Presentation

Motivated by my interests in protein evolution and engineering, data science, R programming language and bioinformatics, I decided to start a project. The Evolutionary Biochemist is my project to share knowledge about themes related to evolutionary biochemistry, as well as my own research. But more importantly, I want this website to become a resource where other researchers and students can learn computational tools for analyzing, visualizing and publishing data in evolutionary biochemistry and related fields. Initially, I will focus on tools developed by the community centered on the R programming language. When necessary, I will integrate tools developed in Python, but within the R environment. I hope you enjoy the content and help me to improve it.

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Interests
  • Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular biology
  • Biophysics
  • Microbiology
  • Genomics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Computational biology
  • Evolutionary biology
  • Data science
  • R/Python programming language
Education

  • International Max Planck Research School Principles of Microbial Life, 2022-present

    Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

  • MSc in Biotechnology of Natural Resources, 2019-2021

    Universidade Federal do Ceará

  • BSc in Biotechnology, 2014-2018

    Universidade Federal do Ceará

Skills

R

beginner user and developer

Python

beginner user and developer

Statistics

frequentist trying to become Bayesian

Data visualization

base R and ggplot2

Genomics

gene annotation, synteny and expression analysis

Molecular phylogenetics

phylogeny reconstruction, selection analysis, ancestral sequence reconstruction

Protein biochemistry

protein purification and crystallization

Structural bioinformatics

Bio3D and GROMACS

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Laboratório de Biocristalografia
Scientific Initiation Scholarship - CNPq (20H)
Laboratório de Biocristalografia
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 Fortaleza

Responsibilities include:

  • Research
 
 
 
 
 
Laboratório de Biocristalografia
Scientific Initiation Scholarship - CNPq (20H)
Laboratório de Biocristalografia
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 Fortaleza

Responsibilities include:

  • Research
 
 
 
 
 
Laboratório de Biocristalografia
Scientific Initiation Scholarship - CAPES (20H)
Laboratório de Biocristalografia
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 Fortaleza

Responsibilities include:

  • Research

Accomplish­ments

Heme proteins as biological switches (8H)
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Feb 2018 – Feb 2018
Minicourse taught by professor Dra. Marie-Alda Gilles-Gonzalez from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, visiting researcher at UFC, funded by CAPES.

Recent Posts

My personal blog section
Welcome to The Evolutionary Biochemist. Here, I will post tutorials related to bioinformatics and data analyses using R and Python, research commentaries, papers and books reviews, events, and other things.
Dec 30, 2022 1 min read R, research, tutorials

Projects

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All Globins Legume lectins Galectins Asparaginases
Engineering asparaginases by ancestral sequence reconstruction
We aim to engineer asparaginases with new properties applying the ancestral sequence reconstruction approach.
Evolution and conformational dynamics of legume lectins (subtribe Diocleinae)
We aim to investigate the evolution and conformational dynamics of legume lectins of the Diocleinae subtribe through structural bioinformatics, computational molecular evolution, unsupervised machine learning, and experimental biochemistry approaches.
Structure, function, and evolution of galectins in chordates
We aim to investigate the galectin gene family of chordates and their protein products using comparative genomics, structural bioinformatics, unsupervised machine learning, computational molecular evolution and experimental biochemistry approaches.
Structure, function, and evolution of globins in the amphibians
We aim to investigate the globin gene family of amphibians and their protein products using comparative genomics, structural bioinformatics, computational molecular evolution and experimental biochemistry approaches.
Structure, function, and evolution of globins in the amphibians

Publications

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João Pedro Fernandes Queiroz, Marcos Roberto Lourenzoni, Bruno Anderson Matias da Rocha (2022). Structural evolution of an amphibian-specific globin: a computational evolutionary biochemistry approach. In CBPD.

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João Pedro Fernandes Queiroz, Nicholas Costa Barroso Lima, Bruno Anderson Matias da Rocha (2021). The rise and fall of globins in the amphibia. In CBPD.

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Minicourses and workshops

Manuscritos e relatórios de pesquisa computacionalmente reproduzíveis com R Markdown
R Markdown é uma simples sintaxe de formatação para autoria de documentos HTML, PDF e MS Word que consegue integrar texto e código de diferentes linguagens como R e Python, possibilitando a manipulação de dados, análise estatística, escrita e visualização num único ambiente.
Dec 30, 2022 R, R Markdown

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