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Researcher, former student of the Biomedicine course and adjunct professor at Bahiana, Dr. Jaqueline Góes, leads the group that sequenced the genome of the coronavirus
The coronavirus genome was sequenced in just 48 hours. The world average of time is 15 days.
03/03/2020
The postdoctoral student Jaqueline Goes de Jesus, researcher, former student of the Biomedicine course at Bahiana and adjunct professor of Biochemistry at the institution, led the group that sequenced the genome of the first case of coronavirus in Brazil. The scientist graduated and soon won important awards, such as the best work presented at the XIII Postgraduate Meeting in the Areas of Medicine I, II and III of CAPES. The national event was promoted by BahianaIn 2019.
The coronavirus genome was sequenced in just 48 hours, therefore, the study was recognized worldwide for its speed. The world average of time is 15 days. Jaqueline Góes, who has a Ph.D. in Human and Experimental Pathology, coordinated the group, along with Ester Cerdeira Sabino, associate professor at the Department of Infectious Diseases, at the USP School of Medicine, and director of the USP Tropical Medicine Institute from 2015 to 2019 The researchers began the work of sequencing the coronavirus on Ash Wednesday, as soon as the first case was confirmed in Brazil.
Photo credit: personal collection of Jaqueline Góes.
The researcher Jaqueline Góes participates in the development of research on the mapping of the Zika virus in Brazil and held a PhD internship at the University of Birmingham, England, developing and improving complete genome sequencing protocols using nanopore technology of the Zika and HIV viruses, in addition to protocols for direct RNA sequencing. Currently, the licensed biomedical Bahiana develops research as a FAPESP scholarship holder, at the postdoctoral level, at the Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo – University of São Paulo (IMT-USP).
The researcher Jaqueline Góes participates in the development of research on the mapping of the Zika virus in Brazil and held a PhD internship at the University of Birmingham, England, developing and improving complete genome sequencing protocols using nanopore technology of the Zika and HIV viruses, in addition to protocols for direct RNA sequencing. Currently, the licensed biomedical Bahiana develops research as a FAPESP scholarship holder, at the postdoctoral level, at the Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo – University of São Paulo (IMT-USP).