Francisco R. Pinto is a professor of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, and a researcher with the RNA Systems Biology group (Gama & Pinto Lab) within the Biosystems and Integrated Sciences Institute (BioISI). His research interests focus on the networks of biological molecules that regulate cellular processes. To understand the structures and functions of these networks, in health and disease states, Prof. Pinto uses and develops mathematical and computational methods.