Career Development Plan

Over the next two years the researcher aims to consolidate a strong background and expertise in computational biology approaches designed to tackle problems with a strong impact in public health and clinical research These are not only pervasive skills in research but also relevant to a variety of sectors outside academia especially given the vast accumulation of biological information over the last two decades Accordingly a major strength of this proposal is the use of exhaustive interdisciplinary approaches combining bioinformatics methods and multiomics data eg genome transcriptome and epigenome with gene expression manipulation applied in mammalian cells and mice In parallel the researcher will supervise young researchers one MSc student per year and lecturing undergrad students the MSc in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at FCTNOVA enhancing his prospects of a tenuretrack position at the University He will also manage the collaboration between the host lab and Dr Michael Potente which will allow him to have a pivotal role in the scientific communication between the groups and participate in the decisionmaking and experimental plan of the collaboration Moreover the researcher will present and discuss his most recent work in internal seminars at the host institution at least once a year attend at least 2 international conferences on which Marie Curie funding will be referenced and acknowledged These aforementioned activities will allow the researcher to improve his leadership and communication skills and contribute to establish him as an independent researcher able to analyze complex biological big data and find novel associations between multiomics data pinpoint relevant biomarkers of disease and physiology