Sofia Marcos

Sofia Marcos serves as a Guest Researcher in the Section for Hologenomics at the Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen. Her work focuses on advancing hologenomic methodologies through computational genomics, particularly in agricultural species research.

Her primary research interests center on hologenomics—the integrated study of host genomes and symbiotic microbial communities—and pangenomics. She specializes in developing graph-based genomic references for detecting structural variants, with significant contributions to chicken genome analysis. This work bridges evolutionary biology, agricultural genomics, and host-microbe interaction studies, offering applications in sustainable farming and biodiversity conservation.

Her documented research output includes a 2023 BMC Biology publication establishing a pangenome graph for 30 chicken genomes, enabling high-resolution structural variant genotyping. This study demonstrates technical innovation in genomic data analysis and positions her within international agricultural genomics collaborations.

As part of the University of Copenhagen's Globe Institute, Marcos operates within the Section for Hologenomics, contributing to interdisciplinary research on hologenomic systems through computational approaches and cross-institutional data sharing.