Altino Choupina holds a PhD in Biotechnology, and since 1989 he teaches at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, both undergraduate and graduate (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Diagnostic Methods) in the Department of Biology and Biotechnology. He participated in several national and international research projects. He has supervised Masters and PhD students and more than 40 Dissertations of Professional Internships in Biotechnology. He has published more than 20 papers in national and international scientific journals (including nine ISI / Scopus indexes) and 40 conference proceedings and has co-authored three chapters of technical and scientific books on biotechnology. In recent years he has carried out research on gene expression and genomics.