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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Elisabete Raquel Ferreira Martins

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0C1E-2896-F1AE

Email addresses

  • emartins@fm.ul.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 217999458 (Professional)

Addresses

  • GIMM - Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine. Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-035, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences
Education
Degree Classification
2013/02/13 - 2013/03/15
Concluded
 Laboratory Animal Science (FELASA cat. B) (Diploma de especialização)
Direcção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, Portugal

Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2008/01 - 2011/11
Concluded
 Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde - especialidade Microbiologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Streptococcus agalactiae causing human infections: genetic diversity and capsular switching" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovada com distinção e louvor
2005 - 2007
Concluded
 Microbiologia Clínica (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Alterações capsulares em Streptococcus agalactiae" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom com unanimidade
1998 - 2003
Concluded
 Química Aplicada - ramo Biotecnologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Análise mutacional de p53 em margens de ressecção livre de tumor em carcinoma pavimentocelular da orofaringe" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/08/01 - 2024/07/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2014/08/01 - 2018/07/31 Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2013/08/01 - 2014/07/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidad de La Salle, Colombia
2012/01/01 - 2013/07/31 Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2004/01/01 - 2007/09/30 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/09/01 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2005/03/01 - 2015/08/31 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2008/01/01 - 2011/12/31 PhD student Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2012/01 - 2018/07 Streptococcus agalactiae colonization: genetic diversity and adhesion mechanisms underlying pathogenesis
SFRH/BPD/80038/2011
Post-doc Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
2008/01 - 2011/12 Streptococcus agalactiae causing human infections: genetic diversity and capsular switching
SFRH/BD/41761/2007
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
2006 - 2007 Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus agalactiae infections in Portugal
POCI/SAU-ESP/57646/2004
Research Fellow
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2003 - 2005 Pneumococcal phase transition between colonization and disease
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/47914/PT
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/08/01 - 2024/07/31 Not available
DL 57/2016/CP1451/CT0009
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/01/01 - 2020/12/31 ONEIDA: An Omics Network to Prevent and Control Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance.
SAICTPAC/0015/2015
LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-016417
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015 - 2016 Infections by group B streptococci in Portugal and Iceland: raising awareness and contributing to preventive strategies
PT06-0020
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Landspítali University Hospital, Iceland
EEA Grants
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Mamede, Rafael; Melo-Cristino, José; Ramirez, Mário; Martins, Elisabete. "Emergence of penicillin non-susceptible group B streptococci within the hypervirulent CC17 clone colonizing pregnant women in Portugal ¿ a genomic analysis". Paper presented in ECCMID, 2020.
    Accepted
Conference poster
  1. Mamede, Rafael; Melo-Cristino, José; Ramirez, Mário; Martins, Elisabete. "Genomic characterization of emerging penicillin non-susceptibility among group B streptococci". Paper presented in Bioinformatics Open Days, 2020.
Journal article
  1. Elisabete R. Martins; Dulce Nascimento do Ó; Ana Luísa Marques Costa; José Melo-Cristino; Mário Ramirez; Jennifer M. Auchtung. "Characteristics of Streptococcus agalactiae Colonizing Nonpregnant Adults Support the Opportunistic Nature of Invasive Infections". Microbiology Spectrum 10 3 (2022): https://doi.org/10.1128%2Fspectrum.01082-22.
    10.1128/spectrum.01082-22
  2. Birta Baeringsdottir; Helga Erlendsdottir; Erla Soffia Bjornsdottir; Elisabete R. Martins; Mário Ramirez; Asgeir Haraldsson; Thordur Thorkelsson. "Group B streptococcal infections in infants in Iceland: clinical and microbiological factors". Journal of Medical Microbiology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.001426.
    10.1099/jmm.0.001426
  3. van der Linden, Mark; Mamede, Rafael; Levina, Natascha; Helwig, Peter; Vila-Cerqueira, Pedro; Carriço, João André; Melo-Cristino, José; Ramirez, Mário; Martins, Elisabete R. "Heterogeneity of penicillin-non-susceptible group B streptococci isolated from a single patient in Germany". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 75 2 (2020): 296-299. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkz465.
    10.1093/jac/dkz465
  4. Duque-Valencia, July; Forero-Muñoz, Norma R.; Díaz, Francisco J.; Martins, Elisabete; Barato, Paola; Ruiz-Saenz, Julian. "Phylogenetic evidence of the intercontinental circulation of a Canine distemper virus lineage in the Americas". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52345-9.
    10.1038/s41598-019-52345-9
  5. Barkham, Timothy; Zadoks, Ruth N.; Azmai, Mohammad Noor Amal; Baker, Stephen; Bich, Vu Thi Ngoc; Chalker, Victoria; Chau, Man Ling; et al. "One hypervirulent clone, sequence type 283, accounts for a large proportion of invasive Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from humans and diseased tilapia in Southeast Asia". PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 13 6 (2019): e0007421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007421.
    10.1371/journal.pntd.0007421
  6. Björnsdóttir ES; Martins ER; Erlendsdóttir H; Haraldsson G; Melo-Cristino J; Ramirez M; Kristinsson KG. "Group B Streptococcal Neonatal and Early Infancy Infections in Iceland 1976 - 2015.". The Pediatric infectious disease journal 38 6 (2019): 620-624. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30299423.
    10.1097/inf.0000000000002214
  7. Lopes, E.; Fernandes, T.; Machado, M.P.; Carriço, J.A.; Melo-Cristino, J.; Ramirez, M.; Martins, E.R.; et al. "Increasing macrolide resistance among Streptococcus agalactiae causing invasive disease in non-pregnant adults was driven by a single capsular-transformed lineage, Portugal, 2009 to 2015". Eurosurveillance 23 21 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048003937&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.21.1700473
  8. Martins, E.R.; Pedroso-Roussado, C.; Melo-Cristino, J.; Ramirez, M.; Oliveira, H.; Vaz, T.; Gião, M.; et al. "Streptococcus agalactiae causing neonatal infections in Portugal (2005-2015): Diversification and emergence of a CC17/PI-2b multidrug resistant sublineage". Frontiers in Microbiology 8 MAR (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85016645462&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fmicb.2017.00499
  9. Lopes, Elisia; Fernandes, Tania; Machado, Miguel P.; Carrico, Joao; Cristino, Jose Melo; Ramirez, Mario; Martins, Elisabete. "Increase of macrolide resistance among group B Streptococcus invasive disease in non-pregnant adults in Portugal (2009-2015) was driven by a capsular variant of a single clone". International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents (2017): https://publons.com/publon/9476423/.
  10. Barato, P.; Martins, E.R.; Vasquez, G.M.; Ramirez, M.; Melo-Cristino, J.; Martínez, N.; Iregui, C.. "Capsule impairs efficient adherence of Streptococcus agalactiae to intestinal epithelium in tilapias Oreochromis sp". Microbial Pathogenesis 100 (2016): 30-36. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84986601897&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.micpath.2016.08.040
  11. Martins, Elisabete. "Changing epidemiology of group B streptococcal infections among adults in Iceland: 1975-2014". Clinical Microbiology and Infection 22 4 (2016): 379.e9-379.e16. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1198743X15010265?via%3Dihub.
    10.1016/j.cmi.2015.11.020
  12. P Barato; E R Martins; J Melo-Cristino; C A Iregui; M Ramirez. "Persistence of a single clone of Streptococcus agalactiae causing disease in tilapia ( Oreochromis sp.) cultured in Colombia over 8 years". J Fish Dis (2015): n/a-n/a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12337.
    10.1111/jfd.12337
  13. Martins, E.R.; Andreu, A.; Melo-Cristino, J.; Ramirez, M.. "Distribution of pilus islands in Streptococcus agalactiae that cause human infections: Insights into evolution and implication for vaccine development". Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 20 2 (2013): 313-316. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874873141&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/CVI.00529-12
  14. Martins, E.R.; Melo-Cristino, J.; Ramirez, M.; Lito, L.; Monteiro, L.; Martins, F.; Pessanha, M.A.; et al. "Dominance of serotype Ia among group B streptococci causing invasive infections in nonpregnant adults in Portugal". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 50 4 (2012): 1219-1227. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858603460&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.05488-11
  15. Martins, E.R.; Andreu, A.; Correia, P.; Juncosa, T.; Bosch, J.; Ramirez, M.; Melo-Cristino, J.. "Group B streptococci causing neonatal infections in barcelona are a stable clonal population: 18-Year surveillance". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 49 8 (2011): 2911-2918. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960949392&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.00271-11
  16. Martins, E.R.; Melo-Cristino, J.; Ramirez, M.. "Evidence for rare capsular switching in Streptococcus agalactiae". Journal of Bacteriology 192 5 (2010): 1361-1369. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77749292150&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JB.01130-09
  17. Martins, E.R.; Pessanha, M.A.; Ramirez, M.; Melo-Cristino, J.; Lopes, P.; Calheiros, I.; Felício, L.; et al. "Analysis of group B streptococcal isolates from infants and pregnant women in Portugal revealing two lineages with enhanced invasiveness". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 45 10 (2007): 3224-3229. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-35348859651&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.01182-07
  18. Martins, E.R.; Florindo, C.; Martins, F.; Aldir, I.; Borrego, M.J.; Brum, L.; Ramirez, M.; Melo-Cristino, J.. "Streptococcus agalactiae serotype Ib as an agent of meningitis in two adult nonpregnant women". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 45 11 (2007): 3850-3852. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-36349008805&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.01358-07
  19. Martins, E.R.; Melo-Cristino, J.; Ramirez, M.. "Reevaluating the serotype II capsular locus of Streptococcus agalactiae". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 45 10 (2007): 3384-3386. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-35348876697&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.01296-07
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Martins, Elisabete Raquel Ferreira, 1978-; Ramirez, Mário, 1970-. "Streptococcus agalactiae causing human infections : genetic diversity and capsular switching". PhD, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/4647.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/05/11 "Changing epidemiology of Group B Streptococcal infections among neonates in Portugal: 2005-2019 surveillance". M Rodrigues, J Melo-Cristino, M Ramirez, ER Martins 41st Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)
European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/04/16 "Expansion of a macrolide-resistant lineage of Group B streptococci causing skin and soft tissue infections among adults in Portugal (2005-2016)" ER Martins, J Costa, T Fernandes, E Lopes, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez 29th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2018/02/21 "Increasing macrolide resistance among Streptococcus agalactiae causing invasive disease in nonpregnant adults in Portugal (2009-2015) was driven by a capsular variant of a single clone". E Lopes, T Fernandes, MP Machado, JA Carriço, J Melo-Cristino, M Ramirez and ER Martins. 1st International Symposium on Streptococcus agalactiae Disease (ISSAD)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation / Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit (RMPRU)/ NRF/DST SARCHI Vaccine Preventable Diseases Units (Cape Town, South Africa)
2016/09/27 "Molecular characterization of vaccine and field genotypes of canine distemper virus in Bogotá D.C., Colombia". N Forero, ER Martins, R Piñeros, C Diaz, C Venegas, M Montufar, H Benavides and P Barato. 41st World Small Animal Veterinary Association Congress (WSAVA)
Small Animal Veterinary Association (Cartagena, Colombia)
2016/04/12 "Changing serotypes of Streptococcus agalactiae causing invasive infections in adults in Portugal (2009-2014)". ER Martins, T Fernandes, E Lopes, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. 26th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2016/04/11 "Group B streptococcal (GBS) colonization among non-pregnant adults in Portugal: prevalence, serotypes, genetic lineages and resistance". ER Martins, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. 26th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2015/12/11 "Invasive group B streptococcal infections among neonates in Portugal". ER Martins, C Roussado, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez Microbiotec'15 (6th joint congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia (Évora, Portugal)
2015/11/19 "Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus agalactiae of farmed tilapia Oreochromis sp., cultured in Colombia over 8 years". P Barato, ER Martins and C Iregui. FENACAM & LACQUA/SARA (WAS)
World Aquaculture Society (Fortaleza, Brazil)
2015/11/19 "Capsule role in the adherence of Streptococcus agalactiae to intestinal epithelium in tilapia Oreochromis sp". P Barato, ER Martins, G Vasquez, N Martinez and C Iregui. FENACAM & LACQUA/SARA (WAS)
World Aquaculture Society (Fortaleza, Brazil)
2015/08/19 "Comparación filogenética de los genotipos de campo y vacúnales del virus del distemper canino en Bogota, Colombia". ER Martins and P Barato. V Congreso Internacional Neurolatinvet 2015
Asociación Latinoamericana de Neurología Veterinaria (Medellin, Colombia)
2011/05/09 "Group B streptococcal neonatal infection in Barcelona area: 18-year surveillance". ER Martins, M Gimenez, M Sierra, J Lite, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)/27th International Congress on Chemotherapy (ICC)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Milan, Italy)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/01 - 2022/01 Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus agalactiae neonatal infections in Portugal (2016-2019)
Supervisor
 Microbiologia Clínica e Doenças Infecciosas Emergentes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/09 - 2020/07 Molecular Epidemiology of Streptococcus agalactiae colonization in pregnant women
Supervisor
 Clinical Microbiology and Emergent Infectious Diseases (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/11 Molecular Epidemiology of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections by Streptococcus agalactiae in Portugal (2005-2016)
Supervisor
 Microbiology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017/02 - 2017/11 Career Opportunities for PostDoctoral Researchers in Life Sciences (Scientific Symposium/Job Fair) (2017/11/22 - 2017/11/24)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/04/15 - 2023/04/18 Poster presentation: ER Martins, AM Modesto, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. "Increase of macrolide resistance among group B streptococcus invasive disease in non-pregnant adults in Portugal (2016-2021) was driven by a single clone". 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Copenhagen, Denmark, 15-18 April 2023.
Conference
 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2022/06/07 - 2022/06/10 Poster presentation: ER Martins, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. "Comparison of contemporary colonizing and invasive GBS isolates among non-pregnant adults in Portugal". 21st Lancefield International Symposium for Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases (LISSSD), Stockholm, Sweden, 7-10 June 2022.
Conference
 21st Lancefield International Symposium for Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases (LISSSD)
Lancefield Society, Australia
2022/06/07 - 2022/06/10 Poster presentation: M Rodrigues, J Melo-Cristino, M Ramirez and ER Martins. "Emerging resistance in group B streptococcal infections among neonates in Portugal: 2016-2019". 21st Lancefield International Symposium for Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases (LISSSD), Stockholm, Sweden, 7-10 June 2022.
Conference
 21st Lancefield International Symposium for Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases (LISSSD)
Lancefield Society, Australia
2022/04/23 - 2022/04/26 Poster presentation: M Rodrigues, J Melo-Cristino, M Ramirez and ER Martins. "Changing epidemiology of group B streptococcal infections among neonates in Portugal: 2016-2019 surveillance" (EP04090). 32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Lisbon, Portugal, 23-26 April 2022.
Conference
 32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2021/11/03 - 2021/11/05 Poster presentation: ER Martins, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. " Colonization as a reservoir for Streptococcus agalactiae infections: lessons from non-pregnant adults". 2nd International Symposium on Streptococcus agalactiae Disease (ISSAD), London, UK
Conference
 2nd International Symposium on Streptococcus agalactiae Disease (ISSAD)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive and Child Health, United Kingdom
2020/04/18 - 2020/04/21 Poster presentation: R Mamede, J Melo-Cristino, M Ramirez and ER Martins. "Emergence of penicillin non-susceptible Group B streptococci within the hypervirulent CC17 clone colonising pregnant women in Portugal: a genomic analysis" (Abstract 7777). 30th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
Conference
 30th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2020/02/19 - 2020/02/21 Poster presentation: R Mamede, J Melo-Cristino, M Ramirez and ER Martins. "Genomic characterization of emerging penicillin non-susceptibility among group B streptococci". Bioinformatic Open Days, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
Conference
 Bioinformatic Open Days
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/11/24 - 2017/11/27 Poster presentation: E Lopes, T Fernandes, MP Machado, JA Carriço, J Melo-Cristino, M Ramirez and ER Martins. "Increase of macrolide resistance among Group B streptococcus invasive disease in non-pregnant adults in Portugal (2009-2015) was driven by a capsular variant of a single clone". 30th International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection (ICC), Taipei, Taiwan.
Congress
 30th International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection (ICC)
International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, United Kingdom
2017/11/04 - 2017/11/08 Poster presentation: P Barato, R Piñeros, N Forero, A Bello, MP Santos, M Montufar, C Diaz, C Venegas, G Rodriguez, H Benavides and ER Martins. "New genotype of canine distemper virus affecting dogs in Colombia: immunohistochemical, molecular and phylogenetic study". American College of Veterinary Pathologists and American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ACVP & ASVCP) Concurrent Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
Meeting
 American College of Veterinary Pathologists and American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ACVP & ASVCP) Concurrent Annual Meeting
American College of Veterinary Pathologists, United States

American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology, United States
2017/10/04 - 2017/10/08 Poster presentation: E Lopes, T Fernandes, MP Machado, JA Carriço, J Melo-Cristino, M Ramirez and ER Martins. "Dominance of a macrolide resistant lineage resulting from capsular switching among group B Streptococcus invasive disease in non-pregnant adults in Portugal (2009-2015)" (P328). IDWeek 2017, San Diego CA, USA.
Meeting
 IDWeek 2017
Infectious Diseases Society of America, United States

HIV Medicine Association, United States

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, United States
2017/03/30 - 2017/04/01 Poster presentation: "Desafios no ensino de Medicina Tropical e de Microbiologia Clínica no âmbito da pósgraduação (PGCD) em Cabo Verde". T Hanscheid, E Valadas, C Santos, R Badura, S Aguiar, ER Martins.
Meeting
 Reunião Internacional da Rede Académica das Ciências da Saúde da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa RACS)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal

Rede Académica das Ciências da Saúde da Lusofonia, Portugal
2016/04/09 - 2016/04/12 Poster presentation: ES Björnsdóttir, ER Martins, H Erlendsdóttir, G Haraldsson, J Melo-Cristino, M Ramirez and KG Kristinsson. "Group B streptococcal neonatal infections in Iceland: 1979-2014" (P0981). 26th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Congress
 26th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2016/04/09 - 2016/04/12 Poster presentation: ER Martins, C Roussado, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. "Infections by Streptococcus agalactiae among neonates in Portugal: 2005-2014" (EV0577). 26th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Congress
 26th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2016/04/09 - 2016/04/12 Poster presentation: ER Martins, C Roussado, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. "Diversification and emerging resistance among the hypervirulent CC17 clone of Streptococcus agalactiae" (EV0283). 26th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Congress
 26th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2016/03/08 - 2016/03/08 Poster presentation: ER Martins, C Roussado, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. "Ongoing evolution in the hypervirulent CC17 clone of Streptococcus agalactiae" (P040). 11th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XI), Estoril, Portugal.
Meeting
 11th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XI)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2015/12/10 - 2015/12/12 Poster presentation: ER Martins, E Björnsdóttir, H Erlendsdóttir, G Haraldsson, J Melo-Cristino, K Kristinsson and M Ramirez. "Comparative epidemiology of group B streptococcal infections among adults in Portugal and Iceland" (P126). Microbiotec15, Évora, Portugal
Congress
 Microbiotec'15 (6th joint congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2015/05/27 - 2015/05/29 Poster presentation: P Barato, R Piñeros, C Diaz, C Venegas, H Benavides, F Pérez-Benavides, M Montufar and ER Martins. "Avances en el diagnóstico molecular de distemper y parvovirus canino en Colombia" (C-012). VI Simposio Colombiano de Virología, Bogota, Colombia
Symposium
 VI Simposio Colombiano de Virología
Instituto Nacional de Salud, Colombia

Universidad de La Salle, Colombia
2015/04/25 - 2015/04/28 Poster presentation: ER Martins, P Barato, C Iregui, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. "Zebrafish model of Streptococcus agalactiae infection" (P0400). 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Copenhagen, Denmark.
Congress
 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2014/05/10 - 2014/05/13 Poster presentation: ES Björnsdóttir, ER Martins, H Erlendsdóttir, G Haraldsson, J Melo-Cristino, M Ramirez and KG Kristinsson. "Group B streptococcal infections among adults in Iceland: 1978-2012 surveillance" (P0592). 24th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Barcelona, Spain.
Congress
 24th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2014/05/10 - 2014/05/13 Poster presentation: ES Björnsdóttir, ER Martins, H Erlendsdóttir, G Haraldsson, J Melo-Cristino, M Ramirez and KG Kristinsson. "Comparative analysis of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates causing infections in cattle and humans in Iceland" (P1505). 24th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Barcelona, Spain.
Congress
 24th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2013/06/03 - 2013/06/07 Poster presentation: ER Martins, C Silva-Costa, A Andreu, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. "Pilus islands in Streptococcus agalactiae causing human infections: implication for vaccine development" (P366). 28th International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection (ICC). Yokohama, Japan. 28th International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection (ICC)
International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, United Kingdom
2013/04/27 - 2013/04/30 Poster presentation: ER Martins, A Andreu, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. "Distribution of pilus islands in Streptococcus agalactiae: insights into evolution" (P2147). 23rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Berlin, Germany.
Congress
 23rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2012/03/31 - 2012/04/03 Poster presentation: ER Martins, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. "Streptococcus agalactiae serotype Ia ST23/ST24 are dominant among invasive infections in Portugal" (P1403). 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, United Kingdom.
Congress
 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2011/09/04 - 2011/09/11 Poster presentation: ER Martins, A Andreu, T Juncosa, J Bosch, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. "Group B streptococcal neonatal infection in Barcelona area: 18-year surveillance". XVIII Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases, Palermo, Italy.
Symposium
 XVIII Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases
2011/09/04 - 2011/09/08 Poster presentation: ER Martins, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. "Clonal analysis of the invasive group B streptococcal population in non-pregnant adults in Portugal". XVIII Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases, Palermo, Italy.
Symposium
 XVIII Lancefield International Symposium
2010/04/10 - 2010/04/13 Poster presentation: Martins, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. "Evidence for capsular switching in Streptococcus agalactiae" (P1978). 20th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Vienna, Austria.
Congress
 20th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2009/04/16 - 2009/05/19 Poster presentation: ER Martins, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. "Pili are a clonal property of Streptococcus agalactiae" (P1342). 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Helsinki, Finland.
Congress
 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2008/04/19 - 2008/04/22 Poster presentation: ER Martins, J Melo-Cristino and M Ramirez. "Characterization of a Streptococcus agalactiae serotype Ia lineage with enhanced invasiveness" (P916). 18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Barcelona, Spain
Congress
 18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2008)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/02/21 Population structure, virulence and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus agalactiae colonizing non-pregnant women
(Thesis) Main arguer
 António Maria Gonçalves de Mesquita Guimarães (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2012 - Current European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Member
2017/02 - 2018/03 Postdoctoral Association Committee, Instituto de Medicina Molecular Representative

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2013/08/01 - 2014/07/31 Set up three research laboratories in order to implemented several tools and molecular techniques to perform diagnosis of bacterial, viral and parasitic infections; traineing students and professionals in molecular biology; and lecturing on several topics in infectious diseases for the promotion of scientific culture and practices. Corpavet, Colombia

Universidad de La Salle, Colombia

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Microbiology Ciências da Nutrição (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Experimental Animal Models of Infection Microbiologia Clínica e Doenças Infeciosas Emergentes (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013 - 2017 Microbiology Microbiologia (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2009 - 2017 Microbiology Ciências da Saúde (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016/06/27 - 2016/07/01 Graduate Program Science for Development (PGCD) Tropical Medicine and Clinical Microbiology (Postgraduate Certificate) Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
2013/09 - 2014/03 Capacitación en Biología Molecular Capacitación en Biología Molecular Universidad de La Salle, Colombia

Corpavet, Colombia
2008 - 2009 Applied Microbiology I and Applied Microbiology II Microbiologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2005 - 2008 Bacteriology Microbiologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2018 - Current Journal of Medical Microbiology (1473-5644) Microbiology Society
2015 - Current PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science
2015 - Current Infection Genetics and Evolution (1567-1348) Elsevier
2014 - Current BMC Microbiology (1471-2180) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2013 - Current International Journal of Medical Microbiology (1438-4221) Elsevier
2013 - Current Epidemiology and Infection (1469-4409) Cambridge University Press

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/09 - 2022/09 Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus agalactiae invasive disease among non-pregnant adults in Portugal (2016-2020) Ana Margarida Modesto
2014/09 - 2015/11 Streptococcus agalactiae in neonatal infections – a changing population? Cristiano Roussado
2013/04 - 2013/05 Characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from diabetic patients Rita Cabrita and Inês Morgado
2012/05 - 2012/11 Detection of carbohydrates involved in adherence of Streptococcus agalactiae to intestinal epithelium of tilapias (Oreochromis sp.), in vitro model Paola Barato
2010/03 - 2010/10 Streptococcus agalactiae in urinary tract infections: serotyping distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility José Monteiro
2008/11 - 2009/08 Epidemiology of invasive GBS infections in non-pregnant adults in Portugal Andreas Domke
2008/09 - 2009/06 Group B streptococci causing neonatal infections in Barcelona Paulo Correia

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2015/05 - 2015/05 Evaluation Committee for the atribution of Reasearch Grant (MSc level) Universidade de Lisboa Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015/05 - 2015/05 Evaluation Committee for the atribution of Reasearch Grant (BSc level) Universidade de Lisboa Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2018 Travel scholarship
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, United States
2017 Funds for Bilateral Relations
EEA Grants, Belgium
2013 International PhD Visiting Scientist Fellowship
Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación, Colombia
2013 Travel Grant
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2010 Travel Grant
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland