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Joana Tavares obtained a degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2003 from the University of Porto (UP), Portugal. After 4 years of research (2005-2008) working on target-based drug discovery against Leishmania at the Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC) and at the Institut de Recherche pour le Development (IRD) in Montpellier, France, she obtained a PhD degree in Biochemistry by the UP. She was an instructor at the Biochemistry Department (2003-2007) and invited assistant at 50% of Immunology (2007-2011) at the Faculty of Pharmacy, UP. From 2009 to 2013, she conducted postdoctoral research at the Malaria Biology and Genetics Unit of Pasteur Institute in Paris, France to study the malaria pre-erythrocytic phase using live imaging in rodent models. Tavares joined the IBMC, now integrated into the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S), end-2013 as an FCT investigator and pioneered a research line focused on Plasmodium and the use of live imaging in rodents. Her expertise in deciphering host-parasite interactions by engineering and studying transgenic parasites phenotype and live imaging was expanded to Leishmania, T. brucei, and T. cruzi in the context of collaborative projects at i3S. From September 2021, she became a group leader at i3S to study the molecular mechanisms involved in the completion of the malaria parasite journey that starts in the skin and ends in the liver and contribute to prevention-targeted interventions. From 2021 she is invited assistant Faculty of Pharmacy, UP. She co-authored a total of 57 publications in journals gathering over 1552 citations. h-index 22 (Scopus). She successfully supervised several MSc, PhD and Post-doctoral fellows; has been PI in several competitive funded grants; was co-inventor of two patents and received in 2014 the L¿Oreal UNESCO Portugal Medal of Honor for Women in Science. J Tavares currently serves at i3S as a member of the Organ Responsible for Animal Welfare and Ethics Review Body (ORBEA), Biosafety Committee and External Seminars Organizer Committee.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana Alexandra Pinto da Costa Tavares
Date of birth
1979/05/10
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Tavares, Joana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
271A-DAF5-EDEB
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0391-2622
Scopus Author Id
8946790600

Email addresses

  • joanapctavares@gmail.com (Professional)
  • jtavares@ibmc.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 220408800 (Professional)
  • 226074919 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde. Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/01/08 - 2020/01/31
Concluded
 Building and Leading Research Teams (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2005/01/01 - 2008/12/05
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Antileishmanial drugs: Search for SIR2 inhibitors" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved
1997 - 2003/05/28
Concluded
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Ciencias Farmacêuticas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15 values
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/06/25 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2009 - 2013 Postdoc (Research) Institut Pasteur, France

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/02/01 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2007 - 2011 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2003 - 2007 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/02/14 - Current Scientific Coordinator of the Cell Culture and Gene Expression Platform Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/09/01 - Current Group Leader Host Parasite-Interactions Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023 - Current Immunological Mechanisms of a Malaria candidate vaccIne: transcriptomic profiling
H2020/EUGLOH-RIA
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Université Paris-Saclay, France
Ongoing
2022/03/07 - Current Immunological mechanisms of vaccines
COTUTELAS PESSOA 2022-2024
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/03/01 - Current Exosomes as a source of new biomarkers for canine Leishmaniasis
PTDC/CVT-CVT/6798/2020
Researcher
2018 - Current Pre-clinical evaluation of miltefosine derivatives optimized for treatment of Leishmaniasis and Sleeping Sickness
PTDC/SAU-PAR/31013/2017-031013
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/06/15 - 2022/06/14 Blocking sporozoites progression from the skin to the liver
PTDC/SAU-PAR/31340/2017-031340
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031340
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/07/09 - 2021 Combining serology and virus specific cytokine profiling for evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 exposure
nº 460/ RESEARCH4COVID 19
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016 - 2019 Structured program on bioengineered therapies for infectious diseases and tissue regeneration
Norte-01-0145-FEDER-000012
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Concluded
2013 - 2018 Clinical Studies on a Multivalent Vaccine for Human Visceral Leishmaniasis (MuLeVaClin)
MuLeVaClin 603181
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Health
Concluded
2013 - 2018 Intravital Imaging of Plasmodium liver infection
EXPL/JTAVARES IF/00881/2012/CP0158/CT0005
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013 - 2016 Kinetoplastid Drug Development: strengthening the preclinical pipeline
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/602773/EU
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
2014 - 2015 Dissecting the molecular basis of the arrest of Plasmodium sporozoites in the liver sinusoids
EXPL/IMI- MIC/1331/2013
FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-041854
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011 - 2014 Development of new drug delivery systems based on bisnaphthalimidopropyl derivatives compounds liposomal formulation for pancreatic cancer and leishmaniasis drug therapy
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/113151/PT
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012 - 2013 In vivo imaging of malaria pre-erythrocitic phase
PLASMOPEP
Post-doc Fellow
Institut Pasteur, France
 Agence nationale de la recherche
Concluded
2010 - 2013 Novel canine norovirus: molecular, epidemiologic and pathogenic aspects
PTDC/CVT/113218/2009
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010 - 2013 Role and mechanism of action of immunoregulatory iNKT and DC cells in Leishmania infection: new approaches for vaccination?
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/101017/PT
Post-doc
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007 - 2009 The Role of dendritic cells in leishmaniasis: intracellular signalling pathways activated by virulent parasite Leishmania infantum
PTDC/SAU-FCF/67351/2006
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007 - 2009 The Leishmania TDR1 family-related gene: functional studies and evaluated of TDR1 recombinant protein and knockout vaccines against leishmaniasis
PTDC/CVT/65047/2006
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005 - 2009 Antileishmanial drugs: search for SIR2 inhibitors
POCI/SAU-FCF/59837/2004
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002 - 2004 Clinical and immunological effects of aminosidine therapy in dogs experimentally infected with Leishmania infantum
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/1125/PT
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/03/01 - Current Blocking the progression of Plasmodium sporozoites from the skin to the liver
CEECIND/02362/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2013/06/25 - 2018/06/24 Intravital Imaging of Plasmodium liver infection
IF/00881/2012/CP0158
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2017 - Current Search for Sir2rp1 specific inhibitors to treat leishmaniasis
PP- 277
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 European Lead Factory
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Joana Tavares. "Imaging Infection by Vector-Borne Protozoan Parasites Using Whole-Mouse Bioluminescence". 353-367. Springer {US, 2022.
    10.1007/978-1-0716-2453-1_29
  2. Tavares, Joana. "Quantification of Leishmania Parasites in Murine Models of Visceral Infection". 2019.
    10.1007/978-1-4939-9210-2_16
  3. Tavares, Joana. "In Vitro Infections of Macrophage-Like Cell Lines with Leishmania infantum for Drug Screening". 2019.
    10.1007/978-1-4939-9210-2_14
  4. Formaglio, Pauline; Hovius, Joppe W.; Aditya, Chetan; Tavares, Joana; Mason, Lauren M.K.; Ménard, Robert; Boulanger, Nathalie; Amino, Rogerio. "Tools to Decipher Vector-Borne Pathogen and Host Interactions in the Skin". In Skin and Arthropod Vectors, 431-467. Elsevier, 2018.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-811436-0.00012-5
  5. Tavares, J.; Formaglio, P.; Medvinsky, A.; Ménard, R.; Amino, R.. "Imaging sporozoite cell traversal in the liver of mice". 2013.
    10.1007/978-1-62703-26-7_28
Journal article
  1. Mónica Sá; David Mendes Costa; Ana Rafaela Teixeira; Begoña Pérez-Cabezas; Pauline Formaglio; Sylvain Golba; Hélèna Sefiane-Djemaoune; Rogerio Amino; Joana Tavares. "MAEBL Contributes to Plasmodium Sporozoite Adhesiveness". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23105711.
    10.3390/ijms23105711
  2. Teixeira, Ana Rafaela; Pérez-Cabezas, Begoña; Costa, David M.; Sá, Mónica; Golba, Sylvain; Sefiane-Djemaoune, Hélèna; Ribeiro, Joana; et al. "Immunization with CSP and a RIG-I Agonist is Effective in Inducing a Functional and Protective Humoral Response Against Plasmodium". Frontiers in Immunology 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.868305.
    10.3389/fimmu.2022.868305
  3. Cardoso, Marcos S.; Santos, Rita F.; Almeida, Sarah; Sá, Mónica; Pérez-Cabezas, Begoña; Oliveira, Liliana; Tavares, Joana; Carmo, Alexandre M.. "Physical Interactions With Bacteria and Protozoan Parasites Establish the Scavenger Receptor SSC4D as a Broad-Spectrum Pattern Recognition Receptor". Frontiers in Immunology 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.760770.
    10.3389/fimmu.2021.760770
  4. Emily A. Dickie; Céline Ronin; Mónica Sá; Fabrice Ciesielski; Nathalie Trouche; Joana Tavares; Nuno Santarem; et al. "Toward Chemical Validation of Leishmania infantum Ribose 5-Phosphate Isomerase as a Drug Target". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (2021): https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01892-20.
    10.1128/AAC.01892-20
  5. Johanna Ripp; Jessica Kehrer; Xanthoula Smyrnakou; Nathalie Tisch; Joana Tavares; Rogerio Amino; Carmen Ruiz de Almodovar; Friedrich Frischknecht. "Malaria parasites differentially sense environmental elasticity during transmission". EMBO Molecular Medicine (2021): https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.202113933.
    10.15252/emmm.202113933
  6. Neves, João V.; Gomes, Ana C.; Costa, David M.; Barroso, Carolina; Vaulont, Sophie; Cordeiro da Silva, Anabela; Tavares, Joana; Rodrigues, Pedro N.S.. "A role for hepcidin in the anemia caused by Trypanosoma brucei infection". Haematologica (2020): haematol.2019.227728. http://dx.doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2019.227728.
    10.3324/haematol.2019.227728
  7. Mendes Costa, David; Cecílio, Pedro; Santarém, Nuno; Cordeiro-da-Silva, Anabela; Tavares, Joana. "Murine infection with bioluminescent Leishmania infantum axenic amastigotes applied to drug discovery". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55474-3.
    10.1038/s41598-019-55474-3
  8. De Niz, Mariana; Meehan, Gavin R.; Tavares, Joana. "Intravital microscopy: Imaging host–parasite interactions in lymphoid organs". Cellular Microbiology 21 12 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cmi.13117.
    10.1111/cmi.13117
  9. David Mendes Costa; Mónica Sá; Ana Rafaela Teixeira; Inês Loureiro; Catherine Thouvenot; Sylvain Golba; Rogerio Amino; Joana Tavares. "TRSP is dispensable for the Plasmodium pre-erythrocytic phase". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33398-8.
    10.1038/s41598-018-33398-8
  10. Aliprandini, Eduardo; Tavares, Joana; Panatieri, Raquel Hoffmann; Thiberge, Sabine; Yamamoto, Marcio Massao; Silvie, Olivier; Ishino, Tomoko; et al. "Cytotoxic anti-circumsporozoite antibodies target malaria sporozoites in the host skin". Nature Microbiology 3 11 (2018): 1224-1233. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0254-z.
    10.1038/s41564-018-0254-z
  11. Nunes, Rute; Araújo, Francisca; Tavares, Joana; Sarmento, Bruno; das Neves, José. "Surface modification with polyethylene glycol enhances colorectal distribution and retention of nanoparticles". European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 130 (2018): 200-206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2018.06.029.
    10.1016/j.ejpb.2018.06.029
  12. Gaspar L; Coron RP; KongThoo Lin P; Costa DM; Péres-Cabezas B; Tavares J; Roura-Ferrer M; et al. "Inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi Sir2 related protein 1 as potential drugs against Chagas disease.". PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29357372.
    10.1371/journal.pntd.0006180
  13. Ronin C; Costa DM; Tavares J; Faria J; Ciesielski F; Ciapetti P; Smith TK; et al. "The crystal structure of the Leishmania infantum Silent Information Regulator 2 related protein 1: Implications to protein function and drug design.". PloS one (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29543820.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0193602
  14. Loureiro I; Faria J; Santarem N; Smith TK; Tavares J; Cordeiro-da-Silva A. "Potential drug targets in the pentose phosphate pathway of trypanosomatids.". Current medicinal chemistry (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29210635.
    10.2174/0929867325666171206094752
  15. Tavares, J.; Costa, D.M.; Teixeira, A.R.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.; Amino, R.. "In vivo imaging of pathogen homing to the host tissues". Methods 127 (2017): 37-44. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019637511&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ymeth.2017.05.008
  16. Faria, J.; Loureiro, I.; Santarém, N.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S.; Tavares, J.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.. "Leishmania infantum Asparagine Synthetase A Is Dispensable for Parasites Survival and Infectivity". PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 10 1 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84969443688&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pntd.0004365
  17. Graça, N.A.G.; Gaspar, L.; Costa, D.M.; Loureiro, I.; Thoo-Lin, P.K.; Ramos, I.; Roura, M.; et al. "Activity of bisnaphthalimidopropyl derivatives against trypanosoma brucei". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 60 4 (2016): 2532-2536. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84963699458&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/AAC.02490-15
  18. Faria, J.; Loureiro, I.; Santarém, N.; Ceclio, P.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S.; Tavares, J.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.. "Disclosing the essentiality of ribose-5-phosphate isomerase B in Trypanosomatids". Scientific Reports 6 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84971221975&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/srep26937
  19. Loureiro, I.; Faria, J.; Clayton, C.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S.; Santarém, N.; Roy, N.; Cordeiro-da-Siva, A.; Tavares, J.. "Ribose 5-Phosphate Isomerase B Knockdown Compromises Trypanosoma brucei Bloodstream Form Infectivity". PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 9 1 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84922219276&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pntd.0003430
  20. Formaglio, P.; Tavares, J.; Ménard, R.; Amino, R.. "Loss of host cell plasma membrane integrity following cell traversal by Plasmodium sporozoites in the skin". Parasitology International 63 1 (2014): 237-244. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84888130908&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.parint.2013.07.009
  21. Tavares, J.; Amino, R.; Ménard, R.. "The role of MACPF proteins in the biology of malaria and other apicomplexan parasites". Sub-Cellular Biochemistry 80 (2014): 241-253. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906313672&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/978-94-017-8881-6_12
  22. Ménard, R.; Tavares, J.; Cockburn, I.; Markus, M.; Zavala, F.; Amino, R.. "Looking under the skin: The first steps in malarial infection and immunity". Nature Reviews Microbiology 11 10 (2013): 701-712. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884228351&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/nrmicro3111
  23. Tavares, J.; Formaglio, P.; Thiberge, S.; Mordelet, E.; Van Rooijen, N.; Medvinsky, A.; Ménard, R.; Amino, R.. "Role of host cell traversal by the malaria sporozoite during liver infection". Journal of Experimental Medicine 210 5 (2013): 905-915. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879577443&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1084/jem.20121130
  24. Tavares, J.; Formaglio, P.; Medvinsky, A.; Ménard, R.; Amino, R.. "Imaging sporozoite cell traversal in the liver of mice.". Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 923 (2013): 401-410. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84873053883&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  25. Loureiro, I.; Faria, J.; Clayton, C.; Ribeiro, S.M.; Roy, N.; Santarém, N.; Tavares, J.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.. "Knockdown of Asparagine Synthetase A Renders Trypanosoma brucei Auxotrophic to Asparagine". PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 7 12 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892749573&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pntd.0002578
  26. Silva, A.M.; Tavares, J.; Silvestre, R.; Ouaissi, A.; Coombs, G.H.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.. "Characterization of Leishmania infantum thiol-dependent reductase 1 and evaluation of its potential to induce immune protection". Parasite Immunology 34 6 (2012): 345-350. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84860914599&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1365-3024.2012.01361.x
  27. Tavares, J.; Ouaissi, A.; Silva, A.M.; Lin, P.K.T.; Roy, N.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.. "Anti-leishmanial activity of the bisnaphthalimidopropyl derivatives". Parasitology International 61 2 (2012): 360-363. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857796039&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.parint.2011.11.005
  28. Moreira, D.; Santarém, N.; Loureiro, I.; Tavares, J.; Silva, A.M.; Amorim, A.M.; Ouaissi, A.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.; Silvestre, R.. "Impact of continuous axenic cultivation in Leishmania infantum virulence". PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 6 1 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84856584576&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pntd.0001469
  29. Costa Lima, S.A.; Resende, M.; Silvestre, R.; Tavares, J.; Ouaissi, A.; Lin, P.K.T.; Cordeiro-Da-Silva, A.. "Characterization and evaluation of BNIPDaoct-loaded PLGA nanoparticles for visceral leishmaniasis: In vitro and in vivo studies". Nanomedicine 7 12 (2012): 1839-1849. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871263911&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2217/nnm.12.74
  30. Neves, B.M.; Silvestre, R.; Resende, M.; Ouaissi, A.; Cunha, J.; Tavares, J.; Loureiro, I.; et al. "Activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/akt and impairment of nuclear factor-¿B: Molecular mechanisms behind the arrested maturation/activation state of leishmania infantum-infected dendritic cells". American Journal of Pathology 177 6 (2010): 2898-2911. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650195216&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2353/ajpath.2010.100367
  31. Tavares, J.; Ouaissi, A.; Lin, P.K.T.; Loureiro, I.; Kaur, S.; Roy, N.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.. "Bisnaphthalimidopropyl derivatives as inhibitors of Leishmania SIR2 related protein 1". ChemMedChem 5 1 (2010): 140-147. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-74849088082&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/cmdc.200900367
  32. Gueirard, P.; Tavares, J.; Thiberge, S.; Bernex, F.; Ishino, T.; Milon, G.; Franke-Fayard, B.; et al. "Development of the malaria parasite in the skin of the mammalian host". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 43 (2010): 18640-18645. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78649808522&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1073/pnas.1009346107
  33. Silvestre, R.; Santarém, N.; Tavares, J.; Silva, A.M.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.. "Recognition of Leishmania parasites by innate immunity". Immunology, Endocrine and Metabolic Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 9 2 (2009): 106-127. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70350001577&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2174/187152209789000713
  34. Lima, S.A.C.; Tavares, J.; Gameiro, P.; de Castro, B.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.. "Flurazepam inhibits the P-glycoprotein transport function: An insight to revert multidrug-resistance phenotype". European Journal of Pharmacology 581 1-2 (2008): 30-36. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38549114108&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.11.045
  35. Borges, O.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.; Tavares, J.; Santarém, N.; de Sousa, A.; Borchard, G.; Junginger, H.E.. "Immune response by nasal delivery of hepatitis B surface antigen and codelivery of a CpG ODN in alginate coated chitosan nanoparticles". European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 69 2 (2008): 405-416. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-43249088985&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejpb.2008.01.019
  36. Kadam, R.U.; Tavares, J.; M, K.V.; Cordeiro, A.; Ouaissi, A.; Roy, N.. "Structure function analysis of Leishmania sirtuin: An ensemble of in silico and biochemical studies". Chemical Biology and Drug Design 71 5 (2008): 501-506. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-42149119013&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1747-0285.2008.00652.x
  37. Menezes Cabral, S.; Leal Silvestre, R.; Moreira Santarém, N.; Costa Tavares, J.; Franco Silva, A.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.. "A Leishmania infantum cytosolic tryparedoxin activates B cells to secrete interleukin-10 and specific immunoglobulin". Immunology 123 4 (2008): 555-565. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-39549123620&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1365-2567.2007.02725.x
  38. Ouaïssi, M.; Cabral, S.; Tavares, J.; Cordeiro Da Silva, A.; Mathieu Daude, F.; Mas, E.; Bernard, J.P.; et al. "Histone deacetylase (HDAC) encoding gene expression in pancreatic cancer cell lines and cell sensitivity to HDAC inhibitors". Cancer Biology and Therapy 7 4 (2008): 523-531. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-45349083716&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.4161/cbt.7.4.5480
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    10.2174/157488508785747871
  40. Tavares, J.; Ouaissi, A.; Santarém, N.; Sereno, D.; Vergnes, B.; Sampaio, P.; Cordeiro-Da-Silva, A.. "The Leishmania infantum cytosolic SIR2-related protein 1 (LiSIR2RP1) is an NAD+-dependent deacetylase and ADP-ribosyltransferase". Biochemical Journal 415 3 (2008): 377-386. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-58149157691&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1042/BJ20080666
  41. Sousa, C.; Nunes, C.; Lúcio, M.; Ferreira, H.; Lima, J.L.F.C.; Tavares, J.; Cordeiro-Da-Silva, A.; Reis, S.. "Effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on the cellular membrane fluidity". Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 97 8 (2008): 3195-3206. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-52449124711&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jps.21218
  42. Oliveira, J.; Ralton, L.; Tavares, J.; Codeiro-da-Silva, A.; Bestwick, C.S.; McPherson, A.; Thoo Lin, P.K.. "The synthesis and the in vitro cytotoxicity studies of bisnaphthalimidopropyl polyamine derivatives against colon cancer cells and parasite Leishmania infantum". Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 15 1 (2007): 541-545. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33750942260&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bmc.2006.09.031
  43. Borges, O.; Tavares, J.; de Sousa, A.; Borchard, G.; Junginger, H.E.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.. "Evaluation of the immune response following a short oral vaccination schedule with hepatitis B antigen encapsulated into alginate-coated chitosan nanoparticles". European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 32 4-5 (2007): 278-290. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-35748974510&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejps.2007.08.005
  44. Tavares, J.; Ouaissi, M.; Ouaissi, A.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.. "Characterization of the anti-Leishmania effect induced by cisplatin, an anticancer drug". Acta Tropica 103 2 (2007): 133-141. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34547938095&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.05.017
  45. Santarém, N.; Silvestre, R.; Tavares, J.; Silva, M.; Cabral, S.; Maciel, J.; Cordeiro-Da-Silva, A.. "Immune response regulation by Leishmania secreted and nonsecreted antigens". Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology 2007 (2007): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34447542289&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1155/2007/85154
  46. Silvestre, R.; Cordeiro-Da-Silva, A.; Tavares, J.; Sereno, D.; Ouaissi, A.. "Leishmania cytosolic silent information regulatory protein 2 deacetylase induces murine B-cell differentiation and in vivo production of specific antibodies". Immunology 119 4 (2006): 529-540. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33750853289&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1365-2567.2006.02468.x
  47. Tavares, J.; Ouaissi, A.; Lin, P.K.T.; Tomás, A.; Cordeiro-Da-Silva, A.. "Differential effects of polyamine derivative compounds against Leishmania infantum promastigotes and axenic amastigotes". International Journal for Parasitology 35 6 (2005): 637-646. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-18044369645&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.01.008
  48. Ferreira, H.; Lúcio, M.; Lima, J.L.F.C.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.; Tavares, J.; Reis, S.. "Effect of anti-inflammatory drugs on splenocyte membrane fluidity". Analytical Biochemistry 339 1 (2005): 144-149. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-14844295781&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ab.2004.12.023
  49. Vergnes, B.; Sereno, D.; Tavares, J.; Cordeiro-Da-Silva, A.; Vanhille, L.; Madjidian-Sereno, N.; Depoix, D.; Monte-Alegre, A.; Ouaissi, A.. "Targeted disruption of cytosolic SIR2 deacetylase discloses its essential role in Leishmania survival and proliferation". Gene 363 1-2 (2005): 85-96. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-28044445460&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.gene.2005.06.047
  50. Santarém, N.; Tomás, A.; Ouaissi, A.; Tavares, J.; Ferreira, N.; Manso, A.; Campino, L.; Correia, J.M.; Cordeiro-da-Silva, A.. "Antibodies against a Leishmania infantum peroxiredoxin as a possible marker for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis and for monitoring the efficacy of treatment". Immunology Letters 101 1 (2005): 18-23. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-24744460729&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.imlet.2005.04.006
  51. Ouaissi, A.; Ouaissi, M.; Tavares, J.; Cordeiro-Da-Silva, A.. "Host cell phenotypic variability induced by trypanosomatid-parasite- released immunomodulatory factors: Physiopathological implications". Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology 2004 3 (2004): 167-174. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4644372393&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1155/S1110724304311034
  52. Cordeiro-Da-Silva, A.; Tavares, J.; Araújo, N.; Cerqueira, F.; Tomás, A.; Lin, P.K.T.; Ouaissi, A.. "Immunological alterations induced by polyamine derivatives on murine splenocytes and human mononuclear cells". International Immunopharmacology 4 4 (2004): 547-556. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-16544392791&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.intimp.2004.02.009
Preprint
  1. Costa DM; Sá M; Teixeira AR; Pérez-Cabezas B; Golba S; Sefiane-Djemaoune H; Formaglio P; et al. "Downregulation of the secreted protein with an altered thrombospondin repeat (SPATR) impacts the infectivity of malaria sporozoites". 2022. http://europepmc.org/abstract/PPR/PPR464909.
    10.1101/2022.03.06.483110

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Tavares, Joana. 2009. "Bisnaphthalimidopropyl derivative compounds with antiparasite and anti-cancer activity". United States.
    Expired
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/01/24 Imaging infections by vector-borne protozoan parasites associated to drug discovery 1st Meeting of the COST Action CA21111 One Health drugs against parasitic vector borne diseases in Europe and beyond ‘OneHealthdrugs’
2022/11/17 Imaging infections by vector-borne protozoan parasites applied to drug discovery 5th Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry
University of Minho
2022/10/17 Mechanisms for the homing of malaria sporozoites to the liver: more than meets the eye Future of Parasitology 2022
Pasteur Institute Paris (France)
2020/09/20 Preventing malaria by inducing effective antibodies targeting sporozoites Summer School FCT "Verão com Ciência"
2020/09/09 Evaluating drug-efficacy using whole-mouse imaging Evaluating drug-efficacy using whole-mouse imaging
Summer school "Verão com Ciencia" FCT
2019/11/15 Preventing malaria by inducing effective anti-CSP antibodies Day of the Microbiology Laboratory Workshop
2019/02/19 Blocking the progression of Plasmodium sporozoites from the skin to the liver PhD Program MCBiology
i3S (Portugal)
2019/02/07 The journey of malaria sporozoites in the mammalian host i3S Host Interaction and Response Integrative Seminars
2018/03/26 Blocking the progression of Plasmodium sporozoites from the skin to th eliver GABBA PhD Program
i3S
2018/03/09 Blocking the progression of Plasmodium sporozoites from the skin to the liver PhD Program MCBiology
i3S
2017/09/26 Applying whole mice bioluminescence imaging to L. infantum infection Summer School: Approaches for developing anti-Leishmania vaccines
i3S (Portugal)
2016/04/24 The journey of malaria sporozoites in the mammalian host GABBA PhD Program
i3S (Portugal)
2015/11/21 Preventing malaria at the pre-erythrocytic phase: where are we? II Congresso International de Saúde Gaia-Porto
(Portugal)
2015/06/22 Drug Efficacy Models for Leishmaniasis and HAT São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences on Neglected Diseases Drug Discovery – focus on Kinetoplastids
CNEMP (Brazil)
2015/06/16 Drug targets in Trypanosomes São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences on Neglected Diseases Drug Discovery – focus on Kinetoplastids
CNPEM (Brazil)
2015/05/13 Intravital Imaging of Plasmodium pre-erythrocytic phase Seminars Series of Faculty of Medicine UP
Faculty of Medicine UP (Portugal)
2015/02/02 Imaging Plasmodium pre-erythrocytic phase GABBA PhD Program
IBMC (Portugal)
2014/06/03 Imaging Plasmodium pre-erythrocytic phase Global Health and Tropical Medicine
IHMT, Lisbon (Portugal)
2014/05/05 The first steps of liver infection by Plasmodium sporozoites GABBA PhD Program
IBMC
2014/01/10 The first steps of liver infection by Plasmodium sporozoites PhD Program MCBiology
IBMC
2013/08/15 The first steps of liver infection by Plasmodium sporozoites Worshop: Modelos Experimentais em Malária
USP (Brazil)
2013/05/30 Dissecting the first steps of liver infection by Plasmodium sporozoites Parasitology and Mycology Seminars
Pasteur Institute Paris (France)
2012/06/28 Intravital imaging of Plasmodium PEP IGC
IGC, Lisbon (Portugal)
2012/06/22 Intravital imaging of malaria PEP Course on Optical Mycroscopy Imaging for Biosciences
IBMC (Portugal)
2012/02/20 Intravital imaging of Plasmodium sporozoites reveals the role of host cell traversal in the liver sinusoids Molecular Aproaches to Malaria.
Lorne, Victoria (Australia)
2010/09/14 Development of the malaria parasite in the skin of the mammalian host. The 1st Scientific Workshop on Advanced Technologies for Life Sciences
Pasteur Institute Paris (France)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/09/01 - Current Identification of the molecular determinants for the homing of malaria sporozoites to the liver
Supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/11/01 - Current COVID-19 vaccination in immunocompromised individuals: a focus on people living with HIV and solid organ transplant recipientes
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/10/01 - Current Functional evaluation of the role of SPATR in the journey of malaria sporozoites: implications for vaccines design
Supervisor
2021/10/01 - 2025/09/30 Immunological mechanisms of vaccines
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2022/12/14 Evaluating the protective role of TRSP vaccination against malaria
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2022/11/30 Exploring target tissue recognition by Plasmodium sporozoites
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/12/01 - 2022/08/31 Blocking the journey of Plasmodium sporozoites from the skin to the liver
Supervisor of Ana Rafaela Azevedo Teixeira
 Microbiologia (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/09 - 2021/06 Functional characterization of anti-CSP monovalent Fab
Supervisor of Sofia Santos
2020/09 - 2021/06 Exploring target tissue recognition in Leishmania infection
Supervisor
 Biology (Degree)
2017/02/01 - 2021/03/31 Dissecting the molecular basis for the homing of Plasmodium sporozoites in the liver sinusoids
Supervisor of David Costa
 Microbiologia (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/07 Evaluating the protective role of TRSP vaccination against malaria
Supervisor of Joana Ribeiro
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Functional discovery of new sporozoite protective B cell antigens
Supervisor of Ana Rafaela Azevedo Teixeira
 Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Dissecting the molecular basis for the arrest of Plasmodium sporozoites in the liver sinusoids
Supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2012 - 2015 Functional characterization of Leishmania infantum asparagine synthetase A and ribose 5-phosphate isomerase B as potential drug targets
Co-supervisor
 Microbiologia (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Characterization of the host immune response to a new formulation of circumsporozoite protein that protects against malaria
Supervisor of Helena Ribeiro
 Biologia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2014 Evaluation of Trypanosoma brucei Asparagine synthase A and Ribose 5-Phosphate Isomerase B as potential drug targets
Co-supervisor of Inês Loureiro
 Microbiologia (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/05/25 - Current 4th HIR Retreat - Host Interaction and Response i3S Integrative Program (2022/05/25)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022/05/11 - Current EUGLOH Workshop| Non-human primate models to study infectious diseases and vaccines development (2022/05/11)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/09 Summer school funded by FCT, “Interdisciplinary approaches to control infectious diseases and cancer" (2020)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/09 Summer school funded by FCT, ¿Interdisciplinary approaches to control infectious diseases and cancer" (2020 - 2020)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2017/09/25 - 2017/09/27 Summer school MuLeVaClin, Approaches for Developing anti-Leishmania Vaccines. I3S, Porto, Portugal (2017/09/25 - 2017/09/27)
Meeting (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2016 - 2017 EMBO Research Integrity Session (2017/01/26 - 2017/01/26)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2014/09/15 - 2014/09/15 Workshop on live imaging, Antiparasitic drug discovery: from in vitro screening to animal validation. (2014/09/15 - 2014/09/15)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2009 - 2012 Organizer and Chair of the Internal Seminars, Mycology and Parasitology Department, Pasteur Institute in Paris, France; (2009 - 2012)
Seminar
 Institut Pasteur, France

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/04 - 2020/07 i3S Task-Force4COVID19, Overseer RNA extraction team for SARSCoV-2 molecular diagnostics
Other
 i3S Task-Force4COVID19
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/03/13 Exploring targeting tissue recognition by malaria sporozoites
Supervisor
 Mónica Sá (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/11/16 Blocking Progression of Plasmodium sporozoites from skin to liver
Supervisor
 Ana Rafaela Azevedo Teixeira (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/07/28 Advancing liver-stage Malaria in vitro models for drug discovery
Thesis Member
 Francisca Maria de Andrade Terras Arez Durisic (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/07/01 Defining molecular pathways in antimalarial drug resistance
(Thesis) Arguer
 Miguel João Ferreira da Silva (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/05/30 Unravelling the role of Trypanosoma brucei proteins in the impairment of Plasmodium infection
(Thesis) Arguer
 Adriana Beatriz Oliveira Temporão (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/10/11 NUCLEOPORIN 358: A NOVEL FACTOR IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER ANTIVIRAL IMMUNITY
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago João Figueiral Pereira Sousa Martins (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2021/10/01 Studying the homing of Plasmodium sporozoites to the liver
Supervisor
 David Alexandre Mendes da Costa (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021/03/18 Drug development against Trypanosma brucei and Leishmania parasites
(Thesis) Main arguer
 André Manuel Gomes Lopes (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/07/07 Rational development of anti-Leishmania vaccines for humans focusing on both the vector and the parasite
Thesis Member
 Pedro Cecilio (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/01/14 The yin and yang of host-pathogens interactions in tuberculosis
Thesis Member
 Jeremy Sousa (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019/11/25 Characterization of Plasmodium replication throughout its life cycle
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Camila Fernandes Mariano (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/12/20 Tracking malaria transmission intensities through pregnancy-specific serology
Thesis Member
 Ana Maria Alverca (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2018/07/04 Search for new serological markers of zoonotic canine leishmaniosis
Thesis Member
 Carla Lima (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/06/29 Biochemical and structural characterization of novel mycobacterial drug targets
Thesis Member
 Tatiana Cereija (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2017/10/10 Refinement of a mucosal vaccination strategy against neosporosis
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pedro Alves (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2016/05/16 Phenotypic and Target-based Strategies for Drug Discovery
Thesis Member
 Luis Gaspar (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/04/22 Functional characterization of Leishmania infantum asparagine synthetase A and ribose 5-phosphate isomerase B as potential drug targets
Supervisor
 Joana Faria (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015/05/05 Evaluation of Trypanosoma brucei Asparagine synthase A and Ribose 5-Phosphate Isomerase B as potential drug targets
Supervisor
 Inês Loureiro (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015/02/13 Host genetic factors in mouse malaria liver stage infection
Thesis Member
 Ligia Gonçalves (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/02/03 Role of Plasmodium translationally repressed gene products in malaria transmission
(Thesis) Arguer
 Jorge Santos (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014/12/16 Regulation of Immunity to Visceral Leishmania in a non-human primate model
Thesis Member
 Vasco Rodrigues (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2013/07/05 Host parasite-interactions in leishmaniasis. In vitro and in vivo study of Leishmania infantum strains isolated from different human patients
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Cunha (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2012/03/16 The Leishmania TDR1 family-related gene functional studies and evaluation of TDR1 recombinant protein as a vaccine against leishmaniasis
Thesis Member
 Ana Marta Silva (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021/10/28 - Current MCBiology PhD Programme External Member: Ana Isabel Martins Fernandes
Member
2021 - Current Friday noon External Seminar Organization
Member
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2017 - Current i3S Biosafety Committee
Member
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2015 - Current The Organ Responsible for Animal Welfare (ORBEA) is an advisory body which aims to promote animal welfare in the I3S of in accordance with the legislation in force (Decree-Law no. 113/2013 of August 7 and European Union 2010/63 / EU). Research projects revision before submission to the Portuguese authority DGAV for approval.
Member
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Veterinary Sciences PhD Programme External Member of Barbara Oliveira
Member
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2020 - 2020 MCBiology PhD Programme External Member: Diogo Silvério
Member
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2020 - 2020 MCBiology PhD Programme External member: Teresa Leão
Member
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2018 - 2018 MCBiology PhD Programme external member: Baltazar Cá
Member
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2014 - 2017 Member of IBMC Executive committee, IBMC, University of Porto, Portugal;
Member
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2016 - 2016 IMM doctoral programme: Ana Vaz
Member
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019 - Current MCBiology Doctoral Programme (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2021/01/30 Estudo de cientistas portugueses reforça o papel da memória celular na resposta ao vírus Diário de Noticias
2020/04/04 COVID19: Não se pode usar os anticorpos das pessoas recuperadas para produzir uma vacina? Diário de Noticias
2020/03/19 COVID-19: What if the solution is a drug that already exists for another disease? Diário de Noticias
2020/01/27 The importance of rodent models in biomedical research DNLiFE

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2014/03/05 - Current Mentes que Brilham - Porto Canal
2014 - Current SIC Noticias Malaria
2021/02/22 - 2021/02/22 RTP1 Telejornal Cientistas portugueses reforçam papel da memória das células na resposta ao SARS-COV2
2017/04/03 - 2017/04/03 90 Segundos de Ciência in Antena 1 Malaria Ep. 95 Joana Tavares

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2019/10/01 - 2020/01/22 Projeto de Bioengenharia Molecular, Mestrado de Engenharia Biomédica FEUP/ICBAS Group os students

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/05/30 - 2019/06/01 Member of the jury: 27th call for young scientists 2019 Ciência Viva, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2014 L’Oréal UNESCO Portugal Medal of Honor for Women in Science (X Edition)