PhD student working on freshwater fish awesomeness in @EvoGenBioinf at @CE3CResearch @FC_UL she/her

Joined April 2019
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Hi, new followers! I'm Sofia, a #PhD student at @egce3c @CE3CResearch working on #genomics and #hybridization in freshwater #fish. Interested in introgression, speciation and adaptation 🐟🐟 #teamfish #cE3cSciMed
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Está a decorrer na Universidade de Lisboa um processo de recolha de assinaturas para entregar uma carta ao reitor a exigir o fim da taxa de entrega de tese de doutoramento em todas as faculdades. Assina e participa na entrega, dia 30 de Abril! forms.gle/3f4YVrQoDHLNf58D9
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🎙️Our team member @sofialmendes was recently featured in @90segundosPT, where she spoke about her work on the description of an endemic fish species in the Sado River basin: Squalius caetobrigus. ▶️Tune in to hear more (only in 🇵🇹): 90segundosdeciencia.pt/episo…@CE3CResearch
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(1/2) We congratulate our student Julie Westerling on the defence of her MSc dissertation, last friday, entitled: "Exploring genetic diversity and population structure of the Spanish minnowcarp (Anaecypris hispanica)".🐟 @cienciasulisboa @CE3CResearch 📷Carlos Carrapato
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The EGB group is attending the @CE3CResearch annual meeting taking place on 12th-14th December in Monsanto.On the 10th CE3C annual meeting, themed "Rings of Experience: Growing Towards Tomorrow", our members will be presenting their posters and presentations.Stay tunned for more!
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New paper from our group! We described a new fish specie endemic to the Sado river basin in Portugal: Squalius caetobrigus 🐟 You can check out our little friends and read all about it here: limnetica.net/es/new-species…
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⚠️ FCULers! 🦚 Doutorandos, bolseiros, alunos, ex-alunos, professores, funcionários! 🗣️ Assinem e partilhem o abaixo-assinado contra os 500€ de taxa de submissão de tese de doutoramento! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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You still have time to apply to the pos-doc position to work with us within the scope of the project HYBRIDOMICS at @CE3CResearch in Lisbon. Applications until 28th September. info: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evold…

📢OPEN CALL: We're looking for a pos-doc researcher to work with us within the scope of the project HYBRIDOMICS at @CE3CResearch in Lisbon (1/3) info: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evold…
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Today we have our PhD student @bcportinha presenting her work on the genomic signatures of selection in hybridising ants at @CE3CResearch annual meeting.
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Our former master student Marta Ferreira presented the work she developed during her thesis on the Genomics of adaptation to cadmium in heterogeneous environments @CE3CResearch annual meeting.
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PhD student @joao_mmoreno presented results of his project on the use of comparative proteomics and phosphoproteomics to study phenotypic plasticity in freshwater fish under scenarios of climate change @CE3CResearch annual meeting.
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Today at the @CE3CResearch annual meeting, the master student Catarina Bernardo is presenting her work on the molecular adaption in mitochondrial genome.
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Want to talk about genomics in conservation? Come and join me by my poster at Este Castle! (#562) #smbe2023 🐟
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Are you attending #SMBE2023? If you are interested in hybridization and want to hear about a cool 🐟 system to study it, come talk to me today at poster 821 (San Paolo Cloisters) 😄
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What a beautiful place to host #SMBE2023 😄
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(1/7) New paper out from the group! Published in MER @molecology by @joaom_carvalho and @csousa_vitor doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13… 🧶 Check how you can make the best out of Pool-seq data for demographic inferences ⬇️

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📢OPEN CALL: We’re looking for a full-time research technician to work with spdier mites with Inês Fragata and Alex Blanckaert at @CE3CResearch Apply until June 27th, 2023! #researchtechnician #MScPositions #OpenCall info: euraxess.pt/jobs/111424

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Check out this new R package to simulate Pool-Seq data! You can even use it to help design your own Pool-Seq studies. This work from @joaom_carvalho and @csousa_vitor is available at biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor…

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Tomorrow is the last day to send applications for this full-time research technician position in our group. Still time to apply! 🐟🧫🔬
📢 A reminder that you can still apply for a full-time research technician to work at our Lab (@EvoGenBioinf ) at @CE3CResearch. Application deadline: November 15, 2022! #researchtechnician #MScPositions #OpenCall info:euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/8…
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Still time to apply for this research technician position at @EvoGenBioinf. If you have questions about the working environment in the group, don't hesitate to reach out! And please spread the word!
📢 A reminder that you can still apply for a full-time research technician to work at our Lab (@EvoGenBioinf ) at @CE3CResearch. Application deadline: November 15, 2022! #researchtechnician #MScPositions #OpenCall info:euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/8…
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