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Carla Santos

Invited Assistant Researcher


Career

  • Since  2018: Invited Assistant Researcher, Universidade do Minho

Laboratory Management


  • Since 2018: Development and implementation of nucleic acids extraction methods and complete genome sequencing of fungal strains of interest.
  • 2017 - 2017: Research and management tasks including but not restricted to fungal cultivation, and DNA extraction, scanning electron microscope fungal analyses

Projects



Recent Publications

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Penicillium tunisiense sp. nov., a novel species of Penicillium section Ramosa discovered from Tunisian orchard apples
  • International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 68(10), 3217-3225, 2018
2
  • Bleka, T.; Eduardoff, M.; Santos, Carla; Phillips, C.; Parson, W.; Gill, P.
Using EuroForMix to analyse complex SNP mixtures, up to six contributors
  • Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series, 6, e277-e279, 2017
3
  • Bleka, Ø.; Eduardoff, M.; Santos, Carla; Phillips, C.; Parson, W.; Gill, P.
Open source software EuroForMix can be used to analyse complex SNP mixtures
  • Forensic Science International-Genetics, 31, 105-110, 2017
4
  • de la Puente, M.; Phillips, C.; Santos, Carla; Fondevila, M.; Carracedo, Á.; Lareu, M.V.
Evaluation of the Qiagen 140-SNP forensic identification multiplex for massively parallel sequencing
  • Forensic Science International-Genetics, 28, 35-43, 2017
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  • Santos, Carla; Phillips, C.; Fondevila, M.; Daniel, R.; Van Oorschot, R.A.H.; Burchard, E.G.; Schanfield, M.S.; Souto, L.; Uacyisrael, J.; Via, M.; Carracedo, Á.; Lareu, M.V.
Pacifiplex: An ancestry-informative SNP panel centred on Australia and the Pacific region
  • Forensic Science International-Genetics, 20, 71-80, 2016
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  • De La Puente, M.; Santos, Carla; Fondevila, M.; Manzo, L.; Carracedo, Á.; Lareu, M.V.; Phillips, C.
The Global AIMs Nano set: A 31-plex SNaPshot assay of ancestry-informative SNPs
  • Forensic Science International-Genetics, 22, 81-88, 2016
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  • Eduardoff, M.; Gross, T.E.; Santos, Carla; De La Puente, M.; Ballard, D.; Strobl, C.; Børsting, C.; Morling, N.; Fusco, L.; Hussing, C.; Egyed, B.; Souto, L.; Uacyisrael, J.; Syndercombe Court, D.; Carracedo, Á.; Lareu, M.V.; Schneider, P.M.; Parson, W.; Phillips, C.; Parson, W.; Phillips, C.
Inter-laboratory evaluation of the EUROFORGEN Global ancestry-informative SNP panel by massively parallel sequencing using the Ion PGM™
  • Forensic Science International-Genetics, 23, 178-189, 2016
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  • Santos, Carla; Phillips, C.; Oldoni, F.; Amigo, J.; Fondevila, M.; Pereira, R.; Carracedo, Á.; Lareu, M.V.
Completion of a worldwide reference panel of samples for an ancestry informative Indel assay
  • Forensic Science International-Genetics, 17, 75-80, 2015
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  • Santos, Carla; Fondevila, M.; Ballard, D.; Banemann, R.; Bento, A.M.; Børsting, C.; Branicki, W.; Brisighelli, F.; Burrington, M.; Capal, T.; Chaitanya, L.; Daniel, R.; Decroyer, V.; England, R.; Gettings, K.B.; Gross, T.E.; Haas, C.; Harteveld, J.; Hoff-Olsen, P.; Hoffmann, A.; Kayser, M.; Kohler, P.; Linacre, A.; Mayr-Eduardoff, M.; McGovern, C.; Morling, N.; O'Donnell, G.; Parson, W.; Pascali, V.L.; Porto, M.J.; Roseth, A.; Schneider, P.M.; Sijen, T.; Stenzl, V.; Court, D.S.; Templeton, J.E.; Turanska, M.; Vallone, P.M.; Oorschot, R.A.H.V.; Zatkalikova, L.; Carracedo, Á.; Phillips, C.
Forensic ancestry analysis with two capillary electrophoresis ancestry informative marker (AIM) panels: Results of a collaborative EDNAP exercise
  • Forensic Science International-Genetics, 19, 56-67, 2015
10
  • Daniel, R.; Santos, Carla; Phillips, C.; Fondevila, M.; Van Oorschot, R.A.H.; Carracedo, Á.; Lareu, M.V.; McNevin, D.
A SNaPshot of next generation sequencing for forensic SNP analysis
  • Forensic Science International-Genetics, 14, 50-60, 2015
11
  • Eduardoff, M.; Santos, Carla; De La Puente, M.; Gross, T.E.; Fondevila, M.; Strobl, C.; Sobrino, B.; Ballard, D.; Schneider, P.M.; Carracedo, Á.; Lareu, M.V.; Parson, W.; Phillips, C.
Inter-laboratory evaluation of SNP-based forensic identification by massively parallel sequencing using the Ion PGM™
  • Forensic Science International-Genetics, 17(1342), 110-121, 2015
12
  • Heinz, T.; Cardenas, J.M.; Alvarez-Iglesias, V.; Pardo-Seco, J.; Gomez-Carballa, A.; Santos, Carla; Taboada-Echalar, P.; Martinon-Torres, F.; Salas, A.
The genomic legacy of the transatlantic slave trade in the yungas valley of Bolivia
  • PLoS One, 10(8), 2015
13
  • Phillips, C.; Parson, W.; Lundsberg, B.; Santos, Carla; Freire-Aradas, A.; Torres, M.; Eduardoff, M.; Børsting, C.; Johansen, P.; Fondevila, M.; Morling, N.; Schneider, P.; Carracedo, Á.; Lareu, M.V.
Building a forensic ancestry panel from the ground up: The EUROFORGEN Global AIM-SNP set
  • Forensic Science International-Genetics, 11(1), 13-25, 2014
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  • Phillips, C.; Gelabert-Besada, M.; Fernandez-Formoso, L.; García-Magariños, M.; Santos, Carla; Fondevila, M.; Ballard, D.; Syndercombe Court, D.; Carracedo, A.; Victoria Lareu, M.
“New turns from old STaRs”: Enhancing the capabilities of forensic short tandem repeat analysis
  • Electrophoresis, 35(21-22), 3173-3187, 2014
15
  • Prestes, P.R.; Mitchell, R.J.; Santos, Carla; van Oorschot, R.A.H.
The SNPforID 34-plex-Its ability to infer level of admixture in individuals
  • Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series, 4(1), 2013
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  • Porras-Hurtado, L.; Ruiz, Y.; Santos, Carla; Phillips, C.; Carracedo, A.; Lareu, M.V.
An overview of STRUCTURE: Applications, parameter settings, and supporting software
  • Frontiers in Genetics, 4(MAY), 2013
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  • Fondevila, M.; Phillips, C.; Santos, Carla; Freire Aradas, A.; Vallone, P.M.; Butler, J.M.; Lareu, M.V.; Carracedo, Á.
Revision of the SNPforID 34-plex forensic ancestry test: Assay enhancements, standard reference sample genotypes and extended population studies
  • Forensic Science International-Genetics, 7(1), 63-74, 2013
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  • Phillips, C.; Fernandez-Formoso, L.; Gelabert-Besada, M.; Garcia-Magariños, M.; Santos, Carla; Fondevila, M.; Carracedo, A.; Lareu, M.V.
Development of a novel forensic STR multiplex for ancestry analysis and extended identity testing
  • Electrophoresis, 34(8), 1151-1162, 2013
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  • Phillips, C.; Aradas, A.F.; Kriegel, A.K.; Fondevila, M.; Bulbul, O.; Santos, Carla; Rech, F.S.; Carceles, M.D.P.; Carracedo, Á.; Schneider, P.M.; Lareu, M.V.
Eurasiaplex: A forensic SNP assay for differentiating European and South Asian ancestries
  • Forensic Science International-Genetics, 7(3), 359-366, 2013
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  • Fondevila, M.; Phillips, C.; Santos, Carla; Pereira, R.; Gusmão, L.; Carracedo, A.; Butler, J.M.; Lareu, M.V.; Vallone, P.M.
Forensic performance of two insertion-deletion marker assays
  • International Journal of Legal Medicine, 126(5), 725-737, 2012
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