Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Joana Catarina Santos Leite
Citation names
- Leite, Joana
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 441C-C369-0DBC
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-5970-1870
Email addresses
- joana.leite@i3s.up.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Telephone
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- 220408800 (Professional)
Addresses
- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3s). R. Alfredo Allen, 4200-135, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
- Exact Sciences - Computer and Information 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 | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2010/09/01 - 2015/10
Concluded
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Integrated Masters in Bioengineering (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Effect of immobilized a6ß1 synthetic ligands on the behaviour of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) in 3D fibrin hydrogels" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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15 out of 20 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2017/07/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal | ||
2017/07/01 - 2017/10/01 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal | ||
2014/02/24 - 2014/07/25 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB), National University of Galway, Ireland (NUIG), Ireland |
Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB), National University of Galway, Ireland (NUIG), Ireland |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2016/09/01 - 2017/03/31 | Junior Scientist | Stemmatters, Biotecnologia e Medicina Regenerativa SA, Portugal |
2015/02/01 - 2015/10/06 | Master Student - Effect of immobilized a6ß1 synthetic ligands on the behaviour of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) in 3D fibrin hydrogels. | IBMC-INEB Associate Laboratory, Portugal |
IBMC-INEB Associate Laboratory, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2017/10/01 - Current | ACTOMYO
640553
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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European Research Council
Ongoing
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2015/02/01 - 2015/10/31 | NeurON - Molecularly-designed hydrogels for neural stem cell transplantation: a combinatorial approach for successful regeneration
and functional recovery in spinal cord injury
PTDC/SAU-BMA/118869/2010
Master Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2018/09/12 | Global biomechanics of cytokinesis: unravelling the interplay between the contractile ring and the surrounding cortex | EMBO Workshop: Physics of integrated biological systems. 11 – 21 September 2018 | Cargèse, France
EMBO (Cargèse, France)
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2017/11/09 | Cytokinesis: a tale of forces | 6th i3s Annual Meeting, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto, Portugal
Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal)
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2011/11 - 2011/11 | Third Symposium on Bioengineering (2011/11)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2018/09/11 - 2018/09/21 | EMBO Workshop: Physics of integrated biological systems. 11 – 21 September 2018 | Cargèse, France
Conference
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EMBO Workshop: Physics of integrated biological systems.
EMBO Press, Germany
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2017/11/09 - 2017/11/10 | 6th i3s Annual Meeting, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto, Portugal
Meeting
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6th i3s Annual Meeting
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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2012/11 - 2012/11 | Fourth Symposium on Bioengineering
Symposium
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Fourth Symposium on Bioengineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2011/11 - 2011/11 | Third Symposium on Bioengineering
Symposium
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Third Symposium on Bioengineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2010/11 - 2010/11 | Second Symposium on Bioengineering
Symposium
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Second Symposium on Bioengineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2014 - 2014 | NEB-FEUP/ICBAS – Núcleo de Estudantes de Bioengenharia | Member |