Vera Lúcia Santos Silva (0812-65B3-1761)

Curriculum Vitae

Vera Lúcia Santos Silva

Vera Silva began her educational background in 2013 when she started her pursuit for a BSc in Biomedical Sciences at Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde (IUCS). Later on, she completed her Master´s degree in Analytical, Clinical and Forensic Toxicology with a specialization in ABC transporters and their mechanisms at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto (FFUP). After completing her MSc thesis, she joined the project "Sustained Advanced Materials" at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP). Afterwards, she was a researcher at the COMPASS group, where she worked on the development of biomaterials for 3D in vitro disease models establishment. Currently enrolled in the Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto. Her interests include the area(s) of Medical and Health Sciences/Biomedicine with emphasis on Pharmaco(toxico)kinetics, Pharmaco(toxico)dynamics, and Neurological Diseases.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Vera Lúcia Santos Silva

Citation names

Silva, Vera
Silva, VLS
Santos-Silva, Vera

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 0812-65B3-1761
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3099-8433
Researcher Id: AAI-1518-2020
Scopus Author Id: 57210953198

Email addresses

veralssilva17@gmail.com (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Toxicology
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Medicinal Chemistry
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pharmacology and pharmacy
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021/03/01 - 2025/02/28 Ongoing	Ciência Farmacêuticas (DCF) (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/09/15 - 2018/11/21 Concluded	Toxicologia Analítica Clínica e Forense (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal "Newly synthetized xanthones as potential P-glycoprotein and BCRP modulators at the intestinal barrier: in vitro and ex vivo studies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18/20
2013/09/15 - 2016/07/08 Concluded	Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal "Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms involved in the inhibition of tumor proliferation and drug resistance by metabolic modulators" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	13/20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/03/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal (...)
2020/01/01 - 2020/03/17	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2019/02/15 - 2019/05/31	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/05/25 - 2021/02/26	Estagiário (1º e 2º Ano) (Técnico Superior de Saúde - Laboratório)	Bebé Vida, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/04/19 - 2021/04/30	Preparation of laboratory classes within the curricular unit Mechanistic Toxicology, taught in Integrated Master Course in Pharmaceutical Sciences (40 h).	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

2019/03/11 - 2019/03/15	Preparation, under the supervision of Professor Fernando Remião, of laboratory classes within the curricular unit Mechanistic Toxicology, taught in Integrated Master Course in Pharmaceutical Sciences.	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

2016/05/16 - 2016/07/29	Volunteer internship in the project: "Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms involved in the inhibition of tumor proliferation and drug resistance by metabolic modulators”.	Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Institute for Health and Bioeconomy LA/P/0140/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0140/2020 Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit UIDB/04378/2020 10.54499/UIDB/04378/2020 Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit UIDP/04378/2020 10.54499/UIDP/04378/2020 Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2020/03/17	PANGEIA - Produção de Plataformas Microcapsulares 3D+ para Avaliação Laboratorial em Larga Escala de Novas Terapias Combinatórias para o Cancro do Pâncreas PTDC/BTM-SAL/30503/2017 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030503) Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/02/15 - 2019/05/31	Sustainable Advanced Materials (SAM) Norte-01-0145-FEDER-000028 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Costa, Inês; Benfeito, Sofia; Silva, Vera; Cagide, Fernando; Borges, Fernanda; Remião, Fernando; Silva, Renata. "Neuroprotective effects of mitochondria-targeted antioxidants in a Parkinson´s disease in vitro model.". Paper presented in Scientific Letters, Porto, 2023. Published • https://doi.org/10.48797/sl.2023.89 Silva, Vera. "3-hydroxypyridin-4-one based derivatives as promising neuroprotective agents for the treatment of Parkinson´s disease.". Paper presented in Scientific Letters, Porto, 2023. Published • https://doi.org/10.48797/sl.2023.90 Costa, Inês; Benfeito, Sofia; Silva, Vera; Cagide, Fernando; Borges, Fernanda; Remião, Fernando; Silva, Renata. "New mitochondria-targeted hydroxycinnamic and hydroxybenzoic acids derivatives as innovative agents for the treatment of Parkinson´s disease". Paper presented in XVI Youth Research Meeting - IJUP, Porto, 2023. Published Silva, Vera; Benfeito, Sofia ; Gil-Martins, Eva; Costa, Inês; Remião, Fernando; Borges, Fernanda; Silva, Renata. "In vitro neuroprotective effects of dual-acting antiparkinsonians". Paper presented in Congresso Internacional da TOXRUN - Toxicology Research Unit (IUCS) & APCF-Associação Portuguesa de Ciências Forenses, 2022. Published • https://doi.org/10.51126/revsalus.v4iSup.396 Costa, Inês; Benfeito, Sofia; Cagide, Fernando; Silva, Vera; Borges, Fernanda; Remião, Fernando; Silva, Renata. "New mitochondria-targeted antioxidants as promising drug candidates for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.". Paper presented in Toxicology Letters., 2022. Published • 10.1016/j.toxlet.2022.07.803 Silva, VLS; Silva, Renata; Gil-Martins, Eva; Sousa, Emília; Resende, Diana; Remião, Fernando; Rocha-Pereira, Carolina. "Xanthones as potential P-glycoprotein modulators at the intestinal barrier: in vitro and ex vivo studies". Paper presented in 55th Congress of European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX 2019), Helsinki, 2019. Published • 10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.09.002 Silva, Vera; Silva, Renata; Gil-Martins, Eva; Sousa, Emília; Resende, Diana; Pinto, Madalena; Remião, Fernando; Rocha-Pereira, Carolina. "Newly synthetized xanthones as potential P-glycoprotein modulators at the intestinal barrier: in vitro and ex vivo studies". Paper presented in XII Meeting of young researchers from the University of Porto (IJUP), Rectory of the University of Porto, Porto, 2019. Published Silva, Vera; Silva, Renata; Gil-Martins, Eva; Sousa, Emília; Resende, Diana; Pinto, Madalena; Remião, Fernando; Rocha-Pereira, Carolina. "Xanthones as potential P-glycoprotein modulators: in vitro and ex vivo studies". Paper presented in XLIX Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacological Society, Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto, Porto, 2019. Published
Conference poster	Costa, Inês; Benfeito, Sofia; Silva, Vera; Cagide, Fernando; Borges, Fernanda; Remião, Fernando; Silva, Renata. "Mitochondria-targeted antioxidants as a powerful therapeutic strategy for Parkinson´s disease: in vitro evaluation of neuroprotective effects". Paper presented in MitoPorto 2023, 2023. Silva, Vera. "3-hydroxypyridin-4-one based derivatives as promising neuroprotective agents for the treatment of Parkinson´s disease". Paper presented in II Toxrun International Congress 2023, 2023. Costa, Inês; Benfeito, Sofia ; Silva, Vera; Cagide, Fernando; Borges, Fernanda; Remião, Fernando; Silva, Renata. "Neuroprotective effects of mitochondria-targeted antioxidants in a Parkinson´s disease in vitro model". Paper presented in II Toxrun International Congress 2023, 2023. Costa, Inês; Benfeito, Sofia; Cagide, Fernando; Silva, Vera; Borges, Fernanda; Remião, Fernando; Silva, Renata. "New mitochondria-targeted antioxidants as promising drug candidates for the treatment of Parkinson's disease". Paper presented in ICT 2022 International Congress of Toxicology, 2022. Silva, Vera; Benfeito, Sofia; Costa, Inês; Lima, Carla; Chavarria, Daniel; Remião, Fernando; Borges, Fernanda; Silva, Renata. "Evaluation of cytotoxic and neuroprotective profile of potential dual-acting ligands for the treatment of Parkinson´s disease". Paper presented in MedChem 2022 \| X Paul Ehrlich Euro-PhD Network Meeting - Barcelona, Spain, 2022. Costa, Inês; Silva, Vera; Benfeito, Sofia; Borges, Fernanda; Remião, Fernando; Silva, Renata (3912-7C5D-561A). "New mitochondria-targeted antioxidants as potential neuroprotective agents". Paper presented in XVI Youth Research Meeting - IJUP, 2022. Chavarria, Daniel; Fernandes, Carlos; Silva, Vera; Gil-Martins, Eva; Silva, Renata; Remião, Fernando; Oliveira, Paulo Jorge; Borges, Fernanda. "Design and development of piperine derivatives acting as potent MAO-B inhibitors and mild P-gp inhibitors". Paper presented in MuTaLig COST ACTION CA15135 4th WG meeting 2020, Izmir, Turkey, 2020. Silva, Tiago; Fernandes, Carlos; Sequeira, Lisa; Silva, Vera; Silva, Renata; Soares-da-silva, Patrício; Borges, Fernanda. "Hydroxypyridin-4-ones are a versatile scaffold to develop copper(II)-chelating COMT inhibitors with neuroprotective properties". Paper presented in pan-European Medicinal Chemistry joint meeting (MedChem19 Catanzaro), Italy, 2019. Monjane, Sandra; Santos-Silva, Vera; Gil-Martins, Eva; Chavarria, Daniel; Borges, Fernanda; Silva, Renata; Fernandes, Carlos. "Descoberta de novas entidades químicas como potenciais moduladores de Glicoproteína-P". Paper presented in XV IUCS Conference Cycle and In IV Congress of the Portuguese Association of Forensic Sciences, Porto, Portugal, 2019. Silva, Vera; Silva, Renata; Gil-Martins, Eva; Sousa, Emília; Resende, Diana; Pinto, Madalena; Bastos, Maria de Lourdes; Remião, Fernando; Rocha-Pereira, Carolina. "Screening of newly synthetized xanthones and potential P-glycoprotein modulation at intestinal barrier- in vitro and ex vivo studies". Paper presented in Innovation in Pharmacy: Advances and Perspectives, Salamanca, Spain, 2018.
Journal article	Inês Costa; Daniel José Barbosa; Vera Silva; Sofia Benfeito; Borges Fernanda; Fernando Remião; Renata Silva. "Research Models to Study Ferroptosis´s Impact in Neurodegenerative Diseases". Pharmaceutics (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/15/5/1369. Published • 10.3390/pharmaceutics15051369 Costa, Inês; Barbosa, Daniel José; Benfeito, Sofia; Silva, Vera; Chavarria, Daniel; Borges, Fernanda; Remião, Fernando; Silva, Renata. "Molecular mechanisms of ferroptosis and their involvement in brain diseases". Pharmacology & Therapeutics 244 (2023): 108373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pharmthera.2023.108373. 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2023.108373 Pinto, Miguel; Silva, Vera; Barreiro, Sandra; Silva, Renata; Remião, Fernando; Borges, Fernanda; Fernandes, Carlos. "Brain drug delivery and neurodegenerative diseases: Polymeric PLGA-based nanoparticles as a forefront platform". Ageing Research Reviews 79 (2022): 101658. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2022.101658. 10.1016/j.arr.2022.101658 Silva, Vera; Benfeito, Sofia; Gil-Martins, Eva; Costa, Inês; Remião, Fernando; Borges, Fernanda; Silva, Renata. "In vitro neuroprotective effects of dual-acting antiparkinsonians". RevSALUS - Revista Científica da Rede Académica das Ciências da Saúde da Lusofonia 4 Sup (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.51126/revsalus.v4isup.396. 10.51126/revsalus.v4isup.396 Adriana Pereira; Maria João Ramalho; Renata Silva; Vera Silva; Rita Oliveira; Ana Catarina Silva; Maria do Carmo Pereira; Joana Loureiro. "Vine Cane Compounds to Prevent Skin Cells Aging through Solid Lipid Nanoparticles". Pharmaceutics (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/14/2/240. 10.3390/pharmaceutics14020240 Catarina Gonçalves; Maria João Ramalho; Renata Silva; Vera Silva; Rita Oliveira; Ana Catarina Silva; Maria do Carmo Pereira; Joana Loureiro. "Lipid Nanoparticles Containing Mixtures of Antioxidants to Improve Skin Care and Cancer Prevention". Pharmaceutics (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/13/12/2042. 10.3390/pharmaceutics13122042 Costa, C.P.; Cunha, S.; Moreira, J.N.; Silva, R.; Gil-Martins, E.; Silva, V.; Azevedo, L.; et al. "Quality by design (QbD) optimization of diazepam-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) for nose-to-brain delivery: Toxicological effect of surface charge on human neuronal cells". International Journal of Pharmaceutics 607 (2021): 120933. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120933. 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120933 Krambeck, Karolline; Silva, Vera; Silva, Renata; Fernandes, Carlos; Cagide, Fernando; Borges, Fernanda; Santos, Delfim; et al. "Design and characterization of Nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) and Nanostructured lipid carrier-based hydrogels containing Passiflora edulis seeds oil". International Journal of Pharmaceutics 600 (2021): 120444. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120444. 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120444 Silva, Vera; Gil-Martins, Eva; Silva, Bárbara; Rocha-Pereira, Carolina; Sousa, Maria Emília; Remião, Fernando; Silva, Renata. "Xanthones as P-glycoprotein modulators and their impact on drug bioavailability". Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology 17 4 (2021): 441-482. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17425255.2021.1861247. Published • 10.1080/17425255.2021.1861247 Mesiti, Francesco; Maruca, Annalisa; Silva, Vera; Rocca, Roberta; Fernandes, Carlos; Remião, Fernando; Uriarte, Eugenio; et al. "4-Oxoquinolines and monoamine oxidase: When tautomerism matters". European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 213 (2021): 113183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113183. 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113183 Correia, A.; Costa, C.P.; Silva, V.; Silva, R.; Lobo, J.M. Sousa; Silva, A.C.. "Pessaries containing nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) for prolonged vaginal delivery of progesterone". European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 153 (2020): 105475. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2020.105475. Published • 10.1016/j.ejps.2020.105475 Silva, Vera; Gil-Martins, Eva; Rocha-Pereira, Carolina; Lemos, Agostinho; Palmeira, Andreia; Puthongking, Ploenthip; Sousa, Emília; et al. "Oxygenated xanthones as P-glycoprotein modulators at the intestinal barrier: in vitro and docking studies". Medicinal Chemistry Research (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00044-020-02544-1. Published • 10.1007/s00044-020-02544-1 Gil-Martins, Eva; Barbosa, Daniel José; Silva, Vera; Remião, Fernando; Silva, Renata. "Dysfunction of ABC transporters at the blood-brain barrier: Role in neurological disorders". Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2020): 107554. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pharmthera.2020.107554. Published • 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2020.107554 Chavarria, Daniel; Fernandes, Carlos; Silva, Vera; Silva, Cátia; Gil-Martins, Eva; Soares, Pedro; Silva, Tiago; et al. "Design of novel monoamine oxidase-B inhibitors based on piperine scaffold: Structure-activity-toxicity, drug-likeness and efflux transport studies". European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 185 (2020): 111770. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.111770. Published • 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.111770 Rocha-Pereira, Carolina; Silva, Vera; Costa, Vera; Silva, Renata; Garcia, Juliana; Gonçalves-Monteiro, Salomé; Duarte-Araújo, Margarida; et al. "Histological and toxicological evaluation, in rat, of a P-glycoprotein inducer and activator: 1-(propan-2-ylamino)-4-propoxy-9h-thioxanthen-9-one (TX5)". EXCLI Journal; 18:Doc697; ISSN 1611-2156 (2019): https://www.excli.de/vol18/Rocha-Pereira_27082019_proof.pdf. Published • 10.17179/excli2019-1675 Martins, Eva; Silva, Vera; Lemos, Agostinho; Palmeira, Andreia; Puthongking, Ploenthip; Sousa, Emília; Rocha-Pereira, Carolina; et al. "Newly Synthesized Oxygenated Xanthones as Potential P-Glycoprotein Activators: In Vitro, Ex Vivo, and In Silico Studies". Molecules 24 4 (2019): 707. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules24040707. Published • 10.3390/molecules24040707
Thesis / Dissertation	Silva, Vera. "Newly synthetized xanthones as potential P-glycoprotein and BCRP modulators at the intestinal barrier: in vitro and ex vivo studies". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/117545.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2019/02/15	Newly synthesized xanthones as potential P-glycoprotein modulators at the intestinal barrier: in vitro and ex vivo studies.	XII Meeting of young researchers from the University of Porto (IJUP) Rectory of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019/02/07	Xanthones as potential P-glycoprotein modulators: in vitro and ex vivo studies.	XLIX Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacological Society (SPF) Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2019/02/06 - 2019/02/08	XLIX Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacological Society. Forum for scientific discussion on experimental, pharmacological and toxicological research. (2019/02/06 - 2019/02/08) Meeting (Co-organisor)	Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/07	Meeting organized by the University of Porto where students share their research and discuss future projects. Meeting	XIV Meeting of young researchers from the University of Porto (IJUP) Rectory of the University of Porto, Portugal
2021/04/09 - 2021/04/11	XIV Congresso Científico do NEF/AAC - Investigação e Desenvolvimento Farmacêutico: Impacto na Atualidade Congress	XIV Congresso Científico do NEF/AAC Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/03/18 - 2021/03/20	Online Course "Models of the Blood-Brain Barrier: Scientific Tools to Target the Brain", organized by the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, March 18-20, 2021, including theoretical (9.75 h), practical (3.75 h) and virtual lab sessions (3 h), in a total of 16.50 h. Other	Online Course “Models of the Blood-Brain Barrier: Scientific Tools to Target the Brain” Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
2019/10/02 - 2019/10/02	Workshop tait aimed to show how to prepare a manuscript looking at the publishing cycle and the process of peer review. The course was organized by Elsevier, in the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Porto. Workshop	Publishing Workshop for Authors & Reviewers, Editors Roundtable Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019/05/16 - 2019/05/16	Importance of studying plants in environmental conservation and in agriculture improvement (sustainable food production, horticulture, forestry and production of non-food goods). Seminar	The fascination of plants (O Fascínio das Plantas) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/02/13 - 2019/02/15	Meeting organized by the University of Porto where students share their research and discuss future projects. Meeting	XII Meeting of young researchers from the University of Porto (IJUP) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2019/02/06 - 2019/02/08	Forum for scientific discussion on experimental, pharmacological and toxicological research. Meeting	XLIX Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacological Society Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/07/10 - 2018/07/10	Meeting designed to present the main lines of research under development at the biochemistry, microbiology and toxicology laboratories of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto. Meeting	Annual Meeting of the Department of Biological Sciences Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/12/04 - 2017/12/04	EndNote is a tool for managing bibliographic references, which allows organizing collections of documents and integrating the referencing of these documents in word processors, facilitating research and scientific writing. Main objectives: To know the main characteristics and functionalities of the EndNote software (version X8); manage bibliographic references and libraries using EndNote; integrate bibliographic references in a Word document. Workshop	Introdução ao EndNote X8: da criação de uma biblioteca à escrita de um documento Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/11/16 - 2017/11/16	Workshop to elucidate the research potentials in the Web of Science, Scopus databases, and the differences between them; perform searches by word, by author and by cited/citing articles; identify related articles and analyze groups of documents; evaluate the scientific production of an author, research group or institution, taking into account the number of citations received for their documents; create alert routines in relation to new documents, according to different research expressions. Workshop	Web of Science e Scopus: pesquisa em bases de dados de citações Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/10/23 - 2017/10/29	The TOX-OER course aimed to enhance digital integration in learning, teaching, training and youth work at various levels by developing scientific, pedagogical, informative and formative materials in Toxicology, in their specialized field. The course was organized under the European project funded by Erasmus + entitled "TOX-OER, Toxicology of Learning through Open Educational Resources". Workshop	International Course in Pharmaco-Toxicokinetic - TOX-OER Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/01/20 - 2017/01/21	Course with lectures in various areas of forensic sciences, including toxicology, genetics, chemistry, informatics, among others. Seminar	Forensic Toxicology Seminar “Da Suspeita À Interpretação dos Resultados” Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2016/04/14 - 2016/04/15	Course with lectures in various areas of Biomedical Sciences, including, biology, toxicology, genetics, chemistry, informatics, among others. Conference	Third Scientific Conference Biomedical Sciences Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2016/03/10 - 2016/03/12	Course with lectures in various areas of Biomedical Sciences, including, biology, toxicology, genetics, chemistry, informatics, among others. Conference	Nacional Scientific Conference Biomedical Sciences Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015/04/23 - 2015/04/24	Course with lectures in various areas of Biomedical Sciences, including, biology, toxicology, genetics, chemistry, informatics, among others. Conference	Second Scientific Conference Biomedical Sciences Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2014/05/22 - 2014/05/23	Course with lectures in various areas of Biomedical Sciences, including, biology, toxicology, genetics, chemistry, informatics, among others. Conference	First Scientific Conference Biomedical Sciences Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021/10/19 - 2021/10/21	Novel challenges in Toxicology	(Outros)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2022/02/01 - 2022/10/14	Seeking disease modification in Parkinson´s Disease with 3-hydroxypyridin-4(1h)-one derivatives	Tiago Alexandre Ferreira Gonçalves

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2021/07/08 - 2021/07/08	Juri Participation Arguer. - Student: Daniela Patrícia Gomes Arteiro. - Curricular Unit Estágio de Investigação em Ciências Biomédicas of the degree in Biomedical Sciences, with the work entitled "Avaliação dos potenciais efeitos neuroprotetores de novos derivados de xantonas". - Qualifying examination in 8th July 2021. Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, CESPU, Granda, Porto, Portugal.	Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2020/07/28 - 2020/07/28	Juri Participation Arguer. - Student: Rita Marques Oliveira. - Curricular Unit Metodologia e Projecto em Investigação Forense of the degree in Forensic Laboratorial Sciences, with the work entitled "Brain Targeted PEGylated nanoparticles containing Riluzole: An innovative strategy to fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis". - Qualifying examination in 28th July 2020. Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, CESPU, Granda, Porto, Portugal.	Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2020	Best Poster Communication - "Design and development of piperine derivatives acting as potent MAO-B inhibitors and mild P-gp inhibitors" - Poster presented in MuTaLig COST ACTION CA15135 4th WG meeting 2020, Izmir, Turkey.