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I obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology in 2015 at NOVA School of Science and Technology - FCT NOVA. Then, I completed a Master's Degree (MRes) in Biomedical Research, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection in 2016 at Imperial College London. Subsequently, I was a Research Fellow (2017-2018) at the Mota Lab in the Applied Biomolecular Sciences Unit - UCIBIO, FCT NOVA, after which I was awarded with a PhD Fellowship by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, which allowed me to pursue a PhD in the same Lab (2018-2022). My main research interests include studying the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying bacterial virulence. Since my Master's degree, I have been focusing on studying type III secretion system-delivered effector proteins of Chlamydia (during PhD) and Salmonella (during MRes), which are key virulence factors of these and other bacterial pathogens during infection of host cells. Nevertheless, I am very curious and thrive on studying other topics within the bacterial pathogenesis field, and when exposed to new challenges and techniques. I am first author of 1 paper and co-author 4 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and I presented 5 posters (one of which was awarded with the 2nd best poster prize) and co-authored at least 4 posters in international and Portuguese meetings. During my PhD studies, I also co-supervised a Bachelor's student mini-project and assisted practical lectures about immunofluorescence microscopy.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Inês Isabel Serrano Pereira

Citation names

  • Serrano Pereira, Inês

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1314-EA0C-8A26
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6650-7371

Email addresses

  • ii.pereira@campus.fct.unl.pt (Professional)
  • inesispereira@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/04 - 2022/12/14
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbiologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"CteG, a Chlamydia trachomatis protein involved in host cell lytic exit" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovada por Unanimidade
2015/10 - 2016/09
Concluded
 MRes Biomedical Research (Master)
Major in Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
"Expression and Translocation of Salmonella SPI2 T3SS Effectors in Dendritic Cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Pass with Merit
2012/10 - 2015/06
Concluded
 Biologia Celular e Molecular (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"N.A." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 (dezoito) valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/01/01 - 2018/03/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/04/01 - 2022/12/14 PhD Student Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2016/09/30 Master's Degree - MRes Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Imperial College London Department of Surgery and Cancer, United Kingdom
Imperial College London Department of Surgery and Cancer, United Kingdom
2015/02/01 - 2015/02/28 Internship trainee Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2014/07/01 - 2014/07/31 Internship trainee Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/01/01 - 2022/03/31 Identification and characterization of Chlamydia trachomatis virulence proteins
PTDC/BIA-MIC/28503/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31 CtIncipedia - A multidisciplinary approach to study Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion membrane (Inc) proteins)
PTDC/IMI-MIC/1300/2014
Research Fellow
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Serrano Pereira, Inês; Pais, Sara Vilela; Borges, Vítor; Borrego, Maria José; Gomes, João Paulo; Mota, Luís Jaime. Corresponding author: Mota, Luís Jaime. "The type III secretion effector CteG mediates host cell lytic exit of Chlamydia trachomatis (2nd prize)". Paper presented in International intracellular bacteria meeting 2022, 2022.
  2. Da Cunha, Maria; Serrano Pereira, Inês; Gonçalves, Carla; Gonçalves, Paula; Mota, Luís Jaime. "Phylogenetic and functional analysis of orthologs of CteG, a Chlamydia trachomatis effector protein". Paper presented in Microbiotec'21, 2021.
  3. Serrano Pereira, Inês; Pais, Sara V.; Mota, Luís Jaime. "Lytic exit of Chlamydia trachomatis from host cells is mediated by the CteG effector protein". Paper presented in Microbiotec'21, 2021.
  4. Serrano Pereira, Inês; Mota, Luís Jaime. "Identification of amino acid residues important for the subcellular localization of the Chlamydia trachomatis effector CteG in host cells". Paper presented in Microbiotec'21, 2021.
  5. Serrano Pereira, Inês; Pais, Sara V.; Mota, Luís Jaime. "Identification of the determinants of the subcellular localization of CteG, a Chlamydia trachomatis Golgi-targeting protein". Paper presented in Microbiotec'19, 2019.
  6. Serrano Pereira, Inês; Pais, Sara V.; Key, Charlotte E.; Borges, Vítor; Gomes, João Paulo; Fisher, Derek J.; Mota, Luís Jaime. "Identification and characterization of CteG, a new Chlamydia trachomatis effector protein". Paper presented in FEMS 2019, 2019.
  7. Almeida, Filipe; Serrano Pereira, Inês; Pais, Sara V.; Mota, Luís Jaime. "An ectopically expressed human centrosomal protein binds an inclusion membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis and is recruited to the vacuolar membrane". Paper presented in Microbiotec'17, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Pequito Luís, Maria; Serrano Pereira, Inês; N. Bugalhão, Joana; N. Simões, Catarina; Mota, Cristiano; Romão, Maria João; Mota, Luís Jaime. "The Chlamydia trachomatis IncM Protein Interferes with Host Cell Cytokinesis, Centrosome Positioning, and Golgi Distribution and Contributes to the Stability of the Pathogen-Containing Vacuole". Infection and Immunity (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/iai.00405-22.
    Published • 10.1128/iai.00405-22
  2. Pereira, Inês Serrano; Pais, Sara Vilela; Borges, Vítor; Borrego, Maria José; Gomes, João Paulo; Mota, Luís Jaime. Corresponding author: Mota, Luís Jaime. "The Type III Secretion Effector CteG Mediates Host Cell Lytic Exit of Chlamydia trachomatis". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 12 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.902210.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fcimb.2022.902210
  3. Joana N. Bugalhão; Maria P. Luís; Inês S. Pereira; Maria da Cunha; Sara V. Pais; Luís Jaime Mota; Stacey D Gilk. "The Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion membrane protein CT006 associates with lipid droplets in eukaryotic cells". PLOS ONE 17 2 (2022): e0264292-e0264292. https://doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0264292.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0264292
  4. Pais, Sara V.; Key, Charlotte E.; Borges, Vítor; Pereira, Inês S.; Gomes, João Paulo; Fisher, Derek J.; Mota, Luís Jaime. "CteG is a Chlamydia trachomatis effector protein that associates with the Golgi complex of infected host cells". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42647-3.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-019-42647-3
  5. Almeida, Filipe; Luís, Maria P.; Pereira, Inês Serrano; Pais, Sara V.; Mota, Luís Jaime. "The Human Centrosomal Protein CCDC146 Binds Chlamydia trachomatis Inclusion Membrane Protein CT288 and Is Recruited to the Periphery of the Chlamydia-Containing Vacuole". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 8 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2018.00254.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00254
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "CteG, a Chlamydia trachomatis protein involved in host cell lytic exit". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2022. https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/150109.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/11/18 The Chlamydia trachomatis protein CteG mediates host cell exit BioSeminars@UCIBIO
UCIBIO - FCT NOVA (Caparica, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019/01 - 2019/05 Análise da associação entre uma proteína de virulência de Chlamydia trachomatis e lípidos membranares do hospedeiro eucarionte
Co-supervisor of Ana Carolina de Oliveira Condez
 Biologia Celular e Molecular (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2017 PhD Fellowship (SFRH/BD/129756/2017)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal