Inês Raimundo

PhD Students

PhD student

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Bld. 2, Lev. 2, Sea Side, 2246-WS14, +966 54 377 92 78

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Biography

​With a strong background in biology, marine ecology, microbiology and biotechnology, I am particularly interested in marine bacterial communities, their ecological and functional role in marine environments and their biotechnological potential. I am currently doing my PhD and it will involve the study of the diversity and ecology of marine ultramicrobacteria across distant and different marine environments with the aim to explore and unveil more about this intringuing tiny organisms, their morphology, ecology and potential biotechnological applications.

Research Interests

Marine Metagenomics; Marine Microbial Ecology; Microbial Cultivation; Functional and comparative genomics; Blue Biotechnology

Selected Publications

  • Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Octocoral-Associated Microbes—New Chances for Blue Growth. Raimundo, I.; Silva, S. G.; Costa, R.; Keller-Costa, T.; Mar. Drugs 2018, 16, 485. doi:10.3390/md16120485

Education

  • ​M.Sc., Biotechnology, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon University, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018
  • B.Sc., Biology – Environmental Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lisbon University, Lisbon Portugal, 2016

Professional Profile

  •  2015 – 2019: Dive Master Assistant, Lisbon Diving School (EML), Portugal.
  • 2017 – 2018: PhD student in the Marine Metagenomics and Microbial Ecology group, supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the research grants EXPL/MAR-EST/1664/2013 and PTDC/MAR-BIO/1547/2014.), Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 2018: Lab Technician, SGS Molecular, TecLabs, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • October 2018 – February 2019: Research Fellow, Microbial Ecology and Marine Metagenomics group, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.

Awards

Certificate of Academic Achievement, 1st year of the Bachelor’s Degree in Biology.
Certificate of Academic Achievement, 1st and 2nd year of the Master’s Degree in Biotechnology.

KAUST Affiliations

​Red Sea Research Centre (RSRC)
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE)

Research Interests Keywords

Biological Networks and Interactions Genomics Marine Ecology Marine Microbiology