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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cristina Isabel Caniço Escrevente

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4610-E630-B6EA
Education
Degree Classification
2012
Concluded
 Animal Handling and Experimentation on Mice and Zebrafish. FELASA, category C (Outros)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2007/04/01 - 2011/10/14
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Bioquimica
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
"Protein Glycosylation of ovarian carcinoma cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 n/a
1997/09/01 - 2002
Concluded
 Graduation in Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Scientific domain
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Identificação do mutante EGFRvIII numa linha celular de cancro da mama por RT-PCR" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15 valores
1996
Concluded
 Certificate in Advanced English (Outros)
Cambridge University, International examinations. Insituto de Linguas de Santarém, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/10/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2018/09/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2012/01/01 - 2017/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2008/01/08 - 2008/02/01 Visiting Researcher (Research) Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Germany
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Germany
2004/08/01 - 2007/03/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2003/02/01 - 2004/03/31 Researcher (Research) Centre de recherche du CHUM, Canada
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2001/09/01 - 2002/10/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/10/01 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/02/29 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2007/04 - 2011/10 PhD student (FCT grant: SFRH/BD/30622/2006) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/04/01 - 2024/03/31 Targeting lysosome exocytosis to impair breast cancer progression and metastasis
TF 2022-24
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
 Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2022/06/30 FCT project: Lysosome dysfunction in age-related diseases
PTDC/MED-PAT/30385/2017
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/01/01 - 2017/12/31 Role of Rab GTPases in the regulation of MHC class II transport from intracellular compartments to the plasma membrane./ Regulation of lysosome secretion. FCT grant: SFRH/BPD/78491/2011
SFRH/BPD/78491/2011
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/04/01 - 2011/10/14 Study of ADAM10 glycosylation and sorting into exosomes in ovarian carcinoma. FCT grant: SFRH/BD/30622/2006
SFRH/BD/30622/2006
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - Current Life Sciences for a Healthy and Sustainable Future
UIDB/04462/2020
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2018/08/01 - Current CYP46A1 as a new TherapeutIc Target in Niemann-Pick type C disease
PTDC/MED-NEU/29455/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018 - Current Lysosome dysfunction in age-related diseases
PTDC/MED-PAT/30385/2017
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2015/01/01 - Current iNOVA4Health - Programme in Translational Medicine (iBET, CEDOC/FCM, IPOLFG and ITQB)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/147260/PT
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Ciências da Vida para um Futuro Saudável e Sustentável
LA/P/0087/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0087/2020
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Microbiologia Molecular Estrutural e Celular, Portugal

Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

BioResources 4 Sustainability, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

iNOVA4Health, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018 - 2020 Mechanisms of cell death in choroideremia
Choroideremia Research Foundation
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 iNOVA4Health - Programa de Medicina Translacional iBET, CEDOC/FCM, IPOLFG e ITQB
UID/Multi/04462/2019
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/10/01 - 2019/09/30 Correction of lysosomal dysfunction in Retinal Pigmented Epithelial (RPE) cells
Boehringer Ingelheim
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
Concluded
2018/01/01 - 2018/09/30 BIOMEMBRANE: Bioengineered in vitro model of retinal pigmented epithelium of human eye
M-ERA.NET 2/0005/2016 funded by FP7 EU programme
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
 Commission Européenne Représentation au Luxembourg
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Strategic Project - LA 4 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/EQB/LA0004/2011
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/02/01 - 2011/10/14 Glycosylation and Lewis X motif in neuronal tissue.
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/100724/PT
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/02/01 - 2008/02/25 Study of the biological role of ADAM10 N-linked oligosaccharides. Bilateral collaboration CRUP/DAAD
CRUP / DAAD
Researcher
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Germany

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2004/08/01 - 2007/03/31 STREP - Signaling and Membrane Trafficking in Transformation and Differentiation. LSHG-CT-2004-450322
LSHG-CT-2004-450322
Research Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2003/02/01 - 2004/03/31 Iron overload modifiers of selective tissue damage – molecular and cellular aspects of iron metabolism. POCTI/CBO/33485/1999
POCTI/CBO/33485/1999
Research Fellow
Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de L’Université de Montréal , Canada

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Falcão AS; Escrevente, Cristina; ANTAS, PEDRO; Lopes-da-Silva, Mafalda; Ferreira, I.; Cardoso, MH; Tenreiro, S; Seabra, MC. "Dissecting the role of TFEB in autofluorescent granule load formation and degradation in retinal pigment epithelium". Paper presented in Cell Bio virtual 2021 - ASCB|EMBO meeting, 2021.
Conference paper
  1. Miguel C Seabra; Maria H Cardoso; Michael Hall; Ana S Falcão; Escrevente, Cristina; Pedro Antas; Gabriela V Santos; Sandra Tenreiro; Claire E Futter. "Modeling lysosomal dysfunction in the retinal pigmented epithelium to study pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration". Paper presented in ARVO Annual Meeting, Vancouver, 2019.
    Published
  2. Escrevente, Cristina; Peter Altevogt; Julia Costa. "Exosomes from ovarian carcinoma SKOV3 cells are enriched in glycosylated proteins". Paper presented in 16th International Heidelberger Symposium on Cancer Research, Coimbra, 2010.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Escrevente, Cristina; Barral, Duarte C.. "A função dos lisossomas no envelhecimento celular: implicações na saude e longevidade". Paper presented in Narrativas do envelhecimento, 2025.
  2. Ana Rita Rodrigues; Escrevente, Cristina; Barral, Duarte C.; Barona, Teresa. "Lysosome exocytosis as a therapeutic strategy to impair breast cancer progression.". 2024.
  3. Ana Rita Rodrigues; Escrevente, Cristina; Barral, Duarte C.; Barona, Teresa. "Role of lysosome exocytosis in breast cancer progression.". 2024.
  4. Isabel Sesifredo; Escrevente, Cristina; Barral, Duarte C.. "Role of lysosome exocytosis in cancer progression". Paper presented in 1 st NMS Research Week, 2023.
  5. Isabel Sesifredp; Escrevente, Cristina; Barral, Duarte C.. "Role of lysosome exocytosis in cancer progression". 2023.
  6. Cristina Demelas; Escrevente, Cristina; Barral, Duarte C.; Pojo, Marta; Serpa, Jacinta. "Role of melanosome exocytosis in cutaneous melanoma invasion and response to immunotherapy". 2023.
  7. Andreia Ferreire; Madalena Lopes; Diana Coito; Escrevente, Cristina; Cristina Casalou; Teresa Barona; Duarte C. Barral. "Arl8b regulates breast cancer progression through lysosome exocytosis". 2021.
  8. Ana S Falcão; Escrevente, Cristina; Maria H Cardoso; Michael Hall; Pedro Antas; Miguel Chaves-Ferreira; Sandra Tenreiro; Claire E Futter; Miguel C Seabra. "Dissecting the role of lysosome dysfunction in age-related macular degeneration.". Paper presented in VII International Symposium on AMD. Baden-Baden, Germany., 2019.
  9. Miguel Mesquita; Pedro Antas; Escrevente, Cristina; Ines Ferreira; Sandra Tenreiro; Miguel C Seabra. "Purification and characterization of dysfunctional lysosomes in chronic age related disease models.". Paper presented in Workshop Lysosome Biology. Lisboa, Portugal., 2019.
  10. Carolina Nhacocane; Escrevente, Cristina; Marta Nogueira; Carolina Piedade; Ines Ferreira; Maria H Cardoso; Miguel Chaves-Ferreira; et al. "Dissecting the role of V-ATPase subunit isoforms on age-related macular degeneration.". Paper presented in Workshop Lysosome Biology. Lisboa, Portugal., 2019.
  11. Escrevente, Cristina; Falcão, Ana Sofia; Cardoso, Maria Helena; Ferreira, Inês; Tenreiro, Sandra; Seabra, Miguel; Escrevente, Cristina; et al. "Unravelling the role of lysosome dysfunction in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)". Paper presented in Workshop on Lysosome Biology, Twinning LYSOCIL, 2019.
  12. Ana S Falcão; Maria H Cardoso; Michael Hall; Escrevente, Cristina; Pedro Antas; Miguel Chaves-Ferreira; Sandra Tenreiro; Claire E Futter; Miguel C Seabra. "Exploring the role of lysosome dysfunction in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration.". Paper presented in Ageing models, mechanisms and therapies. Coimbra, Portugal., 2019.
  13. Sandra Tenreiro; Maria H Cardoso; Michael Hall; Escrevente, Cristina; Ana S Falcão; Pedro Antas; Miguel Chaves-Ferreira; et al. "Emerging insights on pathogenesis of early age-related macular degeneration by modelling lysosome dysfunction.". Paper presented in Nature Conference: Ageing, Health & Rejuvenation. Rotterdam, The Netherlands., 2019.
  14. Miguel C Seabra; Maria H Cardoso; Michael Hall; Sandra Tenreiro; Ana S Falcão; Escrevente, Cristina; Pedro Antas; Gabriela Santos; Claire E Futter. "Lysosomal dysfunction in the retinal pigment epithelium and the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration.". Paper presented in ARVO Conference. Baltimore, USA., 2019.
  15. Tenreiro, Sandra; Cardoso, Maria Helena; Hall, Michael; Escrevente, Cristina; Falcão, Ana Sofia; ANTAS, PEDRO; Chaves-Ferreira, Miguel; et al. "Models of lysosomal dysfunction in retinal pigmented epithelium cells to study age-related macular degeneration". Paper presented in 3rd COST Transautophagy Annual Meeting, 2019.
  16. Michael Hall; Maria H Cardoso; Ana S Falcão; Escrevente, Cristina; Sandra Tenreiro; Miguel C Seabra; Claire E Futter. "Lysosomal dysfunction in the retinal pigmented epithelium and the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration.". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conference: Advances in Basic Discoveries and Therapeutic Approaches in Lysosomal Diseases. Galveston, US., 2019.
  17. Escrevente, Cristina; Ana S Falcão; Maria H Cardoso; Gabriela Santos; Sandra Tenreiro; Miguel C Seabra. "Lysosome dysfunction in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).". Paper presented in 2nd NMS Symposium on Chronic Diseases and Translational Science. Lisboa, Portugal., 2018.
  18. Maria H Cardoso; Michael Hall; Ana S Falcão; Escrevente, Cristina; Gabriela Santos; Sandra Tenreiro; Claire E Futter; Miguel C Seabra. "Stem cell-derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium Models of Lysosomal Dysfunction in Disease.". Paper presented in 2nd NMS Symposium on Chronic Diseases and Translational Science. Lisboa, Portugal, 2018.
  19. Maria H Cardoso; Michael Hall; Ana S Falcão; Escrevente, Cristina; Gabriela Santos; Sandra Tenreiro; Claire E Futter; Miguel C Seabra. "Ageing in the Retina: hESc-derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium model of chronic lysosomal dysfunction.". Paper presented in Cell Symposium - Aging and Metabolism. Sitges, Spain., 2018.
  20. Michael Hall; Ana S Falcão; Escrevente, Cristina; Maria H Cardoso; Sandra Tenreiro; Claire E Futter; Miguel C Seabra. "Lysosomal dysfunction in the retinal pigmented epithelium and the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration.". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conference: Lysosomes and Endocytosis. Andover, US., 2018.
  21. Escrevente, Cristina; Liliana Bento-Lopes; Duarte C Barral. "A novel Rab cascade is involved in the regulation of lysosome exocytosis.". Paper presented in EMBO Workshop Lysosomes and Metabolism. Puzzuoli. Italy., 2018.
  22. Maria H Cardoso; Michael Hall; Ana S Falcão; Escrevente, Cristina; Gabriela Santos; Sandra Tenreiro; Claire E Futter; Miguel C Seabra. "hESc-derived retinal pigment epithelium model of chronic lysosomal dysfunction.". Paper presented in EMBO Workshop Lysosomes and Metabolism. Pozzuoli, Italy., 2018.
  23. Ana S Falcão; Escrevente, Cristina; Maria H Cardoso; Gabriela Santos; Sandra Tenreiro; Miguel C Seabra. "Using photoreceptor outersegments autofluorescence to measure dysfunction in pig and human retinal pigmented epithelial cells.". Paper presented in EMBO Workshop Lysosomes and Metabolism. Pozzuoli, Italy., 2018.
  24. Maria H Cardoso; Michael Hall; Ana S Falcão; Escrevente, Cristina; Sandra Tenreiro; Claire E Futter; Miguel C Seabra. "Lysosomal dysfunction in the retinal pigmented epithelium and the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration.". Paper presented in 2nd Small Meeting on Endocytic Trafficking and Signaling. Braga, Portugal, 2018.
  25. Michael Hall; Maria H Cardoso; Ana S Falcão; Escrevente, Cristina; Sandra Tenreiro; Miguel C Seabra; Claire E Futter. "Modelling lysosome dysfunction in the retinal pigment epithelium in early AMD.". Paper presented in ProRetina Meeting. Postdam, Germany., 2018.
  26. Escrevente, Cristina; Liliana Bento-Lopes; Duarte C. Barral. "A Rab11-Rab3 cascade involved in the regulation of lysosome exocytosis.". Paper presented in First Meeting on Vesicular Biology. Coimbra, Portugal., 2018.
  27. Michael Hall; Maria H Cardoso; Ana S Falcão; Escrevente, Cristina; Sandra Tenreiro; Miguel C Seabra; Claire E Futter. "Modelling lysosome dysfunction in the retinal pigment epithelium in the development of early AMD.". Paper presented in Institute of Ophthalmology Meeting 2018. London, UK., 2018.
  28. Escrevente, Cristina; Liliana Bento-Lopes; Duarte C. Barral. "A Rab11-Rab3 cascade involved in the regulation of lysosome exocytosis.". Paper presented in 8th Meeting on Signal Transduction - SINAL 2017. Lisbon, Portugal., 2017.
  29. Julia Costa; Escrevente, Cristina; Joana Batista; Susana Jorge. "Glycoproteins and glycans from exosomes of ovarian carcinoma cells.". Paper presented in Second International Meeting of International Society of Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV). Boston, USA., 2013.
  30. Escrevente, Cristina; Eda Machado; S Kandzia; Rita Carilho; Peter Altevogt; Harald S Conradt. "N-glycosylation of the SKOV3 ovarian carcinoma cell line: cellular and secreted glycoproteins and secreted exosomes.". Paper presented in 21st International Symposium on Glycoconjugates. Vienna, Austria., 2011.
  31. Julia Costa; Escrevente, Cristina; Eda Machado; S Kandzia; Rita Carilho; Peter Altevogt; Harald S Conradt. "N-glycosylation of secreted exosomes from ovarian carcinoma cells.". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conference – Glycobiology. Lucca, Italy, 2011.
  32. Escrevente, Cristina; S Kandzia; Harald S Conradt; Julia Costa. "Study of the N-glycosylation profile of vesicles secreted by tumour cells.". Paper presented in 9th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group. Vila Real, Portugal., 2011.
  33. Escrevente, Cristina; Julia Costa. "Glycosylation of secreted exosomes from ovarian carcinoma cells: structures and biological implications.". Paper presented in II Post-Doc Symposium - Glycobiology and Disease – IPATIMUP. Porto. Portugal., 2011.
  34. Escrevente, Cristina; Peter Altevogt; Julia Costa. "Role of N-glycosylation on ADAM10 processing, activity and sorting to exosomes.". Paper presented in FEBS Advanced lecture course: Matrix Pathobiology, Signalling and molecular Targets. Patras, Greece., 2009.
  35. Catarina Gomes; Escrevente, Cristina; Julia Costa. "Mutant SOD1 aggregation in a cell model of ALS. TDP43 localization, levels of co-expressed secretory and membrane glycoproteins and effects of trehalose.". Paper presented in XX International Symposium on ALS/MND. Berlin, Germany., 2009.
  36. Escrevente, Cristina; Sascha Keller; Peter Altevogt; Julia Costa. "Study of the role of ADAM10 N-glycosylation in ovarian carcinoma cells.". Paper presented in EMBO Meeting: Cellular Signalling and Molecular Medicine. Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2008.
  37. Escrevente, Cristina; Sascha Keller; Peter Altevogt. "Biological role of ADAM10 N-glycosylation in ovarian carcinoma cells.". Paper presented in Glupor7: 7th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group. Lisboa, Portugal., 2007.
  38. Escrevente, Cristina; Peter Altevogt; Julia Costa. "ADAM10 N-glycosylation and sorting into exosomes in ovarian carcinoma cells.". Paper presented in XV Portuguese Biochemistry Meeting. Aveiro, Portugal., 2006.
  39. Catarina Brito; Escrevente, Cristina; Celso A Reis; M Y Lee; J Q Trojanowski; Julia Costa. "The carbohydrate Lewis X determinant is found in the TI-VAMP compartment of NT2N neurons.". Paper presented in International Symposium on Glycoconjugates. Florence, Italy., 2005.
  40. Escrevente, Cristina; Hortence Makui; Ricardo J Soares; Wenlei Jiang; Manuela Santos. "Iron metabolism in HFE-deficient mice after bone marrow transplantation". Paper presented in VI Annual Meeting of the Students and Researchers of the CRCHUM. Montreal, Canadá., 2003.
  41. Wenlei Jiang; Hortence Makui; Escrevente, Cristina; Manuela Santos. "The Neutrophilin Lipocalin NGAL is Regulated by iron overload, inflammation and anemia.". Paper presented in VI Annual Meeting of the Students and Researchers of the CRCHUM. Montreal, Canadá., 2003.
  42. Henriqueta Coimbra Silva; Escrevente, Cristina. "Variante III do Receptor do Factor de Crescimento Epidérmico e Cancro da Mama". Paper presented in VIII Meeting of the Portuguese Medical Genetic Society. Porto, Portugal., 2002.
Journal article
  1. Escrevente, Cristina; Liliana Bento-Lopes; Barral, Duarte C.. "Use of RNA interference to examine the role of Rab11 and its effector Sec15 in lysosome exocytosis". Methods in Molecular Biology (2025):
    Accepted
  2. Andreia Ferreira; Castanheira, José Pedro; Escrevente, Cristina; Barral, Duarte C.; Barona, Teresa. "Membrane trafficking subversion in breast cancer progression". Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 12 (2024): https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2024.1350097.
    Published
  3. Matilde V. Neto; Hall, Michael; Charneca, João; Escrevente, Cristina; Miguel C. Seabra; Barral, Duarte C.; Michael J. Hall; João Charneca; Duarte C. Barral. "Photoprotective melanin is maintained within keratinocytes in a storage lysosome". Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2024.08.023.
    Submitted • 10.1016/j.jid.2024.08.023
  4. Cardoso, M. Helena; Hall, Michael J.; Burgoyne, Thomas; Fale, Pedro; Storm, Tina; Escrevente, Cristina; Antas, Pedro; Seabra, Miguel C.; Futter, Clare E.. "Impaired Lysosome Reformation in Chloroquine-Treated Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells". Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science 64 11 (2023): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.64.11.10.
    10.1167/iovs.64.11.10
  5. Nádia Ribeiro; Melissa Albino; Andreia Ferreira; Cristina Escrevente; Duarte Barral; João Pessoa; Catarina Reis; Maria Gaspar; Isabel Correia. "Liposomal Formulations of a New Zinc(II) Complex Exhibiting High Therapeutic Potential in a Murine Colon Cancer Model". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23 12 (2022): 6728-6728. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23126728.
    10.3390/ijms23126728
  6. Hugo Moreiras; Liliana Bento-Lopes; Matilde V. Neto; Cristina Escrevente; Luís C. Cabaço; Michael J. Hall; José S. Ramalho; Miguel C. Seabra; Duarte C. Barral. "Melanocore uptake by keratinocytes occurs through phagocytosis and involves protease-activated receptor-2 internalization". Traffic 33 6 (2022): 331-345. https://doi.org/10.1111/tra.12843.
    Published • 10.1111/tra.12843
  7. Barral, Duarte C.; Staiano, Leopoldo; Guimas Almeida, Cláudia; Cutler, Dan F.; Eden, Emily R.; Futter, Clare E.; Galione, Antony; et al. Corresponding author: Seabra, MC. "Current methods to analyze lysosome morphology, positioning, motility and function". Traffic 23 5 (2022): 238-269. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tra.12839.
    Published • 10.1111/tra.12839
  8. Escrevente, Cristina; Falcão, Ana S.; Hall, Michael J.; Lopes-da-Silva, Mafalda; Antas, Pedro; Mesquita, Miguel M.; Ferreira, Inês S.; et al. "Formation of Lipofuscin-Like Autofluorescent Granules in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium Requires Lysosome Dysfunction". Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science 62 9 (2021): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.62.9.39.
    10.1167/iovs.62.9.39
  9. Cristina Escrevente; Liliana Bento-Lopes; José S. Ramalho; Duarte C. Barral. "Rab11 is required for lysosome exocytosis through the interaction with Rab3a, Sec15 and GRAB". Journal of Cell Science 134 11 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.246694.
    10.1242/jcs.246694
  10. Escrevente, Cristina; Seixas, Elsa; Escrevente, Cristina; Seabra, Miguel C.; Barral, Duarte C.. "Rab GTPase regulation of bacteria and protozoa phagocytosis occurs through the modulation of phagocytic receptor surface expression.". Scientific reports 8 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31171-5.
    10.1038/s41598-018-31171-5
  11. Encarnação, Marisa; Espada, Lília; Escrevente, Cristina; Mateus, Denisa; Ramalho, José; Michelet, Xavier; Santarino, Inês; et al. "A Rab3a-dependent complex essential for lysosome positioning and plasma membrane repair". The Journal of Cell Biology 213 6 (2016): 631-640. http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201511093.
    10.1083/jcb.201511093
  12. Escrevente, Cristina; Grammel, Nicolas; Kandzia, Sebastian; Zeiser, Johannes; Tranfield, Erin M.; Conradt, Harald S.; Costa, Júlia. "Sialoglycoproteins and N-Glycans from Secreted Exosomes of Ovarian Carcinoma Cells". PLoS ONE 8 10 (2013): e78631. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078631.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0078631
  13. Escrevente, Cristina; Keller, Sascha; Altevogt, Peter; Costa, Júlia. "Interaction and uptake of exosomes by ovarian cancer cells". BMC Cancer 11 1 (2011): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-11-108.
    10.1186/1471-2407-11-108
  14. Gomes, Catarina; Escrevente, Cristina; Costa, Júlia. "Mutant superoxide dismutase 1 overexpression in NSC-34 cells: Effect of trehalose on aggregation, TDP-43 localization and levels of co-expressed glycoproteins". Neuroscience Letters 475 3 (2010): 145-149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2010.03.065.
    10.1016/j.neulet.2010.03.065
  15. Escrevente, Cristina; Morais, Vanessa A.; Keller, Sascha; Soares, Cláudio M.; Altevogt, Peter; Costa, Júlia. "Functional role of N-glycosylation from ADAM10 in processing, localization and activity of the enzyme". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects 1780 6 (2008): 905-913. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2008.03.004.
    10.1016/j.bbagen.2008.03.004
  16. Brito, Catarina; Escrevente, Cristina; Reis, Celso A.; Lee, Virginia M.-Y.; Trojanowski, John Q.; Costa, Júlia. "Increased levels of fucosyltransferase IX and carbohydrate Lewisx adhesion determinant in human NT2N neurons". Journal of Neuroscience Research 85 6 (2007): 1260-1270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jnr.21230.
    10.1002/jnr.21230
  17. Escrevente, C.; Machado, E.; Brito, C.; Reis, C.A.; Stoeck, A.; Runz, S.; Marmé, A.; Altevogt, P.; Costa, J.. "Different expression levels of a3/4 fucosyltransferases and Lewis determinants in ovarian carcinoma tissues and cell lines". International Journal of Oncology 29 3 (2006): 557-566. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33749360659&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Preprint
  1. Hugo Moreiras; Matilde V. Neto; Liliana Bento-Lopes; Cristina Escrevente; José S. Ramalho; Miguel C. Seabra; Duarte C. Barral. "Melanocore uptake by keratinocytes occurs through phagocytosis and involves Protease-activated receptor-2 activation". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.13.439501.
    10.1101/2021.04.13.439501
  2. Ana S Falcão; Mafalda Lopes-da-Silva; Pedro Antas; Cristina Escrevente; Margarida Pedro; Rita Coelho; Inês S Ferreira; et al. "Enhancing lysosome function via mTOR/TFEB activation reduces lipofuscin-like granules in early Age-related Macular Degeneration". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.17.613413.
    10.1101/2024.09.17.613413
  3. Cristina Escrevente; Ana S. Falcão; Michael J. Hall; Mafalda Lopes-da-Silva; Pedro Antas; Miguel M. Mesquita; Inês S. Ferreira; et al. "FORMATION OF LIPOFUSCIN-LIKE AUTOFLUORESCENT GRANULES IN THE RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM REQUIRES LYSOSOME DYSFUNCTION". 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.23.432539.
    10.1101/2021.02.23.432539
  4. Cristina Escrevente; Liliana Bento Lopes; Jose Ramalho; Duarte C Barral. "A novel Rab11-Rab3a cascade required for lysosome exocytosis". 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.06.434066.
    10.1101/2021.03.06.434066
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Escrevente, Cristina. "PhD thesis: Protein glysosylation of exosomes from ovarian carcinoma cells". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, 2011. https://run.unl.pt/bitstream/10362/6864/1/Thesis%20Cristina%20Escrevente.pdf.
  2. Escrevente, Cristina. "Biology degree thesis: Identificação do mutante EGFRVIII numa linha cellular por RT-PCR". Degree, Universidade de Coimbra, 2002.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/05 Targeting lysosome exocytosis as a new therapeutic strategy to impair triple negative breast cancer cell invasion and metastasis formation.
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra (FMUC) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/01/26 Targeting lysosome Exocytosis to Impair Breast Cancer Progression Casual Friday with Science
Nova University (Lisbon, Portugal)
2020 Lysosomal dysfunction in age related macular degeneration (AMD). Casual Friday with Science
CEDOC (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019 Lysosomal dysfunction in the Retinal pigmented Epithelium EMBO workshop Proteostasis: From organelles to organisms
EMBO (Ericeira, Portugal)
2019 Dysfunctional lysosomes in the retinal pigment epithelium LYSOCIL workshop
LYSOCIL (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018 A Rab11-Rab3 cascade involved in the regulation of lysosome exocytosis. First Meeting on Vesicular Biology
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2018 A novel Rab cascade involved in the regulation of lysosome exocytosis. Casual Friday with Science
CEDOC (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017 A Rab11-Rab3 cascade involved in the regulation of lysosome exocytosis. 8th Meeting on Signal Transduction - SINAL
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2017 A Rab11-Rab3 cascade involved in the regulation of lysosome exocytosis. Scientific symposium - Career Opportunities for Postdoctoral researchers in life sciences
(Cascais, Portugal)
2016 A role for the endocytic recycling pathway in the exocytosis of lysosomes. 1º CEDOC Symposium on Chronic Diseases
CEDOC (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015 A role for the endocytic recycling pathway in the exocytosis of lysosomes. Casual Friday with Science
CEDOC (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013 Rab GTPases as regulators of MHCII-dependent antigen presentation. IGC Post-Doc Seminars
IGC (Oeiras, Portugal)
2011 Glycosylation of secreted exosomes from ovarian carcinoma cells: structures and biological implications. II Post-Doc Symposium - Glycobiology and Disease – IPATIMUP
IPATIMUP (Porto, Portugal)
2009 Role of N-glycosylation on ADAM10 processing, activity and sorting to exosomes. FEBS Advanced lecture course: Matrix Pathobiology, Signalling and molecular Targets
FEBS (Patras, Greece)
2009 Role of N-glycosylation on ADAM10 processing, activity and sorting to exosomes. PhD research seminar -
ITQB (Oeiras, Portugal)
2007 Protein glycosylation and trafficking in cancer cells. IV Meeting of the European STREP Project Signalling & Traffic
DKFZ (Heidelberg, Germany)
2006 Importance of ADAM10 N-glycosylation for the processing, intracellular transport and activity of the enzyme. III Meeting of the European STREP Project Signalling & Traffic
(Milão, Italy)
2006 ADAM10 N-glycosylation and sorting into exosomes in ovarian carcinoma cells. XV Portuguese Biochemistry Meeting
Sociedade Porutguesa de Bioquimica (Aveiro, Portugal)
2005 Characterization and role of protein glycosylation in ovarian cancer cell lines. II Meeting of the European STREP Project Signalling & Traffic
ITQB (Oeiras, Portugal)
2004/01 The role of Hfe in iron absorption and hepcidin expression Research seminar - CRCHUM
Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal (Montreal, Canada)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Lab rotation Master students
Supervisor
 Rotation students (Master)
NOVA Univeristy, Nova Biomedical Research Master Program , Portugal
2024/08 - 2026 Understanding the role of melanin secretion on cutaneous melanoma invasion and response to immunotherapy.
Co-supervisor
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2025/01 - 2025/03 Targeting lysosome exocytosis to impair cutaneous melanoma cell invasion
Supervisor
 Biochemistry (Degree)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/09 - 2025 Targeting melanosome and lysosome exocytosis to impair cutaneous melanoma progression .
Supervisor
 Mestrado de Bioquímica e Biomedicina (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024 Role of lysosome exocytosis in breast cancer progression
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Bioquímica para a Saúde (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2023/06 - 2023/07 Lab rotation: Lysosomes studies
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023 Role of lysosome exocytosis in breast cancer progression
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Bioquímica para a Saúde (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2022/07 - 2022/09 Research Internship: cell culture techniques
Supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2022/07 - 2022/08 IFMSA Research Exchange Project
Co-supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2021/11 - 2022/02 Research internship
Supervisor
 Master in Health Sciences and Technology (Master)
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich Departement Gesundheitswissenschaften und Technologie, Switzerland
2021 - 2021 Lab rotation Bachelor students
Supervisor
 Lab rotation (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2019/07/01 - 2019/12/31 Characterization of V-ATPases isoform expression in the human RPE.
Supervisor
 Ciencias medicas (Specialization course)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2019/05/30 Lysosome dysfunction in age macular degeneration.
Supervisor
 Bioquimica (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2016/08/31 Role of the endocytic recycling pathway in lysosome exocytosis.
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em genetica molecular e biomedicina (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/11/18 - 2022/11/18 COLife Postdoc day, a scientific meeting that gathered Postdocs from the five Institutes from the Lisbon area: NMS Research, IGC, IMM, NMS-ITQB and Champalimaud. (2022/11 - 2022/11)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Open day CEDOC - LYSOCIL 2020 (2020/02/29 - 2020/02/29)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2017/10/29 - 2017/10/29 1st Open day CEDOC (2017/10/29 - 2017/10/29)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2007/09/12 - 2007/09/15 VII International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group - Glupor7 (2007/09/12 - 2007/09/15)
Symposium (Other)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/05 - Current SINAL, 11th Meeting on signal transduction.
Congress
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/10 - 2023/10 1st NMS Research week
Meeting
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2022/11 - 2022/11 FLxFlow workshop – Best practices in panel design
Workshop
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/04 - 2022/04 Lysocyl final Conference
Meeting
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2021/09/21 - 2021/09/23 Workshop: Introduction to Image Analysis - COLife & FCUL - Online session
Workshop
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/07/22 - 2021/07/22 Workshop LYSOCIL: Electron microsopy - online session
Workshop
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/17 Workshop: 3rd edition of FLxFlow Course: Principles and Applications of Flow Cytometry
Workshop
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2021/02/02 - 2021/02/04 Online Webinar: Optical microscopy at COLife & Friends: learning the basics
Meeting
 Optical microscopy at COLife & Friends: learning the basics @ Online
2021/01/21 - 2021/01/23 Lysocil Winter retreat
Meeting
 Lysocil Winter retreat
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2020/09 - 2021 Weekly conferences: RPE Cell Biology and Metabolism Virtual Conferences
Conference
 RPE Cell Biology and Metabolism Virtual Conferences
2020/12/03 - 2020/12/03 Online Lysocil Virtual Tank on the Methods to Analyse Lysosomes
Meeting
 Online Lysocil Virtual Tank on the Methods to Analyse Lysosomes
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2020/11/23 - 2020/11/23 Online Meeting: Organoids Without Borders
Conference
 Online Meeting: Organoids Without Borders
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019 - 2019 UCL-Discoveries Centre workshop: Synaptic Function, Dysfunction and Repair.
Workshop
 Synaptic Function, Dysfunction and Repair.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Workshop on Lysosome Biology (Twinning LYSOCIL project). CEDOC-UNL, Lisbon. Portugal.Twinning LYSOCIL project).
Workshop
 Workshop on Lysosome Biology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal

Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Italy
2019 - 2019 Spanish and Portuguese Meeting of Advanced Optical Microscopy (SPAOM)
Workshop
 Spanish and Portuguese Meeting of Advanced Optical Microscopy (SPAOM).
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - 2019 LYSOCIL Staff exchange on TIGEM (2 weeks). Training on the analysis of lysosome morphological changes. Training on the analysis of lysosome morphological changes.
Other
 LYSOCIL Staff exchange
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal

Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Italy
2018 - 2018 EMBO Workshop: Lysosomes and Metabolism.
Workshop
 Workshop: Lysosomes and Metabolism.
Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Italy
2017 - 2017 Workshop: Cytometry data analysis in FlowJo V10.
Workshop
 Workshop: Cytometry data analysis in FlowJo V10.
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Training action: Biosafety and Good Laboratory Practices. Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge – Infectious Disease’s Department.
Workshop
 Biosafety and Good Laboratory Practices.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Course: Flow Cytometry: Fundamentals and applications
Workshop
 Course: Flow Cytometry: “Fundamentals and applications
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Advanced course: Molecular basis of disease.
Workshop
 Advanced course: Molecular basis of disease. NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Portugal.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Radioactivity and safety training.
Workshop
 Radioactivity and safety training.
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Workshop: Glycans in cell communication – What kind of science is glycoscience.
Workshop
 Workshop: Glycans in cell communication
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Course: Safe handling of radioactive sources at the laboratory. Unidade de Protecção e Segurança Radiológica, Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN).
Workshop
 Safe handling of radioactive sources at the laboratory.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Workshop: Introduction to Flow Cytometry.
Workshop
 Workshop: Introduction to Flow Cytometry.
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2009 - 2009 FEBS Advanced lecture course: Matrix Pathobiology, Signalling and molecular Targets. Patras. Greece.
Workshop
 FEBS Advanced lecture course: Matrix Pathobiology, Signalling and molecular Targets.
Federation of European Biochemical Societies, United Kingdom
2007 - 2007 PhD course: ITQB PhD program in Chemical and Biological Sciences & Engineering.
Other
 ITQB PhD program in Chemical and Biological Sciences & Engineering.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2003 - 2003 Initiation to Flow cytometry analysis Beckman Coulter epics XL-MCL.
Workshop
 Initiation to Flow cytometry analysis.
Centre de recherche du CHUM, Canada
2003 - 2003 Radiation protection in research laboratories. International commission on radiological protection ICRP.
Workshop
 Radiation protection in research laboratories. International commission on radiological protection
Centre de recherche du CHUM, Canada
2003 - 2003 Course: Introduction to Real Time PCR Rotor gene 3000, Corbette research.
Workshop
 Introduction to Real Time PCR
Centre de recherche du CHUM, Canada

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/12 Understanding the low-density neutrophils-mediated resistance mechanisms to immunotherapy in lung cancer.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Inês dos Santos Brites (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/11/27 Understanding the impact of alterations in the expression of LAMA2 in melanoma
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Andreia Filipa Amorim Conceição (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/02/04 Mechanisms underlying lysosomal dysfunction in atherosclerotic plaque macrophages.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Sofia da Silva Ferreira (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 Effects of Cholesteryl Hemiazelate in lysosome function in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Adriana Paradinha Videira (Other)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021/10/01 - 2022/09/30 Member of the Post-Doctorate Committee of NMS Research
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/11 - 2021/11 Lysocil summer school: Is there a connection between lysosomes and cilia? (Outros) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2012 - 2020 Mentor in laboratory work, PhD students Ana Portelinha; Hugo Moreiras; Ana Fradinho; Matilde Neto; Andreia Ferreira; others
2012 - 2020 Mentor in laboratory work, Master students João Pedro Santos; Miguel Mesquita; Melissa Albino; others
2012 - 2020 Tutor of lab rotation students Several students
Distinctions

Award

2025 Honorable mention
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal
2024 Honorable mention
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal
2007 Best Poster Award

Other distinction

2018 Post-Doctoral fellowship, project M-ERA-NET2/0005/2016
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2011 Postdoctoral fellowship SFRH/BPD/78491/2011
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2009 FEBS Young Travel Fellowship
2006 Ph.D. fellowship (SFRH/BD/30622/2006)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2004 BIC - Fellowship of Initiation to science, project LSHG-CT-2004-450322
2003 BIC - Fellowship of Initiation to science, project CBO/33485/99-00
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal