Sérgio Danilo Junho Pena
ProfessorÂ
Department of Biochemistry and Immunology
University of Minas
Brazil
Biography
Dr.Sérgio Danilo Junho Pena graduated in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine (1970). He received his PhD from the Department of Human Genetics of the University of Manitoba, Canada (1977) and postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Medical Research in Mill Hill, London. He is currently Professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Immunology and Director of the Laboratory of Clinical Genomics of the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He is also the Scientific Director of GENE - Nucleus of Medical Genetics of Minas Gerais and the Gene Genealogical Central of GenoTipagem de Animales. He is a full member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the Developing World (TWAS), Minas Gerais Academy of Medicine and Minas Gerais Academy of Pediatrics. He is a member of the National Council of Science and Technology. He has experience in Genetics, with emphasis on Human and Medical Genetics.
Research Interest
Human Molecular and Parasite Genetics
Publications
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Pena SD, Barreto G, Vago AR, De Marco L, Reinach FC, et al. (1994) Sequence-specific "gene signatures" can be obtained by PCR with single specific primers at low stringency. Proc Natl Acad Sci US A; 91 : 1946-1949
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SD Pen, Hughes RC (1978) Fibronectin-plasma membrane interactions in the adhesion and spreading of hamster fibroblasts. Nature. Nov 2; 276 : ​​80-83.
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Wrogemann K, Pena SD. (1976) Mitochondrial calcium overload: a general mechanism for cell-necrosis in muscle diseases. The Lancet; 307 : 672-674.
