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I am a cell biologist (PhD in cell biology) with extensive expertise in microbiology, host-pathogen interaction, and advanced microscopy approaches. I have over 15 years’ experience in scientific project design/management, undergraduate and postgraduate supervision and writing/communication of scientific information to both expert and non-expert audiences. To attest to this, I am lead author in several high profile publications with over 3000 citations. I have supervised MSc and PhD students and postdoctoral scientists. I teach both at the national (e.g. co-coordinator of the Host Responses to Microbial Infection module of the MolBios PhD program) and international level (e.g. EMBL Advanced fluorescence imaging techniques). I have been actively involved in several outreach (e.g. In2Science, ITQB NOVA - open day) and citizen science initiatives (e.g. initiated the project MicroMundo@Oeiras). I have served in several decision boards in Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA), University College London (UCL) and the Francis Crick Institute (FCI) where I have worked with academic, industrial and political partners to define scientific and institutional vision and impact strategies (e.g. Mostmicro directive board). From 2021-2024 I was an invited member of the Young Scientists Seminar from the Lisbon Academy of Sciences. I have contributed to the development of my research institution and peers through leadership roles in research facilities, such as the Bacterial Imaging Cluster, and personal development initiatives, such as the ITQB NOVA and NMS mentorship program. I am actively involved in peer-review of manuscripts for several journals and I am a member of several evaluation panels for grants and fellowships at several levels (e.g. La Caixa Foundation, FWO or the European Research Executive Agency). Experiences that have provided me with a comprehensive view about research and the scientific endeavour. From a research point of view I have made significant contributions in the fields of Staphylococcus aureus cell biology (e.g. discovering a link between peptidoglycan and wall teichoic acids biosynthesis), host-pathogen interaction (e.g. importance of autolysins for immune evasion, or the role of septins in the recognition of intracellular pathogens), hardware, software and probe based technological innovations for microscopy (e.g. NanoJ-Fluidics, NanoJ-SRRF and Super-Beacons, respectively). I was awarded a “La Caixa” Junior Leader Fellowship, a FCT project grant and a ”Maratona da Saúde” award to develop my independent research project in Portugal. Since October 1st 2021 I have my own research group at ITQB NOVA, Intracellular Microbial Infection Biology (IMIB) laboratory . At the Intracellular Microbial Infection Biology (IMIB) laboratory we are interested in understanding the dynamics of the interaction between mammalian host cells and facultative intracellular bacterial pathogens using a combination of advanced microscopy approaches, organ-on-chip 3D cell system and classical cell biology and biochemistry approaches.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Matos Pereira

Citation names

  • Pereira, PM

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2112-9437-36FA
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1426-9540
Google Scholar ID
dQvQ0AAAAJ
Researcher Id
I-9375-2014
Scopus Author Id
22235487300

Email addresses

  • pmatos@itqb.unl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica Av. da República-EAN, 2700-157, Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/04/01 - 2020/09/29
Concluded
 Postdoctoral researcher in cell biology (Pós-doutoramento)
Major in Cell Biology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2014/01/06 - 2018/12/01
Concluded
 Postdoctoral researcher in biophysics (Pós-doutoramento)
Major in Biophysics
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom

University College London, United Kingdom

Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom
-
2015/01/01 - 2017/12/31
Concluded
 Leadership courses (Outros)
Major in Social sciences: behavioural and education sciences
University College London Faculty of Life Sciences, United Kingdom
2006/03/01 - 2013/10/22
Concluded
 PhD in Cell Biology (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbiology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
"Peptidoglycan assembly machines: The Staphylococcus aureus Penicillin-Binding Proteins" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aproved unanimously
2009/01/01 - 2009/06/30
Concluded
 ITQB-NOVA PhD program (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Major in Life sciences, Social sciences, Economic and business sciences
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2006/09/30 - 2007/12/31
Concluded
 Masters in Biotechnology (Mestrado)
Major in Microbiology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
"Fluorescence ratio imaging microscopy shows decreased access of vancomycin to cell wall synthetic sites in vancomycin-resistant S. aureus" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2000/09/15 - 2006/08/01
Concluded
 Applied Chemistry, branch Biotechnology (Licenciatura)
Major in Microbiology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/10/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
(...)
2020/09/30 - 2021/09/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
(...)
2019/04/01 - 2020/09/29 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2017/02/01 - 2018/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom
Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom
(...)
2014/01/06 - 2018/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom
2013/10/20 - 2014/01/05 Postdoc (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2006/01/01 - 2013/10/19 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2011/10/01 - 2011/12/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universität des Saarlandes - Campus Homburg, Germany
Universität des Saarlandes - Campus Homburg, Germany
(...)

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/02/01 - 2023/01/31 Invited member of Young Researchers Seminary Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal
(...)

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/06/01 - Current Invited teacher European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023 - Current (Participating Researcher) ChaoTROPIC Antimicrobial Hybrids for Bacterial Penetration
IES/R2/222107
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Obra Social La Caixa, Spain

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Obra Social La Caixa
Ongoing
2022/11/01 - Current (CO-PI) The Royal Society International Exchanges: DNA based super-resolution microscopy for bacterial cell surface nanoscale mapping
RoyalSocietyIE
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/07/01 - Current (PI) Maratona da Saúde award: Host cell intracelullar recognition mechanisms of the superbug S. aureus
MaratonaSaude2022
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2022 - Current (Participating Researcher) Amplifying Research Infrastructures impact with a global perspective: a Regional Hubs model
EULAC/0001/2022
Researcher
Ongoing
2021/03/01 - Current (PI) Investigating the mechanisms underpinning the interaction between autonomous immunity and intracellular S. aureus cell division and persistence
PTDC/BIA-MIC/2422/2020
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/03/01 - Current (Participating Researcher) Regulation of peptidoglycan hydrolases in the bacterial pathogen Staphylococcus aureus
PTDC/BIA-MIC/6982/2020
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/04/01 - Current (Participating Researcher) Exploring the bacterial cell cycle to re-sensitize antibiotic-resistant bacteria
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/771709/EU
ERC-2017-CoG-771709
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2025/01/01 - 2028/12/31 (Participating Researcher) Peptide-based systems as artificial compartments to diagnose non Alzheimer Tauopathies diseases
LaCaixa
Researcher
2020/10/01 - 2022/09/30 (PI) La Caixa Junior Leader Fellowship: The Super-Bug within: S. aureus as an intracellular pathogen
NA
Principal investigator
Obra Social La Caixa, Spain

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Obra Social La Caixa
Concluded
2015/04/01 - 2018/12/31 (Senior Postdoctoral Fellow) Super-Beacons and Beacon-STORM: a new generation of small tunable photoswitching probes and Super-Resolution approaches.
BB/M022374/1
Research Fellow
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom
 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Concluded
2014/01/01 - 2016/12/31 (Senior Postdoctoral Fellow) A novel approach to study, identify and target viral factors through the hybridization of nanobody libraries with next generation super-resolution imaging
FKJB
Researcher
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom
 Medical Research Council

University College London School of Life and Medical Sciences
Concluded
2013/04 - 2016/03 (Participating Researcher) The intriguing function of cytoskeleton-associated proteins in Gram-positive bacteria
125037
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Universidade de Coimbra
2014/07/01 - 2015/09/01 (Participating Researcher) Go-Tags: Zinc finger array protein tags for precision labelling with oligonucleotides
Go-Tags
Researcher
Royal Free Hospital, United Kingdom

MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom
Medical Research Council
Concluded
2012/03/01 - 2013/12/31 (Postdoctoral Researcher) Finding New Mechanisms for Protein Localization in Bacteria
310987
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 European Research Council
Concluded
2010 - 2013 (Participating Researcher) Single cell studies of the action of antibiotics
PTDC/BIA-BCM/099152/2008
 Universidade de Coimbra
2008/01 - 2011/02 (Participating Researcher) Integrated view of the early steps in bacterial cell wall synthesis
67845
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Universidade de Coimbra
2005 - 2008 (Participating Researcher) Organization of the staphylococcal cell wall synthetic machinery
POCI/BIABCM/ 56493/2004
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Universidade de Coimbra

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Life Sciences for a Healthy and Sustainable Future
LA/P/0087/2020
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Microbiologia Molecular Estrutural e Celular, Portugal

Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

BioResources 4 Sustainability, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

iNOVA4Health, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/04/01 - 2020/09/30 (Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, DL 57-021/DL/2018 ) The mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus intracellular infection
DL 57-021/DL/2018
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/01/06 - 2018/12/31 (Senior Postdoctoral Fellow) Exploring the host-pathogen spatial and temporal interplay through novel experimental imaging approaches that bypass the diffraction limit.
547341
Post-doc Fellow
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom

University College London, United Kingdom

Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom
University College London

Medical Research Council

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Concluded
2006/03/01 - 2013/10/22 (PhD Researcher, SFRH/BD/28443/2006) Peptidoglycan assembly machines: The Staphylococcus aureus Penicillin-Binding Proteins
SFRH/BD/28443/2006
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Strategic Project - LA 4 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/EQB/LA0004/2011
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/10/01 - 2012/01/01 (PhD student, EMBO short term fellowship, ASTF 427-2011) Reduction of the peptidoglycan cross-linking causes a decrease in stiffness of the S. aureus cell envelope
ASTF 427-2011
Researcher
European Molecular Biology Organization, Germany

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

Universität des Saarlandes - Campus Homburg, Germany
European Molecular Biology Organization
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2011/03/31 ActivPOL - Development of oxazoline and aziridine-based antimicrobial polymers using supercritical carbon dioxide technology
PTDC/QUI/73939/2006
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal

Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal

Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022/04/28 - 2022/05/31 (PI) Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) effect on Streptococcus pneumoniae cell biology
8458
Supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

University College London, United Kingdom
European Molecular Biology Organization
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Portela, R.; Borovnik, Klementina; Constança M.P. Costa; Pereira, PM; Grilo, Inês R.. Corresponding author: Pereira, PM. "High priority pathogens. Where do we stand?". In Nanotherapeutics for Infectious Diseases. United Kingdom: Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2025.
    Published
  2. Pereira, PM. "Chapter 3: An introduction to live-cell super-resolution imaging". In Imaging from Cells to Animals In Vivo, 35. CRC Press, 2020.
    Published
  3. (First Author); Pereira, Pedro Matos; Jacobs, Caron; Grove, Joe. "Investigating Hepatitis C Virus Infection Using Super-Resolution Microscopy". In Methods in Molecular Biology, 247-261. Springer New York, 2018.
    Published • 10.1007/978-1-4939-8976-8_17
  4. (First Author); Pereira, Pedro M.; Almada, Pedro; Henriques, Ricardo. "High-content 3D multicolor super-resolution localization microscopy". In Biophysical Methods in Cell Biology, 95-117. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier, 2015.
    10.1016/bs.mcb.2014.10.004
Journal article
  1. Bruno M. Saraiva; Inês Cunha; António D. Brito; Gautier Follain; Raquel Portela; Robert Haase; Pedro M. Pereira; Guillaume Jacquemet; Ricardo Henriques. "Efficiently accelerated bioimage analysis with NanoPyx, a Liquid Engine-powered Python framework". Nature Methods (2025): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-024-02562-6.
    10.1038/s41592-024-02562-6
  2. David Q. P. Reis; Sara Pereira; Ana P. Ramos; Pedro M. Pereira; Leonor Morgado; Joana Calvário; Adriano O. Henriques; Mónica Serrano; Ana S. Pina. "Catalytic peptide-based coacervates for enhanced function through structural organization and substrate specificity". Nature Communications (2024): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53699-z.
    10.1038/s41467-024-53699-z
  3. Helena Veiga; Ambre Jousselin; Simon Schäper; Bruno M Saraiva; Leonor B Marques; Patricia Reed; Joana Wilton; et al. "Cell division protein FtsK coordinates bacterial chromosome segregation and daughter cell separation in Staphylococcus aureus". The EMBO Journal (2023): https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2022112140.
    10.15252/embj.2022112140
  4. Liliana J. Gomes; João P. Carrilho; Pedro M. Pereira; Artur J. Moro. "A Near InfraRed Emissive Chemosensor for Zn2+ and Phosphate Derivatives Based on a Di-(2-picolyl)amine-styrylflavylium Push-Pull Fluorophore". Sensors (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/s23010471.
    10.3390/s23010471
  5. John R. Schultz; Stephen K. Costa; Gorakhnath R. Jachak; Pooja Hegde; Matthew Zimmerman; Yan Pan; Michaele Josten; et al. "Identification of 5-(Aryl/Heteroaryl)amino-4-quinolones as Potent Membrane-Disrupting Agents to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Positive Bacteria". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 65 20 (2022): 13910-13934. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01151.
    10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01151
  6. Christoph Spahn; Estibaliz Gómez-de-Mariscal; Romain F. Laine; Pedro M. Pereira; Lucas von Chamier; Mia Conduit; Mariana G. Pinho; et al. "DeepBacs for multi-task bacterial image analysis using open-source deep learning approaches". Communications Biology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03634-z.
    10.1038/s42003-022-03634-z
  7. David Tomaz; Pereira, PM; Nadia Guerra; Julian Dyson; Keith Gould; Ricardo Henriques. "Nanoscale colocalization of NK cell activating and inhibitory receptors controls signal integration". Frontiers in Immunology (2022): Manuscript ID: 868496.
    In press • 10.1101/266429
  8. Yue Yuan; Caron A. Jacobs; Isabel Llorente Garcia; Pedro M. Pereira; Scott P. Lawrence; Romain F. Laine; Mark Marsh; Ricardo Henriques. "Single-Molecule Super-Resolution Imaging of T-Cell Plasma Membrane CD4 Redistribution upon HIV-1 Binding". Viruses 13 1 (2021): 142-142. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13010142.
    10.3390/v13010142
  9. (First Author); Pereira, Pedro M.; Gustafsson, Nils; Marsh, Mark; Mhlanga, Musa M.; Henriques, Ricardo. "Super-Beacons: Open-Source Probes With Spontaneous Tuneable Blinking Compatible With Live-Cell Super-Resolution Microscopy". Traffic (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tra.12728.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/tra.12728
  10. Kalina L. Tosheva; Yue Yuan; Pedro Matos Pereira; Siân Culley; Ricardo Henriques. "Between life and death: strategies to reduce phototoxicity in super-resolution microscopy". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2020): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ab6b95.
    Open access • 10.1088/1361-6463/ab6b95
  11. Christopher Bricogne; Michael Fine; Pedro M. Pereira; Julia Sung; Maha Tijani; Youxue Wang; Ricardo Henriques; Mary K. Collins; Donald W. Hilgemann. "Author Correction: TMEM16F activation by Ca2+ triggers plasma membrane expansion and directs PD-1 trafficking". Scientific Reports (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43808-0.
    Open access • 10.1038/s41598-019-43808-0
  12. Christopher Bricogne; Michael Fine; Pedro M. Pereira; Julia Sung; Maha Tijani; Youxue Wang; Ricardo Henriques; Mary K. Collins; Donald W. Hilgemann. "TMEM16F activation by Ca2+ triggers plasma membrane expansion and directs PD-1 trafficking". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37056-x.
    Open access • 10.1038/s41598-018-37056-x
  13. (First Author); Pedro Almada; Pedro M. Pereira; Sian Culley; Ghislaine Caillol; Fanny Boroni-Rueda; Christina L. Dix; et al. "Automating multimodal microscopy with NanoJ-Fluidics". Nature Communications (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09231-9.
    Open access • 10.1038/s41467-019-09231-9
  14. Thevathasan, Jervis Vermal; Kahnwald, Maurice; Cieslinski, Konstanty; Hoess, Philipp; Peneti, Sudheer Kumar; Reitberger, Manuel; Heid, Daniel; et al. "Nuclear pores as versatile reference standards for quantitative superresolution microscopy". Nature Methods 16 10 (2019): 1045-1053. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41592-019-0574-9.
    10.1038/s41592-019-0574-9
  15. (First and Corresponding Author); Pereira, Pedro M.; Albrecht, David; Culley, Siân; Jacobs, Caron; Marsh, Mark; Mercer, Jason; Henriques, Ricardo. "Fix Your Membrane Receptor Imaging: Actin Cytoskeleton and CD4 Membrane Organization Disruption by Chemical Fixation". Frontiers in Immunology 10 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2019.00675.
    Open access • 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00675
  16. (Corresponding Author); Laine, Romain F; Tosheva, Kalina L; Gustafsson, Nils; Gray, Robert D M; Almada, Pedro; Albrecht, David; et al. "NanoJ: a high-performance open-source super-resolution microscopy toolbox". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 52 16 (2019): 163001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ab0261.
    Open access • 10.1088/1361-6463/ab0261
  17. Krokowski, Sina; Lobato-Márquez, Damián; Chastanet, Arnaud; Pereira, Pedro Matos; Angelis, Dimitrios; Galea, Dieter; Larrouy-Maumus, Gerald; et al. "Septins Recognize and Entrap Dividing Bacterial Cells for Delivery to Lysosomes". Cell Host & Microbe 24 6 (2018): 866-874.e4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2018.11.005.
    Open access • 10.1016/j.chom.2018.11.005
  18. Culley, Siân; Tosheva, Kalina L.; Matos Pereira, Pedro; Henriques, Ricardo. "SRRF: Universal live-cell super-resolution microscopy". The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 101 (2018): 74-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2018.05.014.
    Open access • 10.1016/j.biocel.2018.05.014
  19. Culley, Siân; Albrecht, David; Jacobs, Caron; Pereira, Pedro Matos; Leterrier, Christophe; Mercer, Jason; Henriques, Ricardo. "Quantitative mapping and minimization of super-resolution optical imaging artifacts". Nature Methods 15 4 (2018): 263-266. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.4605.
    Open access • 10.1038/nmeth.4605
  20. (Senior Author); Nils Gustafsson; Siân Culley; George Ashdown; Dylan M. Owen; Pedro Matos Pereira; Ricardo Henriques. "Fast live-cell conventional fluorophore nanoscopy with ImageJ through super-resolution radial fluctuations". Nature Communications 7 1 (2016): https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12471.
    Open access • 10.1038/ncomms12471
  21. Clough B; Wright JD; Pereira PM; Hirst EM; Johnston AC; Henriques R; Frickel EM. "K63-Linked Ubiquitination Targets Toxoplasma gondii for Endo-lysosomal Destruction in IFNgama-Stimulated Human Cells.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27875583.
    Open access • 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006027
  22. Gray RD; Beerli C; Pereira PM; Scherer KM; Samolej J; Bleck CK; Mercer J; Henriques R. "VirusMapper: open-source nanoscale mapping of viral architecture through super-resolution microscopy.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27374400.
    Open access • 10.1038/srep29132
  23. Reed P; Atilano ML; Alves R; Hoiczyk E; Sher X; Reichmann NT; Pereira PM; et al. "Staphylococcus aureus Survives with a Minimal Peptidoglycan Synthesis Machine but Sacrifices Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25951442.
    Open access • 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004891
  24. Monteiro JM; Fernandes PB; Vaz F; Pereira AR; Tavares AC; Ferreira MT; Pereira PM; et al. "Cell shape dynamics during the staphylococcal cell cycle.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26278781.
    Open access • 10.1038/ncomms9055
  25. (First Author); Loskill, Peter; Pereira, Pedro M.; Jung, Philipp; Bischoff, Markus; Herrmann, Mathias; Pinho, Mariana G.; Jacobs, Karin. "Reduction of the Peptidoglycan Crosslinking Causes a Decrease in Stiffness of the Staphylococcus aureus Cell Envelope". Biophysical Journal 107 5 (2014): 1082-1089. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2014.07.029.
    Open access • 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.07.029
  26. (First Author); Atilano ML; Pereira PM; Vaz F; Catalão MJ; Reed P; Grilo IR; et al. "Bacterial autolysins trim cell surface peptidoglycan to prevent detection by the Drosophila innate immune system". eLife 3 (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.02277.
    Open access • 10.7554/elife.02277
  27. Farha, M.A.; Leung, A.; Sewell, E.W.; D'Elia, M.A.; Allison, S.E.; Ejim, L.; Pereira, P.M.; et al. "Inhibition of WTA synthesis blocks the cooperative action of pbps and sensitizes MRSA to ß-lactams". ACS Chemical Biology 8 1 (2013): 226-233. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872572985&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • 10.1021/cb300413m
  28. Mann, P.A.; Müller, A.; Xiao, L.; Pereira, P.M.; Yang, C.; Ho Lee, S.; Wang, H.; et al. "Murgocil is a highly bioactive staphylococcal-specific inhibitor of the peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase enzyme MurG". ACS Chemical Biology 8 11 (2013): 2442-2451. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887933280&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/cb400487f
  29. Tan, C. M.; Therien, A. G.; Lu, J.; Lee, S. H.; Caron, A.; Gill, C. J.; Lebeau-Jacob, C.; et al. "Restoring Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Susceptibility to  ß-Lactam Antibiotics". Science Translational Medicine 4 126 (2012): 126ra35-126ra35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.3003592.
    10.1126/scitranslmed.3003592
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Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/01/31 DIY Super-Resolution: Expanding biology above diffraction Advanced Imaging CNC
CNC, Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/06/14 Intracellular Host-Pathogen Interaction: new questions about the oldest game of hide and seek Lisbon Academy of Sciences seminar
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/03/26 Intracellular Host-Pathogen Interaction: new questions about the oldest game of hide and seek 022/TRI-IAux/2020 -MOSTMICRO search committee (group leader interview)
ITQB NOVA (Oeiras, Portugal)
2020/02/11 Introduction to Image Collection and Image Analysis (invited) A Practical Approach to CLEM (COMULIS training school)
Instituto Gulbenkian e Ciencia (Oeiras, Portugal)
2019/12/12 Super-Resolution made easy: SRRF and SQUIRREL (invited) COLife seminar series
Instituto de Medicina Molecular (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/11/08 Automating multimodal microscopy with NanoJ-Fluidics (selected) Spanish & Portuguese Advanced Optical Microscopy (SPAOM) 2019
Spanish & Portuguese Advanced Optical Microscopy (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/09/04 Super-Resolution made easy (invited) IMM Super-Resolution Workshop
Instituto de Medicina Molecular (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/01/18 Super-Beacons and NanoJ-Fluidics: New solutions for live-cell super-resolution microscopy (invited) Sample preparation developments in expansion microscopy and DNA-PAINT course
Aix-Marseille Université Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord (Marseille, France)
2018/07/26 Automating multimodal microscopy with NanoJ-Fluidics (invited) Cell and Developmental Biology seminar series
University College London, Cell and developmental biology department (London, United Kingdom)
2018/05/24 Super-Beacons and NanoJ-Fluidics: New solutions for live-cell super-resolution microscopy (invited) MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology seminar series
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology
2017/10/25 Good practices in super-resolution: Sample preparation (Invited) Basel University Annual Microscopy Course
Basel University (Basel, Switzerland)
2017/06/04 Super-Beacons: A new generation of tunable photoswitching probes for super-resolution microscopy (invited) MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology seminar series
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology (London, United Kingdom)
2017/05/24 Super-Beacons: A new generation of tunable photoswitching probes for live-cell super-resolution microscopy (selected) 17th International European Light Microscopy Initiative Meeting
International European Light Microscopy Initiative (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
2015/09/12 Super-Resonators: Uber-Super-Resolution (invited) MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology seminar series
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology (London, United Kingdom)
2013/10/22 Peptidoglycan assembly machines: The Staphylococcus aureus Penicillin-Binding Proteins (PhD Thesis) Cell Wall mini Symposium
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Insituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica (Oeiras, Portugal)
2011/10/24 Organization of the Staphylococcus aureus cell wall division machinery (invited) Second PhD Student Meeting of ITQB NOVA
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Insituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica (Oeiras, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/01/01 - Current Investigating the interplay between autonomous immunity and intracellular S. aureus.
Supervisor
 Cell Biology (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2022/03/01 - Current (Scientific Research Training course) Research fellow in the project Investigating the mechanisms underpinning the interaction between autonomous immunity and intracellular Staphylococcus aureus cell division and persistence
Supervisor of Constança Costa
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2022/02/20 - Current (Scientific Research Training course) Research fellow in the project Investigating the mechanisms underpinning the interaction between autonomous immunity and intracellular Staphylococcus aureus cell division and persistence
Supervisor of Klementina Borovnik
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2020/01/27 - 2020/01/31 Master Rotation students Sofia Soares Costa (student nº 56786, emai: ss.costa@campus.fct.unl.pt) Georgy Nakhratyan (student nº 57177, email: g.nakhratyan@campus.fct.unl.pt)
Supervisor
 Masters Biochemistry for Health (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/10/28 - 2019/11/01 PhD Rotation students Andre Seixas (email: andre.seixas@itqb.unl.pt), Barbara Fernandes (email: bfernandes@itqb.unl.pt), Melanie Matos (email: melanie.matos@ibet.pt).
Co-supervisor of Andre Seixas, Barbara Fernandes and Melanie Matos
 Cell Biology (Other)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
2014/08/01 - 2018/08/01 "The nanoscale organisation of HIV cell surface receptors CD4 and CCR5" (Now postdoc at University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa)
Co-supervisor
 Cell Biology (PhD)
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom
2014/01/01 - 2017/12/31 "Developing highly multiplexed technology for highthroughput Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy" (Now scientific consultant for Msquared, Edinburgh, UK)
Co-supervisor
 Cell biology (PhD)
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom
2014/01/01 - 2017/01/01 Enabling live-cell super-resolution microscopy by computational analysis and Fluorescent probe design. (Now postdoc at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Munich, Germany)
Co-supervisor
 Biophysics (PhD)
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2015/06/01 - Current Yearly one week advanced microscopy course where I am responsible for creating instructional material and instructing 15-20 non-expert European researchers in Super-Resolution microscopy and sample preparation techniques (Single Molecule Localization Microscopy, Expansion Microscopy and DNA-PAINT). (2015/06/01)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2023/08/01 - 2024/12/31 Organising committee of the SMLMS24 (https://2024.smlms.org/) (2024/08/28 - 2024/08/30)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Organiser of the Single Molecule Localisation Microscopy Symposium 2024. Congregating leading scientists and researchers in the field of single-molecule localisation microscopy and advanced super-resolution imaging technologies. (2024/08/27 - 2024/08/30)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Organising committee ”Science, Humanities and Society”conference from the Academy of Sciences (2023/12/04 - 2023/12/05)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Academia de Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2023/12/05 Organisation of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences Young researchers Seminar conference "Science, Humanities and Society" (https://www.acad-ciencias.pt/events/ciencia-humanidades-e-sociedade/) (2023/12/04 - 2023/12/05)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/12/01 - 2022/07/31 "How to dialogue with those who refuse to listen: beyond polarization and disinformation" is a cycle that aims to promote discussion on topics such as trust in science, political polarization and disinformation in order to understand how these are connected, and promote strategies to foster a constructive dialogue. Monthly periodicity via Zoom and broadcasted live on the Young Scientists Seminar YouTube channel at https://tinyurl.com/SJC-ACL (2021/12/01 - 2022/07/31)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal

Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2022/02/28 Advanced Imaging Course (CNC) (2022/01/31 - 2022/02/04)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/12/01 - 2021/12/31 Early Career Researcher training programme https://www.itqb.unl.pt/education/postdocs/itqb-post-doctoral-association/pdaprogramme/postdoctoral-association-2021-programme (2021/01/01 - 2021/12/31)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2021/01/01 - 2021/10/31 The Early Career Research Award (ECRA) is an annual research award to distinguish and finance innovative and highly collaborative R&D proposals featuring frontier research between two distinct but complementary research areas. The ECRA fosters disruptive innovation and nurtures early career researchers creativity by promoting and financing productive scientific collaboration and active engagement of early career researchers. https://www.itqb.unl.pt/education/postdocs/itqb-post-doctoral-association/ecra (2021/04/30 - 2021/07/31)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/12/09 - 2019/12/09 School visit to ITQB-NOVA from Escola Braamcamp Freire. Students from a Science club visited ITQB-NOVA for a day to take part of Microbiology centred experiments, interview researchers and see the work conditions at ITQB-NOVA. (2019/12/09 - 2019/12/09)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/01/14 - 2019/01/18 Main instructor at the one week practical course about sample preparation developments in expansion microscopy and DNA-PAINT at the CNRS-Aix Marseille University (2019/01/14 - 2019/01/18)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Aix-Marseille Université Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord, France

MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom
2014/01/01 - 2018/12/31 (since 2014) Bi-monthly London Super-Resolution Group Meetings, London, UK (2017) 7th Single Molecule Localization Microscopy Symposium, London, UK (2015) UCL Super-Resolution Symposium, London, UK (2011) Organizer of the 2nd "Great Wall Symposium”, Lisbon, Portugal. (2014/01/01)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/04/01 - Current ITQB NOVA public engagement programme https://www.itqb.unl.pt/about-us/organization/communication-office/science-outreach
Other
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2020/01/10 - 2020/01/10 Introduction to Data Management Plans is an introductory one-day workshop aiming at disseminating Data Management best practices and teaching the basics of making and using Data Management Plans (DMPs) in the context of research activities. The workshop features two introductory lectures on Data Management and DMPs, followed by a hands-on DMP exercise where participants will form groups to fill in a DMP for a mock research project on our custom canvas. The produced DMPs will then be presented, discussed and evaluated.
Workshop
 Introduction to Data Management Plans
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/12/19 - 2019/12/19 Volunteer for the Job Shadowing Day (19 December). Participating students were my "shadow" during the day, getting to know more about the job, career and routine of a researcher. This activity is part of the Oeiras Educa Programme, run by the municipality of Oeiras, in which ITQB NOVA is a partner.
Other
 Oeiras Educa Programme
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/11/24 - 2019/11/24 School visit in the context of 2019 the Science and Technology Week (24-30 November). Visit to Escola Básica 1ºCiclo Massamá1 to give a lecture and perform microbiology centred experiments with ~50 students.
Exhibition
 Science and Technology Week
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2019/10/03 H2020 Proposal Writing Course dedicated to exploring the impact and budget of project grant proposals (Europa Media Trainings)
Workshop
 H O R I Z O N 2 0 2 0 PROPOSAL WRITING – FOCUS: IMPACT
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2025/01/22 PhD Thesis Examinations: Catarina Isabel Brandão Candeias - PhD in Biology, Raquel Sá-Leão lab, ITQB NOVA, PT [2025];
(Thesis) Arguer
 Catarina Isabel Brandão Candeias (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2024/11/05 Maria Silva Filipe Pequito Luís - PhD in Biology, Jaime Mota lab, FCT NOVA, PT [2024];
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maria Silva Filipe Pequito Luís (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/05/05 Gemma Goodfellow -”Computational Microscopy: Combining TIRF-SIM with Machine Learning and deep learning with 4D imaging of virus infections using light sheet microscopy” Clemens Kaminski lab, Cambridge University, UK, 2023
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Gemma Goodfellow (Master)
University of Cambridge Department of Biochemistry, United Kingdom
2023/03/02 Daria Aristova - PhD in Molecular Biosciences, Ricardo Henriques lab, IGC, PT [2023];
(Thesis) Arguer
 Daria Aristova (PhD)
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal
2022/01/17 Mechanisms shaping intra-species interactions in streptococcus pneumoniae
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Baia (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/12/13 The mechanism of the Legionella VipA protein in altering actin dynamics during infection
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Teresa Carrilho Carvalho (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2019/11/13 The mechanism of the Legionella VipA protein in altering actin dynamics during infection
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Carvalho (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2018/11/08 Activity of the major autolysin of Staphylococcus aureus Atl in the presence of extracellular DNA
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina Alexandra Catanas Madeira (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2024/01/01 - Current Member of the directive board of Mostmicro (https://www.itqb.unl.pt/mostmicro/about-us)
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Microbiologia Molecular Estrutural e Celular, Portugal
2019/09/01 - Current ITQB NOVA advanced imaging representative in the COLife initiative. The COLife is an alliance of five research institutes of excellence in Life Sciences located in Lisbon and Oeiras: Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB), Champalimaud Center for the Unknown (CCU), Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM), and Chronic Diseases Research Centre (CEDOC). https://www.colife.eu/
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/04/01 - Current Vice-head of the Bacterial Imaging Cluster. The Bacterial Imaging Cluster (BIC) is a bio-imaging platform hosted at ITQB-NOVA. This platform supports ITQB scientific research community with advanced equipment of microscopy and Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting (FACS). My role as vice-head is to provide consulting on equipment and best practices in advanced imaging. http://www.itqb.unl.pt/bic
President / Vice-president
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/04/01 - Current ITQB NOVA representative in the Portuguese Platform of Bioimage (PPBI). Organized as a consortium of top research universities and institutes in Portugal, the PPBI services focus on advanced microscopy and processing/analysis of images in the life-sciences, from cell & developmental biology, neurosciences, oncobiology, immunology, infection, and regenerative medicine. https://www.ppbi.pt/joomla30/
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2018/06/01 - Current PhD Thesis Committee: 1) Leonor Marques and Ant ´onio Brito - Supervisors Dr. Mariana Pinho (ITQB NOVA), Portugal [2022-]; 2) Rita Esc ´orcio - Supervisors Dr. Cristina Silva Pereira (ITQB NOVA), Portugal [2021-]; 3) Gon ¸calo Cavaco - Supervisors Dr. Rita Sobral (FCT NOVA) and Dr. Maria Miragaia (ITQB NOVA), Portugal [2019-]; 4) Diogo Martins - Supervisors Dr. Adriano Henriques (ITQB NOVA) and Dr. Monica Serrano (ITQB NOVA), Portugal [2019-].
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2021/08/31 ITQB-NOVA Biology Division representative in the ITQB/iBET Postdoctoral Association (PdA). The PdA exists to promote a sense of community among the postdoctoral researchers, to organise activities that enhance professional and personal development, to organise networking and career development events and, more generally, to promote ITQB NOVA and iBET’s postdoctoral researchers and to support their interests within the scientific community. https://www.itqb.unl.pt/education/postdocs/itqb-post-doctoral-association
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Member of the MRC-LMCB light microscopy committee responsible for the guidelines for usage, provide expert advice to group leaders and acquisition of new equipment.
Member
 MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom
2015/10/01 - 2018/03/01 Postdoctoral Committee (PD). Creation and implementation of: 1) vision and goals for the PD; 2) MRC-LMCB postdoctoral researchers webpage with all institutional and facilitating information for postdocs; 3) teaching opportunities for postdocs within the MRC-LMCB PhD program; 4) seminar series for Early Career Researchers; 5) preparation of the MRC-LMCB early career written submission to House of Commons STC inquiry about Brexit consequences for UK research; 6) creation of the postdoc spotlight (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lmcb/postdoc-fellows)
Member
 MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom
2010/06/01 - 2012/06/01 PhD student representative in: - the ITQB-NOVA Institute council (definition of ITQB’s research vision and strategy); - the Committee for the creation of the ITQB-NOVA bylaws ; - the ITQB-NOVA PhD program evaluation group.
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020/05/01 - 2020/11/27 Spanish & Portuguese Advanced Optical Microscopy (SPAOM) 2020 - https://www.spaom2020.eu/ University of Valencia

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2008/02/01 - Current - Collaboration with ANDOR for application of NanoJ-SRRF to ANDOR microscopes (integrated on the DragonFly Spinning disk microscope); - Collaboration with 3i for betatesting of diSPIM and Lattice light sheet microscopes (adaptation of expansion microscopy samples to 3i systems). - Colaboration with Autolus to determine the mode of action of anti-cancer technology CARs (“Boolean Logic gating of CARs by Kinetic Segregation”) - Collaborating with Cubist pharmaceuticals to determine Daptomycin mode of action and bacterial resistance mechanisms. Andor Technology Ltd, United Kingdom

3i, United States

Autolus Ltd, United Kingdom

Cubist Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Switzerland

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

MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom
2017/02/01 - 2018/12/31 Responsible for adapting super-resolution solutions to the light microscopy equipment available at the FCI, e.g. adapting SRRF to category II containment imaging equipment. Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom
2014/01/06 - 2018/12/31 As part of the Quantitative Imaging and Nanobiophysics group I had a leading role in providing expert advice about advanced microscopy, sample preparation and fluidics solutions to research groups in the MRC-LMCB but also Imperial College, University College London and the Francis Crick Institute. MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/01/01 - Current Responsible for the curricular unit "host responses to microbial infection" MolBios PhD program (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2022/01/01 - 2023/01/31 Responsible for the curricular unit "Cell functional organization" in the Biochemistry for health master program. Cell functional organization (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2017/01/01 - Current (Invited) Grant and/or fellowship reviewer for: Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaan- deren (FWO), La Caixa foundation, Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), European Research Council (ERC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome Trust.
Evaluator
2020/01/22 - 2020/01/24 ITQB-NOVA 10th PhD Meeting evaluation committee member. Assessing and evaluating PhD students' oral presentations and posters.
Evaluator
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2023/11/02 "Aula prática: Para bactérias mais resistentes, alternativas e antibióticos mais eficazes" Interview about bacterial antibiotic resistance and the research being done to understand this challenge. Observador
2022/04/04 Research highlight about antibiotic resistance and bacterial infection SIC noticias online
2021/09/27 Interview about bacterial infection and antibiotic resistance in Jornal Observador Observador

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021/11/18 - 2021/11/18 Manhã da TSF com Fernando Alves (https://www.tsf.pt/portugal/sociedade/mau-uso-de-antibioticos-e-preocupante-nao-e-so-a-questao-das-mortes-ficam-com-sequelas-gravissimas-14329128.html) Antibiotic resistance
2021/10/09 - 2021/10/19 DV talks https://www.dinheirovivo.pt/iniciativas/a-tecnologia-esta-a-revolucionar-a-investigacao-cientifica-14200627.html Investigação e novas tecnologias

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022/09/01 - Current Responsible for the creation of the ITQB NOVA and NMS mentoring program ITQB NOVA mentoring program

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/01/01 - Current (Invited) Member of the La Caixa Foundation fellowships evaluation expert group (https://fundacaolacaixa.pt/pt/), evaluation of post-graduation fellowships Obra Social La Caixa, Spain
2014/01/01 - Current Peer review for ACS Nano, Communications Physics, FEBS Open Bio, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (Review editor), Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal of Microscopy, Nature Communication, Nature Methods, PloS One, Traffic. Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom

Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom
2025/01/01 - 2028/12/31 Panel Member of the FWO 2025-2028 responsible for evaluating postdoctoral and PhD fellowships (https://www.fwo.be/nl/) Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen, Belgium
2015/10/01 - 2017/04/01 Reviewer for the European Research Council and the French National Research Agency European Research Council, Belgium

Agence nationale de la recherche, France
Distinctions

Award

2022 Maratona da Saúde (www.maratonadasaude.pt/edi8.php#8pr)
Maratona da Saúde, Portugal
2020 "la Caixa" Junior Leader Postdoctoral Fellowship ("la Caixa" Foundation)
Obra Social La Caixa, Spain
2015 Cirklo Prize Best Concept for Scientific Facilities (Cirklo)
Cirklo, Portugal
2013 Best 2013 PhD thesis - ITQB: Jacqueline Dias de Sousa Foundation award (ITQB and JDSF)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Jacqueline Dias de Sousa Foundation, Portugal
2011 Short term EMBO fellowship (ASTF 427-2011, EMBO)
European Molecular Biology Organization, Germany
2011 Best oral presentation at the Second PhD Student Meeting of ITQB (ITQB NOVA)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Camara Municipal Oeiras, Portugal
2008 PhD fellowship (SFRH/BD/28443/2006, FCT)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Title

2021 Group Leader position at ITQB NOVA MOSTMICRO (Auxiliary Researcher, 022/TRI-IAux/2020-MOSTMICRO)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Other distinction

2025 Research highlighted by 90 seconds of Science (Portuguese Radio show)
2024 Research highlighted by Observador (Portuguese Newspaper)
2022 Research highlighted by SIC noticias (Portuguese news outlet)
2021 Invited member of the Lisbon Sciences Academy (Young scientists seminary)
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal
2021 Research highlighted by Observador (Portuguese Newspaper)
2021 Research highlighted by Dinheiro Vivo (Portuguese Newspaper)
2021 Research highlighted by O Publico (Portuguese Newspaper)
2021 Interview for Antibiotic International day in TSF (Portuguese Radio)
2020 preLights highlighted the preprint of the Super-Beacons work (The Company of Biologists)
The Company of Biologists, United Kingdom
2020 FCT project grant – €250K (PI, 2021-24)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 Research highlighted by Clubic (Clubic)
2019 Research highlighted by MRC (UK's Medical Research Council)
Medical Research Council, United Kingdom
2018 Research highlighted in The Times (The Times)
2018 Research highlighted in The Scientist (The Scientist)
2010 Research highlighted in Expresso (Jornal Expresso)
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