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Luisa Pereira. Completed the Doutoramento in PhD in Biology in 2002 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Mestrado in Master in Applied Genetics in 1997 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências and Licenciatura in Biology in 1995 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências. Is Principal Investigator in Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Principal Investigator in Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Affiliated Professor in Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Group Leader in Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Auxiliary Researcher in Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde and Principal Investigator in Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular. https://www.cienciavitae.pt/cv/#
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Luisa Pereira

Citation names

  • Pereira, Luisa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7011-1502-9074
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4271-1527
Google Scholar ID
5vLymR4AAAAJ
Researcher Id
H-3050-2011
Scopus Author Id
7201962519

Email addresses

  • lpereira@ipatimup.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 225570781 (Professional)

Addresses

  • IPATIMUP. R. Júlio Amaral de Carvalho 45, 4200-135, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2002
Concluded
 PhD in Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Genetic portrait of Portugal in Iberian, European and African Frameworks as Drawn from the Study of Y-chromosome and Mitochondrial DNA Polymorphisms." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good
1997
Concluded
 Master in Applied Genetics (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Estudo dos STRs MBP (loci A, B e C) e FES/FPS: Desenvolvimento de técnicas de análise e caracterização populacional no Norte de Portugal e em São Tomé e Príncipe." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good
1995
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"No thesis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/01/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
2019/01/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
2015 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2004/07/01 - 2018/12/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
2004/07/01 - 2018/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2007/07/01 - Current Group Leader Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
2006/01/01 - Current Affiliated Professor Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2002/03/01 - 2004/06/30 Post-doc Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
1998/01/01 - 2002/02/28 PhD student Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
1995/01/01 - 1997/12/31 Master student Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Sub-Saharan cancer cell line panel: from primary patient-derived cells to population tailored cancer treatment for the African ancestry
PTDC/BIA-MOL/3986/2021
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/06 - 2022/05 Spinit-crispr: deteção específica de ácidos nucleicos para diagnóstico point-of-care de doenças tropicais (Spinit-crispr; detection of nucleic acids for point-of-care diagnosis of tropical diseases)
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033778
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
2018/07 - 2021/07 Disclosing hemAtopoietic Stem Cell SelfrenewAl at the developing fetal liver intersection
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032656
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
2018/07 - 2021/07 Scar(less) – Positive impact of fibroblasts on cardiac regeneration
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030985
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2016/12 - 2019/11 NEw Targets in DIAstolic heart failure: from coMOrbidities to persoNalizeD medicine
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016385
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Cardiovascular, Portugal
Portugal 2020
2016/07 - 2019/06 Biomedical anthropological study in Arabian Peninsula based on high throughput genomics
PTDC/IVC-ANT/2421/2014
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/05 - 2019/04 Advancing cancer research: from basic knowledge to application
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000029
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
 Norte 2020 - Quadro Operacional Regional Norte
Concluded
2015 - 2018 Human genome diversity at the western end of the Mediterranean. Implications for health and the demographic evolution of the population
CGL2014-53985-R
Researcher
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
Gobierno de España Ministerio de Economía y Empresa
2012/01 - 2016/12 Dengue research Framework for Resisting Epidemics in Europe
282378
Researcher
Institut Pasteur, France

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
2013/06 - 2015/09 Genetic history and population structure in Southeast Asia
Provided by PTCRIS: 132046
132046
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2011/09 - 2015/08 A Marie Curie Initial Training Network on the History, Archaeology and New Genetics of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
290344
Researcher
Københavns Universitet, Denmark

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
2011/03 - 2014/06 Genetic and chronological characterisation of the European settlement by modern humans in the Upper Palaeolithic
Provided by PTCRIS: 113832
113832
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2007/06 - 2010/10 Longevity in humans of African origins - a genetic approach
71422
Provided by PTCRIS: 71422
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2007/06 - 2010/05 Refining the geographical origin and dispersal routes of early modern humans and early farmers of the Greater Mediterranean with high-resolution genetic techniques
66275
Provided by PTCRIS: 66275
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2003/05 - 2006/04 Reassessment of European mitochondrial DNA diversity: present and past distributions of female lineages
POCTI/ANT/45139/2002
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal

Campo Arqueológico de Mértola, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/07/01 - 2024/06/30 Diversidade humana no espaço da circum-navegação de Magalhães: genética, história e cultura
CIRCNA/CIS/0142/2019
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07/26 - 2022/04/25 Expansão de células estaminais hematopoiéticas no desenvolvimento: a intersecção fígado fetal-hematopoiese
PTDC/MED-OUT/32656/2017
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/07/01 - 2020/06/30 NetDiamond: NEw Targets in DIAstolic heart failure: from coMOrbidities to persoNalizeD medicine
SAICTPAC/0047/2015
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Medical School, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Institute for Research and Innovation in Health Sciences
UID/BIM/04293/2019
LA/P/0070/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0070/2020
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - LA 3 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/SAU/LA0003/2011
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020/05/01 - 2020/07/31 Development of a fast and cheap SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tool based on CRISPR-Cas13a
109_596696487
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/05/01 - 2020/07/31 Enriching epidemiologic information on SARS-CoV-2 transmission through complete viral sequencing
198_596862267
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Cavadas, B.; Ferreira, J.; Camacho, R.; Fonseca, N.A.; Pereira, L.. QmihR: Pipeline for quantification of microbiome in human RNA-seq. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-60816-7_21
  2. Pereira, L.; Alshamali, F.; González-Andrade, F.. Forensic mitochondrial DNA analysis. 2009.
  3. Pereira, Luisa; Ribeiro, F.M.. O Património Genético Português – a história humana preservada nos genes. Lisboa, Portugal: Gradiva. 2009.
  4. Amorim, A.; Alves, C.; Gusmão, L.; Pereira, L.. Extended Northern Portuguese database on 21 autosomal STRs used in genetic identification. 2006.
    10.1016/j.ics.2005.09.026
  5. Pereira, L.; Goios, A.; Amorim, A.. Sampling efficiency for Amerindian female lineages. 2006.
    10.1016/j.ics.2005.09.005
  6. Goios, A.; Amorim, A.; Pereira, L.. Mitochondrial DNA pseudogenes in the nuclear genome as possible sources of contamination. 2006.
    10.1016/j.ics.2005.08.035
  7. Frigi, S.; Yacoubi, B.; Pereira, F.; Pereira, L.; Cherni, L.; Amorim, A.; Elgaaied, A.B.. mtDNA lineages in two Tunisian Berber communities: Comparing diversities between villages and towns. 2006.
    10.1016/j.ics.2005.09.032
  8. Pereira, F.; Meirinhos, J.; Amorim, A.; Pereira, L.. Analysis of inter-specific mitochondrial DNA diversity for accurate species identification. 2006.
    10.1016/j.ics.2005.09.125
  9. Pereira, L.; Morales, A.C.; Goios, A.; Duarte, R.; Rodrigues, C.; Endicott, P.; Alonso, A.; et al. The Islamization of Iberian Peninsula: A demographic shift or a cultural change? Search for an answer using extant and ancient DNA from Mértola (Southeast Portugal). 2006.
    10.1016/j.ics.2005.11.034
  10. Amorim, A.; Alves, C.; Pereira, L.; Gusmão, L.. Genotyping inconsistencies and null alleles using AmpFLSTR® Identifiler® and Powerplex® 16 kits. 2004.
    10.1016/S0531-5131(03)01496-1
  11. Gusmão, L.; Sánchez-Diz, P.; Alves, C.; Brión, M.; Beleza, S.; Pereira, L.; Blanco, A.; et al. GATA C4 allele 17 as a marker for sub-Saharan origin of Y-chromosome lineages. 2004.
    10.1016/S0531-5131(03)01493-6
  12. Pereira, L.; Amorim, A.. Is selection at mtDNA really a major concern?. 2004.
    10.1016/S0531-5131(03)01838-7
  13. Alves, C.; Amorim, A.; Pereira, L.; Gusmão, L.. African STR data based on a newly developed tetraplex fluorescent system (CD4, F13A01, FES and MBPB). 2004.
    10.1016/S0531-5131(03)01712-6
  14. Pereira, L.; Richards, M.; Alonso, A.; Albarrán, C.; Garcia, O.; Macaulay, V.; Amorim, A.. Subdividing mtDNA haplogroup H based on coding-region polymorphisms—a study in Iberia. 2004.
    10.1016/S0531-5131(03)01651-0
  15. Pereira, L.; Amorim, A.. How much more should the Y-STR Haplotype Reference Database increase to reach a pragmatic saturation level?. 2004.
    10.1016/S0531-5131(03)01653-4
  16. Pereira, L.; Macaulay, V.; Prata, M.J.; Amorim, A.. Differential slave trade to Europe and Brazil from the western and eastern African coasts as registered in the mtDNA pool. 2003.
    10.1016/S0531-5131(02)00552-6
  17. Pereira, L.; Macaulay, V.; Prata, M.J.; Amorim, A.. Phylogeny of the mtDNA haplogroup U6. Analysis of the sequences observed in North Africa and Iberia. 2003.
    10.1016/S0531-5131(02)00553-8
  18. Pereira, L.; Prata, M.J.; Amorim, A.. An evaluation of the proportion of identical Y-STR haplotypes due to recurrent mutation. 2003.
    10.1016/S0531-5131(02)00554-X
  19. Fernandes, A.T.; Gusmão, L.; Pereira, L.; Brehm, A.; Pratas, M.J.; Amorim, A.. Y chromosome haplotypes in the Madeira archipelago population. 2003.
    10.1016/S0531-5131(02)00869-5
  20. Alves, C.; Gusmão, L.; Pereira, L.; Amorim, A.. Multiplex STR genotyping: Comparison study, population data and new sequence information. 2003.
    10.1016/S0531-5131(02)00623-4
Book chapter
  1. Soares, P.; Rito, T.; Pereira, Luisa; Richards, M.B.. "A genetic perspective on African prehistory". In Africa from MIS 6-2, edited by Jones, S.C.; Stewart, B.A., 383-405. Springer Netherlands, 2016.
    10.1007/978-94-017-7520-5_18
  2. Cummings, Vicki; Jordan, Peter; Zvelebil, Marek; Cerný, Viktor; Pereira, Luisa. "Archaeogenetics of Africa and of the African Hunter-Gatherers". In The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers. Oxford University Press, 2014.
    10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199551224.013.005
Conference paper
  1. Alshamali, F; Kundu, B; Pereira, Luisa. "Investigating the resolution of ancestry testing in geographic regions characterized by high population admixture.". Paper presented in The 28th Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics, 2019.
  2. Almeida, J.; Ferreira, J.; Camacho, R.; Pereira, L.. "Co-expression networks between protein encoding mitochondrial genes and all the remaining genes in human tissues". 2017.
    10.1109/BIBM.2017.8217626
  3. Alves, M.; Alves, J.; Camacho, R.; Soares, P.; Pereira, Luisa. "From networks to trees". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Practical Applications of Computational Biology and Bionformatics. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, 2012.
    10.1007/978-3-642-28839-5_15
Conference poster
  1. Kumar, Darmit M.; Joana Isabel Barbosa Pereira; Fernandes, Verónica; Pinto, Ricardo Jorge; Magalhães, Ana C.; Rosário, Fernanda; Pedro, Nicole; et al. "Genotypic and phenotypic diversities along the Magalhães circum-navigation space". Paper presented in The 20th Portugaliæ Genetica: DNA - Ancient and New, 2024.
  2. Kumar, Darmit M.; Pereira, Luisa; Ribeiro, Pedro; Ferreira, Pedro G.. Corresponding author: Kumar, Darmit M.. "Phenotype Gene Expression Network". 2023.
  3. Angela M Costa; Anas Rita Santos; Cardoso, Ana Patrícia; Flávia Couto Brandão Pereira; Castro, Flávia; Pereira, Luisa; Maria Jose Oliveira. "Unravel the hypoxia role on immunomodulation at the colon cancer microenvironment: a focus on macrophages.". Paper presented in HypoxEU 2022, 2022.
  4. Fernandes, Veronica; Ferreira, Joana C.; Alshamali, Farida; Pereira, Luisa. "Genome-wide characterization of Arabians: from aDNA-projected founders, to population structure and adaptation in modern-day populations". Paper presented in Human Evolution - From Fossils to Ancient and Modern Genomes, 2021.
  5. Pereira, JB; Come, J; Reis, R; Pereira, Luisa; Carrilho, C; Santos, LL. "Squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus in Mozambique: genomic and molecular aspects.". Paper presented in Cancer Genomics Conference: African genomic diversity. A roadmap to global equity in cancer control, 2021.
  6. Pereira, C; Pereira, Luisa; Cismasiu, B; Travancinha, D; Costa, P; Santos, LL. "Molecular breast cancer features in lusophone African immigrants and descendants treated at Garcia de Orta hospital in Portugal.". Paper presented in Cancer Genomics Conference: African genomic diversity. A roadmap to global equity in cancer control, 2021.
  7. Pinto, R.; Cavadas, B; Santos, LL; Pereira, Luisa. "In silico comparison of drug sensitivity between African and European ancestries in the context of triple-negative breast cancer.". Paper presented in Cancer Genomics Conference: African genomic diversity. A roadmap to global equity in cancer control, 2021.
  8. Pedro, N; Cavadas, B; Moreira, MC; Magalhães, AC; Pinto, RJ; Nunes, A; Fernandes, V; Borlido, J; Pereira, Luisa. "Genetic odyssey; the Portuguese gene pool revealed through a public-sponsored participation in scientific research.". Paper presented in 8th i3S Annual Meeting, 2019.
  9. Henriques, Taciane; Santos, Diandra dos; Guimaraes, Isabella; Tessarollo, Nayara; Lyra, Paulo; Mesquisa, Patricia; Pádua, Diana; et al. "Abstract A133: Role of CXCR2 in the acquisition of pan-resistant phenotype in high grade serous ovarian cancer cells". Paper presented in AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos da América, 2019.
    10.1158/1535-7163.targ-19-a133
  10. Henriques, T; dos Santos, D; Guimarães, I; Tessarollo, N; Lyra-Junior, P; Mesquita, P; Pádua, D; et al. "Role of CXCR2 in the acquisition of pan-resistant phenotype in high grade serous ovarian cancer cells.". Paper presented in AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, 2019.
  11. Melo, J; Cavadas, B; Pinto, VD; Pereira, Luisa; Figueiredo, C; Leite, M. "Helicobacter pylori-derived membrane vesicles modify gastric epithelial cells gene expression.". Paper presented in UEG (United European Gastroenterology) Week 2019, 2019.
  12. Lancioni, H.; Modi, A; Cardinali, I; Capodiferro, MR; Migliore, NR; Hussein, A; Strobl, C; et al. "The mitogenome portrait of the “heart of Italy” depicted by modern Umbrians and pre-Roman remains.". Paper presented in Joint meeting AGI (Associazione Genetica Italiana) – SIMAG (Società Italiana di Mutagenesi Ambientale e Genomica), 2019.
  13. Pedro, Nicole; Cavadas, Bruno; Pereira, Joana Barbosa; Pereira, Luisa. "Ensuring sample quality for high-throughput technologies: establishing on-site collection and laboratorial processing of biological samples in Africa". Paper presented in 2nd PhDay | PhD countdown: a time for Science, 2019.
  14. Costa, AM; Martins, F; Oliveira, R.; Cavadas, B; Pinto, F; Cardoso, P; Castro, F; et al. "Modulation of macrophage-cancer cell interaction by the hypoxic colon cancer microenvironment.". Paper presented in I ASEICA-ASPIC International Meeting, 2019.
  15. Alshamali, F; Kundu, B; Pereira, Luisa. "Investigating the resolution of ancestry testing in geographic regions characterized by a high population admixture.". Paper presented in 28th International Congress of International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG), 2019.
  16. Martins, F; Oliveira, R.; Cavadas, B; Pinto, F; Cardoso, AP; Castro, F; Loureiro, JP; et al. "Hypoxia alters colon cancer macrophage-cancer cell interactions.". Paper presented in SICR 2019 – Symposium on Immunomodulation in Cancer & Regeneration, 2019.
  17. Oliveira, R.; Martins, F; Cavadas, B; Pinto, F; Cardoso, AP; Castro, F; Loureiro, JP; et al. "Colon cancer hypoxic ecosystem alters macrophage-cancer cell interactions.". Paper presented in XLV Annual Meeting of Portuguese Immunology Society, 2019.
  18. Oliveira, R.; Martins, F; Cavadas, Bruno; Pinto, F; Cardoso, AP; Castro, F; Loureiro, JP; et al. "Colon cancer hypoxic ecosystem alters macrophage-cancer cell interactions.". Paper presented in 26th Porto Cancer Meeting, 2019.
  19. Ferreira, J.C.; Brandão, A.; Cavadas, B.; Porto, G.; Pereira, Luisa. "Dating the origins of hemochromatosis with ancient and modern DNA". Paper presented in EMBL Conference: 8th Congress of the International BioIron Society, 2019.
  20. Cavadas, B.; Leite, M.; Melo, J.; Pedro, N.; Magalhães, A.C.; Figueiredo, C.; Pereira, Luisa. "The effect of matched and mismatched ancestries in Human-Helicobacter pylori co-cultures". Paper presented in 26th Porto Cancer Meeting, 2019.
  21. Fernandes, Veronica; Brucato, Nicolas; Ferreira, Joana C; Pedro, Nicole; Cavadas, Bruno; François-Xavier Ricaut; Alshamali, Farida; Pereira, Luisa. "Charting the genomic jigsaw puzzle of Arabian Peninsula". Paper presented in EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Reconstructing the Human Past - Using Ancient and Modern Genomics. EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, 2019.
  22. Ferreira, J.C.; Fernandes, V.; Alshamali, F.; Pereira, Luisa. "Creating a database of whole exome sequences in Arabian Peninsula populations". Paper presented in 8th Bioinformatics Open Days, 2019.
  23. Pedro, N.; Cavadas, B.; Fernandes, V.; Falcão-Pires, I.; Leite-Moreira, A.F.; Pinto do Ó, P.; Máximo, V.; Pereira, Luisa. "Characterization of whole mitochondrial DNA diversity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction". Paper presented in I3S Annual Meeting, 2018.
  24. Ferreira, J.C.; Fernandes, V.; Alshamali, F.; Pereira, Luisa. "Local and acquired selection of immune, metabolic and pigmentation traits in admixed Arabian populations". Paper presented in i3S Annual Meeting, 2018.
  25. Magalhães, A.C.; Oliveira, M.; Ferreira, J.; Fernandes, V.; Pereira, Luisa. "Worldwide genetic risk to dengue disease". Paper presented in V Congresso Nacional de Virologia – IX Encontro da Sociedade Portuguesa de Virologia, 2018.
  26. Marques, M.S.; Cavadas, B.; Mendes, N.; Pereira, Luisa; Carneiro, F.; Leite, M.; Figueiredo, C.. "Afadin is a new target of Helicobacter pylori infection that induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition in gastric cells". Paper presented in XXXIst International Workshop on Helicobacter & Microbiota in Inflammation & Cancer from European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group (EHMSG), 2018.
  27. Silva, M.; OTEO-GARCIA, G.; Fichera, A.; Dulias, K.; Gandini, F.; Oliveira, M.; Vieira, D.; et al. "Genomic views of the poles of the Indo-European language distribution". Paper presented in 8th International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology ISBA 2018, 2018.
  28. Pedro, Nicole; Cavadas, Bruno; Fernandes, Verónica; Falcão-Pires, Inês; Leite-Moreira AF; Pinto-do-Ó, Perpétua; Máximo, Valdemar; Pereira, Luisa. "Next-generation sequencing evaluation of mitochondrial biomarkers in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)". Paper presented in MitoPorto 2018 - International Symposium in mitochondrial evolution, metabolism and disease, 2018.
  29. Pedro, N.; Cavadas, B.; Fernandes, V.; Falcão-Pires, I.; Leite-Moreira, A.F.; Pinto-do-Ó, P.; Máximo, V.; Pereira, Luisa. "Next-generation sequencing evaluation of mitochondial biomarkers in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction". Paper presented in MitoPorto – Mitochondrial evolution, metabolism and disease, 2018.
  30. Ferreira, Joana Catarina; Pedro, Nicole; Fernandes, Verónica; Alshamali, Farida; Pereira, Luisa. "Genetic risk in Arabian Peninsula for the diseases of affluence obesity, hypertension and type 2 diabetes.". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics 2018, 2018.
  31. Ferreira, J.C.; Pedro, N.; Alshamali, F.; Fernandes, V.; Pereira, Luisa. "Genetic risk in Arabian Peninsula for the diseases of affluence hypertension, type 2 diabetes and obesity". Paper presented in Anual meeting of Portuguese Society of Genetics, 2018.
  32. Pedro, N.; Ferreira, J.C.; Alshamali, F.; Pereira, Luisa; Fernandes, V.. "Local admixture inference in Arabian and Iranian populations". Paper presented in Anual meeting of Portuguese Society of Genetics, 2018.
  33. Cavadas, B.; Soares, P.; Samuels, D.C.; Pereira, Luisa. "Evaluating selection at the mitochondrial genome in mother-child pairs and in overall population". Paper presented in Anual meeting of Portuguese Society of Genetics, 2018.
  34. Ferreira, Joana C; Cavadas, Bruno; Fernandes, Veronica; Porto, Graça; Pereira, Luisa. "Risk of liver cancer in carriers of HFE mutations". Paper presented in 1st PhDay, 2018.
  35. Martins, F.; Oliveira, R.; Pinto, F.; Castro, F.; Cardoso, P.; Cavadas, B.; Pinto, M.L.; et al. "The importance of considering hypoxia on the macrophage-cancer cell crosstalk". Paper presented in 25th Porto Cancer Meeting. Cancer Wars: The Immune Force Awakens, 2018.
  36. Cury, F.P.; Lopes, J.M.; Almeida, F.; Oliveira-Silva, R.; Pereira, Luisa; Cavadas, B.; Pinto, F.; et al. "KIT oncogene mRNA isoforms are predictors of clinical outcome and therapy response in glioblastoma". Paper presented in 25th Porto Cancer Meeting. Cancer Wars: The Immune Force Awakens, 2018.
  37. Ferreira, J.; Cavadas, B.; Fernandes, V.; Porto, G.; Pereira, Luisa. "Using public consortia omics databases to address clinical questions: evaluating the risk of carriers of hemochromatosis mutations to develop liver cancer". Paper presented in 7th Bioinformatics Open Days, 2018.
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  41. Chaichoompu, K.; Yazew, F.A.; Tongsima, S.; Shaw, P.J.; Sakuntabhai, A.; Cavadas, B.; Pereira, Luisa; Van Steen, K.. "Using IPCAPS to identify fine-scale population structure". Paper presented in International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES) 26th Annual Meeting, 2017.
  42. Chaichoompu, K.; Tongsima, S.; Shaw, P.J.; Sakuntabhai, A.; Pereira, Luisa; Van Steen, K.. "Determining fine population structure using iterative pruning". Paper presented in Drug Discovery & Therapy World Congress 2017, 2017.
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  44. Chaichoompu, K.; Tongsima, S.; Shaw, P.J.; Sakuntabhai, A.; Pereira, Luisa; Van Steen, K.. "Determining fine population structure using iterative pruning". Paper presented in BIT's 2nd Annual International Congress of Genetics (ICG-2017), 2017.
  45. Ferreira, J.; Cavadas, B.; Soares, P.; Pereira, Luisa. "Inference of viral infection in human cancer samples from TCGA database". Paper presented in 6th Bioinformatics Open Days, 2017.
  46. Cavadas, B.; Fonseca, N.; Camacho, R.; Pereira, Luisa. "Worldwide characterisation of the microbiome in gastric cancer patients". Paper presented in 5th I3S Annual Meeting, 2016.
  47. Ferreira, J.; Cavadas, B.; Soares, P.; Pereira, Luisa. "Viral infections in cancer – evaluation in omics datasets". Paper presented in 5th I3S Annual Meeting, 2016.
  48. Pereira, J.B.; Cavadas, B.; Fernandes, V.; Eloy, C.; Sobrinho-Simões, M.; Soares, P.; Samuels, D.C.; Máximo, V.; Pereira, Luisa. "Omics characterization of the mitochondrial-rich oncocytic phenotype on a thyroid carcinoma background". Paper presented in 5th I3S Annual Meeting, 2016.
  49. Oliveira, M.; Sakuntabhai, A.; Pereira, Luisa. "In silico and imaging evaluation of the interaction between PP2A/I2PP2A and dengue virus proteins". Paper presented in 5th I3S Annual Meeting, 2016.
  50. Brandão, A.; Cavadas, B.; Porto, G.; Pereira, Luisa. "The genetic heritage of hemochromatosis: a tale of ancient and modern DNA". Paper presented in 5th I3S Annual Meeting, 2016.
  51. Fernandes, V.; Alshamali, F.; Pereira, Luisa. "African genomic introgression into Arabian Peninsula genomes protects against malaria". Paper presented in 5th I3S Annual Meeting, 2016.
  52. Sierra, Beatriz; Triska, Petr; Soares, Pedro; Garcia, G; Perez, AB; Aguirre, E; Oliveira, Marisa; et al. "Lipid/Cholesterol Metabolism Is Involved in Viral Replication and Immune Response to Protection for African-Ancestry against Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever". Paper presented in 35th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology, 2016.
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  54. Cavadas, B.; Soares, P.; Samuels, D.C.; Pereira, Luisa. "Heteroplasmic germline inherited mtDNA mutations – an empirical dataset for evaluation of selection on pathogenic mutations". Paper presented in The Genomics of Common Diseases 2015, 2015.
  55. Brandão, A.; Richards, M.B.; Soares, P.; Pereira, Luisa. "Genetic traces of postglacial and Neolithic movements in Southeast Asia". Paper presented in European Human Genetics Conference, 2015.
  56. Brandão, A.; Richards, M.B.; Soares, P.; Pereira, Luisa. "Genetic traces of postglacial and Neolithic movements in Southeast Asia". Paper presented in XXXIX Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética, 2015.
  57. Silva, M.; Alshamali, F.; Pereira, Luisa; Soares, P.. "Phylogeography of mtDNA haplogroup L2: 60,000 years interactions between Central and Eastern Africa". Paper presented in XXXIX Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética, 2015.
  58. Pereira, J.B.; Cavadas, B.; Eloy, C.; Sobrinho-Simões, M.; Soares, P.; Samuels, D.C.; Máximo, V.; Pereira, Luisa. "Genetic landscape of oncocytic thyroid tumours". Paper presented in XXIII Porto Cancer Meeting, 2015.
  59. Cavadas, B.; Ferreira, R.M.; Figueiredo, C.; Pereira, Luisa. "Human gastric cancer transcriptomes - the microbiome within". Paper presented in XXIII Porto Cancer Meeting, 2015.
  60. Silva, M.; Alshamali, F.; Pereira, Luisa; Soares, P.. "Phylogeography of mtDNA haplogroup L2: insights into some African population movements". Paper presented in X Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, 2014.
  61. Triska, P.; Sierra, B.; Soares, P.; Sakuntabhai, A.; Guzman, M.G.; Pereira, Luisa. "GWAS study in Cuban admixed population: evaluating the effect of ancestry in the genetic resistance to dengue infection". Paper presented in 4th I3S Annual Meeting, 2014.
  62. Saraiva, D.; Fernandes, V.; Oliveira, M.; Anunciação, O.; Casademont, I.; Sakuntabhai, A.; Pereira, Luisa. "The global distributions of alleles associated with dengue infection and design of a predictive genetic risk model". Paper presented in 4th I3S Annual Meeting, 2014.
  63. Cavadas, B.; Soares, P.; Camacho, R.; Samuels, D.C.; Pereira, Luisa. "Heteroplasmic germinal and somatic mtDNA mutations evaluated in NGS data – implications in cancer". Paper presented in 4th I3S Annual Meeting, 2014.
  64. Silva, M.; Alshamali, F.; Samuels, D.C.; Pereira, Luisa; Soares, P.. "Bidirectional gene flow between central and eastern Africa in the early Holocene and low genetic input of East African mtDNA lineages into Bantu populations before their expansion south". Paper presented in ESEH, 2014.
  65. Soares, P.; Pereira, Luisa. "An mtDNA chronology for the Out-of-Africa migration". Paper presented in XXXVIII Portuguese Genetics Conference, 2013.
  66. Fernandes, V.; Machado, A.; Soares, P.; Pereira, Luisa. "The African genetic input in the Arabian Peninsula: evaluating between pre-historic and historic migrations". Paper presented in XXXVIII Portuguese Genetics Conference, 2013.
  67. van der Waerden A; Triska, P.; Pereira, Luisa. "Evaluating selection in human nuclear-encoded genes for proteins intervening at the mitochondrial phosphorylation pathway". Paper presented in 16ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, 2012.
    10.1063/1.4897682
  68. Pereira, J.B.; Costa, M.D.; Soares, P.; Pereira, Luisa; Richards, M.B.. "The Neolithic trace in mitochondrial haplogroup U8". Paper presented in Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution - SMBE2012, 2012.
  69. Costa, M.D.; Pereira, J.B.; Soares, P.; Pereira, Luisa; Richards, M.B.. "Palaeolithic Late Glacial expansions in Europe revealed through the fine-resolution characterisation of mtDNA haplogroup U8". Paper presented in Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution - SMBE2012, 2012.
  70. Pereira, J.B.; Costa, M.D.; Soares, P.; Pereira, Luisa; Richards, M.B.. "The Neolithic trace in mitochondrial haplogroup U8". Paper presented in III I3S Scientific Retreat, 2012.
  71. Costa, M.D.; Pereira, J.B.; Soares, P.; Pereira, Luisa; Richards, M.B.. "Palaeolithic Late Glacial expansions in Europe revealed through the fine-resolution characterisation of mtDNA haplogroup U8". Paper presented in III I3S Scientific Retreat, 2012.
  72. Rito, T.; Richards, M.B.; Fernandes, V.; Pereira, Luisa; Soares, P.. "An Eastern African origin for the existing human mtDNA variation". Paper presented in III I3S Scientific Retreat, 2012.
  73. Fernandes, V.; Machado, A.; Soares, P.; Richards, M.B.; Pereira, Luisa. "The African genetic input in Arabian Peninsula: evaluating between pre-historic and historic migrations". Paper presented in III I3S Scientific Retreat, 2012.
  74. Pereira, J.B.; Silva, N.M.; Fernandes, V.; Costa, M.D.; Martins, H.; Soares, P.; Behar, D.M.; et al. "Main human population expansion in the North African Late Pleistocene". Paper presented in II I3S Scientific Retreat, 2011.
  75. Costa, M.D.; Pereira, J.B.; Soares, P.; Richards, M.B.; Pereira, Luisa. "Phylogeography of the mitochondrial haplogroup U8". Paper presented in II I3S Retreat, 2011.
  76. Fernandes, V.; Cerny, V.; Alshamali, F.; Silva, N.M.; Soares, P.; Pereira, Luisa; Richards, M.B.. "Phylogeographic Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA in the Arabian Peninsula". Paper presented in II I3S Scientific Retreat, 2011.
  77. Fernandes, V.; Cerny, V.; Alshamali, F.; Silva, N.M.; Soares, P.; Pereira, Luisa; Richards, M.B.. "Phylogeographic Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA in the Arabian Peninsula". Paper presented in European Human Genetics conference (ESHG), 2011.
  78. Costa, M.D.; Cherni, L.; Fernandes, V.; Freitas, F.; El-Gaaied, A.; Pereira, Luisa. "MtDNA complete sequencing in African centenarians: the haplogroup/variant association and the ¿ golden mean to longevity". Paper presented in XXXV Portuguese Genetics Conference, 2010.
  79. Pereira, J.B.; Harich, N.; Costa, M.D.; Fernandes, V.; Kandil, M.; Silva, N.M.; Pereira, Luisa. "The trans-Saharan slave trade – clues from interpolation analysis and high-resolution characterization of mitochondrial DNA lineages". Paper presented in XXXV Portuguese Genetics Conference, 2010.
  80. Alshamali, F.; Fernandes, V.; Costa, M.; Pereira, Luisa. "mtDNA diversity in Ethiopia. DNA in Forensics". Paper presented in 6th International Forensic Y-user Workshop and 3rd EMPOP Meeting, 2008.
  81. Costa, M.; Fernandes, V.; Cherni, L.; Pereira, Luisa. "mtDNA complete sequences in centenarians from Tunisia". Paper presented in 2007 Link-age Meeting and IBMC Symposium, 2007.
  82. Costa, M.; Fernandes, V.; Cherni, L.; Pereira, Luisa. "On the difficulty of performing association studies with mtDNA: the case study of longevity". Paper presented in 11ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, 2007.
  83. Goios, A.; Gusmão, L.; Rocha, M.; Pereira, Luisa; Bogue, M.; Amorim, A.. "A SNaPshot multiplex kit for mtDNA identification of mouse inbred strains". Paper presented in 22st Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics, 2007.
  84. Pamplona, J.P.; Freitas, F.; Pereira, Luisa. "A worldwide database of autosomal markers used by the forensic community". Paper presented in 22st Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics, 2007.
  85. Freitas, F.; Pereira, Luisa. "Heterogeneity in coding mtDNA mutation rates: implications in forensic genetics". Paper presented in 22st Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics, 2007.
  86. Afonso, C.; Alshamali, F.; Pereira, J.B.; Fernandes, V.; Costa, M.; Pereira, Luisa. "mtDNA diversity in Sudan (East Africa)". Paper presented in 22st Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics, 2007.
  87. Fernandes, V.; Pereira, J.B.; Alshamali, F.; Pereira, Luisa. "Análise da diversidade genética da Polimerase Gama Mitocondrial em Portugal e no Sudão". Paper presented in II Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências biológicas, 2007.
  88. Pereira, J.B.; Fernandes, V.; Afonso, C.; Alshamali, F.; Pereira, Luisa. "A migração “back-to-Africa” - novas achegas da sequenciação completa de mtDNA em indivíduos do haplogrupo H originais do leste de África". Paper presented in II Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências biológicas, 2007.
  89. Pereira, J.B.; Afonso, C.; Fernandes, V.; Alshamali, F.; Pereira, Luisa. "Sequenciação completa do DNA mitocondrial em indivíduos da linhagem do Out-of-Africa (L3) originais do Sudão (leste de África)". Paper presented in IV Encontro Nacional de Marcadores Moleculares, 2006.
  90. Paulo Navarro-Costa; Pereira, Luisa; Alves, C.; Gusmão, L.; Proença, C.; Rocha, T.; Correia, S.; et al. "From characterizing the highly repetitive AZFc region sequence motifs of the Y chromosome to unequal sister chromatid exchange models: a fertility issue". Paper presented in 9ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, 2005.
    10.1109/bibm.2010.5706584
  91. Cherni, L.; Yacoubi-Loueslati, B.; Pereira, Luisa; Goios, A.; KHODJET EL KHILL, H.; Slama, A.; Ennaffa, H.; Amorim, A.; BEN AMMAR ELGAAIED, A.. "Genetic differentiation between two neighbouring Andalusian populations (Tunisia)". Paper presented in 8th Ed. Portugalia Genetica: “One evolution, four modes of inheritance”, 2005.
  92. Pereira, F.; Soares, P.; Amorim, A.; Pereira, Luisa. "Análise das estruturas secundárias da região controlo do DNA mitocondrial". Paper presented in 8ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, 2004.
  93. Candon, A.; Endicott, P.; Torres, C.; Rodrigues, C.; Goios, A.; Pereira, Luisa; Amorim, A.. "Estudo do impacto genético da islamização nas séries antropológicas do Rossio do Carmo, Mértola, Portugal (sécs. V-XIII). Resultados preliminares". Paper presented in IV Congresso de Arqueologia Peninsular, 2004.
  94. Goios, A.; Morales, A.; Rodrigues, C.; Torres, C.; Amorim, A.; Pereira, Luisa. "O impacto genético da islamização em Mértola. Resultados preliminares sobre a diversidade do DNA mitocondrial (mtDNA) na população actual". Paper presented in IV Congresso de Arqueologia Peninsular, 2004.
  95. Goios, A.; Pereira, Luisa; Nogueira, C.; Pereira, C.; Vilarinho, L.; Amorim, A.. "MtDNA in myopathies: absence of a preferential haplotypic background for deletions and a search for inversions". Paper presented in Euromit 6 “The sixth European Meeting on Mitochondrial Pathology”, 2004.
  96. Pereira, Luisa; Goios, A.; Nogueira, C.; Pereira, C.; Vilarinho, L.; Amorim, A.. "Directly repeated motifs occur more often than expected in mtDNA". Paper presented in Euromit 6 “The sixth European Meeting on Mitochondrial Pathology”, 2004.
  97. Alves, C.; Amorim, A.; Gusmão, L.; Pereira, Luisa. "Um novo alelo no locus D2S1338". Paper presented in IX Jornadas de Genética Forense, GEP-ISFG, 2004.
  98. Goios, A.; Morales, A.; Rodrigues, C.; Torres, C.; Amorim, A.; Pereira, Luisa. "Estudo da diversidade genética feminina em Mértola (sudeste de Portugal) – os fenómenos de Islamização e/ou Mediterranização". Paper presented in IX Jornadas de Genética Forense, GEP-ISFG, 2004.
  99. van Asch, B.; Pereira, Luisa; Pereira, F.; Santa-Rita, P.; Lima, M.; Amorim, A.. "Mitochondrial DNA lineages of four Portuguese autochthonous dog breeds: divsersity and phylogeography". Paper presented in 7th Portugaliae Genetica “Humans and other domesticates”, 2004.
  100. Pereira, F.; Pereira, Luisa; van Asch, B.; Amorim, A.. "Mitochondrial DNA diversity in Portuguese goat breeds". Paper presented in 7th Portugaliae Genetica “Humans and other domesticates”, 2004.
  101. Pereira, F.; Pereira, Luisa; van Asch, B.; Amorim, A.. "South Portugal sheep breeds: mtDNA genetic analysis". Paper presented in 7th Portugaliae Genetica “Humans and other domesticates”, 2004.
  102. Pereira, Luisa; Gonçalves, J.; Amorim, A.. "MtDNA lineage survey in a sample of infertile male from Portugal". Paper presented in EAA Symposium in “Genetics of male infertility: from research to clinic”, 2003.
  103. Amorim, A.; Alves, C.; Pereira, Luisa; Gusmão, L.. "Base de dados de 17 STRs autossómicos para a população do Norte de Portugal utilizando os kits AmpFLSTR® Identifiler® e Powerplex® 16". Paper presented in VIII Jornadas de Genética Forense, 2003.
  104. Alves, C.; Amorim, A.; Pereira, Luisa; Gusmão, L.. "Desenvolvimento de um sistema STR multiplex para complementar os kits comerciais em situações difíceis de investigação de parentesco". Paper presented in VIII Jornadas de Genética Forense, 2003.
  105. Pereira, Luisa; Amorim, A.. "Determinação da saturação haplotípica para bases de dados de mtDNA e Y-STRs. Ensaio em amostras de Portugal". Paper presented in VIII Jornadas de Genética Forense, 2003.
  106. Pereira, Luisa; Amorim, A.. "Checking the fit to the neutral expectations in human mtDNA coded proteins". Paper presented in Functional Genomics and Disease, 2003.
  107. Trovoada, M.J.; Pereira, Luisa; Gusmão, L.; Abade, A.; Amorim, A.; Prata, M.J.. "Análise de DNA mitocondrial na população de São Tomé e Príncipe". Paper presented in 6ª Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, 2002.
  108. Pereira, Luisa; Cunha, C.; Amorim, A.. "The African female heritage in Iberia". Paper presented in Human Origins & Disease, 2002.
  109. Amorim, A.; Gusmão, L.; Alves, C.; Pereira, Luisa. "Mutações e alelos nulos em STRs autossómicos de uso forense". Paper presented in VII Jornadas de Genética Forense, 2002.
  110. Amorim, A.; Alves, C.; Gusmão, L.; Pereira, Luisa. "Contribuição para uma base de dados de mutações nos STRs autossómicos de uso forense". Paper presented in VI Jornadas de Genética Forense, 2001.
  111. Pereira, Luisa; Prata, M.J.; Amorim, A.. "Comparação da variabilidade de sequência das regiões hipervariáveis HVRI e HVRII do mtDNA. Análise na população portuguesa". Paper presented in V Jornadas de Genética Forense, 2000.
  112. Alves, C.; Amorim, A.; Gusmão, L.; Pereira, Luisa. "Genotipagem do STR VWA: inconsistências entre os kits AmpFISTR Profiler PlusTM e GeneprintTM CTTv". Paper presented in V Jornadas de Genética Forense, 2000.
  113. Prata, M.J.; Gusmão, L.; Pereira, Luisa; Ribeiro, N.; Amorim, A.. "Genetic survey of mtDNA and Y chromosome variation in Macau (SE China)". Paper presented in VIIIème Congrès Annuel du CEPH, 2000.
  114. Pereira, Luisa; Prata, M.J.; Amorim, A.. "Comparative sequence variation analysis of mtDNA hypervariable regions (HVRI and HVRII) in the Portuguese population". Paper presented in VIIIème Congrès Annuel du CEPH, 2000.
  115. Brión, M.; Lareu, M.V.; GONZÁLEZ-NEIRA, A.; Pereira, Luisa; Salas, A.; Prata, M.J.; Carracedo, A.. "Construction of highly informative Y-chromosome haplotypes using biallelic markers, STRs and the minisatellite MSY1 in the Iberian population". Paper presented in The Third Biennal Euroconference of the European Human Genome Diversity Project, 1999.
  116. Brión, M.; Pereira, Luisa; Salas, A.; González, A.; Sánchez-Diz, P.; Barral, S.; Lareu, M.V.; Amorim, A.; Carracedo, A.. "Estudio del minisatélite MSY1 y de 10 marcadores bialélicos del cromosoma Y y su correlación en varias poblaciones Ibéricas y Africanas". Paper presented in Reunion del GEP-ISFH, 1999.
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  134. Cherni, L.; Loueslati Yaâcoubi, B.; Pereira, L.; Alves, C.; Khodjet El Kill, H.; Ben Ammar El Gaaied, A.; Amorim, A.. "Data for 15 autosomal STR markers (Powerplex 16 System) from two Tunisian populations: Kesra (Berber) and Zriba (Arab)". Forensic Science International 147 1 (2005): 101-106. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-8444241252&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.04.009
  135. Trovoada, M.J.; Pereira, L.; Gusmão, L.; Abade, A.; Amorim, A.; Prata, M.J.. "Pattern of mtDNA variation in three populations from São Tomé e Príncipe". Annals of Human Genetics 68 1 (2004): 40-54. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1242275129&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.00070.x
  136. Pereira, L.; Van Asch, B.; Amorim, A.. "Standardisation of nomenclature for dog mtDNA D-loop: A prerequisite for launching a Canis familiaris database". Forensic Science International 141 2-3 (2004): 99-108. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1842450924&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.12.014
  137. Pereira, L.; Cunha, C.; Amorim, A.. "Predicting sampling saturation of mtDNA haplotypes: An application to an enlarged Portuguese database". International Journal of Legal Medicine 118 3 (2004): 132-136. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-6344223583&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00414-003-0424-1
  138. Brehm, A.; Pereira, L.; Kivisild, T.; Amorim, A.. "Mitochondrial portraits of the Madeira and Açores archipelagos witness different genetic pools of its settlers". Human Genetics 114 1 (2003): 77-86. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0842307218&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00439-003-1024-3
  139. Dupanloup, I.; Pereira, L.; Bertorelle, G.; Calafell, F.; Prata, M.J.; Amorim, A.; Barbujani, G.. "A recent shift from polygyny to monogamy in humans is suggested by the analysis of worldwide Y-chromosome diversity". Journal of Molecular Evolution 57 1 (2003): 85-97. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0042672693&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00239-003-2458-x
  140. Brehm, A.; Pereira, L.; Bandelt, H.-J.; Prata, M.J.; Amorim, A.. "Mitochondrial portrait of the Cabo Verde archipelago: The Senegambian outpost of Atlantic slave trade". Annals of Human Genetics 66 1 (2002): 49-60. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036379880&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0003480001001002
  141. Alonso, A.; Salas, A.; Albarrán, C.; Arroyo, E.; Castro, A.; Crespillo, M.; Di Lonardo, A.M.; et al. "Results of the 1999-2000 collaborative exercise and proficiency testing program on mitochondrial DNA of the GEP-ISFG: An inter-laboratory study of the observed variability in the heteroplasmy level of hair from the same donor". Forensic Science International 125 1 (2002): 1-7. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037165233&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0379-0738(01)00602-8
  142. Pereira, L.; Gusmão, L.; Alves, C.; Amorim, A.; Prata, M.J.. "Bantu and European Y-lineages in Sub-Saharan Africa". Annals of Human Genetics 66 5-6 (2002): 369-378. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036866585&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  143. Pereira, L.; Prata, M.J.; Amorim, A.. "Mismatch distribution analysis of Y-STR haplotypes as a tool for the evaluation of identity-by-state proportions and significance of matches - The European picture". Forensic Science International 130 2-3 (2002): 147-155. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037021652&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00371-7
  144. Alves, C.; Gusmão, L.; Pereira, L.; Amorim, A.. "STR data (CD4, CSF1PO, F13A01, FES/FPS, MBPB, TH01, TPOX) from North Portugal". Forensic Science International 123 1 (2001): 76-77. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035891494&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0379-0738(01)00517-5
  145. Bandelt, H.-J.; Alves-Silva, J.; Guimarães, P.E.M.; Santos, M.S.; Brehm, A.; Pereira, L.; Coppa, A.; et al. "Phylogeography of the human mitochondrial haplogroup L3e: A snapshot of African prehistory and Atlantic slave trade". Annals of Human Genetics 65 6 (2001): 549-563. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-20744439437&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  146. Pereira, L.; Macaulay, V.; Torroni, A.; Scozzari, R.; Prata, M.-J.; Amorim, A.. "Prehistoric and historic traces in the mtDNA of Mozambique: Insights into the Bantu expansions and the slave trade". Annals of Human Genetics 65 5 (2001): 439-458. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035208232&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  147. Pereira, L.; Dupanloup, I.; Rosser, Z.H.; Jobling, M.A.; Barbujani, G.. "Y-chromosome mismatch distributions in Europe". Molecular Biology and Evolution 18 7 (2001): 1259-1271. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034946947&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003911
  148. Alves, C.; Amorim, A.; Gusmão, L.; Pereira, L.. "VWA STR genotyping: Further inconsistencies between Perkin-Elmer and promega kits". International Journal of Legal Medicine 115 2 (2001): 97-99. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034783457&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s004140100215
  149. Pereira, L.; Gusmão, L.; Prata, M.J.; Mota, P.; Trovoada, M.J.; Amorim, A.. "Variation in STR loci of the human myelin basic protein gene: North Portugal and Sao Tome e Principe". Human Biology 72 3 (2000): 481-487. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034088270&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  150. Pereira, L.; Prata, M.J.; Brión, M.; Jobling, M.A.; Carracedo, A.; Amorim, A.. "Clinal variation of YAP+ Y-chromosome frequencies in Western Iberia". Human Biology 72 6 (2000): 937-944. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034480337&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  151. Pereira, L.; Prata, M.J.; Amorim, A.. "Diversity of mtDNA lineages in Portugal: Not a genetic edge of European variation". Annals of Human Genetics 64 6 (2000): 491-506. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034472023&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0003480000008411
  152. Rosser, Z.H.; Zerjal, T.; Hurles, M.E.; Adojaan, M.; Alavantic, D.; Amorim, A.; Amos, W.; et al. "Y-chromosomal diversity in europe is clinal and influenced primarily by geography, rather than by language". American Journal of Human Genetics 67 6 (2000): 1526-1543. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033661540&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1086/316890
  153. Pereira, L.; Gusmão, L.; Prata, M.J.; Mota, P.; Trovoada, M.J.; Amorim, A.. "Detection of additional structural variation at the FES/FPS system and population data from S. Tome e Principe and North Portugal". International Journal of Legal Medicine 112 3 (1999): 204-206. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032893713&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s004140050235
  154. Gusmão, L.; Amorim, A.; Prata, M.J.; Pereira, L.; Lareu, M.V.; Carracedo, A.. "Failed PCR amplifications of MBP-STR alleles due to polymorphism in the primer annealing region". International Journal of Legal Medicine 108 6 (1996): 313-315. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0029980969&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/BF02432126
Preprint
  1. Costa, Ana Filipa; Senra, Emanuel; Campos, Diana; Faria-Ramos, Isabel; Santos-Ferreira, Liliana; Lamas, Sofia; Gomes, Joana; et al. Corresponding author: Gomes, Catarina. "Monensin as potential drug for treatment of SLeX-positive tumors". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.11.24304048.
    10.1101/2024.03.11.24304048
  2. Joana C. Ferreira; Farida Alshamali; Luisa Pereira; Veronica Fernandes. "Characterization of Arabian Peninsula whole exomes: exploring high inbreeding features". 2022. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.22.481461.
    10.1101/2022.02.22.481461
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Pereira, Luisa. "Genetic portrait of Portugal in Iberian, European and African Frameworks as Drawn from the Study of Y-chromosome and Mitochondrial DNA Polymorphisms". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2002. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/9990.
  2. Pereira, Luisa. "Estudo dos STRs MBP (loci A, B e C) e FES/FPS: Desenvolvimento de técnicas de análise e caracterização populacional no Norte de Portugal e em São Tomé e Príncipe". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 1997.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/02/19 Squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus in Mozambique: genomic and molecular aspects Cancer Genomics Conference: African genomic diversity. A roadmap to global equity in cancer control
African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (Johannesburg, South Africa)
2021/02/19 Molecular breast cancer features in lusophone African immigrants and descendants treated at Garcia de Orta hospital in Portugal Cancer Genomics Conference: African genomic diversity. A roadmap to global equity in cancer control
African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (Johannesburg, South Africa)
2021/02/18 In silico comparison of drug sensitivity between African and European ancestries in the context of triple-negative breast cancer Cancer Genomics Conference: African genomic diversity. A roadmap to global equity in cancer control
African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (Johannesburg, South Africa)
2020/10/08 Integrated approach of virus sequencing and host genetics in a Covid-19 North Portuguese cohort ThermoFisher SARS-CoV-2 Research Conference
2020/08/04 Using omics to address questions in biomedical sciences Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminars 2020
Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University (Thailand)
2020/01/22 Genomic power to redeem from oblivion: high-throughput applications in ancestry and evolution Seminar at Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNC) – Polo Biocant
(Cantanhede, Portugal)
2019/12/19 The genetic pool of Arabian Peninsula populations. South Arabia: Old Issues, New Perspectives Workshop at the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
(Erlangen, Germany)
2019/11/28 Adaptations of human populations to infectious agents unravelled by high-throughput technologies 8th i3S Annual Meeting
(Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal)
2019/09/19 Host-pathogen co-evolution: from mapping of candidate genes to prediction of worldwide genetic risk MycoPorto2019
(Porto, Portugal)
2019/07/24 Selection, metabolism and resistance to infectious diseases in Africa SMBE 2019
Society of Molecular Biology Evolution (Manchester, United Kingdom)
2019/06 El estudio del inbreeding en el Mediterráneo occidental: una visión genómica XXI Congreso de la Sociedad Espanola de Antropología Física
(Granada, Spain)
2019/03 O vírus da febre hemorrágica da dengue: susceptibilidade das populações humanas XII Congresso Científico Núcleo Estudantes de Farmácia da Associação Académica de Coimbra. Doenças (re)emergentes: um problema de saúde pública
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/03 Biobanks, omics and the power of big data in health research X Jornadas Nacionais de Ciências Biomédicas
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2019 Charting the genomic jigsaw puzzle of Arabian Peninsula EMBO|EMBL Symposium: Reconstructing the Human Past - Using Ancient and Modern Genomics
EMBL (Heidelberg, Germany)
2018/12 Stomach microbiome across the globe mimics human population structure and is in part explained by bacterial genera-human SNPs associations Host-Parasite Interactions
(Vairão, Portugal)
2018/11 Ancestry influence in host-Helicobacter pylori interaction: human transcriptome assessment of co-cultures from controlled ancestry backgrounds 10º simpósio em Metabolismo
(Porto, Portugal)
2018/11 Host-Helicobacter pylori interaction varies with ancestry background I3S Annual Meeting
(Póvoa do Varzim, Portugal)
2018/11 The power of local ancestry inference algorithms in mapping candidate genes: the case study of African ancestry protection against hemorrhagic Dengue fever KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA on Molecular and Cellular Biology - Leveraging Genomic Diversity to Promote Animal and Human Health (S5)
(Kampala, Uganda)
2018/06 Charting the genomic jigsaw puzzle of admixture and selection in Arabian Peninsula Annual meeting of Portuguese Society of Genetics
(Porto, Portugal)
2018/06 The genetic impact of the foraging-based “Coastal Neolithic” and Rice Neolithic in Mainland Southeast Asia Anual meeting of Portuguese Society of Genetics
(Porto, Portugal)
2018/06 Genomic power to redeem from oblivion Annual meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics
(Porto, Portugal)
2018/03 Computational approaches in personalized medicine – immunoInformatics in gastric cancer 7th Bioinformatics Open Days
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2017/11 Genetic susceptibility to dengue fever 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Human Genetics (APCHG 2017)
(Bangkok, Thailand)
2017/10 African ancestry: population structure, selection and resistance to infectious diseases Talk in a visit to GIGA - Interdisciplinary Cluster for Applied Genoproteomics
GIGA - Interdisciplinary Cluster for Applied Genoproteomics (Liége, Belgium)
2017/09 Genetic maps of human migrations XXII Bienal Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/06 HFE mutations: an advantage in evolution? GABBA Symposium New horizons in iron biology
(Porto, Portugal)
2017/02 Hidden treasures in omics datasets – inference of the microbiome 6th Bioinformatics Open Days
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2016/11 Human genetic susceptibility to dengue Final stakeholder meeting of the IDAMS and DENFREE Consortium in collaboration with WHO-TDR
Institut Pasteur (Paris, France)
2016/04 Lipid/cholesterol metabolism is involved in viral replication and immune response to provide protection for African-ancestry against dengue hemorrhagic fever 5th Pan-American Dengue Research Network Meeting
(Panama City, Panama)
2016/02 Human genetics in dengue - Role of ancestry and analytical advantages of considering ancestry 3rd annual DENFREE meeting
(Siem Reap, Cambodia)
2015/08 The influence of ancestry in infectious diseases 14th Dengue International Course
(Havana, Cuba)
2015/05 Worldwide human mitochondrial phylogeny allows to establish the fine time-scaling of purifying selection 4th Bioinformatics Open Days
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2015/05 The human maternal ancestry of the Indian Subcontinent II BioAnthropological Meeting – life, death and in the between
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015/05 Genetic ancestry of Austronesian-speaking populations in Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific XXXIX Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2014/11 The influence of ancestry in complex diseases – the case study of dengue infection in Cuba From Gene to Genious – 1st Annual Symposium of the Doctoral Program in Molecular and Cell Biology
(Porto, Portugal)
2014/11 Population genetics in infectious diseases 3rd Capita Selecta in Complex Disease Analysis Conference
(Liége, Belgium)
2013/06 Population Structure of the African Sahel inferred from Genome-Wide SNP Screening XXXVIII Portuguese Genetics Conference
(Porto, Portugal)
2013/03 Genome-wide analysis across the African Sahel corridor 3rd Bioinformatics Open Days
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2012/11 Mitochondrial DNA genomics: human population history, selection and pathogenicity 16ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana
(Porto, Portugal)
2012/10 O Património Genético Português Congresso Nação, Nacionalismos e Identidades Nacionais. Associação de Professores de História
(Guimarães, Portugal)
2012/04 A population genetics perspective on human mitochondrial DNA diversity and clinical implications XXI Porto Cancer Meeting. Metabolism and Cancer from Etiopathogenesis to Therapy
(Porto, Portugal)
2011/09 The voyages of human genes Stars and Stones: Voyages in Archaeoastronomy and Cultural Astronomy – A meeting of different worlds. An International Conference on Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy. SEAC 2011
(Évora, Portugal)
2011/06 Mitochondrial DNA genomics: measuring selection on humans and implications in clinical genetics 2nd I3S Scientific Retreat
i3S (Póvoa do Varzim, Portugal)
2011/01 Role of mtDNA as a genetic marker II Advanced Course and International Workshop on Clinical Case Reports “The second genome: mitochondrial genetics – from genotype to phenotype and clinical expression”
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2010/07 Identidade e Património Genético Painel “A Ciência na Construção da Cidadania”. Encontro com a Ciência e a Tecnologia em Portugal. Ciência 2010
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2010 Demographic history of Arabian Peninsula people: insights from whole mitochondrial genome sequencing of haplogroup R0a lineages XXXV Portuguese Genetics Conference
(Braga, Portugal)
2009/11 CIRCALIGN: A new algorithm to align multiple mitochondrial genomes Jornadas de Bioinformática 2009
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2009/10 Role of mtDNA as a genetic marker I Advanced Course “The second genome: mitochondrial genetics – from genotype to phenotype and clinical expression”
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2009/04 Forensic mitochondrial DNA analysis: accomplishments and challenges Meeting the forensic challenges of the 21st century Conference
(Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
2008/05 Around the genome: particularities of the circular mitochondrial DNA Talk in a visit to Knowledge Discovery and Bioinformatics (KDBIO) Group. INESC-ID Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2007/11 On the track of the Out-of-Africa: complete mtDNA sequencing of L3 haplotypes from Sudan 11ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana (Porto, Portugal)
2007/11 Genes e artefactos na evolução humana Talk for the Society of Anthropology and Ethnology
Sociedade de Antropologia e Etnologia (Porto, Portugal)
2007/05 mtDNA sequences and sperm motility Talk in a visit to Institute of Integrative & Comparative Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds
University of Leeds (Leeds, United Kingdom)
2007 Relationship between mtDNA binding energy and mutability in human population 2007 Link-age Meeting and IBMC Symposium
IBMC (Porto, Portugal)
2006/10 mtDNA complete sequencing: refining inferences on past human migrations and on clinical genetics Talk in a visit to Laboratory of Genetics and Biometry, Department of Anthropology and Ecology, University of Geneva
University of Geneva (Geneva, Switzerland)
2006/09 Improving inferences on past human migrations: new data from complete mitochondrial sequencing studies Session “History of human populations, palaeoecology and ancient DNA” XV UISPP (Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistorique et Protohistoriques) Congress
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2006/06 As Evas Portugueses: uma história genética Encontros: Avanços do Conhecimento Científico
Clube Literário do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2006/04 mtDNA diversity in Portugal and in the Mediterranean basin Talk in a visit to Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
2005/11 Diversidade genética actual – instrumento para a reconstituição do Passado VII Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2005/10 Choosing the adequate marker for population structure detection Talk in a visit to Research Center for Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center
(Washington DC, United States)
2005/09 Mitochondrial DNA pseudogenes in the nuclear genome as possible sources of contamination 21st Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics
ISFG (Azores, Portugal)
2005/06 Extant mtDNA diversities in humans and domesticates Talk in a visit to Institut Jacques Monod
(Paris, France)
2005/03 Dynamics of the mitochondrial DNA 8th Ed. Portugalia Genetica: “One evolution, four modes of inheritance”
(Porto, Portugal)
2005/03 Directly repeated motifs in the mitochondrial genome occur more often than expected and are conserved throughout evolution 8th Ed. Portugalia Genetica: “One evolution, four modes of inheritance”
(Porto, Portugal)
2005/03 Extensive conservation of secondary structures in the human mtDNA control region 8th Ed. Portugalia Genetica: “One evolution, four modes of inheritance”
(Porto, Portugal)
2005/03 Genetic diversity in Jerbian Arabs and Berbers revealed from HVSI mitochondrial sequence analysis 8th Ed. Portugalia Genetica: “One evolution, four modes of inheritance”
(Porto, Portugal)
2005/03 The history of the male gene pool of São Tomé e Príncipe 8th Ed. Portugalia Genetica: “One evolution, four modes of inheritance”
(Porto, Portugal)
2005 Analysis of inter-specific mitochondrial DNA diversity for accurate species identification 21st Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics
ISFG (Azores, Portugal)
2005 A novel methodology for characterizing the AZFc region of the Y chromosome reveals new recombination mechanisms linked to spermatogenic failure XXIII Jornadas de Estudos da Reprodução
Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina da Reprodução (Coimbra, Portugal)
2005 Mice as models for phylogenetic studies 9ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana (Cascais, Portugal)
2004/12 High-resolution mtDNA evidence for the late-glacial resettlement of Europe from an Iberian refugium Talk in a visit to University El Manar III
(Tunis, Tunisia)
2004/11 Motivos repetidos no genoma mitocondrial: ocorrem mais frequentemente que o esperado e são evolutivamente conservados. 8ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana (Buçaco, Portugal)
2004/11 Repovoamento da Europa a partir de refúgio ibérico (pós-MG) evidenciado pela fina resolução do haplogrupo mitocondrial H 8ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana (Buçaco, Portugal)
2004/11 Expectancy of Y-STR haplotype diversity parameters under different population scenarios IV International Forensic Y-User Workshop: “Haploid DNA markers in forensic genetics”
(Berlin, Germany)
2004/05 Aplicação da biotecnologia à ciência forense Encontros de Biotecnologia
(Angra do Heroismo, Portugal)
2003/09 Is selection at mtDNA really a major concern? 20th International Congress ISFG
ISFG (Arcachon, France)
2003/09 How much more should the Y-STR Haplotype Reference Database increase to reach a pragmatic saturation level? 20th International Congress ISFG
ISFG (Arcachon, France)
2002/11 Bantu and European Y-lineages in sub-Saharan Africa. Y chromosome haplotype database(s): state of the art and future developments
International Forensic Y-User Workshop (Porto, Portugal)
2002/06 Avaliação da saturação amostral da base de dados de mtDNA em Portugueses- implicações populacionais e forenses. VII Jornadas de Genética Forense.
Grupo Español y Português de la ISFG (Barcelona, Spain)
2002/06 Análise filogenética das linhagens mitocondriais Norte Africanas e Subsarianas observadas em Portugal. VII Jornadas de Genética Forense
Grupo Español y Português de la ISFG (Barcelona, Spain)
2002/03 Genetic portraits of Portugal as drawn from mtDNA and Y-biallelic markers 5th Edition of Portugalia Genetica
(Porto, Portugal)
2002 Subdividing mtDNA haplogroup H lineages based on coding-region polymorphisms – a pilot study. Human Origins & Disease
Cold Spring Harbor (New York, United States)
2001/11 Reflexos do padrão de cruzamento entre sub-Sarianos e europeus nas linhagens masculinas e femininas em Portugal e Moçambique. VI Jornadas de Genética Forense
(Córdoba, Argentina)
2001/11 Achegas da genética à história da população portuguesa baseadas nas linhagens de mtDNA e do cromossoma Y 5ª Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana (Aveiro, Portugal)
2001 Differential slave trade to Europe and Brazil from western and eastern African coasts as registered in the mtDNA pool. 19th International Congress on Progress in Forensic Genetics
(Münster, Germany)
2001 Phylogeny of the mtDNA haplogroup U6. Analysis of the sequences observed in North Africa and Iberia. 19th International Congress on Progress in Forensic Genetics
(Münster, Germany)
2001 An evaluation of the proportion of identical Y-STR haplotypes due to recurrent mutation. 19th International Congress on Progress in Forensic Genetics
(Münster, Germany)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022 - 2023 Unravelling the Complexity of Human Disease: Transcriptomic Networks of Phenotype-Gene Expression Data
Co-supervisor
 Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019 - 2023 Genome - microbiome dynamics in human evolution and in emergence of diseases
Supervisor
 Biomedical Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018 - 2022 Biomedical anthropology high-throughput investigation of natural selection and susceptibility to diseases in the Arabian Peninsula
Supervisor
 Biomedical Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018 - 2022 Translational applications in emerging viruses: understanding the disease mechanisms to improve diagnosis and treatment
Supervisor
 Pathology and Molecular Genetics (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018/09/22 - 2019/07/26 In silico investigation of drugs for the treatment of dengue fever disease
Supervisor of Daniel Carpinteiro Soares
 Bioinformática (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016 - 2019 Using omics to address questions in biomedical sciences: human and microbiome diversities in cancer susceptibility
Supervisor
 Biomedical Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Selection on the mitochondrial haplogroup H in Homo sapiens and its putative role in protecting against sepsis
Supervisor of Hugo Blanquet Cruz Oliveira
 Genética Molecular (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2018 Genomic and functional insights on dengue infection: the role of host ancestry
Supervisor of Marisa Sofia Sousa Oliveira
 Ciências Biomédicas (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Redes de co-expressão entre genes codificantes de proteínas mitocondriais e todos os restantes genes nos vários tecidos humanos
Supervisor of João Alexandre Ribeiro de Almeida
 Engenharia Informática e Computação (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Genomic and transcriptomic analyses in cancers related with viral infection
Supervisor of Joana Catarina da Rocha Ferreira
 Bioinformática (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 - 2016 Genetic legacy of Trans-Atlantic slave trade in present populations: anthropological and clinical context
Supervisor of Petr Triska
 Ciências Biomédicas (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2012 - 2016 Demography of Modern Humans in Southeast Asia (SEA): a genetic approach
Supervisor of Andreia Filipa Moreira Aguiar Brandão
 Ciências Biomédicas (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Identification and quantification of oncocytes in microscopic images
Co-supervisor of Tiago Marques Dias da Mota
 Engenharia Informática e Computação (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2010 - 2014 High-resolution characterization of genetic markers in the Arabian Peninsula and Near East
Co-supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
2009 - 2013 Genetic characterisation of the Early Upper Palaeolithic settlement of Europe by modern humans
Co-supervisor of Marta Daniela Araujo Costa
 Biology (PhD)
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
2009 - 2013 Genetic characterisation of modern human dispersals in the Greater Mediterranean
Co-supervisor of Joana Isabel Barbosa Pereira
 Biology (PhD)
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
2010 - 2011 Biblioteca de Programas para Análise de Genética Populacional
Supervisor of Marco Alexandre do Nascimento Alves
 Ciências de Engenharia, orientação em Engenharia Informática e Computação (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Searching for purifying selection in the mitochondrial DNA of various mammal species
Supervisor of Diogo José Monteiro Morgado Abrantes
 Bioinformática (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Improvement of an autosomal STR online database and evaluation of human worldwide genetic diversity
Supervisor of Nuno Miguel Monteiro da Silva
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2005 - 2009 Dynamics of the mitochondrial genome: the moving boundary between normal and pathogenic diversity
Co-supervisor of Ana Borges Goios de Almeida
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2007 - 2008 Ferramentas informáticas para a selecção e o alinhamento de genes de DNA mitocondrial – aplicação ao estudo de diversidade da ordem Primatas
Supervisor of Sandra Manuela Gonçalves Oliveira
 Engenharia Matemática (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2007 - 2008 Diversidade mitocondrial no Sudão: aplicações à genética forense e à genética populacional
Supervisor of Carla Alice Afonso
 Medicina Legal (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2007 - 2008 Caracterização da diversidade genética mitocondrial no Norte e Leste de África; achegas genéticas para as migrações "Back-to-Africa"
Supervisor of Verónica Cristina Neves da Nova Fernandes
 Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2007 - 2008 Aplicações bioinformáticas ao estudo de DNA mitocondrial
Supervisor of Fernando Miguel Laranjeira de Freitas
 Engenharia de Redes e Sistemas Informáticos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2012 - 2019 Jury member of the European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS)
Evaluator
 European Union
2018 - 2018 Project evaluation - Romanian Evaluation Process EEA Grants
Evaluator
 EEA Grants
2017 - 2017 Project evaluation
Evaluator
 National Geographic Society
2016 - 2016 Project evaluation - Strategic Japanese-Swiss Science and Technology Program (SJSSTP)
Evaluator
 Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
2015 - 2015 Project evaluation
Evaluator
 Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva (ANEP), Spain
2010 - 2010 Evaluation of a researcher position
Evaluator
 Icelandic Research Fund
2009 - 2009 Project evaluation
Evaluator
 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2007 - 2007 Evaluation of a researcher contract - Elise-Richter-Programme
Evaluator
 Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
2006 - 2006 Project evaluation
Evaluator
 Grant Agency, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic Akademie ved Ceske republiky

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2015 - Current Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2012 - Current PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science
Distinctions

Other distinction

1995 Prémio Engenheiro António de Almeida
Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeida, Portugal
1994 Prémio Doutor Rui de Serpa Pinto
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal