Ana Rita Grosso

Ana Rita Grosso is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Life Sciences, NOVA School of Science and Technology (FCT-NOVA), NOVA University Lisbon, and heads the Computational Multi-Omics Group. Since 2018 she has built an independent research program focused on leveraging multi-omics to decode cancer and other pathologies.

Education

• PhD in Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (iMM/FMUL, 2010)
• MSc in Bioinformatics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FCUL-IGC, 2006)
• Licenciatura (BSc) in Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FCUL, 2002)

Research Interests

Grosso’s work sits at the intersection of computational biology, bioinformatics, and biomedicine. She integrates large-scale genomics, transcriptomics, and epigenomics datasets to uncover molecular events underlying tumor evolution, metastasis, and tissue-specific splicing regulation, aiming to translate findings into biomarkers and therapeutic targets.

Scientific Awards & Grants

• 3 × Pfizer Awards for Basic Research
• 10 competitive project grants (4 as PI/Co-PI, 6 as team member)
• 4 salary/stipend grants (PhD, Post-Doc, and 2 research contracts)
• EMBO Workshop Grant

Advising & Training

She has supervised 4 PostDocs, 3 PhD students, 3 MSc fellows, 10 MSc students, 7 BSc students, and numerous short-term trainees, while teaching Genomics and Computational Biology courses at FCT-NOVA.

Laboratory & Teams

She founded and leads the Computational Multi-Omics Lab at FCT-NOVA, an interdisciplinary team applying systems-biology approaches to cancer and biomedical questions.