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Camila Costa holds two academic degrees awarded by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto: a BSc in Biology (2018) and an MSc in Forensic Genetics (2020). Currently, she is a third-year Ph.D. student at Population Genetics & Evolution Group IPATIMUP/i3S, through the Doctoral Program in Biology (Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto), under the supervision of Nádia Pinto, Ph.D., and co-supervision of Lourdes Prieto, Ph.D. Her research is mainly focused on statistical models and informatics tools that allow the quantification of the evidence given by forensic DNA mixture samples.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Camila Costa

Citation names

  • Costa, Camila
  • Costa, C
  • Camila Costa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E211-E96D-E9DB
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8829-5581
Scopus Author Id
57668819600

Email addresses

  • camilac@ipatimup.pt (Professional)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/10/01 - 2025/10/01
Ongoing
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Forensic Genetics
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
"Dismantling blind-trusted Black Boxes: Testing the limits and sensitivity of forensic DNA software" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018 - 2020
Concluded
 Genética Forense (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Quantification of the forensic genetics proof: evaluating the impact of different statistical approaches" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19/20
2019/10 - 2019/12
Concluded
 Forensic DNA laboratory workflow (Outros)
Laboratório de Polícia Científica, Portugal
2019/07/23 - 2019/07/26
Concluded
 STRmix TM v.2.6 Training Workshop (Outros)
Laboratório de Polícia Científica, Portugal
2015 - 2018
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 15/20
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/10/01 - Current PhD Student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/10/01 - Current Dismantling blind-trusted Black Boxes: Testing the limits and sensitivity of forensic DNA software
10.54499/2021.05655.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/10/01 - 2023/10/21 Quantitative Statistical Analysis Tools: Implementation Guidelines
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Intership
Centro de Genética Forense del Poder Judicial de Cordoba, Argentina
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023 - Current A multimodal approach for deepening the understanding of Alzheimer's disease
2022.04734.PTDC
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Camila Costa; Carolina Figueiredo; Sandra Costa; Paulo Miguel Ferreira; Lourdes Prieto; 8513-1E3D-E6A9. Corresponding author: Camila Costa. "The Butterfly Effect in Forensic Genetics: How Small Changes Can Lead to Big Consequences". Paper presented in V International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, 2024.
  2. Camila Costa; Conde-Sousa, Eduardo; Carolina Figueiredo; Sandra Costa; Paulo Miguel Ferreira; António Amorim; Lourdes Prieto; 8513-1E3D-E6A9. Corresponding author: Camila Costa. "The Unexpected Contradictory Effects of Co-ancestry Coefficient on the Weight of Genetic Evidence". Paper presented in 30th Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics 2024, 2024.
  3. Pinto, Nadia; Conde-Sousa, Eduardo; Costa, Camila. "Weighing the impact of using different allele frequency databases for investigating sibship problems". Paper presented in 19th Portugaliæ Genetica - Phenotypic Manifestation of Genetic Heterogeneity, 2022.
Journal article
  1. Costa, Camila; Figueiredo, Carolina; Costa, Sandra; Ferreira, Paulo Miguel; Amorim, António; Prieto, Lourdes; Pinto, Nádia. "The impact of parameter variation in the quantification of forensic genetic evidence". Scientific Reports 15 1 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83841-2.
    10.1038/s41598-024-83841-2
  2. Costa, Camila; Carolina Figueiredo; António Amorim; Lourdes Prieto; Sandra Costa; Paulo Miguel Ferreira; Nádia Pinto. "Statistical analysis tools of mixture DNA samples: When the same software provides different results". Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series 8 (2022): 37-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigss.2022.09.014.
    10.1016/j.fsigss.2022.09.014
  3. Costa, Camila; Carolina Figueiredo; António Amorim; Sandra Costa; Paulo Miguel Ferreira; Nádia Pinto. "Quantification of forensic genetic evidence: Comparison of results obtained by qualitative and quantitative software for real casework samples". Forensic Science International: Genetics 59 (2022): 102715-102715. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2022.102715.
    10.1016/j.fsigen.2022.102715
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Quantification of the forensic genetics proof: evaluating the impact of different statistical approaches". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2020.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11 Small Shifts, Big Impacts: Using Probabilistic Genotyping Software in Forensic Genetics VI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciências Forenses
(Online, Portugal)
2024/10 The Butterfly Effect in Forensic Genetics: How Small Changes Can Lead to Big Consequences V International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics
Portuguese Society of Genetics (Porto, Portugal)
2024/03/22 The Unexpected Contradictory Effects of Coancestry Coefficient on the Weight of Genetic Evidence 20th Portugaliæ Genetica: DNA - Ancient and New
(Porto, Portugal)
2022/09/02 Statistical Analysis Tools Of Mixture DNA Samples: When The Same Software Provides Different Results 29th International Congress 2022 - Washington, D.C., USA
International Society for Forensic Genetics (Washington DC, United States)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/03/23 - 2023/03/24 The State-of-the-Art in Forensic Genetics: Cycle of Workshops (2023)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current 30th Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics 2024
Congress
 30th Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics 2024
2024 - Current V International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics
Congress
 V International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics
2024 - Current VI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciências Forenses
Congress
 VI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciências Forenses
2024 - Current 20th Portugaliae Genetica: DNA - Ancient and New
Conference
 20th Portugaliae Genetica: DNA - Ancient and New
2023 - Current 10th i3S Annual Meeting
Conference
 10th i3S Annual Meeting
2023/08/28 - 2023/09/08 ISFG Summer School Virtual Edition
Seminar
International Society for Forensic Genetics, United States
2023/07/26 - 2023/07/28 XXVIII Forensic Genetics Workshops of Grupo De Habla Española y Portuguesa of International Society of Forensic Genetics, in Cartagena das Indias, Colombia
Seminar
2022/08/30 - 2022/09/02 29th International Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics 2022 - Washington, D.C., USA
Congress
International Society for Forensic Genetics, United States
2022/08/28 - 2022/08/29 XXVII Jornadas de Genética Forense del Grupo de Habla Española y Portuguesa of International Society of Forensic Genetics (GHEP-ISFG)
Seminar
2022/03/24 - 2022/03/25 19th Portugaliæ Genetica - Phenotypic Manifestation of Genetic Heterogeneity
Conference
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2024/12 - Current Coordinator of the Working Group "STATISTICAL INTERPRETATION IN IDENTIFICATION CASES WITH MIXTURES", Spanish and Portuguese Speaking Working Group of the International Society for Forensic Genetics https://ghep-isfg.org/en/working-commissions/iemezclas/
Coordinator
 Spanish and Portuguese Speaking Working Group of the International Society for Forensic Genetics, Espanha, Spain

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/12/15 - 2022/12/15 Recombinant Markers Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/11/17 - 2022/11/18 Curso teórico-prático sobre softwares para el análisis y valoración estadística de perfiles de ADN mezcla: EuroForMix, CaseSolver y EuroForMixRep
Distinctions

Award

2023 Travel bursary award to attend the XXVIII Forensic Genetics Workshops of Grupo De Habla Española y Portuguesa of International Society of Forensic Genetics, in Cartagena das Indias, Colombia
International Society for Forensic Genetics, United States
2023 Travel bursary award to carry out an International Training Exchange at Centro de Genética Forense (CGF) del Poder Judicial de Córdoba, Argentina
International Society for Forensic Genetics, United States
2022 Travel bursary award to attend the 29th Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG), in Washington, DC., USA
International Society for Forensic Genetics, United States
2020 Academic Merit Diploma (2019/2020)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Other distinction

2021 PhD scholarship (reference: 2021.05655.BD)
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal