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Dr. Moura-Alves studied Biochemistry at Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal), graduating in 2004. During his last year as a Biochemistry student, he undertook a research project at the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands). Soon after, he joined the Graduated Program in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology (GABBA) at the University of Porto (Portugal). In 2005, moved to Boston (USA) to start his PhD research project, joining the group of Prof. Dr. Bruce Walker (Partners AIDS Research Center/Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School). In 2007, returned to Portugal, joining the group of Dr. Luís Ferreira Moita (Instituto de Medicina Molecular- João Lobo Antunes, Lisboa, Portugal). After finishing his PhD in 2010, Dr. Moura Alves joined the group of Prof. Dr. Dr. Stefan Kaufmann at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology (Berlin, Germany), as a postdoctoral fellow. In March 2019, Dr. Moura Alves started his independent research group at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research/University of Oxford (Oxford, UK). As of February 2022, Dr. Moura Alves is an independent group leader and ERA Chair Holder (ImmunoHub) at the i3S (Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saude/ Universidade do Porto (Oporto, Portugal).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Moura Alves

Citation names

  • Pedro Moura-Alves

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0710-6B24-1492
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4337-9113

Email addresses

  • pmouraalves@i3s.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • (+351) 226 074 90 Ext.: 6156 (Professional)

Addresses

  • i3S, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2004/10/01 - 2010/10/25
Concluded
 GABBA Program (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2010/10/25
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
2004/09/15
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/02/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/03/01 - 2022/01/31 Principal Investigator (Research) Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Oxford Branch, United Kingdom
2010/05/01 - 2018/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie Abteilung Immunologie, Germany
2007/03/01 - 2009/08/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
2005/10/01 - 2007/02/28 Researcher (Research) Partners AIDS Research Center/ Harvard University, United States
2004/01/01 - 2004/07/15 Research Trainee (Research) Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024 - 2027 "What AHR we talking about?" Host Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) spying and interfering with bacterial communication during infection.
N/A
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2024 - 2026 AHR spying on the Melanoma color code: from a melanin sensor to a regulator of melanoma microenvironment
2023.15415.PEX
Institutional Responsible
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/02/01 - 2026/12/31 An Immunological Hub of Excellence in Porto tailored to fulfil the ERA Priorities
951921
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Horizon 2020 European Innovation Council Fast Track to Innovation
Ongoing
2021/08/01 - 2022/07/31 Regaining momentum to minimize COVID19 pandemic impact on career progression
0010924
Principal investigator
University of Oxford
Concluded
2021/01/01 - 2022/03/31 Career trajectory realignment
0010251
Principal investigator
University of Oxford
Concluded
2019/03/01 - 2022/01/31 Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor modulation by therapeutic drugs
0008794
Principal investigator
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Oxford Branch, United Kingdom
 University of Oxford
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2019/03/01 - 2022/01/31 Infection and Immunity Dynamics
Leadership Fellow
Principal investigator
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Oxford Branch, United Kingdom
 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Oxford Branch
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Moreira, Beatriz; Cátia Santos; Sérgio Marinho; Matthew Berns; Pakavarin Louphrasitthiphol; Yilong Lian; Colin Goding; Pedro Moura-Alves. "Papel do Recetor de Aril Hidrocarboneto (AHR) no melanoma". Paper presented in 6º Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia, 2024.
  2. Cátia Santos; Moreira, Beatriz; Matthew Berns; Pakavarin Louphrasitthiphol; Yilong Lian; Colin Goding; Pedro Moura-Alves. "AHR-Melanoma Dynamics: sensing and shaping a melanoma code". Paper presented in 6th MEETING ON MEDICINAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, 2024.
  3. Pinto, Catarina; Ávila-Gálvez, María Ángeles; Louphrasitthiphol, Pakavarin; Berry, David; Pedro Moura-Alves; Nunes dos Santos, Cláudia. Corresponding author: Nunes dos Santos, Cláudia. "Short-term feeding of a berries-enriched diet affects the microbiome and metabolome across the mammalian intestine". Paper presented in 14th European Nutrition Conference - FENS 2023, 2023.
  4. Castro-Almeida, Inês; Aleksandra Janowska; Rory Saitch; Yilong Lian; Alberto Delgado; Jonas Protze; Pedro Moura-Alves. "T(AHR)getting the AHR: mapping the road of a xenobiotic sensor, from disease to a therapeutic target". Paper presented in iMED Innovate Competition, Lisboa, Portugal, 2023.
  5. Pinto, Catarina; Janowska, Aleksandra; Lian, Yilong; Louphrasitthiphol, Pakavarin; Pedro Moura-Alves; Nunes dos Santos, Cláudia. "Dietary (Poly)phenols as modulators of the AhR". Paper presented in FBHC, 2022.
Journal article
  1. Palmira Barreira-Silva; Yilong Lian; Stefan H. E. Kaufmann; Pedro Moura-Alves. "The role of the AHR in host–pathogen interactions". Nature Reviews Immunology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-024-01088-4.
    10.1038/s41577-024-01088-4
  2. Jonic, Natalija; Koprivica, Ivan; Chatzigiannis, Christos M.; Tsiailanis, Antonis D.; Kyrkou, Stavroula G.; Tzakos, Eleftherios Paraskevas; Pavic, Aleksandar; et al. Corresponding author: Pedro Moura-Alves. "Development of FluoAHRL: A Novel Synthetic Fluorescent Compound That Activates AHR and Potentiates Anti-Inflammatory T Regulatory Cells". Molecules 29 13 (2024): 2988. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules29132988.
    10.3390/molecules29132988
  3. H. Matthew Berns; Dawn E. Watkins-Chow; Sizhu Lu; Pakavarin Louphrasitthiphol; Tongwu Zhang; Kevin M. Brown; Pedro Moura-Alves; Colin R. Goding; William J. Pavan. "Single-cell profiling of MC1R-inhibited melanocytes". Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/pcmr.13141.
    10.1111/pcmr.13141
  4. Mankgopo Kgatle; Joseph Musonda Chalwe; Donald van der Westhuizen; Shuting Xu; Botle Precious Damane; Precious Mathebela; Veronica Ueckermann; et al. "Detection of Neutralizing Antibodies in COVID-19 Patients from Steve Biko Academic Hospital Complex: A Pilot Study". COVID (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3070072.
    10.3390/covid3070072
  5. Pinto, Catarina J.G.; Ávila-Gálvez, María Ángeles; Lian, Yilong; Moura-Alves, Pedro; Nunes dos Santos, Cláudia. "Targeting the aryl hydrocarbon receptor by gut phenolic metabolites: A strategy towards gut inflammation". Redox Biology 61 (2023): 102622. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2023.102622.
    10.1016/j.redox.2023.102622
  6. Flegel, Jana; Shaaban, Saad; Jia, Zhi Jun; Schulte, Britta; Lian, Yilong; Krzyzanowski, Adrian; Metz, Malte; et al. "The Highly Potent AhR Agonist Picoberin Modulates Hh-Dependent Osteoblast Differentiation". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 65 24 (2022): 16268-16289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00956.
    10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00956
  7. Wu, Xiangyang; Wu, Yong; Zheng, Ruijuan; Tang, Fen; Qin, Lianhua; Lai, Detian; Zhang, Lu; et al. Corresponding author: Ge, Baoxue. "Sensing of mycobacterial arabinogalactan by galectin-9 exacerbates mycobacterial infection". EMBO reports 22 7 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embr.202051678.
    10.15252/embr.202051678
  8. Pei, Gang; Zyla, Joanna; He, Lichun; Pedro Moura-Alves; Steinle, Heidrun; Saikali, Philippe; Lozza, Laura; et al. Corresponding author: Kaufmann, Stefan HE. "Cellular stress promotes NOD1/2-dependent inflammation via the endogenous metabolite sphingosine-1-phosphate". The EMBO Journal 40 13 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embj.2020106272.
    10.15252/embj.2020106272
  9. Anne Stinn; Jens Furkert; Stefan H. E. Kaufmann; Pedro Moura-Alves; Michael Kolbe. "Novel Method for Quantifying AhR-Ligand Binding Affinities Using Microscale Thermophoresis". Biosensors 11 3 (2021): 60-60. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11030060.
    10.3390/bios11030060
  10. De Anna, J.S.; Darraz, L.A.; Painefilú, J.C.; Cárcamo, J.G.; Moura-Alves, P.; Venturino, A.; Luquet, C.M.. "The insecticide chlorpyrifos modifies the expression of genes involved in the PXR and AhR pathways in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss". Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85111818478&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.pestbp.2021.104920
  11. Kgatle, M.M.; Lawal, I.O.; Mashabela, G.; Boshomane, T.M.G.; Koatale, P.C.; Mahasha, P.W.; Ndlovu, H.; et al. "COVID-19 Is a Multi-Organ Aggressor: Epigenetic and Clinical Marks". Frontiers in Immunology 12 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85117787726&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fimmu.2021.752380
  12. Laura Lozza; Pedro Moura-Alves; Teresa Domaszewska; Carolina Lage Crespo; Ioana Streata; Annika Kreuchwig; Andreas Puyskens; et al. "Author Correction: The Henna pigment Lawsone activates the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor and impacts skin homeostasis". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65510-2.
    10.1038/s41598-020-65510-2
  13. Gopinath Krishnamoorthy; Peggy Kaiser; Ulrike Abu Abed; January Weiner, 3rd; Pedro Moura-Alves; Volker Brinkmann; Stefan H. E. Kaufmann. "FX11 limits Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth and potentiates bactericidal activity of isoniazid through host-directed activity". Disease Models & Mechanisms 13 3 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.041954.
    10.1242/dmm.041954
  14. Pedro Moura-Alves; Andreas Puyskens; Anne Stinn; Marion Klemm; Ute Guhlich-Bornhof; Anca Dorhoi; Jens Furkert; et al. "Host monitoring of quorum sensing during Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection". Science 366 6472 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw1629.
    10.1126/science.aaw1629
  15. Puyskens A; Stinn A; van der Vaart M; Kreuchwig A; Protze J; Pei G; Klemm M; et al. "Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Modulation by Tuberculosis Drugs Impairs Host Defense and Treatment Outcomes.". Cell Host & Microbe (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/31901518.
    10.1016/j.chom.2019.12.005
  16. Laura Lozza; Pedro Moura-Alves; Teresa Domaszewska; Carolina Lage Crespo; Ioana Streata; Annika Kreuchwig; Andreas Puyskens; et al. "The Henna pigment Lawsone activates the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor and impacts skin homeostasis". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47350-x.
    10.1038/s41598-019-47350-x
  17. Liu H; Moura-Alves P; Pei G; Mollenkopf HJ; Hurwitz R; Wu X; Wang F; et al. "cGAS facilitates sensing of extracellular cyclic dinucleotides to activate innate immunity.". EMBO reports (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30872316.
    10.15252/embr.201846293
  18. Arrey F; Löwe D; Kuhlmann S; Kaiser P; Moura-Alves P; Krishnamoorthy G; Lozza L; et al. "Humanized Mouse Model Mimicking Pathology of Human Tuberculosis for in vivo Evaluation of Drug Regimens.". Frontiers in immunology (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30766535.
    10.3389/fimmu.2019.00089
  19. Fadhil Ahsan; Jeroen Maertzdorf; Ute Guhlich-Bornhof; Stefan H. E. Kaufmann; Pedro Moura-Alves. "IL-36/LXR axis modulates cholesterol metabolism and immune defense to Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19476-x.
    10.1038/s41598-018-19476-x
  20. Pei G; Buijze H; Liu H; Moura-Alves P; Goosmann C; Brinkmann V; Kawabe H; Dorhoi A; Kaufmann SHE. "The E3 ubiquitin ligase NEDD4 enhances killing of membrane-perturbing intracellular bacteria by promoting autophagy.". Autophagy (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29251248.
    10.1080/15548627.2017.1376160
  21. Zimmermann N; Saiga H; Houthuys E; Moura-Alves P; Koehler A; Bandermann S; Dorhoi A; Kaufmann SH. "Syndecans promote mycobacterial internalization by lung epithelial cells.". Cellular microbiology (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27279134.
    10.1111/cmi.12627
  22. Ahsan F; Moura-Alves P; Guhlich-Bornhof U; Klemm M; Kaufmann SH; Maertzdorf J. "Role of Interleukin 36y in Host Defense Against Tuberculosis.". The Journal of infectious diseases (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27389350.
    10.1093/infdis/jiw152
  23. Saiga H; Nieuwenhuizen N; Gengenbacher M; Koehler AB; Schuerer S; Moura-Alves P; Wagner I; et al. "The Recombinant BCG ureC::hly Vaccine Targets the AIM2 Inflammasome to Induce Autophagy and Inflammation.". The Journal of infectious diseases (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25505299.
    10.1093/infdis/jiu675
  24. Moura-Alves P; Faé K; Houthuys E; Dorhoi A; Kreuchwig A; Furkert J; Barison N; et al. "AhR sensing of bacterial pigments regulates antibacterial defence.". Nature (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25119038.
    10.1038/nature13684
  25. Dorhoi A; Iannaccone M; Farinacci M; Faé KC; Schreiber J; Moura-Alves P; Nouailles G; et al. "MicroRNA-223 controls susceptibility to tuberculosis by regulating lung neutrophil recruitment.". The Journal of clinical investigation (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24084739.
    10.1172/JCI67604
  26. Moura-Alves P; Neves-Costa A; Raquel H; Pacheco TR; D'Almeida B; Rodrigues R; Cadima-Couto I; et al. "An shRNA-based screen of splicing regulators identifies SFRS3 as a negative regulator of IL-1ß secretion.". PloS one (2011): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21611201.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0019829
  27. Mishra BB; Moura-Alves P; Sonawane A; Hacohen N; Griffiths G; Moita LF; Anes E. "Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein ESAT-6 is a potent activator of the NLRP3/ASC inflammasome.". Cellular microbiology (2010): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/20148899.
    10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01450.x
Preprint
  1. H. Matthew Berns; Dawn E. Watkins-Chow; Sizhu Lu; Pakavarin Louphrasitthiphol; Tongwu Zhang; Kevin M. Brown; Pedro Moura-Alves; Colin R. Goding; William J. Pavan. "Loss of MC1R signaling implicates TBX3 in pheomelanogenesis and melanoma predisposition". 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.10.532018.
    10.1101/2023.03.10.532018
  2. Krishnamoorthy, Gopinath; Kaiser, Peggy; Abed, Ulrike Abu; Weiner, January; Pedro Moura-Alves; Brinkmann, Volker; Kaufmann, Stefan H. E.. "Inhibition of host Lactate dehydrogenase A by a small-molecule limits Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth and potentiates bactericidal activity of isoniazid". 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/626002.
    10.1101/626002
  3. Lozza, Laura; Pedro Moura-Alves; Domaszewska, Teresa; Lage Crespo, Carolina; Streata, Ioana; Kreuchwig, Annika; Bechtle, Marina; et al. "The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor senses the Henna pigment Lawsone and mediates Yin-Yang effects on skin homeostasis". 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/459255.
    10.1101/459255

Other

Other output
  1. The Endogenous Metabolite Sphingosine-1-Phosphate (S1P) Activates NOD1/2-Dependent Inflammation Triggered by Cellular Stress. 2020. Pei, G.; Zyla, J.; He, L.; Moura-Alves, P.; Saikali, P.; Lozza, L.; Nieuwenhuizen, N.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85110817379&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2139/ssrn.3588881
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025 What AHR we talking about? Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) decoding Host-Bacteria Esperanto FLI Symposium, Greifswald, Germany
(Greifswald, Germany)
2024/01/26 Career Advisor and Motivational seminar
Católica Medical School (Lisboa, Portugal)
2024/01/25 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and therapy CMSeminars
Católica Medical School (Lisboa, Portugal)
2024 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and therapy Seminar
CiBB, Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Coimbra (Cantanhede, Portugal)
2024 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and therapy Seminar
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland (Cork, Ireland)
2024 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and therapy Seminar
IGC, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Lisbon, Portugal (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024 AHR as a PRR: the role of the AHR in sensing bacterial infections and its impact on therapy Seminar
Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy (Perugia, Italy)
2024 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and therapy Seminar
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy (Perugia, Italy)
2024 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection and therapy Seminar
nstitute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany (Berlin, Germany)
2024 Sensing bacterial quorum: host AHR spying on bacterial communication during infection? Biotech Horizons, Oporto, Portugal
Escola Superior de Sáude, Politécnico do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2024 AHR spying on bacterial communication and quorum during infection 7th European Congress of Immunology, Dublin, Ireland
(Dublin, Ireland)
2024 AHR sensing microbial infections: a ticket to multiple destinations 6th AHR International AHR Meeting, Dusseldorf, Germany
(Dusseldorf, Germany)
2024 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection and therapy XLIX SPI Annual Meeting, Oporto, Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia (Porto, Portugal)
2023/12/12 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and therapy Africa Health Research Institute
Africa Health Research Institute (Durban, South Africa)
2023/12/12 Career Advisor and Motivational seminar
Africa Health Research Institute (Durban, South Africa)
2023/12/05 Career Advisor and Motivational seminar Theranostics, Basic and Translational Research Symposium 2023
Nuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure (NuMeRi) (Pretoria, South Africa)
2023/12/04 Immune Sensing & Signaling Dynamics Theranostics, Basic and Translational Research Symposium 2023
Nuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure (NuMeRi) (Pretoria, South Africa)
2023/12/02 AHR sensing bacterial quorum and infection dynamics 18th IUIS International Congress of Immunology
IUIS (Cape Town, South Africa)
2023/05/31 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and therapy Scientific Retreat (Instituto de Medicina Molecular/ Champalimaud Foundation)
Instituto Medicina Molecular / Champalimaud Foundation (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/05/23 Sensing bacterial quorum: an AHR guided tour to host defence mechanisms and drug efficacy during infection XXVIII Infection and Sepsis Symposium
Grupo de Infeção e Sepsis (Porto, Portugal)
2023/05/04 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and therapy
i3s (Porto, Portugal)
2023/04/27 The AHR: from a xenobiotic sensor to a Pattern Recognition Receptor, playing a role in immunity to infection and drug-therapy II TOXRUN international congress
CESPU (Porto, Portugal)
2023/03/24 AHR sensing bacterial quorum during infection 26th Symposium: Infection and Immune Defense
German Society for Immunology (DGfI) (Rothenfels, Germany)
2023 AHR sensing bacterial quorum during infection 26th Symposium DGfI Infection and Immune Defence
Deutschen Gesellschaft für Immunologie (Rothenfels, Germany)
2022 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in Host Interaction and Response i3S- Host Interaction and Response Retreat
i3S- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (Porto, Portugal)
2022 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and drug therapy Seminar
Microbiology Institute, Friedrich Alexander University Erlanger-Nuremberg (Erlangen, Germany)
2022 Connections in the AHR: A ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and drug therapy Seminar
The Duve Institute, Université Catolique de Louvain (Brussels, Belgium)
2022 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, cancer and therapy Seminar
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2022 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and drug therapy Seminar
Albany Medical School (Albany, United States)
2022 AHR sensing bacterial quorum during infection Seminar
Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
2022 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in Host Interaction and Response Seminar
ICVS- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, Minho University (Braga, Portugal)
2022 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and drug therapy Seminar
Skin and Immunology Research Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2022 AHR sensing bacterial quorum: impact on host defense mechanisms Seminar
Lund University (Lund, Sweden)
2022 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in immunity to infection and drug delivery Seminar
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2022 AHR sensing bacterial quorum during infection and its impact on antibiotic therapy EMBO Workshop, Pathogen immunity and signalling
EMBO (Saint-Malo, France)
2022 AHR sensing bacterial quorum during infection AHR symposium
(State College, United States)
2021 AhR sensing bacterial quorum during infection Oxford Immunology Symposium
Oxford Immunology Group/ British Society for Immunology (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2021 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, cancer and drug-therapy Seminar
i3S (Porto, Portugal)
2021 Spying on bacterial communication: AhR senses bacterial quorum and impacts on host defense mechanisms OxBacNet- Oxford Microbiology Network
OxBacNet (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2021 Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, cancer and drug-therapy Seminar
CEDOC- Chronic Diseases Research Center (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019 AhR sensing of bacterial quorum and infection dynamics British Society for Immunology Congress
British Society for Immunology (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
2019 AHR sensing of bacterial quorum and infection dynamics 7th Annual Immunogenomics conference
Immunogenomics (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019 AHR sensing of bacterial quorum and infection dynamics EMBO Workshop, Pathogen immunity and signalling
EMBO (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2019 AHR sensing bacterial quorum during infection Seminar
Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2019 AHR integrates bacterial infection dynamics by monitoring Quorum Sensing Seminar
TBBB (Greifswald, Germany)
2018 AhR monitors bacterial quorum sensing and infection dynamics 11th Annual Zebrafish Disease Models Conference
ZDM society (Leiden)
2018 The role of AhR in innate immune responses to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection 2nd International FishMed Conference on Zebrafish Research
FishMed (Warsaw, Poland)
2018 AHR sensing of bacterial quorum and infection dynamics 13th European Initiative for Basic Research in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases meeting
EIMID (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2018 Connections in the AhR: a ticket to multiple destinations including infection and cancer Seminar
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2018 AHR sensing of bacterial quorum and infection dynamics Seminar
Institut Necker Enfants Malades (Paris, France)
2017 The role of AhR in innate immune responses to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection 10th European Zebrafish Meeting
(Budapest, Hungary)
2017 Testing TB drugs in a hypoxia mouse model PreDiCT-TB Annual General Meeting
PreDiCT-TB (Paris, France)
2017 AHR sensing of bacterial quorum and infection dynamics Seminar
Leiden University (Leiden, Netherlands)
2017 AHR sensing of bacterial quorum and infection dynamics Seminar
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans-Knoell-Institute (Jena, Germany)
2017 AHR sensing of bacterial infection Seminar
Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology (Toulouse, France)
2017 AHR sensing of bacterial infection Seminar
Center for Structural Systems Biology, Research Center Börstel (Hamburg, Germany)
2016 Testing TB drugs in a hypoxia mouse model PreDiCT-TB Annual General Meeting
PreDiCT-TB (Uppsala, Sweden)
2016 AhR sensing of bacterial pigments regulates antibacterial defence Symposium Immunology and Microbiology: building a bridge between Paris and Berlin
(Berlin, Germany)
2016 PAMPing AHR Seminar
Instituto de Medicina Molecular-João Lobo Antunes (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016 PAMPing AHR Seminar
CEDOC- Chronic Diseases Research Centre (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015 AhR sensing of bacterial pigments regulates antibacterial defence. I Congress in health Sciences Research towards innovation and entrepreneurship, Trends in Endocrinology and Neurosciences
(Covilhã, Portugal)
2015 AhR sensing of bacterial pigments regulates antibacterial defence. 65th Lindau Nobel Prize Meeting, Antimicrobial defences Masterclass of Prof. Jules Hoffmann
Lindau Nobel Prize Meeting (Lindau, Germany)
2015 Testing TB drugs on a hypoxia mouse model PreDiCT-TB Annual General Meeting
PreDiCT-TB (Madrid, Spain)
2015 PAMPing AHR Keystone Symposium on Innate Immunity and Determinants of Microbial Pathogenesis and Mechanisms of Pro-Inflammatory Diseases
Keystone Symposia (Olympic Valley, California, United States)
2014 The role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor as a Pattern Recognition Receptor Max Planck Foundation - University of Tokyo Meeting
Max Planck Foundation
2014 Testing TB drugs on a hypoxia mouse model PreDiCT-TB Annual General Meeting
PreDiCT-TB (St. Andrews, United Kingdom)
2014 The role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor pathway in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection Annual TBVI projects meeting
TBVI (Les Diablerets, Switzerland)
2014 PAMPing AHR Seminar
University of Leiden (Leiden, Netherlands)
2013 The role of Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) in bacterial lung infections 10th European Initiative for Basic Research in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases meeting
EIMID (Marseille, France)
2011 Systematic Identification of NLR and CARD-domain containing proteins involved in IL-1b response to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Tuberculosis: Immunology, Cell Biology and Novel Vaccination Strategies and Mycobacteria Physiology, Metabolism and Pathogenesis-Back to the Basics
Keystone Symposia (Vancouver, Canada)
2009 Systematic identification of Splicing Factors with a role on IL-1b secretion IV Annual CICS Symposium
Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidade Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2008 Systematic identification of Splicing Factors with a role on IL-1b secretion International Life Sciences Students’ Conference
International Life Sciences Students’ Conference (Warsaw, Poland)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Projeto Integrador em Engenharia Biológica
Supervisor of Rodrigo Cardoso
 Bioengenharia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/11 - Current T(AHR)getting the AHR
Supervisor of Inês Castro Almeida
 Biologia Molecular e Celular (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2024/11 - Current Dissecting the roles of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in melanoma: from a sensor to a regulator of the melanoma environment
Supervisor of Beatriz Moreira
 Biologia Molecular e Celular (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2023/11 - Current Deciphering the role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in host-bacteria interkingdom crosstalk during Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection
Supervisor of Thales Costa
 Biologia Molecular e Celular (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2023/02 - Current Dissecting the AHR role in melanoma
Supervisor of Cátia Santos
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/01 - Current Dissect the AHR intracellular network during infection and its impact on host defence mechanisms
Supervisor of Xuwen Zeng
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022/01 - Current (Poly)phenol rich diet modulates the AHR and alter the intestinal inflammatory response
Co-supervisor of Catarina Pinto
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/01 - Current Regulation of TFEB translocation and activity
Co-supervisor of Sarah Andrews
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Oxford Branch, United Kingdom
2021/09 - 2024 Interrogation of Novel Regulatory Genes and Pathways in Melanogenesis and Melanomagenesis
Co-supervisor of Matthew Berns
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Oxford Branch, United Kingdom
2020/09 - 2024 Ligand-independent AhR-mediated suppression of immune signalling in Melanoma
Co-supervisor of Oliver Featherstone
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Oxford Branch, United Kingdom
2022/09 - 2023/12 T(AHR)getting the AHR
Supervisor of Inês Almeida
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/12 Dissecting the roles of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in melanoma: from a sensor to a regulator of the melanoma environment
Supervisor of Beatriz Moreira
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2023/01 - 2023/07 AHR (cross)talks: an intercellular hub integrating and translating different signaling inputs in health and disease
Supervisor of Cátia Santos
Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/07 The role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) in mucus production during Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection
Supervisor of Luís Cardia
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/05 Identifying new AhR ligands of a dietary and drug origin
Supervisor of Rory Saitch
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Oxford Branch, United Kingdom
2021/06 - 2021/08 Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor modulation by therapeutic drugs
Supervisor of Inês Castro Almeida
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Oxford Branch, United Kingdom
2020/09 - 2021/05 T(AHR)getting the AHR - Unveiling AHR modulatory function of drugs and food-derived compounds for characterisation of the role of AHR in disease and potential therapeutic application
Supervisor of Aleksandra Janowska
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Oxford Branch, United Kingdom
2014/09 - 2019/11 Dissecting the Role of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Ligand Recognition During infection and Treatment in Tuberculosis
Supervisor of Andreas Puyskens
Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie, Germany
2014/09 - 2019/02 Functional and structural analysis of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor
Co-supervisor of Anne Stinn
Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie, Germany
2013/09 - 2017/06 The Role of IL-36g in innate immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Co-supervisor of Fadhil Ahsan
Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie, Germany

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/12/05 - 2024/12/06 At the Crossroads of Neuroscience & Immunology: Advances and Innovations | ERA CHAIRS ANNUAL MEETING IMMUNOHUB & NCBIO (2024/12/05 - 2024/12/06)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2024/04/17 - 2024/04/19 The XLIX Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology (2024/04/17 - 2024/04/18)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2023/10/18 - 2023/10/18 PhasAGE R&I Winter School (2023/10/18 - 2023/10/18)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023/03/15 - 2023/03/17 Infection & Immunity Advanced Course - Molecular and Cellular Biology Doctoral Programme, ICBAS, University of Porto (2023/03/15 - 2023/03/17)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2023/03/15 - 2023/03/17 ImmunoHUB Mentoring Sessions - PhD students & Postdocs Mentoring Session- Prof. Alan Sher (2023/03/16 - 2023/03/16)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023/03 - 2023/03 I ImmunoHUB Annual Meeting | In the context of the celebrations of World Immunology Day, the first ImmunoHUB annual meeting brought together national and international renowned scientists including professor Alan Sher (NIH- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; USA), Dr. Jean-Pierre Gorvel (Centre d' Immunologie Marseille-Luminy, FR) and Professor Ana Espada de Sousa (iMM-Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, PT) to discuss cutting-edge research. The main topic of this event was Infection and Immunity. (2023/03/17 - 2023/03/17)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Organization of "Trained Immunity", a curricular project held at the Casa do Cuco kindergarten, Porto (2023 - 2023)
2022 - 2022 Organization of "Trained Immunity", a curricular project held at the Brincar e Inventar kindergarten, Porto (2022 - 2022)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Tutor and Host of Ciência Viva Summer Internships
Other
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023/03/29 - 2023/03/31 XLVIII SPI Annual Meeting - Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia
Conference
 XLVIII SPI Annual Meeting
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Round Table discussion: Careers in Science
Round table
 9th Molecular and Cell Biology Symposium
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Programas de troca de cartas entre cientistas e estudantes nos países de língua oficial portuguesa.
Other
 Cartas com Ciência
2022 - 2023 One-to-one Mentoring Sessions | Chaperone
Other
 Mentoring Session
Chaperone, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Conference participation | 28th Porto Cancer Meeting
Conference
 28th Porto Cancer Meeting
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Symposium Participation | 8th Molecular and Cell Biology Symposium
Symposium
 8th Molecular and Cell Biology Symposium
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Conference Participation | Immune Responses in Cancer and Infection
Conference
 Immune Responses in Cancer and Infection
Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, France

Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, France
2022 - 2022 Symposium Participation | EMBO-EMBL Symposium: Microbial infections and human cancer
Symposium
 EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Microbial infections and human cancer
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2022 - 2022 Round table | I have a PhD, what's next
Round table
 I have a PhD, what's next
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Meet the PI | i3S
Round table
 Meet the PI
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Course | Introduction to Python and Machine Learning for the Biosciences
Workshop
 Introduction to Python and Machine Learning for the Biosciences
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Course | Information and Security Awareness
Workshop
 Information and Security Awareness
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2021 - 2021 Course | Improving student mental health course for DPhil Supervisors
Workshop
 Improving student mental health course for DPhil Supervisors
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2021 - 2021 Course | Supervision Training Course: how to supervise/ how to be a transfer and confirmation assessor/ how to examine a final Viva
Workshop
 Supervision Training Course: how to supervise/ how to be a transfer and confirmation assessor/ how to examine a final Viva
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2021 - 2021 Course | Media and Social Media Training
Workshop
 Media and Social Media Training
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2021 - 2021 Course | Mentoring
Workshop
 Mentoring
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2020 - 2020 Course | New managers briefing
Workshop
 New managers briefing
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2020 - 2020 Course | RNA-Seq analysis
Workshop
 RNA-Seq analysis
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2020 - 2020 Course | Information and Security Awareness
Workshop
 Information and Security Awareness
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2020 - 2020 Course | Introduction to Management Skills
Workshop
 Introduction to Management Skills
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2019 - 2019 Course | Research Group Leadership
Workshop
 Research Group Leadership
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2019 - 2019 Course | Challenging Behaviour: Dealing with bullying and harassment in the workplace
Workshop
 Challenging Behaviour: Dealing with bullying and harassment in the workplace
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2019 - 2019 Course | Implicit bias in the workplace
Workshop
 Implicit bias in the workplace
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2019 - 2019 Course | Recruitment and Selection
Workshop
 Recruitment and Selection
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2019 - 2019 Course | Conflict Management
Workshop
 Conflict Management
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2019 - 2019 Course | Information and Security Awareness
Workshop
 Information and Security Awareness
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2019 - 2019 Course | Introduction to Biological and Genetic Modification
Workshop
 Introduction to Biological and Genetic Modification
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2019 - 2019 Course | Human Tissue Act
Workshop
 Human Tissue Act
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2019 - 2019 Course | Project Licence training (PPL)
Workshop
 Project Licence training (PPL)
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2019 - 2019 Course | Personal Licence training (PIL A and B)
Workshop
 Personal Licence training (PIL A and B)
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2019 - 2019 Course | Equality and Diversity
Workshop
 Equality and Diversity
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2018 - 2018 Poster presentation | Tolll2018, Editing Innate Immunity
Conference
 Tolll2018, Editing Innate Immunity (Porto, Portugal)
2017 - 2017 Poster Presentation | Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Response
Conference
 Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Response (Cold Spring Harbor, USA)
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
2017 - 2017 Course | RSPCA course on laboratory animals “Focus on severe suffering”
Symposium
 RSPCA course on laboratory animals “Focus on severe suffering”
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, United Kingdom
2017 - 2017 Course | Management Development Programme for Researchers responsible for staff, projects and budgets
Workshop
 Management Development Programme for Researchers responsible for staff, projects and budgets
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften, Germany
2016 - 2017 Science outreach | Native Scientist
Workshop
 Native Scientist
2016 - 2016 Poster Presentation | AhR conference 2016- “The aryl hydrocarbon receptor as a Central Mediator of Health and Disease"
Conference
 AhR conference 2016- “The aryl hydrocarbon receptor as a Central Mediator of Health and Disease" (Rochester, NY, USA)
2016 - 2016 Course | Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Workshop
 Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Poster Presentation | Keystone Symposium on Innate Immunity and Determinants of Microbial Pathogenesis and Mechanisms of Pro-Inflammatory Diseases
Conference
 Keystone Symposium on Innate Immunity and Determinants of Microbial Pathogenesis and Mechanisms of Pro-Inflammatory Diseases (Olympic Valley, California, USA)
2015 - 2015 Course | FELASA course on laboratory animals
Workshop
 FELASA course on laboratory animals
2015 - 2015 Course | Gene Technology, Biosafety and Biosecurity course
Workshop
 Gene Technology, Biosafety and Biosecurity course
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Germany
2014 - 2014 Poster Presentation | Zebrafish Disease Models meeting
Conference
 Zebrafish Disease Models meeting (Madison, USA)
2014 - 2014 Poster Presentation | Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Gene Expression and Signaling in the Immune System
Conference
 Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Gene Expression and Signaling in the Immune System (Cold Spring Harbor, USA)
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
2014 - 2014 Course | Harlan course on laboratory animals
Workshop
 Harlan course on laboratory animals
2009 - 2009 Poster Presentation | 2nd European Congress of Immunology
Conference
 2nd European Congress of Immunology (Berlin, Germany)
2009 - 2009 Poster Presentation | Keystone Symposia on Pattern Recognition Receptors and Immune Sensors of Pathogens
Conference
 Keystone Symposia on Pattern Recognition Receptors and Immune Sensors of Pathogens (Banff, Canada)
Keystone Symposia, United States
2008 - 2008 Poster Presentation | TOLL2008 meeting
Conference
 TOLL2008 meeting (Lisbon, Portugal)
2008 - 2008 Poster Presentation | Keystone Symposia on Innate Immunity: Signaling Mechanisms
Conference
 Keystone Symposia on Innate Immunity: Signaling Mechanisms (Keystone, Colorado, USA)
Keystone Symposia, United States
2007 - 2007 Keystone Symposia on Ubiquitin and Signaling
Conference
 Keystone Symposia on Ubiquitin and Signaling (Big Sky, Montana, USA)
Keystone Symposia, United States

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024 The role of microbiome-derived kynurenine in gastric cancer
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Castro (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/12/20 T(AHR)GETTING THE AHR: MAPPING THE ROAD OF A XENOBIOTIC SENSOT FROM DISEASE TO A THERAPEUTIC TARGET
Supervisor
 Inês Castro Almeida (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/12/18 Dissecting the roles of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in melanoma: from a sensor to a regulator of the melanoma microenvironment
Supervisor
 Beatriz Moreira (Master)
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal
2023/11/13 Inflammatory agent of lipopolysaccharide actions in human prostate cells: A role as a procarcinogen factor?
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mariana Gomes Veiga (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/07/18 AHR (cross)talks: an intercellular hub integrating and translating different signaling inputs in health and disease
Supervisor
 Cátia Santos (Other)
Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2022/09/28 New insights into the role of AHR in IDO1-mediated immunosuppression | Public Session
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marie Solvay (PhD)
Institut de Duve, Belgium
2022/07/14 Zebrafish avatars as a model for immunotherapy response in bladder cancer
(Thesis) Arguer
 Mayra Fernanda Martínez López (PhD)
Centro Champalimaud, Portugal
2022/06/01 New insights into the role of AHR in IDO1-mediated immunosuppression | Closed Session
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marie Solvay (PhD)
Institut de Duve, Belgium

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - Current Immunity
2024 - Current Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
2024 - Current Toxicology Letters
2024 - Current Research in Microbiology
2024 - Current Microbial Pathogenesis
2023 - Current Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer
2022 - Current Pathogens and Disease
2021 - Current Trends in Immunology
2019 - Current Trends in Microbiology
2019 - Current Scientific Reports
2019 - Current European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2019 - Current Seminars in Immunopathology
2019 - Current Frontiers in Immunology
2019 - Current Frontiers in Microbiology
2019 - Current Journal of Molecular Medicine
2019 - Current British Journal of Pharmacology
2019 - Current Tuberculosis
2019 - Current Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
2019 - Current Antibiotics
2018 - Current BMC Biology

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022 - Current European Association for Cancer Research Member
2022 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia Member
2020 - Current Microbiology Society Member
2018 - Current Zebrafish Disease Models Society Member
2016 - Current JAZZ'aqui Founder and elected President of the board
2010 - Current DGfI-German Society for Immunology Member
2002 - Current Associação Cultural Desertuna Founding member
2019 - 2022 British Society for Immunology Member
2020 - 2021 PARSUK- Portuguese Association of Students and Researchers in the UK Ambassador of the Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the UK
2014 - 2015 ASPPA-Associação de Pós-Graduados Portugueses na Alemanha, e.V. Elected Vice-President of the General Assembly
2012 - 2014 ASPPA-Associação de Pós-Graduados Portugueses na Alemanha, e.V. Founder and first elected President
2007 - 2009 PhD students' commission at Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal Founder and elected representative

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023/10/11 - Current PhD in Biochemistry, Annual Review of Progress
Advisor / Consultant
 Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2024 - 2026 Portuguese Society for Immunology (SPI) Member of the Governing Body
Member
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2019/05 - 2022/01 Committee Member- Athena SWAN Equality Challenge Unit
Advisor / Consultant
 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Oxford Branch, United Kingdom

Univerity of Oxford Nuffield Department of Medicine, United Kingdom
2021 - 2021 Zebrafish Disease Model Society-Strategic Review Working Group Member
Other
 Zebrafish Disease Model Society, United States

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Career advisor at Chaperone- Individual and personalized career guidance for scientists Chaperone, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/03 - Current Host-microbe interaction dynamics: spying on bacterial communication systems Infection and Immunity Advanced Course- MCBiology PhD Program (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2022 - Current Advanced Infection and Immunity Course Biologia Molecular e Celular (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023/05/12 - 2023/05/12 Ciência et al. - Programa Educativo i3S (Ensino secundário) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023/04/28 - 2023/04/28 Manuscript writing and Publication (Outros) Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2022/10 - 2022/10 Workshop - Proposta de Projeto for António Coutinho Science Awards 2022 Workshop - Proposta de Projeto for António Coutinho Science Awards 2022 Chaperone, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2022/07 - 2022/07 Neurasmus Workshop How to choose a supervisor and a lab for my thesis research (Outros) Chaperone, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/01 Manuscript Writing Workshop Manuscript Writing & Publication (Outros) Chaperone, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2021/05 - 2021/05 Manuscript Writing and Publication Workshop Partnerships for Development (Outros) Chaperone, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2021/05 - 2021/05 Writing & Publishing Scientific Articles Workshop Manuscript Writing (Outros) Chaperone, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/02 Scientific Research Initiation Course Graduate Programme Science for Development (Outros) Chaperone, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/02 Curso de Início à Investigação Científica do PGCD - Gulbenkian Planeamento e Escrita de Projetos Científicos (Outros) Chaperone, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - Current Frontiers in Pathogen and Host Biology of Tuberculosis - Review Editor
2021 - Current Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology - Associate Editor
2020 - Current Frontiers in Microbiology - Review Editor
2020 - Current Frontiers in Immunology - Review Editor
2020 - Current Antibiotics - Topic Editor

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/11/02 - Current Junior Researcher Rafael Custódio
2024/09 - Current Associate Researcher Rui Ferreira
2023 - Current PhD student Lara Costa
2022/11 - Current Junior Researcher Pedro Curto
2022/08 - Current Junior Researcher Palmira Barreira-Silva
2022/08 - Current Project Manager Tânia Lima
2022/02 - Current Research Technician Sérgio Marinho
2024/01 - 2024/10 Research Fellow Inês Almeida
2024/01 - 2024/10 Research Fellow Beatriz Moreira
2023/01 - 2023/12 Research Fellow Thales Costa
2023/01 - 2023/07 ERASMUS student Katarina Soža
2023/01 - 2023/06 ERASMUS student Kornelija Bekezaite
2019/11 - 2022/02 Post-doc Fellow Yilong Lian
2021/07 - 2022/01 Post-doc Fellow Pakavarin Louphrasitthiphol
2020/09 - 2021/04 Master Student Advisor Georg Draper-Barr
2012/10 - 2018/12 Research Technician Ute Guhlich-Bornhof
2011/05 - 2018/12 Research Technician Marion Klemm
2010/12 - 2011/06 Research Technician Anne Koehler

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Grant Reviewer Universidad de Las Américas, Ecuador
2023 - Current Grant Reviewer - Lídia Silva Santos Postdoctoral Achievement Award Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal
2021 - Current Grant Reviewer Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, France
2021 - Current Grant Reviewer Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Switzerland
2020 - Current Grant Reviewer Medical Research Council, United Kingdom
2019 - Current Grant Reviewer National Centre for the Replacement Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research, United Kingdom
Distinctions

Award

2018 Leadership Portugaleser Prize - 25 Portuguese personalities with impact in Germany in the last 25 years
Portugal Post, Germany
2017 Social Entrepreneurship Prize- Prix Label Europe
Mairie de Paris/ Prix Label Europe, France
2016 Social Entrepreneurship Prize- 3rd place, FAZ- Ideias de Origem Portuguesa
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2008 Best presenter of the Molecular Biology section
International Life Sciences Students Conference, Poland
2003 Best Biochemistry student at the University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Other distinction

2023 UBI Faculty of Sciences “Alumni Science Wall of Fame”
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal