Who's Who


Academic Degrees

YearDegreeMajorInstitutionTownCountry
2010PhDMolecular Epidemiology and Biomarker ResearchUniversity of LeedsLeedsUK
2004MScCell BiologyUniversity of LisbonLisbonPortugal


Current Research Projects

  • The Liver Cancerome: A multi-omics biomarker discovery approach.
    A. Nogueira da Costa, A. Scalbert, B. Elena-Herrman, L.Beretta, P.Hainaut

  • Developing in vitro candidate biomarkers for the synergistic effects of aflatoxin B1 and chronic HBV infection in hepatocellular carcinoma
    A. Nogueira da Costa, P.Hainaut, Z. Herceg

  • EU Collaborative Project “Prevention of Liver Fibrosis and Cancer in Africa (Prolifica)”
    A. Nogueira da Costa, P. Hainaut, M. Mendy (IARC as partner)

  • Isotope variations as potential hepatocellular carcinoma early detection biomarkers
    A. Nogueira da Costa, P.Hainaut, V. Balter


Selected Publications

Stephanie Villar, Sandra Ortiz-Cuaran, Behnoush Abedi, Doriane Gouas, Andre Nogueira da Costa, Amelie Plymoth, Suleeporn Sangrajrang, Marlin Friesen, John Groopman, Pierre Hainaut (2012) Aflatoxin-induced TP53 R249S mutation in HepatoCellular Carcinoma in Thailand: association with tumors developing in the absence of liver cirrhosis PLoS One, In press

Lereau, M., Gouas, D., Villar S., Besaratinia, A., Hautefeuille, A., Berthillon, P., Martel-Planche, G., Nogueira da Costa, A., Ortiz-Cuaran, S., Hantz, O., Pfeifer, G.P., Hainaut, P., Chemin, I. (2012) Interactions between hepatitis B virus and aflatoxin B1: effects on p53 induction in HepaRG cells Journal of General Virology, Mar;93(Pt 3) : 640-50

Nogueira da Costa, A., Keen, J.N., Wild, C.P., Findlay, J.B.C. (2011) An analysis of the phosphoproteome of immune cell lines exposed to the immunomodulatory mycotoxin deoxynivalenol Biochim Biophys Acta, Jul;1814(7) : 850-7

Nogueira da Costa, A., Mijal, R.S., Keen, J.N., Findlay, J.B.C., Wild, C.P. (2011) Proteomic analysis of the effects of the immunomodulatory mycotoxin deoxynivalenol Proteomics, May;11(10) : 1903-14

Nogueira da Costa, A., Mijal, R.S., Keen, J.N., Findlay, J.B.C., Wild, C.P (2008) Identifying candidate biomarkers of effects of deoxynivalenol exposure using proteomics Toxicology Letters, October:180(S1) : S80

Scientific Societies Membership

EACR Active member
AACR Associate member