MSc Student
Mariana Fernandes was a student from the MSc in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto. In 2021, she concluded a BSc in Biology from the same institution.
Mariana’s MSc thesis project “Designing Optimal 3D Enzyme Computational Models for Efficient Plastic Degradation” aimed to optimize enzymes responsible for plastic degradation using computational methodologies, including 3D modeling and data mining. The work was developed under the supervision of Dr. João Carneiro (CIIMAR), Dr. Sérgio Sousa (BioSIM), and Dr. Diogo Pratas (Univ Aveiro).
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