Curriculum Vitae
Ana Branco Maranha Tiago
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Branco Maranha Tiago
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 301C-9125-034E
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-9005-8377
Email addresses
- amtiago@uc.pt (Professional)
Websites
- http://www.cnbc.pt/ (Professional)
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2010 - 2016/01/13
Concluded
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PhD in Biosciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Molecular and biochemical studies of a mycobacterial maltokinase and a unique octanoyltransferase: Towards reconstruction
of the pathway for methylglucose lipopolysaccharides biosynthesis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2008 - 2010
Concluded
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MSc in Molecular Cell Biology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"A multifactorial approach to the biological role of the mycobacterial maltokinase" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18/20 |
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2005 - 2008
Concluded
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Undergraduate Degree in Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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16/20 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2022/08/01 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal |
| 2015/05 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal |
| 2021/10/08 - 2022/04/07 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal |
| Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal | ||
| 2018/10/18 - 2021/07/18 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal |
| 2017/04/01 - 2018/09/01 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
| 2017/01/01 - 2017/04/01 | Researcher (Research) | Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal |
| 2011/04 - 2015/04 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2011/04/01 - 2014/04/01 | PhD student (FCT SFRH/BD/74845/2010) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
| 2012/04/01 - 2012/09/15 | Visiting PhD student / Professor Anthony Clarke’s lab | University of Guelph, Canada |
| 2011/09/15 - 2011/12/21 | Visiting PhD student / Professor Anthony Clarke’s lab | University of Guelph, Canada |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2023/04 - Current | AMRFight - Exploring bacterial interactions to find novel molecules to combat the antimicrobial resistance catastrophe
(2022.06809.PTDC
Principal investigator
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| 2022/01 - Current | The microbiome-miRNAs axis in Parkinson's disease: implications of mitochondria mediated inflammatory response (as co-PI).
EXPL/MED-NEU/1515/2021
Supervisor
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Ongoing
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| 2022 - Current | NTMENACE: Nontuberculous mycobacteria from drinking water: beyond the lung disease epidemic
PTDC/BIA-MIC/0122/2021
Researcher
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Ongoing
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| 2020/11/01 - Current | Project Health in Knowledge - A Saúde no Saber – coordinated by the CNC Science Communication office
Researcher
Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal
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Ciência Viva
Ongoing
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| 2018 - 2021 | POLYREP: An intriguing mycobacterial polysaccharide: recycling, replication and beyond
PTDC/BTM-TEC/29221/2017
Researcher
Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Ongoing
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| 2017 - 2019 | Microcare: Microbiome of diabetic ulcers: early diagnosis, prognosis and therapy.
, FIS-FIS-2015-01_DIA_20150630-144
Post-doc
Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal
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Infarmed Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento e Produtos de Saúde IP
Ongoing
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| 2013/07 - 2015/09 | Biosynthesis of rare methylmannose polysaccharides in nontuberculous mycobacteria
Researcher
Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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| 2014 - 2015 | Produção e comercialização de compostos microbianos essenciais para investigação. (Production and commercialization of microbial
compounds essential for research).
Programa Estratégico InovC Mais Centro/CCDRC/QREN
Researcher
Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal
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Concluded
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| 2011/01 - 2014/06 | Pathway for the synthesis of the mycobacterial MGLP. Biochemical and structural characterization of the key enzymes
Other
Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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| 2012 - 2014 | Unravelling the early steps in the biosynthesis of the mycobacterial MGLP
120123
Researcher
Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal
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Koeki Zaidan Hojin Mizutani Toshitsu Kagaku Shinko Zaidan
Concluded
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| 2011/04/01 - 2014 | The enigmatic mycobacterial maltokinase
Researcher
Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2023 - 2026 | Validation of bacterial-derived anti-inflammatory mediators in gut-first PD
CP code: SC01 (249.823 £)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Cure Parkinson's
Ongoing
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2018 - Current | Award Thomé Villar/Boehringer Ingelheim, Portuguese Society of Pneumology, 1st Prize. Prevalência e variabilidade genética
de micobactérias não-tuberculosas em ambiente doméstico (Prevalence and genetic variability of non-tuberculous mycobacteria
in domestic environment).
Award Thomé Villar/Boehringer Ingelheim, Portuguese Society of Pneumology, 1st Prize 2018
Post-doc
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Newspaper article |
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| Online resource |
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Intellectual property
| Provisional application for patent |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/01/16 | Self-recycling replication of mycobacterial methylmannose polysaccharides for adaptation to cold. | 7th Iberian Carbohydrate Meeting. Sitges, Barcelona
(Sitges, Spain)
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| 2022/10/13 | Pathway for the synthesis of methylmannose polysaccharides in mycobacteria | The Eighth Symposium on the Alpha-Amylase Family - ALAMY_8
Slovak Academy of Sciences (Smolenice, Slovakia)
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| 2022/04/20 | Mycobacteria beyond leprosy and tuberculosis | DCV Talks
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2021/06 | Antimicrobial resistance in rare mycobacteria isolated from a tertiary hospital environment | 4th International Caparica Congress In Antibiotic Resistance, Portugal
(Portugal)
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| 2020/07/07 | “Micobactérias: para além da lepra e da tuberculose” Mycobacteria: beyond leprosy and tuberculosis | “Zooming on Science”, CNC online lecture cycle
CNC (Portugal)
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| 2020/01/31 | Differential distribution of polymethylated polysaccharides and their possible role in mycobacterial adaptation to stress | II Simpósio de Investigação em Tuberculose e Micobactérias Não Tuberculosas em Portugal (2nd simposium in Tuberculosis and
Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Portugal)
(Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2019/02/01 | Microbial signatures in diabetic skin: opportunities for therapeutic intervention. | CNC seminar cycle.
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2015 | O combate à tuberculose: novos intermediários metabólicos essenciais (fighting tuberculosis new essential metabolic intermediates). | INESPO II Brookerage Event
INESPO (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2014 | The fourth link in the MGLP genomic puzzle : a new target in a deadly pathogen | XII CNC Annual Meeting
(Portugal)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/02 - 2033/05 | Antimicrobial activity of diabetic skin bacteria
Co-supervisor
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Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal
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| 2022/04 - 2023/06 | Conflicting interactions between Methylobacteria and Mycobacteria from drinking water
Co-supervisor
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Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal
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| 2018/03 - 2018/10 | The roles of Antimicrobial Peptides in the Diabetic foot ulcers disease
Co-supervisor
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Tesi di Laurea in Microbiologia e Virologia (Master) |
Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2018/06/18 - 2018/06/18 | Part of organizing committee of 1º Simpósio de Investigação em Tuberculose e Micobactérias não Tuberculosas em Portugal (1st
simposium in Tuberculosis and Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Portugal). (2018/06/18 - 2018/06/18)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2018/06/18 - Current | Poster presentation I Simpósio de Investigação em Tuberculose e Micobactérias Não Tuberculosas em Portugal (1st symposium
in Tuberculosis and Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria in Portugal)
Symposium
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I Simpósio de Investigação em Tuberculose e Micobactérias Não Tuberculosas em Portugal (1st symposium in Tuberculosis and Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria in Portugal) |
| 2020/10/07 - 2020/10/14 | Advanced courses ICVS U Minho. Workshop multivariate data analysis: variable grouping methods (October 7th), subject grouping
methods (October 14th)
Workshop
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Workshop multivariate data analysis
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
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| 2019/10/03 - 2019/10/03 | webinar 'Natural product antibiotics: from traditional screening to novel discovery approaches'
Other
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webinar 'Natural product antibiotics: from traditional screening to novel discovery approaches'
Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership, Switzerland
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| 2019/09/19 - 2019/09/20 | Poster presentation, MycoPORTO-19th to 20thSeptember 2019 ICBAS, Porto, Portugal.
Conference
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MycoPORTO
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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| 2019/07/18 - 2019/07/18 | webinar and live discussion 'Enabling academia to fill the discovery gap - Learnings from industry and funders'
Other
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Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership, Switzerland
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| 2019/02/04 - 2019/02/25 | e-learning course "BACTERIAL GENOMES: ACCESSING AND ANALYSING MICROBIAL GENOME DATA"
Other
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Wellcome Genome Campus, United Kingdom
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| 2017/09 - 2017/09 | Which bacteria are you?” Activity in European researcher’s night 2017.
Festival
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European researcher’s night
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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| 2017/06 - 2017/06 | “Which microorganism are you?” Activity in mystery nigh in the Science museum of University of Coimbra.
Festival
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mystery nigh in the Science museum of University of Coimbra
Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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| 2017/04/07 - 2017/04/07 | Workshop “Mycobacterium: molecular microbiology”. Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CNB), Madrid, Spain
Workshop
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Workshop “Mycobacterium: molecular microbiology”
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Spain
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| 2016 - 2016 | 5th workshop of mass spectrometry and carbohydrates
Workshop
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3rd workshop of mass spectrometry and carbohydrates
UA, Portugal
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| 2015 - 2015 | Capacitação em Valorização de Tecnologias
Workshop
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INESPO, Portugal
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| 2014 - 2014 | 3rd workshop of mass spectrometry and carbohydrates
Workshop
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departamento bioquímica UA, Portugal
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| 2014 - 2014 | Poster presentation at Hovione and MIT Portugal Symposium, Showcasing Portuguese Pharma Science: Advances in Discovery, Development
and Manufacturing.
Symposium
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Hovione and MIT Portugal Symposium, Showcasing Portuguese Pharma Science: Advances in Discovery, Development and Manufacturing |
| 2013 - 2013 | Poster presentation at XI CNC Annual Meeting
Meeting
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XI CNC Annual Meeting |
| 2013 - 2013 | Poster presentation Eurocarb 17 Symposyum. Israel.
Symposium
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Eurocarb 17 Symposyum |
| 2012/09 - 2012/09 | Gram staining of yogurt bacteria. Activity in European researcher’s night 2012.
Festival
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European researcher’s night
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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| 2012 - 2012 | 1st workshop of mass spectrometry and carbohydrates
Workshop
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departamento bioquímica UA, Portugal
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| 2012 - 2012 | Poster presentation at ICAR II conference
Conference
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ICAR II conference |
| 2011 - 2011 | Advanced Course in Biostatistics
Other
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Course of PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine
BEB, Portugal
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| 2011 - 2011 | Advanced course Metabolic remodeling (NMR spectroscopy methods in metabolomics)
Other
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Course of PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine
BEB, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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| 2022/04/11 | “The impact of antimicrobial resistance and the potential of the sea to offer new antimicrobial counpounds”
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Filipa Veiga Martinez de Amorim (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2019 - Current | British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | Associate member |
| 2017 - Current | European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | Associate member |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2022/03 - 2023/07 | Microbiology and Parasitology | Microbiology and Parasitology (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) | Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal |
| 2021/10 - 2022/02 | Cell Biology and Histology | Cell Biology and Histology (Licenciatura) | Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal |
| 2019/03 - 2019/03 | Theoretical "Diabetic skin: challenges and possibilities of bacterial interspecies competition" and Practical Laboratory Class "The BEB microbiome (Biobanking)" in Fighting Infection course of PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine | (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) | Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal |
| 2018/03 - 2018/03 | Practical Laboratory Class in Fighting Infection course of PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine | (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) | Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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| 2022/08/01 | Interview about skin microbiome for magazine issue | Visão Saúde |
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
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| 2020/12/24 - 2020/12/24 | Are microorganisms our enemies and are antibiotics the best weapon to combat them? Café Olé, Rádio Universidade de Coimbra. Radio and video spots for project Health in Knowledge. | "os microrganismos são nossos inimigos e são os antibióticos a melhor arma para os combater?" (are microorganisms our enemies and are antibiotics the best weapon to combat them?) |
| 2015/12/14 - 2015/12/14 | TV news | news interview to divulge Maranha, et al.. Scientific Reports, v. 5, n. 13610, p. 13610-13610, 2015. Dez 2015 |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2013 - Current | Supervision of internship, masters and PhD students. Namley, advisor to 2 undergraduate ERASMUS students. Supervisor to 1 undergraduate ERASMUS student, 2 Masters students, 1 PhD student | - |
| 2014/09 - 2019/06 | Mycobacterial Methylmannose Polysaccharides Biosynthesis | Mafalda Costa |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2018 - 2018 | Peer review for articles in journals -Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine -Tuberculosis |