Curriculum Vitae
André Filipe Rodrigues Miranda
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- André Filipe Rodrigues Miranda
- Date of birth
- 1997/12/05
- Gender
- Male
Citation names
- André Miranda
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 1916-0D73-4D2D
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-9787-3446
- Google Scholar ID
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=cStQgTYAAAAJ
- Researcher Id
- https://researchid.co/andre.miranda
- Scopus Author Id
- 57218800447
Email addresses
- andre.miranda@ubi.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- (+351) 962321328 (Personal)
Addresses
- Avenida Infante D. Henrique, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, 6200-506, Covilhã, Covilhã, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://gquadruplex.wixsite.com/ccruz (Professional)
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andre_Miranda8 (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Physical Chemistry
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) |
| Galician | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | |
| French | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2020/09 - 2025
Ongoing
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Biochemistry (Doutoramento)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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2023/07 - 2023/07
Concluded
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Course in Laboratory Animal Science - FELASA Cat. B (Outros)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório, Portugal
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Approved |
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2018/09 - 2020/07
Concluded
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Biotechnology (Mestrado)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"G-Quadruplex Aptamer Beacon for Detection of Prostate Cancer Biomarker (19/20)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 (out of 20) |
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2019/07/08 - 2019/07/11
Concluded
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Formação de Jovens Investigadores CICS-UBI (Outros)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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20 (out of 20) |
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2015/09 - 2018/07
Concluded
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Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Nanotubos de Carbono na Biomedicina: da sua produção à entrega de fármacos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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14 (out of 20) |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | RISE-Health, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| RISE-Health, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal | ||
| 2022/01/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal |
| Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal | ||
| 2025/02/02 - 2025/02/28 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Czech Republic |
| Masarykova Univerzita - Prírodovedecká fakulta, Czech Republic (...) |
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| 2019/06/12 - 2024/12/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal |
| Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal | ||
| 2024/09/16 - 2024/11/15 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | École Polytechnique, France |
| Laboratoire d'Optique et Biosciences, France | ||
| 2024/01/08 - 2024/01/19 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Bordeaux Biologie Santé, France |
| Université de Bordeaux, France | ||
| 2023/09/01 - 2023/09/30 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Universitat de Barcelona - Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Spain |
| Universitat de Barcelona - Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Spain (...) |
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| 2022/03 - 2022/04 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | École Polytechnique, France |
| Laboratoire d'Optique et Biosciences, France (...) |
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| 2021/11 - 2021/11 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, France |
| Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, France | ||
| 2021/02 - 2021/03 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | CiQUS - Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares, Spain |
| Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain | ||
| 2017/07 - 2017/07 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal |
| Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/10 - Current | Tutor (University Teacher) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/12 - 2024/12 | Member of General Council (Elected in representation of Students) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal | ||
| 2021/11 - 2022/11 | Member of Senate (Elected in representation of Students) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/01 - Current | FCT PhD Studentship (ref. 2021.04785.BD; https://sciproj.ptcris.pt/80505DFA) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
| Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal (...) |
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| 2021/07 - 2021/12/31 | Research Fellow - CICS4COVID project (ref. CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-072541) | Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal |
| Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal | ||
| 2020/06 - 2021/05 | Research Fellow - PTNMR project (ref. PINFRA/22161/2016-B4) | Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal |
| Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal |
Projects
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/02 - Current | OralCare: Smart nanoparticle formulation to treat Human Papilloma Virus-induced oral lesions
Prémio de Inovação UBI-CGD 2024
Researcher
RISE-Health, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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Universidade da Beira Interior
Ongoing
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| 2025 - Current | Structural and cellular evaluation G-quadruplexes from B-MYB oncogene promoter region
2024.07170
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, France |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2024/10 - Current | AquaClean – Monitorização e remoção de disruptores endócrinos em águas superficiais
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior FibEnTech Materiais Fibrosos e Tecnologias Ambientais, Portugal
Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, Portugal Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Fundação La Caixa Ongoing
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| 2024 - Current | Structural characterization by X-ray crystallography of non-canonical nucleic acids structures in B-MYB proto-oncogene
PID 29646
Researcher
BIOCEV, Czech Republic
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal |
Instruct-ERIC
Ongoing
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| 2023/07 - 2024/06 | Novel approach to control let-7e miRNA biogenesis: Unveiling the relationship between structure and function of let-7e precursor
miRNA/nucleolin complex
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Química, Portugal Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, France Université de Bordeaux, France Institut de Biologie Structurale, France |
Instruct-ERIC
Concluded
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| 2023/01 - 2024/01 | DEFEND - Gel vaginal para lesões cancerígenas causadas pelo vírus do Papiloma Humano
CENTRO-01-0246-FEDER-000044
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
Health Products Research and Development Lda, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal |
Universidade da Beira Interior
Concluded
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| 2024 - 2024 | Collaborative Project Award PAPILOMA: Preclinical validation of a new gel vaginal prototype
UIDP/00709/2020
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2022/06 - 2023/06 | Vaginal gel for topical application in precancerous lesions caused by the HPV
CENTRO-45-2021-30
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
Health Products Research and Development Lda, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal |
Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro
Concluded
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| 2022/06 - 2023/06 | PAPILOMA
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-181235
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
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Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro
Concluded
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| 2021 - 2022 | COMBINE - CombinatiOn aptaMer-drug Based therapeutics for ocular neovascular dIsease wheN two are bettEr than one
BInov
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Spain Allergan Pharmaceuticals Ireland, Ireland Hospital de Santo André, Portugal |
Secção Regional do Sul e Regiões Autónomas da Ordem dos Farmacêuticos (SRSRA-OF) Ordem dos Farmaceuticos Concluded
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| 2021 - 2022 | CombinatiOn aptaMer-drug Based therapeutics for ocular neovascular dIsease wheN two are bettEr than one (COMBINE)
UIDP/Multi/00709/2020
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Spain Allergan Pharmaceuticals Ireland, Ireland Hospital de Santo André, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2020/11 - 2022 | KRAS G-quadruplexes as an innovative theragnostic strategy for cervical cancer
5079
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, France |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2021/06 - 2021/12 | CICS4COVID (ref. CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-072541)
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-072541
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
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Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro
Concluded
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| 2020/06/05 - 2021/05/31 | Rede Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear - PTNMR
PINFRA/22161/2016
Research Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
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| 2020 - 2021 | SENSE - Deteção de eStruturas de G-quadruplEx no SARS-CoV-2 utilizando soNdas fluorescentes
ref. 6
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
Centro de Competências em Cloud Computing - C4UBI, Portugal |
Centro de Competências em Cloud Computing - C4UBI
Concluded
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| 2020 - 2020 | Track and Trace COVID-19
149_596826219
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Conference paper |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Intellectual property
| Provisional application for patent |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/12/17 | G-quadruplex structures in B-MYB oncogene as a target for cancer therapy and their interaction with small molecules (Author; presented by: André Miranda) | Free Workshop Small Molecules & G4 Interactions
iMed-ULisboa, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2024/07/16 | From B-MYB G-quadruplex to ligands: starting by biophysical screening to cells studies (Author; presented by: André Miranda) | XIX Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
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| 2024/07/16 | EXPLORING miR-155 DETECTION USING MOLECULAR BEACONS ON A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE (Co-author; presented by: David Moreira) | XIX ANNUAL CICS-UBI SYMPOSIUM 2024
Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
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| 2024/04/15 | Exploring the structure and recognition of G-quadruplex in the B-MYB proto-oncogene promoter (Co-author; presented by: Carla Cruz) | SUPRABIO 2024 - lnternational Symposium on SupraBiomolecular Systems
Université Bordeaux (Bordeaux, France)
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| 2024/01/05 | B-MYB G-quadruplex motif as a therapeutic strategy for lung cancer (Author; presented by: André Miranda) | Cancer Research by PhD Students at CICS-UBI
(Covilhã, Portugal)
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| 2023/09/14 | Non-canonical secondary structures in B-MYB proto-oncogene: a biophysical overview (Author; presented by: André Miranda) | Bio3Pharm French-Portuguese Symposium
Université de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, France)
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| 2023/07/11 | Target Probing Of B-Myb G-Quadruplex With Acridine Ligands (Co-author; presented by: Pedro Lourenço) | XVIII International CICS-UBI Symposium, 2023
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS) (Covilhã, Portugal)
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| 2023/07/10 | Identification and Characterization of i-Motif Structures In The Promoter Of The B-MYB Proto-oncogene (Co-author; presented by: André Alves) | XVIII International CICS-UBI Symposium, 2023
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS) (Covilhã, Portugal)
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| 2023/07/04 | B-MYB G-quadruplex motif as a therapeutic strategy for lung cancer (Author; presented by: André Miranda) | My 3-min PhD Thesis
Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
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| 2023/06/02 | Biophysical characterization of the interaction between acridine-derivatives and g-quadruplex structures (Co-author; presented by: Pedro Lourenço) | Biophysics Festival 2023
Portuguese Biophysics Society (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2022/07/20 | G-quadruplex in B-MYB proto-oncogene as a new target for cancer therapy (Author; presented by: André Miranda) | XVII International CICS-UBI Symposium
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS) (Covilhã, Portugal)
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| 2022/06/03 | G-quadruplex forming motifs in the promoter region of the B-MYB proto-oncogene: a target for cancer therapy? (Author; presented by: André Miranda) | Biophysics Festival
Portuguese Biophysics Society (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2022/03/16 | Development of aptadendrimers for prostate cancer therapy (Author; presented by: André Miranda) | 1st CA17140 STSM Virtual Conference
COST Action CA17140 (Nano2Clinic)
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| 2020/10/01 | Microfluidic assay based on G-quadruplex aptamer for nucleolin detection in prostate cancer (Author; presented by: André Miranda) | XV ANNUAL CICS-UBI SYMPOSIUM 2020
Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
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| 2019/10/15 | G-quadruplexes Nanosystems for Cancer Therapy (Co-author; presented by: Carla Cruz) | 1st CA17140 Conference
Cost Action CA17140 (Riga, Latvia)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2025/03 - Current | Interaction studies of small molecules into G-quadruplex aptamers
Supervisor of Alexandre Sousa da Cunha
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Biochemistry (Degree)
RISE-Health, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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| 2025/03 - Current | Screening of molecules for targeting B-MYB G4 oncogenic target
Supervisor of Brígida Maria de Miranda Freitas
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Biochemistry (Degree)
RISE-Health, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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| 2023/06 - Current | Modulation of B-MYB oncogene in Lung Cancer: antiproliferative and biological effects of G4 ligands
Co-supervisor of Beatriz Ribeiro Oliveira
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Biomedical Sciences (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
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| 2022/09 - 2023/12 | Evaluation of a B-MYB i-motif as an innovative therapeutic target for lung cancer
Co-supervisor of André Filipe Amaral Alves
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Biomedical Sciences (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
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| 2022/09 - 2023/09 | Selective Targeting of B-MYB G-quadruplex using fluorescent probes
Co-supervisor of Pedro Afonso Amaro Lourenço
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Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal
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| 2021/03 - 2021/07 | Estruturas de G-quadruplex como alvos na terapia do cancro do pulmão
Co-supervisor of Catarina Alexandra Maia Guimarães
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Biotecnologia (Degree)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/05/09 - 2024/05/10 | Biophysics Festival 2024 - 4th Meeting of Portuguese Young Biophysicists (2024/05/09 - 2034/05/10) (2024/05/09 - 2024/05/10)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Sociedade Portuguesa de Biofísica, Portugal Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica, Portugal |
| 2023/12/07 - 2023/12/09 | MICROBIOTEC'23 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023 (2023 - 2023)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade da Beira Interior - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Portugal |
| 2023/06/01 - 2023/06 | Biophysics Festival 2023 - 3rd Meeting of Portuguese Young Biophysicists (2023/06/01 - 2033/06/02)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Biofísica, Portugal Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
| 2022/06/03 - 2022/06/03 | Biophysics Festival 2022 - 2nd Meeting of Portuguese Young Biophysicists | DOI 10.5281/zenodo.6772805 (2022/06/03 - 2022/06/03)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Biofísica, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
| 2018/04 - 2018/04 | UBI Summer University - Scientific Monitor (2018/04 - 2018/04)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal StartUP Research, Portugal |
| 2017/07 - 2017/07 | UBI Summer University - Scientific Monitor (2017/07 - 2017/07)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal StartUP Research, Portugal |
Ad Hoc journal article review
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/05/13 - Current | Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (1950-6007) | Elsevier |
| 2023/04 - Current | Biochemical Pharmacology (0006-2952) | Elsevier |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/05/07 - Current | European Biophysics Societies Association - Young Biophysicists Group | Founder-Member/ Vice-President |
| 2021/12 - Current | Portuguese Biophysics Society - Young Biophysicists Committe | Member |
| 2021/12 - Current | Portuguese Biophysics Society | Communication Team Member |
| 2021/12 - Current | Portuguese Biochemical Society | Member |
| 2021/02 - Current | Instituto +Liberdade | Founder-member |
| 2023/06 - 2024 | IUPAB – International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics | Communication Team Member |
| 2020/11 - 2022/11 | Doctoral Students Committee of the Health Sciences Research Centre - CAD-CICS | Member |
| 2020/09/01 - 2022/07 | Associação Cultural Desertuna - Tuna Académica da Universidade da Beira Interior | Chairman of the Board of the General Assembly of Members |
| 2019/10/01 - 2020/08/31 | Associação Cultural Desertuna - Tuna Académica da Universidade da Beira Interior | Chairman of the Board |
| 2018/10/01 - 2019/09/30 | Associação Cultural Desertuna - Tuna Académica da Universidade da Beira Interior | Chairman of the Fiscal Council |
| 2018/01 - 2019/01 | AAUBI - Associação Académica da Universidade da Beira Interior | Collaborator of the Recreational Section |
| 2017/12 - 2018/12 | BioMedUBI - Núcleo de Estudantes de Ciências Biomédicas da Universidade da Beira Interior | Events Department Coordinator |
| 2016 - 2017 | StartUP Research IV | Member |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - Current | Project in Biochemistry | Biochemistry (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2024 - Current | Spectroscopic Methods | Industrial Chemistry (Mestrado) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2021 - Current | Structure and Function of Proteins | Biochemistry (Mestrado) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2021 - Current | Structure and Function of Proteins | Biotechnology (Mestrado) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2020 - Current | Analytical Methods I | Biochemistry (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2020 - Current | Analytical Methods I | Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2022 - 2024 | Biochemistry I | Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2022 - 2024 | Biochemistry I | Biochemistry (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2022 - 2024 | Biochemistry I | Biothecnology (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2022 - 2024 | Biochemistry I | Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2023/03/16 - 2023/03/17 | Nucleic acid secondary structures: characterization and applications (a hands-on approach) | (Outros) | Universidade da Madeira, Portugal Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal |
Evaluation committee
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/02 - Current | Evaluator/Member of External Evaluation Committee of A3ES - Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education | A3ES - Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/09 - 2021/09 | International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) Exchange Program | Marina Staneva |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/06/24 - 2024/06/24 | Member of the jury, as an examiner, of the Biochemistry BSc project entitled “Classifying effector-memory human CD8+ T cell according to transcription factors and functional phenotype: associations with health and disease ” of the student Mariana Rafaela Costa Carvalho. | Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2024/06/12 - 2024/06/12 | Member of the jury, as an examiner, of the Biochemistry BSc project entitled “Sintese e avaliação biofísica de compostos de biscianinas na afinidade e estabilização de estruturas G-quadruplex” of the student Soraia Chen. | Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2024/03 - 2024/03 | Member of the jury, as an examiner, of the "Creative Thinking Contest" in Jornadas Nacionais de Ciências Biomédicas. | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2023/06/14 - 2023/06/14 | Member of the jury, as an examiner, of the Biochemistry BSc project entitled “Diminuição da Alergenicidade da Glicina por Tratamento com Compostos Fenólicos” of the student Mariana de Almeida Moreira Franco. | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2021/06/21 - 2021/06/21 | Member of the jury, as an examiner, of the Biochemistry BSc project entitled “Interação entre compostos fenólicos e a beta-lactoglobulina” of the student Mariana da Conceição Álvaro. | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2025 | EBSA Bursary for a Working Visit (CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic)
European Biophysical Societies' Association (EBSA), Germany
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| 2025 | IUPAB General Bursaries for Conferences (9th International Meeting on Quadruplex Nucleic Acids; Minneapolis, MN, USA)
IUPAB - International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics, France
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| 2025 | EBSA Travel Bursary (15th European Biophysical Congress –EBSA 2025 Congress, Rome)
European Biophysical Societies' Association (EBSA), Germany
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| 2025 | G4thering 2025 Student Travel Grant |
| 2024 | SILENCE4 - Winner project of "Promove: o Futuro do Interior 2024" contest
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Fundação "la Caixa", Spain |
| 2024 | Short Term Traineeship Grant Award for PhD Students - CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology
Erasmus Plus, Belgium
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Czech Republic |
| 2023 | 2nd Best Poster Award at INTERACTION WINS 2023 - INnovative ThERApeutiC Targets In nOn-canonical Nucleic acids structures
Winter InterNational School 2023
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy |
| 2023 | Short Term Traineeship Grant Award for PhD Students - Universitat de Barcelona
Erasmus Plus, Belgium
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Farmacia, Spain |
| 2023 | Short Term Traineeship Grant Award for PhD Students - Université de Bordeaux
Université de Bordeaux, France
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Erasmus Plus, Belgium |
| 2022 | SYNERGIC - Winner project of "Promove: o Futuro do Interior" contest
Fundação "la Caixa", Spain
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2021 | Merit Scholarship - Best UBI Biotechnology Master Student 2019/2020
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal |
| 2020 | 2nd Place in PhD thesis competition "3 minutos, 1 slide... A tua Tese!"
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Banco Santander Portugal, Portugal |
| 2020 | Best Poster Award at 1st International Electronic Conference on Biosensors
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
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| 2020 | Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) Grant Award
COST Action CA17140 Nanomedicine - from the bench to the bedside (NANO2CLINIC), Belgium
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| 2019 | POSEIDON - Winner project of Promove Regiões Fronteiriças contest
Fundação "la Caixa", Spain
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Other distinction
| 2023 | RETAIN - Finalist project of H2O & SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION HUB contest
PREMIVALOR, Portugal
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| 2020 | POSEIDON - Finalist project of Ocean's Calling contest
Sociedade Ponto Verde, Portugal
OceanWise Ltd, United Kingdom |
| 2020 | POSEIDON - Finalist project of BISC-E Europe contest
Bio-based Industries Consortium, Belgium
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