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I am a population geneticist driven by a central question: what are the mechanistic processes that generate evolutionary change, and how can we integrate disciplines to reconstruct the past with greater resolution? To achieve this, I work at the forefront of evolutionary genetics, spanning demographic inference, comparative genomics and natural selection, and drawing on both modern and ancient DNA to address fundamental questions in evolutionary biology. I am particularly interested in the power of genetic data to reveal hidden chapters of human evolution, disentangle the dynamics of domestication, inform conservation practices and reconstruct ancient ecosystems. By combining genomic data with archaeology, palaeoanthropology, ecology and computational modelling, I aim to move beyond single-discipline narratives and build integrative frameworks that provide a more complete understanding of evolutionary history. My academic training laid the foundations for this interdisciplinary perspective. I completed a BSc in Biology (2009) and an MSc in Forensic Genetics (2011) at the University of Porto, before undertaking a PhD in Evolutionary Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (2011–2016). During my doctoral research, supervised by Prof. Aida Andrés and Prof. Svante Pääbo (Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2022), I investigated comparative genomics and natural selection in great apes. I subsequently carried out postdoctoral research at Institut Pasteur (2016–2017) with Prof. Luis Quintana-Murci, focusing on the evolution of human immunity, followed by research at the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (2018–2021), where I studied Denisovan admixture and human evolutionary history using ancient genomics. Interdisciplinarity is central to my scientific vision. I seek not only to apply genomic tools to diverse systems, but to help establish new paradigms that bridge across research fields and foster genuinely holistic perspectives on evolution. From 2022 to 2025, I served as Deputy Scientific Coordinator of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Coimbra (CEIS20-UC), strengthening cross-disciplinary research initiatives. I currently hold a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award and a Discovery Project funded by the Australian Research Council, supporting my work within the Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative at the Australian National University. Since 2025, I lead the research group Ancient DNA & Population Genomics at BIOPOLIS–CIBIO (University of Porto), where I am building an internationally oriented programme at the interface of ancient DNA, population genomics and evolutionary theory.
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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
João Carlos Aguiar Macedo Teixeira

Nomes de citação

  • Teixeira, João
  • Teixeira, JC
  • João C. Teixeira

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
BE1B-2E3D-78D5
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6417-4702

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • joao.teixeira@anu.edu.au (Profissional)
  • joao.teixeira@cibio.up.pt (Profissional)

Websites

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Genética e Hereditariedade
  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Biologia da Evolução das Espécies
  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas
  • Ciências Exatas - Ciências da Computação e da Informação - Bioinformática

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Português Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2016
Concluído
 Evolutionary Genetics | Supervisors: Svante Pääbo, Aida Andrés (Doctor of Philosophy)
Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie, Alemanha

Universität Leipzig, Alemanha
"Long-term balancing selection in the genomes of humans and other great apes" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 Magna Cum Laude
2011
Concluído
 Genética Forense | Supervisors: António Amorim, Luis Alvarez (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Phylogeographic analysis of maternal lineages in the Portuguese Jewish community" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2009
Concluído
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2025 - Atual Investigador principal (carreira) (Investigação) Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2022 - Atual Investigador principal (carreira) (Investigação) The Australian National University, Austrália
2021 - Atual Investigador visitante (Investigação) The University of Adelaide, Austrália
2024 - 2025 Investigador principal convidado (carreira) (Investigação) Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Universidade de Coimbra (CEIS20), Portugal
2021 - 2024 Investigador visitante (Investigação) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018 - 2024 Investigador visitante (Investigação) Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Austrália
2018 - 2021 Pós-doutorado (Investigação) The University of Adelaide, Austrália
2016 - 2017 Pós-doutorado (Investigação) Institut Pasteur, França
2011 - 2016 Investigador (Investigação) Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie, Alemanha
2009 - 2011 Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação) Ablynx NV, Bélgica

Cargos e Funções

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2022 - 2025 Deputy Scientific Coordinator Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Universidade de Coimbra (CEIS20), Portugal
2022 - 2025 Member of the Editorial Council Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Universidade de Coimbra (CEIS20), Portugal
2008 - 2009 Pedagogic Council Student Representative Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2022/07/01 - 2026/11/28 Encounters with hominins: the history of human arrival in Sahul
DE210101235
Investigador responsável
The Australian National University, Austrália
 Australian Research Council
Em curso
2016/05/02 - 2017/07/31 Comparative genomics of innate immunity in humans and non-human primates
LABEX IBEID
Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento
Institut Pasteur, França

Laboratoire d'Excellence Integrative Biology of Emerging Infectious Diseases, França
Institut Pasteur
Concluído
2012/01/01 - 2015/12/31 Long-term balancing selection in the genomes of humans and other great apes
SFRH/BD/77043/2011
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie, Alemanha
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2025 - Atual The invisible past: Antarctic ecosystem evolution unlocked by ancient DNA
DP250100886
Co-Investigador Responsável (Co-IR)
Australian Research Council
Em curso
2026/01/14 - 2031/01/13 Delivering benefit for all Australians in the new era of complete genomics
MRFF 2041648
Co-Investigador Responsável (Co-IR)
National Health and Medical Research Council
Em curso
2025 - 2025 Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares
10.54499/UIDB/00460/2020
2021/02/01 - 2024/11/30 The historical village of Idanha-a-Velha: city, territory and population in ancient times first century BC. - twelfth century AC
PTDC/HAR-ARQ/6273/2020
Investigador
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares do Século XX, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
2018/02/19 - 2021/02/18 Using genetics to reconstruct the peopling and diversification of Sahul
IN180100017
Investigador Pós-doutorado
The University of Adelaide, Austrália
 Australian Research Council
Concluído
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Maurer, Anne-France; MacRoberts, Rebecca; López-Aceves, Judith Margarita; Ortega-González, Alvaro Felipe; Relvado, Claudia; Fernandes, Teresa; Curate, Francisco; et al. "Mobility of populations in the transition from Muslim world to Portuguese Kingdom in the Algarve, South Portugal, 11th-13th centuries". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 17 12 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-025-02322-3.
    Publicado • 10.1007/s12520-025-02322-3
  2. Roca-Rada X; Davidson R; Williams MP; Villalba-Mouco V; Carvalho AF; Ravishankar S; Collen E; et al. Autor correspondente: Teixeira JC. "The genetic history of Portugal over the past 5,000 years.". Genome biology (2025): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12360031.
    10.1186/s13059-025-03707-2
  3. Prashasti Singh; João C. Teixeira; Michael E. Weber; Christopher Bolch; Linda Armbrecht. "Enhanced sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) retrieval from Antarctic diatoms". Marine Micropaleontology (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2025.102477.
    10.1016/j.marmicro.2025.102477
  4. Purnomo GA; Teixeira JC; Sudoyo H; Llamas B; Tobler R. "Benchmarking Imputed Low Coverage Genomes in a Human Population Genetics Context.". Molecular ecology resources (2025): https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70007.
    10.1111/1755-0998.70007
  5. Davidson R; Roca-Rada X; Ravishankar S; Taufik L; Haarkötter C; Collen E; Williams MP; et al. "Optimized in-solution enrichment of over a million ancient human SNPs.". Genome biology (2025): https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-025-03622-6.
    10.1186/s13059-025-03622-6
  6. Roca-Rada X; Cuesta-Aguirre DR; Vinueza-Espinosa DC; Davidson R; Ravishankar S; Taufik L; Armentano N; et al. "Genetic transitions in the Neolithic and Bronze Age at Mas d'en Boixos (Catalonia, Spain).". iScience (2025): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12273517.
    10.1016/j.isci.2025.112871
  7. Gludhug A. Purnomo; Shimona Kealy; Sue O’Connor; Antoinette Schapper; Ben Shaw; Bastien Llamas; Joao C. Teixeira; Herawati Sudoyo; Raymond Tobler. "The genetic origins and impacts of historical Papuan migrations into Wallacea". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024): https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2412355121.
    10.1073/pnas.2412355121
  8. C. Teixeira, João. "Ancient DNA: a direct window into the human past". Antropologia Portuguesa 41 (2024): 297-312. https://doi.org/10.14195/2182-7982_41_17.
    10.14195/2182-7982_41_17
  9. Singh, Prashasti; Teixeira, João C.; Bolch, Christopher; Armbrecht, Linda. "Marine sedimentary ancient DNA from Antarctic diatoms". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 640 (2024): 112090. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112090.
    10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112090
  10. MacRoberts, Rebecca Anne; Liberato, Marco; Roca-Rada, Xavier; Valente, Maria João; Relvado, Claudia; Matos Fernandes, Teresa; Barrocas Dias, Cristina; et al. "Shrouded in history: Unveiling the ways of life of an early Muslim population in Santarém, Portugal (8th– 10th century AD)". PLOS ONE 19 3 (2024): e0299958. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299958.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0299958
  11. Adam Benjamin Rohrlach; Maïté Rivollat; Patxuka de-Miguel-Ibáñez; Ulla Moilanen; Anne-Mari Liira; João C. Teixeira; Xavier Roca-Rada; et al. "Cases of trisomy 21 and trisomy 18 among historic and prehistoric individuals discovered from ancient DNA". Nature Communications (2024): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45438-1.
    10.1038/s41467-024-45438-1
  12. Leonard Taufik; João C. Teixeira; Bastien Llamas; Herawati Sudoyo; Raymond Tobler; Gludhug A. Purnomo. "Human Genetic Research in Wallacea and Sahul: Recent Findings and Future Prospects". Genes (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13122373.
    10.3390/genes13122373
  13. Yassine Souilmi; Raymond Tobler; Angad Johar; Matthew Williams; Shane T. Grey; Joshua Schmidt; João C. Teixeira; et al. "Admixture has obscured signals of historical hard sweeps in humans". Nature Ecology & Evolution (2022): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01914-9.
    10.1038/s41559-022-01914-9
  14. Collen, Evelyn Jane; Johar, Angad Singh; Teixeira, João C.; Llamas, Bastien. "The immunogenetic impact of European colonization in the Americas". Frontiers in Genetics 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.918227.
    10.3389/fgene.2022.918227
  15. Xavier Roca-Rada; Sofia Tereso; Adam B Rohrlach; André Brito; Matthew P Williams; Cláudia Umbelino; Francisco Curate; et al. Autor correspondente: João C Teixeira. "A 1000-year-old case of Klinefelter's syndrome diagnosed by integrating morphology, osteology, and genetics". The Lancet 400 10353 (2022): 691-692. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01476-3.
    Acesso aberto • 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01476-3
  16. Teixeira, JC; Christian D. Huber. Autor correspondente: Teixeira, JC. "Authors' Reply to Letter to the Editor: Neutral genetic diversity as a useful tool for conservation biology". Conservation Genetics 22 4 (2021): 547-549. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01385-8.
    10.1007/s10592-021-01385-8
  17. Gludhug Ariyo Purnomo; Kieren J Mitchell; Sue O'Connor; Shimona Kealy; Leonard Taufik; Sophie Schiller; Adam Rohrlach; et al. Autor correspondente: João C. Teixeira. "Mitogenomes Reveal Two Major Influxes of Papuan Ancestry across Wallacea Following the Last Glacial Maximum and Austronesian Contact". Genes (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/7/965.
    10.3390/genes12070965
  18. Roca-Rada, Xavier; Politis, Gustavo; Messineo, Pablo G.; Scheifler, Nahuel; Scabuzzo, Clara; González, Mariela; Harkins, Kelly M.; et al. "Ancient mitochondrial genomes from the Argentinian Pampas inform the early peopling of the Southern Cone of South America". iScience 24 6 (2021): 102553. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102553.
    10.1016/j.isci.2021.102553
  19. João C. Teixeira; Guy S. Jacobs; Chris Stringer; Jonathan Tuke; Georgi Hudjashov; Gludhug A. Purnomo; Herawati Sudoyo; et al. Autor correspondente: João C. Teixeira. "Widespread Denisovan ancestry in Island Southeast Asia but no evidence of substantial super-archaic hominin admixture". Nature Ecology & Evolution (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01408-0.
    10.1038/s41559-021-01408-0
  20. João C. Teixeira; Christian D. Huber. Autor correspondente: João C. Teixeira. "The inflated significance of neutral genetic diversity in conservation genetics". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021): https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015096118.
    10.1073/pnas.2015096118
  21. Roca-Rada, Xavier; Souilmi, Yassine; Teixeira, João C.; Llamas, Bastien. "Ancient DNA Studies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica". Genes 11 11 (2020): 1346. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes11111346.
    10.3390/genes11111346
  22. Barquera, Rodrigo; Collen, Evelyn; Di, Da; Buhler, Stéphane; Teixeira, João; Llamas, Bastien; Nunes, José M.; Sanchez-Mazas, Alicia. "Binding affinities of 438 HLA proteins to complete proteomes of seven pandemic viruses and distributions of strongest and weakest HLA peptide binders in populations worldwide". HLA 96 3 (2020): 277-298. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tan.13956.
    10.1111/tan.13956
  23. Williams, Matthew; Teixeira, João. Autor correspondente: Teixeira, João. "A genetic perspective on human origins". The Biochemist 42 1 (2020): 6-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bio04201006.
    10.1042/bio04201006
  24. O’Neill, Mary B; Laval, Guillaume; Teixeira, João C; Palmenberg, Ann C; Pepperell, Caitlin S. "Genetic susceptibility to severe childhood asthma and rhinovirus-C maintained by balancing selection in humans for 150,000 years". Human Molecular Genetics 29 5 (2019): 736-744. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddz304.
    10.1093/hmg/ddz304
  25. João C. Teixeira; Alan Cooper. Autor correspondente: João C. Teixeira. "Using hominin introgression to trace modern human dispersals". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 31 (2019): 15327-15332. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1904824116.
    10.1073/pnas.1904824116
  26. Bitarello, Bárbara D; de Filippo, Cesare; Teixeira, João C; Schmidt, Joshua M; Kleinert, Philip; Meyer, Diogo; Andrés, Aida M. "Signatures of Long-Term Balancing Selection in Human Genomes". Genome Biology and Evolution 10 3 (2018): 939-955. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy054.
    10.1093/gbe/evy054
  27. Teixeira, João C.; de Filippo, Cesare; Weihmann, Antje; Meneu, Juan R.; Racimo, Fernando; Dannemann, Michael; Nickel, Birgit; et al. "Long-Term Balancing Selection in LAD1 Maintains a Missense Trans-Species Polymorphism in Humans, Chimpanzees, and Bonobos". Molecular Biology and Evolution 32 5 (2015): 1186-1196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msv007.
    10.1093/molbev/msv007
  28. Nogueiro, Inês; Teixeira, João C.; Amorim, António; Gusmão, Leonor; Alvarez, Luis. "Portuguese crypto-Jews: the genetic heritage of a complex history". Frontiers in Genetics 6 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2015.00012.
    10.3389/fgene.2015.00012
  29. Key, Felix M; Teixeira, João C; de Filippo, Cesare; Andrés, Aida M. "Advantageous diversity maintained by balancing selection in humans". Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 29 (2014): 45-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2014.08.001.
    10.1016/j.gde.2014.08.001
  30. Nogueiro, Inês; Teixeira, João; Amorim, António; Gusmão, Leonor; Alvarez, Luis. "Reply to letter from Felice L. Bedford and Doron Yacobi". European Journal of Human Genetics 23 8 (2014): 994-995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2014.232.
    10.1038/ejhg.2014.232
  31. Nogueiro, Inês; Teixeira, João; Amorim, António; Gusmão, Leonor; Alvarez, Luis. "Echoes from Sepharad: signatures on the maternal gene pool of crypto-Jewish descendants". European Journal of Human Genetics 23 5 (2014): 693-699. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2014.140.
    10.1038/ejhg.2014.140
  32. Teixeira, J.C.; Nogueiro, I.; Goios, A.; Gusmão, L.; Amorim, A.; Alvarez, L.. Autor correspondente: Teixeira, J.C.. "Mitochondrial DNA-control region sequence variation in the NE Portuguese Jewish community". Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series 3 1 (2011): e51-e52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigss.2011.08.025.
    10.1016/j.fsigss.2011.08.025
Artigo em revista (magazine)
  1. Teixeira, JC. Autor correspondente: Teixeira, JC. "Arqueogenética, a revolução no estudo do passado", National Geographic, 2023
  2. López Costas, Olalla; Teixeira, JC. "As histórias de vida gravadas nos ossos", National Geographic, 2023
  3. João C. Teixeira; Kristofer M. Helgen. Autor correspondente: João C. Teixeira. "Evolutionary study suggests prehistoric human fossils 'hiding in plain sight' in Southeast Asia", The Conversation, 2021, https://theconversation.com/evolutionary-study-suggests-prehistoric-human-fossils-hiding-in-plain-sight-in-southeast-asia-157587.
  4. Teixeira, JC. Autor correspondente: Teixeira, JC. "Southeast Asia was crowded with archaic human groups long before we turned up", The Conversation, 2019, https://theconversation.com/southeast-asia-was-crowded-with-archaic-human-groups-long-before-we-turned-up-119818.
Poster em conferência
  1. Teixeira, JC. Autor correspondente: Teixeira, JC. "Long-term balancing selection has maintained genetic variation across great ape species for millions of years". Trabalho apresentado em SMBE, 2023.
  2. Teixeira, João. "Balancing selection in the great apes". Trabalho apresentado em Cold Spring Harbour Biology of Genomes, 2015.
  3. Teixeira, JC. "Long-term balancing selection in LAD1 maintains a missense trans-species polymorphism in humans, chimpanzees and bonobos". Trabalho apresentado em SMBE 2014, 2014.
  4. Teixeira, JC. "Long-term balancing selection has influenced protein evolution in humans, chimpanzees and bonobos". Trabalho apresentado em SMBE 2013, 2013.
  5. Teixeira, JC. "Patterns of shared polymorphism in humans and apes". Trabalho apresentado em SMBE 2012, 2012.
  6. Teixeira, JC. "Phylogeographic analysis of maternal lineages in the NE Portuguese Jewish community". Trabalho apresentado em Portugaliae Genetica, 2011.
Tese / Dissertação
  1. Teixeira, João. "Long-term balancing selection in the genomes of humans and other great apes". Doutoramento, 2016. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-158592.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2026 Denisovans in the Genomic and Fossil Record: Bridging Genomics and Archaeology Martin Aitken Seminar Series
University of Oxford (Reino Unido)
2025 ADN Antigo: uma janela para o passado evolutivo XXVII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia
Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia (Portugal)
2024 The invisible past: Antarctic ecosystem evolution unlocked by ancient DNA 2º Colóquio de Interdisciplinaridade
Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Universidade de Coimbra (CEIS20) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023 An interdisciplinary search for our origins Interdisciplining Knowledge: Humanities, Sciences and Culture
Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Universidade de Coimbra (CEIS20) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023 Understanding human history using modern and ancient genomes Synapse Seminar Series
Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative (Austrália)
2023 Evolução e interdisciplinaridade: uma selecção natural Colóquio CEIS20 25 anos
Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
2022 Neandertais, Denisovanos e Hobbits: migrações humanas até ao Restuarante no Fim do Universo XVII Biologia na Noite
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022 A 1,000-year-old case of Klinefelter syndrome Hot Topics: Ancient DNA - Genomics meets Archaeology
Portuguese Society of Genetics
2022 A 1,000-year-old case of Klinefelter syndrome
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
2021 Hominin admixture in Island Southeast Asia
University of Plymouth (Reino Unido)
2021 Hominin admixture in Island Southeast Asia
Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
2021 Searching for our origins: genetics and human evolution
Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
2021 Integrating Ancient DNA to the study of the human past Early Medieval BioAnthropology
University of Coimbra (Portugal)
2021 Hominin admixture in Island Southeast Asia
University College London (Reino Unido)
2021 Hominin admixture in Island Southeast Asia
The Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and the Evolution of Human Behaviour (ICArEHB) (Portugal)
2021 Interdisciplinary Approaches and the Human Past: Ancient DNA and the Denisovans
Archaeological Museum (Zagreb, Croácia)
2020 Hominid Population Genetics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Alemanha)
2020 Introgression, Hominin Dispersal and Megafaunal Survival in Late Pleistocene Island Southeast Asia CABAH Seminar Series
Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (Austrália)
2019 Using DNA to reconstruct the history of Sahul International Conference on the History of Language
The Australian National University (Canberra, Austrália)
2019 Archaic introgression and the modern human colonization of Australia
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology (Indonésia)
2018 The Aboriginal Heritage Project International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology
(Jena, Alemanha)
2016 Comparative genomics of innate immunity in human and non-human primates The Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics
(Vancouver, Canadá)
2015 Long-term balancing selection in great apes II BioAnthropological Meeting – Life, Death and in Between
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015 Long-term balancing selection in great apes
Stanford University (Estados Unidos)
2015 Long-term balancing selection in great apes
Institut Pasteur (França)

Orientação

Título / Tema
Papel desempenhado 		Curso (Tipo)
Instituição / Organização
2023 - 2024 Ancient DNA and the history of Portugal | Xavier Roca Rada
Orientador
 Postdoctoral research (Outra)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - 2022 Human demographic insights from paleogenetic studies of American and Iberian skeletal remains | Student: Xavier Roca Rada
Coorientador
 Doctor of Philosophy (Doutoramento)
The University of Adelaide, Austrália
2018 - 2022 Post-contact evolutionary immunogenetics in Indigenous peoples of America | Student: Evelyn Jane Collen
Coorientador
 Doctor of Philosophy (Doutoramento)
The University of Adelaide, Austrália
2018 - 2022 Reconstructing the Population History of Wallacea and Sahul | Student: Gludhug Ariyo Purnomo
Coorientador
 Doctor of Philosophy (Doutoramento)
The University of Adelaide, Austrália
2020 - 2020 Inferring natural selection from genomic data | Student: Samuel Godwin
Orientador
 Honours Degree (Outra)
The University of Adelaide, Austrália

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação) 		Instituição / Organização
2024/03/21 - 2024/03/22 The 20th Portugaliae Genetica: DNA - Ancient and New https://www.i3s.up.pt/event.php?v=290 (2024/03/21 - 2024/03/22)
Conferência (Membro da Comissão Científica)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2015/02/25 - 2015/02/27 The Human Mutation Rate Meeting (THMR2015) https://www.eva.mpg.de/genetics/conferences/thmr2015/index/ (2015/02/25 - 2015/02/27)
Conferência (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
 Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie, Alemanha

Júri de grau académico

Tema
Tipo de participação 		Nome do candidato (Tipo de grau)
Instituição / Organização
2021/12/09 Genetic characterization of the maternal lineages in Andean Colombian populations.
Arguente principal
 Bibiana Patrícia Augusto Ribeiro (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Arbitragem científica em conferência

Nome da conferência Local da conferência
2024/03/21 - 2024/03/22 The 20th Portugaliae Genetica: DNA - Ancient and New i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde

Arbitragem científica em revista

Nome da revista (ISSN) Editora
2026 - Atual Cell (1097-4172) Cell Press
2026 - Atual Science (1095-9203) AAAS
2023 - Atual Quaternary International (1040-6182) Elsevier
2022 - Atual Nature Ecology and Evolution (2397-334X) Springer Nature
2022 - Atual Genome Biology and Evolution (1759-6653) Oxford University Press
2021 - Atual Molecular Biology and Evolution (1537-1719) Oxford University Press

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

Disciplina Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização
2026 - Atual Ciência, Saúde e Sociedade (invited lecturer) Estudos Contemporâneos (Doutoramento) Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares (CEIS20), Portugal
2025 - 2025 O ADN como ferramenta interdisciplinar na reconstrução do passado (invited lecturer) Bioarqueologia (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2022 - 2025 Ciência, Saúde e Sociedade (course coordinator) Estudos Contemporâneos (Doutoramento) Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Universidade de Coimbra (CEIS20), Portugal
2023 - 2023 Métodos de Investigação em Antropologia I: "DNA and the study of the human past" Antropologia (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 - 2023 Archaeogenetics (invited lecturer) Arqueologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2020 - 2022 Human Evolution (invited lecturer) (Bachelor) Flinders University, Austrália
2016 - 2016 Population Genomics (invited lecturer) (Postgraduate Certificate) Institut Pasteur, França
2014 - 2016 Molecular Anthropology (invited lecturer) (Bachelor) Universität Leipzig, Alemanha
2015 - 2015 Human Evolution (invited lecturer) Biologia (Bachelor) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Entrevista (jornal / revista)

Descrição da atividade Jornal / Forum
2023/06/01 O Esqueleto de Castro de Avelãs National Geographic Magazine
2023/05/04 Ancient human DNA extracted from 20,000-year-old deer tooth pendant found in Denisova Cave https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-05-04/human-dna-extracted-deer-tooth-pendant-denisova-cave-genome/102280324 Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
2023/02/01 Interview Super Interessante Magazine
2022/10/22 Interview https://sol.sapo.pt/2022/10/09/se-ha-pessoa-que-merece-este-premio-e-o-svante/ Jornal O Nascer do Sol
2022/08/30 Esqueleto com mil anos ajuda equipa de português em investigação de doença rara Jornal i
2022/08/30 DNA from medieval skeleton reveals XXY chromosome condition, Klinefelter syndrome https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-08-30/dna-medieval-skeleton-genetic-condition-trisomy-klinefelter/101376444 Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
2021/11/01 Interview Super Interessante Magazine
2021/08/21 New clue to human evolution's biggest mystery emerges in Philippines https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/08/16/world/denisovan-dna-philippines-scn/index.html?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR1ulrSr5eC4BlGH5zKP28dDYxvITlw_qCVQeFRBGSG0tq3HWFYOIF2as6U CNN
2021/06/01 O Milénio de Idanha-a-Velha National Geographic Magazine
2021/03/23 Tightening the dragnet on Denisovans https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/tightening-the-dragnet-on-denisovans/ Cosmos Magazine
2019/01/19 Neanderthals and Denisovans lived in same Siberian cave for 100,000 years https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-01-31/denisovans-neanderthals-siberian-cave-hominin-human-archaeology/10751116 Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Entrevista / Programa (rádio / tv)

Programa Tema
2023/05/05 - Atual YouTube Documentary "Where are all the Denisovans?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNusMHoSdss Human Evolution
2022/10/27 - Atual YouTube Documentary "The crossroads of human evolution (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKUKoLdWdPQ&t=10s Human Evolution
2022/08/29 - Atual Interview TSF https://www.tsf.pt/portugal/sociedade/cientistas-identificam-cromossoma-extra-em-homem-que-viveu-ha-mil-anos-em-braganca-15123177.html/ Ancient disease
2021/10/11 - Atual Interview The World | NPR https://theworld.org/media/2021-10-11/golden-age-discovering-new-species-humans Human Evolution
2021/04 - Atual Podcast Parsing Science | DNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ParsingScience098-Teixeira.mp3 Human Evolution

Membro de associação

Nome da associação Tipo de participação
2025 - Atual Associação Portuguesa de Biologia Evolutiva
2012 - Atual Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
Distinções

Prémio

2021 School of Biological Sciences Publication Excellence Award Winner
The University of Adelaide, Austrália
2017 ASHG/Charles J. Epstein Trainee Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Research (semi-finalist)
American Society of Human Genetics, Estados Unidos
2013 Graduate Student Award
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Estados Unidos
2009 Prémio Escolar Doutor António Leitão
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal