by diogo.santos | Jan 1, 2017 | On Going, Projects
Duration: 2017 – 2025 Abstract: DNA methylation levels in CpG sites of several genes emerged in last years for age estimation purposes because of its potential application in forensic genetics. The goal of this project is to develop age prediction models in biological...
by diogo.santos | Nov 16, 2016 | On Going, Projects
Duration: 2016 – 2023 Abstract: The aim of this project is to screen several cohorts of elderly people from different natural and social environments in order to define local healthy phenotypes by gender and culture, and to identify the determinants of health...
by diogo.santos | Oct 17, 2016 | Projects
Duration: 2016-2020 Abstract: This research project aims to contribute to the child figure in a multidisciplinary way, using macro and microscopic osteological approaches to look for structural differences between the subperiosteal new bone formation and the...
by diogo.santos | Sep 16, 2016 | Projects
Duration: 2016-2020 Abstract: Obesity prevalence has increased over recent decades, with WHO pinpointing childhood obesity as one of the most serious global public health challenges for the 21st century (1). Recent data suggests that prevalence of childhood...
by diogo.santos | Aug 16, 2016 | Projects
Duration: 2016-2020 Abstract: Childhood Obesity is increasing worldwide and is a major public health concern due to its consequences throughout life. A thorough understanding of the determinants of obesity is important for the development of scientific-based...
