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Rafael Morais Mineiro completed his Master's degree in Biochemistry at the University of Beira Interior (UBI) in 2020. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Biomedicine at UBI since 2023 and has published 3 articles in specialized journals. Also has participated in 4 events and received 1 award for best oral communication. The most frequent terms in the context of his scientific production in his Curriculum Vitae are: Choroid plexus; Circadian rhythms; ABC transporters.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rafael Morais Mineiro

Citation names

  • Mineiro, Rafael

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
221E-D7E2-9582

Email addresses

  • rafael.m.mineiro@ubi.pt (Professional)
  • rafael.morais.mineiro@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024 - 2028
Ongoing
Biomedicina (Doutoramento)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2024/11/18 - 2024/11/30
Concluded
Visiting reasarcher/ Investigador visitante (Outros)
Universitetet i Oslo Institutt for klinisk medisin, Norway
2023 - 2024
Concluded
Research intern/ Estagiário de investigação (Outros)
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2021/03 - 2021/06
Concluded
Inglês B2 (Outros)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
18
2020 - 2021
Concluded
Research intern/ Estagiário de investigação (Outros)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2018 - 2020
Concluded
Bioquímica (Mestrado)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Analysis of the regulation of drug uptake and detoxification systems in the blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier: the role of sex hormones and circadian rhythm" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
18
2015 - 2018
Concluded
Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
16
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/02/01 - 2029/02/28 Scheduling Nanoparticles Transport across Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier: improving the Efficacy of Conventional Therapy (Timing the NANO)
2024.04411.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal

RISE - Health Research Network, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2024/09/01 - 2025/01/31 Influence of Circadian rhythm on the Nanoparticle-Mediated Drug passage across the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
BAD-CGD/UBI
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Caixa Geral de Depositos
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Mineiro, Rafael; Cardoso, Maria Rodrigues; Pinheiro, João Vieira; Cipolla-Neto, José; do Amaral, Fernanda Gaspar; Quintela, Telma. "Overlapping action of melatonin and female reproductive hormones—Understand the impact in pregnancy and menopause". In Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology. Elsevier, 2024.
    In press • 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2024.06.005
  2. Duarte, Ana Catarina; Mineiro, Rafael; Santos, Cecília; Costa, Diana; Quintela, Telma. "Challenges of Brain Targeting and Mechanism of Drug Transfer Across Brain Barriers". In Application of Nanocarriers in Brain Delivery of Therapeutics, 15-41. Springer Nature Singapore, 2024.
    10.1007/978-981-97-2859-6_2
Journal article
  1. Mineiro, Rafael; Rodrigues Cardoso, Maria; Catarina Duarte, Ana; Santos, Cecília; Cipolla-Neto, Jose; Gaspar do Amaral, Fernanda; Costa, Diana; Quintela, Telma. "Melatonin and brain barriers: The protection conferred by melatonin to the blood-brain barrier and blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier". Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 75 (2024): 101158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2024.101158.
    10.1016/j.yfrne.2024.101158
  2. Mineiro, Rafael; Albuquerque, Tânia; Neves, Ana Raquel; Santos, Cecília R. A.; Costa, Diana; Quintela, Telma. Corresponding author: Quintela, Telma. "The Role of Biological Rhythms in New Drug Formulations to Cross the Brain Barriers". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 16 (2023): 12541. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241612541.
    10.3390/ijms241612541
  3. Mineiro, Rafael; Santos, Cecília; Gonçalves, Isabel; Lemos, Manuel; Cavaco, José Eduardo B.; Quintela, Telma. Corresponding author: Quintela, Telma. "Regulation of ABC transporters by sex steroids may explain differences in drug resistance between sexes". Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry 79 3 (2023): 467-487. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13105-023-00957-1.
    Published • 10.1007/s13105-023-00957-1
  4. Furtado, André; Mineiro, Rafael; Duarte, Ana Catarina; Gonçalves, Isabel; Santos, Cecília R.; Quintela, Telma. Corresponding author: Quintela, Telma. "The Daily Expression of ABCC4 at the BCSFB Affects the Transport of Its Substrate Methotrexate". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23 5 (2022): 2443. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23052443.
    10.3390/ijms23052443
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Mineiro, Rafael. "Analysis of the regulation of drug uptake and detoxification systems in the blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier: the role of sex hormones and circadian rhythm". Master, Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, 2020. https://ubibliorum.ubi.pt/handle/10400.6/10536.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/10/02 Oral presentation with the following title: "Analysis of the regulation of drug uptake and detoxification systems in the blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier: the role of sex hormones and circadian rhythm" XV Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
Centro de Investigação em ciências da saúde - UBI (Covilhã, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2024/07/16 - 2024/07/17 XIX Annual CICS-UBI Symposium (2024/07/16 - 2024/07/17)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2024/05/07 - 2024/05/07 Lets Discover the Human Body ?"/"Vamos Descobrir o Corpo Humano ?" - Scientific communication activity in which we taught 5th and 6th-grade students about various systems of the human body by the interaction with different anatomical models and an anatomical table. (2024/05/07 - 2024/05/07)
Other (Co-organisor)
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2023/06/16 - 2023/06/16 Launch of the book "History of Sporting Clube da Covilhã 1990-2023"/ Lançamento do Livro "História do Sporting Clube da Covilhã 1990-2023" (2023/06/16 - 2023/06/16)
Other (Co-organisor)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/06/11 - 2023/06/12 Event where the research work carried out at CICS-UBI during the academic year 2022/2023 was exhibited and presented.
Symposium
XVIII International CICS-UBI Symposium 2023
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2019/11/14 - 2019/11/16 Congress held at the Health Sciences Research Center of the University of Beira Interior, focusing on the presentation and discussion of the following points: . Molecular mechanisms of tumor; neurological, and neurovascular diseases; . Mechanisms of action of new therapeutic molecules.; . New approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders and tumor diseases.
Congress
III International Congress in Health Sciences Research
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2017/05/03 - 2017/05/04 Event organized by the Chemistry and Biochemistry nucleus of the University of Beira Interior, where relevant topics in these scientific areas were presented and discussed by several renowned speakers.
Other
V Jornadas de Química e Bioquímica
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/05/04 - 2016/05/05 Event organized by the Chemistry and Biochemistry nucleus of the University of Beira Interior, where relevant topics in these scientific areas were presented and discussed by several renowned speakers.
Other
IV Jornadas de Química e Bioquímica
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2020 Best Short Communication in XV ANNUAL CICS-UBI SYMPOSIUM – CICS-UBI
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal