Walter Costa MB*; Gärtner C*; Schmidt M; Berg T; Seehofer D; Kaiser T. Revising the MELD Score to Address Sex-Bias in Liver Transplant Prioritization for a German Cohort. Journal of Personalized Medicine (2023). available at: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/13/6/963.
Kotzerke D*; Walter Costa M*; Voigt J; Kleinhempel A; Schmidt M; Söhnlein T; Kaiser T; Henschler R. Novelle QLL 2020 – welche Auswirkungen haben die neu empfohlenen Hämoglobin-Transfusionstrigger auf die klinische Versorgung? Eine retrospektive Analyse von Daten eines universitären Maximalversorgers (QLL 2020 Amendment – What is the Impact of the Newly Recommended Hemoglobin Transfusion Triggers on Clinical Care? A Retrospective Analysis of Data from a University-based Maximum Care Provider). Transfusionsmedizin (2022). available at: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1669-3918.
Zimmermann S; Costa MBW; Mathew A; Krishnan S; Schneider JG; Roomp K; Isermann B; Biemann R. Osteocalcin Is Independently Associated with C-Reactive Protein during Lifestyle-Induced Weight Loss in Metabolic Syndrome. Metabolites (2021). available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11080526.
Walter Costa MB*; Wernsdorfer M*; Kehrer A; Voigt M; Cundius C; Federbusch M; Eckelt F; Remmler J; Schmidt M; Pehnke S; Gärtner C; Wehner M; Isermann B; Richter H; Telle J; Kaiser T. The Clinical Decision Support System AMPEL for Laboratory Diagnostics: Implementation and Technical Evaluation. JMIR Medical Informatics (2021). available at: https://medinform.jmir.org/2021/6/e20407.
Nowick K; Walter Costa MB; Höner zu Siederdissen C; Stadler P. Selection Pressures on RNA Sequences and Structures. Evolutionary Bioinformatics (2019). available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1176934319871919.
Walter Costa MB; Höner zu Siederdissen C; Dunjić M; Stadler P; Nowick K. SSS-Test: A novel test for detecting selection on the secondary structures of non-coding RNAs. BMC Bioinformatics (2019). available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-019-2711-y.
Léger S; Walter Costa MB; McComb S; Tulpan D. Pairwise Visual Comparison of Small RNA Secondary Structures with Base Pair Probabilities. BMC Bioinformatics (2019). available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-019-2902-6.
Kolora SRR; Weigert A; Saffari A; Kehr S; Walter Costa MB; Spröer C; Indrischek H; Chintalapati M; Doose G; Bunk B; Overmann J; Lohse K; Bleidorn C; Henle K; Nowick K; Faria RM; Stadler P; Schlegel M. Divergent evolution in the genomes of closely-related lacertids, Lacerta viridis and L. bilineata and implications for speciation. Giga Science (2019). available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giy160.
Walter Costa MB; Höner zu Siederdissen C; Tulpan D; Stadler P; Nowick K. Uncovering the structural evolution of the Human Accelerated Region 1. Journal of Theoretical Biology (2018). available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.11.015.
Perdomo-Sabogal A; Kanton S*; Walter MB*; Nowick K. The role of gene regulatory factors in the evolutionary history of humans. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development (2014). available at: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2014.08.007.
Maranhão AQ; Costa MB; Guedes L; Moraes-Vieira PM; Raiol T; Brigido MM. A Mouse variable gene fragment binds to DNA independently of the BCR context: A Possible role for immature B-Cell repertoire establishment. Plos One (2013). available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072625.
*equal contribution
Walter Costa MB. Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) in Computer Science, University of Leipzig, Germany. Science without Borders Program - CNPq (Brazil) Adaptive Evolution of Long Non-Coding RNAs (2013 - 2018). available at: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-323898.
Walter Costa MB. M. Sc. in Molecular Biology, University of Brasília, Brazil. Genetic Variability of Anti-DNA Antibodies (2010 - 2012). available at: http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/11352.
Walter Costa MB. B. Sc. in Biological Sciences, University of Brasília, Brazil. (2006 - 2009).
Walter Costa MB. Evolutionary Conservation of RNA Secondary Structure. RNA Structure Prediction (pp. 121-146). (2023). available at: https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007/978-1-0716-2768-6_8.