toni_gabaldon en @elperiodico: 'La destrucción de los ecosistemas y las altas temperaturas constantes facilitan que cada vez más patógenos puedan afectar a los humanos'
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@gabaldonlab @CCIB_Forum @eseb2025 #ESEB2025 @guillemcarreras
Verónica Mixão retweeted
I’ll be presenting today on gene duplication and functional divergence at #ESEB2025
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@DURABLE_EU partner @borges__vitor helped uncover Europe’s first confirmed DENV3–Oropouche co-infection in a traveler from Cuba 🇨🇺 to Portugal 🇵🇹. A milestone for genomic surveillance and outbreak preparedness. 🧬🌍 #DURABLE_EU #OneHealth
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We are looking for a Doctoral Candidate with a #bioinformatics background to use metagenomics to study microbial pathogens in non-clinical niches as part of #SPOILCONTROL MSCA Doctoral Network DN DC5 - Pathogenic Flora spoilcontrol.hub.inrae.fr/ph… Apply here:
bsc.es/join-us/job-opportuni…
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Multi-country and intersectoral assessment of cluster congruence between pipelines for genomics surveillance of foodborne pathogens nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
🚨New paper
Do you want to know how your #genomics #surveillance results compares to other labs? Check our new paper 👇👇👇
And move towards a better communication in #OneHealth surveillance 🌍
#bioinformatics
#foodborne
#PublicHealth
#outbreak
@irj_pt
Our article, "Multi-country and intersectoral assessment of #cluster #congruence between pipelines for #genomics #surveillance of #foodborne pathogens", is now published in @NatureComms. Congratulations to all co-authors, especially to @VeronicaMixao
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Investigadores da Unidade de Genómica e Bioinformática do Departamento de Doenças Infeciosas do @irj_pt publicaram na @NatureComms um estudo sobre a vigilância genómica de infeções bacterianas transmitidas por alimentos a nível internacional.
Saiba mais ➡️ insa.min-saude.pt/instituto-…
Verónica Mixão retweeted
Finally there: The new reference for Candida infections & their management: Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of candidiasis @TheLancetInfDis - thanks to @CornelyOliver & team for coordinating! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Verónica Mixão retweeted
My first first-author scientific paper is now officially available @molecology!
We studied the #populationgenomics of baker's #yeast from trees and found that human migration has left its mark on these wild populations.
#phdresearch #fungi
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Verónica Mixão retweeted
CompàreGenome: a command-line tool for genomic diversity estimation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes bmcbioinformatics.biomedcent… 🧬🖥️🧪 #Rstats github.com/gmoro-bioecopest/…
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Now out, congrats to Federico, Will and Sookie! @EGS_UoM @UoMMIB Looking at the impact of hybridisation on antifungal resistance and identification of super QTL and pleiotropic genes bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.co…
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ECDC and @EFSA_EU have just published the joint EU One Health 2023 Zoonoses report, providing a 2023 surveillance overview of #zoonoses in Europe.
Learn more: ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-event…
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Recordings of the " Webinar - Introduction to INSaFLU-TELEVIR” are now available at the Learning Portal for Infectious Diseases (learning.ecdc.europa.eu/cour…) - select specific parts to watch (Sample Upload, INSaFLU, Nextstrain, and TELEVIR).
New registrations are still possible!
Only 3 days left to join the #Webinar on the Introduction to #INSaFLU-#TELEVIR (insaflu.insa.pt/), an open bioinformatics platform for viral metagenomic detection and genomic surveillance.
📅 29th Oct 2024 | 10:00-12:00 CET
Register at ECDC EVA: eva.ecdc.europa.eu/enrol/ind…
Verónica Mixão retweeted
Exploring gene duplications! Our study reveals how duplicated genes diverge in function using structural and expression analysis across 36 species. Check out our paper: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Thanks to @the_alexwv, @Gloveface, Paul Thomas, @cdessimoz
#Genomics #Evolution
Verónica Mixão retweeted
Only 3 days left to join the #Webinar on the Introduction to #INSaFLU-#TELEVIR (insaflu.insa.pt/), an open bioinformatics platform for viral metagenomic detection and genomic surveillance.
📅 29th Oct 2024 | 10:00-12:00 CET
Register at ECDC EVA: eva.ecdc.europa.eu/enrol/ind…
Verónica Mixão retweeted
Metagenomic assemblies tend to break around antibiotic resistance genes bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.co…
Verónica Mixão retweeted
Mycologists check your solar panels! Fungi are everywhere, many new species underway to be described by Polona Zalar & her team (@UL_BioTech) as presented at #BalkanFungus2024 & #ibbs19 @IBBSociety @ISHAM_Mycology @_Westerdijk_
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Welcome back! VEuPathDB resources are back online today! We will continue to provide bioinformatics services under a new organizational structure. Read more here: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/app/…
Verónica Mixão retweeted
Are you looking for a pos-doc? We just opened two positions to study bacteria evolution in the gut in Gordo's Lab at the Gulbenkian Institute ;)! See gimm.pt/jobs/postdoctoral-re…
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