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Ana Barbosa

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Ana BarbosaiD1 paper · Universidade do Porto

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Bioinformatics· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1

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Albert Parker· 1 shared Christopher J. Jones· 1 shared Darla M. Goeres· 1 shared Davide Rafael Lagoa· 1 shared Diogo LimaiD· 1 shared Emanuel CunhaiD· 1 shared Eugénio Campos FerreiraiD· 1 shared Fernando CruziD· 1 shared

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2022-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Recent·Most cited

Single-probe, amplification-free multiplex mRNA PNA-FISH maps bacterial gene expression in intact three-dimensional biofilms

Ana Barbosa, Heidi J. Smith, Albert Parker, Christopher J. Jones, Darla M. Goeres, Nuno F. Azevedo, Laura Cerqueira

This paper develops a single-probe, amplification-free PNA-FISH method to map bacterial gene expression in 3D biofilms, showing it accurately captures transcriptional changes without amplification.

bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

merlin v4.0: an updated platform for the reconstruction of high-quality genome-scale metabolic models

João Capela, Davide Rafael Lagoa, Rúben Rodrigues, Emanuel Cunha, Fernando Cruz, Ana Barbosa, José Roberto Henrique Bastos, Diogo Lima, Eugénio Campos Ferreira, Miguel Rocha, Óscar Dias

merlin v4.0 improves genome-scale metabolic model reconstruction with new algorithms and tools, supporting multiple organisms and offering competitive performance.

Nucleic Acids Research · Jun 13, 2022Peer-reviewedBioinformatics