Curriculum Vitae
Daniel Alexandre Sousa Henriques
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Daniel Alexandre Sousa Henriques
Citation names
- Henriques, Daniel
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 3B13-D28E-4169
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8189-6918
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Genetics and Heredity
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemical Research Methods
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Gene-based Diagnostics and Therapeutic Interventions
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2020/11 - 2024
Ongoing
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Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (BEB) (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
"On the modulation of adult brain plasticity – a strategy to improve human neuroepithelial stem cells migration, differentiation,
and functional integration upon cerebellar transplantation in Machado-Joseph disease" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2021 - 2022
Concluded
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V Modular Structure training in Laboratory Animal Science (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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2018 - 2018
Concluded
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Gestão de Resíduos Hospitalares Perigosos - Triagem e Acondicionamento; Ambiwaste, Portugal (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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2018
Concluded
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MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"IPSCS-DERIVED NESCS FOR NEUROREGENERATION IN MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
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2016
Concluded
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BSc in Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"N/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16 |
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2012/05 - 2012/05
Concluded
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Certificate in Advanced English (Outros)
Major in English Language
International House Coimbra, Portugal
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2010 - 2010
Concluded
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First Certificate in English (FCE) (Outros)
Major in English Language
International House Coimbra, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2020/11 - 2024/10 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
| 2020/08 - 2020/10 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
| Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal | ||
| 2020/01/02 - 2020/07/02 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
| 2019/02/11 - 2019/08/10 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
| 2017/07/02 - 2018/08/20 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
| 2017/06/05 - 2017/06/30 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
| 2017/05/08 - 2017/06/02 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
| 2017/01/30 - 2017/02/24 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2020/01/02 - 2020/07/02 | The impact of induced pluripotent stem cells-derived neuroepithelial stem cells transplantation in Machado-Joseph disease
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030737
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2019/02/11 - 2019/08/10 | BrainHealth 2020: Deteção Precoce, Neuromodulação e Terapias Avançadas para Neuropatologias
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000008
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Outputs
Publications
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/02 | In vitro drug-mediated modulation of stem cell migration and differentiation for improved cell replacement strategies | 54 th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, 42 nd Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology and 23 rd Meeting of Toxicology
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2024/02 | Brain-targeted liposomes encapsulating a differentiationinducing drug enhance neural differentiation of human iPSCderived neuroepithelial stem cells | 54 th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, 42 nd Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology and 23 rd Meeting of Toxicology
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2023/10 | Generating induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cerebellar neuronal progenitors for cell transplantation in Machado-Joseph Disease | ETRS & SPCE-TC 2023 Joint Annual Meeting
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2023/02 | Cerebellar Neuronal Pregenitors for cerebellar transplantation in Machado-Joseph Disease | 53rd Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, 41st Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology and 22nd Meeting of Toxicology
Instituto de Farmacologia e Terapêutica Experimental, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2023/02 | Pharmacological modulation of migration and neuronal differentiation of IPSC-derived neuroepithelial stem cells | 53rd Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, 41st Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology and 22nd Meeting of Toxicology
Instituto de Farmacologia e Terapêutica Experimental, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2021/02/19 | iPSC-derived neuroepithelial stem cells depleted for mutant ataxin-3 for Machado-Joseph disease treatment | LI Annual meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society, XXXIX Clinical Pharmacology meeting and XX meeting of Toxicology
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2020/02/07 | Establishment and characterization of human pluripotent stem cells derived brain organoids | L Annual meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society, XXXVIII Clinical Pharmacology meeting and XIX meeting of Toxicology
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2020/02/06 | Human IPSC-derived neuroepithelial stem cells for cell-based therapy in Machado-Joseph Disease | L Annual meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society, XXXVIII Clinical Pharmacology meeting and XIX meeting of Toxicology
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2019/11/15 | Human iPSC-derived neuroepithelial stem cells as a source for cell therapy in Machado-Joseph disease | 1st Annual Meeting in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2019/05/30 | Human iPSC-derived Neuroepithelial stem cells from cell-based therapies in Machado-Joseph disease | VI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience
Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2019/02/06 | Human iPSC-derived neuroepithelial stem cells for neuroprotection and neuroregeneration in Machado-Joseph disease | XLIX Annual meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society, XXXVII Clinical Pharmacology meeting and XVIII meeting of Toxicology.
Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2019/02 | Mutant Ataxin-3 spreading in Machado-Joseph Disease | XLIX Annual meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society, XXXVII Clinical Pharmacology meeting and XVIII meeting of Toxicology.
(Porto, Portugal)
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| 2018/10 | Patient-specific iPSC-derived neuroepithelial stem cells for neuroprotection and neuroregeneration in Machado-Joseph disease | 10th International Symposium on Neuroprotection and Neurorepair.
(Dresden, Germany)
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| 2017/10 | Human iPSCs-derived NESCs for cerebellar transplantation in Machado-Joseph disease | 10th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies
Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies (Covilhã, Portugal)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2022/10/11 - 2022/10/14 | Participation in The 29th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy – ESGCT 2022
Conference
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The 29th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy – ESGCT 2022 |
| 2021/04/05 - 2021/04/09 | Advanced Course in Neuronal Circuits and Behavior |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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| 2021/03/22 - 2021/03/26 | Advanced course in Synapse structure and function |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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| 2021/02/22 - 2021/02/26 | Advanced Course on Computational Biology |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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| 2021/02/01 - 2021/02/05 | Advanced Course in High-Throughput Screening for Target and Drug Discovery |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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| 2020/02/05 - 2020/02/07 | Participation in the L Annual meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society, XXXVIII Clinical Pharmacology meeting and XIX
meeting of Toxicology
Meeting
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L Annual meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society, XXXVIII Clinical Pharmacology meeting and XIX meeting of Toxicology |
| 2019/11/15 - 2019/11/15 | Participation in the 1st Annual Meeting in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Meeting
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1st Annual Meeting in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
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| 2019/05/30 - 2019/06/01 | Participation in XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience | XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience |
| 2018/02/06 - 2018/02/08 | Participation in the XLIX Annual meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society, XXXVII Clinical Pharmacology meeting and
XVIII meeting of Toxicology.
Meeting
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XLIX Annual meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society, XXXVII Clinical Pharmacology meeting and XVIII meeting of Toxicology
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
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| 2016/03/22 - 2016/03/22 | Workshop: Doping and Ergogenic substances in sports (Substâncias Dopantes e Ergogénicas no Desporto)
Workshop
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XIX National Meeting of Biology Students: From gene to patrimony (XIX Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia: Do gene
ao património);
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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| 2016/03/18 - 2016/03/22 | XIX National Meeting of Biology Students: From gene to patrimony (XIX Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia: Do gene
ao património);
Meeting
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XIX National Meeting of Biology Students: From gene to patrimony (XIX Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia: Do gene
ao património);
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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| 2015/03/30 - 2015/03/30 | Workshop: A New Perspective of the Bioentrepreneur - Entrepreneurs.
Workshop
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XVIII National Meeting of Students of Biology: The Four Stations of Life (XVIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia:
As Quatro Estações da Vida;)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2015/03/27 - 2015/03/30 | XVIII National Meeting of Students of Biology: The Four Stations of Life (XVIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia:
As Quatro Estações da Vida;)
Meeting
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XVIII National Meeting of Students of Biology: The Four Stations of Life (XVIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia:
As Quatro Estações da Vida;)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2014/05/15 - 2014/05/15 | Workshop: Initiation to Canoeing (Iniciação à Canoagem)
Workshop
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XVII National Meeting of Biology Students: Biology, a sea of knowledge (XVII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia:
Biologia, um mar de conhecimento)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2014/05/12 - 2014/05/15 | XVII National Meeting of Biology Students: Biology, a sea of knowledge (XVII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia:
Biologia, um mar de conhecimento)
Meeting
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XVII National Meeting of Biology Students: Biology, a sea of knowledge (XVII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia:
Biologia, um mar de conhecimento);
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2022 - Current | European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy | |
| 2019 - Current | Portuguese Society for Neurosciences | Member |
| 2015/06/03 - 2016/06/07 | Núcleo de estudantes de Biologia da Associação Académica de Coimbra | Colaborador no Pelouro de Desporto e lazer |
| 2014/05/31 - 2015/06/03 | Núcleo de estudantes de Biologia da Associação Académica de Coimbra | Coordenador do Pelouro de Desporto |
| 2013/06/13 - 2014/05/31 | Núcleo de estudantes de Biologia da Associação Académica de Coimbra | Colaborador no Pelouro de Desporto |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2018/10/10 - 2018/10/10 | Scientific consultant on the development of the short movie "Machado-Joseph Disease - from the Lab to the Society" produced by the Science communication department of the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, in the scope of the MSc project of Rita Amado Dias; published in youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ADmun6eJy0 | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2021 | SPN2021 National Scholarships (PhD Student)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
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