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Helena Soares got her degree in Biology from Faculty of Sciences of University of Lisbon, and her PhD in Biomedical Sciences, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas "Abel Salazar" of University of Porto. She is a professor in Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Sáude de Lisboa which mission is to educate outstanding health care professionals able to develop preventative, diagnostic, and therapeutic innovations adapting to the new demands of societies. She has been engaged in many organizational activities, including Biology Scientific Area Coordinator, Director of the Department of Natural and Exact Sciences, President of Scientific Council, President of Ethics Council and General School Council. She was between 1999 to 2009 principal investigator of the Stress & Cytoskeleton group in Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC). In 2010 she moved her research group to Center of Chemistry and Biochemistry and is now at the Center of Structural Chemistry, Faculty Sciences, University of Lisbon. In her contribution to health practice she highlights 6 month period where she gave technical and scientific advice to the Dean of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of National University of East Timor (UNTL), the only public university of East Timor (near Indonesia) a developing country and a former Portuguese colony. There, she helped to implement the graduate course in Pharmacy and the Scientific Council of the Faculty. She has been developing research in the field of cilia and microtubule biology and is interested in cell architecture and polarity. In this context her major achievements were: 1) her pioneering work showing that the CCT subunits of the cytosolic chaperonin are localized and play critical roles in cilia structure which have been later proven by cilia proteomics; 2) provide the first evidences that cytokinesis and morphogenesis are mechanistically linked through the Mob1 protein a polarity factor and 3) to have characterized for the first time the human centrosomal TBCCD1 a key factor in centrosome positioning. She published about 45 research papers and chapter books and successfully supervised 2 post-Docs, 7 PhD students (all pursuing scientific careers) and more than 10 undergraduate and Master students. She is a Editorial Member of Biology (MDPI) and Associate Editor for Cellular Biochemistry in Frontiers Cell and Developmental Biology and Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. She was a member of the BMBS COST Action BM1102 Ciliates as model systems to study genome evolution, mechanisms of non-Mendelian inheritance, and their roles in environmental adaptation. She has been appointed as evaluator of international scientific projects for institutions like the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic which manages international cooperation for research and development in the Czech Republic, the European Science foundation, the COST- European Cooperation in Science and Technology and projects from Bilateral Scientific Cooperation programs of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. Recently she was appointed as remote referee assisting the ERC evaluation panels. To assist the European Research Council (ERC) in the peer review evaluation of frontier research proposals. She organized several international scientific events namely a Cytoskeleton Forum and EMBO/FEBS workshop. She received several fellowships from Portuguese and International institutions , as for example the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), European Science Foundation, COST, The European Union, Luso-American Development Foundation and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. She was awarded with the prize for the best scientific article of the year 2013 of Centro de Química e Bioquímica da Fauldade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, selected by the international advisory board.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Helena Antunes Soares
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Soares, Helena
  • Helena Soares

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
131B-F0E1-572C
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6180-7041
Researcher Id
G-3065-2010
Scopus Author Id
55932139400

Email addresses

  • mhsoares@fc.ul.pt (Professional)
  • helena.soares@estesl.ipl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro de Química Estrutural Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, campo Grande, Edifício C8,, 1749-016 L, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
  • ESTeSL - Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa Av. D. João II, Lote 4.69.01 , 1990 - 096, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
1992
Concluded
Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Major in Outra:Biologia Molecular
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Genes B-tubulina no Protozoário Ciliado Tetrahymena Pyriformis: Estrutura, Expressão e Regulamentação" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1986/09/15
Concluded
Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Científico
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2010 - 2019 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Portugal
1999/09 - 2009/04 Principal Investigator (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
1996 - 1999 Researcher (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
1992 - 1996 Postdoc (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2003/09/01 - Current Teacher Coordinator (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
1998 - 2003 Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution
Employer
2016/11/01 - 2020/03/01 President of Representative Council Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
1998/11 - 2016/12 Member of the Scientific Council of Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2011/11/01 - 2016/10/01 Vice President of Representative Council Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2013 - 2016 Coordination or direction of a research center, department or equivalent Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2012 - 2014 Coordinator of the scientific area of Biology at the Lisbon School of Health Technology (Appointed by the Scientific Council of the Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2004/09 - 2011/09 Member of the Representative Council Escola Superior da Tecnologia de Sáude de Lisboa Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2003/03/01 - 2009/02/01 President of the Scientific Council Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2003/11 - 2005/11 Coordenação ou direção de centro de investigação, departamento ou equivalente Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2003/11 - 2005/02 Coordinator of the scientific area of Biology at the Lisbon School of Health Technology (Appointed by the Scientific Council of the Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
1999/03 - 2003/11 Coordinator of the scientific area of Biology at the Lisbon School of Health Technology (Appointed by the Scientific Council of the Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
1999/09/01 - 2003/09/01 Coordination or direction of a research center, department or equivalent Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2016/11/01 - 2021/02/26 President's Council on ethics Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/09/01 - Current Exploring the obesity cilia interplay: the role of new variants of ciliopathic genes in obese individuals
IPL/2021/ObeCil_ESTeSL
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2024/01/01 Microcalorimetry and fluorescence nanothermometry in early detection of immune T-cell exhaustion
2022.06098.PTDC
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/09/01 - 2023/08/31 The role of the cilia-associated Wnt signaling pathway in the modulation of glucose metabolism
IPL/2022/WintCilGlu (WntCilGlu)
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
Ongoing
2021 - 2023 Finding the role of Tubulin Cofactor B in Toxoplasma gondii
UIDB/00276/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal
Concluded
2019/05 - 2020/06 The interacting TBCCD1/OFD1/Moonraker trio: a new molecular functional module in human
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
Concluded
2018/07 - 2019/09 Hydrogen peroxide as a key player in bystander effects caused by ionizing radiation
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
2015/09 - 2018/08 Sphingolipid organization in the plasma membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Implication in antifungal mode of action and fungal resistance.
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2017/01/31 - 2018 Adding a new piece to the ciliopathy diseases puzzle: the TBCCD1/OFD1 interaction
IPL/2017/CILIOPAT/ESTeSL,
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
Concluded
2016/04 - 2018 The interacting partners of the human centrosomal protein TBCCD1 involved in nucleus-centrosome connection: implications in myoblasts differentiation
IPL/2017/TBCCentro/ESTeSL
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
Concluded
2014/03 - 2015/09 Mob1 protein: a critical factor in Toxoplasma gondii replication
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2013/04 - 2015/09 The katanin role in Mt cytoskeleton remodeling during host cell invasion by Toxoplasma gondii
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2010/03 - 2013/05 Role of Mob1 and Unc119 proteins in cytokinesis and tumorogenesis.
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2007/10 - 2012/03 Role of Besnoitia besnoiti cytosolic chaperonin in host cell invasion
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/01 - 2012 Study of the role of the new centrosomal protein TBCCD1 in mammalian cells exposed to H2O2 under steady-state conditions
Acção Integrada Luso-Espanhola nº E-08/1, 2010-2012
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
CRUP- Acção Integrada Luso-Espanhola
Concluded
2008/03 - 2010/09 Rate and effects of mutations in the protozoa Tetrahymena thermophila
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2007/01 - 2008/12 MTube - Study of physical properties of microtubules by AFM techniques-2nd phase
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2006/01 - 2008 Study of the role of TBCA and TBCB in the folding of tissue specific beta-tubulin isotypes establishing functional relationship with the biogenesis and dynamics of specialized microtubule structures
GRICES(Portugal)/CSIC(Spain)-ref. 00636 08/03/2006
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Acordo GRICES(Portugal)/CSIC(Spain)
Concluded
2005/04 - 2006/12 MTube - Study of physical properties of microtubules by AFM techniques-1st phase
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2001/01 - 2004 Transactivator Yap1- crossroad of cold and oxidative stress signaling pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
POCTI/2001/BCI/37862
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
1998/01 - 1999 Estudo dos complexos tubulina em Tetrahymena: uma tentativa de estabelecer relações funcionais com a polimerização e a dinâmica dos microtúbulos
PRAXIS XXI/P/BIA/10 097/98 2ª Fase
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
1997/01 - 1998 Possível papel da chaperonina citosólica CCT de Tetrahymena na biogénese e dinâmica dos microtúbulos: tentativa de correlação com os efeitos de agentes antimitóticos
PRAXIS XXI/PCNA/P/BIO/67/97
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
1994 - 1997 Estrutura função e genética da chaperonina citosólica CCT em diferentes etapas da conjugação e da regeneração ciliar do protozoário ciliado Tetrahymena"
PRAXIS XXI/2/2.1/BIA/61/94
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 612 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/QUI/UI0612/2011
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Antunes, F.; Soares H.; Marinho, H.S.. "Oxigénio: da evolução dos seres vivos à medicina redox". In Os Elementos em Ciências - uma viagem pela Tabela Periódica, edited by Mourato, A.; Carvalho, A.P.,; Martins, F.; Pamplona, M.T. Faculdade de Ciências, Lisboa, 2020.
    Published
  2. Gomes, A.Q.; Real, C.; Antunes, F.; Marinho, H.S.; Nolasco, S.; Soares, H.. "Noncoding RNAs as Critical Players in Regulatory Accuracy, Redox Signaling, and Immune Cell Functions". In Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 215-284. Elsevier, 2017.
    10.1016/b978-0-444-63660-7.00010-3
  3. Soares, Maria. "TBCCD1". 2016.
    10.1007/978-1-4614-6438-9_551-1
  4. Soares, Maria. "TBCC". 2016.
    10.1007/978-1-4614-6438-9_101508-1
  5. Soares, Maria. "CCTa". 2016.
    10.1007/978-1-4614-6438-9_550-1
  6. Soares, Maria. "Mob1A". 2016.
    10.1007/978-1-4614-6438-9_101509-1
  7. Soares, Maria. "CCTalpha". 2012.
  8. Soares, Maria. "TBCCD1". 2012.
    10.1007/978-1-4419-0461-4_551
  9. Soares, Maria. "Will the chaperonin CCT be involved in the functional role of tubulins in ciliates". 1995.
Conference abstract
  1. Nolasco, Sofia; Bellido, Javier; Serna, Marina; Carmona, Bruno; Helena Soares; Zabala, J.C.. Corresponding author: Zabala, J.C.. "THE RECYCLING OF TUBULIN HETERODIMER BY TUBULIN COFACTORS TBCA, TBCB, AND TBCE IS BLOCKED BY COLCHICINE. Mol Biol Cell 32, nº22 (abstract P843). https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E21-11-0545". Paper presented in Cell Bio Virtual 2021 (ASCB/EMBO ANNUAL MEETING), 2021.
  2. L. S. Delgado, Inês; S. Francisco; S. Zúquete; Leitão, A.; Soares, H.; S. Nolasco; D. Santos. Corresponding author: D. Santos. "Study of Mob1 in the apicomplexan Toxoplasma gondii: at the crossroads of asexual and sexual development Mol Biol Cell 32, nº22 (abstract P229) https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E21-11-0545". Paper presented in Cell Bio Virtual 2021 (ASCB/EMBO ANNUAL MEETING), 2021.
    Published
  3. Delgado, Inês L. S.; S. Francisco; D. Santos; S. Zúquete; A. Leitão; H. Soares; S. Nolasco. Corresponding author: S. Nolasco. "Characterization of the Tubulin-binding cofactor B in Toxoplasma gondii, a zoonotic parasite. Mol Biol Cell 32, nº22 (abstract P819). https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E21-11-0545". Paper presented in Cell Bio Virtual 2021 (ASCB/EMBO ANNUAL MEETING), 2021.
  4. Sofia Nolasco; Javier Bellido; Marina Serna; Bruno Carmona; Helena Soares; Juan Carlos Zabala. "THE RECYCLING OF TUBULIN HETERODIMER BY TUBULIN COFACTORS TBCA, TBCB, AND TBCE IS BLOCKED BY COLCHICINE - 2021 ASCB Annual Meeting abstracts". 2021.
    Published • 10.1091/mbc.e21-11-0545
  5. Bruno Carmona; Carolina Camelo; Manon Mehraz; Michel Lemullois; Sofia Nolasco; Mariana Lince-Faria; H. Susana Marinho; et al. "TBCCD1: a key protein for basal body anchoring and microtubule network organization - 2020 ASCB Annual Meeting abstracts". 2020.
    Published • 10.1091/mbc.e20-10-0665
  6. Helena Soares; Bruno Carmona; Carolina Camelo; Lemullois M; David C. Ferreira; Sofia Nolasco; Lince-Faria M; et al. "Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics- Centrosome positioning and development of ciliopathies: role of the human centrosomal protein TBCCD1". 2020.
    10.1097/md.0000000000019291
Conference paper
  1. Veiga, Joaquim; Carmona, Bruno; Camelo, Carolina; Pereira, Dulce; Marinho, H. Susana; Soares, Helena. "TBCCD1 and OFD1, a novel centrosomal protein partnership with a role in human ciliopathies?". 2017.
  2. Camelo, C.; Vilas-Boas, F.; Cepeda, A.; Real, C.; Pinto, F.; Costa, G. da; Soares, Helena; Marinho, H. Susana; Cyrne, L.. "OPI1P translocation to the nucleus is regulated through oxidation by hydrogen peroxide in saccharomyces cerevisiae". 2016.
  3. Filipe, Hugo A. L.; Peneda, Catarina; Marquês, Joaquim T.; Machuqueiro, Miguel; Ramos, João C.; Santos, Maria da Soledade; Marinho, H. Susana; et al. "¿Healthy Life¿: interaction of polyphenols with lipid bilayers and their effects in human cells". 2016.
Conference poster
  1. Rita Marques; Mariana Paiva; Catarina Ginete; Sofia Nolasco; H. Susana Marinho; Luisa Veiga; Miguel Brito; Helena Soares; Carmona, Bruno. Corresponding author: Carmona, Bruno. "The primary cilia regulate the levels of thioredoxin reductase 1, gamma-H2AX, and YAP in response to high glucose levels". Paper presented in CQE Days - 2023, 2023.
  2. Rita Marques; Mariana Paiva; Catarina Ginete; Sofia Nolasco; H. Susana Marinho; Luisa Veiga; Miguel Brito; Helena Soares; Carmona, Bruno. Corresponding author: Carmona, Bruno. "Os cílios primários regulam os níveis de tiorredoxina redutase 1 e de gamma-H2AX em resposta a níveis elevados de glucose". Paper presented in 19º Congresso Português de Diabetes, 2023.
  3. Carmona, Bruno; Camelo, Carolina; Mariana Lince-Faria; Manon Mehraz; Michel Lemullois; Catarina Lopes Matos; Sofia Nolasco; et al. "TBCCD1 a novel player in the anchoring of microtubules to the centrosome and the basal body to the membrane during ciliogenesis". Paper presented in 5th EUROPEAN CILIA CONFERENCE - EMBO, 2022.
  4. Soares, Helena. "Toxoplasma gondii MOB1 protein at the crossroad of cytokinesis and tissue homeostasis -Inês L. S. Delgado, Alexandra Tavares, Samuel Francisco, Dulce Santos, João Coelho, Afonso P. Basto, Sara Zúquete, Joachim Müller, Andrew Hemphill, Markus Meissner, Helena Soares, Alexandre Leitão, and Sofia Nolasco". Paper presented in ApiCowplexa 2022: Apicomplexan Parasites in Farm Animals, 2022.
  5. M. Paiva; R. Marques; C.L. Matos; Ginete, Catarina; Sofia Nolasco; H.S. Marinho; L. Veiga; et al. "Thioredoxin reductase 1 translocation to the nucleus in response to increased glucose levels is affected by cilia assembly". Paper presented in Cilia 2022 - 5th European Cilia Conference, 2022.
  6. Catarina Lopes Matos; Carmona, Bruno; H. Susana Marinho; Helena Soares. Corresponding author: Helena Soares. "TBCCD1, a key protein for microtubule anchoring to the centrosome and the kinetochore". Paper presented in CQE Days - 2022, 2022.
  7. Matos, Catarina L.; Carmona, Bruno; Nolasco, Sofia; H. Susana Marinho; Soares, Helena. "Centrosomal protein TBCCD1 as a regulator of kinetochore proteins and cell division". Paper presented in CQE Days 2021 Meeting, 2021.
  8. Helena Soares. "The recycling of tubulin heterodimer by tubulin cofactors TBCA, TBCB, and TBCE is blocked by colchicine. Nolasco, S., Bellido, J., Serna, M., Carmona, B., Soares, H., & Zabala, J. C". Paper presented in CQE Days 2021 - Spring Meeting – 27 e 28 de Maio (online)., 2021.
  9. Helena Soares. "The interplay between KIAA0753 and TBCCD1 in the control of ciliogenesis and cell cytoskeleton architecture . David C. Ferreira, Bruno Carmona, Sofia Nolasco, H. Susana Marinho, Helena Soares". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics, Coimbra, Portugal, 2019.
  10. L. S. Delgado, Inês; Santos, Dulce; Francisco, Samuel; Tavares, Alexandra; Coelho, João; Zúquete, Sara; Leitão, Alexandre; Soares, Helena; Nolasco, Sofia. "Bioinformatic and experimental identification of a MEN/Hippo pathway in Toxoplasma gondii". Paper presented in APICOWPLEXA 2019, 5th International Meeting on Apicomplexa in Farm Animals, Berlin, 2019.
  11. Pinto, Vera; Carmona, Bruno; Helena Soares; Antunes, Fernando; H. Susana Marinho. "Hydrogen Peroxide as Key Player in bystander effects".". Paper presented in CQE days spring meeting-2019, 2019.
  12. Helena Soares. "Functional interactions of the ciliopathy-involved protein KIAA0753 with the regulator of centrosome positioning TBCCD1. Ferreira DC, Carmona B, Nolasco, S, Marinho, HS and Soares H". Paper presented in CQE Days – Spring Meeting 2019;, 2019.
  13. Helena Soares. "Tetrahymena CILIA CAP IS BUILT IN A MULTI-STEP PROCESS: A STUDY BY ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY. Cecília Seixas, João Gonçalves, Luís Viseu Melo and Helena Soares". Paper presented in EMBO Workshop Cilia 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018.
  14. Carmona, Bruno; Camelo, Carolina; Mehraz, Manon; Lemullois, Michel; Nolasco, Sofia; Marinho, H. Susana; Tassin, Anne-Marie; Koll, France; Soares, Helena. "TBCCD1 is a key regulator of centrosomal microtubule anchor and basal body positioning/attachment". 2018.
  15. Helena Soares. "Toxoplasma gondii tubulin-binding cofactor B a polarity factor required for host cell invasion and replication 8Abstract 56). S. Francisco, I. L. S. Delgado, J. Felix Stortz, E. Jimenez-Ruis, M. Meissner, Juan Carlos Zabala, A. Hemphill, A. Leitão, H. Soares and S. Nolasco". Paper presented in ApiCOWplexa- 4th International Meeting on Apicomplexa in Farm Animals, Madrid, Spain, 2017.
  16. Helena Soares. "TBCCD1, a protein involved in centrosome nucleus connection, is an interactor of the ciliopathy-related protein OFD1. Camelo, C., Carmona, B., Veiga, J. Coyaud, E.; Raught, B.Pereira, D., Pinto, F., Marinho, H. S. & Soares, H.". Paper presented in EMBO Conference, Centrosomes and Spindle Pole Bodies., 2017.
  17. Ferreira-Silva, Margarida; Carvalheiro, Manuela Colla; Holovanchuk, Denys; Soares, Helena; H. Susana Marinho; Corvo, M. Luisa. "Antagonist G-labeled long circulating liposomes actively targeted to lung tumor cells". Paper presented in 5th International Symposium on Phospholipids in Pharmaceutical Research;, 2017.
  18. Helena Soares. "Toxoplasma gondii tubulin-binding cofactor B affects host cell invasion and replication. (Abstract 289) S. Francisco, I. L. S. Delgado, J. Felix Stortz, E. Jimenez-Ruis, M. Meissner, Juan Carlos Zabala, A. Hemphill, A. Leitão, H. Soares and S. Nolasco.". Paper presented in The 14th Toxoplasma gondii research community biennial meeting, May 31 – June 4 2017, Tomar, Portugal, 2017.
  19. Helena Soares. "Plant phenolic acids interact weakly with membrane models and human cells, despite their effect on cytoskeleton organization. (Abstract P27). Sousa, C., Flor, A.G., Filipe, H.A.L., Peneda, C., Soares, H., Marinho, H.S., de Almeida R. F. M". Paper presented in 4th annual conference Interdisciplinary network on Health Health@Lisbon, Lisboa, 2017.
  20. Helena Soares. "Mob1, a key player in the replication of Toxoplasma gondii. Delgado ILS, Tavares A, Francisco S, Coelho J, Leitão A, Soares H and Nolasco S.". Paper presented in EMBO Young Scientists' Forum 2016. Lisboa, Portugal, 2016.
  21. Ferreira-Silva, Margarida; Carvalheiro, Manuela Colla; Holovanchuk, Denys; Soares, Helena; Marinho, H. Susana; Corvo, M. Luisa. "Active targeting of lung tumor cells using antagonist G labeled long circulating liposomes". Paper presented in 8th iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting & 1st i3DU Meeting, 2016.
  22. Helena Soares. "Mob1, hippo pathway member, is critical for toxoplasma gondii replication. (Poster 16) Alexandra Tavares, Inês Delgado, Samuel Francisco, João Coelho, Alexandre Leitão, Helena Soares, Sofia Nolasco.". Paper presented in CQB day 28th June, Lisboa Portugal, 2016.
  23. Soares, Helena. "opi1p translocation to the nucleus is regulated through oxidation by hydrogen peroxide in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (Poster 50) C. Camelo, F, Vilas-Boas, A. Cepeda, C. Real, F. Pinto, G. da Costa, H. Soares, H. S. Marinho, L. Cyrne". Paper presented in CQB day 28th June, Lisboa Portugal, 2016.
  24. Camelo, Carolina; Peneda, Catarina; Coyaud, Étienne; Raught, Brian; Câmara, Ana I.; Carmona, Bruno; Pinto, Francisco; Narinho, H. Susana; Soares, Helena. "Unraveling the role of TBCCD1 protein on cell size control: the regulation of cytoskeleton dynamics and cell junctions". 2016.
  25. Helena Soares. "Alternative transcripts of the human gene encoding TBCCD1 protein have distinct expression patterns and cellular localizations. C. Peneda, C. Camelo, A.I. Câmara, I. Delgado, B. Carmona and H. Soares". Paper presented in 31st Ernst Klenk Symposium in Molecular Medicine “Cell polarity and cell ciclye control mechanisms in development, tissue, homeostasis and disease”. 27-29 September Koln, Germany, 2015.
  26. Helena Soares. "The centrosomal TBCCD1 protein regulates the dynamics of a microtubule subpopulation involved in the nucleus-centrosome connection. C. Camelo, C. Peneda, A.I. Câmara, B. Carmona, S. Marinho and H. Soares.". Paper presented in CQB day 2015, FCUL, Lisboa Portugal, 2015.
  27. Helena Soares. "Mob1 an active player in morphogenesis, cytokinesis and cell proliferation control in protozoa organisms. Tavares, A., Delgado, I., Francisco, S., Coelho, J., Leitão, A., Soares, H. and Nolasco, S.". Paper presented in CQB day 2015, FCUL, Lisboa Portugal, 2015.
  28. Helena Soares. "Mob1 protein: a critical factor in Toxoplasma gondii replication. Tavares, A., Delgado, I., Francisco, S., Coelho, J., Leitão, A., Soares, H., and Nolasco, S.". Paper presented in Apicowplexa: Apicomplexa in Farm Animals, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2015.
  29. Helena Soares. "CCTa, a componente of the tubulina pathway, in Besnoitia besnoiti and Toxoplasma gondii host cell invasion. Cardoso, R., Tavares, A., Nolasco, S., Leitão, A., and Soares, H.,". Paper presented in Apicowplexa: Apicomplexa in Farm Animals, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2015.
  30. Soares, Helena; Cyrne, L.; Casalou, Cristina; Domingues, Célia; Roxo Rosa, Mónica; Rodrigues-Pousada, Claudina. "The Chaperonin CCT complex in Tetrahymena: studies during cilia recovery and in cells treated with polymerizing / depolymerizing agents". Paper presented in 25th Silver Jubilee FEBS Meeting, The Bella Center, Copenhagen (Denmark), P18.01., 1998.
Edited book
  1. Soares, Helena; Inoue, Takanari; Garcia-Gonzalo, Francesc R.; Santos Lopes, Susana. The Cytoskeleton and Cellular Compartmentation: Cilia as Specialized Cellular Domains. Frontier Media SA. 2021.
    10.3389/978-2-88971-862-7
Journal article
  1. Delgado, Inês L. S.; Gonçalves, João; Fernandes, Rita; Zúquete, Sara; Basto, Afonso P.; Leitão, Alexandre; Soares, Helena; Nolasco, Sofia. "Balancing Act: Tubulin Glutamylation and Microtubule Dynamics in Toxoplasma gondii". Microorganisms 12 3 (2024): 488. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12030488.
    10.3390/microorganisms12030488
  2. Carmona, Bruno; Marinho, H. Susana; Matos, Catarina Lopes; Nolasco, Sofia; Soares, Helena. "Tubulin Post-Translational Modifications: The Elusive Roles of Acetylation". Biology 12 4 (2023): 561. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology12040561.
    10.3390/biology12040561
  3. Carvalheiro, Manuela; Ferreira-Silva, Margarida; Holovanchuk, Denys; Marinho, H. Susana; Moreira, João Nuno; Soares, Helena; Corvo, M. Luisa; Cruz, Maria Eugénia M.. "Antagonist G-targeted liposomes for improved delivery of anticancer drugs in small cell lung carcinoma". International Journal of Pharmaceutics 612 (2022): 121380. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.121380.
    10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.121380
  4. Delgado, Inês L. S.; Tavares, Alexandra; Francisco, Samuel; Santos, Dulce; Coelho, João; Basto, Afonso P.; Zúquete, Sara; et al. "Characterization of a MOB1 Homolog in the Apicomplexan Parasite Toxoplasma gondii". Biology 10 12 (2021): 1233. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology10121233.
    10.3390/biology10121233
  5. Garcia-Gonzalo, Francesc R.; Soares, Helena; Lopes, Susana S.; Inoue, Takanari. "Editorial: The Cytoskeleton and Cellular Compartmentation: Cilia as Specialized Cellular Domains". Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.777758.
    10.3389/fcell.2021.777758
  6. Nolasco, Sofia; Bellido, Javier; Serna, Marina; Carmona, Bruno; Soares, Helena; Zabala, Juan Carlos. "Colchicine Blocks Tubulin Heterodimer Recycling by Tubulin Cofactors TBCA, TBCB, and TBCE". Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.656273.
    10.3389/fcell.2021.656273
  7. Inês Delgado; Bruno Carmona; Sofia Nolasco; Dulce Santos; Alexandre Leitão; Helena Soares. "MOB: Pivotal Conserved Proteins in Cytokinesis, Cell Architecture and Tissue Homeostasis". Biology (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/9/12/413.
    10.3390/biology9120413
  8. Soares, Helena; Sunter, Jack D.; Wloga, Dorota; Joachimiak, Ewa; Miceli, Cristina. "Trypanosoma, Paramecium and Tetrahymena: From genomics to flagellar and ciliary structures and cytoskeleton dynamics". European Journal of Protistology 76 (2020): 125722. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2020.125722.
    Accepted • 10.1016/j.ejop.2020.125722
  9. Soares, Maria. "Polarity in Ciliate Models: From Cilia to Cell Architecture". Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2019.00240.
    10.3389/fcell.2019.00240
  10. Soares, Maria. "Cilia Distal Domain: Diversity in Evolutionarily Conserved Structures". Cells (2019): https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/8/2/160.
    doi.org/10.3390/cells8020160
  11. Marinho, H. Susana; Marcelino, Paulo; Soares, Helena; Corvo, M. Luisa. Corresponding author: Corvo, M. Luisa. "Gene Silencing using siRNA for Preventing Liver Ischaemia-Reperfusion Injury". Current Pharmaceutical Design 24 23 (2018): 2692-2700. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612824666180807124356.
    10.2174/1381612824666180807124356
  12. Ana Seixas; Gonçalves, João; Luís Melo; Helena Soares. "Tetrahymena cilia cap is built in a multi-step process from pre-assembled complexes.". Protist (2017):
  13. Soares, Maria. "Tetrahymena Cilia Cap is Built in a Multi-step Process: A Study by Atomic Force Microscopy.". Protist. (2017):
    doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2017.10.001
  14. Camelo, C.; Vilas-Boas, F.; Cepeda, A.P.; Real, C.; Barros-Martins, J.; Pinto, F.; Soares, H.; Marinho, H.S.; Cyrne, L.. "Opi1p translocation to the nucleus is regulated by hydrogen peroxide in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Yeast 34 9 (2017): 383-395. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85023754967&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/yea.3240
  15. Gomes, Anita Quintal; Soares, Helena. "New high-throughput technologies of post genome era: benefits and ethical issues". (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/7315.
  16. Cardoso, R.; Soares, H.; Hemphill, A.; Leitão, A.. "Apicomplexans pulling the strings: Manipulation of the host cell cytoskeleton dynamics". Parasitology 143 8 (2016): 957-970. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84962081613&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0031182016000524
  17. Soares, H.; Marinho, H.S.; Real, C.; Antunes, F.. "Cellular polarity in aging: Role of redox regulation and nutrition Topical Collection on Ageing". Genes and Nutrition 9 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893673096&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12263-013-0371-5
  18. Cardoso, R.; Nolasco, S.; Goncalves, J.; Cortes, H.C.; Leitaõ, A.; Soares, H.. "Besnoitia besnoiti and Toxoplasma gondii: Two apicomplexan strategies to manipulate the host cell centrosome and Golgi apparatus". Parasitology 59 4 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84928262108&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0031182014000493
  19. Marinho, H.S.; Real, C.; Cyrne, L.; Soares, H.; Antunes, F.. "Hydrogen peroxide sensing, signaling and regulation of transcription factors". Redox Biology 2 1 (2014): 535-562. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84901741434&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.redox.2014.02.006
  20. Carranza, G.; Castaño, R.; Fanarraga, M.L.; Villegas, J.C.; Gonçalves, J.; Soares, H.; Avila, J.; et al. "Autoinhibition of TBCB regulates EB1-mediated microtubule dynamics". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 70 2 (2013): 357-371. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872363321&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00018-012-1114-2
  21. Gomes, A.Q.; Nolasco, S.; Soares, H.. "Non-coding RNAs: Multi-tasking molecules in the cell". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 14 8 (2013): 16010-16039. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881170401&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/ijms140816010
  22. Tavares, A.; Gonçalves, J.; Florindo, C.; Tavares, A.A.; Soares, H.. "Mob1: Defining cell polarity for proper cell division". Journal of Cell Science 125 2 (2012): 516-527. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858136517&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1242/jcs.096610
  23. Basto, A.P.; Piedade, J.; Ramalho, R.; Alves, S.; Soares, H.; Cornelis, P.; Martins, C.; Leitão, A.. "A new cloning system based on the OprI lipoprotein for the production of recombinant bacterial cell wall-derived immunogenic formulations". Journal of Biotechnology 157 1 (2012): 50-63. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855233470&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.11.006
  24. Nolasco, S.; Bellido, J.; Gonçalves, J.; Tavares, A.; Zabala, J.C.; Soares, H.. "The expression of tubulin cofactor A (TBCA) is regulated by a noncoding antisense Tbca RNA during testis maturation". PLoS ONE 7 8 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864697552&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0042536
  25. Soares, Maria. "Revisiting the tubulin folding pathway: new roles in centrosomes and cilia". Biomolecular Concepts (2010):
    10.1515/bmc.2010.033
  26. Gonçalves, J.; Nolasco, S.; Nascimento, R.; Fanarraga, M.L.; Zabala, J.C.; Soares, H.. "TBCCD1, a new centrosomal protein, is required for centrosome and Golgi apparatus positioning". EMBO Reports 11 3 (2010): 194-200. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77649275251&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/embor.2010.5
  27. Brito, P.H.; Guilherme, E.; Soares, H.; Gordo, I.. "Mutation accumulation in Tetrahymena". BMC Evolutionary Biology 10 1 (2010): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78149437221&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1471-2148-10-354
  28. Seixas, C.; Cruto, T.; Tavares, A.; Gaertig, J.; Soares, H.. "CCTa and CCTd chaperonin subunits are essential and required for cilia assembly and maintenance in Tetrahymena". PLoS ONE 5 5 (2010): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77956273128&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0010704
  29. Malta-Vacas, J.; Nolasco, S.; Monteiro, C.; Soares, H.; Brito, M.. "Translation termination and protein folding pathway genes are not correlated in gastric cancer". Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine 47 4 (2009): 427-431. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-63849240399&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1515/CCLM.2009.091
  30. Avila, J.; Soares, H.; Fanarraga, M.L.; Zabala, J.C.. "Isolation of microtubules and microtubule proteins". Current Protocols in Cell Biology SUPPL. 39 (2008): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-57549088866&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/0471143030.cb0329s39
  31. Ramalho, R.R.; Soares, H.; Melo, L.V.. "Microtubule behavior under strong electromagnetic fields". Materials Science and Engineering C 27 5-8 SPEC. (2007): 1207-1210. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34547679955&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.msec.2006.09.045
  32. Cortes, H.C.E.; Reis, Y.; Waap, H.; Vidal, R.; Soares, H.; Marques, I.; Pereira da Fonseca, I.; et al. "Isolation of Besnoitia besnoiti from infected cattle in Portugal". Veterinary Parasitology 141 3-4 (2006): 226-233. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33749665599&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.05.022
  33. Reis, Y.; Cortes, H.; Viseu Melo, L.; Fazendeiro, I.; Leitão, A.; Soares, H.. "Microtubule cytoskeleton behavior in the initial steps of host cell invasion by Besnoitia besnoiti". FEBS Letters 580 19 (2006): 4673-4682. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33747079988&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.febslet.2006.07.050
  34. Nolasco, S.; Bellido, J.; Gonçalves, J.; Zabala, J.C.; Soares, H.. "Tubulin cofactor A gene silencing in mammalian cells induces changes in microtubule cytoskeleton, cell cycle arrest and cell death". FEBS Letters 579 17 (2005): 3515-3524. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-21244462806&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.febslet.2005.05.022
  35. Seixas, C.; Casalou, C.; Melo, L.V.; Nolasco, S.; Brogueira, P.; Soares, H.. "Subunits of the chaperonin CCT are associated with Tetrahymena microtubule structures and are involved in cilia biogenesis". Experimental Cell Research 290 2 (2003): 303-321. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0142089862&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0014-4827(03)00325-2
  36. Casalou, C.; Cyrne, L.; Rosa, M.R.; Soares, H.. "Microtubule cytoskeleton perturbation induced by taxol and colchicine affects chaperonin containing TCP-1 (CCT) subunit gene expression in Tetrahymena cells". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression 1522 1 (2001): 9-21. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035846445&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0167-4781(01)00294-9
  37. Domingues, C.; Soares, H.; Rodrigues-Pousada, C.; Cyrne, L.. "Structure of Tetrahymena CCT¿ gene and its expression under colchicine treatment". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression 1446 3 (1999): 443-449. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032814339&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0167-4781(99)00111-6
  38. Soares, H.; Cyrne, L.; Casalou, C.; Ehmann, B.; Rodrigues-Pousada, C.. "The third member of the Tetrahymena CCT subunit gene family, TpCCTa, encodes a component of the hetero-oligomeric chaperonin complex". Biochemical Journal 326 1 (1997): 21-29. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030954758&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  39. Guerreiro, P.; Barreiros, T.; Soares, H.; Cyrne, L.; Maia E Silva, A.; Rodrigues-Pousada, C.. "Sequencing of a 17·6 kb segment on the right arm of yeast chromosome VII reveals 12 ORFs, including CCT, ADE3 and TR-I genes, homologues of the yeast PMT and EF1G genes, of the human and bacterial electron-transferring flavoproteins (ß-chain) and of the Escherichia coli phosphoserine phosphohydrolase, and five new ORFs". Yeast 12 3 (1996): 273-280. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0029980759&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  40. Cyrne, L.; Guerreiro, P.; Cardoso, A.C.; Rodrigues-Pousada, C.; Soares, H.. "The Tetrahymena chaperonin subunit CCTg gene is coexpressed with CCTeta gene during cilia biogenesis and cell sexual reproduction". FEBS Letters 383 3 (1996): 277-283. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0029924155&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/0014-5793(96)00240-2
  41. Soares, H.; Penque, D.; Mouta, C.; Rodrigues-Pousada, C.. "A tetrahymena orthologue of the mouse chaperonin subunit CCTg and its coexpression with tubulin during cilia recovery". Journal of Biological Chemistry 269 46 (1994): 29299-29307. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0028172234&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  42. Dujon, B.; Alexandraki, D.; André, B.; Ansorge, W.; Baladron, V.; Ballesta, J.P.G.; Banrevi, A.; et al. "Complete DNA sequence of yeast chromosome XI". Nature 369 6479 (1994): 371-378. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0028301199&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/369371a0
  43. Soares, H.; Galego, L.; Coias, R.; Rodrigues-Pousada, C.. "The mechanisms of tubulin messenger regulation during Tetrahymena pyriformis reciliation". Journal of Biological Chemistry 268 22 (1993): 16623-16630. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0027203789&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  44. Soares, H.; Cyrne, L.; Barahona, I.; Rodrigues-Pousada, C.. "Different patterns of expression of ß-tubulin genes in Tetrahymena pyriformis during reciliation". European Journal of Biochemistry 197 2 (1991): 291-299. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0025910702&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb15910.x
  45. Barahona, I.; Soares, H.; Cyrne, L.; Penque, D.; Denoulet, P.; Rodrigues-Pousada, C.. "Sequence of one a- and two ß-tubulin genes of Tetrahymena pyriformis. Structural and functional relationships with other eukaryotic tubulin genes". Journal of Molecular Biology 202 3 (1988): 365-382. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0024278924&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/0022-2836(88)90271-9
Preprint
  1. Carmona, Bruno; Camelo, Carolina; Mehraz, Manon; Lemullois, Michel; Faria, Mariana Lince; Coyaud, Étienne; Marinho, H. Susana; et al. "The maintenance of centriole appendages and motile cilia basal body anchoring relies on TBCCD1". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.26.549647.
    10.1101/2023.07.26.549647
Website
  1. Soares, Maria. CCTalpha. 2007. http://www.signaling-gateway.org/molecule/query?afcsid=A003968.
    doi:10.1038/mp.a003968.01
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/07/23 THE NUCLEAR LEVELS OF THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE 1, GAMMA-H2AX, AND YAP ARE MODULATED BY PRIMARY CILIA IN RESPONSE TO HIGH GLUCOSE LEVELS V H&TRC BOOTCAMP 2023
(Caldas da Rainha, Portugal)
2023/07/10 FROM CILIA TO CANCER: THE TWO SPLICING VARIANTS OF THE HUMAN TBCCD1 GENE V H&TRC BOOTCAMP 2023
(Caldas da Rainha, Portugal)
2023/05/26 Cell adhesion and associated functions are dependent on a strict regulation of TBCCD1 levels. CQE days 2023
CQE days 2023. 25 to 26 April; Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/11/25 Cílios e sinalização celular na obesidade 26º Congresso Português de Obesidade
SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA PARA O ESTUDO DA OBESIDADE (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/10/06 TBCCD1 a novel player in the anchoring of microtubules to the centrosome and the basal body to the membrane during ciliogenesis, (flash talk) 5th EUROPEAN CILIA CONFERENCE – EMBO
EMBO conference (Colonia, Germany)
2022/05/27 Cilia assembly affects thioredoxin reductase 1 translocation to the nucleus in response to increased glucose levels CQE Days, 2022
Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences (Lisboa, Portugal)
2020/07/20 From ciliates to humans: the role of TBCCD1 in cilia and cell organization; Remote conference-July 20th-23rd, 10am-12:10pm each day (All times Eastern time zone)) https://ciliates2020.wixsite.com/junior 2020 Young Investigator Ciliate Molecular Biology Conference
Remote conference
2019/10 Last 10 years: Centrosome positioning and development of ciliopathies: role of the human centrosomal protein TBCCD1, Bruno Carmona, Carolina Camelo, Mehraz M, Lemullois M, David C. Ferreira, Sofia Nolasco, Lince-Faria M, H. Susana Marinho, Mónica Bettencourt-Dias, Tassin AM, Koll F, Helena Soares 23a Reunião Annual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/07 Last 10 years: From Centrosomal Microtubule Anchoring and Organization to Basal Body Positioning: TBCCD1 An Elusive Protein, Bruno Carmona, Carolina Camelo, Manon Mehraz, Michel Lemullois, David Carmelino Ferreira, Sofia Nolasco, Mariana Lince-Faria, H. Susana Marinho, Mónica Bettencourt-Dias, Anne Marie Tassin, France Koll, Helena Soares; VIII European Congress of Protistology – ISOP joint meeting
(Rome, Italy)
2019/05/30 Last 10 years: TBCCD1: a new player in the development of ciliopathies? Carmona B, Camelo C, Mehraz M, Lemullois M, Ferreira DC, Nolasco S, Lince-Faria M, Marinho HS, Bettencourt-Dias M, Tassin AM, Koll F, Soares H; CQE Days , Spring Meeting 2019
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/04/06 Estudo do interactoma da proteína MOB1 de Toxoplasma gondii usando ferramentas bioinformáticas e tecnologia BioID 9º Encontro de Formação da Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários
2016/10/19 Last 10 years: How far can we go in Cell polarity studies using ciliates?., Bruno Carmona and Helena Soares GDRE Meeting (Ciliate workshop)
(Pisa, Italy)
2016/09 Last 10 years: HOW DOES CELL POLARITY AFFECT CELL SIZE? A STORY INVOLVING THE CENTROSOMAL PROTEIN TBCCD1. Carolina Camelo, Catarina Peneda, Étienne Coyaud, Brian Raught, Ana Isabel Câmara, Bruno Carmona, Francisco Pinto, H. Susana Marinho, Helena Soares (2016) EMBO Workshop on Cell Size Regulation
( Joachimsthal, Germany)
2016/06/28 "Healthy Life": Interaction of Polyphenols with Lipid Bilayers and their Effects in Human Cells. Hugo A. L. Filipe, Catarina Peneda, Joaquim T. Marquês, Miguel Machuqueiro, João C. Ramos, Maria da Soledade Santos, H. Susana Marinho, Ana S. Viana, Helena Soares, Rodrigo F. M. de Almeida CQB day 28th June
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/06 Last 10 years: Unraveling the Role Of TBCCD1 Protein On Cell Size Control: The Regulation Of Cytoskeleton Dynamics And Cell Junctions. Carolina Camelo, Catarina Peneda, Étienne Coyaud, Brian Raught, Ana I. Câmara, Bruno Carmona, Francisco Pinto, H. Susana Marinho, Helena Soares. CQB day 28th June
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/05/19 "Cell polarity a road map for cell functions and fate". Seminars of Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/09 The centrosomal TBCCD1 protein regulates the dynamics of a microtubule subpopulation involved in the nucleus-centrosome connection. C. Camelo, C. Peneda, A.I. Câmara, B. Carmona, S. Marinho and H. Soares. CQB day 2015
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/09 Las 10 years: The two Apicomplexa Besnoitia besnoiti and Toxoplasma gondii Differentially Alter Intrinsic Host Cell Polarity by Manipulating Centrosome and Golgi Apparatus. Cardoso, R., Francisco,S., Delgado,I., Nolasco,S., Leitão,A. and Soares, H. Symposium Molecular Cross-talk between Parasitic Protists and their Host Cells.VII European Congress of Protistology,
(Seville, Spain)
2015/09 How Many Cell Polarity Related Genes Are Conserved from Tetrahymena to Metazoa? Workshop Ciliate genome evolution and adaptation.Carmona, B. and Soares, H. Workshop Ciliate genome evolution and adaptation. VII European Congress of Protistology,
(Seville, Spain)
2015/07 Last 10 years: Mob1: at the crossroad between morphogenesis, cytokinesis and cell proliferation control in unicellular organisms. Tavares, A., Delgado, I., Nolasco, S., Carmona, B., Leitão, A. & Soares, H. Conference on Ciliate Molecular Biology, Camerino
(Camerino, Italy)
2015/06 Last 10 years: Overexpression of TBCB protein affects Toxoplasma gondii host cell invasion. Francisco, S., Tavares, A., Delgado, I., Soares, H., Leitão, A. and Nolasco, S. picowplexa: Apicomplexa in Farm Animals,
(Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2015/06 Last 10 years: CCTa, a componente of the tubulina pathway, in Besnoitia besnoiti and Toxoplasma gondii host cell invasion. Cardoso, R., Tavares, A., Nolasco, S., Leitão, A., and Soares, H Apicowplexa: Apicomplexa in Farm Animals
(Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2015/06 Mob1 protein: a critical factor in Toxoplasma gondii replication. Tavares, A., Delgado, I., Francisco, S., Coelho, J., Leitão, A., Soares, H., and Nolasco, S. Apicowplexa: Apicomplexa in Farm Animals
(Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2014/07 Last 10 years: “Toxoplasma gondii replication: the critical role of Mob1 protein“ . Alexandra Tavares, Sofia Nolasco, João Coelho, Samuel Francisco, Alexandre Leitão & Helena Soares International conference on “Investigação, Educação, Cooperação e Desenvolvimento nos Países de Língua Oficial Portuguesa
(Dili)
2013/07 Last ten years: “Mob1: defining cell polarity for proper cell division.” Alexandra Tavares, João Gonçalves, Cláudia Florindo, Álvaro A. Tavares, Helena Soares CQB day Scientific meeting
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/05 Last 10 years: The essential role of Mob1 in eukaryotes: insights from two protozoa models. Tavares, A., Nolasco, S., Tavares, A., Leitão, A., and Soares, H. Ciliates as model systems to study genome evolution, mechanisms of non-Mendelian inheritance and environmental adaptation
(Tallin, Estonia)
2013/04 Last 10 years: Why cilia have Molcular chaperones?. Seixas, C., Tavares, A, Melo, LHV, Gaertig, J and Soares, H. “Ciliates as model systems to study genome evolution, mechanisms of non-Mendelian inheritance and environmental adaptation
(Tallin, Estonia)
2013/03 Last 10 years: Mob1: defining cell polarity for proper cell division. Florindo C, Tavares A, Soares H., Tavares AA Barcelona BioMed Conferences: The microtubule cytoskeleton in development and disease”
(Barcelona, Spain)
2012/10 Last 10 years: Genes involved in cell polarity in Tetrahymena. Soares, H Discussion Meeting of the BMBS COST Action BM1102 Ciliates as model systems to study genome evolution, mechanisms of non-Mendelian inheritance, and their roles in environmental adaptation- COST-Scientific Meeting + MC Meeting
(Paris, France)
2012/07 The role of basal bodies/centrosomes in intracellular organization: two stories. Soares, H. Invited Conference
nvited Conference by the Deputy Director for scientific research Hanna Fabczak of the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology (Warsaw, Poland)
2012/04 "The role of ciliates cell cortex and their elements in morphogenesis and epigenetic events". Soares, H.
Meeting of the BMBS COST Action BM1102 Ciliates as model systems to study genome evolution, mechanisms of non-Mendelian inheritance, and their roles in environmental adaptation- COST (Sevilla, Spain)
2011 Defining Cell Polarity for Proper Cell Division. A. Tavares, J. Gonçalves, C. Florindo, A. A. Tavares, H. Soares VI Encontro Nacional das Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Lisboa 2011.
Escola Superior Tecnologia da Saúde IPL (Losboa, Portugal)
2011 Tbca16, Pseudo-funcional ou um Regulador Chave na Espermatogénese? S. Nolasco, J. Gonçalves, A. Tavares, J. C. Zabala, H. Soares; VI Encontro Nacional das Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde
Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2010/11 Human TBCCD1 is a key protein in the centrosome- nucleus connection. Why do centrosomal organisms have it? Goncalves, A. J. Tavares, , S. G. Carvalhal, J. Zabala and H. Soares Current Trends in Biomedecine workshop: The centrosome: structure, function and dynamics
(Baeza, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 - 2023/05 O papel dos cílios na resposta a níveis elevados de glucose”, Mestrado em Tecnologias Moleculares em Saúde ESTeSL
Co-supervisor of Rita Simões Marques
Master in Molecular Technologies in Health, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Politécnico de Lisboa (Master)
Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/09 - 2023/05 O papel dos cílios na resposta a níveis elevados de glucose
Co-supervisor of Rita Simões Marques
Molecular technologies in health (Master)
Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/09 - 2022/03 Variante de splicing 2 da TBCCD1: um elemento-chave na formação dos cinetocoros?
Co-supervisor of Catarina Lopes Matos
Bioquímica (Bioquímica Médica) (Master)
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2016 - 2020 Funções celulares da proteína centrossomal humana TBCCD1: validação da interação com proteínas previamente identificadas
Supervisor of Joaquim Maria Iglésias Pereira da Mota Veiga
Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Ciliopatias, Doenças Humanas em Expansão: o papel da proteína KIAA0753
Supervisor
Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Estudo da função das proteínas variantes do TBCCD1, uma proteína chave na ligação do centrossoma ao núcleo
Supervisor
Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014 - 2015 TBCCD1, uma proteína chave na ligação centrossoma-núcleo: estudo das proteínas interatuantes
Supervisor
Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 - 2015 The role of MOB proteins in protozoan cell cycle regulation
Supervisor
Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2008 - 2015 BESNOITIA BESNOITI AND TOXOPLASMA GONDII INVASION: THE ROLE OF THE PARASITE´S TUBULIN FOLDING PATHWAY AND MANIPULATION OF HOST CELL ORGANIZATION
Co-supervisor
Veterinary Sciences (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2008 - 2014 Role of the components of the Tubulin folding pathway, in the Invasion of the Host Cell by "Besnoitia Besnoiti"
Co-supervisor
Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2013/02 - 2013/07 Estudo do efeito do stresse oxidativo provocado por bolus addition de H2O2 nos níveis das proteínas centrossomais gama-tubulina e TBCCD1 e nas modificações pós-traducionais da tubulina
Supervisor
Pharmacy (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Study of the human TBCCD1 centrosomal protein under conditions of oxidative stress caused by H2O2 steady state
Supervisor
Biologia Molecular em Saúde (Master)
Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Study of expression patterns of alternative TBCCD1 gene transcripts in human tissues and cancer cell lines
Supervisor
Biologia Molecular em Saúde (Master)
Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz, Portugal
2007 - 2013 In vivo and in vitro effects of electromagnetic fields on microtubules
Co-supervisor
Biomedical engineering (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2010 - 2011 “Estudo da proteína humana centrosomal TBCCD1: determinação de domínios funcionais”
Supervisor
Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2011 “Caracterização da proteína centrossomal TBCCD1 durante o desenvolvimento embrionário do peixe zebra”.
Co-supervisor
Sea Sciences ( Marine Resources - Specialization in Marine Biology and Ecology) (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2006 - 2010 Characterization of the centrosomal protein TBCCD1 in human cell lines and during the development of Danio rerio
Supervisor
Bioquímica (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Estudo da proteína humana centrossomal TBCCD1 em condições de stress oxidativo causadas por H2O2 em estado estacionário
Supervisor
Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2004 - 2008 Study of Cilia Assembly in Tetrahymena and the Role of Cytosolic Chaperonin Cct
Supervisor
Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2001 - 2008 Study of Cilia Assembly in Tetrahymena and the Role of Cytosolic Chaperonin CCT”
Supervisor
Biology (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2006 - 2007 Magnetic micro- and nano-particles as a tool for cell biology
Co-supervisor
Biomedical engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2006/05 - 2006/10 Detection of Magnetically Tagged Structures in Tetrahymena Cilia By Magnetic Force Microscopy
Co-supervisor
Biomedical engineering (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2005 - 2006 Estudo da Função do Cofactor A da Tubulina em Células de Mamífero: Possível Papel na Diferenciação Celular
Co-supervisor
Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2004 - 2005 Estudos das Propriedades Biofisicas dos Microtúbulos: Implicações nas suas funções In Vivo
Co-supervisor
Biochemistry
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2004 - 2005 Estudo da Montagem dos Cílios no Ciliado Tetrahymena
Supervisor
Biochemistry (Degree)
2001 - 2005 Study of the Function and Regulation of the Tubulin Cofactor A in Mammalian Cells
Supervisor
Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2003 - 2004 Estudos sobre infecção por Besnoitia Besnoiti
Co-supervisor
Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2002 - 2004 Estudo da Localização celular e do efeito de condições de stresse na expressão de eRF3 em Células Humanas
Co-supervisor
Biology (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2001 - 2003 “Role of the cytoskeleton on the activation of the trascription factor NF-kB by H2O2”
Supervisor
Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1998 - 2003 The cytosolic chaperonin CCT of the ciliate eukaryote Tetrahymena Pyriformis: studies during cilia recovery
Supervisor
Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2001 - 2002 Transcriptional regulation of mammalian Cofactor D
Supervisor
Chemical engineering (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2000/08 - 2001/07 Introduction to research fellowship project PRAXIS XXI/P/BIA/10 097/98 Estudo dos complexos tubulina em Tetrahymena: uma tentativa de estabelecer relações funcionais com a polimerização e a dinâmica dos microtúbulos
Supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
1999/09 - 2000/08 Introduction to research fellowship project XXI/P/BIA/10 097/98 Estudo dos complexos tubulina em Tetrahymena: uma tentativa de estabelecer relações funcionais com a polimerização e a dinâmica dos microtúbulos
Supervisor
1999/01 - 1999/12 Introduction to research project PRAXIS/2/2.1/BIA/61/94 (BIC/17273/98)
Supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
1999/01 - 1999/12 Introduction to Research fellowship- project PRAXIS/2/2.1/BIA/61/94 (BIC/17170/98) )
Supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
1997 - 1998 “Isolamento e caracterização do gene que codifica para a subunidade CCTE da Chaperonina Citosólica CCT de Tetrahymena pyriformis estudo da sua expressão durante a reciliação e em células tratadas com taxol
Supervisor
Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1994 - 1995 Isolamento e caracterização parcial do complexo citosólico CCT em Tetrahymena pyriformis: estudos durante a regeneração ciliar
Supervisor
Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1992 - 1993 O gene TCP-1 no protozoário ciliado Tetrahymena pyriformis: sequenciação parcial e estudo da sua expressão
Co-supervisor
Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2017/09 - 2017/09 Chair of Session 9: Development and disease na Centrosomes and Spindle Pole Bodies
Conference
EMBO CONFERENCE, EMBL, Heidelberg, Alemanha 24 - 27 Setembro 2017 https://www.embl.de/training/events/2017/CEN17-01/
2011/12/16 - 2015/12/15 Portuguese representative: COST Action BM1102 Ciliates as model systems to study genome evolution, mechanisms of non-Mendelian inheritance, and their roles in environmental adaptation
Other

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019 - Current Portuguese Society of Human Genetics
2010 - Current American Society of Cell Biology
1994 - 2022/12/31 English Biochemistry Society Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020/07/20 - 2020/07/23 2020 Young Investigator Ciliate Molecular Biology Conference-Organizer Remote; https://ciliates2020.wixsite.com/junior
2015/09/05 - 2015/09/10 Organization and Chair: SYMPOSIUM S7A Molecular Cross-talk between Parasitic Protists and their Host Cells, Monday 7th September, 12.00-13.30 h. VII European Congress of Protistology, 5-10th September, Seville, Spain University of Sevilla
2012/10/25 - 2012/10/28 Organization Committee: Apicowplexa 2012: International Meeting on Apicomplexan Parasites in Farm Animals October 25-28, 2012, ESTeSL, Lisbon
2011/10/20 - 2011/10/22 "VI Encontro Nacional das Tecnologias da Saúde” de Lisboa , Parque das Nações em Lisboa, 20-22 Outubro de 2011 Escola Superior Tecnologia da Saúde Lisboa, IPL
2008/04/14 - 2008/04/18 Organizing committe: NanoSpain and NanoIberian Conference, Braga, Portugal
2007/01/11 - 2007/01/13 President of scientific committee; Presidente da Comissão Científica do "V Encontro Nacional das Tecnologias da Saúde” de Lisboa Parque das Nações em Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, IPL
2004/10/16 - 2004/10/18 IV Encontro Nacional das Tecnologias da Saúde” de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa
2004/07/06 - 2004/07/09 EMBO/FEBS Workshop on AFM Applications in Biology Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
2000/11/10 - 2000/11/12 III Encontro Nacional das Tecnologias da Saúde” de Lisboa, FIL Junqueira em Lisboa, Portugal Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa
1999/08/28 - 1999/09/02 14th Meeting of the European Cytoskeleton Forum", Oeiras, Portugal Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017 - Current Molecular Cell Biology Fisioterapia (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2016 - Current Biophysics of Radiation and Radiobiology Imagem Médica e Radioterapia (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2016 - Current Regenerative Cell Biology Ortoprotesia (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2014 - Current Molecular Biology Ciências Biomédicas Laboratoriais (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2017 - 2022 Current methods in molecular cell biology Tecnologias Moleculares em Saúde (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2008 - 2018 Human Genetics Pharmacy (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2008 - 2017 Molecular Cell Biology Ortóptica (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
1999 - 2016 Radiobiology Radioterapia (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
1999 - 2008 Molecular Biology Pharmacy and Clinical Analysis and Public Health and Pathologic anatomy Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
1998 - 2008 Human Biology Radiotherapy, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2000 - 2003 Cytoskeleton GULBENKIAN DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN BIOMEDICINE (Doutoramento) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
1996 - 1997 Microbiology Pharmacy (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
1996 - 1997 Cytology / Histology Radiology (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
1996 - 1997 Applied Biology Cardiopneumology (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization Funding entity
2017/07 - Current COST, European Cooperation in Science and Technology -Monitoring of progress of a COST Action - Rapporteur
Evaluator
2013 - Current Member of the External Evaluation Committee (CAE) of A3Es to evaluate a new cycle of studies- Master of Biochemistry in Health at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto. (A3ES -Portuguese Higher Education Assessment and Accreditation Agency)
Evaluator
2024/03/15 - 2024/04/04 Reviewer of a project for the National Science Center Poland, a government agency supervised by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science, established in 2011 to support fundamental research in Poland. In the OPUS-26 (LAP) competition, panel Cellular and Developmental Biology.
2022/10/01 - 2023/01/15 Peer-Review Assessment of Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellowships -"la Caixa" Foundation
Evaluator
L a Caixa Foundation, Spain
2020/03 - 2020/05 Remote referee assisting the ERC evaluation panels. To assist the European Research Council (ERC) in the peer review evaluation of frontier research proposals.
Evaluator
European Research Council, Belgium European Research Council
2014/05 - 2014/05 Evaluation of 4 projects in the area of Health for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic which manages international cooperation for research and development in the Czech Republic; the Ministry is also the operator of the “Czech-Norwegian Research Program (CZ09) financed by Norwegian grants where the project proposals were submitted.
Evaluator
2014/05 - 2014/05 Evaluation of candidates for the 2014 Applications for Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students of Portuguese and East Timor from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Evaluator
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
2013 - 2013 Evaluation of a Bilateral Scientific Cooperation project of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Evaluator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2012/08 - 2012/08 Evaluation of a project-European Science foundation-ESF Proposal , New Horizons For Diagnosis And Therapy (PICIL)
Evaluator
European Science Foundation, France European Science Foundation
2012 - 2012 Evaluation of several Bilateral Scientific Cooperation projects of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Evaluator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2010 - 2010 Evaluation of several Bilateral Scientific Cooperation projects of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Evaluator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Distinctions

Award

2017 Best Poster at Symposium on Phospholipids in Pharmaceutical Research, September 18–19, Heidelberg, Germany.
2013 Best Scientific Paper- year 2013 at CQB
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Portugal
1994 Best Scientific Poster

Other distinction

2013 Public Recognition Diploma