Maria Helena Correia Dias (A819-AA5E-FAC6)

Curriculum Vitae

Maria Helena Correia Dias

Maria Helena Correia Dias is a researcher focused on the age estimation field through the analysis of DNA methylation levels. She completed the Ph.D. in Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology, on 12 July 2021, with the highest grade, at the University of Coimbra (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia), the Master in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences on 9 September 2014 at the University of Coimbra (Faculdade de Medicina), and the graduation in Biology on 9 July 2012 at the University of Coimbra (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia). Since 2016, Helena is a team member of the Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet (CFE, Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Universidade de Coimbra), a team member of the Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology (LAF, Laboratório de Antropologia Forense, Universidade de Coimbra), and a team member of the Research Centre for Anthropology and Health (CIAS, Centro de investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Universidade de Coimbra). Helena as a Doctoral Fellow developed the project (Funded by FCT): DNA methylation as an age predictor in living and deceased individuals. As a researcher, she has published 9 articles in journals with peer reviews and impact factor. She has organized 16 events promoting the fields of Forensic Anthropology and Epigenetics and participated in another 14 events related to Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences. During her academic career, Helena has received 11 awards and/or honors. At this moment, Helena is an assistent forensic medicine technician at the Institute of Legal Medicine of Forensic Sciences, being envolved in forensic specialized activities at the Forensic Genetics and Biology Serviçe. Also, she is envolved in teaching forensic anthropology and epigenetic classes at several Institutes and Universities, reviewed journal articles, and is guest editor of Jove in Collection Methods: Age Estimation Methods in Forensics.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Maria Helena Correia Dias
Date of birth: 1991/03/30
Gender: Female

Citation names

Correia Dias, Helena
Dias, Helena

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: A819-AA5E-FAC6
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4711-6038

Email addresses

helenacorreiadias30@gmail.com (Professional)
helenadias_3@hotmail.com (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone

962903987 (Personal)

Addresses

Departamento de Ciências da Vida. Calçada Martim de Freitas , 3000-456, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)
Av. António Sardinha Torre II, 3º A, 7350-091, Elvas, Elvas, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Other Medical Sciences - Forensic Science

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2022/10/27 - 2023/02/28 Concluded	Empreendedorismo e Gestão de Projetos (Outros) Instituto de Emprego e Formação Profissional , Portugal
2016/08/10 - 2021/07/12 Concluded	Antropologia (Doutoramento) Major in Antropologia Forense Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "DNA methylation as an age predictor in living and deceased individuals " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18 (Praise and Distinction)
2015/09/27 - 2016/06/15 Concluded	Antropologia Forense (Pós-Graduação) Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal	18
2012/11/19 - 2014/09/09 Concluded	Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal "Genética do Suicídio: A Hipótese GABAérgica " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2012 - 2013 Concluded	Curso Superior de Medicina Legal (Pós-Graduação) Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal	16
2009/09/17 - 2012/07/09 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16

Affiliation

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/01/01 - Current	Forensic Genetics Technician at SGBF Coimbra	Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
	Serviço de Genética e Biologia Forenses da Delegação do Centro, Portugal
2016 - Current	Team member	Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
	Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2016 - Current	Team member	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
2016 - Current	Team member	Laboratório de Antropologia Forense , Portugal
	Laboratório de Antropologia Forense , Portugal
2023/08/01 - 2023/12/31	Forensic Genetics Technician at SGBF Lisboa	Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses Delegação do Sul, Portugal
	Serviço de Genética e Biologia Forenses do INMLCF da Delegação do Sul, Portugal
2015/10/06 - 2015/11/07	Internship in Genética Forense	Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal

2015/05/04 - 2015/06/05	Internship in Patologia Forense	Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal

2014/11/17 - 2015/04/30	Internship in Genética Humana	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal

2012/03/05 - 2012/04/06	Internship in Antropologia Forense	Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/04/01 - 2023/07/30	Centro Formativo de Ciências Forenses em Coimbra (C3F2) BOLSA REGIÃO DE COIMBRA EMPREENDE + entrepreneurship grant IPN-Incubadora Associação para o Desenvolvimento de Actividades de Incubação de Ideias e Empresas, Portugal CIM região de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2020/10/01	DNA methylation as an age predictor in living and deceased individuals SFRH/BD/117022/2016 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Correia Dias, Helena. "ADN antigo: perspetivas e desafios". Paper presented in 22º CONGRESSO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES, 2024. Correia Dias, Helena. "Metodologias para preparação e extração de ADN de fragmentos humanos antigos: uma revisão preliminar.". Paper presented in 22º CONGRESSO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES, 2024. Correia Dias, Helena. "DROPLET DIGITAL PCR FOR EPIGENETIC AGE ESTIMATION USING DNA METHYLATION IN ELOVL2 AND PDE4C GENES". Paper presented in 26 Annual Meeting of Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana (SPGH), 2022. Correia Dias, Helena; Cunha, Eugénia; Cordeiro, Cristina; Corte Real, Francisco; Manco, Licínio. "DNA methylation levels of the ELOVL2 locus for age prediction in living and deceased individuals". Paper presented in Symposium on Humanitarian Forensic Action: Forensic Best Practices and Principles for Preventing and Resolving the Missing, 2019. Correia Dias, Helena; Cunha, Eugénia; Cordeiro, Cristina; Corte Real, Francisco; Manco, Licínio. "Avaliação dos níveis de metilação de DNA do gene ELOVL2 em diferentes tecidos de indivíduos vivos e mortos". Paper presented in 18º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, 2019. Correia Dias, Helena; Pereira, Janet; Pinto, Catarina; Cunha, Eugénia; Corte Real, Francisco; Manco, Licínio. "A multiplex DNA methylation SNaPshot assay for age prediction using blood samples: a replication study". Paper presented in 23ª Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana (SPGH), 2019. Correia Dias, Helena; Cunha, Eugénia; Cordeiro, Cristina; Corte Real, Francisco; Manco, Licínio. "Examination of DNA methylation levels of the ELOVL2 locus in several samples from living and deceased individuals". Paper presented in Ciência 2019- Encontro de Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal, 2019. Correia Dias, Helena; Cordeiro, Cristina; Cunha, Eugénia; Corte Real, Francisco; Manco, Licínio. "Using DNA methylation for age estimation in blood samples of deceased individuals". Paper presented in Scientific Conference: International conferences on Forensic Science Eduction and Training na Universidade de Aveiro, 2019. Correia Dias, Helena; Cunha, Eugénia; Corte Real, Francisco; Manco, Licínio. "DNA methylation patterns in loci ELOVL2, FHL2, EDARADD and PDE4C could improve age estimations in forensic contexts". Paper presented in 17º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, 2018. Correia Dias, Helena; Cunha, Eugénia; Corte Real, Francisco; Manco, Licínio. "DNA methylation patterns in loci ELOVL2, FHL2, EDARADD and PDE4C could improve age estimations in forensic contexts". Paper presented in Fase Basic Course in Forensic Anthropology and One-Day Symposium, Marseillhe (França), 2018. Correia Dias, Helena; Cunha, Eugénia; Corte Real, Francisco; Manco, Licínio. "DNA methylation analysis on the basis of bisulfite-PCR sequencing: a useful age predictor tool". Paper presented in Ciência 2018- Encontro de Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal, 2018. Correia Dias, Helena; Cunha, Eugénia; Corte Real, Francisco; Manco, Licínio. "Analysing DNA methylation levels of the age predictor gene EDARADD using the bisulfite PCR-sequencing method". Paper presented in 1 st International Caparica Conference in Translational Forensics, na Caparica (Portugal), 2017. Correia Dias, Helena; Cunha, Eugénia; Corte Real, Francisco; Manco, Licínio. "Evaluating the DNA methylation patterns of ELOVL2 gene based on the bisulfite PCR-sequencing: a useful method for human age prediction". Paper presented in 16º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, 2017. Correia Dias, Helena; Cunha, Eugénia; Corte Real, Francisco; Manco, Licínio. "Bisulfite PCR-sequencing as a method to evaluate the DNA methylation patterns of the age predictor gene ELOVL2". Paper presented in 21ª Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana (SPGH), na Caparica (Portugal), 2017. Dias, Helena (A819-AA5E-FAC6); Muc, Magdalena; Padez, Cristina; Manco, Licínio. "Association of the lactase -13910C>T polymorphism (rs4988235) with BMI and fat-mass in a sample of students from the University of Coimbra, Portugal". Paper presented in BioAnthropological Meeting (BAM), 2015. Dias, Helena (A819-AA5E-FAC6). "Genética do suicídio na população portuguesa: hipótese GABAérgica". Paper presented in 12º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, 2013.
Journal article	Correia Dias, Helena; Manco, Licínio. "Predicting age from blood by droplet digital PCR using a set of three DNA methylation markers". Forensic Science International 356 (2024): 111950. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.111950. 10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.111950 Correia Dias, Helena; Cunha, Eugénia; Corte Real, Francisco; Manco, Licínio. Corresponding author: Correia Dias, Helena. "Challenges and (Un)Certainties for DNAm Age Estimation in Future". Forensic Sciences 2 3 (2022): 601-614. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci2030044. Published • 10.3390/forensicsci2030044 Manco, Licínio; Correia Dias, Helena. Corresponding author: Manco, Licínio. "DNA methylation analysis of ELOVL2 gene using droplet digital PCR for age estimation purposes". Forensic Science International 333 (2022): 111206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111206. Published • 10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111206 Correia Dias, Helena; Manco, Licínio; Corte Real, Francisco; Cunha, Eugénia. Corresponding author: Correia Dias, Helena. "A Blood-Bone-Tooth Model for Age Prediction in Forensic Contexts". Biology 10 12 (2021): 1312. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology10121312. Published • 10.3390/biology10121312 Correia Dias, Helena; Corte Real, Francisco; Cunha, Eugénia; Manco, Licínio. "DNA methylation age estimation from human bone and teeth". Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences (2020): 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2020.1805011. Published • 10.1080/00450618.2020.1805011 Correia Dias, Helena; Cunha, Eugénia; Corte Real, Francisco; Manco, Licínio. "Age prediction in living: Forensic epigenetic age estimation based on blood samples". Legal Medicine 47 (2020): 101763. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2020.101763. Published • 10.1016/j.legalmed.2020.101763 Correia Dias, Helena; Cordeiro, Cristina; Pereira, Janet; Pinto, Catarina; Corte Real, Francisco; Cunha, Eugénia; Manco, Licínio. "DNA methylation age estimation in blood samples of living and deceased individuals using a multiplex SNaPshot assay". Forensic Science International 311 (2020): 110267. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110267. Published • 10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110267 Correia Dias, Helena; Cordeiro, Cristina; Corte Real, Francisco; Cunha, Eugénia; Manco, Licínio. "Age Estimation Based on DNA Methylation Using Blood Samples From Deceased Individuals". Journal of Forensic Sciences 65 2 (2019): 465-470. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14185. Published • 10.1111/1556-4029.14185 Manco, L; Dias, H; Muc, M; Padez, C. "The lactase -13910C>T polymorphism (rs4988235) is associated with overweight/obesity and obesity-related variables in a population sample of Portuguese young adults". European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 71 1 (2016): 21-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2016.164. Published • 10.1038/ejcn.2016.164 Dias, Helena; Muc, Magdalena; Padez, Cristina; Manco, Licínio. "Association of polymorphisms in 5-HTT (SLC6A4) and MAOA genes with measures of obesity in young adults of Portuguese origin". Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry 122 1 (2015): 8-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13813455.2015.1111390. Published • 10.3109/13813455.2015.1111390
Thesis / Dissertation	Correia Dias, Helena. "DNA methylation as an age predictor in living and deceased individuals". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/96422. Correia Dias, Helena. "Genética do suicídio: A hipótese GABaérgica". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/31639.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/10/17	A metodologia de droplet digital PCR para estimativa da idade com base nos níveis de DNAm: um estudo preliminar em sangue de indivíduos mortos	22º CONGRESSO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses (Estoril, Portugal)
2023/10/14	Caracterização genética dos imigrantes oriundos de Brasil, Cabo verde, Angola, Moçambique e Guiné Bissau. Impacto da miscigenação na Genética Forense	21º CONGRESSO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES (Lamego, Portugal)
2022/11/24	Estimating DNA Methylation age in bones from Bodies Donated to Science	20º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/09/09	A practical tool for human age estimation based on DNA methylation.	VIII CONGRESSO DA ASSOCIAÇÃO PORTUGUESA DE ANTROPOLOGIA (Évora, Portugal)
2021/11/18	A multi-tissue model for epigenetic age using blood, bones and teeth	19º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, em Coimbra (Portugal) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/12	Presentation "Estimativa da idade com base nos níveis de metilação do ADN"	Sessão Geral: 25 anos CIAS do Ciclo de Conferências dos 25 anos do CIAS (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/11	DNA methylation age estimation using a multiplex SNaPshot assay in blood samples	18º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, em Coimbra (Portugal) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/11	Age estimation based on DNA methylation in blood samples from deceased individuals	17º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, em Coimbra (Portugal) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015/05	Association study of VNTR polymorphisms in 5-HTT (SLC6A4) gene with obesity risk in students from the University of Coimbra.	BioAnthropological Meeting (BAM) (Coimbra, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/09 - Current	Supervision ongoing in the master thesis entitled "Estimativa da idade pela análise da metilação de DNA em cadáveres esqueletizados não identificados" Supervisor	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/03/13 - 2024/03/13	Speaker on the event Criminal Insights, organized by Scientific Junior Value, with a talk: Forensic Epigenetics (2024/03/13 - 2024/03/13)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024/02/06 - 2024/02/06	Speech about the Master's degree in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (2024/02/06 - 2024/02/06)	Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia da Associação Académica de Coimbra (NEB/AAC) , Portugal
2023/06/29 - 2023/06/29	Free lecture about Forensic Anthropology organized by C3F2 (2023/06/29) Seminar (Co-organisor)	C3F2, Portugal
2023/06/27 - 2023/06/27	Free lecture about Forensic Epigenetics organized by C3F2 (2023/06/27) Seminar (Co-organisor)	C3F2, Portugal
2023/04/15 - 2023/04/15	Speed Meeting about my Ph.D. research at the "VII Encontro de Laboratório (VII meet.Lab Coimbra)", organized by the "Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia da Associação Académica de Coimbra (NEB/AAC)". (2023/04/14 - 2023/04/16) Meeting
2023/03/15 - 2023/03/15	Speaker in DCV Talks 2023, with the speech: DNA Methylation Age Estimation (2023)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2023/03/08 - 2023/03/08	Speaker on the event Criminal Insights, organized by Scientific Junior Value, with a talk: A Journey into Forensic Anthropology (2023/03/08 - 2023/03/08)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/10/29 - 2021/10/31	Speaker in the Workshop "Casos Clínicos Ciências Forenses"- VIII Edição do Congresso Nacional de Estudantes de Medicina (2021/10/29 - 2021/10/31) Workshop (Other)	Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/02/23 - 2019/02/23	Speaker in the Workshop "Antropologia Forense do VII In4Med, o congresso médico-científico", organized by Core of Medical Students of the Academic Association of Coimbra, at the Hospital and University Center of Coimbra (Portugal) (2019/02/23) Workshop (Other)	Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra , Portugal
2018/04/28 - 2018/04/28	Co-organized the Workshop "Variabilidade Anatómica, osteopatologia e Traumatismos" (2018/04/28) Workshop	Laboratório de Antropologia Forense , Portugal
2018/03/21 - 2018/03/21	Co-organized the lecture "CSI, realidade ou ficção" at the Escola Secundária da Sertã (2018/03/21) Seminar (Other)
2018/03/02 - 2018/03/02	Co-organized the Workshop about Forensic Anthropology at the science fair "Qualifica- Feira de Educação, Formação, Juventude e Emprego" (2018/03/02) Workshop (Other)
2018/02/24 - 2018/02/24	Speaker in the practical part of the Workshop about Forensic Anthropology in "VII In4Med, o congresso médico-científico", organized by Core of Medical Students of the Academic Association of Coimbra, at the Hospital and University Center of Coimbra (Portugal) (2018/02/24) Workshop (Other)	Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra , Portugal
2017/12/16 - 2017/12/16	Co-organized the Workshop on Forensic Anthropology (2017/12/16)	Laboratório de Antropologia Forense , Portugal
2017/11/29 - 2017/11/29	Co-organized the practical part of the lecture "CSI, realidade ou ficção" at the Escola Básica Dr. Azevedo Perdigão (2017/11/29) Other (Other)
2017/10/28 - 2017/10/28	Co-organized the Workshop "Osteologia Humana" (2017/10/28) Workshop	Laboratório de Antropologia Forense , Portugal
2017/10/05 - 2017/10/05	Speaker at the practical part of the lecture on Forensic Anthropology, which took place at the "III Festival de Ciência de Oliveira do Bairro (FeCioB)" (2017/10/05) Festival (Other)
2017/09/29 - 2017/09/29	Co-organized the practical part of the lecture on Forensic Anthropology at the "Noite Europeia de Investigadores 2017" (2017/09/29) Meeting (Other)
2017/07/21 - 2017/07/21	Speaker on the event "Universidade de Verão 2017" (2017/07/21) Meeting (Other)	Laboratório de Antropologia Forense , Portugal
2017/04/29 - 2017/04/29	Speaker in the activities of the "III Workshop em Antropologia Forense" (2017/04/29) Workshop (Other)	Laboratório de Antropologia Forense , Portugal Associação de Pesquisadores e Estudantes Brasileiros, Portugal
2017/03/08 - 2017/03/08	Speaker in the activities of the science fair "Qualifica- Feira de Educação, Formação, Juventude e Emprego, no Porto" (2017/03/08) Other (Other)
2016/11/07 - 2016/11/07	Speaker on the Workshop included at the "Semana da História e Desenvolvimento no Colégio Apostólico da Imaculada Conceição, em Cernache". (2016/11/07) Workshop (Other)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/03/11 - 2024/03/14	9ª Curso de Formação em Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Workshop	9ª Curso de Formação em Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2021/11/11 - 2021/11/13	Participation in FASE course activities (online) Congress	Virtual FASE Advanced Course and One-day Symposium
2020/09/06 - 2020/09/07	Attend to IV Congresso Nacional de Antropologia Forense (On-Line), Associação Brasileira de Antropologia Forense (ABRAF) Congress	IV Congresso Nacional de Antropologia Forense
2019/10/22 - 2019/10/22	Attend to lecture given by speakers Dra. Eugénia Cunha, Dra. Luísa Pereira and Dr. Svante Pääbo, in Coimbra Other	Como a Genética conta a nossa grande história humana Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, Portugal
2019/09/06 - 2019/09/06	Attend to the conference given by speakers: Dr. Ricardo Moreira Araújo and Dr. Thales Bittencourt de Barcelos, which took place at Delegação do Centro do Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, I.P., Coimbra (Portugal) Conference	DIV BRUMADINHO: Perspectiva médico legal do rompimento de uma barragem de rejeitos de minério de ferro em Minas Gerais, Brasil
2019/09/02 - 2019/09/06	Attend to Bone Trauma Course Workshop	Bone Trauma Course Laboratório de Antropologia Forense , Portugal
2019/08/26 - 2019/08/30	Attend to Workshop on statistics and R Workshop	A Data Science Workshop: R Fundamentals and Biostatistics Laboratório de Antropologia Forense , Portugal
2019/07/01 - 2019/07/01	Attend to forensic talks. Taught by Bridget F.B. Algee-Hewitt Other	"A computational Framework for estimating ancestry" and "Adult age-at-death from craniometrics and laser-scans of the pubic symphysis: Implications for forensic case identification."
2018/09/24 - 2018/09/24	Attend to lecture given by João C. Teixeira (The University of Adelaide, Austrália) at the University of Coimbra Other	The Aboriginal Heritage Project
2018/09/24 - 2018/09/24	Attend to lecture given by Bastien Llamas (The University of Adelaide, Austrália) at the University of Coimbra Other	Human Evoulution: a tale from ancient genomes
2017/10/02 - 2017/10/02	Participation in the activity Forensic Talks, that took place at the Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal. Other	"The forensic undergraduate teaching system in China" and "The Judicial system and the relevant practice in China."
2015/04/08 - 2015/04/08	Attend to the Course Workshop	Introdução ao uso do software R Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
2013/06/15 - 2013/06/15	Attend to the lecture Seminar	Avaliação e Reparação do Dano em Direito do Trabalho: Que Futuro?
2013/05/25 - 2013/05/25	Participation in the activities of the minicourse, organized by Locard Investigações e Perícias, in Coimbra. Workshop	Introdução às Ciências Forenses
2013/05/04 - 2013/05/04	Attend to the lecture Seminar	Tabela de Incapacidades em Direito Civil: Que Futuro?

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/10/25	Jury academic degree (main arguer) in the thesis entitled "A POLÍCIA JUDICIÁRIA E A DINÂMICA DAS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS: UMA ANÁLISE EXPLORATÓRIA" (Thesis) Main arguer	Beatriz Paula Avelar Bizarro (Master) Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra , Portugal
2024/07/28	Jury academic degree (main arguer) in the thesis entitled "ESTUDO DE CASOS DE MORTE POR ASFIXIA MECÂNICA NO GABINETE MÉDICO-LEGAL E FORENSE DO CÁVADO DO INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES, I.P. " (Thesis) Main arguer	Inês Fernandes Messias (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2022/06/24 - Current	Portuguese Anthropological Association	Membership (sócio efectivo)

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/02/27 - Current	Forensic Anthropology	Especialização Avançada em Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses	Instituto CRIAP, Portugal
2024/10/11 - 2024/10/11	Classe about Epigenetics methods fo Age Estimation	Mestrado em Antropologia Forense	Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/07/18 - 2024/07/18	Talking about Forensic Epigenetics at the "XII Curso Livre de Introdução às Ciências Forenses"	XII Curso Livre de Introdução às Ciências Forenses (Pós-Graduação)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024/03/14 - 2024/03/14	Classe about Epigenetics in Forensic Genetics	Mestrado em Genética Clínica Laboratorial	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/02/24 - 2024/02/24	Classe about Forensic Antropology entitled "Perícias de Antropologia Forense e Investigação Criminal"	Pós-graduação em Criminologia e Investigação Criminal (Pós-Graduação)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2024/02/02 - 2024/02/16	Forensic Antropology	Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem Forense (Pós-Graduação)	Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2024/02/07 - 2024/02/07	Classe about Legal Medicine, Forensic Genetics and Forensic Epigenetics	Antropologia Forense (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/02/03 - 2024/02/03	Forensic Antropology	Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem Forense (Pós-Graduação)	Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário CRL, Portugal
2023/03/14 - 2023/03/14	Forensic Anthropology	Especialização Avançada em Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses	Instituto CRIAP, Portugal
2023/03/10 - 2023/03/10	Epigenetics in Forensic Genetics	Mestrado em Genética Clínica Laboratorial (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Medicina , Portugal
2023/02/11 - 2023/02/11	Epigenetics in Forensic Genetics	Mestrado em Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Medicina , Portugal
2022/12/14 - 2022/12/14	DNA Methylation Age Estimation	Antropologia Forense- Doutoramento (Doutoramento)	Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/03/15 - 2022/03/15	Forensic Anthropology	Especialização Avançada em Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses	Instituto CRIAP, Portugal
2022/03/11 - 2022/03/11	Epigenetics and Forensic application	MESTRADO EM GENÉTICA CLINICA LABORATORIAL (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Medicina , Portugal
2019/10/25 - 2019/10/26	Forensic Anthropology (theoretical and pratical part)	Curso de Especialização em Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses (Pós-Graduação)	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2019/11	Interview on "Jornal Perspetivas" (about my PhD project: DNA methylation age estimation)	Edição nº39 Distribuição a Nível Nacional com o Seminário Sol

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2022/06/01 - 2022/06/30	Summer internship at the Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra	Quatro alunos

Distinctions

Award

2021	Best oral communication "A multi-tissue model for epigenetic age using blood, bones and teeth" Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2018	Best poster presentation "DNA methylation patterns in loci ELOVL2, FHL2, EDARADD and PDE4C could improve age estimations in forensic contexts." Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2012	The 3% Best Students Award in the academic year 2011/2012 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011	The 3% Best Students Award in the academic year 2010/2011 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010	The 3% Best Students Award in the academic year 2009/2010 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009	Prize of Value and Excellence Escola Secundária D. Sancho II, Portugal
2008	Prize of Value and Excellence Escola Secundária D. Sancho II, Portugal
2007	Prize of Value and Excellence Escola Secundária D. Sancho II, Portugal

Other distinction

2019	Honorable mention in the area of Biologia e Genética Forenses to poster presentation "Poster intitulado "Avaliação dos níveis de metilação de DNA do gene ELOVL2 em diferentes tecidos de indivíduos vivos e mortos " Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2019	Honorable mention in the area of Biologia e Genética Forenses to oral communication "DNA methylation age estimation using a multiplex SNaPshot assay in blood samples" Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2017	Grant (valor da inscrição) para participar na 1st International Caparica Conference in Translational Forensics, na Caparica (Portugal)