Miguel Rocha
Associate Professor with Habilitation
- Research Line: Industrial Biotechnology and Bioengineering
- Research Group: BISBI
- Lab.: Bioinformatics Laboratory
- 253 604 456 (lab)
- mrocha@di.uminho.pt
- https://www.ceb.uminho.pt/People/Profile/mrocha
Career
- Since 2017: Associate Professor with Habilitation, Universidade do Minho
- 2012 - 2017: Associate Professor, Universidade do Minho
- 2004 - 2012: Assistant Professor, Universidade do Minho
Qualifications
- 2004: Doutoramento em Informática, Universidade do Minho
Roles and Responsibilities
- Since 2015: Program Director, Master Program in Bioinformatics
- 2013 - 2013: Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Research Unit, Computer Science and Technology Centre
- 2010 - 2013: Director of Research Unit, Computer Science and Technology Centre
- Since 2010: Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of Department, Department of Informatics
- Since 2010: Member of Program Studies Steering Committee, Master Program in Bioinformatics - Biological Sciences
- 2007 - 2010: Program Director, Master Program in Bioinformatics - Biological Sciences
- 2005 - 2009: Associate Diretor of Research Unit, Computer Science and Technology Centre
Laboratory Management
- Executive Director at Bioinformatics Laboratory (LBIOINF)
Courses
- Bioinformatics ( Master Program in Bioinformatics - TI )
- Computation and Programming ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
- Bioinformatics ( Integrated Master in Biomedical Engineering )
Research Interests
- Docente integrado na subunidade: Centro de Engenharia Biológica
Past Projects
- 2020 - 2024: GLOMICAVE - Global Omic Data Integration on Animal, Vegetal and Environment Sectors (Team Member)
- 2020 - 2020: Summer School - Summer School in Constraint Based Reconstruction and Analysis of metabolic models (Team Member)
- 2019 - 2022: DeepBio - Machine learning and deep learning approaches to industrial biotechnology applications (PI)
- 2019 - 2023: SHIKIFACTORY100 - Modular cell factories for the production of 100 compounds from the shikimate pathway (PI)
- 2018 - 2021: ViralFP - Using computational and experimental methods to provide a global characterization of viral fusion peptides (PI)
- 2017 - 2021: Biodata.pt - Portuguese Biological Data Network (Team Member)
- 2017 - 2021: BBRI - Biomass and Bioenergy Research Infrastructure (Team Member)
- 2016 - 2020: BioTecNorte - Underpinning Biotechnology to foster the north of Portugal bioeconomy (Team Member)
- 2016 - 2020: DD-Decaf - Bioinformatics Services for Data-Driven Design of Cell Factories and Communities (Team Member)
- 2016 - 2018: SISBI - Intelligent decision support system for Industrial Biotechnology (PI)
- 2015 - 2018: DYNAMICS - Analysis and optimization of industrial microorganisms under dynamic process conditions (Team Member)
- 2014 - 2017: DeYeast Library - Designer yeast strain library optimized for metabolic engineering applications (Team Member)
- 2014 - 2016: PropMine - Development of tools for the description and classification of Brazilian propolis using metabolomics and data mining (PI)
- 2012 - 2015: PEM - Platform for Metabolic Engineering (Team Member)
- 2011 - 2014: ToMEGIM - Computational Tools for Metabolic Engineering using Genome-scale Integrated Models (PI)
- 2011 - 2013: PNEUMONIAE - In silico reconstruction of Streptococcus pneumoniae cellular networks and their impact on virulence (Team Member)
- 2010 - 2013: HeliSysBio - Molecular Systems Biology Helicobacter pylori (Team Member)
- 2009 - 2012: MPP-SYSBIOL - Bridging Systems and Synthetic Biology for the development of Improved Microbial Cell Factories (Team Member)
- 2008 - 2011: SYSINBIO - Systems Biology as a Driver for Industrial Biotechnology (Team Member)
- 2007 - 2009: FLAD - UCIRVINE - Machine Learning Applications in Systems Biology Research (PI)
- 2007 - 2009: UVIGO - Development of a case-based reasoning tool for cancer diagnosis using microarray datasets (Team Member)
- 2006 - 2008: Robótica Educativa - A Robótica Educativa no Ensino Básico (PI)
- 2005 - 2008: MOBioPro - Nature-based computation in the modeling and optimization of biotechnological processes (PI)
- 2005 - 2006: UM/UCL - Internet Congestion Control Using Neural Networks (Team Member)
- 2003 - 2005: POSI/ROBO - Inteligent Agents Simulation and the ROBOCUP (Team Member)
Supervision of Researchers
- João Manuel Capela Araújo Ribeiro - PhD Student
- Luciana de Jesus dos Santos Peixoto - Collaborator (PhD)
- Nadine Castelhano Santos - PhD Student
- Nuno Miguel Caetano Alves - PhD Student
- Pedro Daniel Martins Moreira - PhD Student (External)
Recent Publications
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