{"id":17511,"date":"2020-03-22T21:53:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T21:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/?post_type=iplantprotect_dept&#038;p=156"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:49:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:49:42","slug":"data-science-and-bioinformatics","status":"publish","type":"iplantprotect_dept","link":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/iplantprotect_dept\/ciencia-de-dados-e-bioinformatica\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Science and Bioinformatics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17511\" class=\"elementor elementor-17511\" data-elementor-post-type=\"iplantprotect_dept\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-337bf0a5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"337bf0a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d9b8fd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" 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