RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS
- Population and Forensic Genetics;
- Study of X-chromosome markers in human and non-human populations;

EDUCATION 
2009 – present:
PhD student
“Extending and refining knowledge on patterns of X-chromosome diversity in mammals”
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto; IPATIMUP.

2007 – 2008:
MSc student in Forensic Genetics
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto; IPATIMUP.

2006 – 2007:
Traineeship in population genetics - IPATIMUP.

2003 – 2007:
Degree in Biology
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto.
 
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Pereira V, Moncada E, Diez IE, Tomas C, Amorim A, Morling N, Gusmão L, Prata MJ (2011)
Genetic characterization of Somali and Iraqi populations using a set of 33 X-chromosome Indels.
Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series.
[E pub ahead of print] DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2011.08.069

Pereira V, Tomas C, Sanchez JJ, Amorim A, Gusmão L, Prata MJ, Morling N (2011)
Study of 25 X-chromosome Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in African and Asian poplations.
Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series.
[E pub ahead of print] DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2011.08.070

Tomas C, Pereira V, Morling N (2011)
Analysis of 12 X-STRs in Greenlanders, Danes and Somalis using Argus X-12.
Int J Leg Med [E pub ahead of print] DOI: 10.1007/s00414-011-0609-y

Pereira R, Pereira V, Gomes I, Tomas C, Morling N, Amorim A, Prata MJ, Carracedo A, Gusmão L (2011)
A method for the analysis of 32 X chromosome insertion deletion polymorphisms in a single PCR.
Int J Leg Med [E pub ahead of print] DOI: 10.1007/s00414-011-0593-2

Pereira V, Tomas C, Amorim A, Morling N, Gusmão L, Prata MJ (2010)
Study of 25 X–chromosome SNPs in the Portuguese.
Forensic Sci Int: Genetics. 5: 336-338.

Pereira V, Gomes V, Amorim A, , Gusmão L, Prata MJ (2010)
Genetic characterization of uniparental lineages in populations from Southwest Iberia with past malaria endemicity.
Am J Hum Biol 22: 588-595.

van Asch B, Pinheiro R, Pereira R, Alves C, Pereira V, Pereira F, Gusmão L, Amorim, A (2010)
A framework for the development of STR genotyping in domestic animal species: Characterisation and population study of twelve canine X-chromosome loci.
Electrophoresis 31(2):303-8.

Gomes I, Amorim A, Pereira V, Carracedo A, Gusmão L (2009)
Genetic patterns of 10 X chromosome short tandem repeats in an Asian population from Macau.
Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series. 2:402-404.

Valente V, Gomes I, Pereira V, Amorim A, Gusmão L, Prata MJ (2009)
Association between STRs from the X chromosome in a sample of Portuguese Gypsies.
Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series. 2:391-393.

van Asch B, Alves C, Gusmão L, Pereira V, Pereira F, Amorim A (2009)
A new autosomal STR nineplex for canine identification and parentage testing.
Electrophoresis. 30:417-423.

Gomes I, Pereira V, Gomes V, Prata MJ, Pinto N, Carracedo A, Amorim A, Gusmão L (2009)
The Karimojong from Uganda: Genetic characterization using an X-STR decaplex system.
Forensic Sci Int: Genetics. 3(4): e127-e128.

RESEARCH PROJECTS
POCI/ANT/57037/2004: “Deciphering the origin of foci of high prevalence of hereditary anemias in Portugal: epidemiological and evolutionary study” (Masters student)
POCI/AFR/62242/2004: “Ethnicity and genetics in the fringe of Bantu migration route: The Karamojong case” (Trainee student)