Education
2018 – 2023
PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology
State University of Campinas - Brazil
2015 – 2017
MSc in Genetics (Evolutionary and Population Genetics)
Federal University of Minas Gerais - Brazil
2010 – 2013
BSc in Biological Sciences
Taubate University - Brazil
Further education
2021
Eukaryotic Genome Assembly using PacBio and Hi-C (Physalia Courses)
2019
Biology, Ecology and Conservation of the Gray Dolphin (Sotalia guianensis). (Cananéia Research Institute - IPEC, Brasil)
2019
Linux server management for biological data analysis (LABIS -USP/ Unicamp)
2018
Computational algorithms and techniques for genome assembling and analyzing (Central Laboratory of High Performance Technologies, LACTAD, Unicamp)
2010 – 2012
Internship at Taubaté Natural History Museum - exhibition monitor and taxidermist trainee
Career
Since 2023
Postdoc at the Department of Environmental Science, University of Basel and Natural History Museum Basel in the project ‘Unraveling the genomic origin of species in the fastest Holarctic bird radiation of large white-headed gulls (Larus spp.)’
2021
Research visit – Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research (BeGenDiv, Germany). Description: Evolutionary and adaptive insights from high-quality vertebrate genomes. Supervision during visit: Dr. Camila J. Mazzoni.
2018 – 2023
Research Assistant under Prof. Dr. Mariana Nery, Laboratory of Evolutionary Genomics, State University of Campinas (Brazil)
2015 – 2016
Research Assistant under Prof. Dr. Fabricio Rodrigues Santos, Laboratory of Biodiversity and Molecular Evolution, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil).
2010 – 2013
Research student under Prof. Dr. Cecilia Suda, Laboratory of Biochemestry, Taubate University (Brazil).
Scientific interest
Evolutionary biologist, with expertise in population genetics, phylogenetics, species delimitation and comparative genomics. Current research lines focused on comparative genomics, molecular evolution and speciation of vertebrate biodiversity.
Publications
Bentley BP, Carrasco-Valenzuela T, Ramos EKS, Harvinder P, Arantes LS, Alexander A, Banerjee SM et al. (2023) Differential sensory and immune gene evolution in sea turtles with contrasting demographic and life histories. PNAS, 120: e2201076120.
Silva FA, Souza EMS, Ramos E, Freitas L, Nery MF. (2023) Molecular evolution of genes previously associated to large sizes reveal possible ways to cetacean gigantism. Scientific Reports, 13:67.
Nery MF, Rennó M, Picorelli A, Ramos E. (2023) A phylogenetic review of cancer resistance highlights evolutionary solutions to Peto’s Paradox. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 45:e20220133.
Souza EMS, Freitas L, Ramos EKS, Selleghin-Veiga, G, Rachid-Ribeiro MC, Silva FA, ... & Nery, MF. (2021) The evolutionary history of manatees told by their mitogenomes. Scientific Reports, 11:1-10.
Ramos EKS, Santos SC, Kuroki KK, Benavalli L, Vani GS, Cobo VJ, Hayashi T, Rodrigues E, Suda CN. (2021) Glycoside hydrolases from the tunics of two Antarctic ascidians (Ascidia challengeri and Pyura bouvetensis) and the tropical species Phallusia nigra. Polar Biology, 44:857-63.
Ramos EKS, Freitas L, Nery FM. (2021) The role of selection in the evolution of marine turtles mitogenomes. Scientific Reports, 10: 1-13.