Human Population Genomics
Our research focuses on studying different aspects of human genome variation, population genetics, and disease susceptibility in the past and present Native American and Latin American populations. We develop and implement statistical methods leveraging human genetic variation to understand the different populations' evolutionary histories.
Ferraz T, Suarez Villagran X, Nägele K, Radzevičiūtė R, Barbosa Lemes R, Salazar-García DC, Wesolowski V, Lopes Alves M, Bastos M, Rapp Py-Daniel A, Pinto Lima H, Mendes Cardoso J, Estevam R, Liryo A, Guimarães GM, Figuti L, Eggers S, Plens CR, Azevedo Erler DM, Valadares Costa HA, da Silva Erler I, Koole E, Henriques G, Solari A, Martin G, Serafim Monteiro da Silva SF, Kipnis R, Müller LM, Ferreira M, Carvalho Resende J, Chim E, da Silva CA, Borella AC, Tomé T, Müller Plumm Gomes L, Barros Fonseca D, Santos da Rosa C, de Moura Saldanha JD, Costa Leite L, Cunha CMS, Viana SA, Ozorio Almeida F, Klokler D, Fernandes HLA, Talamo S, DeBlasis P, Mendonça de Souza S, de Paula Moraes C, Elias Oliveira R, Hünemeier T, Strauss A, Posth C. 2023. Genomic history of coastal societies from eastern South America. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7(August):9-11. DOI:10.1038/s41559-023-02114-9
Couto-Silva CM, Nunes K, Venturini G, Araújo Castro E Silva M, Pereira LV, Comas D, Pereira A, Hünemeier T. 2023. Indigenous people from Amazon show genetic signatures of pathogen-driven selection. Science Advances, 9(10):1-10. DOI:10.1126/sciadv.abo0234
Giudicelli GC, De Souza CMB, Veronese FV, Pereira L V., Hünemeier T, Vianna FSL. 2022. Precision medicine implementation challenges for APOL1 testing in chronic kidney disease in admixed populations. Frontiers in Genetics, 13(December):1-8. DOI:10.3389/fgene.2022.1016341