Dr Ana C. da Silva
Ana joined us in August 2024 to decipher the broader role of codon usage on genome function and evolution.
Biography
Ana is a bioinformatician with extensive experience in wet-lab techniques. She has worked at the interface of basic and translational research, having explored different branches of the Tree of Life during her previous positions: Drosophila (exploring the molecular basis of cold resistance), microbes (using phenotypic and genomic approaches to investigate ecology and evolution of polymicrobial chronic wounds; and investigating the role of uncultured bacteria in the human gut) and plants (exploring genomic and physiological factors underlying salinity tolerance in Brassica). She took a position as a Research Associate in the SBLab to further expand her bioinformatic skills while testing evolutionary hypotheses using Drosophila as a model system.
Research positions
Research Associate (Aug 2024 - now)
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
Research Associate in Microbial Genomics (Mar 2023 - Aug 2024)
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK
Postdoctoral Researcher – Bioinformatics (Sep 2022 - Feb 2023)
School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK
Research Fellow in Microbiology and Materials (Nov 2018 - Dec 2021)
Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, UK
Professional internship placement (Sep 2017 - Dec 2017)
Costerton Biofilm Center, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Qualifications
- BSc in Bioinformatics, University of Nottingham, UK, Dec 2022
- PhD in Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology, University of Nottingham, UK, Jul 2019
- BSc in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Porto, Portugal, Sep 2014
- Lic in Biology with complementary formation in Chemistry, University of Porto, Portugal, Sep 2012