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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Sérgio D.J. Pena is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with notable work in genetics, molecular biology, pediatrics, perinatology, and child health, as well as topics connected to oncology and plant science.

The main fields of study for Sérgio D.J. Pena include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Subfields in which Sérgio D.J. Pena has contributed are:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Plant Science
  • Oncology

Their research topics cover several areas related to genetic and genomic sciences, including:

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Race, Genetics, and Society

Sérgio D.J. Pena has authored several papers, including:

  • Genetic admixture in Brazil (2020) published in American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics
  • Clinical genomics and precision medicine (2022) published in Genetics and Molecular Biology

In collaboration, they have worked frequently with researchers such as Eduardo Tarazona-Santos, Shridhar Parthasarathy, Sarah M. Ruggiero, A. Gélot, and Fernanda Caroline Soardi.

Sérgio D.J. Pena's publications appear mostly in these venues:

  • Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Laboratory Investigation

Recognition in the scientific community includes being named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Color and genomic ancestry in Brazilians

    Flavia C. Parra;Roberto C. Amado;José R. Lambertucci;Jorge Rocha

  • The ancestry of Brazilian mtDNA lineages.

    Juliana Alves-Silva;Magda da Silva Santos;Pedro E.M. Guimarães;Alessandro C.S. Ferreira

  • The Genomic Ancestry of Individuals from Different Geographical Regions of Brazil Is More Uniform Than Expected

    Sérgio D. J. Pena;Giuliano Di Pietro;Mateus Fuchshuber-Moraes;Julia Pasqualini Genro

  • The Phylogeography of Brazilian Y-Chromosome Lineages

    Denise R. Carvalho-Silva;Fabrício R. Santos;Jorge Rocha;Sérgio D.J. Pena

  • Genetic and population study of a Y-linked tetranucleotide repeat DNA polymorphism with a simple non-isotopic technique.

    Fabricio R. Santos;Sergio D. J. Pena;Jiirg T. Epplen

  • Trypanosoma cruzi: genetic structure of populations and relevance of genetic variability to the pathogenesis of chagas disease

    Andréa M. Macedo;Carlos R. Machado;Riva P. Oliveira;Sérgio Dj J. Pena

  • Swine and Poultry Pathogens: the Complete Genome Sequences of Two Strains of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and a Strain of Mycoplasma synoviae

    Ana Tereza R. Vasconcelos;Henrique B. Ferreira;Cristiano V. Bizarro;Sandro L. Bonatto

  • Ancestral genomes, sex, and the population structure of Trypanosoma cruzi.

    Jorge M. de Freitas;Luiz Augusto-Pinto;Juliana R Pimenta;Luciana Bastos-Rodrigues

  • Genetic Characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi Directly from Tissues of Patients with Chronic Chagas Disease : Differential Distribution of Genetic Types into Diverse Organs

    Annamaria R. Vago;Luciana O. Andrade;Adriana A. Leite;Débora d'Ávila Reis

  • Genetic Variability of Trypanosoma cruzi:Implications for the Pathogenesis of Chagas Disease.

    A.M. Macedo;S.D.J. Pena

  • The Central Siberian Origin for Native American Y Chromosomes

    Fabrício R. Santos;Fabrício R. Santos;Arpita Pandya;Chris Tyler-Smith;Sérgio D.J. Pena

  • Syndrome of camptodactyly, multiple ankyloses, facial anomalies, and pulmonary hypoplasia: A lethal condition

    Sergio D.J. Pena;M.H.K. Shokeir

  • Probing the genetic population structure of Trypanosoma cruzi with polymorphic microsatellites

    Riva P. Oliveira;Natalia E. Broude;Andrea M. Macedo;Charles R. Cantor

  • DNA Fingerprinting: Approaches and Applications

    R. Chakraborty;S. D. J. Pena;Jorg T. Epplen;G. Dolf

  • DNA tests probe the genomic ancestry of Brazilians

    S.D.J. Pena;L. Bastos-Rodrigues;J.R. Pimenta;S.P. Bydlowski

  • Genetic differentiation in South Amerindians is related to environmental and cultural diversity: evidence from the Y chromosome.

    Eduardo Tarazona-Santos;Eduardo Tarazona-Santos;Denise R. Carvalho-Silva;Davide Pettener;Donata Luiselli

  • Differential tissue distribution of diverse clones of Trypanosoma cruzi in infected mice.

    Luciana O. Andrade;Conceição R.S. Machado;Egler Chiari;Sérgio D.J. Pena

  • Paternity testing in the DNA era

    Sérgio D.J. Pena;Ranajit Chakraborty

  • Virus-host coevolution: common patterns of nucleotide motif usage in Flaviviridae and their hosts.

    Francisco P. Lobo;Bruno E. F. Mota;Sérgio D. J. Pena;Vasco Azevedo

  • Color and genomic ancestry in Brazilians: a study with forensic microsatellites.

    Juliana R. Pimenta;Luciana W. Zuccherato;Adriana A. Debes;Luciana Maselli

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea M. Macedo
Andrea M. Macedo Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Fabrício R. Santos
Fabrício R. Santos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Egler Chiari
Egler Chiari Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Andrew J.G. Simpson
Andrew J.G. Simpson Ludwig Cancer Research
Mara H. Hutz
Mara H. Hutz Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Vania F. Prado
Vania F. Prado University of Western Ontario
Chris Tyler-Smith
Chris Tyler-Smith Wellcome Sanger Institute
David T. Bonthron
David T. Bonthron University of Leeds
Alexander F. Markham
Alexander F. Markham St James's University Hospital
Claudia M.B. Carvalho
Claudia M.B. Carvalho Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute

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