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Olena is a postdoc at Icelab and the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine.
Graduated from Sumy State University (Ukraine) with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Applied Mathematics. She then moved to Portugal to do a PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Aveiro in the joint Doctoral Programme in Applied Mathematics between Universities of Aveiro, Minho and Porto (MAP-PDMA).
Her main project at IceLab aims at the modelling of COVID-19 dynamics.This project aspires to generate new insights of underlying mechanisms, patterns of transmission of COVID-19 through epidemiological modelling to identify suppression strategies that can be sustained over a long time without harmful effects to the economy.
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The Genome Contact Map Explorer
The genome contact map explorer: a tool to find patterns in piles of DNA contact data The problem Every chromosome in our cells is a long polymer that is packaged [...]
Cell Biology Pitches: Tumors, Imaging, Tissue Formation and Genotoxins
Cell Biology Pitches: Tumors, Imaging, Tissue Formation and Genotoxins A new twist on an IceLab classic Adapted from IceLab’s popular lunch pitches, we recently hosted an Open Project Pitch session [...]
What’s your message?
What’s your message? Public speaking with twice the impact, using half the effort. Author: Cam Barber This book debunks several myths about public speaking and gives handy tips on how to [...]
Spatial distribution of ancient marine faunas
Spatial distribution of ancient marine faunas The problem Organisms living in the same region are what defines a biogeographic province, or bioprovince. Finding the boundaries between these bioprovinces is an [...]
Zero-crossing statistics: keep the bridge from falling down
Zero-crossing statistics for non-Markovian time series The problem A bridge subjected to irregular loads will gradually be damaged. If it is not maintained, disastrous consequences will follow. It’s important, then, [...]
The Problem with Scientific Journal Ranking
There's a Problem With The Way We Rank Scientific Journals by Ludvig Bohlin The research community has passed the 50 million mark in terms of the total number of science [...]