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Ana Mafalda da Costa Silva Claro completed her Degree in Biology in 2021 and her Master's Degree in Cell and Molecular Biology in 2023 both from the University of Porto Faculty of Sciences. She participated as a Research Fellow in a project related to Neurobiology at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S) and recently, she started to work as a Research Technician in a project related to Animal Science at the Center for Interdisciplinary Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR).
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Mafalda da Costa Silva Claro

Citation names

  • Claro, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3313-0DE1-9398
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1013-4999

Email addresses

  • ana1claro1@gmail.com (Professional)
  • up201810117@gmail.com (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023 - 2023
Concluded
Online Specialization - Python for Everybody (Outros)
University of Michigan, United States
2021 - 2023
Concluded
Cell and Molecular Biology (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Characterization of the neuroprotective effect of anti-aggregation molecules in a Drosophila model of Machado-Joseph Disease" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
18
2018 - 2021
Concluded
Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Effects of anaesthesia induction and recovery on zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae behaviour" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/01/17 - 2024/09/30 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/02/01 - 2023/08/31 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/05/13 - 2024/09/30 InsectERA - The ERA of the insect industry
C644917393-00000032
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
European Union
Ongoing
2024/01/17 - 2024/04/30 INFISHMIX - combining insects for a novel circular strategy towards fish growth and robustness
MOD.PN.DOC.065.EN.V01
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
EEA Grants
Ongoing
2023/02/01 - 2023/08/31 NanoSCA3 - Development of brain-targeted nanobodies for application in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 therapy
Ataxia UK Research Grants 2021 - NanoSCA3
Master Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Ataxia UK
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Costa, Rafaela S.; Pinho, Bia; Claro, Ana; Basto, Ana; Sá, Tiago; Monteiro, Marta; Murta, Daniel; et al. "Insect mixtures in practical diets for European seabass: working towards flexibility in diet formulation". Paper presented in AQUA2024, Copenhaga, 2024.
  2. Sara Silva Jorge; Claro, Ana; Luís Félix; Valentim, Ana M. "The challenge of long duration anaesthesia for zebrafish larvae". Paper presented in FELASA 2022, 2022.
Report
  1. Claro, Ana. 2021. Effects of anaesthesia induction and recovery on zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae behaviour.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Characterization of the neuroprotective effect of anti-aggregation molecules in a Drosophila model of Machado-Joseph Disease". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/151100.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023 'Nanobodies to combat Machado-Joseph Disease' Euro-ataxia Annual Research Conference 2023
2021 "Behavioural recovery after long term anaesthesia in zebrafish larvae" IJUP (Encontro Investigação Jovem)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/04/17 - 2023/04/21 "Protein aggregation, intrinsic disorder and phase separation in the era of machine learning"
Seminar
TRAINING SCHOOL: "Protein aggregation, intrinsic disorder and phase separation in the era of machine learning"
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal