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NMorais Lab @NMoraisLab

Disease Transcriptomics Lab, led by Nuno Barbosa-Morais, at @nova_medschool and @GIMM_Institute (formerly @IMMolecular). bsky: nmoraislab.bsky.social

Joined August 2017
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Finally out, a much improved peer-reviewed article published in NAR Genomics & Bioinformatics @OUPAcademic. 👏 @ritamtbs and @AKaizeler! academic.oup.com/nargab/arti…

Exploring molecular signatures of senescence with marker, an R Toolkit for evaluating gene sets as...

Abstract. Many biological processes, including cellular senescence, manifest as diverse phenotypes across cell types and conditions. Lacking definitive mar

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NMorais Lab@NMoraisLab
11 Dec 2025
Following the @Bioconductor package, the @biorxivpreprint preprint: "Exploring molecular signatures of senescence with markeR, an R toolkit for evaluating gene sets as phenotypic markers". 💻🧬📰 👏 @ritamtbs 💪 biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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Biomics Twinning@BiomicsTwinning
May 20
🎥 NEW Getting to know BIOMICS Members episode! Meet @mirimiam from @CRGenomica, sharing his scientific journey, perspectives on collaboration, and research in evolutionary medical genomics. 📺 youtu.be/T5ZpgSiowY8 #BIOMICS #HorizonEurope #Genomics #BiomedicalScience
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Biomics Twinning@BiomicsTwinning
May 15
🚀 Today’s #BIOMICS course at @GIMM_Institute: A packed room exploring probabilistic #model #building, #Bayesian thinking, #AI, diffusion models, and active learning 🧠 Fantastic discussions and engagement throughout the day! #BIOMICS #DataScience #MachineLearning #HorizonEurope
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Biomics Twinning@BiomicsTwinning
May 14
🚨 Now at @GIMM_Institute, Mafalda Dias & Jonathan Frazer, from @CRGenomica talking about how we can read #evolutionary constraints with #deep #learning. #EUfunded #BIOMICS #EvoMG
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Biomics Twinning@BiomicsTwinning
Apr 21
Happening now 🚨 BIOMICS Seminar by Manuel Irimia on “Evolutionary landscapes of zygotic genome activation across animals” 📍 In-person at GIMM Lisboa live on Zoom #BIOMICS #Seminar #Genomics
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The Lab was well represented at the Bioinformatics Open Days @UMinho_Oficial, with Nuno giving a keynote lecture and @AKaizeler, @francisca_xb, and @ritamtbs presenting posters.
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Biomics Twinning@BiomicsTwinning
Mar 24
What comes after academia? 🤔 At our latest #BIOMICS workshop @GIMM, 17 participants explored career paths beyond the lab — working hands-on on CVs & LinkedIn profiles 💼 Thanks to our partners from @CRG_Barcelona 🙌 🇪🇺 #HorizonEurope #FundedByEU #BeyondAcademia #PhDLife
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We proudly have a new Master! 🥳 Our Daniel stellarly defended his MSc dissertation, evaluated with a perfect 20/20! 🤓👏
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On 25 Feb, Nuno introduced the Lab to our new colleagues in a seminar entitled "Thinking critically about big data at NOVA Medical School". It was very well attended (don't be fooled by the empty first couple of rows) and received. We feel very welcome at @nova_medschool ! 😊
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩‍🔬
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Nuno will, proudly and enthusiastically, repeat as one of the lecturers of the pioneering ISCTE EE Postgraduate Course in Critical Thinking for Decision Making (execed.iscte-iul.pt/en/appli…...), brilliantly coordinated by @pimenteljm.
NMorais Lab@NMoraisLab
28 Jan 2025
Nuno will proudly and enthusiastically be one of the lecturers of the pioneering @iscte_execed Postgraduate Course in Critical Thinking for Decision Making (execed.iscte-iul.pt/applied-…), brilliantly coordinated by @pimenteljm.
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On World Cancer Day, @francisca_xb's PhD project was awarded an Oncology Research Grant by the Portuguese League Against Cancer (Southern Regional Center) and the Benfica Foundation, to support her work on testing predictive biomarkers of therapeutic response in rectal cancer. 🙏
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We are proud of the Lab's participation in the CAML & GIMM PhD Meeting this week: @AKaizeler, @ritamtbs and @francisca_xb eloquently presented their work to the @GIMM_Institute / FMUL community 👏. @ritamtbs won the Award for Best Poster Presentation by a 4th year PhD student! 🥇
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Biomics Twinning@BiomicsTwinning
23 Dec 2025
Wrapping up the year with a big thank you to the BIOMICS community for the collaboration and shared achievements. Wishing everyone a restful festive season and an inspiring year ahead ✨ #OpenScience #HorizonEurope #Bioinformatics
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Following the @Bioconductor package, the @biorxivpreprint preprint: "Exploring molecular signatures of senescence with markeR, an R toolkit for evaluating gene sets as phenotypic markers". 💻🧬📰 👏 @ritamtbs 💪 biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…

Exploring molecular signatures of senescence with markeR, an R toolkit for evaluating gene sets as...

Many biological processes, including cellular senescence, manifest as diverse phenotypes that vary across cell types and conditions. In the absence of single, definitive markers, researchers often...

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Rita Silva@ritamtbs
13 Oct 2025
🚀 Exciting news: markeR is now available in the Bioconductor development version and will be part of the new release 3.22, scheduled for October 29! 🎉 Give it a try and let us know what you think! 🔗 bioconductor.org/packages/de…
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Our Maria successfully defended her MSc dissertation on Tuesday afternoon and still found the energy to present her work on the isoform-specific impact of mutations in CDKN2A in cancer again the following morning, at the 9th Annual Conference of ULisboa redeSAÚDE. 💻🧬 👏🍾 💪
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Front row view of our Maria smoothly presenting her MSc dissertation work on the isoform-specific impact of mutations in CDKN2A in cancer at the Oncobiology Club @GIMM_Institute. 💻🧬👏
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Do you want to know more on what the PhD with us @GIMM_Institute is about? 🙂 We are still looking for the perfect candidate! 🔎 Please spread the word! 🙏 evomg-dn.eu
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