Iva Gomes

Population Genetics & Evolution

Associate Researcher

Iva is a research scientist specialized in forensic molecular genetics. She worked at IPATIMUP from 2005 to 2010 where she performed both her bachelor and doctoral projects. During this period, Iva specialized on the analysis of X-chromosome markers for population and genetic applications. Her doctoral forensic path gave her as well professional opportunities at the international level such as research collaborations with the OCME in NYC as well as visiting scientist at the FBI in Quantico, VA. She obtained her PhD in 2010 from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Santiago de Compostela. Iva was then granted a post-doctoral fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to continue her research at the Institute of Legal Medicine of Cologne in Germany. During Iva’s post-doctoral period she focused mostly on the gene expression analysis of mRNA and miRNA markers for the identification of body fluids and tissues for forensic casework. She was also a team member of the European Forensic Genetics Network of Excellence- EUROFORGEN-NoE. Iva has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers and has supervised several master and doctoral projects. After a period of 7 years in Germany, she has returned to her home institute of IPATIMUP and holds a Research Assistant position obtained under the FCT CEEC 2017 program.

Selected Publications

Gomes I., Pinto N., Antão-Sousa S., Gomes V., Gusmão L., Amorim A.,

Twenty Years Later: A Comprehensive Review of the X Chromosome Use in Forensic Genetics. Frontiers in Genetics11:, 2020. [Journal: Review] [CI: 32] [IF: 4,6]
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00926 SCOPUS: 85091943439.

González R.D., Gomes I., Gomes C., Rocha R., Durães L., Sousa P., Figueruelo M., Rodríguez M., Pita C., Hornero R., Gómez C., Lopes A.M., Pinto N., Martins S.,

Apoe variants in an iberian alzheimer cohort detected through an optimized sanger sequencing protocol. Genes12(1):1-13, 2021. [Journal: Article] [CI: 4] [IF: 4,1]
DOI: 10.3390/genes12010004 SCOPUS: 85098877998.

Gomes I., Pereira P.J.P., Harms S., Oliveira A.M., Schneider P.M., Brehm A.,

Genetic characterization of Guinea-Bissau using a 12 X-chromosomal STR system: Inferences from a multiethnic population. Forensic Science International: Genetics31:89-94, 2017. [Journal: Article] [CI: 12] [IF: 5,6]
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2017.08.016 SCOPUS: 85028304777.

Gomes I., Brehm A., Gusmão L., Schneider P.M.,

New sequence variants detected at DXS10148, DXS10074 and DXS10134 loci. Forensic Science International: Genetics20:112-116, 2016. [Journal: Article] [CI: 9] [IF: 3,9]
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2015.10.005 SCOPUS: 84947262639.

Sirker M., Fimmers R., Schneider P.M., Gomes I.,

Evaluating the forensic application of 19 target microRNAs as biomarkers in body fluid and tissue identification. Forensic Science International: Genetics27:41-49, 2017. [Journal: Article] [CI: 56] [IF: 5,6]
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.11.012 SCOPUS: 85002962748.

Sirker M., Schneider P.M., Gomes I.,

A 17-month time course study of human RNA and DNA degradation in body fluids under dry and humid environmental conditions. International Journal of Legal Medicine130(6):1431-1438, 2016. [Journal: Article] [CI: 41] [IF: 2,4]
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-016-1373-9 SCOPUS: 84968661795.

Haas C., Hanson E., Banemann R., Bento A.M., Berti A., Carracedo , Courts C., Cock G.D., Drobnic K., Fleming R., Franchi C., Gomes I., Hadzic G., Harbison S.A., Hjort B., Hollard C., Hoff-Olsen P., Keyser C., Kondili A., Maroñas O., McCallum N., Miniati P., Morling N., Niederstätter H., Noël F., Parson W., Porto M.J., Roeder A.D., Sauer E., Schneider P.M., Shanthan G., Sijen T., Syndercombe Court D., Turanská M., Van Den Berge M., Vennemann M., Vidaki A., Zatkalíková L., Ballantyne J.,

RNA/DNA co-analysis from human skin and contact traces - Results of a sixth collaborative EDNAP exercise. Forensic Science International: Genetics16:139-147, 2015. [Journal: Article] [CI: 49] [IF: 5]
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2015.01.002 SCOPUS: 84921346305.

Jung S.E., Cho S., Antunes J., Gomes I., Uchimoto M.L., Oh Y.N., Di Giacomo L., Schneider P.M., Park M.S., van der Meer D., Williams G., McCord B., Ahn H.J., Choi D.H., Lee Y.H., Lee S.D., Lee H.Y.,

A collaborative exercise on DNA methylation based body fluid typing. Electrophoresis37(21):2759-2766, 2016. [Journal: Article] [CI: 19] [IF: 2,7]
DOI: 10.1002/elps.201600256 SCOPUS: 84994129856.

El-Kashef N., Gomes I., Mercer-Chalmers-Bender K., Schneider P.M., Rothschild M.A., Juebner M.,

Validation of adequate endogenous reference genes for reverse transcription-qPCR studies in human post-mortem brain tissue of SIDS cases. Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology11(4):517-529, 2015. [Journal: Article] [CI: 8] [IF: 1,9]
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-015-9717-1 SCOPUS: 84947488946.

Van Den Berge M., Carracedo A., Gomes I., Graham E.A.M., Haas C., Hjort B., Hoff-Olsen P., Maroñas O., Mevåg B., Morling N., Niederstätter H., Parson W., Schneider P.M., Court D.S., Vidaki A., Sijen T.,

A collaborative European exercise on mRNA-based body fluid/skin typing and interpretation of DNA and RNA results. Forensic Science International: Genetics10(1):40-48, 2014. [Journal: Article] [CI: 65] [IF: 4,6]
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.01.006 SCOPUS: 84894257368.