Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Iola Melissa Fernandes Duarte
Citation names
- Duarte, Iola F
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 331A-64BA-EB0A
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-4289-9256
- Google Scholar ID
- https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=Q4kjkRcAAAAJ&hl
- Researcher Id
- H-5505-2013
- Scopus Author Id
- 7007025414
Telephones
- Telephone
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- (+351) 234401423 Ext.: 24923 (Professional)
Addresses
- Department of Chemistry, Campus de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- http://www.ciceco.ua.pt/index.php?menu=219&language=eng&tabela=pessoaldetail&user=421 (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
French | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Spanish; Castilian | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) |
Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2003/03
Concluded
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Química (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Aplicação de Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear e Espectroscopia Vibracional para a Caracterização de Frutos
e Bebidas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Approved unanimously |
1997/12
Concluded
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Química (Licenciatura)
Major in Bioquímica e Química Alimentar
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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16/20 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020/01/01 - Current | Principal Investigator (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2023/10/09 - 2023/10/21 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Universidade Estadual de Campinas Instituto de Biologia, Brazil |
2015/04/01 - 2019/12/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
2012/12/01 - 2015/03/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
2007/12/01 - 2012/11/30 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
2006/10/01 - 2007/11/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal (...) |
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2003/04/01 - 2006/07/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, United Kingdom (...) |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/09 - 2019/11 | Visiting Professor (University Teacher) | Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy |
2007/09/01 - 2010/08/31 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2018 - 2021 | Member of the Department Council | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2011 - Current | Collaborator Teacher (Higher Education) | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal |
2016 - 2019 | Collaborator Teacher (Higher Education) | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
2016 - 2017 | Collaborator Teacher (Higher Education) | Universidade de Aveiro Escola Superior de Saúde de Aveiro, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2015/04 - 2019/12 | Principal Researcher position, Metabolomics of anticancer nanomedicines: a novel approach for safety and efficacy monitoring,
Program 'Investigador FCT'
IF/01439/2014
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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2012/12 - 2015/03 | Assistant Researcher position, Metabolic profiling: a novel tool for assessing biological responses to nanomaterials, CICECO
call for research positions
MI-PI-27-ARH/2011
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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2007/11 - 2012/12 | Assistant Researcher position, Nanomaterials for drug delivery, Program 'Ciência 2007'
C2007-UA/CICECO/05
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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2006/10 - 2007/11 | Post-doctoral Grant: Biochemical studies of tumour tissues by NMR spectroscopy
SFRH/BPD/30337/2006
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
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2003/04 - 2006/07 | Post-doctoral Grant: Application of NMR-based metabonomics for evaluation of donor human livers for transplantation
SFRH/BPD/11516/2002
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Imperial College Faculty of Medicine - Hammersmith Campus, United Kingdom |
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1998/09 - 2003/03 | PhD Grant: Application of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Vibrational Spectroscopy for the Characterisation of
Fruit Products and Beverages
PRAXIS XXI/BD/15666/98
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Quadram Institute Bioscience, United Kingdom |
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2025 - Current | Exploring gut microbiota-metabolome interactions in breast cancer neoadjuvant therapy: searching for new response predictors
2023.14914.PEX
Principal investigator
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2022/07/01 - Current | OLIhealth
C644919832-00000035
Researcher
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Ongoing
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2024 - 2026 | Regulators of fibrosis in Scleroderma: how the microenvironment affects the pDC-fibroblast crosstalk
MAPFib
Researcher
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World Scleroderma Foundation
Ongoing
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2023/02/20 - 2024/11 | Metabolite-activated 3D stem cell differentiation into bone
2022.04286.PTDC
Researcher
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Ongoing
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2020 - 2023 | Metabolomics analyses for the identification of a set of biomarkers of apoptosis
H92H18000160006
Researcher
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
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Ministero della Università e della Ricerca - MUR
Concluded
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2019/12/01 - 2022/11/30 | ATHEROFIT: Phytochemical-based metabolic immunomodulation to prevent/attenuate particulate matter-mediated atherosclerosis
Principal investigator
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LabEx DRIIHM, Device for Interdisciplinary Research on Human-Environments Interactions
Concluded
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2018 - 2022/07 | A metabolomics-guided bioreactor for improved bone engineered implants
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031498
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2018 - 2022/07 | Using biorefinery to value cyanobacteria pigments
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030914
PTDC/BTA-BTA/30914/2017
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2018 - 2022 | Novel upconversion nanoparticles for multimodal therapy of melanoma: photothermal therapy, photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031794
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2019 - 2021 | Feeding Immunity: development of new nutraceuticals for visceral leishmaniasis
Researcher
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European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Concluded
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2016 - 2018 | Impact of silk-based nanomedicines on the cellular metabolome
Ref. 12101 DD1720 RDF - Grant 1715
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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University of Strathclyde
Concluded
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2013 - 2015 | New valorization strategies for Eucalyptus spp. bark extracts
PTDC/AGR-FOR/3187/2012
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2013 - 2015 | Search for new markers of therapy response in lung cancer
CIMAGO 03/12
Researcher
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Associação de Apoio ao Centro de Investigação em Meio Ambiente Genética e Oncobiologia |
2013 - 2015 | Biomaterials for regenerative medicine
CENTRO-07-0924-FEDER-002030
Researcher
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Quadro de Referência Estratégico Nacional
Concluded
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2013 - 2015 | Metabolomics study of lung cancer: metabolic signatures in tissues and biofluids
CIMAGO 04/12
Principal investigator
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Associação de Apoio ao Centro de Investigação em Meio Ambiente Genética e Oncobiologia |
2012 - 2015 | Metabolic profiling: a novel tool for evaluation of the toxicological and biological effects of nanomaterials
PTDC/SAU-TOX/120953/2010
Principal investigator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2012 - 2015 | ASTHMA - Future asthma management helped by non-invasive sampling: contributes for the definition of a rapid and non-invasive
diagnostic tool
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2008 - 2011 | Metabolic profiling and biochemical differentiation of human lung tumours by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) methods
Principal investigator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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2008 - 2011 | A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance(NMR)- based metabonomic study of health disorders of fetus and mother during pregnancy: towards
biochemical characterisation and early diagnostics
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2007 - 2010 | Implantable scaffolds for local osteo-sarcoma chemotherapy
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2006 - 2009 | Biochemical characterisation of stomach, endometrial and lung tumour tissues by High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning (HRMAS)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy
CIMAGO 14/06
Principal investigator
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Associação de Apoio ao Centro de Investigação em Meio Ambiente Genética e Oncobiologia
Concluded
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2024/05/07 - Current | CA21135 - Modelling immunotherapy response and toxicity in cancer (IMMUNO-model)
Researcher
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference paper |
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Journal article |
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Magazine article |
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Newspaper article |
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Preprint |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023/10/11 | Strategies and challenges in NMR metabolomics (INVITED - International) | Seminários DBBT 2023
UNICAMP - Instituto de Biologia (Campinas, Brazil)
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2023/10 | Metabolomic Insights into the metabolic interplay in the tumor microenvironment (INVITED - International). | 47th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Biophysical Society
(Campinas, Brazil)
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2021/06 | Metabolomic analysis of camel urine towards the identification of bioactive compounds (INVITED - International). | CARAVAN Project, Final Meeting. |
2021/01 | Biological effects of particulate matter in human monocytes (INVITED - International). | 8eme Colloque de Restitution do OHM- Estarreja |
2020/09 | Metabolic profiling and modulation in cancer treatment (INVITED - National). | PATh/IonCytDevice Workshop |
2019/10 | NMR Metabolomics as a tool to assess tumour and immune cell metabolism (INVITED - National). | iBiMED Seminars
University of Aveiro, Medical Sciences Department (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2019/07 | Modulation of macrophage metabolism by phytochemicals and biomaterials: insights from metabolomics (INVITED - National). | National Meeting of the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ)
SPQ - Portuguese Chemical Society (Porto, Portugal)
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2018/06 | Metabolomics as a tool to assess tumour and immune cell metabolism (INVITED - International). | VIII Ibero-American NMR Meeting
NMR Group of the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ), NMR Group (GERMN) of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ), Brazilian
Association of NMR users (AUREMN)
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2018/03 | Exploring disease through metabolomics (INVITED - National). | Workshop Using the big data retrieved from Omics to understand cardiovascular diseases
University of Porto, Faculty of Medicine (Porto, Portugal)
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2017/06 | Toxicometabolomics of nanomaterials: searching for new biomarkers and mechanistic insights (INVITED - National). | iBiMED Seminars
University of Aveiro, Department of Medical Sciences (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2017/02 | Integrating metabolic profiling into the toxicological assessment of nanomaterials: the case of silver nanoparticles (CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - International). | NanoPT International Conference
(Porto, Portugal)
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2016/06 | Reprogramming of energy metabolism in macrophages exposed to different nanoparticles (INVITED - National) | CICECO Meeting
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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2016/06 | NMR metabolomics of nanomaterials: new insights into their biological effects (INVITED - International). | 8th GERMN / 5th Iberian NMR Meeting |
2015/12 | Metabolomics in lung cancer diagnostics (INVITED - National). | 1st Medical-Surgical Chest Meeting
Champalimaud Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2014/09 | NMR Metabolomics: Developments and applications in cancer profiling and toxicological studies (INVITED - International). | XLIII GIDRM Congress of Magnetic Resonance
Magnetic Resonance Italian Discussion Group (Bari, Italy)
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2014/09 | NMR metabolic profiling of the effects of silver nanoparticles on human epidermis keratinocytes (CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - International). | Metabomeeting
(London, United Kingdom)
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2013/11 | Metabolomics as a new tool in nanotoxicology and nanomedicine: Validation in vitro using human keratinocytes exposed to silver nanoparticles (INVITED - International). | Xth Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery
The Spanish Portuguese Local Chapter of the Controlled Release Society (CRS) (Valencia, Spain)
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2012/11 | Metabolomics in disease research (INVITED - International). | Workshop Metabolomics in clinics
Italian NMR Discussion Group (GIDRM) (Milan, Italy)
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2012/06 | NMR metabonomics of blood plasma and urine: potential in lung cancer screening and diagnosis (CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - International). | 8th Annual Meeting of the Metabolomics Society
(Washington, United States)
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2012/05 | Studying the metabolome in the search for diagnostic markers of lung cancer (INVITED - National). | Biotechnology Workshop
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2012/02 | Metabolomics applications and perspectives in health and toxicology (INVITED - National). | CEBAL Meetings
CEBAL - Biotechnology Centre of Alentejo (Beja, Portugal)
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2011/10 | Lung cancer metabolic signatures unveiled by metabonomics (INVITED - International). | 16th World Congress on Advances in Oncology / 14th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine
Spandidos Publications (Rhodes, Greece)
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2011/01 | Metabolomics in oncology (INVITED - National). | Updates in Oncology
University of Coimbra, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2010/11 | Metabolic signatures of cancer unveiled by NMR-metabolomics (INVITED - National). | Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics
Portuguese Society of Human Genetics (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2010/10 | Following dynamic biological processes through NMR spectroscopy and metabonomic profiling (INVITED - International). | 8th International Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium
University of Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha, United States)
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2010/07 | Metabolic signatures of lung cancer in biofluids: an NMR-metabonomics study (CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - International) | WWMR2010 Joint EUROMAR 2010 and 17th ISMAR Conference
(Florence, Italy)
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2009/11 | Application of NMR Spectroscopy to disease studies (INVITED - National). | National Meeting of Biochemistry Students
University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
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2009/05 | Exploratory NMR-based metabonomics approach for investigating lung cancer metabolic phenotype (CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - International). | Second Mega Circe Conference on Metabolomics and Cancer
(Anzio, Italy)
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2009/01 | The role of NMR-based metabonomics in disease diagnosis and drug development (INVITED - National). | iMED.UL Seminars
University of Lisbon, Faculty of Pharmacy (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2008/06 | The potential of NMR spectroscopy for assessing the metabolic composition and activity of tumor tissues and cells (INVITED - National). | National Meeting of the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ)
Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ) (Porto, Portugal)
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2008/05 | NMR Spectroscopy to probe the metabolic composition and activity of tumour cells and tissues (INVITED - National). | Biochemistry Meeting
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2008/01 | Biochemical characterization of tumour tissues by NMR spectroscopy (INVITED - National). | Updates in Oncology
University of Coimbra, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2002/09 | Application of hyphenated NMR spectroscopy (LC-NMR/MS) for the identification of beer carbohydrates (CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - International) | The 6th International Conference on Applications of Magnetic Resonance to Food Science
(Paris, France)
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2001/07 | Application of NMR and hyphenated NMR techniques for the study of beer (CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - International). | 15th International Meeting on NMR Spectroscopy
(Durham, United Kingdom)
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2001/05 | Application of NMR and hyphenated NMR techniques for the study of beer (CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - International) | Luso-Brazilian Meeting of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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2000/09 | An NMR study of the biochemistry of mango: the effects of ripening, processing and microbial growth (CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - International). | The 5th International Conference on Applications of Magnetic Resonance to Food Science
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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1999/11 | Study of Mango Ripening by High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning (HRMAS) NMR (CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - International). | Spanish-Portuguese Chemistry Meeting
(Vigo, Spain)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2024/10 - Current | Immunoactive Tumor Organoid-on-chip In Vitro Models for Screening Breast Cancer Therapies
Co-supervisor of Beatriz Cardoso
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2024/10 - Current | Avanço da vascularização in vitro com materiais baseados em proteínas humanas em sistemas de cultura celular 3D
Co-supervisor of Lucie Militão
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2024/10 - Current | Regulators of fibrosis in Scleroderma: how the microenvironment affects the pDC-fibroblast crosstalk
Co-supervisor of Luís Mendes
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2023/10 - 2024/12 | Optimization of the production of hPLMA microsponges for cell expansion
Co-supervisor of Beatriz Caloba
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Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2023/10 - 2024/12 | Searching for biomarkers in plasma from patients with first episode psychosis: large scale screening of low molecular weight
proteins
Co-supervisor of Catarina Caramelo
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Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2023 - 2024/12 | Biofabrication of 3D tumor models for in vitro screening of therapeutics
Co-supervisor of Inês Margarida Curioso Freitas
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Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2023/10 - 2024/11 | Effect of Microbial Metabolites in Lung Cancer Responsiveness to Doxorubicin: An Exploratory Study in 3D Tumor Models
Supervisor of Beatriz Teixeira
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Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019/02/01 - 2024/07/09 | Biological effects of atmospheric particulate matter: cytotoxicity and metabolic alterations in pulmonary and neuronal cells.
(Ref. FCT SFRH/BD/139647/2018)
Supervisor of Tatiana Deolinda dos Santos Teixeira da Silva
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Biochemistry (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium |
2024/02 - 2024/07 | Quantification of urinary biomarkers in the context of an innovative product for personalized health monitoring
Supervisor of Lara Domingues
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Chemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018/10/01 - 2024/05/02 | Metabolic reprogramming of breast tumor-educated macrophages. (Ref. FCT SFRH/BD/140322/2018)
Supervisor of Ana Sofia Santos Dias
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Biochemistry (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2022/10 - 2023/12 | Metabolic characterization of homotypic and heterotypic in vitro models of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Supervisor of Diogo Martins
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Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2022/09 - 2023/12 | P-cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion: its role in immune evasion in metastatic breast cancer
Co-supervisor of Cristiana Tomaz
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Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
2022/09 - 2023/11 | In vitro study of the impact of dysbiosis-related metabolites on the activation of human monocytes
Supervisor of Bruna Vasques
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Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019/01/01 - 2023/07/23 | The role of ER stress and cellular metabolism in plasmacytoid dendritic cell-mediated fibrosis in systemic sclerosis. (Ref.
FCT SFRH/BD/144706/2019)
Co-supervisor of Beatriz Henriques Ferreira
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Biomedicine (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2022/09 - 2023/07 | Study of camel urine metabolic composition by NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry
Supervisor of Kalie Koroma
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Química (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2021/10 - 2022/12 | Optimization of the synthesis of platforms for 3D culture produced from the amniotic membrane.
Co-supervisor of Miguel Vigário
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Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2021/09 - 2022/12 | Novel therapeutic strategies for stroke: high-throughput screening using a brain spheroid stroke model.
Co-supervisor of Beatriz Machado Amado
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Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
2021/09 - 2022/12 | Novel therapeutic strategies for stroke: a sensimotor/ cognitive functional approach using a mouse preclinical stroke model.
Co-supervisor of Lúcia Inês Cruz Melo
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Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
2019/09/01 - 2022/08/30 | Development of lipid nanoparticles for increasing the anesthetic potency in inflamed tissues. (Ref. FAPESP 2018-24814-0)
Co-supervisor of Gustavo Henrique Rodrigues da Silva
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Biochemistry (PhD)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2020/10 - 2021/12/15 | Linking autophagy and immunometabolism towards the development of novel antiviral therapies.
Co-supervisor of Carlota R. P. Liques da Silva
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Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2020/10 - 2021/12/07 | Optimization of the synthesis and manufacturing process of platforms for 3D cell culture derived from human blood plasma proteins.
Co-supervisor of Gonçalo A. C. Bastos Amador
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Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2021/03 - 2021/07 | Metabolic characterization of camel urine: searching for bioactive compounds.
Supervisor of Eduarda Pereira
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Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019 - 2020 | Impact of fine particulate matter PM2.5 on the phenotypic and metabolic profile of human macrophages.
Supervisor of Maria Rita Ribeiro
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Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018/10/01 - 2019/12/20 | Immunogram evaluation in patients undergoing immunotherapy.
Supervisor of Cátia Filipa Marques Rodrigues
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Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil Centro de Investigação, Portugal |
2018/10/01 - 2019/12/20 | Analysis of monocyte-derived dendritic cells obtained through conventional vs. fast differentiation/maturation protocols.
Supervisor of Cátia da Silva Mendes
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Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil Centro de Investigação, Portugal |
2018/10/01 - 2019/12/13 | The role of dendritic cells metabolism in anti-tumour immunity.
Supervisor of Cristiana Albuquerque
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Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018/10/01 - 2019/12/06 | Effect of exercise training on adipose tissue and skeletal muscle cross-talk in a pre-clinical model of heart failure with
preserved ejection fraction.
Supervisor of Inês Margarida Chaves Santos
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Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
2018/10/01 - 2019/12/03 | Preparation of a hydrogel from decellularized human fetal membranes for 3D cell culture.
Supervisor of Inês Deus
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Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2015/11/01 - 2019 | Development of new platforms for the concentration and purification of tumor markers. (Bolsa Bolsa CNPq Brasil)
Co-supervisor of Diana Cléssia Vieira Belchior
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Chemical Engineering (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2014/06/01 - 2019 | Potential of Eucalyptus spp bark extracts as new anticancer agents: mechanistic insights into cell function and metabolism.
(Ref. FCT SFRH/BD/98635/2013)
Supervisor of Ângela da Conceição Relvas Guerra
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Biochemistry (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal |
2016/03/01 - 2018/12/31 | Evaluation of the pulmonary toxicity potential of graphene nanomaterials: cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and metabolic profiling.
Co-supervisor of Helena Cristina Correia de Oliveira
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Postdoctorate (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2017/10/01 - 2018/12/20 | Flavonoid-mediated modulation of human macrophages phospholipidome: an LC-MS lipidomics study.
Supervisor of Tiago Alexandre Conde
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Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2017/10/01 - 2018/12/19 | Metabolomics study of flavonoid-induced metabolic reprogramming of human macrophages.
Supervisor of Luís Filipe Mendes
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Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2015/03 - 2018/01 | Tumoral cell destruction and immune system activation by nanographene-mediated hyperthermia.
Supervisor of Mónica Cicuéndez Maroto
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Postdoctorate (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2017 - 2018 | Metabolomic characterization of zebrafish tumor xenografts.
Supervisor of Daniel Pereira
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Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2012/10/01 - 2017/02/17 | Evaluation of the biological effects and toxicity mechanisms of silver nanoparticles through metabolic profiling of human
cells. (Ref. FCT SFRH/BD/79494/2011)
Supervisor of Joana Carolina Quintela Carrola
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Nanosciences and Nanotechnology (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2016 - 2017 | Internalization and toxicity of cellulose nanocrystals in tumor cells.
Co-supervisor of Rui Filipe Neves Freitas
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Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2016 - 2017 | In vitro response of macrophages to polycaprolactone microparticles.
Supervisor of Maria Carlos Oliveira
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Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2016 - 2017 | Metabolomics of macrophage responses to silver nanoparticles.
Supervisor of Daniel Luís Fernandes Carvalho
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Biotechnology (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2016 - 2017 | Toxicity and metabolic effects of graphene nanomaterials in macrophages.
Supervisor of Márcia Andreia Pereira Fernandes
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Biotechnology (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2015/10/01 - 2016/07/26 | Desenvolvimento de produtos de doçaria tradicional dirigidos ao consumo por diabéticos.
Supervisor of Flávia de Jesus Morais
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Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2015 - 2016 | Metabolomic responses to an anticancer polymeric drug conjugate.
Supervisor of Luís Filipe Figueiredo Mendes
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Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Centro de Investigacion Principe Felipe, Spain |
2015 - 2016 | In vivo metabolic responses to silk nanoparticles.
Supervisor of Renato Ribeiro Maia
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Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2015 - 2016 | Metabolomic evaluation of zebrafish as a model for anticancer drug testing.
Supervisor of Bárbara Costa Matos
|
Biotechnology (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal |
2015 - 2016 | NMR metabolomic analysis of mice liver exposed to silk nanoparticles.
Supervisor of Jéssica Daniela Carvalho dos Santos
|
Biotechnology (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2015/02/01 - 2015/09/17 | Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles: a toxicity and metabolic profiling approach in skin cells.
Co-supervisor of Maryam Nasirpour
|
Materials Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2014/10/01 - 2015/07/16 | Metabolomic study of cellular responses to silk nanoparticles.
Supervisor of Raquel Teixeira Saborano
|
Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2013/10 - 2015/07 | Investigation of nanoparticle-induced metabolic changes by stable isotope tracing strategies.
Supervisor of Ivana Jarak
|
Postdoctorate (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
2013/04/01 - 2015/06/30 | Scientific initiation grant within the project PTDC/SAU-TOX/120953/2010.
Supervisor of Tiago Pedrosa
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2010/01/15 - 2015/02/24 | Evaluation of the metabolic response of osteosarcoma cells to conventional and new anticancer drugs by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(NMR) metabolomics. (Ref. FCT SFRH/BD/63916/2009)
Co-supervisor of Inês Dias Lamego
|
Chemistry (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal |
2014 - 2015 | Metabolomic study of cellular responses to graphene oxide nanoparticles.
Supervisor of Joana Cordeiro Flores
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Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2010/01/01 - 2014/12/19 | Metabolic phenotype of lung cancer: NMR and MS-based metabolomics study. (Ref. ref. FCT SFRH/BD/63430/2009)
Supervisor of Cláudia Manuela Mesquita da Rocha
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Chemistry (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2013/10/01 - 2014/12/12 | Study of lipid changes induced by silver nanoparticles.
Supervisor of Elisabete Cristina Cordeiro Morais
|
Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2013/03/01 - 2014/08/31 | Scientific initiation grant within the project PTDC/SAU-TOX/120953/2010.
Supervisor of Eliana Malheiro
|
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2012 - 2013 | NMR metabolomic characterization of severe asthma urinary profile.
Co-supervisor of Jéssica Eufémia Pereira Marques
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Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2011 - 2012 | Lipid profile of lung tumors characterized by NMR spectroscopy.
Supervisor of Delora Soeiro Baptista
|
Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2010/10/01 - 2011/09/30 | Establishment of primary cell cultures from lung tissue biopsies and study of the cellular metabolic responses to cisplatin
and radiation exposure.
Co-supervisor of Ana Filipa Ladeirinha
|
Molecular and Cell Biology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2010/02/01 - 2011/01/31 | Scientific initiation grant within the project PTDC/QUI/68017/2006.
Supervisor of Joana Carolina Quintela Carrola
|
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2010 - 2011 | The volatile composition of blood plasma as a potential diagnostic tool.
Co-supervisor of Marisa Helena Lopes Ferreira
|
Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2010 - 2011 | Metabolomic study of the osteosarcoma cell line MG-63 and its response to methotrexate.
Co-supervisor of Ana Filipa Menezes da Rosa Neves
|
Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2010 - 2011 | Metabolomic study of the osteosarcoma cell line MG-63 and its response to doxorubicin.
Co-supervisor of Vânia Luísa Araújo Dias da Silva
|
Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2010/02/01 - 2010/07/31 | Scientific initiation grant within the project PTDC/QUI/68017/2006.
Supervisor of Ana Filipa Ladeirinha
|
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
2008/10/01 - 2009/09/30 | Scientific initiation grant within the project PTDC/QUI/68017/2006.
Supervisor of Cláudia Manuela Mesquita da Rocha
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2008 - 2009 | Infrared spectroscopy of amniotic fluid for detection of fetal malformations.
Co-supervisor of Ana Sofia Pereira Moreira
|
Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2008 - 2009 | Potential of bacterial cellulose for drug controlled release.
Co-supervisor of Nuno Hélder da Cruz Simões Silva
|
Biotechnology (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2021/05 - 2021/10 | Jornadas CICECO - Annual Meeting of all Research Unit members; Theme: Advancing Science, Shaping Society (http://jornadasciceco.web.ua.pt/) (2021/10/06 - 2021/10/07)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
|
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2020/02/03 - 2020/02/03 | Nanostructured lipid-based carriers for local anesthetics, Prof. Eneida de Paula (UNICAMP, Brazil). (2020/02/03)
Seminar
|
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal |
2019/09/11 - 2019/09/11 | 1st Iberian Seminar on NMR Metabolomics in Clinical Research. (2019/09/11)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
|
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2018/11/15 - 2018/11/15 | The Aspergillus fumigatus CrzA and ZipD transcription factors are involved in calcium metabolism and the caspofungin paradoxical
effect, Prof. Gustavo Goldmann (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil). (2018/11/15)
Seminar
|
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal |
2018/05/18 - 2018/05/18 | Human colonic catabolism of polyphenols and potential health consequences, Dr. Jaroslav Havlik (Czech University of Life Sciences,
Czech Republic). (2018/05/18)
Seminar
|
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal |
2018/04/27 - 2018/04/27 | Immunometabolic networks regulating host-pathogen interactions, Dr. Ricardo Silvestre (ICVS, School of Medicine, University
of Minho, Portugal). (2018/04/27)
Seminar
|
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal |
2014/10/03 - 2014/10/03 | Biopolymers for drug delivery and disease modelling, Dr. Philipp Seib (Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences,
Glasgow, UK). (2014/10/03)
Seminar
|
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal |
2013/04/17 - 2013/04/17 | Nanotoxicology and Nanomedicine: not really two sides of the same coin, Prof. Ruth Duncan (Cardiff, UK). (2013/04/17)
Seminar
|
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal |
2012/09/24 - 2012/09/24 | Metabolomics Course (within the IV Ibero-American NMR Meeting/VI Reunion Bienal Del GeRMN/Iberian NMR Meeting). (2012/09/24)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2010/10/22 - 2010/10/22 | NMR in Industry. (2010/10/22)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
|
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2009/03/05 - 2009/03/06 | III CICECO Meeting. (2009/03/05 - 2009/03/06)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2009/01/13 - 2009/01/15 | Cycle of Seminars on "Metabolomics in Clinical Research and Practice" and "Metabolomics in Food Science and Industry". (2009/01/13 - 2009/01/15)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
|
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
|
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2024/06 - 2024/06 | SCIENCE DISSEMINATION: Talk entitled "Metabolitos: o que dizem sobre a nossa saúde"; presented at 'Encontro com o Cientista',
Fábrica da Ciência; Target audience: basic school children.
Other
|
|
2021/05 - 2021/05 | SCIENCE DISSEMINATION: Talk entitled "Metabolism and Immunology - a revealing encounter"; presented at the
International Festival of Science Communication 'Pint of Science Portugal'; Target audience: general public.
Festival
|
Pint of Science Portugal |
2018/05/02 - 2018/05/02 | SCIENCE DISSEMINATION: Talk entitled "Atherosclerosis and Inflammation", presented at the Celebration of the International
Day of Immunology, Fábrica da Ciência (FCCV), Aveiro; Target audience: general public.
Round table
|
Celebration of the International Day of Immunology
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2018/02/07 - 2018/02/07 | SCIENCE DISSEMINATION: Lecture entitled "Toxicometabolomics of Nanomaterials"; Target audience: secondary school students.
Seminar
|
Chemistry Day
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
|
2016/11 - 2017/05 | KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER: NMR Inter-Laboratory Comparison Scheme promoted by Innovative Solutions S.r.l. (Bari, Italy); Title: "Validation of a combined NMR Method: 1D 1H NOESY with solvent suppression of wine grapes juice". | |
2017/04/09 - 2017/04/09 | TRAINING: SABio - School in Advanced Biomaterials.
Workshop
|
Satellite event of the Materials Congress
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2014/09 - 2015/04 | KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER: NMR Inter-Laboratory Comparison Scheme, promoted by Innovative Solutions S.r.l. (Bari, Italy); Title: "Validation of a fingerprint NMR method for classification of wheat and flours". | |
2014/01/12 - 2014/01/18 | TRAINING in cell culture.
Other
|
University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
|
2012/02/08 - 2012/02/08 | SCIENCE DISSEMINATION: Lecture entitled "Metabolic Identity card"; Target audience: secondary school students.
Seminar
|
Chemistry Day
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
|
2010/04/29 - 2010/05/01 | TRAINING: Course on Thoracic Pathology-Lung Cancer.
Workshop
|
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
|
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
|
---|---|---|
2024/05 | Developing a new treatment for prostate cancer: modulation of protein phosphatase 1 complexes using bioportides
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Bárbara Costa Matos (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2024/04 | Development of mitochondria metabolomics analysis for preclinical characterization of the impact of new antitumoral therapies
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Inés Domingo Ortí (PhD)
Universitat de València, Spain
|
2024/01 | Dynamic Control across Adaptable Hydrogels and Engineered Cell Assemblies
Thesis Member
|
Pedro Oliveira Lavrador (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2023/01 | Urinary Biomarkers of Biofortified Beef in Healthy Women Explored by Untargeted Metabolomics
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Maria Teresa Oliveira Lemos (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
|
2023 | Single-cell Microcapsules for Biomedical Applications
President of the jury
|
Manuel Pires dos Santos (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2022/12 | Metabolomics Approaches For The Understanding of Psychotic Mental Disorders
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Ana Olga Lopes (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2022/12 | Eukaryotic Cells as Sources of Biomaterials and Living Materials
President of the jury
|
Matilde Lagarto (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2022/11/18 | Cinnamic acid terminated dendrimers - Synthesis, characterization, biological evaluation and NMR metabolomics analysis
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Ana Cristina Dias Olival (PhD)
Universidade da Madeira Centro de Competência de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal
|
2022/11 | Estudo de fenómeno de desbotamento da marca em rolhas de cortiça microaglomerada
President of the jury
|
Andreia Raquel Silva Carvalho (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2022/09/26 | Effects of pentose phosphate pathway inhibition on glucose metabolism in cell culture models of cancer using stable isotope
tracers and NMR
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
João Filipe Santos Patrício (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
|
2022/08/30 | Articaine: Toxicometabolomics and development of lipid nanoparticles to improve anesthesia at inflamed tissues
Supervisor
|
Gustavo Henrique Rodrigues da Silva (PhD)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
|
2022/06/30 | Cell response to biomaterials designed for treatment of osteoporotic bone
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Laura Casarrubios Molina (PhD)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
|
2021/12/15 | Linking autophagy and metabolism in plasmacytoid dendritic cells
Supervisor
|
Carlota Ramalhinho Piteira Liques da Silva (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2021/12/15 | Extraction and pre-concentration of yttrium and europium from end-of-life lamps using living macroalgae
President of the jury
|
João Paulo Gonçalves Colónia (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2021/12/15 | Biosorption optimization of classic and emerging contaminants from water using Ulva lactuca
President of the jury
|
Pedro Daniel Ribeiro da Silva Moleiro (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2021/12/14 | Evaluation of the cytotoxicity of hyperthermia, chemotherapy and their combined effects in human melanoma cells
President of the jury
|
Diana Serenela Andrade Salvador (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2021/04/20 | Toxicometabolomics of amphetaminic derivatives in in vitro and in vivo experimental models
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Ana Margarida Carvalho Araújo (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
|
2021/03/18 | Role of RKIP protein in the modulation of lung cancer cell metabolism
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Joana Filipa Barbosa Pinheiro (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
|
2021/03/05 | Development of a Photocrosslinkable Granular Hydrogel for Biomedical Applications
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Ana Catarina Costa Fernandes (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2020/12/22 | Crosslinking Immunity and Metabolism during Leishmania Infection.
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Inês Morais Mesquita (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
|
2020/12/09 | Biomarkers of heart damage caused by cyclophosphamide: a metabolomic approach in
AC16 human cardiomyocytes.
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Flávio Fernando da Costa Dionísio (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
2019/12/20 | Analysis of monocyte-derived dendritic cells obtained through conventional vs. fast differentiation/maturation protocols,
MSc in Biochemistry.
Supervisor
|
Cátia da Silva Mendes (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2019/12/19 | Metabolomics in search of new biomarkers for health monitoring of preterm newborns, MSc in Biochemistry.
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Mariana Carreira Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2019/12/18 | Metabolomics study of the effects of eucalyptus bark compounds on human breast tumor and non-tumor epithelial cells, PhD in
Biochemistry.
Supervisor
|
Ângela da Conceição Relvas Guerra (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2019/12/13 | Effects of respiratory rehabilitation on immune mediators detected in the salive of COPD patients, MSc in Molecular Biomedicine.
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Joana Pinto Dias (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2019/12/03 | Preparation of a hydrogel from decellularized human fetal membranes for 3D cell culture, MSc in Biotechnology.
Supervisor
|
Inês Araújo Deus (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2019/03/25 | Deciphering the microbiome and metabolic factors contributing to protection against ulcerative colitis, PhD in Aging and Chronic
Diseases.
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Joana Filipa Madureira Gaifem (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
|
2018/12/19 | Metabolomics study of flavonoid-induced metabolic reprogramming in human macrophages, MSc in Biochemistry.
Supervisor
|
Luís Filipe Figueiredo Mendes (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2018/12/19 | Flavonoid-mediated modulation of human macrophages phospholipidome: an LC-MS lipidomics study, MSc in Biochemistry.
Supervisor
|
Tiago Alexandre Teixeira de Sousa Conde (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2018/09/26 | Unraveling pathways of cyto and genotoxicity of AgNP in lung and bone cells: in vitro an in vivo approach, PhD in Biology.
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Fernanda de Oliveira Esteves Rosário (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2018/07/16 | Effect of obesity on breast lipidome and its relation to cancer development, MSc in Biochemistry.
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Marisa Conceição Reis Pinho (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2017/02/17 | Assessing the impact of silver nanoparticles on cell metabolism: an in vitro NMR metabolomics study , PhD in Nanosciences
and Nanotechnology.
Supervisor
|
Joana Carolina Quintela Carrola (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2016/11/18 | Volatile organic compounds for the detection of bladder cancer: an in vitro metabolomics approach, MSc in Toxicology.
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Daniela Ferreira Garcia Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
|
2016/07/26 | Development of traditional sweets for consumption by diabetic patients, MSc in Biochemistry.
Supervisor
|
Flávia de Jesus Morais (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2016/07/25 | Metabolomics analysis for renal cell carcinoma detection and biomarker discovery, PhD in Toxicology
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Márcia de Jesus de Sá Monteiro (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
|
2016/07/22 | Metabolic modifications associated with memory deficits, PhD in Biosciences.
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Ana Cristina Lemos Rial (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
|
2016/06/02 | Do silver nanoparticles induce cytotoxicity and genotoxicity to skin, liver and blood cell lines?, PhD in Biology.
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Verónica Isabel Correia Bastos (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2015/07/29 | Unraveling cancer metabolism through flux analysis and metabolic engineering, PhD in Biosciences.
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Ludgero Canário Tavares (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
|
2015/07/16 | Metabolomic study of celular responses to silk nanoparticles", MSc in Biochemistry.
Supervisor
|
Raquel Teixeira Saborano (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2015/05/08 | Healthy pregnancy and prenatal disorders followed by blood plasma metabolomics, PhD in Biochemistry.
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Joana Isabel Monteiro Pinto (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2014/12/19 | Metabolic signature of lung cancer: a metabolomics study of human tissues and biofluids, PhD in Chemistry.
Supervisor
|
Cláudia Manuela Mesquita da Rocha (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2014/12/16 | The effects of chemicals in isopods: a multi-organizational evaluation, PhD in Biology.
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Nuno Gonçalo de Carvalho Ferreira (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2014/12/12 | Oxidative changes in lipids induced by silver nanoparticles, MSc in Biochemistry.
Supervisor
|
Elisabete Cristina Cordeiro Morais (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
2011/12/15 | Leaf lettuce metabolome during aging and under stress", MSc in Biochemistry.
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Patrícia Isabel Duarte de Figueiredo (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
---|---|---|
2019 - Current | Portuguese Biochemical Society | |
2018 - Current | Portuguese Society of Immunology | |
2013 - Current | Metabolomics Society | |
2008 - Current | Portuguese Chemical Society |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
---|---|---|
2024 - Current | Member of the Committee for the Promotion of Reseach at the Egas Moniz Health Alliance (EMHA)
Member
|
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2020 - Current | Pivot of the Chemistry Department for the UA Summer Academy - dissemination to basic and secondary education students.
Member
|
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019 - Current | Member of the Chemistry Department Committee for Cooperation and Science Dissemination.
Member
|
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal |
2011 - Current | Steering Committee of the project performed under the Scientific Collaboration Agreement between UA and Bruker BioSpin GmBH.
Member
|
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2019 - 2020 | Pivot of the Chemistry Department for the event XPERIMENTA - UA exhibition & activities open to schools and the general public.
Member
|
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2009/06/12 - 2009/06/16 | 2nd ESF/UB European Summer School in Nanomedicine, Member of Faculty. |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
---|---|---|
2024 - Current | NMR Metabolomics course | University of Aveiro |
2024 - 2024 | Symposium on Lipids and Cell Plasticity: Implications for Tissue Regeneration, Cancer and Immunology | University of Aveiro |
2019 - 2019 | 1st Iberian Seminar on NMR Metabolomics in Clinical Research | University of Aveiro |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
---|---|---|
2023 - Current | Consultancy for Biotech Foods SL | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
---|---|---|---|
2022/09 - Current | Curricular Unit Biochemistry and Biophysics | Enfermagem (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2011 - Current | Curricular Unit Biochemistry I | (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2024/01/12 - 2024/01/12 | Seminar entitled "NMR metabolomics in (pre)clinical investigation" within the course 'Bioinformatics in the management of clinical data' | (Outros) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
2023/06 - 2023/06 | Seminar on Metabolomics - XV Manuel Rico NMR Summer School, Jaca, Spain | ||
2022/12 - 2023/02 | Curricular Unit Proteomics and Metabolomics | Bioquímica (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2022/04/19 - 2022/04/19 | Seminar entitled "How is cell metabolism altered in cancer and in inflammation? Insights from NMR metabolomics", Seminars of Biochemistry | Bioquímica (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019 - 2022 | Curricular Unit Biomolecules | Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2012 - 2022 | Curricular Unit Macromolecular Chemistry | (Mestrado) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019/10 - 2019/11 | Course on Advanced analytical techniques for metabolic profiling: NMR spectroscopy and metabolomics, Bari, Italy | Doctoral Programme (Dottorato di Ricerca) | Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy |
2016 - 2019 | Curricular Unit From Molecule to Man | (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2016 - 2017 | Curricular Unit Nutrition and Dietetics | (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2016/12/05 - 2016/12/05 | Seminar entitled "Nanotoxicity: why should we care?" Doctoral programme in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology | (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2015 - 2016 | Curricular Unit Proteomics and Metabolomics | (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2015/09 - 2015/09 | Seminar entitled "Biological effects of nanomaterials: from cells in a dish to whole animals", BEST Nanotechnology Summer School | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | |
2013/01/15 - 2013/01/15 | Seminar entitled "Metabolomics in health and disease", New Frontiers of Omics in Medicine - from the Laboratory to a Clinical Setting, (FMUC), Doctoral Program in Health Sciences | (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
2011/10/31 - 2011/10/31 | Seminar entitled "Metabolomics in health and disease", Integrating Biology - the Omics world, Doctoral Program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine | (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
2007 - 2010 | Curricular Unit Functional and Organic Systems III (tutor teacher) | (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2007 - 2010 | Curricular Unit Functional and Organic Systems IV (tutor teacher) | (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2007 - 2010 | Curricular Unit Biopathology and Introduction to Therapeutics (tutor teacher) | (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2024 - 2024 | External Expert for performance evaluation of the researchers of Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-NOVA) | ||
2024 - 2024 | Evaluation of PhD grant applications, Panel Experimental Biology and Biochemistry, FCT call 2024
Evaluator
|
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2022 - 2024 | Evaluation of research projects within the Cancer Biology and Basic Sciences Calls 2022, 2023 and 2024, French National Cancer
Institute (INCa), France
Evaluator
|
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2022 - 2022 | Evaluation of Junior Research Projects and Postdoctoral Fellowships, FWO, Belgium / ESF - Science Connect
Evaluator
|
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen | |
2022 - 2022 | Evaluation of a research project for the Czech Science Foundation (GACR) Standard Projects 2023 Call, Czech Republic | Grantová agentura Ceské republiky | |
2021 - 2021 | Evaluation of a 'Large Project Grant for Research', Barts Charity, UK
Evaluator
|
Barts Charity | |
2020 - 2020 | Evaluation of research proposals for BARD - Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund US-Israel
Evaluator
|
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2019 - 2019 | Evaluation of DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance fellowships.
Evaluator
|
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2012 - 2012 | Evaluation of scientific projects submitted to 'Agence Nationale de la Récherche - BlueSky and Young Researchers Programme'.
Evaluator
|
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2012 - 2012 | Evaluation of scientific projects submitted to 'Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro - Prémio LPCC/Pfizer'.
Evaluator
|
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2021/03/05 | Interview about distinction in the Book 'Women in Science' launched by Ciência Viva. | UA News |
2012/12 | Interview about academic background and research activities. | Magazine: Linhas UA # 18 |
2011/06 | Interview about research work on lung cancer. | Magazine: Linas UA # 15 |
2011/05/04 | Interview about research work on lung cancer. | Diário de Aveiro |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2021/07/13 - 2021/07/13 | Interview for the radio show '90 Segundos de Ciência'; Antena 1 / RTP; Episode 138 | |
2016/07/16 - 2016/07/16 | Click Antena 1 / RTP | Safety assessment of nanomaterials. |
2011/04/09 - 2011/04/09 | Click Antena 1 / RTP | New methods in lung cancer diagnosis |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2020 - Current | Molecules - Member of Editorial Board (Medicinal Chemistry Section) (1420-3049) | MDPI AG |
2021 - 2023 | Biomolecules - Guest Editor of Special Issue "Targeting Tumor Metabolism: From Mechanisms to Therapies II" (2218-273X) | MDPI AG |
2021 - 2023 | Journals Biomolecules, Cancers, Cells, Current Oncology, Onco - Guest Editor of Topic "Adaptation Mechanisms in Therapy-Resistant Breast Cancer" | |
2019 - 2020 | Biomolecules - Guest Editor of Special Issue "Targeting Tumor Metabolism: From Mechanisms to Therapies" (2218-273X) | MDPI AG |
2019 - 2020 | Journal of Cancer Metastasis and Treatment - Guest Editor of Special Issue "Metabolomics and Cancer Research" (2454-2857) | OAE Publishing Inc. |
2017 - 2018 | Metabolites - Guest Editor of Special Issue "Metabolomics in Toxicology" (2218-1989) | MDPI AG |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2023/04 - Current | Optimization of analytic methods for quantifying urine biomarkers | Catarina Jesus |
2023/09 - 2023/12 | Response of cancer cells to secondary metabolites isolated from Colombian plants, using metabolomics based on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy | Luisa Maria Castaño Pulgarin |
2022/10 - 2023/03 | Cell metabolomics | Ewelina Wozny |
2022/05/08 - 2022/06/30 | Metabolic activity analysis of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids in lung cancer cells | Lina Marcela Trujillo Chacón |
2021/06/16 - 2021/11/26 | Breast cancer metabolomics | Maria Teresa Garcia Guasch |
2021/05/01 - 2021/07/30 | Metabolic response of pre-osteoblasts and endothelial progenitor cells to mesoporous bioactive nanospheres. | Laura Casarrubios Molina |
2020/10/15 - 2021/02/12 | Metabolomics studies for identification of apoptosis biomarkers in cell lines and animal tissues. | Lucia Trisolini |
2019/05/06 - 2020/01/24 | Evaluation of melanoma cells metabolic responses to ionic liquids of hydroxycinnamic acids. | Monica Demurtas |
2019/06 - 2019/07 | Evaluating the effects of mesoporous SiO2-CaO nanospheres loaded with ipriflavone on MC3T3 preosteoblasts. | Mireia Gómez Duro |
2018/05/16 - 2018/05/26 | Training in NMR chemometrics and NMR metabolomics protocols. | Jaroslav Havlik, visiting scientist - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czechia |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2012 - Current | Reviewer for several SCI Journals, including: Analyst; Analytical Biochemistry; Biomolecules; BMC Cancer; BMC Medicine; Cancer Letters; Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences; Chemosphere; Environmental Science & Technology; Genome Medicine; Journal of Proteome Research; Lung Cancer; Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Metabolomics; Molecular Oncology; Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine; Nanotoxicology; Plos One; Respirology; Scientific Reports. | |
2023/02 - 2023/03 | Member of Jury for a Researcher position within project ref. CDL -CTTRI -35 -SGRH/2023 | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2021/12 - 2022/01 | Member of Jury for a Researcher position within project no. 30503 (Ref. CDL-CTTRI-197-SGRH/2021). | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2021/05 - 2021/06 | Member of Jury for a Researcher position within project no. 30771 (Ref. CDL-CTTRI-53-ARH/2021). | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019 - 2019 | Member of Jury for a Researcher position within project no. 30869 (Ref. CDL-CTTRI-14-ARH/2019). | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019 - 2019 | Member of Jury for a Researcher position within project no. 31210, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031210 (Ref. CDL-CTTRI-65-ARH/2019). | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2018 - 2018 | Member of Jury for a Researcher position within project no. 30503 (Ref. CDL-CTTRI-128-ARH/2018). | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2011 - 2011 | Member of Jury for Assistant Professor position at the European Centre for very high field NMR, Lyon, France. | École normale supérieure de Lyon, France |
Distinctions
Award
2010 | Prémio Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro (Portuguese League Against Cancer Prize)
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal
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2007 | Medalha de Honra L'Oréal Portugal para as Mulheres na Ciência (L'Oréal PT Prize for Women in Science)
UNESCO National Commission - Portugal, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal L'Oréal Portugal, Portugal |
Other distinction
2021 | Honored in the book "Mulheres na Ciência"
Ciência Viva, Portugal
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2021 | Best poster communication (presented by B. Matos) - XXI SPB, National Congress of Biochemistry, Évora, Portugal |
2021 | Paper Matos et al. (Cellular Oncology 44, 311-327, 2021) featured on the cover of the April issue. |
2019 | Principal Researcher position, CEECIND/02387/2018, FCT Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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2017 | Paper Arminan et al. (Journal of Drug Targeting 25, 9-10, 2017) highlighted on the ASPIC website (Portuguese Association for Cancer Research) |
2017 | Paper Jarak et al. (Toxicological Sciences 159, 422, 2017) highlighted in the Journal cover |
2015 | Paper Rocha et al. (Carcinogenesis 36, 68, 2015) highlighted in Global Medical Discoveries as a Key Clinical Research Article |
2014 | Award given to student (Cláudia M. Rocha): Annual Prize António Xavier for Best PhD Thesis in NMR, 2014, thesis entitled 'Metabolic
signature of lung cancer: a metabolomics study of human tissues and biofluids'
Bruker BioSpin GmbH, Germany
Dias de Sousa S.A., Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
2013 | Best poster communication, Diaz et al., X CICECO Meeting: Aveiro, Portugal |
2012 | Best oral communication (presented by S. Diaz) - 8th Annual Meeting of the Metabolomics Society: Washington DC, USA |
2012 | Best poster communication, Pinto et al., X CICECO Meeting: Aveiro, Portugal |
2011 | Best oral communication (presented by I.F. Duarte) - 16th World Congress on Advances in Oncology / 14th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine: Rhodes, Greece |
2010 | Best oral communication (presented by C.M. Rocha) - 2nd Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting: Aveiro, Portugal |
2010 | Best poster communication, Duarte et al., XXVI Congress of Pulmonology/VI Luso-Brazilian Congress of Pulmonology: Coimbra, Portugal |
2009 | Best poster communication, Rocha et al., Select Biosciences Conference on Advances in Metabolic Profiling: Barcelona, Spain |
2008 | Best oral communication (presented by G. Graça): Workshop on Metabonomics - a New Tool for Exploring Biocomplexity: Valencia, Spain |
2001 | Best poster communication, Duarte et al., 15th International Meeting on NMR Spectroscopy: Durham, UK |
1997 | Prize Dow Portugal for best student in Chemistry (UA)
Dow Portugal, Portugal
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1995 | Selected nationally to participate in the London International Youth Science Forum
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
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