Hi, there! I'm a Biologist with a PhD in Genetics, passionate about understanding how species evolve using genomics approaches.
​Specifically, my interest lies in transposable elements (the jumping genes) and how they are sometimes repurposed by host genomes, a process known as molecular co-option or domestication. I am also fascinated by noncoding RNAs, the molecules that control gene expression. Together, mobile elements and noncoding RNAs form a dynamic network of interactions, often leading to what I call intragenomic conflicts.
Currently, I'm a ​Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow in Alex de Mendoza's lab at Queen Mary University of London, UK. My project will investigate the role of small RNAs in immunity and regulation of giant endogenous viral elements in eukaryotes (#SMALLGIANT).
​Follow below to learn more about my research, citizen science initiatives and perspectives.

Academic timeline

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2025 - current
​Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
​Queen Mary University of London
London, UK
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2022 - 2025
Postdoctoral Fellow 
​University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
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2018 - 2022
​PhD in Genetics
​Sao Paulo State University
Botucatu, Brazil
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2016 - 2018 
MSc in Genetics
​Sao Paulo State University
​Botucatu, Brazil
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2012 - 2016
​Degree in Biology
Ponta Grossa State University
Ponta Grossa, Brazil
If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off... no matter what they say.
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​- Barbara McClintock
Contact: [email protected]
Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=4ZEzu88AAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-2511-1746
Lattes: lattes.cnpq.br/4490996102143899
ResearchGate: ​www.researchgate.net/profile/Jordana-Oliveira-2