Alexandre Almeida

  • Theme Lead, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics
Available to supervise doctoral students
Available to supervise masters students
Alexandre Almeida

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About

Principal Investigator, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Alex Almeida combines computational and experimental approaches to understand the biological role of hidden gut-associated bacteria, and to explore their antimicrobial potential. Learn more. 

Research Areas

  • Human microbiome
  • Genomics
  • Bacterial evolution
  • Host adaptation
  • Antimicrobials

Techniques

  • Bioinformatics
  • Metagenomics
  • Phylogenetics
  • Statistics
  • Molecular biology

Areas for Collaboration

  • Machine learning
  • Metabolomics
  • Human genetics
  • Host-pathogen interactions
  • Phage biology 

Research Theme

Functional and Evolutionary Genomics

Infection and Immunity

    

 

Teaching and supervision

Available to supervise doctoral students
Available to supervise masters students