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Yasmin Silveira, MSc

UFRGS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Area of Focus

  • Trainee
  • Collaboration
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Genetics
  • GWAS
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurogenetics
  • Neurology
  • Polygenic Risk Score (PRS)

Biography

I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Pelotas in 2020. I hold a Master’s degree from the Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, where I am currently pursuing a PhD in the same program. During my undergraduate and Master’s studies, I researched the emergence of the P element, a transposable element, in the genome of Drosophila simulans and conducted a comparative analysis with the P element found in various species of the Sophophora subgenus. For my PhD, I shifted research areas, and I am currently studying the relationship between somatic mutations, deviations in patterns of brain asymmetry, and neurodevelopmental disorder levels.