I lead a young research group of enthusiastic biologists and data scientists interested in understanding how animal-microbiota interactions shape ecological and evolutionary processes.
My research is focused on understanding how animal-microbiota-environment interactions affect animal behaviour and its implication for animal ecology and evolution.
As the project and outreach manager for the 3D’omics project I am facilitating communication between the partners, help to keep the project on track, and convey our results to the public.
I am involved in optimising the lab procedures for the 3D’omics project, which aims to generate a 3D reconstruction of the animal-intestinal microbiota interactions.
I am an evolutionary biologist who explores the boundaries of species. With the hologenomics approach I will uncover the evolutionary interactions between two toad species, their microbiomes, and the notorious chytrid fungus.
I am fascinated by the co-evolution of microbes with their hosts. My research seeks to understand what these intimate relationships mean for animal health and evolution, with a particular focus on wild mammals.
I am an ecologist with knowledge on statistical modelling and data analysis. Currently, my research mainly focuses on studying microbial species distributions and diversity, as well as host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions.
My research focuses on how the hologenomic approach can be applied in the conservation of endangered animal species by pre-conditioning the microbiome of captive-bred individuals prior to their release into the wild.
I am a molecular biologist who has previously focused on the role of the intestine in relation to Type 2 Diabetes. My current research focuses on generating intestinal organoid models from a range of host animals as well as optimizing gut-on-a-chip technology.
I am an ecologist interested in the potential role played by metagenomic plasticity in biological invasions. My research focusses on studying gut microbial diversity in a native-invasive vertebrate system, and how it relates with dietary flexibility, resistance to parasites and animal personality.
Amalia is working in developing and implementing micro-scale metagenomics in the EU project 3D'omics.
Based at the University of Porto, the research of my Ph.D. focuses on the impacts that anthropogenic habitats have on the diet, microbiome, and genome of fire salamanders in the north-western Iberian Peninsula.
My PhD focuses around the ecological role of dry-stone walls on the preservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. I’m particularly interested in characterizing trophic interactions through metabarcoding.
I am studying how climate change is affecting bat hibernation and what changes in the transcriptome and metabolome are happening due to the prolonged winter inactivity.
My PhD focuses on exploring the gut microbiome of lizards and the interactions between these bacteria and their host. Thus, aiming to understand the role of gut microbes in lizard adaptation to different environments.
As a molecular biologist I perform DNA extractions and library building for the Earth Hologenome Initiative and I generate data used in projects investigating the interaction between vertebrates and their gut microbiome.
With a love for learning, DIY-projects, and microbiology, I assume the role as research assistant, where I help implement and optimise the AlberdiLab laboratory protocols for automation purposes.