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Prof. Dr. Anderson Rodrigues dos Santos

Head of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Laboratory
Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU)

Welcome to the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics laboratory (Comp2Bio). Comp2Bio strives to complete undergraduate and graduate studies, providing students with concepts and methodology to work in the vast area of Genetics and Biochemistry.

"This is a small and almost inexistent laboratory surviving due to the stubbornness of its head. Where you read 'practically inexistent,' I'm not overreacting: if you hang out at the Federal University of Uberlândia, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and ask someone how to get at the Comp2Bio, I suppose that not a single person will give a useful answer, except if you bump on me."

"I cannot blame them because, in Brazil, people are trained to be employees. They don't have skills to think about that as an opportunity for an inexistent area in Brazil. One shall remember Brazil as a country without significative manufacturing nor technology. For instance, I never received a grant from the government to my research despite always had indicated as conducting a prominent investigation."

Despite these challenges, our research focuses on three complementary branches: Genomic Annotation, Target Discovery for Vaccines, and Protein Interaction Networks.

Developed Software

MEDpipe

Target selection based on immunoinformatics and exported prokaryotic proteins.


medpipe.facom.ufu.br

GENPPI

Standalone software for creating protein interaction networks from genomes.


genppi.facom.ufu.br

Selected Publications

Highlighting recent work as Senior/Last Author (2020-2025)

Google Scholar

Patents & Innovation

BR10202401581

Formulações para Controle de Fitobactérias

2024 (Depósito)

BR10202001099

Perfil Espectral para Diagnóstico de COVID-19

2020 (Depósito)

BR10202001560

Plataforma de Amostra Reutilizável (Infravermelho)

2020 (Depósito)

BR10201601689

Fosfatase Ácida Recombinante (Vacina Linfadenite)

2016 (Concessão 2023)

BR102016016754

Esterase Recombinante (Vacina)

2016

BR512022003514-6

SamplesDB - Sistema Web

2022 (Software)

BR512018052200-9

EasyQuizzer

2018 (Software)

The Lab

Current Research Projects & Students

Research Lines

Recent Projects

  • GenPPi: Comparative Analysis via Machine Learning 2025 - Current. Investigation of PPI networks in Kosakonia cowanii strains.
  • Rare Diseases & Genomic Interpretation 2023 - 2024. Training professionals in bioinformatics for rare disease diagnosis.
  • Anaerobic Methane Oxidation 2020 - 2023. Synergistic relationship between archaea and bacteria.
  • Chronic Kidney Disease Diagnosis (AI) 2020 - 2023. Omics and AI for early diagnosis.

Students (Recent)

  • Allisson William da Silva MSc (2025) - GenPPi Random Forest Improvements
  • Gustavo Fonseca / Davi Campos Undergrad (2025) - GenPPi Kosakonia Analysis
  • Murilo Alves Beppler Undergrad (2025) - Rare Diseases / Methane Oxidation
  • Luiz Gustavo de Sousa Oliveira MSc (2020) - Non-classical Secretion
  • Iury Godoy / Matheus Prado Undergrad (2024) - GenPPI / Methane Oxidation