Joana Barbosa Pereira
Genetic Diversity
Junior Researcher
Joana Barbosa Pereira graduated in Biological Sciences in 2008 at the University of Aveiro and completed her PhD at the University of Leeds in 2013, where she studied modern humans genetic diversity to infer the past of human populations. Ever since, Joana is a research scientist at i3S applying her know-how in human population studies to determine the possible influence of different mutations for the susceptibility of complex diseases such as cancer.
Joana is co-author of 16 publications in peer-reviewed papers with a h-index of 13.
Selected Publications
Patin E., Lopez M., Grollemund R., Verdu P., Harmant C., Quach H., Laval G., Perry G.H., Barreiro L.B., Froment A., Heyer E., Massougbodji A., Fortes-Lima C., Migot-Nabias F., Bellis G., Dugoujon J.M., Pereira J.B., Fernandes V., Pereira L., Van Der Veen L., Mouguiama-Daouda P., Bustamante C.D., Hombert J.M., Quintana-Murci L.,
Pereira J.B., Costa M.D., Vieira D., Pala M., Bamford L., Harich N., Cherni L., Alshamali F., Hatina J., Rychkov S., Stefanescu G., King T., Torroni A., Soares P., Pereira L., Richards M.B.,
Cavadas B., Soares P., Camacho R., Brandão A., Costa M.D., Fernandes V., Pereira J.B., Rito T., Samuels D.C., Pereira L.,
Costa M.D., Pereira J.B., Pala M., Fernandes V., Olivieri A., Achilli A., Perego U.A., Rychkov S., Naumova O., Hatina J., Woodward S.R., Eng K.K., MacAulay V., Carr M., Soares P., Pereira L., Richards M.B.,
Pala M., Olivieri A., Achilli A., Accetturo M., Metspalu E., Reidla M., Tamm E., Karmin M., Reisberg T., Kashani B.H., Perego U.A., Carossa V., Gandini F., Pereira J.B., Soares P., Angerhofer N., Rychkov S., Al-Zahery N., Carelli V., Sanati M.H., Houshmand M., Hatina J., MacAulay V., Pereira L., Woodward S.R., Davies W., Gamble C., Baird D., Semino O., Villems R., Torroni A., Richards M.B.,
Soares P., Alshamali F., Pereira J.B., Fernandes V., Silva N.M., Afonso C., Costa M.D., Musilová E., MacAulay V., Richards M.B., Cerný V., Pereira L.,
Fernandes V., Alshamali F., Alves M., Costa M.D., Pereira J.B., Silva N.M., Cherni L., Harich N., Cerny V., Soares P., Richards M.B., Pereira L.,
Pereira L., Freitas F., Fernandes V., Pereira J.B., Costa M.D., Costa S., Máximo V., Macaulay V., Rocha R., Samuels D.C.,
Dispersals and genetic adaptation of Bantu-speaking populations in Africa and North America. Science356(6337):543-546, 2017. [Journal: Article] [CI: 148] [IF: 41,1]
DOI: 10.1126/science.aal1988 SCOPUS: 85018764496.
DOI: 10.1126/science.aal1988 SCOPUS: 85018764496.
Pereira J.B., Costa M.D., Vieira D., Pala M., Bamford L., Harich N., Cherni L., Alshamali F., Hatina J., Rychkov S., Stefanescu G., King T., Torroni A., Soares P., Pereira L., Richards M.B.,
Reconciling evidence from ancient and contemporary genomes: A major source for the European Neolithic within Mediterranean Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences284(1851):, 2017. [Journal: Article] [CI: 20] [IF: 4,8]
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1976 SCOPUS: 85016117668.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1976 SCOPUS: 85016117668.
Cavadas B., Soares P., Camacho R., Brandão A., Costa M.D., Fernandes V., Pereira J.B., Rito T., Samuels D.C., Pereira L.,
Fine Time Scaling of Purifying Selection on Human Nonsynonymous mtDNA Mutations Based on the Worldwide Population Tree and Mother-Child Pairs. Human Mutation36(11):1100-1111, 2015. [Journal: Article] [CI: 12] [IF: 5,1]
DOI: 10.1002/humu.22849 SCOPUS: 84944036873.
DOI: 10.1002/humu.22849 SCOPUS: 84944036873.
Costa M.D., Pereira J.B., Pala M., Fernandes V., Olivieri A., Achilli A., Perego U.A., Rychkov S., Naumova O., Hatina J., Woodward S.R., Eng K.K., MacAulay V., Carr M., Soares P., Pereira L., Richards M.B.,
A substantial prehistoric european ancestry amongst ashkenazi maternal lineages. Nature Communications4:, 2013. [Journal: Article] [CI: 68] [IF: 10,7]
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3543 SCOPUS: 84885452665.
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3543 SCOPUS: 84885452665.
Pala M., Olivieri A., Achilli A., Accetturo M., Metspalu E., Reidla M., Tamm E., Karmin M., Reisberg T., Kashani B.H., Perego U.A., Carossa V., Gandini F., Pereira J.B., Soares P., Angerhofer N., Rychkov S., Al-Zahery N., Carelli V., Sanati M.H., Houshmand M., Hatina J., MacAulay V., Pereira L., Woodward S.R., Davies W., Gamble C., Baird D., Semino O., Villems R., Torroni A., Richards M.B.,
Mitochondrial DNA signals of late glacial recolonization of europe from near eastern refugia. American Journal of Human Genetics90(5):915-924, 2012. [Journal: Article] [CI: 135] [IF: 11,2]
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.04.003 SCOPUS: 84860740251.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.04.003 SCOPUS: 84860740251.
Soares P., Alshamali F., Pereira J.B., Fernandes V., Silva N.M., Afonso C., Costa M.D., Musilová E., MacAulay V., Richards M.B., Cerný V., Pereira L.,
The expansion of mtDNA haplogroup L3 within and out of Africa. Molecular Biology and Evolution29(3):915-927, 2012. [Journal: Review] [CI: 192] [IF: 10,4]
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr245 SCOPUS: 84857059207.
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr245 SCOPUS: 84857059207.
Fernandes V., Alshamali F., Alves M., Costa M.D., Pereira J.B., Silva N.M., Cherni L., Harich N., Cerny V., Soares P., Richards M.B., Pereira L.,
The Arabian cradle: Mitochondrial relicts of the first steps along the Southern route out of Africa. American Journal of Human Genetics90(2):347-355, 2012. [Journal: Article] [CI: 100] [IF: 11,2]
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.12.010 SCOPUS: 84857046912.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.12.010 SCOPUS: 84857046912.
Pereira L., Freitas F., Fernandes V., Pereira J.B., Costa M.D., Costa S., Máximo V., Macaulay V., Rocha R., Samuels D.C.,
The Diversity Present in 5140 Human Mitochondrial Genomes. American Journal of Human Genetics84(5):628-640, 2009. [Journal: Article] [CI: 106] [IF: 12,3]
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.04.013 SCOPUS: 65149104318.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.04.013 SCOPUS: 65149104318.