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Luís Pedro Rato (LPR) holds a Ph.D. in Biomedicine from the University of Beira Interior, Portugal. LPR currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Health and Human Development, University of Évora. Previously, LPR collaborated as an Invited Professor for the Nursing and Medicinal Biotechnology Bachelor’s programs at the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Portugal, as well as the Master’s programs in Biomedical Sciences and Biochemistry at the University of Beira Interior. LPR is a integrated member of the Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) and his primary expertise is in male (in)fertility and metabolic disorders, including prediabetes and diabetes mellitus. His research has also expanded to the study of environmental contaminants, particularly obesogens, and their impact on male fertility. He has authored 46 peer-reviewed publications, 12 section(s) of books, primarily focusing on the interplay between metabolism, metabolic modulation, and male fertility, with special emphasis on metabolic diseases and environmental factors. LPR serves as an Academic Editor for Medicine® and an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Endocrinology. Additionally, is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences and a regular reviewer for several leading scientific journals. LPR has supervised several MSc students and has been collaborating with several Ph.D. students from the University of Beira Interior, University of Coimbra, University of Porto, and University of Évora, Portugal. LPR has participated as jury in 4 MSc and 8 BSc thesis. LPR has co-organized 6 scientific events; received 8 awards and/or honors and has an h-index of 28, with a total of 2,553 citations to date.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Luís Pedro Ferreira Rato

Citation names

  • Rato, L.
  • Rato, Luís

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1F1D-A58E-2615
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7796-2051
Researcher Id
H-8965-2015
Scopus Author Id
55836232500

Email addresses

  • luis.pedro.rato@gmail.com (Professional)

Addresses

  • Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Universidade de Évora, Colégio Luis António Verney, Rua Romão Ramalho, nº59, , 7000-671, Évora, Évora, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Reproductive Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2011 - 2015
Concluded
 Ph.D. in Biomedicine (Doutoramento)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"High-Energy Diets and Diabetes Mellitus: a Threat for Male Fertility" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2008 - 2010
Concluded
 Master Degree in Biomedical Sciences (Mestrado)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Hormonal regulation of Lactate production and NHE3 expression by Sertoli cells ex vivo: a possible role for sex steroids in spermatogenesis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2005 - 2008
Concluded
 Bachelor in Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/09/03 - 2019/01/03 Researcher (Research) Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2016/03/01 - 2018/02/28 Researcher (Research) Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09/02 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Évora Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
2023/10/01 - 2024/08/31 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico da Guarda Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2023/08/01 - 2024/07/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
2021/10/01 - 2023/09/30 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico da Guarda Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2022/07/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico da Guarda Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2020/01/13 - 2021/07/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2020/09/30 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2018/03/20 - 2018/07/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2011/06 - 2015/05 Ph.D. Student Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/09/03 - 2019/01/03 Obesitility – Gut hormones and testicular metabolism: mechanisms associated with obesity-related male infertility
PTDC/BIM-MET/4712/2014:
Research Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/03/01 - 2018/02/28 Testicular metabolic deregulation induced by obesity and prediabetes: the (ir)reversible point for male infertility
BIPD/ICI-CICS-BST-UBI
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Banco Santander-Totta
Concluded
2011/06 - 2015/06 Type 2 Diabetes and Infertility: Role of Sex Hormones and Metabolic Dysfunction in Sertoli cells
SFRH/BD/72733/2010
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Health Sciences Research Centre
UIDB/00709/2020
10.54499/UIDB/00709/2020
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Health Sciences Research Centre
UID/Multi/00709/2019
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/01 - 2017/12 (CICS-UBI) Health Sciences Research Centre
UID/Multi/00709/2013
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2012/04/01 - 2015/07/31 Can Hormonal Deregulation of Ion Transporters in Human Sertoli Cells be Responsible for Infertility?
PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121446/2010
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 709 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/SAU/UI0709/2011
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Marco G. Alves; Luís Rato; Pedro F. Oliveira. "The Warburg-like effect in male reproductive events". 2023.
    10.1016/b978-0-323-91704-9.00020-3
  2. Alves, M.G.; Rato, L.; Oliveira, P.F.. "The Warburg-like effect in male reproductive events". 157-179. 2023.
  3. Rato, Luís; Oliveira, Pedro F.; Sousa, Mário; Silva, Branca M.; Alves, Marco G.. "Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Diabetes-Induced Male Reproductive Dysfunction". In Oxidants, Antioxidants and Impact of the Oxidative Status in Male Reproduction, edited by Ralph Henkel; Luna Samantha; Ashok Agarwal, 135-147. United States: Elsevier, 2019.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-812501-4.00014-6
  4. Alves, Marco G.; Silva, Branca M.; Oliveira, Pedro F.; Rato, Luís. "Energetics of the Male Reproduction". In Encyclopedia of Reproduction, edited by Michael Skinner, 451-457. Elsevier, 2018.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-801238-3.64614-7
  5. Almeida, S.P.; Rato, L.. "Biochemical Changes in the Reproductive Function of the Aging Male". In Andrology: Current and Future Developments, edited by Oliveira, P. F.; Alves, M. G., 389-411. BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2017.
    Published
  6. Cardoso, A. M.; Rato, L.. "Environmental Cues and Sperm Quality". In Andrology: Current and Future Developments, edited by Oliveira, P. F.; Alves, M. G., 360-388. United Arab Emirates: BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2017.
    Published
  7. Rato, L.. "Testicular Cancer, Erectile Dysfunction and Male Reproductive Healt". In Andrology: Current and Future Developments, edited by Oliveira, P. F.; Alves, M. G., 291-325. United Arab Emirates: BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2017.
    Published
  8. Rato, L.. "Biochemistry behind the Journey of Spermatozoa through the Female Reproductive Tract". In Biochemistry of Andrology: Current and Future Developments, edited by Oliveira, P. F.; Alves, M. G., 257-290. United Arab Emirates: BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2017.
  9. Rato, L.; Alves, M. G.; Silva, B.M.; Oliveira, P. F.. "Pharmacological Relevance of Novel Biomarkers Associated with Diabetes-mellitus Related Infertility". In Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research: Diabetes and Obesity, edited by Atta-ur-Rahman, 114-194. United States: BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2016.
    Published • 10.2174/9781681082479116030006
  10. Alves, M.G.; Rato, L.; Moreira, A. C.; Oliveira, P.F.. "A Célula de Sertoli: Fisiologia, Estrutura e Função". In Reprodução Humana Masculina - Princípios Fundamentais, edited by Fardilha, M. ; Silva, J.V. ; Conde, M., 0-0. Arouca, Portugal: ACR Publishing e Editores, 2015.
    Published
  11. Rato, L.; Alves, M.G.; Socorro, S.; Cavaco, J.E.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Blood testis barrier: How does the seminiferous epithelium feeds the developing germ cells?". In Methods in Molecular Biology. 2012.
  12. Rato L; Alves, M. G.; Socorro, S; Cavaco, J.E.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Blood testis barrier: how does the seminiferous epithelium feed the developing germ cells?". In Endothelium and Epithelium: Composition, Functions and Pathology, edited by Carrasco, J.; Mota, M., 1-19. New York, United States: Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2011.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Alves, Marco G.; Crisóstomo, L.; Rato L.; JOAO FILIPE RAPOSO; Carlos Pedro Fontes Oliveira. "The adoption of a high-fat diet by the parent causes negative effects on the testicular function and metabolism of grandchildren". Paper presented in 17th Portuguese Congress of Diabetes, Vilamoura, 2021.
    Accepted
  2. Crisóstomo, Luís; Rato, L.; Raposo J F; Oliveira P. F.; Alves, M.G.. "Ancestral exposure to high-fat diets promotes a pro-inflammatory environment in the testicle associated with spermatic defects". Paper presented in 17th Portuguese Congress of Diabetes, Vilamoura, 2021.
    Published
  3. Crisótomo L.; Rato, L.; Jarak I.; Videira, Romeu; Starcevic, K.; Masek T.; Raposo J. F.; Oliveira P F; Alves, Marco G.. "Paternal ancestral exposure to high-fat diets causes testicular metabolic and functional disturbances in mice up to two generations". Paper presented in The 45th FEBS Congress, Ljubliana, 2021.
    Published
  4. Crisóstomo, L.; Rato, L.; Jarak, I.; Romeu A. Videira; Starcevic, K.; Masek T.; Raposo J . F; Oliveira P. F.; Alves M. G.. "Permanent testicular metabolomic and lipidomic signatures induced by the adoption of a high-fat diet in childhood and sperm quality in adulthood". Paper presented in 36th ESHRE Congress, Copenhagen, 2021.
    Published
  5. Alves, Marco G.; Crisóstomo, L.; Videira, R.A.; Rato L.; Jarak I.; Raposo J.F.; Oliveira P. F.. "Type 2 diabetes associated with metabolic syndrome induced by a high-fat diet promotes changes in the testicular metabolism of offspring". Paper presented in 15th Portuguese Congress of Diabetes, Vilamoura, 2020.
    Published
  6. Crisóstomo, L.; Rato, L.; Jarak, I.; Videira, RA; Starcevic, K; Ma¿ek, T; Raposo, JF; et al. "High-fat diet promotes a pro-inflammatory environment in mouse testes and inhibits certain antioxidant defenses in the testes of the progeny". Paper presented in Antioxidants, 2020.
    In press
  7. Crisostomo, L.; Videira, RA; Jarak, I.; Starcevic K; Ma¿ek T; Rato, L.; Raposo, JF; et al. "Prediabetes induces transgenerational effects in testicular metabolome and sperm quality: a silent comorbidity?". Paper presented in Andrology, 2020.
    In press
  8. Alves, MG; Crisóstomo, L.; Videira, RA; Rato, L.; JaraK, I.; Raposo, JF; Oliveira, Pedro F.. "A diabetes tipo 2 associada ao síndrome metabólico induzido por uma dieta rica em gordura promove alterações no metabolismo testicular dos descendentes". Paper presented in Revista Portuguesa de Diabetes, 2020.
    Published
  9. Alves M. G.; Crisóstomo L.; Rato L.; Jarak I.; Silva B.M.; Raposo J F; Oliveira P F. "A high-fat diet alters testicular metabolism which compromises reproductive quality". Paper presented in 15th Portuguese Congress of Diabetes, Vilamoura, 2019.
    Published
  10. Crisóstomo, L.; Rato, L.; Jarak I.; Silva B. M.; Raposo J. F.; Oliveira P. F.; Alves M. G.. "Reversal of the high-fat diet to a normal diet in early adulthood prevents metabolic syndrome but does not improve the quality of the spermatic". Paper presented in 15th Portuguese Congress of Diabetes, Vilamoura, 2019.
    Published
  11. Pedro Silva-Vaz; Rato, L.; Abrantes A M; Alves M. G.; Nunes S.; Gouveia A.; Castelo Branco M.; et al. "Characterization of Oxidative Stress in Acute Pancreatitis". Paper presented in XXXIX National Congress of Surgery, Tomar, 2019.
    Published
  12. Silva-Vaz P.; Jarak I.; Oliveira P. F.; Alves M. G.; Rato L.; A. M. Abrantes; Gouveia A.; Botelho M.F.; Tralhão J.G.. "Metabolomics as a tool in the prognosis of acute pancreatitis". Paper presented in XXXIX National Congress of Surgery, Tomar, 2019.
    Published
  13. Bernardino RL.; D¿Souza WN.; Rato, L.; Rothstein JL.; Dias TR.; Chui D.; Wannberg S.; Alves MG.; Oliveira PF.. "MCT1-knockout mice present morphological alterations in the testis, sex hormones dysregulation and arrested spermatogenesis.". Paper presented in SEHIT 2019, 2019.
    Published • 10.14670/HH-sehit19
  14. Crisóstomo, L.; Rato, L.; Jarak, I.; Silva, B. M.; Raposo, J.; Oliveira, P. F.; Alves, M. G.. "High-fat diet compromise male fertility that is not surpassed by reversion to a controlled diet". Paper presented in 43rd FEBS Congress, Prague, 2018.
    Published
  15. Crisóstomo, L.; Rato, L.; Jarak, I.; Silva, B. M.; Raposo, J.; Oliveira, P. F.; Alves, M. G.. "Dietas gordas podem comprometer a fertilidade masculina que não é recuperada pelo regresso a uma dieta controlada/High-fat diet compromise male fertility that is not surpassed by reversion to a controlled diet". Paper presented in 14th Portuguese Congress of Diabetes, Vilamoura, 2018.
    Published
  16. Crisóstomo, L.; Rato, L.; Jarak, I; Silva, BM; Raposo, JF; Oliveira, PF; Alves, Marco G.. "Dietas gordas podem comprometer a fertilidade masculina que não é recuperada pelo regresso a uma dieta controlada". Paper presented in Revista Portuguesa de Diabetes, 2018.
  17. Silva, B.M.; Tomás, G.D.; Dias, T.R.; Martins, A.D.; Rato, L.; Alves, M.G.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Sperm quality of pre-diabetic wistar rats restored after a diet with white tea". Paper presented in UMIB Summit 2015, Porto, 2016.
    Published • 10.1097/MD.0000000000002371
  18. Rato, L.; Cavaco, J.E.; Alves, M.G.; Duarte, A.I.; Santos, M. S.; Moreira, P.I.; Oliveira, P.F.. "How does Sertoli cell metabolism responds to the reduced testosterone levels induced by progressive stages of diabetes mellitus". Paper presented in UMIB Summit 2015, Porto, 2016.
    Published • 10.1097/MD.0000000000002371
  19. Rato, L.; Alves, M.G.; Dias, T.R.; Cavaco, J.E.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Testicular metabolic reprogramming in neonatal streptozotocin-induced type 2 diabetic rats impairs glucose metabolism and promotes glycogen accumulation". Paper presented in UMIB Summit 2015, Porto, 2016.
    Published • 10.1097/MD.0000000000002371
  20. Rato, L.; Alves, M.G.; Duarte, A.I.; Santos, M. S.; Moreira, P.I.; Cavaco, J.E.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Progressive stages of diabetes mellitus induce testosterone deficiency promoting a modulation of Sertoli cell metabolism". Paper presented in European Society of Human Reproduction and Embriology (ESHRE), 31th Annual Meeting, Lisboa, 2015.
    Published
  21. Rato, L.; Duarte, A.I.; Tomás, G.D.; Santos, M.S.; Moreira, P.I.; Socorro, S.; Cavaco, J.E.; Alves, M.G.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Pre-diabetes disrupts testicular PGC1-a/SIRT3 axis prompting to oxidative stress". Paper presented in 18th European Bioenergetic Conference, EBEC2014, Lisboa, 2014.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.05.243
  22. Rato, L.; Duarte, A.I.; Alves, M.G.; Santos, M.S.; Moreira, P.I.; Socorro, S.; Cavaco, J.E.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Testicular mitochondrial bioenergetics is altered in pre-diabetes induced by a high-energy diet in rats". Paper presented in FEBS Journal, St. Petersburg, 2013.
    Published • 10.1111/febs.12340
  23. Cavaco, J.E.; Rato, L.; Alves, M.G.; Dias, T.R.; Lopes, G.; Socorro, S.; Oliveira, P.F.. ""Fast food" may induce pre-diabetes impairing testicular function in rats". Paper presented in European Society of Human Reproduction and Embriology (ESHRE), 29th Annual Meeting, Londres, 2013.
    Published
  24. Rato, L.; Alves, MG; Silva, J.; Barros, Alberto; Sousa, M.; Carvalho, RA; Cavaco, JE; Socorro, S.; Oliveira, P.. "Insulin Deprivation Affects Metabolism and Metabolism-Associated Gene Transcript Levels of In Vitro Cultured Human Sertoli Cells". Paper presented in EUROMAR2012, 2012.
  25. Laurentino, S.; Correia, S.; Gonçalves, J.; Cavaco, JE; Oliveira, PF; Rato, L.; Sousa, M.; Barros, Alberto; Socorro, S.. "New sex-steroid target genes in the testis: the missing link between estrogens and apoptosis in spermatogenesis?". Paper presented in Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 2010.
Conference paper
  1. Crisóstomo, Luís; Videira, Romeu; Jarak, Ivana; Starcevic, Kristina; Mašek, Tomislav; Rato, Luís; Raposo, João; Oliveira, Pedro; Alves, Marco. "High-Fat Diet Promotes a Pro-Inflammatory Environment in Testis and Inhibits Antioxidant Defenses in the Progeny". 2021.
    Published • 10.3390/cahd2020-08623
  2. Silva, Branca M; Tomás, Gonçalo D; Dias, Tânia R; Martins, Ana D; Rato, Luís; Alves, Marco G; Oliveira, Pedro F. "Sperm quality of pre-diabetic wistar rats restored after a diet with white tea. Medicine". Paper presented in UMIB Summit 2015, 2015.
Conference poster
  1. Bastos, Ana; Alves, Marco G.; Oliveira, Pedro F.; Branca M. Silva; Sousa, Ana Catarina; Rato, Luís. "TRIBUTYLTIN AT SUBTOXIC LEVELS IMPAIRS ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY AND ALTERS THE EXPRESSION OF SIRTUINS 1 AND 3 IN RAT SERTOLI CELLS". Paper presented in XIX Annual CICS-UBI Symposium, 2024.
  2. Coelho, S. R.; Rato, L.; Bernardo, Sandra C.; Barroso, C; Lopes, I; Pastorinho, Ramiro; Sousa, Ana Catarina. "Metabolomic profile of the sentinel species Mytilus galloprovincialis undergoing different outlines of environmental stress in a restricted geographic area of the western Portuguese Coast". Paper presented in XVIII International CICS-UBI Symposium, 2023.
  3. Crisóstomo, L; Rato, L.; Jarak, I; Videira, RA; Starcevic, K; Ma¿ek, T; Raposo, JF; Oliveira, PF; Alves, Marco G.. "Diet intervention after childhood obesity is insufficient to revert changes in testicular metabolic/lipidomic profiles and sperm quality". Paper presented in The 45th FEBS Congress, 2020.
  4. Crisóstomo, L; Rato, L.; Jarak, I.; Silva, BM; Raposo, JF; Oliveira, PF; Alves, MG. "Mitochondrion at the crosstalk between metabolic disease and dysfunction in male fertility?". Paper presented in 11th MitoEAGLE Training School - MiPschool 2018, 2018.
  5. Crisóstomo, L; Rato, L.; Jarak, I; Silva, BM; Raposo, JF; Oliveira, PF; Alves, MG. "Diet reversion prevents the onset of a pre-diabetic state in mice, but not male reproductive dysfunction". Paper presented in ICDM 2018, 2018.
  6. Diniz, A; Candeias, E; Duarte, AI; Moreira, PI; Silva, BM; Alves, MG; Rato, L.. "Type 2 diabetes mellitus disrupts the molecular axis SIRT1/PGC-1a/SIRT3 predisposing to oxidative environment in the rat epididymis". Paper presented in XIII ANNUAL CICS SYMPOSIUM, 2018.
  7. Silveira, AC; Oliveira, PF; Alves, MG; Rato, L.; Silva, BM. "The effect of 8 weeks resistance exercise on serum Irisin level and it's relation to body composition in prediabetic women". Paper presented in I NoTeS Congress, 2018.
    10.18869/mphbs.2016.95
  8. Alves, Marco G.; Rato, L.; Diniz, A; Candeias, E; Duarte, AI; Moreira, PI; Silva, BM; Alves, MG; Oliveira, PF. "Type 2 diabetes Mellitus compromises the epididymal SIRT1/PGC1-alpha/SIRT3 axis predisposing to oxidative environment". Paper presented in I NoTeS Congress, 2018.
  9. Bernardino, RL; D'Souza, WN; Rato, L.; Rothstein, JL; Dias, TR; Chiu, D; Wannberg, S; Alves, MG; Oliveira, PF. "Knock-out MCT1 mice present several damages in reproductive parameters that lead to male infertility". Paper presented in I NoTeS Congress, 2018.
  10. Dias, TR; Alves, Marco G.; Rato, L.; Casal, S; Silva, BM; Oliveira, PF. "Reproductive function of streptozotocin-induced prediabetic male rats is improved by a regular consumption of White tea". Paper presented in I NoTeS Congress, 2018.
  11. Crisóstomo, L; Rato, L.; Jarak, I; Silva, BM; Raposo, JF; Oliveira, PF; Alves, MG. "Efeito de uma dieta de elevado teor em gordura e da sua reversão para uma dieta normal na fertilidade masculina". Paper presented in Efeito de uma dieta de elevado teor em gordura e da sua reversão para uma dieta normal na fertilidade masculina, 2018.
  12. Cardoso, AM; Alves, Marco G.; Sousa, AC; Jarak, I; Carvalho, RA; Oliveira, PF; Cavaco, JE; Rato, L.. "Efeito do obesogénico tributilestanho na função das células de Sertoli". Paper presented in 1st Diabesity and Fertility Symposium, 2016.
  13. Alves, Marco G.; Dias, TR; Alves, MG; Rato, L.; Casal, S; Silva, BM; Oliveira, PF. "O consumo de chá branco previne as disfunções metabólicas no trato reproductor masculino de ratos com prediabetes". Paper presented in 1st Diabesity and Fertility Symposium, 2016.
  14. Rato, L.; Alves, MG; Santos, MS; Moreira, PI; Cavaco, JE; Duarte, AI; Oliveira, PF. "Impact of Reduced Testosterone Levels Induced by Progressive Stages of Diabetes Mellitus on Sertoli cells Glycolytic and Bioenergetic Profiles". Paper presented in I congress in health sciences. Towards innovation and entrepeneurship: trends in endocrinology and neurosciences, 2015.
  15. Silva, BM; Tomás, GD; Dias, TR; Martins, AD; Rato, L.; Alves, MG; Oliveira, PF. "Sperm quality of pre-diabetic Wistar rats is restored after a diet with White tea". Paper presented in UMIB SUMMIT, 2015.
  16. Rato, L.; Alves, Marco G.; Socorro, S; Cavaco, JE; Carvalho, RA; Oliveira, PF. "Assessment of androgens and estrogens as metabolic modulators in cultured Sertoli cells by 1H-NMR spectroscopy". Paper presented in EUROMAR, 2010.
Journal article
  1. Macarenhas, C.; Sousa, A.C.A.; Rato, L.. Corresponding author: Rato, L.. "Effects of Pharmaceutical Substances with Obesogenic Activity on Male Reproductive Health". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 4 (2024): 2324.
    Accepted
  2. Silveira, A.C.; Oliveira, P.F.; Alves, M.G.; Rato, L.; Silva, B.M.. "Daily white tea intake reprograms hepatic metabolism and improves the enzymatic antioxidant defence system of rats with prediabetes". PharmaNutrition 28 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85195254230&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.phanu.2024.100393
  3. Silva BM; Rato L; Vaz CV; Vinha A; Oliveira MBPP. "Editorial: Fruits, vegetables and herbs: medicinal chemistry, metabolic and health effects.". Frontiers in nutrition (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37502718.
    10.3389/fnut.2023.1225577
  4. Sousa, A.C.A.; Malarvannan, G.; Isobe, T.; Rato, L.. "Editorial: Obesogens in the XXI century: emerging health challenges volume II". Frontiers in Endocrinology 14 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85174854545&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fendo.2023.1292334
  5. Antónia Diniz; Marco G. Alves; Emanuel Candeias; Ana I. Duarte; Paula I. Moreira; Branca M. Silva; Pedro F. Oliveira; Luís Rato. "Type 2 Diabetes Induces a Pro-Oxidative Environment in Rat Epididymis by Disrupting SIRT1/PGC-1a/SIRT3 Pathway". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23168912.
    10.3390/ijms23168912
  6. Sousa, Ana C. A.; Malarvannan, Govindan; Isobe, Tomohiko; Rato, Luís. "Editorial: Obesogens in the XXI century: Emerging health challenges". Frontiers in Endocrinology 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.999908.
    10.3389/fendo.2022.999908
  7. Crisóstomo, L.; Videira, R.A.; Jarak, I.; Starcevic, K.; Mašek, T.; Rato, L.; Raposo, J.F.; et al. "Inherited Metabolic Memory of High-Fat Diet Impairs Testicular Fatty Acid Content and Sperm Parameters". Molecular Nutrition and Food Research (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85122660137&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/mnfr.202100680
  8. Sousa, A.C.A.; Alves, M.G.; Oliveira, P.F.; Silva, B.M.; Rato, L.. "Male Infertility in the XXI Century: Are Obesogens to Blame?". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23 6 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85126143194&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/ijms23063046
  9. Crisóstomo, L.; Bourgery, M.; Rato, L.; Raposo, J.F.; Batterham, R.L.; Kotaja, N.; Alves, M.G.. "Testicular “Inherited Metabolic Memory” of Ancestral High-Fat Diet Is Associated with Sperm sncRNA Content". Biomedicines 10 4 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85129128031&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/biomedicines10040909
  10. Luís Rato; Ana C. A. Sousa. "The Impact of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Male Fertility: Focus on the Action of Obesogens". Journal of Xenobiotics (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/jox11040012.
    10.3390/jox11040012
  11. Ana C. Silveira; Luís Rato; Pedro Fontes Oliveira; Marco G. Alves; Branca M. Silva. "White Tea Intake Abrogates Markers of Streptozotocin-Induced Prediabetes Oxidative Stress in Rat Lungs’". Molecules 26 13 (2021): 3894-3894. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26133894.
    10.3390/molecules26133894
  12. Pedro Silva-Vaz; Ivana Jarak; Luís Rato; Pedro F. Oliveira; Sara Morgado-Nunes; Aida Paulino; Miguel Castelo-Branco; et al. "Plasmatic Oxidative and Metabonomic Profile of Patients with Different Degrees of Biliary Acute Pancreatitis Severity". Antioxidants 10 6 (2021): 988-988. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10060988.
    10.3390/antiox10060988
  13. Crisóstomo, L.; Jarak, I.; Rato, L.P.; Raposo, J.F.; Batterham, R.L.; Oliveira, P.F.; Alves, M.G.. "Inheritable testicular metabolic memory of high-fat diet causes transgenerational sperm defects in mice". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85105152676&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-021-88981-3
  14. Crisostomo, L.; Rato, L.; Jarak, I.; Videira, R. A.; Starcevic, K.; Masek, T.; Raposo, J. F.; Oliveira, P. F.; Alves, M. G.. "Ancestral paternal exposure to high-fat diets causes testicular metabolic and functional disturbances in mice up to two generations". FEBS Open Bio (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/50337908/.
  15. Juliana F. Silva; Bruno P. Moreira; Luís Rato; Maria de Lourdes Pereira; Pedro F. Oliveira; Marco G. Alves. "Is Technical-grade Chlordane an Obesogen?". Current Medicinal Chemistry (2020): https://doi.org/10.2174/0929867327666200121122208.
    10.2174/0929867327666200121122208
  16. Luís Crisóstomo; Romeu A. Videira; Ivana Jarak; Kristina Starcevic; Tomislav Mašek; Luís Rato; João F. Raposo; et al. "Diet during early life defines testicular lipid content and sperm quality in adulthood". American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism 319 6 (2020): E1061-E1073. https://doi.org/10.1152%2Fajpendo.00235.2020.
    10.1152/ajpendo.00235.2020
  17. Rato, L.. "A switch from high-fat to normal diet does not restore sperm quality but prevents metabolic syndrome.". Reproduction (Cambridge, England) (2019): https://doi.org/10.1530/REP-19-0259.
    10.1530/rep-19-0259
  18. Silveira, A.C.; Dias, J.P.; Santos, V.M.; Oliveira, P.F.; Alves, M.G.; Rato, L.; Silva, B.M.. "The action of polyphenols in diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer’s disease: A common agent for overlapping pathologies". Current Neuropharmacology 17 7 (2019): 590-613. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85069147530&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2174/1570159X16666180803162059
  19. Bernardino, R.L.; D’Souza, W.N.; Rato, L.; Rothstein, J.L.; Dias, T.R.; Chui, D.; Wannberg, S.; Alves, M.G.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Knockout of MCT1 results in total absence of spermatozoa, sex hormones dysregulation, and morphological alterations in the testicular tissue". Cell and Tissue Research (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85065650941&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00441-019-03028-4
  20. Crisostomo, L.; Rato, L.; Jarak, I.; Silva, B. M.; Raposo, J. F.; Oliveira, P. F.; Alves, M. G.. "High-fat diet compromises male fertility that is not surpassed by reversion to a controlled diet". Febs Open Bio 8 (2018): 215-215. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000437674103026&KeyUID=WOS:000437674103026.
  21. Rato, Luis; Sousa, Ana C.A. ; Oliveira, Pedro F.; Alves, Marco G.; Mathur, Premendu P.. "Sperm Maturation as a Possible Target of Obesogens". Immunology, Endocrine & Metabolic Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 17 1 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871522217666170420092258.
    Published • 10.2174/1871522217666170420092258
  22. Almeida, Susana S.; Rato, Luis; Alves, Marco G.; Oliveira, Pedro F.. "Editorial: The Aging Male: Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutic Perspectives". Current Pharmaceutical Design 23 30 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161282330171128161104.
    10.2174/138161282330171128161104
  23. Almeida, Susana; Rato, Luis; Sousa, Mario; Alves, Marco G.; Oliveira, Pedro F.. "Fertility and Sperm Quality in the Aging Male". Current Pharmaceutical Design 23 30 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612823666170503150313.
    10.2174/1381612823666170503150313
  24. Cardoso, Ana M.; Alves, Marco G.; Sousa, Ana C.; Jarak, Ivana; Carvalho, Rui A.; Oliveira, Pedro F.; Cavaco, José E.; Rato, Luís. "The effects of the obesogen tributyltin on the metabolism of Sertoli cells cultured ex vivo". Archives of Toxicology 92 2 (2017): 601-610. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00204-017-2091-x.
    10.1007/s00204-017-2091-x
  25. Cardoso, A. M.; Alves, M. G.; Mathur, P. P.; Oliveira, P. F.; Cavaco, J. E.; Rato, L.. "Obesogens and male fertility". Obesity Reviews 18 1 (2016): 109-125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12469.
    Published • 10.1111/obr.12469
  26. Rato, L.; Meneses, M.J.; Silva, B.M.; Sousa, M.; Alves, M.G.; Oliveira, P.F.. "New insights on hormones and factors that modulate Sertoli cell metabolism". Histology and Histopathology 31 5 (2016): 499-513. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26711246.
    Published • 10.14670/HH-11-717
  27. Rato, Luís; Alves, Marco; Silva, Branca; Sousa, Mário; Oliveira, Pedro. "Sirtuins: Novel Players in Male Reproductive Health". Current Medicinal Chemistry 23 11 (2016): 1084-1099. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26923678.
    Published • 10.2174/0929867323666160229114248
  28. Dias, T.R.; Alves, M.G.; Rato, L.; Casal, S.; Silva, B.M.; Oliveira, P.F.. "White tea intake prevents prediabetes-induced metabolic dysfunctions in testis and epididymis preserving sperm quality". Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 37 - (2016): 83-93. http://www.jnutbio.com/article/S0955-2863(16)30418-1/abstract.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2016.07.018
  29. Alves, Marco G.; Martins, Ana D.; Teixeira, Nelson F.; Rato, Luís; Oliveira, Pedro F.; Silva, Branca M.. "White tea consumption improves cardiac glycolytic and oxidative profile of prediabetic rats". Journal of Functional Foods 14 - (2015): 102-110. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464615000237.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jff.2015.01.019
  30. Rocha, C.S.; Rato, L.; Martins, A.D.; Alves, M.G.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Melatonin and Male Reproductive Health: Relevance of Darkness and Antioxidant Properties". Current Molecular Medicine 15 4 (2015): 299-311. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25941822.
    Published • 10.2174/1566524015666150505155530
  31. Oliveira, P.F.; Tomás, G.D.; Dias, T.R.; Martins, A.D.; Rato, L.; Alves, M.G.; Silva, B.M.. "White tea consumption restores sperm quality in prediabetic rats preventing testicular oxidative damage". Reproductive Biomedicine Online 31 4 (2015): 544-556. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26711246.
    Published • 10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.06.021
  32. Rato, Luís; Alves, Marco G.; Duarte, Ana I.; Santos, Maria S.; Moreira, Paula I.; Cavaco, José E.; Oliveira, Pedro F.. "Testosterone deficiency induced by progressive stages of diabetes mellitus impairs glucose metabolism and favors glycogenesis in mature rat Sertoli cells". The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 66 - (2015): 1-10. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26148570.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biocel.2015.07.001
  33. Rato, L.; Alves, M. G.; Dias, T. R.; Cavaco, J. E.; Oliveira, Pedro F.. "Testicular Metabolic Reprogramming in Neonatal Streptozotocin-Induced Type 2 Diabetic Rats Impairs Glycolytic Flux and Promotes Glycogen Synthesis". Journal of Diabetes Research 2015 2015 (2015): 1-13.
    Published • 10.1155/2015/973142
  34. Oliveira PF; Alves MG; Alves, M.G.; Jesus, T.T.; Sousa, M.; Goldberg, E.; Silva, B.M.; et al. "Cell Metabolism and Current Challenges in Drug Research.". Current Pharmaceutical Design 21 25 (2015): 3568-3569. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26320886.
    10.2174/138161282125150818105309
  35. Rato, L.; Duarte, A.I.; Tomás, G.D.; Santos, M.S.; Moreira, P.I.; Socorro, S.; Cavaco, J.E.; Alves, M.G.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Pre-diabetes alters testicular PGC1-alpha/SIRT3 axis modulating mitochondrial bioenergetics and oxidative stress". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics 1837 3 (2014): 335-344. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272813002235.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.12.008
  36. Rato, L.; Alves, M. G.; Cavaco, J. E.; Oliveira, P. F.. "High-energy diets: a threat for male fertility?". Obesity Reviews 15 12 (2014): 996-1007. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25346452.
    Published • 10.1111/obr.12226
  37. Rocha, C. S.; Martins, A. D.; Rato, L.; Silva, B. M.; Oliveira, P. F.; Alves, M. G.. "Melatonin alters the glycolytic profile of Sertoli cells: implications for male fertility". Molecular Human Reproduction 20 11 (2014): 1067-1076. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25205674.
    Published • 10.1093/molehr/gau080
  38. Simões, V.L.; Alves, M.G.; Martins, A.D.; Dias, T.R.; Rato, L.; Socorro, S.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Regulation of apoptotic signaling pathways by 5a-dihydrotestosterone and 17ß-estradiol in immature rat Sertoli cells". Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 135 1 (2013): 15-23. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096007601200252X.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2012.11.019
  39. Alves, M.G.; Martins, A.D.; Rato, L.; Moreira, P.I.; Socorro, S.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Molecular mechanisms beyond glucose transport in diabetes-related male infertility". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease 1832 5 (2013): 626-635. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925443913000252.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bbagen.2011.11.006
  40. Alves, M.G.; Rato, L.; Carvalho, R.A.; Moreira, P.I.; Socorro, S.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Hormonal control of Sertoli cell metabolism regulates spermatogenesis". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 70 5 (2013): 777-793. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00018-012-1079-1.
    Published • 10.1007/s00018-012-1079-1
  41. Rato, L.; Alves, M.G.; Dias, T.R.; Lopes, G.; Cavaco, J.E.; Socorro, S.; Oliveira, P.F.. "High-energy diets may induce a pre-diabetic state altering testicular glycolytic metabolic profile and male reproductive parameters.". Andrology 1 3 (2013): 495-504. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00071.x/abstract.
    Published • 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00071.x
  42. Martins, A.D.; Alves, M.G.; Simões, V.L.; Dias, T.R.; Rato, L.; Moreira, P.I.; Socorro, S.; Cavaco, J.E.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Control of Sertoli cell metabolism by sex steroid hormones is mediated through modulation in glycolysis-related transporters and enzymes". Cell and Tissue Research 354 3 (2013): 861-868. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00441-013-1722-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s00441-013-1722-7
  43. Dias, T.R.; Rato, L.; Martins, A.D.; Simões, V.L.; Jesus, T. T.; Alves, M.G.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Insulin deprivation decreases caspase-dependent apoptotic signaling in cultured rat Sertoli cells". ISRN Urology ID 970370 (2013): 8pages-0. http://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2013/970370/.
    Published • 10.1155/2013/970370
  44. Rato, L.; Alves, M.G.; Socorro, S.; Duarte, A.I.; Cavaco, J.E.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Metabolic regulation is important for spermatogenesis". Nature Reviews Urology 9 6 (2012): 330-338. http://www.nature.com/nrurol/journal/v9/n6/full/nrurol.2012.77.html.
    Published • 10.1038/nrurol.2012.77
  45. Rato, L.; Alves, M.G.; Socorro, S.; Carvalho, R.A.; Cavaco, J.E.; Oliveira, P.F.. "Metabolic modulation induced by oestradiol and DHT in immature rat Sertoli cells cultured in vitro". Bioscience Reports 32 1 (2012): 61-69. http://www.bioscirep.org/content/32/1/61.long.
    Published • 10.1042/BSR20110030
  46. Oliveira, P.F.; Alves, M.G.; Rato, L.; Laurentino, S.; Silva, J.; Sá, R.; Barros, A.; et al. "Effect of insulin deprivation on metabolism and metabolism-associated gene transcript levels of in vitro cultured human Sertoli cells". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects 1820 2 (2012): 84-89. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304416511002741.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bbagen.2011.11.006
  47. Laurentino, S.S.; Correia, S.; Cavaco, J.E.; Oliveira, P.F.; Rato, L.; Sousa, M.; Barros, A.; Socorro, S.. "Regucalcin is broadly expressed in male reproductive tissues and is a new androgen-target gene in mammalian testis". Reproduction 142 3 (2011): 447-456. http://www.reproduction-online.org/content/142/3/447.long.
    Published • 10.1530/REP-11-0085
  48. Oliveira, P.F.; Alves, M.G.; Rato, L.; Silva, J.; Sá, R.; Barros, A.; Sousa, M.; et al. "Influence of 5a-dihydrotestosterone and 17ß-estradiol on human Sertoli cells metabolism". International Journal of Andrology 34 6 PART 2 (2011): e612-620. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01205.x/abstract.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01205.x
  49. Rato, Luís; Socorro, Sílvia; Cavaco, José E. B.; Oliveira, Pedro F.. "Tubular Fluid Secretion in the Seminiferous Epithelium: Ion Transporters and Aquaporins in Sertoli Cells". The Journal of Membrane Biology 236 2 (2010): 215-224. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20697886.
    Published • 10.1007/s00232-010-9294-x

Artistic / Performance

Program / Show
  1. Rato, L.; Alves, M. G.; Dias, T. R.; Nunes, A. R.; Oliveira, P. F.; Silva, B. M.. 2015. White Tea and Diabetes. Sic notícias.

Other

Other output
  1. Dietary Switch from High Fat Diet to Normal Diet during Early Adulthood Does Not Restore Sperm Quality but Prevents Onset of the Metabolic Syndrome. 2019. Crisóstomo, L.; Rato, L.; Jarak, I.; Silva, B.M.; Raposo, J.F.; Batterham, R.L.; Oliveira, P.F.; Alves, M.G.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85114402374&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2139/ssrn.3315800
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/02/24 Ex vivo-cultured Sertoli cells as a tool to unravel the effects of obesogens in male fertility Biochemistry Worshop
University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2023/01/19 Understanding male infertility in the Anthropocene: impacts of obesogens CICS-UBI Lunch Seminar
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre (Covilhã, Portugal)
2022/11/03 Infertility in the Anthropocene: unravelling the impact of obesogens 3rd Annual Meeting of the Comprehensive Health Research Centre
NOVA Medical School (Lisbon)
2022/05/11 Factors Affecting Male Fertility... Where to find them? Pint of Science
Polytechnic Institute of Guarda (Guarda, Portugal)
2021 In vivo models of metabolic diseases. 1st Webinar of the Cycle of Studies in Medicinal Biotechnology
Polytechnic Institute of Guarda (Guarda)
2020 Permanent testicular metabolomic and lipidomic signatures induced by the adoption of a high-fat diet in childhood and sperm quality in adulthood ESHRE Annual Meeting
(Denmark)
2020 Diet intervention after childhood obesity is insufficient to revert changes in testicular metabolic/lipidomic profiles and sperm quality The 45th FEBS Congress
(Slovenia)
2020 Can a diet intervention in young mice fed with high fat diet lead to better sperm quality? 5th Lifespan Annual Meeting
(Turkey)
2019 Is testicular mitochondrial dysfunction a ghost pattern of paternal high-fat diet in mice? Mitochondrial MiP2019/MitoEAGLE
2019 Caracterização do stress oxidativo na pancreatite aguda XXXIX Congresso Nacional de Cirurgia
2019 A metabolómica como ferramenta no prognóstico da pancreatite aguda XXXIX Congresso Nacional de Cirurgia
(Portugal)
2019 Paternal inheritance of metabolic syndrome traits and sperm anomalies induced by high-fat diet in mice Epigenetic Inheritance Symposium
(Switzerland)
2019 MCT1-knockout mice present morphological alterations in the testis, sex hormones dysregulation and arrested spermatogenesis SEHIT
2019 Reversão da dieta rica em gordura para uma dieta normal, no início da idade adulta, previne a síndrome metabólica mas não melhora a qualidade espermática. Congresso Português de Diabetes, Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia
(Portugal)
2018/10/24 Mitochondrion at the crosstalk between metabolic disease and dysfunction in male fertility? Mitochondrial Physiology School
NORHEART (Bergen, Norway)
2018/06/23 Can weight loss revert the damage induced by obesity in male fertility? I NoTeS Congress
Faculty of Medicine – University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2018/05/07 Weight increase causes permanent damage on mice male fertility 1st Meeting of the 3rd Cycle on Biomedical Sciences
Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS) of the University of Beira Interior (Porto, Portugal)
2018 Characterization of oxidative stress in acute pancreatitis European Society for Surgical Research
(Madris)
2018 Avaliação do stress oxidativo em doentes com pancreatite Congresso Nacional de Cirurgia
2017/11/09 Obesogens and male fertility: new insights from ex vivo cultured Sertoli cells Seminars of the Health Sciences Research Centre
Health Sciences Research Centre of the University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2016 Scientist to scientist: how to communicate? Workshop Science Communication: from the Lab to the Media
Research-Trial (Peniche, Portugal)
2016 Obesogens and male fertility: effects of Tributyltin in Sertoli Cell Function XI ANNUAL CICS SYMPOSIUM
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre (Faculty of Health Sciences, Portugal)
2015 The impact of prediabetes on male fertility Seminars of the Health Sciences Research Centre
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre (Covilhã, Portugal)
2014 Melatonin as a modulator of Sertoli cell metabolism IX ANNUAL CICS SYMPOSIUM
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre (Faculty of Health Sciences)
2013 High-energy diet induces a pre-diabetic state altering testicular glycolytic metabolic profile and male reproductive parameters Conferências: Reprodução Masculina.
Secção Autónoma de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2012 High-energy diet induces a pre-diabetic state altering testicular glycolytic metabolic profile and male reproductive parameters Advanced Course in Reproduction: Molecular and Clinical Perspectives
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2012 5a-dihydrotestosterone modulates glucose transporters and glucose metabolism-related enzymes in cultured immature rat Sertoli cells VII ANNUAL CICS SYMPOSIUM
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre (Faculty of Health Sciences, Portugal)
2012 17ß-estradiol as modulator of apoptotic signaling in rat Sertoli cells VII ANNUAL CICS SYMPOSIUM
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre (Covilhã)
2012 High-energy diet modulates mitochondrial apoptotic pathway and alters reproductive parameters in rat epididymal spermatozoa VII ANNUAL CICS SYMPOSIUM
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre (Faculty of Health Sciences)
2012 Hormonal control of sertoli cell metabolism regulates spermatogenesis VII ANNUAL CICS SYMPOSIUM
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre (Faculty of Health Sciences, Portugal)
2011 The Role of Sex Hormones on Sertoli Cell Metabolism VI ANNUAL CICS SYMPOSIUM
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre (Faculty of Health Sciences, Portugal)
2010 New sex-steroid target genes in the testis: the missing link between estrogens and apoptosis in spermatogenesis? 20th World Congress on Fertility and Sterility
(MUnich)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/16 - 2024/11/29 New signaling pathways associated with mitochondrial dysfunction induced by obesogens in Sertoli cells
Supervisor
 Biomedical Sciences (Master)
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/07/31 Evaluation of the effects of obesogenic compounds in microorganisms
Co-supervisor
 Biomedical Sciences (Master)
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
2017/09/25 - 2018/10/29 New signaling pathways in reproductive tissues associated with mitochondrial dysfunction induced by metabolic diseases
Supervisor
 Degree in Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2017/09/25 - 2018/07/13 Antioxidant properties of white tea in (pre)diabetic rats
Co-supervisor
 Master Degree in Biomedical Sciences (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2015/09/14 - 2016/06/06 “Obesogens and male fertility: a threat to Sertoli cells function?
Co-supervisor
 Master Degree in Biomedical Sciences (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/11/14 - 2024/11/14 Dia Mundial da Diabetes - Rastreio à população (2024/11/14 - 2024/11/14)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Évora Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
2016/05/27 - 2016/05/28 Celebrations of the 10 years of the Biomedical Sciences courses (2016/05/27 - 2016/05/28)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2016 - 2016 1st Fertility and Diabesity Symposium (2016/09/22 - 2016/09/23)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2015 - 2015 I Congress in Health Sciences Towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Trends in Endocrinology and Neurosciences (2015/11/26 - 2015/11/28)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2012/07/03 - 2012/07/04 VII Symposium CICS (2012/07/03 - 2012/07/07)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Advanced Course in Reproduction: Molecular and Clinical Perspectives
Other (Other)
2011 - 2011 Celebrations of the 10 years of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Beira Interior (2012 - 2012)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/02/11 - 2025/02/11 Training in Team Based Learning
Workshop
 Training in Team Based Learning
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2023/07/10 - 2023/07/10 Basic Life Support
Other
 Basic Life Support
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2023/06/06 - 2023/06/11 Advanced training “In Cell-NMR Spectroscopy: Principles and Practice – Theoretical and Hands-on course
Workshop
 In Cell-NMR Spectroscopy: Principles and Practice – Theoretical and Hands-on course
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre, Portugal
2022/11/03 - 2022/11/04 Poster presentation: Infertility in the Anthropocene: unravelling the impact of obesogens
Meeting
 3rd Annual Meeting of the Comprehensive Health Research Centre
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Comprehensive Health Research Centre, Portugal
2022/06/06 - 2022/06/11 Advanced training in metabolomics: Hands-on NMR-based Metabolomics: principles, methods and applications
Workshop
 Hands-on NMR-based Metabolomics: principles, methods and applications
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre, Portugal
2018/07/05 - 2018/07/06 Chairman in the XIII Annual CICS Symposium
Symposium
 XIII Annual CICS Symposium
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2017/05/23 - 2017/05/26 Advanced Training in Animal Experimentation
Other
 Advanced Training in Animal Experimentation
Centro de Cirugía de Mínima Invasión Jesús Usón, Spain
2015/11/26 - 2015/11/28 Chairman in the I Congress in Health Sciences Research Towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Trends in Neurosciences and Endocrinology
Congress
 I Congress in Health Sciences Research Towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Trends in Neurosciences and Endocrinology
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/07/30 Origanum vulgaris L. : Chemical composition, bioactivity and therapeutic uses. Experience of professionalization in the area of community pharmacy, hospital and research
(Thesis) Arguer
 Jessica Inês Morais Fonseca (Master)
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
2021/06/22 Endocrine Disruptors, Obesity and Prostate Cancer: a metabolic perspective
(Thesis) Arguer
 Catarina Dias Serra (Master)
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
2019/11/28 Influence of bioactive compounds present in white tea in Sertoli cells oxidative and metabolic profiles
(Thesis) Arguer
 Anette Sousa da Veiga (Master)
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
2018/10/29 New signaling pathways in reproductive tissues associated with mitochondrial dysfunction induced by metabolic diseases
Supervisor
 Antónia Teixeira Diniz (Master)
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre, Portugal
2018/06/26 Use of carbon nanotubes in biosensors for the detection of glucose.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Mónica da Silva (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2018/06/26 Predictive algorithm in the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Carlos Afonso Rodolfo (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2018/06/26 The use of artificial pancreas in the control of type 1 diabetes mellitus.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Andreia Isabel Pais Santos (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Sistemas Electromecatrónicos, Portugal
2017/06/27 Infrared in health: applications in diabetes mellitus
(Thesis) Arguer
 Daniel Nunes da Silva (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2017/06/26 Determination of catecholamines in blood by sampling in dried blood spots
(Thesis) Arguer
 Débora Almeida Caramelo (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2017/06/26 Effect of serotonin on the development of preeclampsia.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Diana Carvalho Pereira (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2017/06/26 Study of miRNAs as biomarkers in female infertility
(Thesis) Arguer
 Cristiana Lopes Mateus (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2016 Biosensors in glucose detection
(Thesis) Arguer
 Joana Fabíola Rocha Baptista (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2016 Amperometric biosensors for continuous monitoring of tear glucose levels in diabetic patients
(Thesis) Arguer
 Rúben Pedro Cunha Craveiro (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2016 Non-invasive biosensors for monitoring glucose levels in diabetics
(Thesis) Arguer
 Inês Domingues Oliveira (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024/11/21 - Current CHRC - Comprehensive Health Research Centre Integrated member
Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica
2022/04/29 - 2024/11/20 CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre
2016/03/10 - 2018/12/31 People4Science - Association for Science Dissemination, Events organization Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2025/02/27 - Current Adjunct member of the Master Degree in Health and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Évora
Member
 Universidade de Évora Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2021/12/09 - 2021/12/09 VII Workshop of Education and Research in Health of the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Polytechnic Institute of Guarda
2020/12/11 - 2020/12/12 VI Workshops of Education and Research in Health of the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda Polytechnic Institute of Guarda

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2015 - 2015 Nucleic Acids Sequencing and Analysis: A theorical and hands-on-course Aperfeiçoamento (Curso médio)
2012 - 2012 “Hands on course” NMR – From Theory to Practice Aperfeiçoamento (Curso médio)
2012 - 2012 NMR Basics: Theory, Processing and Applications Aperfeiçoamento (Curso médio)
2012 - 2012 Advanced Course in Reproduction: Molecular and Clinical Perspectives Extensão e divulgação científica (Curso médio)

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021/06/01 - Current Frontiers in Nutrition Frontiers
2021/06/01 - Current International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2020/09/10 - Current Frontiers in Endocrinology (1664-2392) Frontiers
2019/07 - Current Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2019/07 - Current PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science
2017 - Current Environment International (0160-4120) Elsevier
2015/11/07 - Current SM Journal of Reproductive Health & Infertility
2015/06/07 - Current Medicine Tom Pacific
Current Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences Elsevier
Current The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health MDPI AG
Current AIMS Molecular Science
Current Molecular Reproduction and Development Wiley
Current Tissue and Cell Elsevier
Current General and Comparative Endocrinology Elsevier
Current International Journal of Stem Cell Research and Transplantation SciDoc Publishers
Current Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2017 - Current Participation as referee of the Master’s fellowship under the scope of the project “Aquaporins as molecular partners of CFTR in the hematotesticular-barrier: crosstalk between human male infertility and cystic fibrosis? POCI- 01-0145-FEDER-016706 (PTDC/BBB-BQB/1368/2014) Universidade do Porto Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2019 Best Joint Paper Award of the Annual CICS Symposium
CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre, Portugal
2016 Best Poster presentation in the panel “Genes, Environment and Public Health” of the I Fertility and Diabesity Simposium in ICBAS-University of Porto, Porto.

Other distinction

2018 4-months Post-Doctoral Fellowship
2016 2-year Post-Doctoral fellowship (BIPD/ICI-CISC-BS-UBI)
Santander Totta/University of Beira Interior, Portugal
2013 FEBS Bursary to attend the 38th FEBS Congress in Saint Petersburg
2012 EUROMAR and AMPERE student grant to attend the EUROMAR 2012 meeting in Dublin.
2011 4-year PhD fellowship
2010 Young scientist fellowship from Santander/UBI 2011
Santander Totta/University of Beira Interior, Portugal