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Gabriel Pina
PhD Student · Bioinformatics
UESC — Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
Experience
Hard Skills:
- Python, R and Bash
- Linux, Bioconda and Docker
- Quarto and Shiny
Know-How:
- Biostatistics, NGS Data and Pipeline Development
- Genomics and Transcriptomics
- Dashboards and Biological Databases
PhD (2025 — current)
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brazil | Ilhéus, BA
PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology
Working with the ViralQuest pipeline, a tool designed to characterize viral sequences in contigs samples. Check the GitHub repository.
Master’s Degree (2023 — 2025)
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brazil | Ilhéus, BA
MSc. in Genetics and Molecular Biology
Experience and published works in viral genomic surveillance of Theobroma cacao public data — screening novel viral putative sequences in RNA-Seq libraries from public databases.
Worked with identification of PRRs and NLRs genes in Theobroma cacao RNA-Seq data: differential gene expression between tissues, genotypes and conditions inoculated with P. megakarya.
Bachelor’s Degree (2018 — 2022)
Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia, Brazil | Itabuna, BA
Bachelor in Interdisciplinary Sciences
Worked with chemodiversity of native Atlantic forest plant populations of Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi.