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Molecular data analyst | PhD in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution
Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Technical Writing,
General Proofreading & Editing
Research
Fact Checking,
Gap Analysis,
Scientific and Technical Research,
Systematic Literature Review
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI
Statistical Analysis,
Image Processing,
Image Analysis,
Data Visualization,
Big Data Analytics,
Data Processing
Work Experience
Researcher
University of Minho
2025 - 2026 
PhD student
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
2019 - 2026
Research technician
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
2018 - 2019
Education
PhD in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
2019 - 2026
Master's Degree
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
2015 - 2017
First Degree (Department of Biology)
Universidade do Porto
2011 - 2014
Certifications
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ana Pereira, Jennifer Scott, Andrei Sarlea, Rosanne Sprute, Robina Aerts, Cornelia Lass-Flörl, Malgorzata Mikulska, Sarah Sedik, Carolina Garcia-Vidal, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, et al. (2026). Treatment Monitoring and Outcome Prediction in Invasive Aspergillosis Using Immunologic Markers . The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Ana Pereira, Anya Brown, Davis Strobel, Marta C. Soares, Raquel Xavier, Amy Apprill, Paul Sikkel (2024). Effects of two common antibiotics on the skin microbiome of ornamental reef fishes: Implications for manipulative experiments in microbial dynamics . Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries.
Ana Pereira, Abderrahim S’Khifa, Mohamed Amine Samlali, Tahar Slimani, D. James Harris, Raquel Xavier (2023). Exploring the dietary niche of Atlantolacerta andreanskyi (Lacertidae) using DNA metabarcoding . Herpetozoa.
Ana Pereira, Diana S. Vasconcelos, D. James Harris, Isabel Damas-Moreira, Raquel Xavier (2023). Factors shaping the gut microbiome of five species of lizards from different habitats . PeerJ.
Ana Pereira, Marta C. Soares, Teresa Santos, Ana Poças, Marcos Pérez-Losada, Amy Apprill, Paul C. Sikkel, Raquel Xavier (2023). Reef Location and Client Diversity Influence the Skin Microbiome of the Caribbean Cleaner Goby Elacatinus evelynae . Microbial Ecology.
Ana Pereira, Mohamed Amine Samlali, Abderrahim S’Khifa, Tahar Slimani, D James Harris (2021). A pilot study on the use of DNA metabarcoding for diet analysis in a montane amphibian population from North Africa . African Journal of Herpetology.
A metabarcoding approach detects rare blood parasites in fossorial amphisbaenians @article {
author = {Harris, D. James and Perera, Ana},
title = {A metabarcoding approach detects rare blood parasites in fossorial amphisbaenians},
journal = {North-Western Journal of Zoology},
volume = {16},
number = {1},
year = {2020},
month = {jun}
}. North-Western Journal of Zoology.
Ana Pereira, Raquel Xavier, Ana Perera, Daniele Salvi, D James Harris(2019). DNA metabarcoding to assess diet partitioning and feeding strategies in generalist vertebrate predators: a case study on three syntopic lacertid lizards from Morocco . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Oxford University Press ({OUP})
Moroccan herpetofauna distribution updates including a DNA barcoding approach @article {
author = {Rosado, Daniela and Harris, D. James and Perera, Ana and Jorge, Fátima and Tomé, Beatriz and Damas-Moreira, Isabel and Tavares, Isabel and et al.},
title = {Moroccan herpetofauna distribution updates including a DNA barcoding approach},
journal = {Herpetozoa},
volume = {28},
number = {3},
pages = {171--178},
year = {2016},
month = {jan}
}. Herpetozoa.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACT
CAGED GILTHEAD SEABREAM LIKES BITING THE NETS. SO WHAT? @inproceedings {
author = {Canada, Paula and Costas, Benjamin and Xavier, Raquel and Santos, Miguel and Couto, Ana and Cerqueira, Marco and FERNANDEZ-BOO, SERGIO and et al.},
title = {CAGED GILTHEAD SEABREAM LIKES BITING THE NETS. SO WHAT?},
address = {Funchal},
year = {2021},
month = {oct}
}. Aquaculture Europe 2021.
Exploring the diversity, distribution and host-specificity of haemogregarine parasites infecting lizards in the Canary Islands @inproceedings {
author = {Tomé, Beatriz and Pereira, Ana and Jorge, Fátima and Carretero, Miguel A. and Harris, D. James and Perera, Ana},
title = {Exploring the diversity, distribution and host-specificity of haemogregarine parasites infecting lizards in the Canary Islands},
address = {Salamanca},
year = {2018},
month = {jul}
}. XIX Congreso Español de Herpetología – XV Congreso Luso-Español de Herpetología.
Learning skills in an invasive lizard @inproceedings {
author = {Damas-Moreira, Isabel and Pereira, Ana and Oliveira, Daniel and Santos, Joana L and Riley, Julia and Harris, D. James and Whiting, Martin},
title = {Learning skills in an invasive lizard },
year = {2017},
month = {dec}
}. Australasian Evolution Society Conference.
Paterns of diversification of parasites infecting reptiles in the Canary Islands: Different parasites, same answers? @inproceedings {
author = {Perera, Ana and Tomé, Beatriz and Sousa, Amanda and Pereira, Ana and Carretero, Miguel A. and Harris, D. James and Roca, Vicente and Jorge, Fátima},
title = {Paterns of diversification of parasites infecting reptiles in the Canary Islands: Different parasites, same answers?},
address = {Terceira Island},
year = {2016},
month = {jul}
}. II International Conference on Island Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation.
Variation in parasitaemia levels of blood parasites in reptiles endemic to the Canary Islands @inproceedings {
author = {Pereira, Ana and Perera, Ana and Jorge, Fátima and Harris, D. James},
title = {Variation in parasitaemia levels of blood parasites in reptiles endemic to the Canary Islands},
address = {Aveiro},
year = {2014},
month = {oct}
}. XIII Iberian Congress of Herpetology.
PREPRINT
Rosado D, Pérez-Losada M, Pereira A, Severino R, Xavier R(2020). Effects of aging on the skin and gill microbiota of farmed seabass and seabream .
CONFERENCE POSTER
Apicomplexa parasites of the European pilchard, Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) from Portuguese waters @misc {
author = {Barroso, Ricardo Alexandre and Saraiva, Aurélia and Pereira, Ana and Xavier, Raquel},
title = {Apicomplexa parasites of the European pilchard, Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) from Portuguese waters},
year = {2020}
}. IJUP - Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto.
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