EDUCATION
2003/2004- BSc in Biology, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
2003/2004- Post graduate course in Medical-Legal Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Portugal.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2003/2004- Internship in population and forensic genetics, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal.
June/July of 2005- Internship at the Department of Forensic Biology, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, NYC, USA.
June/July/August 2006- Internship at the Department of Forensic Biology, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, NYC, USA.
CURRENTLY
PhD student of the “Forensic Sciences and Pathology” doctoral programme, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Phd studies have been carried out at:
. Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal.
. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
. National Genotyping Center of Spain (CEGEN), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
. Department of Forensic Biology, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, NYC, USA.
INTERESTS
Forensic genetics
Population genetics
X Chromosome markers (STRs and SNPs)
RESEARCH PROJECTS
X chromosome Genetic Markers: population and forensic applications.
Ethnic and genetic on the border of the Bantu Migration Route: the case of the Karimojong" - team member
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Gomes I, Prinz M, Pereira R, Meyers C, Mikulasovich RS, Amorim A, Carracedo A, Gusmão L.
Genetic analysis of three US population groups using an X-chromosomal STR decaplex.
Int J Legal Med. 2007. 121:198-203
Pereira R, Gomes I, Amorim A, Gusmão, L
Genetic diversity of 10 X chromosome STRs in northern Portugal.
Int J Legal Med. 2007. 121:192-197.
Gomes I, Alves C, Maxzud K, Pereira R, Prata MJ, Sánchez-Diz P, Carracedo A, Amorim A, Gusmão L.
Analysis of 10 X-STRs in three African Populations.
Forensic Sci Int: Genetics 2007. 1: 208-211.
Aler M, Sánchez-Diz P, Gomes I, Gisbert M, Carracedo A, Amorim A, Gusmão L.
Genetic data of 10 X-STRs in a Spanish population sample.
Forensic Sci Int. 2007. 173: 193-6.
Beleza S, Gusmao L, Lopes A, Alves C, Gomes I, Giouzeli M, Calafell F, Carracedo A, Amorim A.
Micro-phylogeographic and demographic history of Portuguese male lineages.
Ann Hum Genet. 2006. 70:181-94.
de Souza Goes AC, de Carvalho EF, Gomes I, da Silva DA, Gil EH, Amorim A, Gusmao L.
Population and mutation analysis of 17 Y-STR loci from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
Int J Legal Med. 2005. 119:70-6.
Cherni L, Pereira L, Goios A, Loueslati BY, Khodjet el Khil H, Gomes I, Gusmao L, Alves C, Slama A, Amorim A, Elgaaied AB.
Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in three ethnic groups and one cosmopolitan population from Tunisia.
Forensic Sci Int. 2005. 152:95-9.
Gusmao L et al.
Mutation rates at Y chromosome specific microsatellites.
Hum Mutat. 2005. 26:520-8.
PROCEEDINGS
I. Gomes, A. Carracedo, A. Amorim and L. Gusmão.
A multiplex PCR design for simultaneous genotyping of X chromosome short tandem repeat markers.
International Congress Series (2006) 1288: 313-315.
Gusmão L, Sánchez-Diz P, Gomes I, Alves C, Carracedo A, Prata MJ, Amorim A.
Genetic analysis of autosomal and Y-specific STRs in the Karimojong population from Uganda.
International Congress Series 1288 (2006) 213-215.
BOOK CHAPTER
Gusmão L, Brión M, Gomes I.
The human Y chromosome. Male specific polymorphisms and forensic genetics.
In Handbook of Analytical separation. Forensic Sciences. Elsevier Science. Amesterdam (In Press). |
