BRUNA FERNANDES GONÇALVES (4012-9303-6058)

Curriculum Vitae

BRUNA FERNANDES GONÇALVES

My scientific career started with my MSc in Biological Engineering (2013) at University of Minho (UM), Portugal, which included a dissertation, developed at Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB) and integrated in a project financed by FCT (PTDC/SAU-MIC/119069/2010). In 2014 I was selected for a Research Grant position, at CEB-UM, to collaborate as team member in a R&D project financed by FCT (PTDC/EBB-EBI/120495/2010). Both these projects focused on virulence factors of Candida spp. and Candida-host interaction, and allowed me to be awarded with a PhD grant by FCT in 2015 (SFRH/BD/111645/2015). My PhD's project focused on vaginal virulence determinants of Candida spp. Upon the conclusion of my PhD (2019), I was selected for a Junior Researcher position (2020-2022), at CEB-UM, to collaborate in a FCT R&D project focusing the development of therapeutic approaches to control Candida infections based on antisense technology (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028893). In 2022 I was awarded with a FCT grant in the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus Program (2022.05336.CEECIND), and I am currently carrying a project focusing the development of diagnostic and prognostic tests for vaginal candidiasis based on innovative molecular biomarkers (microRNAs). All the projects that I have participated were coordinated by Candida-Biofilm group of CEB-UM, which has consolidated methodologies and internationally recognized research regarding Candida spp. and their infections. Up to now, I have published 11 papers (6 as first author and 1 as last author) published in Q1 (9 papers) and Q2 journals (2 papers), including 1 review and 10 research articles. I also have presented my work in 7 national and International Conferences. My h-index is 4 with more than 269 citations (Science Researcher ID). I have been invited as reviewer of papers in Q1 and Q2 Journals and I am currently a Guest Editor of a Special Issue of an Open Access Journal. In 2017, I got a Pos-graduation in Clinical trials at the Clinical Academic Centre-Braga. I further designed and coordinated the first large-scale epidemiologic study of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) in Portugal, recently concluded (2021). This project had the approval of Portuguese Ethics Committees for Health (SECVS 092/2017) and the collaboration of various Hospitals and Health Care Centers. It included the co-supervision of a MSc student enrolled in it. During my scientific path I gained high expertise on molecular microbiology. Indeed, I got a Pos-Graduation in proteomic techniques in the "Proteome 2 Gene 2 Protein" course (2016), organized by CEB-UM, and I have established collaborations with internationally recognized researchers, namely in the fields of genomic/transcriptomic (Geraldine Butler, University College of Dublin; Nuno Mira, High Technical Institute, Lisbon; Ana Soares, Institute of Biomedicine, Aveiro) and proteomic (Concha Gil, Complutense University of Madrid; Hugo Osório, I3S Porto). I acquired expertise and developed investigations on biomolecular field at national Institutes and I performed collaborative work with international researchers. Additionally, I acquired high knowledge on bioinformatics, attended various seminars on the field I have supervised students of MSc in Bioinformatics. In order to seek financial support for my research activities I have been applying to grants and R&D projects financed by FCT, ESCMID (European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) and SPG (Portuguese Society of Gynaecology). I was also recently invited to review grant proposals and to integrate de evaluation panel for the National Science Center, Poland.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: BRUNA FERNANDES GONÇALVES
Date of birth: 1986/01/10
Gender: Female

Citation names

Bruna Gonçalves

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 4012-9303-6058
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4308-7567
Scopus Author Id: 57016383700

Email addresses

bruna.goncalves@ceb.uminho.pt (Professional)
brunaxgoncalves@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057, Gualtar Campus, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.ceb.uminho.pt/People/Details/47d4edf1-fe4a-4011-8902-d8276f600336 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Mycology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019 Concluded	Chemical and Biological Engineering (Doutoramento) Major in Biotechnology applied to health Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal "Candida species vaginal virulence determinants: role of environmental factors" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Very good
2017 Concluded	Clinical Trials Research Training (Pós-Graduação) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Excellent
2016 Concluded	Proteome 2 gene 2 protein Course (Pós-Graduação) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal	Very good
2013 Concluded	Biological Engineering (Mestrado integrado) Major in Food Technology Universidade do Minho, Portugal "Evaluation of the matrix role of Candida glabrata biofilms in their resistance to voriconazole" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2011 Concluded	Biological Engineering Sciences (1st cycle of the Integrated Master in Biological Engineering) (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/04/04 - 2029/04/06	Principal Investigator (Research)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2020/01/27 - 2022/05/30	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2019/04/01 - 2019/05/01	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2014/04/01 - 2015/08/31	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/10/01 - 2019/10/15	PhD Researcher	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2013/03/01 - 2013/12/10	MSc researcher	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2015/10/01 - 2019/10/15	Candida species vaginal virulence determinants: role of environmental factors SFRH/BD/111645/2015 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013/03/01 - 2013/12/10	Mechanisms of Candida glabrata biofilms tolerance to antifungal agents PTC/SAU-MIC/119069/2010 Master Student Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/01/01 - Current	Centre of Biological Engineering - University of Minho UID/BIO/04469/2019 Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2023/04/08 - 2029/04/08	MicroRNAs as potential non-invasive biomarkers for the diagnostic and prognostic of vaginal candidiasis 2022.05336.CEECIND Principal investigator Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Associate Laboratory on Biotechnology, Bioengineering and microELectromechanical Systems 10.54499/LA/P/0029/2020 Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/01/27 - 2022/05/30	Application of antisense oligomers for controlling Candida species biofilm formation on medical surfaces POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028893 Researcher Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2014/04/01 - 2015/08/31	Omic approach to identify virulence determinants of Non-Candida albicans Candida species-host tissue interaction PTDC/EBB-EBI/120495/2010 Research Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2017/10/01 - 2021/08/01	Epidemiology, microbiology and risk factors of vulvovaginal candidiasis; Pattern of antifungal susceptibility of Candida spp. in Minho, Portugal SECVS 092/2017 Principal investigator Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Gonçalves, Bruna; Silva, Sónia. Corresponding author: Gonçalves, Bruna. "Exploring bioinformatics tools and databases to decipher the proteome of Candida glabrata biofilm matrix". Paper presented in BOD 2021 - X Bioinformatics Open Days, Braga, 2021. Published Gonçalves, Bruna; Bernardo, Ruben; Wang, Can; Butler, Geraldine; Mira, Nuno Pereira; Azeredo, Joana; Henriques, Mariana; Silva, Sónia. Corresponding author: Silva, Sónia. "Progesterone modulates Candida albicans biofilm formation and expression". Paper presented in EUROBIOFILMS 2017, Amsterdam, 2017. Published Ferreira, Carina; Gonçalves, Bruna (4012-9303-6058); Vilas Boas, Diana; Henriques, Mariana; Azeredo, Joana; Silva, Sónia. "Candida tropicalis biofilm is highly influenced by the environmental human pH". Paper presented in Biofilms 7 - Microbial Works of Art, Porto, 2016. Published Gonçalves, Bruna; Bernardo, Ruben; Wang, Can; Butler, Geraldine; Mira, Nuno Pereira; Azeredo, Joana; Henriques, Mariana; Silva, Sónia. "Candida albicans vulvovaginal biofilm response to progesterone: genes involved". Paper presented in Biofilms 7 - Microbial Works of Art, Porto, 2016. Published Rodrigues, Célia; Gonçalves, Bruna; Rodrigues, Maria Elisa; Silva, Sónia; Azeredo, Joana; Henriques, Mariana. "Fluconazole versus Voriconazole: Candida glabrata biofilms response to different azoles". Paper presented in 7th Trends in Medical Mycology, Lisbon, 2015. Published Rodrigues, Célia; Fonseca, Elza; Gonçalves, Bruna; Bogas, Diana; Silva, Sónia; Azeredo, Joana; Henriques, Mariana. "Antifungal agents induce alteration in the matrix composition of Candida glabrata biofilms". Paper presented in Biofilms 6 - International Conference on Microbial Biofilms, Viena, 2014. Published Rodrigues, Célia; Silva, Sónia; Azeredo, Joana; Gonçalves, Bruna; Henriques, Mariana. "Effect of azoles in Candida glabrata biofilms and its relation with ERG genes expression.". Paper presented in MICROBIOTEC 13 - Portuguese Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Aveiro, 2013. Published
Conference poster	Gonçalves, Bruna; Mariana Contente Rangel Henriques; Sónia Carina Morais da Silva. "Exploring bioinformatics tools to characterize a new regulator of Candida glabrata biofilm matrix". Paper presented in Bioinformatics Open Days 2024 - XIII Edition, 2024. Gonçalves, Bruna; Silva, Sónia. "Exploring bioinformatics tools and databases to decipher the proteome of Candida glabrata biofilm matrix". Paper presented in BOD2021 - X Bioinformatics Open Days, 2021. Gonçalves, Bruna; Bernardo, Ruben; Wang, Can; Butler, Geraldine; Mira, Nuno Pereira; Azeredo, Joana; Henriques, Mariana; Silva, Sónia. Corresponding author: Silva, Sónia. "Progesterone modulates Candida albicans biofilm formation and expression". Paper presented in EUROBIOFILMS 2017, 2017. Gonçalves, Bruna; Bernardo, Ruben; Wang, Can; Butler, Geraldine; Mira, Nuno Pereira; Azeredo, Joana; Henriques, Mariana; Silva, Sónia. "Candida albicans vulvovaginal biofilm response to progesterone: genes involved". Paper presented in Biofilms 7 - Microbial Works of Art, 2016. Ferreira, Carina; Gonçalves, Bruna; Vilas-Boas, Diana; Henriques, Mariana; Azeredo, Joana; Silva, Sónia. "Candida tropicalis biofilm is highly influenced by the environmental human pH". Paper presented in Biofilms 7 - Microbial Works of Art, 2016. Célia F Rodrigues; Bruna Gonçalves; Maria Elisa Rodrigues; Sónia Silva; Joana Azeredo; Mariana Henriques. "Fluconazole vs Voriconazole: Candida glabrata's biofilms response to different azoles". Paper presented in 7th Trends in Medical Mycology, 2015. Rodrigues, Célia; Fonseca, Elza; Gonçalves, Bruna; Bogas, Diana; Silva, Sónia; Azeredo, Joana; Henriques, Mariana. "Antifungal agents induce alteration in the matrix composition of Candida glabrata biofilms". Paper presented in Biofilms 6 - International Conference on Microbial Biofilms, 2014. Rodrigues, Célia; Silva, Sónia; Azeredo, Joana; Gonçalves, Bruna; Henriques, Mariana. "Effect of azoles in Candida glabrata biofilms and its relation with ERG genes expression". Paper presented in MICROBIOTEC 13 - Portuguese Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2013.
Journal article	Gonçalves, Bruna; Pires, Diana P.; Fernandes, Liliana; Miguel Pacheco; Tiago Ferreira; Osorio, Hugo; Soares, Ana Raquel; Mariana Contente Rangel Henriques; Sónia Carina Morais da Silva. "Biofilm matrix regulation by Candida glabrata Zap1 under acidic conditions: transcriptomic and proteomic analyses". Biochemical Journal (2024): Accepted • 10.1128/spectrum.01201-24 Gonçalves, Bruna; Barbosa, Ana; Soares, Ana Raquel; Henriques, Mariana; Silva, Sónia. "Sfl1 is required for Candida albicans biofilm formation under acidic conditions". Biochimie 209 (2023): 37-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biochi.2023.01.011. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.biochi.2023.01.011 Araújo, D.; GONÇALVES, BRUNA; Vilas Boas, D.; Rodrigues, M. E.; Henriques, M.; Silva, S.. "Combined application of antisense oligomers to control transcription factors of Candida albicans biofilm formation". Mycopathologia 188 3 (2023): 231-241. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11046-023-00734-0. 10.1007/s11046-023-00734-0 Fernandes, Liliana; Gonçalves, Bruna; Costa, Raquel; Fernandes, Ângela; Gomes, Ana; Nogueira-Silva, Cristina; Silva, Sónia; Rodrigues, Maria Elisa; Henriques, Mariana. "Vapor-phase of essential oils as a promising solution to prevent Candida vaginal biofilms caused by antifungal resistant strains". Healthcare 10 9 (2022): 1649. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091649. Published • 10.3390/healthcare10091649 Fernandes, Ângela; Azevedo, Nuno; Valente, Andreia; Dias, Marisol; Gomes, Ana; Nogueira-Silva, Cristina; Henriques, Mariana; Silva, Sónia; Gonçalves, Bruna. "Vulvovaginal candidiasis and asymptomatic vaginal colonization in Portugal: Epidemiology, risk factors and antifungal pattern". Medical Mycology 60 5 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myac029. 10.1093/mmy/myac029 Gonçalves, Bruna; Azevedo, Nuno; Osorio, Hugo; Henriques, Mariana; Silva, Sónia. Corresponding author: Silva, Sónia. "Revealing Candida glabrata biofilm matrix proteome: global characterization and pH response". Biochemical Journal (2021): BCJ2020084. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bcj20200844. Published • 10.1042/bcj20200844 Gonçalves, Bruna; Fernandes, Liliana; Henriques, Mariana; Silva, Sónia. Corresponding author: Silva, Sónia. "Environmental pH modulates biofilm formation and matrix composition in Candida albicans and Candida glabrata". Biofouling 36 5 (2020): 621-630. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2020.1793963. Published • 10.1080/08927014.2020.1793963 Gonçalves, Bruna; Bernardo, Ruben; Wang, Can; Schröder, Markus S.; Pedro, Nuno; Butler, Geraldine; Azeredo, Joana; et al. Corresponding author: Silva, Sónia. "Effect of progesterone on Candida albicans biofilm formation under acidic conditions: A transcriptomic analysis". International Journal of Medical Microbiology 310 3 (2020): 151414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmm.2020.151414. Published • 10.1016/j.ijmm.2020.151414 Gonçalves, Bruna; Azevedo, Nuno Miguel; Henriques, Mariana; Silva, Sónia. Corresponding author: Silva, Sónia. "Hormones modulate Candida vaginal isolates biofilm formation and decrease their susceptibility to azoles and hydrogen peroxide". Medical Mycology 58 3 (2020): 341-350. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myz070. Published • 10.1093/mmy/myz070 Rodrigues, Célia; Gonçalves, Bruna; Rodrigues, Maria Elisa; Silva, Sónia; Azeredo, Joana; Henriques, Mariana. "The effectiveness of voriconazole in therapy of Candida glabrata's biofilms oral Infections and its influence on the matrix composition and gene expression". Mycopathologia 182 7-8 (2017): 653-664. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11046-017-0135-7. Published • 10.1007/s11046-017-0135-7 Ferreira, Carina; Gonçalves, Bruna; Vilas Boas, Diana; Oliveira, Hugo; Henriques, Mariana; Azeredo, Joana; Silva, Sónia. "Candida tropicalis biofilm and human epithelium invasion is highly influenced by environmental pH". Pathogens and Disease 74 8 (2016): ftw101. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femspd/ftw101. Published • 10.1093/femspd/ftw101 Gonçalves, Bruna; Ferreira, Carina; Alves, Carlos Tiago; Henriques, Mariana; Azeredo, Joana; Silva, Sónia. "Vulvovaginal candidiasis: Epidemiology, microbiology and risk factors". Critical Reviews in Microbiology 42 6 (2016): 905-927. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/1040841X.2015.1091805. Published • 10.3109/1040841X.2015.1091805
Thesis / Dissertation	GONÇALVES, BRUNA. "Candida species vaginal virulence determinants: role of environmental factors". PhD, Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, 2019. GONÇALVES, BRUNA. "Evaluation of the matrix role of Candida glabrata biofilms in their resistance to voriconazole". Master, Universidade do Minho, 2013.

Other

Other output

Combined application of antisense oligomers to control transcription factors of Candida albicans biofilm formation. 2022. Araújo, D.; Gonçalves, B.; Boas, D.V.; Rodrigues, M.E.; Henriques, M.; Silva, S.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85167485390&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.21203/rs.3.rs-2012819/v1
Effect of progesterone on Candida albicans biofilm formation under acidic conditions: a transcriptomic analysis. 2019. Gonçalves, Bruna; Bernardo, Ruben; Wang, Can; Pedro, Nuno; Geraldine Butler; Azeredo, Joana; Henriques, Mariana; Mira, Nuno Pereira; Silva, Sónia. https://doi.org/10.1101/591347.
10.1101/591347

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/02/19	Invited Talk: Laboratory of applied Health Microbiology - what do we investigate?	CEB goes to the School Western Braga School (Braga, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/02/19 - 2024/07/31	Comparative study of the virulence and pathogenicity profile of Candida glabrata vaginal clinical isolates Supervisor of Rayana	Microbiology Internship (Degree) Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal
2024/02/16 - 2024/07/31	Exploitation of bioinformatics tools for proteome analysis into drug discovery to control candidiasis Supervisor of Diana Barros	Bioinformatics Project (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/02/16 - 2024/07/31	Bibliographic and bioinformatic analysis of infections-related microRNAs Supervisor of Tiago Miranda	Bioinformatics Project (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/03/25 - 2024/06/09	Clinical and Biomedical Laboratory Supervisor of Mohammed Amine El Khir	Erasmus Internship in Clinical and Biomedical Laboratory (Degree) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2021/06/30	Exploring bioinformatics tools and databases to decipher omics data from Candida glabrata Supervisor of Miguel Pacheco	Bioinformatics Project (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/02/01 - 2020/06/30	Transcriptional network of Candida glabrata Zap1: microarray data analysis Supervisor of Tiago Ferreira	Bioinformatics Project (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/10/15	Epidemiological study of vulvovaginal candidiasis in samples from Northern Portugal Health Care Centers Co-supervisor of Andreia Valente	Biomedical Engineering (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - 2024/12/31	Microbes & Biofilms Seminars (2023/09/01 - 2024/12/31) Seminar (Co-organisor)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2023/09/25 - 2023/09/29	5th international practical Biofilm course and symposium (2023/09/25 - 2023/09/29) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/03/14 - 2024/03/16	Poster presentation - Exploring bioinformatics tools to characterize a new regulator of Candida glabrata biofilm matrix Congress	Bioinformatics Open Days 2024 - XIII Edition Universidade do Minho Departamento de Informática, Portugal
2023/11/22 - 2023/11/26	Representative of research group at "CEB in Exhibition" event Exhibition	Week of Science and Technology 2023 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2023/11/22 - 2023/11/26	Representative of research group at "CEB Open Day" event Exhibition	Week of Science and Technology 2023 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/08	Poster presentation - Exploring bioinformatics tools and databases to decipher the proteome of Candida glabrata biofilm matrix Conference	BOD 2021 - X Bioinformatics Open Days Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/02/17 - 2021/02/17	Seminar attendance - Data-driven Bioinformatics Seminar	Data-driven Bioinformatics Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2020/11/17 - 2020/11/17	Seminar attendance - BioData.pt Talks Seminar	BioData.pt Talks BioData.pt, Portugal
2017/09/19 - 2017/09/22	Poster presentation - Progesterone modulates Candida albicans biofilm formation and expression Congress	EUROBIOFILMS 2017 - 5th European Congress in Microbial Biofilms European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2017/07/06 - 2017/07/06	Scientific meeting attendance Meeting	CEB Annual Meeting 2017 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2016/06/26 - 2016/06/28	Poster presentation - Candida tropicalis biofilm is highly influenced by the environmental human pH Congress	Biofilms 7 - Microbial Works of Art Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/06/26 - 2016/06/28	Poster presentation - Candida albicans vulvovaginal biofilm response to progesterone: genes involved Congress	Biofilms 7 - Microbial Works of Art Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/10/09 - 2015/10/12	Poster presentation - Fluconazole vs Voriconazole: Candida glabrata's biofilms response to different azoles Congress	7th Trends in Medical Mycology
2014/05/11 - 2014/05/13	Poster presentation - Antifungal agents induces alteration in the matrix composition of Candida glabrata biofilms Conference	Biofilms 6 - International Conference on Microbial Biofilms
2013/12/06 - 2013/12/08	Poster presentation - Effect of azoles in Candida glabrata biofilms and its relation with ERG genes expression Congress	MICROBIOTEC 13 - Portuguese Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2020/03/01 - 2023/12/23	Medical Mycology (1460-2709)	Oxford University Press
2022/09/01 - 2022/09/30	The Annals of Pharmacotherapy	Dove Press
2019/09/20 - 2020/04/01	Journal de Mycologie Médicale (1156-5233)	Elsevier

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/02/05 - 2024/02/09	Workshop teacher at "Journeys of Biomedical Engineering"		Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2023/09/25 - 2023/09/29	Teacher of practical clases of "Biofilm cultures" and "Transcriptomics"	5th International Practical Biofilm Course and Symposium (Pós-Graduação)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2023/11/15 - Current	Expert Panel Proposals Evaluator, National Science Centre, Poland Evaluator	Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Poland	Narodowe Centrum Nauki
2023/09/01 - 2023/10/10	Reviewer of grant proposals, National Science Center, Poland Evaluator	Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Poland	Narodowe Centrum Nauki
2022/02/01 - 2022/10/04	Reviewer of grant proposals, National Science Center, Poland Evaluator	Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Poland	Narodowe Centrum Nauki

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022/07/01 - 2024/07/01	Microorganisms (20762607)	MDPI AG

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2022/01/26 - 2022/01/26	Jury of Master Thesis Project	Universidade do Minho, Portugal