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Ana Rita do Nascimento Baião holds a master's degree in Biomedical Engineering (concluded in 2022) by Instituto Superior Técnico (IST-UL), having obtained 5 Academic Merit Diplomas. Currently, she is a PhD student in Computer Science and Engineering at IST-UL and INESC-ID, focusing on the development of computational approaches and machine learning models to analyze high-dimensional biological data in the context of precision cancer medicine.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Rita do Nascimento Baião

Citation names

  • Baião, A.R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
921E-BA25-1A0D
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2377-8080

Email addresses

  • ana.rita.baiao@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Websites

  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-rita-baião-a89182237/ (Social media)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/10 - 2028
Ongoing
 Computer Science and Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/09 - 2022/11
Concluded
 Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Sparse and Interpretable Models for Drug Mechanism-of-Action Discovery" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2017/09 - 2020/06
Concluded
 Engenharia Biomédica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/02 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/11 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/07 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01 - 2023/09 MATISSE: A machine learning-based forecasting system for shellfish safety
DSAIPA/DS/0026/2019
Research Fellow
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Ana Rita Baião; Carolina Peixoto; Marta B. Lopes; Pedro Reis Costa; Alexandra M. Carvalho; Susana Vinga. "Evaluating the Causal Role of Environmental Data in Shellfish Biotoxin Contamination on the Portuguese Coast". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-49011-8_26
Journal article
  1. Ana R Baião; Zhaoxiang Cai; Rebecca C Poulos; Phillip J Robinson; Roger R Reddel; Qing Zhong; Susana Vinga; Emanuel Gonçalves. "A technical review of multi-omics data integration methods: from classical statistical to deep generative approaches". Briefings in Bioinformatics (2025): https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbaf355.
    10.1093/bib/bbaf355
  2. Zhaoxiang Cai; Sofia Soares de Albergaria Apolinário; Ana R. Baião; Clare Pacini; Miguel D. Sousa; Susana Vinga; Roger Reddel; et al. "Synthetic augmentation of cancer cell line multi-omic datasets using unsupervised deep learning". Nature Communications (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54771-4.
    10.1038/s41467-024-54771-4
Preprint
  1. Zhaoxiang Cai; Sofia Apolinário; Ana R. Baião; Clare Pacini; Miguel D. Sousa; Susana Vinga; Roger R Reddel; et al. "Synthetic augmentation of cancer cell line multi-omic datasets using unsupervised deep learning". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.26.600742.
    10.1101/2024.06.26.600742
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2020/11 - 2021/03 VI Bioengineering Week as IST (2021/03/08 - 2021/03/12)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020/11 - 2021/11 Associação dos Estudantes do Instituto Superior Técnico (AEIST) Corporate Relations Collaborator
2020/09 - 2021/08 Núcleo de Engenharia Biomédica do Instituto Superior Técnico Academic and Cultural Department Collaborator

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/06 - 2024/06 Visit to ETH Zurich as part of the INESC-ID team, within the framework of the OLISSIPO project.
2024/04 - 2024/05 Visiting PhD Student at EMBL, Heidelberg. European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2023/03 - 2023/03 Visit to INRIA, Lyon as part of the INESC-ID team, within the framework of the OLISSIPO project.
2022/11/21 - 2022/11/25 Visit to EMBL Heidelberg as part of the INESC-ID team, within the framework of the OLISSIPO project. European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
Distinctions

Award

2022 Academic Excellence Diploma 2021/22
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021 Academic Excellence Diploma 2020/21
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020 Academic Merit Diploma 2019/20
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 Academic Merit Diploma 2018/19
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 Academic Merit Diploma 2017/18
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal