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Ana Rita de Sousa Pais obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry in 2020, followed by a MSc in Biochemistry, with minor in Biomolecular Methods, in 2022, both at the University of Aveiro. During her master thesis, she focused on characterizing the lipidome of microalga Scenedesmus obliquus by LC-MS, and bioprospecting the lipid extracts using in chemico and in vitro assays. In 2023 for 3 months she received a research grant to do lipidomic analysis of different matrices, at the Mass Spectrometry Center of University of Aveiro. Then, for 4 months, she was hired as specialized technician by the University of Aveiro, within the project Agenda mobilizadora/Verde para a Inovação Empresarial entitled "Pacto da Bioeconomia Azul", financed by PRR and by the European founds NexGenerationEU. Currently, she is working under a research grant within the same project "Pacto da BioEconomia Azul", in the Mass Spectrometry Center of University of Aveiro. She is co-author of 8 SCI papers, participated in the organization of 4 events, at where attended 21 events, presented 2 oral communications and 6 posters (4 as first author, 1 of which received 1 honored mention). Finally, she participated in an international Hackaton, in Munich, for curation of model organisms lipidomes, organized by EpiLipidNET COST Action CA19105.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Rita de Sousa Pais

Citation names

  • Pais, Rita

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1616-D943-1D15
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6342-6875

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
French Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/10 - 2022/11
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Mestrado)
Major in Biomolecular Methods
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Bioprospecting microalga Scenedesmus obliquus as a source of lipids with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2017/09 - 2020/07
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Resíduos da indústria da batata frita como fonte de compostos castanhos de alto peso molecular" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13
2014/09 - 2017/07
Concluded
 Curso Científico-Humanístico de Ciências e Tecnologias (Ensino secundário)
Colégio Liceal de Santa Maria de Lamas, Portugal
 17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/01 - 2024/08/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/07 - Current Member of the COST Action CA191015 – EpiLipidNET- Pan-European Network in Lipidomics and Epilipidomics Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Espectrometria de Massa, Portugal
2021/09 - Current Member of the Associated Laboratory CESAM Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2023/05/01 - 2023/08/31 Specialized Technician Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/02/15 - 2023/04/30 Research Fellow Centro de Espetrometria de Massa, Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Espectrometria de Massa, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/09/01 - 2024/08/31 Pacto da BioEconomia Azul supported by PRR - Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência and the Next GenerationEU European Funds
C644915664-00000026
Research Fellow
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2023/07 - Current COST Action CA191015 – EpiLipidNET- Pan-European Network in Lipidomics and Epilipidomics
CA19105
COST Action CA191015 – EpiLipidNET- Pan-European Network in Lipidomics and Epilipidomics
Ongoing
2023/05/10 - 2023/08/31 Pacto da BioEconomia Azul supported by PRR - Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência and the Next GenerationEU European Funds
C644915664-00000026
Specialized Technician
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Melo, Tânia; Pais, Rita; Batista, Joana; Couto, Daniela; Conde, Tiago A.; Helena Cardoso; Joana Silva; Domingues, Pedro; Domingues, Maria Rosário. Corresponding author: Melo, Tânia. "Algae-derived lipid extracts distinctly module inflammatory response in macrophages". Paper presented in Redox Biology 2023, Viena, 2023.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.03.117
Conference poster
  1. Pais, Rita; Conde, Tiago A.; Gomes, Ana; Urbatzka, Ralph; Pereira, Hugo; Rodrigues, Alexandre; Domingues, Pedro; Domingues, Maria Rosário; Melo, Tânia. "Exploring the lipid extract of Dunaliella salina as a source of fats with bioactive potential for functional food ingredients". Paper presented in International Society of Applied Phycology, 2024.
  2. Melo, Tânia; Pais, Rita; Neves, B. Bruna; Batista, Joana; Lopes, Diana; Conde, Tiago A.; Domingues, Pedro; Domingues, Maria Rosário. Corresponding author: Melo, Tânia. "Diversity of lipids from algae to land plants: lipidomics as a platform to analyse the polar lipid molecular species emerging as functional ingredientes". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Food Bioactives & Health, 2023.
  3. Melo, Tânia; Pais, Rita; Batista, Joana; Couto, Daniela; Conde, Tiago A.; Cardoso, Helena; Silva, Joana; et al. "Algae-derived lipid extracts distinctly module inflammatory response in macrophages". Paper presented in Redox Biology in Translation - Annual meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research Europe, 2023.
  4. Pais, Rita; Joana Batista; Couto, Daniela; Domingues, Maria Rosário; Helena Cardoso; Joana Silva; Bruno Neves; Tânia Melo. "Bioprospecting Scenedesmus obliquus as a source of anti-inflammatory lipids". Paper presented in Biophysics Festival - 2nd Meeting of Young Biophysicists, 2022.
  5. Joana Batista; Pais, Rita; Couto, Daniela; Domingues, Maria Rosário; Helena Cardoso; Joana Silva; Bruno Neves; Tânia Melo. "Phaeodactylum tricornutum as a source of lipid extracts with biological activity". Paper presented in Biophysics Festival - 2nd Meeting of Young Biophysicists, 2022.
  6. Pais, Rita; Joana Batista; Couto, Daniela; Domingues, Maria Rosário; Helena Cardoso; Joana Silva; Bruno Neves; Tânia Melo. "Exploring the bioactive potential of different lipid extracts from Scenedesmus obliquus". Paper presented in XIII Biochemistry Day | The Biochemistry of Mood, 2022.
  7. Joana Batista; Pais, Rita; Couto, Daniela; Domingues, Maria Rosário; Helena Cardoso; Joana Silva; Bruno Neves; Tânia Melo. "Screening of biological activities of distinct lipid extracts from Phaeodactylum tricornutum". Paper presented in XIII Biochemistry Day | The Biochemistry of Mood, 2022.
  8. Pais, Rita; Correia, Marlene. "Cromatografia de exclusão molecular: dimensionamento do volume de amostra recolhida na resolução cromatográfica". Paper presented in XI Biochemistry Day | The challenges and opportunities of Biochemistry, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Conde, Tiago; Lopes, Diana; Pais, Rita; Batista, Joana; Maurício, Tatiana; Rey, Felisa; Melo, Tânia; Domingues, Pedro; Domingues, Rosário. "Discovering oxidized polar lipids in microalgae lipidome using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry approaches". Algal Research 84 (2024): 103764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2024.103764.
    10.1016/j.algal.2024.103764
  2. Rita Pais; Tiago Conde; Bruna B. Neves; Marisa Pinho; Marta Coelho; Hugo Pereira; Alexandre M. C. Rodrigues; et al. "Bioactive Lipids in Dunaliella salina: Implications for Functional Foods and Health". Foods (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13203321.
    10.3390/foods13203321
  3. Neves, Bruna B.; Pinto, Sara; Pais, Rita; Batista, Joana; Domingues, M. Rosário; Melo, Tânia. "Looking into the lipid profile of avocado and byproducts: Using lipidomics to explore value-added compounds". Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 23 3 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.13351.
    10.1111/1541-4337.13351
  4. Tiago Conde; Bruno Neves; Daniela Couto; Tânia Melo; Diana Lopes; Rita Pais; Joana Batista; et al. "Polar Lipids of Marine Microalgae Nannochloropsis oceanica and Chlorococcum amblystomatis Mitigate the LPS-Induced Pro-Inflammatory Response in Macrophages". Marine Drugs (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/md21120629.
    10.3390/md21120629
  5. Maurício, Tatiana; Couto, Daniela; Lopes, Diana; Conde, Tiago A.; Pais, Rita; Joana Batista; Tânia Melo; et al. "Differences and similarities in lipid composition, nutritional value, and bioactive potential of four edible Chlorella vulgaris strains". Foods 12 8 (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12081625.
    Open access • Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Bioprospeção da microalga Scenedesmus obliquus como fonte de lípidos com atividade anti-inflamatória e antioxidante". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/37744.
  2. "Resíduos da indústria da batata frita como fonte de compostos castanhos de alto peso molecular". Degree, Universidade de Aveiro, 2020.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/04/17 Unveiling microalga Scenedesmus obliquus as a source of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory polar lipids 12th Workshop in Marine Lipidomics
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Espectrometria de Massa (Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/06/06 Algae-derived lipid extracts distinctly module inflammatory response in macrophages Redox Biology in Translation - Annual meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research Europe
(Viena, Austria)
2022/03/30 Scenedesmus obliquus, a potential source of lipids with anti-inflammatory properties 10th Workshop in Lipidomics - Marine Lipidomics
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Espectrometria de Massa (Aveiro, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/04/03 - 2024/04/03 12th Workshop in Lipidomics - Food Lipidomics (2024/04/03 - 2024/04/03)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Espectrometria de Massa, Portugal
2024/03/13 - 2024/03/13 4th Meeting Algae Vertical (2024/03/13 - 2024/03/13)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/03 - 2023/04/26 11th Workshop in Lipidomics - Food Lipidomics (2023/04/26 - 2023/04/26)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Espetrometria de Massa, Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/09 - 2022/09 3rd General Action, MC, CG and YRI EpiLipidNET Meeting (2022/09/21 - 2022/09/23)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Espectrometria de Massa, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/06/16 - 2024/06/21 International Society of Applied Phycology (ISAP) 2024
Congress
 International Society of Applied Phycology (ISAP) 2024
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2024/03/13 - 2024/03/13 4th Meeting Algae Vertical
Meeting
 4th Meeting Algae Vertical
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/10/24 - 2023/10/24 Symposium on Food Chemistry
Symposium
 Symposium on Food Chemistry
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Wageningen Research, Netherlands
2023/09/04 - 2023/09/05 EpiLipidNET Hackathon – Curation of Model Organism Lipidomes, organized in Helmholtz Munich
Workshop
 Hackathon – Curation of Model Organism Lipidomes
2023/05/03 - 2023/05/03 11th Workshop in Lipidomics - Marine Lipidomics
Workshop
 11th Workshop in Lipidomics - Marine Lipidomic
Centro de Espetrometria de Massa, Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/04/26 - 2023/04/26 11th Workshop in Lipidomics - Food Lipidomics
Workshop
 11th Workshop in Lipidomics - Food Lipidomics
Centro de Espetrometria de Massa, Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/04/12 - 2023/04/12 11th Workshop in Lipidomics - Lipidomics in Health and Disease 11th Workshop in Lipidomics - Lipidomics in Health and Disease
Centro de Espetrometria de Massa, Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/09/21 - 2022/09/23 3rd General Action, MC, CG and YRI EpiLipidNET Meeting
Meeting
 3rd General Action, MC, CG and YRI EpiLipidNET Meeting
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/06/03 - 2022/06/03 BIOPHYSICS FESTIVAL - 2nd Meeting of Young Biophysicists
Meeting
 BIOPHYSICS FESTIVAL - 2nd Meeting of Young Biophysicists
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/05/04 - 2022/05/04 XIII Biochemistry Day | The Biochemistry of Mood
Conference
 XIII Biochemistry Day | The Biochemistry of Mood
Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/05/02 - 2022/05/02 Concurso de Pósters Científicos
Conference
 XIII Biochemistry Day | The Biochemistry of Mood
Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/04/06 - 2022/04/06 10th Workshop in Lipidomics - Lipidomics In Health & Disease
Workshop
 10th Workshop in Lipidomics - Lipidomics In Health & Disease
Centro de Espetrometria de Massa, Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/03/30 - 2022/03/30 10th Workshop in Lipidomics - Marine Lipidomics
Workshop
 10th Workshop in Lipidomics - Marine Lipidomics
Centro de Espetrometria de Massa, Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/03/23 - 2022/03/23 10th Workshop in Lipidomics - Food Lipidomics
Workshop
 10th Workshop in Lipidomics - Food Lipidomics
Centro de Espetrometria de Massa, Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/05/07 - 2021/05/09 VI Jornadas da Bioquímica | O passaporte para a Inovação
Conference
 VI Jornadas da Bioquímica | O passaporte para a Inovação
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/05 9th Workshop in Lipidomics - Lipidomics In Health & Disease
Workshop
 9th Workshop in Lipidomics - Lipidomics In Health & Disease
Centro de Espetrometria de Massa, Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/04/14 - 2021/04/14 XII Biochemistry Day | The Biochemistry of SARS-CoV-2
Conference
 XII Biochemistry Day | The Biochemistry of SARS-CoV-2
Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/03/24 - 2021/03/24 Webinar Series in Biomedicine: Meet the Professor 2021 com Carlos Azevedo
Seminar
 Webinar Series in Biomedicine: Meet the Professor 2021 com Carlos Azevedo
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2019/05/15 - 2019/05/15 Concurso de Pósters Científicos
Call
 XI Biochemistry Day | The challenges and opportunities of Biochemistry
Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/04/12 - 2019/04/15 XII ENEBIOQ | Bioquímica à Beira Ria
Meeting
 XII ENEBIOQ | Bioquímica à Beira Ria
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/04/13 - 2019/04/13 Visit to ECOMARE - Laboratório para a Inovação e Sustentabilidade dos Recursos Biológicos Marinhos da Universidade de Aveiro
Workshop
 XII ENEBIOQ | Bioquímica à Beira Ria
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2022 Menção Honrosa pelo póster 'Exploring the bioactive potential of different lipid extracts from Scenedesmus obliquus' no Concurso de Pósteres Científicos relativo ao 2º ano de mestrado no âmbito do XII Biochemistry Day | The Biochemistry of Mood
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022 Menção Honrosa pelo póster "Screening of biological activities of distinct lipids extracts from Phaeodactylum tricornutum" no Concurso de Pósteres Científicos relativo ao 2ºano de mestrado no âmbito do XII Biochemistry Day | The Biochemistry of Mood
2017 Bolsa de mérito escolar pelos resultados escolares obtidos no 12º ano de escolaridade
Amorim Revestimentos, S.A., Portugal
2014 Bolsa de mérito escolar pelos resultados escolares obtidos no 9º ano de escolaridade
Amorim Revestimentos, S.A., Portugal