Main Researcher: Licínio Manco
The main research focus of Genes, Populations and Diseases group is the assessment of genetic variation across populations, including both normal and disease phenotypes.
The group activity covers important topics in human genetics, including:
- genetic basis of complex diseases, including obesity;
- molecular basis of haematological conditions, namely red cell enzyme deficiencies, HbF production in adults and venous thrombosis susceptibility.
- effect of diseases (such as malaria) on modern patterns of genetic variation;
- population genetics studies using Y-chromosome and autosomal variants.
Coordinator

Research group: Genes, Populations and Disease (Group Coordinator)
Institutional Address:
Research Centre for Anthropology and Health (CIAS)
Department of Life Sciences
Email: lmanco@antrop.uc.pt
Phone number: +351 239 240 700
Research interests:
- Genetic basis of human variation, in both normal and disease phenotypes;
- Genetic basis of complex diseases, including obesity and haematological conditions;
- Molecular basis of human genetic diseases, with a particular focus on red cell enzyme deficiencies;
- Population genetic studies using common genetic variation in autosomal and Y-chromosome loci.
Ongoing Projects:
P1: Genetic and environmental determinants of healthy ageing and longevity.
P2: Genetic basis of haematological conditions.
– Genetics of venous thrombosis (VT) risk.
– Fetal haemoglobin (HbF) gene regulation.
P3: Study of genetic variants associated with common and morbid obesity.
P4: Y-chromosome variation in Portugal: relationships with historical or demographic events
and patrilineal surnames.
P5: Ancient DNA analyses from human skeletal remains.
Personal URL:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Licinio_Manco
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-0288
http://www.degois.pt/visualizador/curriculum.jsp?key=6067775827694493
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6701505412
Researchers

Research group: Genes, Populations and Disease
Institutional Address:
Email: celeste.bento@chuc.min-saude.pt
Research interests:
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Hematology
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Blood
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Hemoglobinopathies
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Blood Disorders
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Erythrocytosis
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Red Blood Cells
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Hemoglobin M
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Abnormal Erythrocytes
Personal URL:
https://independent.academia.edu/CelesteBento
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1080-411X
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7003495294

Research group: Genes, Populations and Disease
Institutional Address:
Research Center for Anthropology and Health (CIAS),
University of Coimbra,
Research interests
I am currently interested on the study of the genetic basis of obesity, particularly the following lines:
- Identify new genetic variants associated with the susceptibility risk to develop an obese phenotype.
- Identify mutations in the MC4R and LEPR genes associated with monogenic obesity.
- Examine the methylation levels of several CpG sites.
Overall, I am interested in identifying a genetic profile to predict the obesity susceptibility risk.
Personal URL:
http://www.degois.pt/visualizador/curriculum.jsp?key=6209402451024566

Research group: Genes, Populations and Disease
Institutional Address: Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra
Email: helenadias_3@hotmail.com
Research interests:
Human Genetics, Human Biology, Genetic basis of complex diseases, Forensic Genetics, Forensic Anthropolgy, Osteology, Skeletal Biology, Age at death estimation, DNA methylation, Ancient DNA, Burned bones, Paleopatology ; Biogeographic ancestry markers
Personal URL:

Research group: Genes, Populations and Disease
Institutional Address:
Departamento de Ciências da Vida
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade de Coimbra
Calçada Martim de Freitas
3000-456 Coimbra
Portugal
Email:
alvarez@antrop.uc.pt
Research interests:
Genetics of Human Populations, Human Population Dynamics and Evolution.
Personal URL
https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/3F14-40E4-2DAE
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0336-2299
http://www.degois.pt/visualizador/curriculum.jsp?key=5306830375143950

Research group: Genes, Populations and Disease

PhD, Responsable for the Laboratory of Molecular Hematology, University Hospital Center of Coimbra
Research group: Genes, Populations and Disease
Research Interest: Mutation analysis; Hematologic Diseases; Human molecular genetic; Next Generation Sequencing
Her major research activities have been in molecular diagnosis of Haemophilia, von Willebrand Disease, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). She is currently involved in optimisation of these studies and other coagulopathies by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS).
Personal URL:
Researchers (PhD Students)


Doctor in History and Maritime Archaeology
Institutional Address: University of Cádiz, Department of History, Geography and Philosophy
Research Interests: History; Archaeology; Funeral archaeology; Forensic anthropology; Prehistory Mediterranean


Research group: Past Cultures and Populations
Institutional address: Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra
Research interests:
Biological Anthropology;
Paleodiets;
Paleopathology;
Forensic Anthropology
Personal URL:


Research group: Past cultures and populations
Institutional Address:
Lab2PT, Universidade do Minho
CIAS, Universidade de Coimbra
Email: alexandrina.amorim@gmail.com
Research interests:
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Ancient DNA; Archaeological Chemistry; Archaeological Theory; Archaeology; Bioarchaeology; Biological Anthropology; Burial; Cemeteries; Evolutionary Anthropology; Forensic Anthropology; Forensic Archaeology; Funeral Rites; Historical Anthropology; Osteology; Palaeolithic; Paleoanthropology; Paleopathology; Prehistoric Archaeology
PhD Project:
O presente projeto pretende estudar a evolução dos espaços e rituais funerários praticados na vila fortificada de Valença desde a sua fundação medieval até ao século XIX, explorando os resultados dos trabalhos arqueológicos aí realizados nos últimos 15 anos.
Pretende-se, por um lado, clarificar a organização espacial das áreas sepulcrais associadas a cada edifício religioso, atendendo às identidades individuais, sociais e religiosas, balizando a cronologia das fases de ocupação. Por outro lado, o estudo paleoantropológico das amostras ósseas exumadas proporcionará dados sobre o modo de vida destas populações, sobre a evolução demográfica e a mobilidade da população. Procurar-se-á, ainda, correlacionar o uso funerário dos espaços com a evolução urbanística da fortificação, no sentido de identificar eventuais condicionalismos e pressões sobre os espaços funerários ao longo dos tempos e a influência nas suas organizações. Pretende-se, assim, recriar toda uma dinâmica urbanística, demográfica, funerária e de vivências de um meio militarizado.
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexandrina_Alves/info


Alice was in Portugal financed by Lifelong Learning Programme – Sub Programme: Leonardo da Vinci – Mobility


Research group: Past cultures and populations
Institutional Address:
Departamento de Ciências da Vida
Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde
Email: manu_alvaro16@hotmail.com
Research interests:
Physical Anthropology; Osteology; Bioarchaeology; Forensic Anthropology; Skeletal Biology; Paleopathology; Paleoanthropology; Forensic Archaeology; Human Anatomy; Forensics; Bone Biology; Skeletal Development; Anthropology; Skeleton; Osteoarchaeology



Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2017-2018)
Master’s degree, Antropología Física: Evolución y Biodiversidad Humanas
Bournemouth University (2014-2017)
Archaeological, Anthropological and Forensci Sciences (BSc) (Hons), First class honours
Research interests: Archaeological, Anthropological and Forensic Sciences


Research group: Past Cultures and Populations
Institutional Address:
Research interests:
- Archaeology
- Anthropological and Forensic Sciences
- Paleopathology
- Physical Anthropology
- Bioarchaeology
- Osteology
- Stable Isotope Analyses
- Funerary practices
Personal URL:


Research group: Past Cultures and Populations
Institutional Address: Department of Life Sciences
E-mail: alsantos@antrop.uc.pt
Phone number: +351 239 240 718
Research interests:
- Biological Anthropology; Paleopathology, History of diseases, Funerary Anthropology.
- Skeletal Biology, Age-at- death, Paleodemography.
- Pre-Columbian Caribbean.
- Multidisciplinary approach to the study of human skeletal remains, articulating data
obtained directly from macroscopic and radiological observations with information
from secondary sources, such as documents, archives and iconographies. - The study of health in past populations in particular the spread of infectious diseases, as
a consequence of migration, socioeconomic changes and wars. - Evolution of diagnosis, therapeutic and prevention of diseases in the last millennia such
as the changes of behaviours and exclusion of patients from society.
Personal URL:
https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/F114-E8BE-5FEC
http://www.uc.pt/fctuc/dcv/pessoas/docentes/a_santos/index
http://orcid.org/0000-0001- 6073-1532
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=13204856100
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pzdUetYAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ana_Luisa_Santos
https://coimbra.academia.edu/AnaLuisaSantos
http://www.degois.pt/visualizador/curriculum.jsp?key=3477900544307421
Researcher ID: A-1128- 2010


Research group: Past Cultures and Populations
Institutional Address: Department of Life Sciences
E-mail: amgsilva@antrop.uc.pt
Personal URL:
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ana_Silva44
Academia: https://coimbra.academia.edu/AnaMariaSilva
DeGóis: http://www.degois.pt/visualizador/curriculum.jsp?key=8719481131162428
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1912-6581
ResearcherID: E-6281-2015
Scorpus Author ID: 55939389400





Research group: Past Cultures and Populations
Institutional Address:
Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra
Mestrado em Evolução e Biologia Humanas
Research interests:
- biological anthropology
- paleopathology
- archeology
Personal URL:



Research group: Past Cultures and Populations
Email: asbr73@gmail.com
Research interests:
- Anthropological databases and preservation of anthropological field reports and information
- Terminology in Bioarchaeology
- Mortuary practices of Past Populations
- Paleobiology
Personal URL:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3721-8313


Ángel Fernández Aparicio is a predoctoral Spanish researcher who currently works in the department of Nursing at the University of Granada. The topics of his research is the analyses of body composition, somatometry, nutritional habits and lifestyles in adolescents with obesity and metabolic syndrome. His PhD project is “Postprandial transport of Oleanolic acid in adolescents and its therapeutic action on THP-1 monocytes-macrophages”. He has a University degree in Nursing and a Master degree in Health Care for the promotion of personal autonomy and attention to end-of-life processes.
Institutional Address:
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Av. Ilustración 60, 18016, Granada (Spain)
Research Interests:
Anthropometry; Body composition; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Adolescents; Nutritional habits; Prevention and treatment; Health care
Personal URL:
https://www.researchgate.net/


Institutional Address: PhD Student of Department of Legal Medicine, Toxicology and Physical Anthropology, University of Granada.
Research Interests: Prehistory, Archaeology, Anthropology and Paleopathology.






Doutoramento em Ciências da Saúde-Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente
Institutional Address: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Research Interests: Childhood Obesity, Neighborhoods and Health, Nutritional Epidemiology.
Plataforma Lattes:


Research group: Human Biology, Health and Society
Institutional Address: Department of Life Sciences
Email: rodriguesari@hotmail.com
Research interests:
Biological, social and geographic determinants of health, and behavioural features of the lifestyle of our populations (i.e. sedentary behaviour, physical activity and nutritional habits) and how these variables may modify health-related quality of life.
Projects:
Inequalities in childhood obesity: the impact of the socioeconomic crisis in Portugal from 2009 to 2015 (PTDC/DPT-SAP/1520/2014)
Personal URL:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aristides_Machado-Rodrigues
http://www.degois.pt/visualizador/curriculum.jsp?key=1449522783040933


Research group: Human Biology, Health and Society
Institutional Address: Departamento de Biologia Animal,
Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
Email: augusta.gama@fc.ul.pt
Phone number: + 351 217 500000
Research interests:
Causes for children and adolescent obesity: infancy factors; socioeconomic, familiar and physical environmental factors; lifestyles and psychosocial factors.
Obesity and age at menarche.
Ongoing Projects:
Inequalities in childhood obesity: the impact of the socioeconomic crisis in Portugal from 2009 to 2015 (PTDC/DPT-SAP/1520/2014)
The economic crisis and malnutrition in children and older adults: a pilot study in the municipality of Lisbon. FMH-UL, FC-UL, IHMT-UNL, ULHT
Personal URL:
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/N-1657-2015
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2143-8602
https://www.cienciavitae.pt/F01B-AD14-A8B1
https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/perfil/maantunes


Archaeology student
Institutional Address: Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI)- Teresina Piauí
Research interests: Archaeology, Biological Anthropology and Archaeology


The main objective of my visit was to analyze markers of occupational stress in human bones from Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. For that purpose I got trained in the Coimbra Method to register entheseal changes and I have also learned new methods such as how to get periosteal mouldings of diaphyses to access geometric properties of long bones and to measure the rotational efficiency of the radius and humerus.
Research Interest: Archaeology; Funerary Archaeology; Musculoskeletal Biomechanics; Funerary Practices; Paleopathology
Institutional Address: CONICET – Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano (INAPL), Buenos Aires, Argentina


Research Group: Technoscience, Society, and Environment
Institutional Address:
CIAS – Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde
CRIA – Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia
Sci-Tech Asia
Research interests:
Sanitation; Gender; Urbanism; Science and Technology Studies
Bruna is developing her Master Degree thesis on “Public Toilets in the Feminine: Portuguese Female Users’ Perspectives on Public Toilets and the International Movement Calling for Adoption of Gender Norms”. This project brings a gender perspective to our understanding of public toilets in both developing and affluent countries, giving a voice to the sanitary experiences of Portuguese women, using ethnographic methods.
Personal URL:


Research group: Past Cultures and Populations
Institutional Address: Research Centre for Anthropology and Health, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra
Email: bruno.miguel.silva.magalhaes@gmail.com
Research interests:
Paleopathology; Funerary Anthropology; Archeology; Human Evolution.
Personal URL:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1596-5193
https://www.cienciavitae.pt/D810-E6D9-65E8
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bruno_M_Magalhaes2?


Research group: Past Cultures and Populations
Institutional Address:
CIAS – Research Centre for Anthropology and Health
Email: anac@ci.uc.pt
Research interests:
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Excavation
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Diagnosis
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Paleopathology
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Osteology
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Bioarchaeology
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Physical Anthropology
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Skeletal Biology
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Forensic Anthropology
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Epidemiology
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Archaeology
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Pathology
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Dental Caries
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Epidemiological Surveys
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Radiocarbon Dating
Personal URL:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carina_Marques/info
https://www.cienciavitae.pt/691C-63F3-A4C4



Research group: Past Cultures and Populations
Institutional Address:
ISCSP, Campus Universitário do Alto da Ajuda, Rua Almerindo Lessa, 1300-663 Lisboa
Email: ccasanova2009@gmail.com
Research interests:
My research areas are on primate behaviour, ecology and conservation. I also conduct research on human/non-human interface (animal studies) and multi-species ethnography.
Personal URL:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Catarina_Casanova
https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/111E-626B-89DC


Research group: Past Cultures and Populations
Institutional Address:
UNIARQ-Centro de Arqueologia da Universidade de Lisboa
CIAS-Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde da Universidade de Coimbra
Email: delicadocs@gmail.com
Research interests:
- Funerary Archaeology
- Isotope analysis
- aDNA
- Archaeothanatology
Personal URL:
Academia: https://independent.
Researchgate: https://www.


Research group: Genes, Populations and Disease
Institutional Address:
Email: celeste.bento@chuc.min-saude.pt
Research interests:
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Hematology
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Blood
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Hemoglobinopathies
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Blood Disorders
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Erythrocytosis
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Red Blood Cells
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Hemoglobin M
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Abnormal Erythrocytes
Personal URL:
https://independent.academia.edu/CelesteBento
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1080-411X
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7003495294


Research group: Past Cultures and Populations
Institutional Address:
Research Centre for Anthropology and Health (CIAS)
Department of Life Sciences
Email: lopesc@ci.uc.pt
Research interests:
The main research interest focuses on:
- the study of populations of the past;
- paleopathology, in particular the spread of infectious diseases and their impact on human skeleton;
- History of diseases, evolution of diagnosis, therapeutic and prevention;
- Funerary Anthropology.
Ongoing Projects:
“A transição epidemiológica no interior de Portugal continental contada através dos ossos. Estudo demográfico e paleopatológico da coleção identificada de Évora.” – Investigação de pós-doutoramento financiada pela Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (SFRH/BPD/117128/2016)
Personal URL:
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7408-680X
DeGóis: http://www.degois.pt/visualizador/curriculum.jsp?key=9747598328292698
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Celia_Lopes2
Academia: https://coimbra.academia.edu/C%C3%A9liaLopes


Research group: Past Cultures and Populations
Institutional Address: CIAS – Research Centre for Anthropology and Health
Email: c.y.henderson@uc.pt
Research interests:
My research interests focus on occupational disease and injury in past populations, predominantly in terms of their identification, but also their impact on the individual and the societies in which they lived.
This research focus stems from my studies of entheseal changes, widely used to study occupation in past societies. I continue to work on recording methods and the interpretation of data for these. I am also the leader of the working group on methodology set up after the Workshop on MSM, Coimbra 2009.
Ongoing Projects:
2012 – now. Postdoctoral research funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) SFRH/BPD/82559/2011. Title. Identifying occupation: a test using identified skeletal collections.
March 2013 – October 2013. Wenner-Gren Workshop Grant CONF-632. Grant to organise a workshop in Coimbra in July 2013 for the working groups on entheseal changes. Investigators: Dr S. Villotte, Dr C. Henderson, Dr F. Alves Cardoso and Dr G Perreard-Lopreno. Title. “Entheseal changes and reconstruction of human behavior: towards standardization”. Budget $11 397.January 2013 – October 2013. Wolfson Research Institute Small Grant. Exploratory grant for 9 months with start date January 2013. Principal Investigator. Dr G. King and co-investigators Dr
C Henderson and Dr R Gowland. Title. “The ecology of disease: using ELISA to test for seronegative spondyloarthropathies and their triggers in an archaeological context.” Budget £1000.



Director of the area of Biological Anthropology of the Ethnographic Museum J. B. Ambrosetti of Buenos Aires
In collaboration with CIAS:
Prácticas mortuorias y paleopatología en sociedades cazadoras recolectoras del holoceno



Coordenadora do Programa de Pós-graduação em Arqueologia
Centro de Ciências da Natureza – Universidade Federal do Piauí
Centro de Antropologia e Saúde, Universidade de Coimbra
- Prehistory; Neolithic Archaeology; Chalcolithic; Chalcolithic populations; Bronze Age
- Bioarchaeology; Paleoanthropology; Osteology; Dental Anthropology; Anthropology; Osteoarchaeology; Archaeology; Paleopathology; Taphonomy; Physical Anthropology
- Mummies; Burial; Cemeteries; Cremation; Ceremonial Behaviour
- Age Determination by Teeth; Non-dietary use of teeth
- Industry on human bones; Skeletal Development; anatomical landmarks
- Heritage; Culture
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5073-1704


Research group: Human Biology, Health and Society
Institutional Address:
Cognitive-Behavioral Center for Research and Intervantion (CINEICC), Coimbra
FPCEUC, University of Coimbra, Portugal
E-mail: claudiaferreira@fpce.uc.pt
Research interests:
- Psychopathology,
- ACT,
- Mindfulness,
- Eating Behaviours


- Paleodiets
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Osteology
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Prehistory
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Bioarchaeology
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Paleoanthropology
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Archaeology
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Paleopathology
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Physical Anthropology
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Excavation
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Anthropology
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Forensic Anthropology
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Prehistoric Archaeology
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Skeletal Biology
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Human Evolution
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Forensic Archaeology
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Taphonomy
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Dental Anthropology
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Evolutionary Anthropology
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Odontology
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Archaeological Chemistry


Institutional Address: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Research Interest: Dental Anthropology, Paleopathology, Forensic Anthropology.


Research group: Genes, Populations and Disease
Institutional Address: Research Centre for Anthropology and Health
Email: capa105@gmail.com
Research interests:
- Ancient DNA
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Molecular Biology
Personal URL:
https://coimbra.academia.edu/CristinaAfonso
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cristina_Afonso3/info


Research group: Human Biology, Health and Society (Group Coordinator)
Institutional Address: Department of Life Sciences
E-mail: cpadez@antrop.uc.pt
Phone number: + 351 239 240721
Research interests:
Childhood obesity and their association with social, familiar and environmental factos.
Socioeconomic status and Sedendary behaviors and their association with childhood obesity.
Ongoing Projects:
Inequalities in childhood obesity: the impacto f the socioeconomic crisis in Portugal
from 2009 to 2015 (PTDC/DPT-SAP/1520/2014)
Personal URL
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1967-3497
https://publons.com/researcher/2754551/cristina-padez-m-padez/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cristina_Padez/
http://coimbra.academia.edu/CristinaPadez/
http://www.degois.pt/visualizador/curriculum.jsp?key=4469147301938421


Doutoranda da Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina


PhD
Research Interests:
- Skeletal Markers of Occupational Stress
- Bioarchaeology
- Paleopathology
- Forensic Anthropology
In collaboration with CIAS:
Quantification of Entheses and 3-Dimensional Scanning: Useful Tools or High-Tech Toys?
Working your fingers to the bone
San Francisco State University


Research group: Past cultures and populations
Institutional Address:
Research interests:
The study of the human past is my broadest professional interest. Specifically, I focus on the genomics of ancient human populations by directly accessing their DNA. The main questions I research about are migrations, population affinities, and trait selection, with an interest in the Neolithic and Bronze population movements in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean islands. Methodological experimentation, protocols development, and optimization of existing ones for ancient DNA is also a topic I work on extensively.
Personal URL:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_Fernandes9
https://at.linkedin.com/in/daniel-fernandes-5a932a44
http://www.ucd.ie/archaeology/research/phd/daniel_fernandes/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7434-6552


Research group: Past cultures and populations
Institutional Address: Research Centre for Anthropology and Health (CIAS), Department of Life Sciences
Email: danielfidalgo15@gmail.com
Research interests:
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Physical Anthropology
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Palaeolithic
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Paleopathology
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Prehistoric Archaeology
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Archaeology
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Social and Cultural Anthropology
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Experimental Archaeology
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Forensic Archaeology
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Landscape Archaeology
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Archaeological Prospection
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Excavation
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Theoretical Archaeology
Personal URL:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7175-1686
https://coimbra.academia.edu/DanielFidalgo
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_Fidalgo/info


Research group: Past Cultures and Populations
Institutional Address:
Department of Prehistory and Archaeology,
C/ Doña María de Padilla, s/n, 41004, Seville (Spain)
Email: garciarivero@us.es
Research interests:
- Anthropology,
- Archaeology,
- Cultural evolution,
- Prehistory,
- Systematics
Personal URL:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6112-3181
http://personal.us.es/
http://us.academia.edu/


Research group: Human Biology, Health and Society
Institutional Address:
CIAS – Research Centre for Anthropology and Health.
Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra.
Email: rodrigues1323@gmail.com
Research interests:
Human behaviour; Gender stereotypes on sport; Childhood obesity; Prevalence and trends of obesity;
Physical environment; Socio-Ecological Model; Physical activity; Sport participation
Personal URL:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniela_Rodrigues27


Research group: Past cultures and populations
Institutional Address: Núcleo de Pesquisa e Estudos Arqueológicos e Históricos (NUPEAH) da Universidade Federal de Alagoas and Research Centre for Anthropology and Health
Email: danubia.rodrigues2@gmail.com
Research interests:
- Oral paleopathology
- Paleodiets
- Funerary practices
Personal URL:
https://www.escavador.com/sobre/6349504/danubia-valeria-rodrigues-de-lima
http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=K4231688A2


Research group: Past cultures and populations
Institutional Address:
Research Centre for Anthropology and Health (CIAS), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra
Email: dany.coutinhonogueira@gmail.com
Research interests:
- Paleoanthropology and Human Evolution
- Modern humans and Neanderthals paleobiology
- Bioarchaeology of hunter-gatherers
- Paleopathology and taphonomy (ante-mortem vs post-mortem bone modifications)
- Paleoimaging (X-ray, CT-scan, μCT scan)
Post-Doc researcher funded by the Fyssen Foundation to study the cranial diversity of Mesolithic individuals from Muge and Sado estuary, using paleoimaging.
Personal URL:
Ciência ID: 7F1F-FFA7-445F
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-
Ciência Vitae: https://www.
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/
Publons/Web of Science Researcher ID: L-2199-2019


Research group: Genes, Populations and Disease
Institutional Address:
Research Center for Anthropology and Health (CIAS),
University of Coimbra,
Research interests
I am currently interested on the study of the genetic basis of obesity, particularly the following lines:
- Identify new genetic variants associated with the susceptibility risk to develop an obese phenotype.
- Identify mutations in the MC4R and LEPR genes associated with monogenic obesity.
- Examine the methylation levels of several CpG sites.
Overall, I am interested in identifying a genetic profile to predict the obesity susceptibility risk.
Personal URL:
http://www.degois.pt/visualizador/curriculum.jsp?key=6209402451024566


Research group: Past Cultures and Populations
Institutional Addresses:
Email: davidmiguelgoncalves@gmail.com
Research interests:
I have a special interest in Human Bioarchaoelogy, Forensic Anthropology and Chemical Anthropology with a special focus on ancient cremations and burned bones. I am currently coordinating the HOT Project. The main objectives are to improve our understanding of heat-induced changes to bone and teeth and to improve analytical methods that are specific to burned skeletal remains.
Personal URL:
https://cibio.up.pt/people/details/davidgonc
https://coimbra.academia.edu/DGon%C3%A7alves
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Goncalves
http://www.degois.pt/visualizador/curriculum.jsp?key=5597260311810934
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0607-5631
https://publons.com/researcher/520124/david-goncalves/
Researcher ID: I-8816-2012
CIENCIA ID: 4A15-E556-7CDF
Collaborators



Research group: Genes, Populations and Disease
Institutional Address: Research Centre for Anthropology and Health
Email: capa105@gmail.com
Research interests:
- Ancient DNA
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Molecular Biology
Personal URL:
https://coimbra.academia.edu/CristinaAfonso
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cristina_Afonso3/info

Research group: Genes, Populations and Diseases
Institutional Address:
University of Coimbra
Mestrado em Biologia Celular e Molecular – Universidade de Coimbra
Research interests:
- Genetics;
- Genomics;
- Proteomics;
- NGS;
- WGS;
- Epigenetics;
- Erythrocytosis;
- Molecular hematology;
- Cancer;
- Hereditary diseases
Personal URL:
Genetics of obesity in the Portuguese population
Duration: 2015 – 2023
Duration: 2016 – 2017
Duration: 2016 – 2023
Integrating human omics data for discovering common susceptibility polygenic profiles for obesity
Duration: 2017 – 2019
Age estimation based in DNA methylation
Duration: 2017 – 2020
The influence of genes variability of the central nervous system related to
obesity on the establishment and evolution of eating disorders
Duration: 2018 – 2020
Genetic basis of haematological conditions
Duration: 2018 – 2023
Duration: 2018 – 2023