Jorge C Pereira

Postdoctoral Researcher with more than 10 years of experience. Organized with research and presentations educating students, peers and superiors on research analysis. Published research findings through peer-reviewed articles and analyzed results tailoring to possible future applications. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

2023

Naveira, H., Rojo, V., Gómez-Seoane, I., Ferguson-Smith, M.A., Pereira, J.C., Martínez-Lage A. (2023) Chromosome evolution in Iberolacerta, a genus that deviates from the standard karyotype formula of Lacertidae. Genetica. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-023-00194-w

Pereira, J.C., Goncalves-Anjo N., Orge L., Pires M., Rocha S., Figueira L, Matos A.C., Silva J., Mendonca P., Carvalho P., Tavares P., Lima C., Alves A., Esteves A., Pinto M.L., Pires I., Gama A., Sargo R., Silva F., Seixas F., Vieira-Pinto M., Bastos E. (2023) Estimating sequence diversity of prion protein gene (PRNP) in Portuguese populations of two cervid species: red deer and fallow deer. Prion. Dec;17(1):75-81. doi: 10.1080/19336896.2023.2191540. PMID: 36945178; PMCID: PMC10038017.

2022

Ferguson-Smith, M.A., Pereira, J.C., Borges, Kasai F. (2022) Observations on chromosome-specific sequencing for the construction of cross-species chromosome homology maps and its resolution of human:alpaca homology. Mol Cytogenet 15, 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13039-022-00622-0

 Pereira, J.C., Goncalves-Anjo N., Orge L., Pires M., Rocha S., Figueira L, Matos A.C., Silva J., Mendonca P., Carvalho P., Tavares P., Lima C., Alves A., Esteves A., Pinto M.L., Pires I., Gama A., Sargo R., Silva F., Seixas F., Vieira-Pinto M., Bastos E. (2022) Estimating sequence diversity of prion protein gene (PRNP) in Portuguese populations of two cervid species: red deer and fallow deer. bioRxiv. 2022;2022.08.16.504133. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.16.50413

2021

Carvalho C.A., Furo I.O., O’Brien P.C.M., Pereira J., O’Connor R.E., et al. (2021) Comparative chromosome painting in Spizaetus tyrannus and Gallus gallus with the use of macro- and microchromosome probes. PLOS ONE 16(11): e0259905. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259905

4. Esteves A, Vieira-Pinto M, Quintas H, Orge L, Gama A, Alves A, Seixas F, Pires I, Pinto MdL, Mendonça AP, Lima C, Machado CN, Silva JC, Tavares P, Silva F, Bastos E, Pereira J, Gonçalves-Anjo N, Carvalho P, Sargo R, Matos A, Figueira L, Pires MdA. (2021) Scrapie at Abattoir: Monitoring, Control, and Differential Diagnosis of Wasting Conditions during Meat Inspection. Animals.; 11(11):3028. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113028

5. Orge L, Lima C, Machado C, Tavares P, Mendonça P, Carvalho P, Silva J, Pinto MdL, Bastos E, Pereira JC, Gonçalves-Anjo N, Gama A, Esteves A, Alves A, Matos AC, Seixas F, Silva F, Pires I, Figueira L, Vieira-Pinto M, Sargo R, Pires MdA. (2021) Neuropathology of Animal Prion Diseases. Biomolecules. 11(3):466. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11030466

6. Lisachov A.P., Tishakova K.V., Romanenko S.A., Molodtseva A.S., Prokopov D.Y., Pereira J.C., Ferguson-Smith M.A., Borodin P.M., Trifonov V.A. (2021) Whole-chromosome fusions in the karyotype evolution of Sceloporus (Iguania, Reptilia) are more intense in sex chromosomes than autosomes. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B3762020009920200099http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0099

7. Romanenko, S.A.; Malikov, V.G.; Mahmoudi, A.; Golenishchev, F.N.; Lemskaya, N.A.; Pereira, J.C.; Trifonov, V.A.; Serdyukova, N.A.; Ferguson-Smith, M.A.; Aliabadian, M.; Graphodatsky, A.S. New Data on Comparative Cytogenetics of the Mouse-Like Hamsters (Calomyscus Thomas, 1905) from Iran and Turkmenistan. Genes (2021), 12, 964. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12070964

8. Jevit MJ, Davis BW, Castaneda C, Hillhouse A, Juras R, Trifonov VA, Tibary A, Pereira JC, Ferguson-Smith MA, Raudsepp T. (2021) An 8.22 Mb Assembly and Annotation of the Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) Y Chromosome. Genes. 12(1):105.

9. Furo I.O., Kretschmer R., O’Brien P.C.M., Pereira J., O’Connor R.E., et al. Cytotaxonomy of Gallinula melanops (Gruiformes, Rallidae): Karyotype evolution and phylogenetic inference. (2021) Genet. Mol. Biol. 44 (2) https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2020-024

2020

10. Degrandi, T.M., de Furo, I.O., de Oliveira, E.H.C., Costa, A.L., Ferguson-Smith, M.A., O’Brien, P.C.M., Pereira, J.C., Garnero, A.D.V., Gunski, R.J., Artoni, R.F. (2020) Comparative chromosome painting in hummingbirds (Trochilidae). Genet. Mol. Biol., 43, e20200162. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2020-0162

11. Furo I.F.O., O’Brien P.C.M., Pereira J.C., Ferguson-Smith M. and de Oliveira E.H.C. (2020) Phylogenetic Analysis and Karyotype Evolution in Two Species of Core Gruiformes: Aramides cajaneus and Psophia viridis. Genes. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11030307 

12. Barcellos S.A., Kretschmer R., de Souza M., Costa A.L., Degrandi T. M., Lopes C.F., Ferguson-Smith M., Pereira J.C., de Oliveira E.H.C., Gunski R.J., Garnero A. (2020). Comparative analyses of three swallow species (Aves, Passeriformes, Hirundinidae): Insights on karyotype evolution and genomic organization. Genetics and Molecular Biology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2019-0232

13. Kubiak B.B., Kretschmer R., Trindade L.L., Maestri R., de Almeida T.S., Borges L.R., Galiano D., Pereira J.C., de Oliveira E.H.C., Ferguson-Smith M., de Freitas T. (2020) Hybridization between subterranean tuco-tucos (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) with contrasting phylogenetic positions. Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-58433-5

14. Lisachov A.P., Giovannotti M., Pereira J.C., Andreyushkova D.A., Romanenko S.A., Ferguson-Smith M.A., Borodin P.M., Trifonov V.A. (2020) Chromosome painting does not support a sex chromosome turnover in Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. https://doi.org/10.1159/000506321

15. Kretschmer R., de Souza M., Barcellos S.A., Degrandi T. M., Pereira J.C., O’Brien, P.C.M., Ferguson-Smith M., Gunski R.J., Garnero A., de Oliveira E.H.C., de Freitas T. (2020). Comparative chromosome painting in wattled jacana reveals extensive genomic reshuffling and indicates dynamic karyotype evolution in Charadriiformes. Genetics and Molecular Biology. doi: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2019-0236

2019

16. Edwards A., Cameron E., Deakin J., Ezaz T., Pereira J.C., Ferguson-Smith M., Robert K.A. (2019) Sexual conflict in action: an antagonistic relationship between maternal and paternal sex allocation in the tammar wallaby, Notamacropus eugenii. Ecology and evolution. doi: /10.1002/ece3.4813.

17. da Silva W.O., da Costa M.J.R., Pieczarka J.C., Rissino J., Pereira J.C., Ferguson-Smith M., Nagamachi C. (2019). Identification of two independent X-autosome translocations in closely related mammalian (Proechimys) species. Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40593-8

18. Iannucci A., Altmanová M., Ciofi C., Ferguson-Smith M., Milan M., Pereira J.C., Pether J., Rehák I., Rovatsos M., Stanyon R., Velenský P., Ráb P., Kratochvíl L., Johnson Pokorná M. (2019). Conserved sex chromosomes and karyotype evolution in monitor lizards (Varanidae) Heredity. doi: 10.1038/s41437-018-0179-6

19. Iannucci A., Altmanová M., Ciofi C., Ferguson-Smith M., Pereira J.C., Rehák I., Stanyon R., Velenský P., Rovatsos M., Kratochvíl L., Pokorná M.J. (2019). Isolating chromosomes of the Komodo dragon: new tools for comparative mapping and sequence assembly. Cytogenet Genome Res. doi: 10.1159/000496171

2018

20. Furo I.F.O., Kretschmer R., O’Brien P.C.M., Pereira J.C., Ferguson-Smith M. and de Oliveira E.H.C. (2018). Chromosome Painting in Neotropical Long and Short-Tailed Parrots (Aves, Psittaciformes): Phylogeny and Proposal for a Putative Ancestral Karyotype for Tribe Arini. Genes 9(10). doi: 10.3390/genes9100491 

21. Kasai F., O’Brien P.C.M., Pereira J., Ferguson-Smith M. (2018). Marsupial chromosome DNA content and genome size assessed from flow karyotypes: invariable low autosomal GC content. R. Soc. Open Sci. 5:171539. doi: 10.1098/rsos.171539.

22. Kretschmer R., Furo I.O., Gunski R.J., Garnero A.V., Pereira J.C., O’Brien P.C.M., Ferguson-Smith M., de Oliveira E.H.C. and de Freitas T.R.O. (2018). Comparative chromosome painting in Columbidae (Columbiformes) reinforces divergence in Passerea and Columbea. Chromosome Res. 26:191-198. doi: 10.1007/s10577-018-9580-5

23. Kasai F., Pereira J.C., Kohara A., Ferguson-Smith M. (2018). Homologue-specific chromosome sequencing characterizes translocation junctions and permits allelic assignment. DNA Research. 25(4):353-360. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsy007

2017

24. Edwards A.M., Cameron E., Pereira J.C., Wapstra E., Ferguson-Smith M. A., Horton S; Thomasson, K. (2017) Gestational experience alters sex allocation in the subsequent generation. Royal Society Open Science, 3(7):160210. doi: 10.1098/rsos.160210

25. Iannuzzi A, Pereira J, Iannuzzi C, Fu B, Ferguson-Smith M (2017) Pooling strategy and chromosome painting characterize a living zebroid for the first time. PLoS ONE 12(7): e0180158. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180158 

2016

26. Edwards A. M., Cameron E. Z., Pereira J. C., Ferguson-Smith M. A. (2016) Paternal sex allocation: how variable is the sperm sex ratio? Journal of Zoology 299(1):37–41. doi: 10.1111/jzo.12317

27. Giovannotti M., Trifonov V.A., Paoletti A., Kichigin I.G., O'Brien P.C., Kasai F., Giovagnoli G., Ng B.L., Ruggeri P., Cerioni P.N., Splendiani A., Pereira J.C., Olmo E., Rens W., Caputo Barucchi V., Ferguson-Smith M.A. (2016) New insights into sex chromosome evolution in anole lizards (Reptilia, Dactyloidae). Chromosoma. doi: 10.1007/s00412-016-0585-6

2011

28. Pereira, J.C., Chaves, R., Bastos, E., Leitão A. and Guedes-Pinto H. (2011). An Efficient Method for Genomic DNA Extraction from Different Molluscs Species. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 12(11):8086-8095. doi: 10.3390/ijms12118086.

29. Pereira, J.C., Chaves, R., Batista, F.M., Guedes-Pinto H. and Leitão A. (2011). Cytogenetic characterization of the dwarf oyster Ostrea stentina (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and comparative karyological analysis within Ostreinae. Journal of Shellfish Research 30(2):211-216. doi: 10.2983/035.030.0203.

30. Pereira, J.C., Chaves, R., Leitão, A., Matias D. and Guedes-Pinto H. (2010). Genetic analysis of two Portuguese populations of Ruditapes decussatus by RAPD profiling. Helgoland Marine Research 65(3):361-367. doi: 10.1007/s10152-010-0229-9.

31. Joaquim, S., Pereira, J.C., Leitão, A., Matias, D., Chaves, R., Guedes-Pinto H. and Gaspar M.B. (2010). Genetic diversity of two Portuguese populations of the pullet carpet shell Venerupis senegalensis, based on RAPD markers: contribution to a sustainable restocking program. Helgoland Marine Research 64(4): 289-295. doi: 10.1007/s10152-009-0182-7 

32. Pereira, J.C., Lino, P.G., Leitão, A., Joaquim, S., Chaves, R., Pousão-Ferreira, P., Guedes-Pinto H. and Neves dos Santos M. (2010). Genetic differentiation between wild and hatchery populations of Diplodus sargus and D. vulgaris inferred from RAPD markers: implications for production and restocking programs design. Journal of applied genetics 51(1): 67-72. doi: 10.1007/BF03195712.