Jorge Oliveira
MsC, PhD
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC)
Jorge Oliveira, MSc, PhD.
He is the laboratory director, and senior molecular geneticist, at the Centre for Predictive and Preventive Genetics (CGPP), IBMC, i3S, University of Porto.
During previous research, he contributed to the genetic characterization of congenital myopathies and congenital muscular dystrophies on a national basis at the former Institute of Medical Genetics (IGM) Dr. Jacinto Magalhães (currently integrated into Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto).
The main scientific interests are the genetic basis and mutational spectrum of neuromuscular diseases. Given the large amount of data generated from massively parallel sequencing technology every day, his current research targets the identification of genomic patterns in large datasets (Big Data). These patterns could constitute auxiliary genetic markers of utmost importance for both diagnostics and gene discovery research.