João Pedro Nogueira Marques (9917-41DB-73E5)

Curriculum Vitae

João Pedro Nogueira Marques

João Pedro Marques is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Evolutionary Genomics with the EVOCHANGE group at Associação BIOPOLIS, Portugal. His background includes a PhD in Biodiversity, Genetics, and Evolution from the University of Porto (co-awarded by Université de Montpellier, 2022), an MSc in Biochemistry specializing in Biomolecular Methods, and a BSc in Biochemistry from Universidade de Aveiro. Since 2014, João’s research has focused on speciation and population genetics, employing genome assembly, SNP calling, and annotation to address evolutionary questions across hares, mice, and other taxa. Research and Academic Metrics: 19 peer-reviewed articles across journals like Molecular Ecology and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Organized 4 scientific events, including the 7th International Mouse Meeting and the Genome Applications Symposium (BGE-ERGA). Co-supervised 2 PhD and 1 MSc student(s), supervised 1 MSc, and guided 2 undergraduate students. Key Scientific Contributions: Led projects using whole-genome sequencing to study divergence, gene flow, and adaptation in ecological contact zones, with a focus on hybridization and local adaptation. Pioneered approaches in population genomics and transcriptomics, utilizing high-throughput sequencing to generate insights into evolutionary dynamics under climate change. Developed frameworks contributing to conservation efforts and One Health monitoring through genomic surveillance. Professional and outreach engagement: Established an ongoing outreach program with a local high school, guiding students in genomics and wildlife health projects. Serves on committees within ERGA, focusing on data analysis and sequencing strategies. Actively collaborates with institutions across Europe and the USA, such as U. Montpellier and U. Montana. Presented at key international forums, including the World Lagomorph Conference and the World Biodiversity Forum. João’s expertise in evolutionary genomics and conservation genomics uniquely equips him to advance ecosystem health monitoring, aligning with sustainable wildlife disease management and biodiversity preservation.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: João Pedro Nogueira Marques

Citation names

Marques, João P.
Marques, João Pedro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9917-41DB-73E5
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9834-1361
AuthenticusID: R-00H-AFE
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=g3aEndwAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Researcher Id: M-6187-2013
Scopus Author Id: 56506389700

Email addresses

joao.marques@cibio.up.pt (Professional)

Websites

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9834-1361 (Professional)
https://cibio.up.pt/people/details/jpnmarques (Professional)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joao_Marques11 (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Genetics and Heredity

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2017/10/01 - 2022/04/19 Concluded	Génétique et Génomique (Doctorat) Université de Montpellier, France "Utilisation des outils génomiques pour comprendre la différenciation et le mélange des espèces chez les lièvres et les souris" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/09 - 2022/04/19 Concluded	Doutoramento em Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Using genomic tools to understand species differentiation and admixture in hares and mice." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015 Concluded	Bioinformatics in Health Sciences (Pós-Graduação) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18 out of 20
2012 Concluded	Bioquímica, Ramo 1 - Especialização em Métodos Biomoleculares (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Identification of determinants of resistance in P.falciparum - Proteomics approach 17 out of 20" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16 out of 20
2009 Concluded	Biochemistry (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Antioxidant effect of catalase- 16 out of 20" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	13 out of 20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/05 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

2016/10 - 2022/04	Researcher (Research)	Institut des sciences de l'évolution, France

2014/01 - 2022/04	Researcher (Research)	Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

2013/05/01 - 2014/01/31	Researcher (Research)	Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

2010/06/30 - 2010/09/01	Research Trainee (Research)	Universität Bremen, Germany

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2012/01/21 - 2012/12/31	Science promoter in the environmental educational project "H20 Indaqua - Água limpa para beber dá saúde e faz crescer"	INDAQUA, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/03/01 - Current	Biodiversity Genomics Europe 101059492 Post-doc Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2021/01/01 - Current	Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (InBIO) LA/P/0048/2020 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020/01/01 - Current	Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology UIDB/50027/2020 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020/01/01 - Current	Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology UIDP/50027/2020 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021/03/15 - 2022/02/28	HybridChange - The potential of hybridization to promote rapid adaptation during climate change PTDC/BIA-EVL/1307/2020 Post-doc Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology UID/BIA/50027/2019 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal Universidade do Minho Laboratório de Paisagens Património e Território, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2015/06 - 2017/02	HybridAdapt - Hybridization, adaptation and historical demography: a population genomics study FCT-ANR/BIA-EVF/0250/2012 Master Student Fellow Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal Institut des sciences de l'évolution, France	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2014/02 - 2015/05	Molecular and population genetic signatures of cytonuclear interactions: the Podarcis model EXPL/BIA-EVF/1283/2012 Master Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013/05 - 2014/01	Parathyroid hormone-related protein and Stanniocalcin: new metabolic hormones? info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/121279/PT Master Student Fellow Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal	Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper	Marques, João. "Genome-wide patterns of divergence among flat periwinkles: from ecotypes to species". 2015.
Conference poster	Costa, José; Pierre, Boursot; Melo-Ferreira, José; Marques, João Pedro. Corresponding author: Marques, João Pedro. "MitoCatch: Mitogenome extraction from whole genome sequencing.". Paper presented in 7th World Lagomorph Conference, 2024. Borges, J. Ricardo; Esteves, Pedro José; Melo-Ferreira, José; Marques, João Pedro. Corresponding author: Marques, João Pedro. "Dynamics and evolution of immune multigene families in Lagomorphs: a comparative genomics approach.". Paper presented in 7th World Lagomorph Conference, 2024. Marques, João Pedro. "MyxoHares: Unravelling the genomic landscape of myxomatosis susceptibility in Iberian hares". Paper presented in World Biodiversity Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 2024. Pires, Rodrigo; Melo-Ferreira, José; Pierre Boursot; Marques, João Pedro. Corresponding author: Marques, João Pedro. "Using genomics to dissect the underpinnings of behavioural differences in mice". Paper presented in XIX ENBE Annual Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, 2023. Marques, João Pedro; ALVES, Paulo C; Amorim, Isabel R; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Moura, Mónica; Sim-Sim, Manuela; Sousa-Santos, Carla; Sousa, Vitor C; Melo-Ferreira, José. Corresponding author: Marques, João Pedro. "A pilot initiative to sequence the genomes of portuguese species". Paper presented in GenomePT Symposium 2023, 2023. Marques, João P.; Melo-Ferreira, J.; Pierre, Boursot. "A genomic view of differentiation and admixture history between subspecies of the house mouse (Mus musculus)". Paper presented in II Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology – Montpellier, France, 2018. Marques, João P.; Melo-Ferreira, José. "The Role of Natural Selection in the Evolution of Lagomorphs". Paper presented in 5th World Lagomorph Conference 2016, 2016. Marques, João P.; Ferreira, Mafalda S.; Melo-Ferreira, José. "A guide to reconstruct “true” de novo transcriptomes". Paper presented in Congenomics 2016, 2016.
Journal article	Miranda, Inês; Melo-Ferreira, José; Marques, João Pedro. Corresponding author: Marques, João Pedro. "Promoting scientific literacy in high school: insights from short-term collaborative projects". European Journal of STEM Education (2025): Open access • Under revision Miranda, Inês; Fernandes, Íris; Ferreira, Tomás; Martins, E.; Mendonça, José; Mota, Francisco; Semblano, Pedro; et al. "A mudança sazonal da cor da pelagem como modelo de estudo da evolução em contexto escolar". Revista de Ciência Elementar 12 4 (2024): https://doi.org/10.24927/rce2024.042. Open access • 10.24927/rce2024.042 Moraga-Fernández, Alberto; de Sousa-Blanco, María; Marques, João Pedro; Queirós, João; Fernández-Melgar, Rubén; García-Álvarez, Olga; Alves, Paulo C.; Contreras, Marinela. "Impact of vaccination with the Anaplasma phagocytophilum MSP4 chimeric antigen on gene expression in the rabbit host". Research in Veterinary Science 178 (2024): 105370. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2024.105370. Published • 10.1016/j.rvsc.2024.105370 Marques, João P.; Alves, Paulo C.; Amorim, Isabel R.; Lopes, Ricardo J.; Moura, Monica; Myers, Eugene; Sim-sim, Manuela; et al. "Building a Portuguese coalition for biodiversity genomics". npj Biodiversity 3 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44185-024-00061-7. Published • 10.1038/s44185-024-00061-7 Mc Cartney, Ann M.; Formenti, Giulio; Mouton, Alice; De Panis, Diego; Marins, Luísa S.; Leitão, Henrique G.; Diedericks, Genevieve; et al. "The European Reference Genome Atlas: piloting a decentralised approach to equitable biodiversity genomics". npj Biodiversity 3 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44185-024-00054-6. Published • 10.1038/s44185-024-00054-6 Sario, Sara; Marques, João P.; Farelo, Liliana; Afonso, Sandra; Santos, Conceição; Melo-Ferreira, José. "Dissecting the invasion history of Spotted-Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) in Portugal using genomic data". BMC Genomics 25 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10739-8. Published • 10.1186/s12864-024-10739-8 Schelle, Luca; Côrte-Real, João Vasco; Fayyaz, Sharmeen; del Pozo Ben, Augusto; Shnipova, Margarita; Petersen, Moritz; Lotke, Rishikesh; et al. "Evolutionary and functional characterization of lagomorph guanylate-binding proteins: a story of gain and loss and shedding light on expression, localization and innate immunity-related functions". Frontiers in Immunology 15 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1303089. 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1303089 Maltseva, A.L.; Lobov, A.A.; Pavlova, P.A.; Panova, M.; Gafarova, E.R.; Marques, João Pedro; Danilov, L.G.; Granovitch, A.I.. Corresponding author: Granovitch, A.I.. "Orphan gene in Littorina: An unexpected role of symbionts in the host evolution". Gene 824 (2022): 146389. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2022.146389. 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146389 Neves, Fabiana; Marques, João Pedro; Areal, Helena; Pinto-Pinho, Patrícia; Colaço, Bruno; Melo-Ferreira, José; Fardilha, Margarida; Abrantes, Joana; Esteves, Pedro José. Corresponding author: Esteves, Pedro José. "TLR7 and TLR8 evolution in lagomorphs: different patterns in the different lineages". Immunogenetics 74 5 (2022): 475-485. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-022-01262-9. Published • 10.1007/s00251-022-01262-9 João P. Marques; Graciela Sotelo; Juan Galindo; Pragya Chaube; Diana Costa; Sandra Afonso; Marina Panova; et al. "Transcriptomic resources for evolutionary studies in flat periwinkles and related species". Scientific Data (2020): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0408-8. 10.1038/s41597-020-0408-8 Louro, Bruno; Marques, João Pedro; Manchado, Manuel; Power, Deborah M.; Campinho, Marco António. "Sole head transcriptomics reveals a coordinated developmental program during metamorphosis". Genomics 112 1 (2020): 592-602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2019.04.011. Published • 10.1016/j.ygeno.2019.04.011 Marques, João P; Seixas, Fernando A; Farelo, Liliana; Callahan, Colin M; Good, Jeffrey M; Montgomery, W Ian; Reid, Neil; et al. "An Annotated Draft Genome of the Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus)". Genome Biology and Evolution 12 1 (2019): 3656-3662. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz273. 10.1093/gbe/evz273 Giska, Iwona; Farelo, Liliana; Pimenta, João; Seixas, Fernando A; Ferreira, Mafalda S.; Marques, João Pedro; Miranda, Inês; et al. "Introgression drives repeated evolution of winter coat color polymorphism in hares". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 48 (2019): 24150-24156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910471116. Published • 10.1073/pnas.1910471116 Marques, João Pedro; Ferreira, Mafalda S.; Farelo, Liliana; Callahan, Colin M.; Hackländer, Klaus; Jenny, Hannes; Montgomery, W. Ian; et al. "Mountain hare transcriptome and diagnostic markers as resources to monitor hybridization with European hares". Scientific Data 4 1 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.178. Published • 10.1038/sdata.2017.178 Ferreira, Mafalda S.; Alves, Paulo C.; Callahan, Colin M.; Marques, João Pedro; Mills, L. Scott; Good, Jeffrey M.; Melo-Ferreira, José. "The transcriptional landscape of seasonal coat colour moult in the snowshoe hare". Molecular Ecology 26 16 (2017): 4173-4185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.14177. Published • 10.1111/mec.14177 Marques, João Pedro; Sotelo, Graciela; Larsson, Tomas; Johannesson, Kerstin; Panova, Marina; Faria, Rui. "Comparative mitogenomic analysis of three species of periwinkles: Littorina fabalis , L. obtusata and L. saxatilis". Marine Genomics 32 (2017): 41-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2016.10.006. Published • 10.1016/j.margen.2016.10.006 Marques, João Pedro; Farelo, Liliana; Vilela, Joana; Vanderpool, Dan; Alves, Paulo C.; Good, Jeffrey M.; Boursot, Pierre; Melo-Ferreira, José. "Range expansion underlies historical introgressive hybridization in the Iberian hare". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep40788. Published • 10.1038/srep40788 Louro, Bruno; Marques, João Pedro; Power, Deborah M.; Canário, Adelino V.M.. "Having a BLAST: Searchable transcriptome resources for the gilthead sea bream and the European sea bass". Marine Genomics 30 (2016): 67-71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2016.10.004. Published • 10.1016/j.margen.2016.10.004 Churcher, Allison M.; Hubbard, Peter C.; Marques, João Pedro; Canário, Adelino V. M.; Huertas, Mar. "Deep sequencing of the olfactory epithelium reveals specific chemosensory receptors are expressed at sexual maturity in the European eelAnguilla anguilla". Molecular Ecology 24 4 (2015): 822-834. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13065. Published • 10.1111/mec.13065
Preprint	Souto, João; Marques, João Pedro; Liliana Farelo; Costa, José; João Queirós; Christian Pietri; Fernando Ballesteros; et al. Corresponding author: Melo-Ferreira, José. "Genome admixture among four hare species in Iberia: focus on the broom hare (Lepus castroviejoi)". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.23.604737. 10.1101/2024.07.23.604737
Thesis / Dissertation	"Using genomic tools to understand species differentiation and admixture in hares and mice". PhD, Universidade do Porto, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/141124.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/09	MyxoHares: uma perspectiva genómica do impacto da mixomatose em lebres-ibéricas.	CICARC 2024 - Congresso Ibérico de Ciência Aplicada aos Recursos Cinegéticos Estação Biológica de Mértola (Mértola, Portugal)
2024/07	MyxoHares: Unravelling the genomic landscape of myxomatosis susceptibility in Iberian hares	7th World Lagomorph Conference Queen’s University (Belfast, United Kingdom)
2024/07	Exploring hybridization dynamics in Alpine hare species under climate-driven range shifts.	7th World Lagomorph Conference Queen’s University (Belfast, United Kingdom)
2024/07	Using sister taxa to unravel the role of demography and adaptation promoting divergence and admixture.	7th World Lagomorph Conference Queen’s University (Belfast, Portugal)
2024/06	Origins and admixture: The Iranian plateau as a house mouse arena.	7th International Mouse Meeting Associação BIOPOLIS (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2022/07	Inference of positive selection in the evolution of major Lagomorph lineages	6th World Lagomorph Conference Universite Montpellier (Montpellier, France)
2022/06	A successful Y chromosome lineage in regions of admixture between house mouse subspecies.	VIth Mouse Symposium Universite Montpellier (Montpellier, France)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/10 - 2027/12	The adaptive potential of sharks in a changing ocean: insights from comparative and population genomics Co-supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Université de Montpellier, France Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal Centre pour la Biodiversité Marine l'Exploitation et la Conservation, France
2023/03/01 - 2027	The causes and consequences of ancient hybridization among hares (Lepus spp.) Co-supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024/01 - 2026/07	The dynamics of immune gene family evolution in Lagomorphs: a comparative genomics approach Supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2025 - 2026	The impact of genetic admixture between hare species in the Alps Supervisor of Pedro Lucas Assunção de Sousa	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/07/26	Understanding the genetic determinants of behaviour differences between the sister species Mus spicilegus and Mus macedonicus using whole genome sequencing data Supervisor	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/06/26	Studying the impact of climate change on genetic exchanges between hares across French Alps contact zone Supervisor	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/11/17	Using genomics to dissect the history of divergence and hybridization in the sister broom and Corsican hares (Lepus spp.). Co-supervisor	Mestrado em Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master) Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/08/27 - Current	XX Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva (2024/12/19 - 2024/12/20) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2024/09/20 - 2024/10/10	Genome Applications Symposium - BGE and ERGA (2024/09/30 - 2024/10/01) Symposium (Other)	Biodiversity Genomics Europe, Netherlands European Reference Genome Atlas, Belgium
2024/03/03 - 2024/06/16	7th International Mouse Meeting (2024/06/04 - 2024/06/06) Congress (Co-organisor)	Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal Universidade do Porto Departamento de Biologia, Portugal Université de Montpellier, France Institut des sciences de l'évolution, France
2023/05 - 2023/06	Workshop: "Introduction to Galaxy and VGP Assembly Pipeline". Part of ERGA-Portugal knowledge transfer activities (2023/05/18 - 2023/06/15) Workshop (Co-organisor)	European Reference Genome Atlas, Belgium
2016/05/03 - 2016/05/06	Congenomics (2016/05/03 - 2016/05/06) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/06/17 - 2019/06/21	Advanced Python for Biologists - by Dr. Martin Jones Workshop	Advanced Python for Biologists PR Statistics, United Kingdom
2018/01/21 - 2018/02/03	Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics (WPSG) - Ceský Krumlov, Czech Republic - The WPSG brings together an international faculty members and participants to study and discuss current ideas and techniques for the analysis of genomic data on the level of populations and closely related species. Consists of a series of lectures, demonstrations and computer laboratories that cover theory and practice of population and speciation genomics Link: https://evomics.org/people/participants/workshop-on-population-and-speciation-genomics/ Workshop	Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics Universität Basel, Switzerland
2017/03/04 - 2017/03/20	Programming for Evolutionary Biology (PEB) - Leipzig. The PEB course brings together scientists broadly interested in applying bioinformatic tools to answer evolutionary and ecological questions. Unlike other courses, it aims to serve as a platform for discussing common programming pitfalls encountered during research and features workshops to further develop participants’ bioinformatic skills. Link: http://evop.bioinf.uni-leipzig.de/?page_id=199 Workshop	Programming for Evolutionary Biology Universität Leipzig Research Academy Leipzig, Germany

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/11/21	The evolutionary history of the yellow coat colour in the Iberian wolf (Thesis) Main arguer	Catarina Rafaela Magalhães Garcês (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/12	Using genomics to dissect the history of divergence and hybridization in the sister broom and Corsican hares (Lepus spp.) Supervisor	João Manuel Meira do Souto (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2022 - Current	Associação Portuguesa de Biologia Evolutiva (APBE; Portuguese Society for Evolutionary Biology)	Member
2022 - Current	World Lagomorph Society	Member
2021 - Current	Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE)	Member
2021 - Current	The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) initiative	Member
2021 - Current	The European Reference Genome Atlas - Portugal (ERGA-PT)	Executive coordinatinator
2018 - Current	European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB)	Member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	ERGA - Data Analysis Committee (Steering Committee) Member	European Reference Genome Atlas, Belgium
2022 - Current	ERGA - Sequencing and Assembly Committee (Steering Committee) Member	European Reference Genome Atlas, Belgium

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2018 - Current	Reviewer for 4 journals

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2024/07 - Current	Master Student - Population Genomics - Studying the impact of climate change on genetic exchanges between hares across French Alps contact zone	Pedro Lucas Assunção de Sousa
2023 - Current	Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher: Transcriptomics in the Thoropa miliaris group	Ariadne Sabbag
2023 - Current	Research Technician	Joana Pinto
2016 - Current	Research Technician	Liliana Farelo
2023/10 - 2027	PhD Student - Genomics - PomeSafe: Improved sustainable management of Erwinia amylovora through integrative multi-omics, detection and green chemistry approaches	Laura Silva Ferreira Regalado
2024 - 2024	Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher: RNA sequencing data analysis - Impact of vaccination with the Anaplasma phagocytophilum MSP4 chimeric antigen on gene expression in the rabbit host	Marinela Contreras
2021 - 2024	PhD Student - Population Genomics - DrosuGreen: Controlling the quarantine pest Drosophila suzukii through epidemiological studies and new Green biocontrol techniques (PTDC/ASP-PLA/4477/2020)	Sara Judite Pais Sario
2020 - 2021	Master Student - FlexOmics: Flexible Toolkit for Genomic Statistical Analysis	Jorge Miguel Gonçalves Simões

Distinctions

Other distinction

2016	PhD grant Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal