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I concluded a BSc in Biology at the University of Porto, a MSc in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Aveiro and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine from University NOVA of Lisbon. My MSc and PhD were mainly focused on infectious diseases. I worked as an auxiliary technician at the animal facility of the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health from University of Porto. Later, at the same institution, I had a postdoctoral fellowship to investigate a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, where I acquired experience in working in a biosafety level 3 lab. Currently, I am a post-doctoral fellow investigating active tuberculosis to understand the intrinsic interplay between host and pathogen. I have experience in animal manipulation, cell culture, microbiology, molecular techniques, gene annotation of omics data, flow cytometry, and microscopy. I have participated in 7 financed projects, received 4 awards and have authored or co-authored 23 articles, 28 posters, and 17 oral presentations.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana Couto
Date of birth
1992/06/29
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Couto, Joana
  • Couto, J
  • Joana Couto

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3E1F-7A9F-D176
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5259-1509
Researcher Id
A-6114-2018
Scopus Author Id
57191752133

Email addresses

  • jcouto@i3s.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • (351) 226074900 Ext.: 6112 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135, Porto , Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Infectious Diseases
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Veterinary Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Entomology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/03 - 2023/03
Concluded
 Course on Optical Microscopy Imaging for Biosciences - 14th edition (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2015/10 - 2021/09
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Biologia Celular e Molecular
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
"Vector-pathogen interactomics: connecting the dots using tick cell lines" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2021/04 - 2021/04
Concluded
 3rd FLxFlow Course – Principles and Applications of Flow Cytometry (Outros)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2021/04 - 2021/04
Concluded
 Webinar: A Introduction session on FCS Express 7 (Outros)
Dotmatics, United Kingdom
2019/01 - 2019/01
Concluded
 Curso Pós-Graduado em Experimentação Animal - Felasa B (Outros)
Major in Curso Prático (Categoria B, Função A e D)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2018/06 - 2018/06
Concluded
 Ciências de Animais de Laboratório - Felasa B (Outros)
Major in Curso Teórico-Categoria B (Funções A e D), Espécies:
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2017/11 - 2017/11
Concluded
 Seja um pesquisador responsável – publique com ética (Outros)
Editage, United States
2017/11 - 2017/11
Concluded
 Como estruturar, submeter e revisar o seu artigo original de pesquisa (Outros)
Editage, United States
2017/06 - 2017/06
Concluded
 Introduction to Biological data analysis with R (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2017/01 - 2017/01
Concluded
 Training School 6 (WG4): Phylogenetic and population genetic tools for vectors and vector-borne pathogen, European Network for Neglected Vectors and Vector-Borne Infections (EurNegVec) (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Saúde Global e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2016/10 - 2016/10
Concluded
 II Workshop NOVA/INSA de Doenças Transmitidas por Vectores (Outros)
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2016/07 - 2016/07
Concluded
 Workshop NOVA/INSA de Doenças Transmitidas por Vectores (Outros)
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2015/11 - 2015/11
Concluded
 Workshop de Entomologia Forense (Outros)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2013/10 - 2015/07
Concluded
 Biologia Molecular e Celular (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Transcriptomic analysis of Anopheles stephensi salivary glands during the infection with Plasmodium berghei" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2010/10 - 2013/07
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Role of amino acid transporters in the hypertrophied heart" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/03 - 2013/03
Concluded
 Workshop in histofisiology in the 16ª Edição do Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia (Outros)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/05 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2021/11 - 2022/04 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/06 - 2021/10 Assistente Técnico (Assistente Técnico) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/01 - 2021/02 Vector-pathogen interactomics: connecting the dots using tick cell lines
SFRH/BD/121946/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal

Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, Spain
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022 - Current Deciphering the immune mechanisms of tuberculosis disease severity through host-pathogen interactions
PTDC/SAU-INF/1172/2021
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021 - 2022 Evaluate the efficacy of a new inhaled COVID-19 vaccine against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants
BSAC-COVID-98
Post-doc Fellow
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Concluded
2018 - 2021 Exploring the tick-host interactome: on the path to vaccine development
PTDC/CVT-CVT/29073/2017
PhD student
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019 - 2020 Role of tick immunity in vectorial competence and anti-parasitic activity
42295NE
PhD student
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Campus France
Concluded
2018 - 2019 Unravelling the Ehrlichia canis life cycle in the Rhipicephalus sanguineus (tropical lineage) tick: an essential step to the control of canine ehrlichiosis
FAPESP2018/06651-7
PhD student
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Concluded
2016 - 2019 TickVac: A proteomic and functional genomic insight into the Rhipicephalus sanguineus-Ehrlichia canis interactome towards disease control
PTDC/CVT-WEL/1807/2014
PhD student
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Couto, J; Domingos, A; Silva, R. Transcriptomic analysis of Anopheles stephensi salivary glands. LAP LAMBERT. 2015.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Couto, J; Seixas G.; Stutzer C.; Olivier N.; Antunes S.; Domingos A.. "Immunoinformatics towards vaccine development: sialoproteins as potential anti tick candidates". Paper presented in 10as. Jornadas Científicas do IHMT, 2019.
  2. Torrejon E.; Sanches G.S.; Couto, J; Antunes S.; Domingos A.. "Bartonella spp. in stray cats and questing ticks from Portugal mainland". Paper presented in BioTicks: the challenge of tick control, 2019.
  3. Cano-Argüelles A.L.; Antunes S.; Encinosa Guzmán P.E.; Cabrera Herrera G.; Sanchez G.S.; Couto, J; Bello Soto Y.; Domingos A.; Rodriguez-Mallon A.. "Effects of anti-tick antibodies microinjected in Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks". Paper presented in BioTicks: the challenge of tick control, 2019.
  4. Sanches G.S.; Ferrolho J.; Couto, J; Navarro E.; Moreira L.; Santos A.S.; Santos-Silva M.; Antunes S.; Domingos A.. "Ehrlichia canis in Rhipicephalus sp. and Ixodes sp. ticks in Portugal mainland". Paper presented in BioTicks: the challenge of tick control, 2019.
  5. Torrejon E.; Sanches G.S.; Couto, J; Antunes S.; Domingos A.. "Molecular Identification of Bartonella spp. in stray cats and questing ticks from Lisbon, Portugal". Paper presented in 9th International Conference on Bartonella as Emerging Pathogens, 2019.
  6. Couto, J; Villar M.; Mateos-Hernández L.; Ferrolho J.; Sanches G.S.; Santos A.S.; Santos-Silva M.; et al. "Silencing of a ubiquitin ligase protein : double edged sword?". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2019, 2019.
  7. Ferrolho, J.; Antunes, S.; Sanches, G.S.; Couto, J; de La Fuente, J.; Bell-Sakyi, L.; Domingos, A.. "Small heat shock protein knockdown affects Ehrlichia canis infection and multiplication in cultured tick cells". Paper presented in 9as. Jornadas Científicas do IHMT, 2018.
  8. Couto, J; Villar M.; Mateos-Hernández L.; Santos A.S.; Santos-Silva M.; Sanches G.S.; Ferrolho J.; et al. "Discovery of new potential vaccine targets in Rhipicephalus bursa sialome". Paper presented in 9as. Jornadas Científicas do IHMT, 2018.
  9. Couto, J; Dias, F.; Ferrolho, J.; Antunes, S.; Domingos, A.. "Folate pathway modulation in Rhipicephalus ticks and cultured tick cells in response to infection". Paper presented in AITVM-STVM Conference, 2018.
  10. Couto, J; Mateos-Hernández, L.; Villar, M.; Santos, A.S.; Santos-Silva, M.M.; de la Fuente, J.; Domingos, A.; Antunes, S.. "Sialoproteome of Rhipicephalus bursa: unravelling the pathogen-vector interface". Paper presented in Congress of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), 2018.
  11. Antunes, S.; Ferrolho, J.; Couto, J; Merino, O.; de la Cruz-Hernández, N. I.; Villar, M.; Shkap, V.; de la Fuente, J.; Domingos, A.. "System biology for the characterization of Rhipicephalus annulatus - Babesia bigemina interactome". Paper presented in Congress of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), 2018.
  12. Couto, J; Mateos-Hernández L.; Villar M.; Antunes S.; Santos A.S.; Santos-Silva M.; de la Fuente J.; Domingos A.. "Rhipicephalus bursa inside out: a proteomic approach for the identification of vaccine targets". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2018, 2018.
  13. Couto, J; Antunes, S.; de la Fuente J.; Domingos A.. "Omics reveal metabolic pathways of Rhipicephalus bursa during infection and feeding". Paper presented in 8as. Jornadas Científicas do IHMT, 2017.
  14. Ferrolho J.; Antunes S.; Sanches G.S.; Couto, J; André M.M.; Machado R.Z.; Bechara G.H.; de la Fuente J.; Domingos A.. "Estudos de genómica funcional na carraça Rhipicephalus sanguineus durante a infeção experimental por Ehrlichia canis para o desenvolvimento de vacinas". Paper presented in 8as. Jornadas Científicas do IHMT, 2017.
  15. Ferrolho J.; Antunes S.; Sanches G.S.; Couto, J; Évora P.M.; Rosa C.; André M.R.; et al. "Ferritin 1 gene silencing-induced morphological changes on Rhipicephalus sanguineus oogenesis during Ehrlichia canis interaction". Paper presented in One Health 9th Tick and Tick-borne Pathogen Conference & 1st Asia Pacific Rickettsia Conference, 2017.
  16. Ferrolho J.; Antunes S.; Sanches G.S.; Couto, J; Évora P.M.; Rosa C.; André M.R.; et al. "Exploring the Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae) sialome: gene functional analysis during Ehrlichia canis experimental infection". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2017, 2017.
  17. Ferrolho J.; Antunes S.; Sanches G.S.; Couto, J; Évora P.M.; Rosa C.; André M.R.; et al. "Ferritin 1 silencing effect in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae) oogenesis during Ehrlichia canis interaction". Paper presented in 7as. Jornadas Científicas do IHMT, 2016.
  18. Couto, J; Antunes, S.; Ferrolho J.; Santos A.S.; Santos-Silva M.M.; de la Fuente J.; Domingos A.. "Análise do sialotranscriptoma de Rhipicephalus bursa em resposta à alimentação e infeção por Babesia ovis". Paper presented in II Workshop NOVA.INSA de Doenças Transmitidas por Vetores, 2016.
  19. Ferrolho J.; Antunes S.; Sanches G.S.; Couto, J; Santa C.; Évora P.M.; López V.; et al. "Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick sialotranscriptome and proteome in response to Ehrlichia canis infection towards vaccine development". Paper presented in First joint AITVM-STVM Conference, 2016.
  20. Couto, J; S. Antunes; J. Ferrolho; AS. Santos; MM. Santos-Silva; J. de la Fuente; A. Domingos. "An insight into the transcriptome of Rhipicephalus bursa: differential gene expression upon feeding and in response to salivary glands infection with Babesia ovis". Paper presented in AITVM-STVM Conference, 2016.
  21. Couto, J; Pinheiro-Silva R.; Domingos A.. "Transcriptomic analysis of Anopheles stephensi salivary glands during the infection with Plasmodium berghei". Paper presented in Science of Eradication: Malaria Regional Course, 2015.
  22. Pinheiro-Silva R.; Couto, J; Rosário V.; de la Fuente J.; Domingos A.. "Identificação de genes diferencialmente expressos em glândulas salivares de Anopheles stephensi em resposta à infeção com Plasmodium berghei através de RNA-seq". Paper presented in Congresso Português de Parasitologia, 2014.
  23. Brito C.; Couto, J; Silva L.; Silva P.S.; Pinto M.J.. "Effect of GRK4 Gene Variants on Dopamine Receptor function". Paper presented in Encontro Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto, 2013.
Journal article
  1. Dias, Filipa; Couto, Joana; Ferrolho, Joana; Seron, Gustavo S.; Bell-Sakyi, Lesley; Antunes, Sandra; Domingos, Ana. "Folate pathway modulation in Rhipicephalus ticks in response to infection". Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13231.
    10.1111/tbed.13231
  2. Hector, E.; Elelu, N.; Ferrolho, J.; Couto, J.; Sanches, G.; Antunes, S.; Domingos, A.; Eisler, M.. "PCR detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium and Babesia bigemina in cattle from Kwara State, Nigeria: unexpected absence of infection". Parasitology Research (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85060233320&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00436-019-06204-1
  3. Antunesi, Sandra; Couto, Joana; Ferrolho, Joana; Sanches, Gustavo Seron; Merino Charrez, Jose Octavio; De la Cruz Hernandez, Ned; Mazuz, Monica; et al. "Transcriptome and Proteome Response of Rhipicephalus annulatus Tick Vector to Babesia bigemina Infection". Frontiers in Physiology (2019): https://publons.com/publon/18553391/.
    10.3389/FPHYS.2019.00318
  4. Ferrolho, Joana; Couto, Joana; Sanches, Gustavo Seron; Antunes, Sandra; Domingos, Ana Gonçalves. "The Secret Life Inside Ticks". Frontiers for Young Minds 6 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frym.2018.00035.
    10.3389/frym.2018.00035
  5. Couto J; Tonk M; Ferrolho J; Antunes S; Vilcinskas A; de la Fuente J; Domingos A; Cabezas-Cruz A. "Antiplasmodial activity of tick defensins in a mouse model of malaria.". Ticks and tick-borne diseases (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29567145.
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.03.011
  6. Antunes S; Couto J; Ferrolho J; Rodrigues F; Nobre J; Santos AS; Santos-Silva MM; de la Fuente J; Domingos A. "Rhipicephalus bursa Sialotranscriptomic Response to Blood Feeding and Babesia ovis Infection: Identification of Candidate Protective Antigens.". Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29780749.
    10.3389/fcimb.2018.00116
  7. Sanches, G.S.; Couto, J.; Silva-Pedrosa, R.; Ferrolho, J.; Santos, A.S.; Santos-Silva, M.M.; Antunes, S.; Domingos, A.. "Molecular heterogeneity of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato and screening for Ehrlichia canis in mainland Portugal". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 9 6 (2018): 1383-1390. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048986130&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.06.002
  8. Antunes, Sandra; Rosa, Catarina; Couto, Joana; Ferrolho, Joana; Domingos, Ana. "Deciphering Babesia-Vector Interactions". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 7 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00429.
    10.3389/fcimb.2017.00429
  9. Couto, J.; Antunes, S.; Pinheiro-Silva, R.; do Rosário, V.; de la Fuente, J.; Domingos, A.. "Solute carriers affect Anopheles stephensi survival and Plasmodium berghei infection in the salivary glands". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06317-6.
    10.1038/s41598-017-06317-6
  10. Joana Ferrolho; Gustavo S. Sanches; Joana Couto; Sandra Antunes; Ana Domingos. "What Makes Your Dog Itch? Maybe It Is the Kennel Tick!". Frontiers for Young Minds 5 (2017): https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffrym.2017.00028.
    10.3389/frym.2017.00028
  11. Domingos A; Pinheiro-Silva R; Couto J; do Rosário V; de la Fuente J. "The Anopheles gambiae transcriptome - a turning point for malaria control.". Insect molecular biology (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28067439.
    10.1111/imb.12289
  12. Ferrolho, Joana; Antunes, Sandra; Sanches, Gustavo S.; Couto, Joana; Évora, Patrícia M.; Rosa, Catarina; André, Marcos R.; et al. "Ferritin 1 silencing effect in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae) during experimental infection with Ehrlichia canis". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 8 1 (2017): 174-184. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.10.015.
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.10.015
  13. Couto J; Antunes S; Ferrolho J; de la Fuente J; Domingos A. "Reduction of Mosquito Survival in Mice Vaccinated with Anopheles stephensi Glucose Transporter.". BioMed Research International (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28804714.
    10.1155/2017/3428186
  14. Elelu, Nusirat; Ferrolho, Joana; Couto, Joana; Domingos, Ana; Eisler, Mark C.. "Molecular diagnosis of the tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma marginale in cattle blood samples from Nigeria using qPCR". Experimental and Applied Acarology 70 4 (2016): 501-510. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-016-0081-y.
    10.1007/s10493-016-0081-y
  15. Couto, J; Ferrolho, J.; de la Fuente, J.; Domingos, A.. "Anopheles gambiae and A. stephensi Immune Response during Plasmodium berghei Infection Uncovered by Sialotranscriptomic Analysis". International Trends in Immunity 4 2 (2016): 58-71.
    Published
Translation
  1. Couto, J; Antunes, S; Domingos, A. Exhibition 'Vectors and diseases. COST Action. 2017.
    Published

Other

Dataset
  1. Couto, Joana; Ferrolho J.; de la Fuente, J; Ana Gonçalves Domingos. E-MTAB-3964 - Transcriptomic analysis of Anopheles stephensi salivary glands during Plasmodium berghei infection. https://www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress/.
  2. Antunes, S.; Couto, J; Ferrolho, J.; Rodrigues, F.; Nobre, J.; Santos, A.S.; Santos-Silva, M.M.; de la Fuente, J.; Domingos, A.. PRJNA348674 - Raw sequence reads of Rhipicephalus bursa salivary glands. DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank/TSA - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject.
  3. Antunes, S.; Couto, J; Ferrolho, J.; Sanches, G.S.; Merino, J.O.; la Cruz-Hernandez, D.; Mazuz, M.; et al. PRJNA255770 - Rhipicephalus annulatus Transcriptome or Gene expression. DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank/TSA - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject.
  4. Antunes, S.; Couto, J; Ferrolho, J.; Sanches, G.S.; Merino, J.O.; la Cruz-Hernandez, D.; Mazuz, M.; et al. PASS01339 - Proteome response of Rhipicephalus annulatus tick vector to Babesia bigemina infection. PeptideAtlas - https://db.systemsbiology.net/sbeams/cgi/PeptideAtlas/Search.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019 Tick’s folate pathway modulation by infection TiBE2018 Host-Parasite interactions-CIBIO-InBIO
(Portugal)
2019 Rhipicephalus sanguineus tropical and temperate lineage: a proteomic overview BioTicks: the challenge of tick control
(Cuba)
2019 Understanding tick sialome towards vector and pathogen control BioTicks: the challenge of tick control
(Cuba)
2018 Focusing in cellular stress response by exploring the Babesia bigemina-Rhipicephalus annulatus interactome AITVM-STVM Conference
(Argentina)
2018 Uncovering new vaccine targets by exploring Rhipicephalus bursa sialome AITVM-STVM Conference
(Argentina)
2018 Small heat shock protein knockdown affects Ehrlichia canis infection and multiplication in cultured tick cells AITVM-STVM Conference
(Argentina)
2018 Genetic characterization of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato in Portugal and it relationship with the Ehrlichia canis transmission: Who is the vector in this country? AITVM-STVM Conference
(Argentina)
2017 Rhipicephalus sanguineus sialome and gene functional analysis towards vaccine development Biotecnología Habana 2017: “La Biotecnología Agropecuaria en el siglo XXI”
(Cuba)
2017 Rhipicephalus sanguineus: sialotranscriptome and gene functional analysis during Ehrlichia canis experimental infection EurNegVec Final Conference
(Greece)
2016 Ferritin and 64P gene silencing in Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks infected with Ehrlichia canis AITVM-STVM Conference
(Germany)
2016 Impact of gene knockdown in Rhipicephalus annulatus during Babesia bigemina infection AITVM-STVM Conference
(Germany)
2016 Vitellogenin and Lachesin knockdown in Rhipicephalus bursa influence in feeding and pathogen acquisition AITVM-STVM Conference
(Germany)
2016 Transportadores transmembranares condicionam transmissão de Plasmodium berghei e sobrevivência de Anopheles stephensi II Workshop NOVA.INSA de Doenças Transmitidas por Vetores
(Portugal)
2016 Impacto do silenciamento de genes em Rhipicephalus annulatus durante infeção por Babesia bigemina II Workshop NOVA/INSA de Doenças Transmitidas por Vetores
(Portugal)
2016 Avaliação do efeito do silenciamento do gene ferritina 1 na alimentação, no desenvolvimento dos ovários e na oogénese da carraça Rhipicephalus sanguineus durante a infeção experimental por Ehrlichia canis II Workshop NOVA/INSA de Doenças Transmitidas por Vetores
(Portugal)
2016 Vector-pathogen interactomics: connecting the dots using tick cell lines 7as. Jornadas Científicas do IHMT
(Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019 - 2019 Member of the organizing committee of the seminar "Deciphering tick-pathogen interactions towards human and animal health improvement", 5 abril 2019, IHMT, Lisbon, Portugal (2019/04/05 - 2019/04/05)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2017 - 2017 Phylogenetic and population genetic tools for vectors and vector-borne pathogen, European Network for Neglected Vectors and Vector-Borne Infections
Workshop
 Training School 6 (WG4): EurNegVec
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Entomologia Forense
Workshop
 Entomologia Forense
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/04/11 - 2023/04/14 Organoids in Infection Advanced Course on Organoids Models | 3rd Edition course (Outros) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018/07/23 - 2018/07/31 Carraças, outros Ectoparasitas e Doenças associadas no Mundo Global Mestrado em Parasitologia Médica (Outros) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2019 Poster Award – For the best poster presentation held at the BioTicks conference
Centro de Ingenieria Genetica y Biotecnologia, Cuba
2018 Poster Award – For the best poster presentation held at the AITVM-STVM conference
Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, South Africa

Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Netherlands
2016 Dik Zwart Award – For the best poster presentation held by a young scientist at the AITVM-STVM conference in 2016
Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, South Africa

Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Netherlands