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Luís Q. Alves has completed his master's degree in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in 2019 (University of Porto - Faculty of Sciences) and bachelor's degree in Biology in 2017 (University of Porto - Faculty of Sciences). Since that, he has been working as Research Fellow / Bioinformatician at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR - University of Porto).
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Luís Pedro Palmares Quádrio Alves

Citation names

  • Luís Q. Alves
  • Alves, Luís Q.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
341F-1822-4211
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4119-2462

Email addresses

  • luis.alves@ciimar.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). Terminal de Cruzeiros de Leixões. Av. General Norton de Matos S/N , 4450-208, Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/11/06
Concluded
 Bioinformática e Biologia Computacional (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"PseudoChecker: An integrated online platform for automatised gene loss inference in mammals" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2017/06/12
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/12/15 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/12/15 - Current EvoDis-The Metazoan Endocrine System in the Anthropocene Epoch: from EVOlution to DISruption.
PTDC/CTA-AMB/31342/2017
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Valente, Raul; Alves, Luís Q.; Nabais, Matilde; Alves, Filipe; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel; Ruivo, Raquel; Castro, L. Filipe C.. "Convergent Cortistatin losses parallel modifications in circadian rhythmicity and energy homeostasis in Cetacea and other mammalian lineages". Genomics 113 1 (2021): 1064-1070. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002.
    10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
  2. Espregueira Themudo, Gonçalo; Alves, Luís Q.; Machado, André M.; Lopes-Marques, Mónica; da Fonseca, Rute R.; Fonseca, Miguel; Ruivo, Raquel; Castro, L. Filipe C.. "Losing Genes: The Evolutionary Remodeling of Cetacea Skin". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.592375.
    10.3389/fmars.2020.592375
  3. Alves, Luís Q; Ruivo, Raquel; Fonseca, Miguel M; Lopes-Marques, Mónica; Ribeiro, Pedro; Castro, L Filipe C. "PseudoChecker: an integrated online platform for gene inactivation inference". Nucleic Acids Research 48 W1 (2020): W321-W331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa408.
    10.1093/nar/gkaa408
  4. Alves, Luís Q.; Alves, Juliana; Ribeiro, Rodrigo; Ruivo, Raquel; Castro, Filipe. "The dopamine receptor D5 gene shows signs of independent erosion in toothed and baleen whales". PeerJ 7 (2019): e7758. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7758.
    10.7717/peerj.7758
  5. Lopes-Marques, Mónica; Alves, Luís Q.; Fonseca, Miguel M.; Secci-Petretto, Giulia; Machado, André M.; Ruivo, Raquel; Castro, L. Filipe C.. "Convergent inactivation of the skin-specific C-C motif chemokine ligand 27 in mammalian evolution". Immunogenetics 71 5-6 (2019): 363-372. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-019-01114-z.
    10.1007/s00251-019-01114-z
  6. Lopes-Marques, Mónica; Machado, André M; Alves, Luís Q; Fonseca, Miguel M; Barbosa, Susana; Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S; Rasmussen, Marianne Helene; et al. "Complete Inactivation of Sebum-Producing Genes Parallels the Loss of Sebaceous Glands in Cetacea". Molecular Biology and Evolution 36 6 (2019): 1270-1280. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz068.
    10.1093/molbev/msz068
  7. Lopes-Marques, Mónica; Ruivo, Raquel; Alves, Luís Q.; Sousa, Nelson; Machado, André M.; Castro, L. Filipe C.. "The Singularity of Cetacea Behavior Parallels the Complete Inactivation of Melatonin Gene Modules". Genes 10 2 (2019): 121. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes10020121.
    10.3390/genes10020121