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Joao Setubal
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
1,570 Points

Contributions by role

Author 135
Reviewer 35
Editor 1,400

Contributions by subject area

Agricultural Science
Biotechnology
Genomics
Microbiology
Bioinformatics
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Computational Science
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Biodiversity
Molecular Biology
Plant Science
Computational Biology
Mycology
Oncology
Environmental Sciences
Marine Biology
Environmental Impacts
Biogeography
Ecology
Ecosystem Science
Soil Science
Genetics
Population Biology
Evolutionary Studies

Joao C Setubal

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

João Setubal is full professor in the Biochemistry Department of the Institute of Chemistry at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Setubal has a PhD in Computer Science (1992) from the University of Washington (USA). He was a faculty member at the University of Campinas (Unicamp, Brazil) (1992-2004), then Associate Professor at the Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech, USA (formerly the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute) (2004-2011), where he still is an Adjunct Faculty. His research interests are in computational tools for genomics, metagenomics, and transcriptomics, and applications of such tools primarily in microbiology and microbial ecology.

Bioinformatics Computational Biology Data Mining & Machine Learning Data Science Evolutionary Studies Genomics Microbiology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Universidade de São Paulo

Work details

Professor

University of Sao Paulo
Biochemistry
Bioinformatics, Genomics, Metagenomics

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Edited 6
  • Reviewed 1
April 4, 2024
Analysis of twelve genomes of the bacterium Kerstersia gyiorum from brown-throated sloths (Bradypus variegatus), the first from a non-human host
Dennis Carhuaricra-Huaman, Irys H.L. Gonzalez, Patricia L. Ramos, Aline M. da Silva, Joao C. Setubal
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17206 PubMed 38584940
October 1, 2019
Detection and identification of Xanthomonas pathotypes associated with citrus diseases using comparative genomics and multiplex PCR
Natasha P. Fonseca, Érica B. Felestrino, Washington L. Caneschi, Angélica B. Sanchez, Isabella F. Cordeiro, Camila G.C. Lemes, Renata A.B. Assis, Flávia M.S. Carvalho, Jesus A. Ferro, Alessandro M. Varani, José Belasque, Joao C. Setubal, Guilherme P. Telles, Deiviston S. Aguena, Nalvo F. Almeida, Leandro M. Moreira
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7676 PubMed 31592342

Academic Editor on

March 27, 2025
Bacterial community composition is an important predictor of surface soil fertility across different land use types: a case study in the Three Gorges Reservoir area
Lin Xu, Dandan Cheng, Liang Feng, Xuetian Lu, Sarah Ruffell, Hongmei Wang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18959 PubMed 40161346
March 5, 2025
Determining population structure from k-mer frequencies
Yana Hrytsenko, Noah M. Daniels, Rachel S. Schwartz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18939 PubMed 40061228
January 9, 2023
Clasnip: a web-based intraspecies classifier and multi-locus sequence typing for pathogenic microorganisms using fragmented sequences
Jiacheng Chuan, Huimin Xu, Desmond L. Hammill, Lawrence Hale, Wen Chen, Xiang Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14490 PubMed 36643626
April 25, 2022
Inflammatory bowel disease biomarkers of human gut microbiota selected via different feature selection methods
Burcu Bakir-Gungor, Hilal Hacılar, Amhar Jabeer, Ozkan Ufuk Nalbantoglu, Oya Aran, Malik Yousef
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13205 PubMed 35497193
August 6, 2019
Pangenomic type III effector database of the plant pathogenic Ralstonia spp.
Cyrus Raja Rubenstein Sabbagh, Sebastien Carrere, Fabien Lonjon, Fabienne Vailleau, Alberto P. Macho, Stephane Genin, Nemo Peeters
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7346 PubMed 31579561
May 8, 2018
Fine grained compositional analysis of Port Everglades Inlet microbiome using high throughput DNA sequencing
Lauren O’Connell, Song Gao, Donald McCorquodale, Jay Fleisher, Jose V. Lopez
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4671 PubMed 29761039

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January 10, 2017
Microbial communities mediating algal detritus turnover under anaerobic conditions
Jessica M. Morrison, Chelsea L. Murphy, Kristina Baker, Richard M. Zamor, Steve J. Nikolai, Shawn Wilder, Mostafa S. Elshahed, Noha H. Youssef
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2803 PubMed 28097050