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Expert Molecular Biology Consultant | Specialized in Assay Development, Technical Writing, and Data Analysis

Profile Summary

Molecular biologist with extensive experience in formulation development, QC, Validation and Verification, writing manuscripts and grant proposals.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Biochemical Assays
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ ATAC-Seq
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ Forensic Genetics

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Writing Medical Writing, Technical Writing, Audio Transcription, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Scientific and Technical Research

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Product Development Formulation, Stability/Shelf Life Testing, Product Validation, Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC), Product Launch Support

Work Experience

Senior Scientist / Group Manager

Pleno, Inc

July 2024 - October 2024

Scientists

Verogen

July 2020 - July 2024

Scientist 2

Verogen

July 2020 - July 2024

Research Scientist I

Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc

February 2008 - February 2009

Intern

Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc

February 2007 - November 2007

Education

PhD, Biochemistry

Florida International University

September 2012 - April 2018

PhD. Candidate (Chemistry & Biochemistry)

Florida International University

August 2011 - March 2018

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

R. Daniel, J. Raymond, A. Sears, A. Stock, N. Scudder, G. Padmabandu, S.A. Kumar, J. Snedecor, J. Antunes, D. Hartman (2024). It’s all relative: A multi-generational study using ForenSeq™ Kintelligence . Forensic Science International.

Joana Antunes, Paulina Walichiewicz, Elmira Forouzmand, Richelle Barta, Meghan Didier, Yonmee Han, Juan Carlos Perez, June Snedecor, Clare Zlatkov, Gothami Padmabandu, et al. (2024). Developmental validation of the ForenSeq® Kintelligence kit, MiSeq FGx® sequencing system and ForenSeq Universal Analysis Software . Forensic Science International: Genetics.

Sarah Radecke, Joana Antunes, June Snedecor, Clare Zlatkov, Laurence Devesse, Gothami Padmabandu, Kathryn M. Stephens (2023). Evaluation of a High-Throughput Dense Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism PCR Multiplex Next Generation Sequencing Application for Human Remains Identification . Forensic Genomics.

Joana Antunes, Sarah Radecke, June Snedecor, Gothami Padmabandu, Kathryn M. Stephens (2022). Application of a dense SNP PCR multiplex for high throughput kinship determination using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) . Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series.

June Snedecor, Tim Fennell, Seth Stadick, Nils Homer, Joana Antunes, Kathryn Stephens, Cydne Holt (2022). Fast and accurate kinship estimation using sparse SNPs in relatively large database searches . Forensic Science International: Genetics.

Joana Antunes, Quentin Gauthier, Vanessa Aguiar‐Pulido, George Duncan, Bruce McCord (2021). A data‐driven, high‐throughput methodology to determine tissue‐specific differentially methylated regions able to discriminate body fluids . ELECTROPHORESIS.

Bruce McCord, Quentin Gauthier, Hussain Alghanim, Joana Antunes, Nicole Fernandez Tejero, George Duncan, Kuppareddi Balamurugan (2019). Applications of epigenetic methylation in body fluid identification, age determination and phenotyping . Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series.

Hussain Alghanim, Joana Antunes, Deborah Soares Bispo Santos Silva, Clarice Sampaio Alho, Kuppareddi Balamurugan, Bruce McCord (2017). Detection and evaluation of DNA methylation markers found at SCGN and KLF14 loci to estimate human age . Forensic Science International: Genetics.

Sang‐Eun Jung, Sohee Cho, Joana Antunes, Iva Gomes, Mari L. Uchimoto, Yu Na Oh, Lisa Di Giacomo, Peter M. Schneider, Min Sun Park, Dieudonne van der Meer, et al. (2016). A collaborative exercise on DNA methylation based body fluid typing . ELECTROPHORESIS.

Joana Antunes, Deborah S.B.S. Silva, Kuppareddi Balamurugan, George Duncan, Clarice S. Alho, Bruce McCord (2016). Forensic discrimination of vaginal epithelia by DNA methylation analysis through pyrosequencing . ELECTROPHORESIS.

Deborah S.B.S. Silva, Joana Antunes, Kuppareddi Balamurugan, George Duncan, Clarice S. Alho, Bruce McCord (2016). Developmental validation studies of epigenetic DNA methylation markers for the detection of blood, semen and saliva samples . Forensic Science International: Genetics.

(2016). High-resolution melt analysis of DNA methylation to discriminate semen in biological stains . Analytical Biochemistry.

Deborah Soares Bispo Santos Silva, Joana Antunes, Kuppareddi Balamurugan, George Duncan, Clarice Sampaio Alho, Bruce McCord(2015). Evaluation of DNA methylation markers and their potential to predict human aging . ELECTROPHORESIS. 36. (15). p. 1775--1780. Wiley-Blackwell

Yvonne R. Freund, Tsutomu Akama, M.R.K. Alley, Joana Antunes, Chen Dong, Kurt Jarnagin, Richard Kimura, James A. Nieman, Kirk R. Maples, Jacob J. Plattner, et al.(2012). Boron-based phosphodiesterase inhibitors show novel binding of boron to PDE4 bimetal center . FEBS Letters. 586. (19). p. 3410--3414. Wiley-Blackwell

OTHER

Joana Antunes, Kuppareddi Balamurugan, George Duncan, Bruce McCord(2015). Tissue-Specific DNA Methylation Patterns in Forensic Samples Detected by Pyrosequencing® . Pyrosequencing. p. 397--409. Springer Science $\mathplus$ Business Media

BOOK CHAPTER

Joana Antunes, Kuppareddi Balamurugan, George Duncan, Bruce McCord (2015). Tissue-Specific DNA Methylation Patterns in Forensic Samples Detected by Pyrosequencing® . Methods in Molecular Biology.