Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Diogo Miguel Barros Bitoque
Citation names
- Diogo B. Bitoque
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- D81C-6457-7F28
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6536-6578
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2014/01 - 2018/05
Concluded
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Mecanismos de Doença e Medicina Regenerativa (associação) (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal "UNDERSTANDING THE POTENTIAL OF PDMAEMA-BASED VECTORS FOR GENE THERAPY OF THE RETINA" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Muito Bom |
2011/09 - 2013/12
Concluded
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Ciências Biomédicas (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
"Synthesis and evaluation of polymer nanoparticles for delivery in RPE cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
2008 - 2011
Concluded
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Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
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15 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/04/15 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
2019/03/15 - 2021/11/30 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
Projects
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/09/01 - Current | NovaGo
NovaGo Therapeutics AG
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
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NovaGo
Ongoing
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2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | Life Sciences for a Healthy and Sustainable Future
LA/P/0087/2020
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Microbiologia Molecular Estrutural e Celular, Portugal
Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal BioResources 4 Sustainability, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal iNOVA4Health, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2022/01/01 - 2022/12/31 | Exploring the therapeutic potential of RBP3 in retinal gene therapy
EXPL/BTM-ORG/0500/2021
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2018/09/01 - 2021/08/31 | Terapia Génica para tratamento de retinopatia diabética
PTDC/BTM-ORG/28121/2017
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | iNOVA4Health - Programme in Translational Medicine (iBET, CEDOC/FCM, IPOLFG and ITQB)
UID/Multi/04462/2019
Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023/10/27 | Segmentation and quantification of blood vessels and similar network-like structures using machine learning | Spanish & Portuguese Advanced Optical Microscopy
Portuguese and Spanish Advanced Optical Microscopy networks (Faro, Portugal)
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2022/03/10 | Retinol-binding protein 3: a potential tool for gene therapy in retinal degeneration | 12th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies
Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies (Braga)
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2021/10/11 | Automated measurement of retinal thickness in rd16 mice using spectral-domain coherence tomography | 3rd NMS Symposium on Chronic Diseases and Translational Science
NOVA Medical School (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2021/07/18 | PAEMA nonviral vectors display enhanced gene transfer ability in retinal cells | Pan-American Research Day (PARD)
Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (United States)
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2019/04/27 | PDMAEMA non-viral vectors efficiently express PDE6ß in the rd10 mouse model of Retinitis Pigmentosa | Pan-American Research Day (PARD)
Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (Vancouver, Canada)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2020/09/01 - 2021/12/17 | Retinol-binding protein 3: a potential tool for gene therapy in retinal degeneration
Supervisor
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Mestrado em Biotecnologia Farmacêutica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | Caracterização de murganhos rd16 como
modelo para o estudo da amaurose
congénita de Leber
Supervisor
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Biologia Celular e Molecular (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2016/01/05 - 2016/03/07 | Gene therapy in ocular diseases
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Celular e Molecular (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2015/02 - 2015/04 | Characterization of the physicochemical properties of PDMAEMA:HA non-viral vectors
Co-supervisor
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Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Other)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2019/01 - 2019/11/15 | Lisbon Area Post Doc meeting (2019/11/14 - 2019/11/15)
Conference
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Toxicogenómica e Saúde Humana, Portugal Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2021/11/03 - 2021/11/05 | Genotyping for identifying genes that cause ciliopathies
Workshop
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LYSOCIL Staff Exchange 8
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
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2019/09/27 - 2019/12/16 | Blended Learning International Entrepreneurship Experience (BLUES program)
Workshop
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Blended Learning International Entrepreneurship Experience (BLUES program)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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2018/12/04 - 2018/12/04 | Training session on "Portuguese Legislation on Animal use in Research"
Seminar
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Training session on "Portuguese Legislation on Animal use in Research"
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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2016/10/17 - 2016/10/19 | Biosafety Course in level 2 and level 3 laboratories
Workshop
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Biosafety Course in level 2 and level 3 laboratories
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
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2016/06/27 - 2016/06/30 | Practical Course on Animal Use
Workshop
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Practical Course on Animal Use
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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2016/06/21 - 2016/06/24 | Research Skills Development (RSD) 20th Edition
Workshop
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Research Skills Development (RSD) 20th Edition
NOVA Doctoral School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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2016/02/29 - 2016/03/04 | Advanced Course in Vision Sciences (25h)
Workshop
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Advanced Course in Vision Sciences (25h)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2015/06/29 - 2015/07/03 | The Nano/Medicine interface has been raising considerable interest in recent years. Based on this interface, novel techniques,
research and therapeutic approaches are being developed. This Summer School brought closer immunologists, cell biologists,
medical doctors and biomaterial scientists to discuss what is becoming an exciting and stimulating new interdisciplinary area
of research.
Workshop
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Interrogations at the Biointerface, The Nano / Medicine Interface
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2012 - 2012 | Online Theoretical Course of Sciences in Laboratory Animals (20h)
Workshop
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Online Theoretical Course of Sciences in Laboratory Animals (20h)
Portuguese Society of Sciences in Laboratory Animals (SPCAL), Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2023/06/23 | Assessment of low molecular weight phenolic metabolites effect on a yeast alphaSyn-GFP Parkinson disease model
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Pedro Maria Cardoso Machado (Other)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2023/06/19 | Polyphenol metabolites impact on yeast Parkinson's disease model
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Fátima José Jesus de Andrade (Other)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2016/02/03 - Current | Membro do Comité de Biossegurança e Boas Práticas Laboratoriais
Member
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/02/02 - 2023/02/09 | CONGENTO LAS Course for Upgrade to Function B on Animal Use | Congento Consortium for Genetically Tractable Organisms, Portugal | |
2022/02 - 2022/06 | Introdução à Medicina Regenerativa | Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
2022/03 - 2022/03 | Regeneração de Tecidos | Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado) | Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal |
2021/02 - 2021/06 | Introdução à Medicina Regenerativa | Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
2021/03 - 2021/03 | Regeneração de Tecidos | Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado) | Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal |
2020/02 - 2020/06 | Introdução à Medicina Regenerativa | Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2022/01 - 2022/01 | Bioengineered | Taylor & Francis Online |
2022/01 - 2022/01 | Life Sciences | Elsevier |
2021/04 - 2021/04 | The European Journal of Pharmacology | Elsevier |
2020/05 - 2020/05 | Biotechnology Reports (2215-017X) | Elsevier |
2019/06 - 2019/06 | International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | Heighten Science Publications Corporation |
2018/06 - 2018/06 | RSC Advances (2046-2069) | The Royal Society of Chemistry |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2022/09/01 - Current | RBP3 in retinal gene therapy as a direct therapeutic approach | Beatriz Vaz Fernandes |
2019/09/01 - 2020/12/29 | Optimizing nonviral vectors for gene therapy of the retina | Raquel Lourenço das Neves Sequeira |
2019/09 - 2019/09 | Gene Therapy as a new therapeutic approach for Diabetic Retinopathy | Eleni Bouziani |
2019/07 - 2019/07 | Gene Therapy as a new therapeutic approach for Diabetic Retinopathy | Boris Delpire |
2018/09 - 2018/09 | Gene Therapy as a new therapeutic approach for Diabetic Retinopathy | Maria Ciobanu |
2017/07/03 - 2017/07/28 | Gene Therapy as a new therapeutic approach for Diabetic Retinopathy | Plamena Todorova |