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Disease Transcriptomics (NMorais) Lab
@nmoraislab.bsky.social
Disease Transcriptomics Lab, led by Nuno Barbosa-Morais, at the Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM) in Lisbon, Portugal. @gimmfoundation.bsky.social
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Who can apply to a Marie Curie Doctoral Network?
Check it here ⬇️
Want to know more? www.evomg-dn.eu

#PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCareers #LifeSciences #BiomedicalResearch #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #MSCA
October 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Great time visiting the groups of Carmo Fonseca, Joel Perez-Perri, and Nuno Morais (@nmoraislab.bsky.social) at Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM) in Lisbon 🇵🇹

Thanks for great discussions on nuclear speckles, RNA-binding proteins, and other exciting topics!

#ScienceVisit #RNA #GIMM
October 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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The #EvoMG Doctoral Network brings together leading research institutions from Spain, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal and Sweden to train 15 #PhD researchers in #evolutionarymedicine.

To find out more about the secondments for each position, visit👉 www.evomg-dn.eu
October 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Become part of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network a prestigious EU initiative offering world-class research training, international experience, and strong career prospects for early-stage researchers.
It’s more than a PhD:it’s a launchpad for your research career!
Apply now: www.evomg-dn.eu
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Starting the afternoon of “Science meets the Media” with inspiring success stories about scientists who communicate science!
A big thank you to Ana Santos-Almeida for sharing her experience 🎥 📱 📸
October 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Happening now at GIMM Lisbon 🧠✨
Our "Science meets the Media" workshop is underway - featuring the experienced and inspiring contributions of our collaborators Oana Stroe (EMBL-EBI), Omar Jamshed (CRG), and Sara Sá (GIMM).

#BIOMICSproject #GIMM #ScienceCommunication #Bioinformatics #Workshop
October 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We couldn’t be happier to be part of this Network! 🙂
We’re proud to introduce the Principal Investigators leading the EvoMG Doctoral Network, an international team guiding and mentoring the next generation of evolutionary medicine researchers.
Discover more about their work and the PhD opportunities 👇
www.evomg-dn.eu
October 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Superb work by our @ritamtbs.bsky.social! 👏
🚀 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/dev...
October 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Then, it was the turn of Nuno Morais ( @nmoraislab.bsky.social ), from GIMM ( @gimmfoundation.bsky.social ) and coordinator of @biomics-twinning.bsky.social , telling us about a cool project on CDKN2A.
October 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Nuno Morais kicking off the Iberian EvoMG PI meeting, organized by @evomg-bcn.bsky.social and @biomics-twinning.bsky.social at PRBB in Barcelona!

evomedgenomics.com/events/iberi...
October 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Did we mention that we would like you to do a PhD with us? 😉
📢 EvoMG-DN PhD applications are now open!
Join our EU-funded MSCA network and explore evolution, ageing, and disease.
👉 www.evomg-dn.eu

📅 Apply by 30 November 2025

#PhD #DoctoralTraining #MSCA #HorizonEurope #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #BiomedicalResearch#EarlyCareerResearchers
October 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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✨ Getting to know BIOMICS members ✨
Meet the people behind our #Twinning project one story at a time.
🎙️ Who’s our first guest?
Hint: a Group Leader at ETH Zurich exploring how molecular mechanisms shape human biology and disease.

Here ➡️ youtu.be/iqlB74ldyos
#HorizonEurope #BIOMICS #MeetTheTeam
Getting to know BIOMICS members: Pedro Beltrão
YouTube video by BIOMICS Twinning
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October 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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🎉 BIOMICS turns 1 year old today!
Happy birthday to this exciting project – and congratulations to all of us who are helping it grow into a mature and well-developed “being”. 🚀✨

Here’s to many more milestones, achievements and collaborations ahead! 💡🔬🌍

#BIOMICS #HorizonEurope
October 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We insist – come and do a PhD with us! 🙂
Interested? Check the details of each position here: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
At EvoMG-DN we believe that evolutionary history shapes both the human genome and its pathogens and ultimately disease susceptibility.
We will tackle health challenges from an evolutionary perspective in the topic of: ageing, cancer and infectious diseases.
#PhD #EvolutionaryBiology #MSCA
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Last days to apply! Cool project, cool cities! :-)

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We're looking for a postdoc to join an exciting joint project between our lab @upf.edu & @crg.eu (Barcelona) and the Sander lab @mdc-berlin.bsky.social (Berlin) investigating how alternative splicing and microexons influences the maturation of pancreatic islets.

Deadline: 30/09/25👇
www.upf.edu
September 22, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Come and do a PhD with us! 🙂
🚀 Exciting news: the Evolutionary Medical Genomics Doctoral Network (EVOMG-DN) launches soon!
🔍 15 fully funded PhD positions: ready to shape the future of genomic medicine? Stay tuned for details!
#PhD #EvolutionaryBiology #MSCA #PhDPositions
September 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Our Project Manager represented us at the Twinning Info Day, joining 11 other projects to share experiences and collaborative solutions!
#BIOMICS #Twinning #Research #Collaboration #HorizonEurope
Yesterday I joined the Twinning Info Day representing @biomics-twinning.bsky.social, together with 11 other projects 🌍✨ Great exchanges on collaboration, challenges, and solutions in project management!
#BIOMICS #Twinning #Research #ProjectManagement
September 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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We're looking for a postdoc to join an exciting joint project between our lab @upf.edu & @crg.eu (Barcelona) and the Sander lab @mdc-berlin.bsky.social (Berlin) investigating how alternative splicing and microexons influences the maturation of pancreatic islets.

Deadline: 30/09/25👇
www.upf.edu
July 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Happening now: Biomedical Data Science Seminar with pedrobeltrao.bsky.social‬ (@ETH_en) at @gimmfoundation.bsky.social. Join us for insightful discussions and feel free to share your questions at the end#Sciencec#Researchc#Networkingn#BIOMICSC#ETHZHZ
July 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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BIOMICS Biomedical Data Science Seminar
🎙 @pedrobeltrao.bsky.social from @ethz.ch
“The genetics of human trait variation across the scales of biological organization”
🗓 17 July | 12:00 (Lisbon)
📍 GIMM Lisboa, Egas Moniz Building - Aud. 58
💻 Zoom ⬇︎
#BIOMICS #Genetics #BiomedicalDataScience #ETHZurich
July 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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We’re wrapping up the development of markeR, an 📦 R package to quantify phenotypes from gene sets. Working with RNA-seq and trying to quantify things like senescence or inflammation? Give it a spin and share feedback!
Install & tutorials: github.com/DiseaseTrans...
📄 Paper coming soon... Stay tuned!
July 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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👏 We’re proud to share that our partner Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social from @crg.eu has been elected to the @embo.org membership for his outstanding achievements in life sciences, reinforcing the excellence of the collaborative network supporting #BIOMICS!
#BIOMICS #HorizonEurope #CRG #EMBO
Thrilled to become an EMBO Member! Thanks so much to @embo.org for the recognition, and thanks A LOT to all current and past lab members, mentors and collaborators for making it possible! 🤗
embo.org EMBO @embo.org · Jul 1
Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 9 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! This honour celebrates #research excellence and outstanding achievements in the #LifeSciences. 🧪

Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025
July 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Today we hosted an hybrid event AI in Healthcare: from molecules to patents with AccelBio at GIMM!
🎤Thanks to Bruno Vitor & Anton Hutter and all 49 participants who joined us to discuss AI, innovation & IP in healthcare.
#AIinHealthcare #AccelBio #VennerShipley #BIOMICS #HealthTech #HorizonEurope
June 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Welcome Dr. John Ioannidis, member of the BIOMICS Societal Advisory Board, presenting at Faculdade Medicina, @ULisboa “Biases and reproducibility in the AI era”. 🔔 Happening now! #BIOMICS #HorizonEurope
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June 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Kudos to Daniel for the outstanding development of an approach to identify actigraphy-based markers of split shift work in submariners in a smooth interdisciplinary collaboration with Cátia Reis @gimmfoundation.bsky.social . ☀️🌒💪 Feedback is most welcome! 🙂
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM