Ana Sofia Fonseca Ramos (4912-EC14-A39A)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Sofia Fonseca Ramos

Ana Sofia Fonseca Ramos. Completed the Mestrado in Engenharia Biotecnológica in 2011/11/07 by Universidade Lusófona, Licenciatura in Engenharia Biotecnológica in 2003/12/31 by Universidade Lusófona, DEA in Pharmaceutical Bionformatics in 2022/10/30 by Uppsala Universitet, DEA in Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery in 2023/03/22 by Uppsala Universitet, DEA in The 7th Evidence-Based Research Training School in 2023/03/03 by Høgskulen på Vestlandet, DEA in Applied Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics in 2023/01/06 by Uppsala Universitet, DEA in Applied Pharmaceutical Structural Bioinformatics in 2022/10/13 by Uppsala Universitet, Diplôme d´études supérieures in MOOC Machine Learning y Big Data para la Bioinformática in 2023/04/10 by Universidad de Granada and Diplôme d´études supérieures in Next Generation Sequencing Analysis in 2022/08/18 by Decode Life Bioinformatics training institute. Attends the Doktor (PhD) in Health Sciences by Universidad de Alcalá since 2018/11/26. Is Assistant Professor in Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde. Published 3 articles in journals. Participated in 10 event(s). Co-supervised 2 work(s) of course completion of LSc/BSc. Participates and/or participated as Other in 1 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Exact Sciences with emphasis on Computer and Information Sciences with emphasis on Bioinformatics, Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Medical Biotechnology with emphasis on Health-Related Biotechnology, Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Genetics and Heredity and Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Molecular Biology. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Cancer research; survival data platforms; breast cancer; Immune cells; Breast cancer; Oncolobiology; Redox signaling; Bioinformatic; Metastasis mechanisms; Cell migration; Gene expression; miRNA databases; Enrichment analysis; Protein-protein interactions; Genetic disorders; Biological mechanisms; Membrane receptors; Calcium signaling; Oncobiology; Protein-compound interactions; Biomarkers; Immunogenetics; LOXL2; Gene ontology; inhibitors; natural compounds; .

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Sofia Fonseca Ramos

Citation names

Ramos, Sofia
Ramos, A. S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 4912-EC14-A39A
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5846-6194

Email addresses

sofia.ramos@ulusofona.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone

912635765 (Personal)

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
French	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2018/11/26 - 2023/09/30 Ongoing	Health Sciences (Doktor (PhD)) Major in Biomedicine Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2023/05/22 - 2023/05/26 Concluded	Molecular Bioinformatics Online Practical Course (Outros) Major in Bioinformatica Molecular Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/04/21 - 2023/05/15 Concluded	Epigenetics - Human Health (Outros) Major in Genetics Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/04/05 - 2023/04/20 Concluded	Epigenetics - Foundations (Outros) Major in Genetics Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/02/06 - 2023/04/10 Concluded	MOOC Machine Learning y Big Data para la Bioinformática (Diplôme d´études supérieures) Major in Machine learning and Bioinformatics Universidad de Granada, Spain
2023/01/16 - 2023/03/22 Concluded	Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery (DEA) Major in Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2023/01/15 - 2023/03/03 Concluded	The 7th Evidence-Based Research Training School (DEA) Major in Evidence-based Research in Clinical Health Research Høgskulen på Vestlandet, Norway
2022/11/21 - 2023/01/06 Concluded	Applied Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics (DEA) Major in Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2022/08/29 - 2022/10/30 Concluded	Pharmaceutical Bionformatics (DEA) Major in Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2022/08/29 - 2022/10/13 Concluded	Applied Pharmaceutical Structural Bioinformatics (DEA) Major in Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2022/07/22 - 2022/08/18 Concluded	Next Generation Sequencing Analysis (Diplôme d´études supérieures) Major in Bioinformatics applied to Genetics Decode Life Bioinformatics training institute, India
2022/04/30 - 2022/07/16 Concluded	Data Science com Python (DESE) Major in Data Science Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2020/03/11 - 2020/05/31 Concluded	Training in Clinical Trial Monitoring (Outros) CBIOS, the Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies, Portugal	14
2015/03/18 - 2016/02/28 Concluded	MBA em Gestão de Empresas (Pós-Graduação) Institute of Business Management, Portugal	17
2009/11/02 - 2011/11/07 Concluded	Engenharia Biotecnológica (Mestrado) Major in Biotecnologia aplicada à saúde Universidade Lusófona, Portugal "Allogenic Transplantation of Hematopoietic Progenitors - Study of Factors Associated with Graft versus Host Disease in Portuguese context " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14
1998/10/11 - 2003/12/31 Concluded	Engenharia Biotecnológica (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona, Portugal "Effect of Daclizumab in preventing graft-versus-host disease through selective depletion of alloreactive cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/09/01 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2022/07/31	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal
	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2004/05/14 - 2004/08/27	Assistente (Técnico Superior de Saúde - Laboratório)	Instituto Clínico e Imunológico de Lisboa, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020/11/16 - Current	Lusophone flora fighting disease: focus on therapeutic lysyl oxidase modulators ILIND/F+/EI/01/2020 PhD student Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Ferreira, Sandra; Ramos, Sofia; Holota, Serhii; Khyluk, Dmytro; Lesyk, Roman; Finyuk, Natalia; Santos, Daniel; Nuno Saraiva; Fernandes, Ana Sofia. Corresponding author: Fernandes, Ana Sofia. "A Novel Lysyl Oxidase Like 2 Inhibitor decreases Breast Cancer cells migration". Paper presented in 53rd Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, 41st Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology and 22nd Meeting of Toxicology, Coimbra, 2023. Published Ramos, Sofia; Fernandes, Ana Sofia; Saraiva, Nuno. "Simultaneous expression dysregulation of redox and calcium signalling-related genes: impact on breast cancer patient survival". Paper presented in FEBS, Lisbon, 2022. Published Ferreira, Sandra; Ramos, Sofia; Holota, Serhii; Khyluk, Dmytro; Lesyk, Roman; Saraiva, Nuno; Fernandes, Ana Sofia. "Lysyl oxidase like 2 as a therapeutic target for breast cancer: bioinformatics analysis and biochemical evaluation of 4-thiazolidinone derivatives". Paper presented in FEBS, Lisbon, 2022. Published Ramos, Sofia; Ferreira, Sandra; Fernandes, Ana Sofia; Garcia Saraiva, Nuno. "Lysyl Oxidases in the pathophysiology of breast cancer: a bioinformatics approach.". Paper presented in Biomed Biopharm Res, 2021. Published Ramos, Sofia; Ferreira, Sandra; Nuno Saraiva; Fernandes, Ana Sofia. Corresponding author: Ramos, Sofia. "Bioinformatics analysis for Lysyl Oxidases as therapeutic targets for breast cancer". Paper presented in Molecular Analysis for Precision Oncology Congress 2021, 2021. Published
Conference poster	Ramos, Sofia; Gregório, João; Fernandes, Ana Sofia; Nuno Saraiva. Corresponding author: Nuno Saraiva. "Crosstalk between Expression of Redox and Calcium Signaling Genes and Its Impact on Breast Cancer Patient Survival.RSGDREAM 2023". Paper presented in RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory & Systems Genomics with DREAM Challenges (RSGDREAM) 2023, 2023. Ferreira, Sandra; Ramos, Sofia; Diaz-Lanza Ana María; Fernandes, Ana Sofia; Nuno Saraiva; Rijo, Patricia; Brito Palma, Bernardo. Corresponding author: Fernandes, Ana Sofia. "Exploring the Multifaceted Potential of EPCU in Targeting Tumorigenesis and Hormone Regulation". Paper presented in 2nd Asian Council Symposium, 2023. Ramos, Sofia; Gregório, João; Ana Sofia Fernandes; Nuno Saraiva. Corresponding author: Nuno Saraiva. "The influence of Redox and Calcium signalling-related gene expression profiles on the progression of Breast Cancer". Paper presented in Encontro de Ciencia 2023, 2023. Ramos, Sofia; Miguel Santana; Nunes, Alexandra. Corresponding author: Ramos, Sofia. "Bioinformatic analysis of Claudin family as therapeutic targets for pancreatic adenocarcinoma". Paper presented in ISCB-Latin America SoIBio BioNetMX Conference on Bioinformatics 2022, 2022. Ramos, Sofia; Ana Sofia Fernandes; Saraiva, Nuno. "Expression profile of cellular redox and calcium signalling-related genes: role in breast cancer progression.". Paper presented in The Biochemistry Global Summit, Lisbon 2022, 2022. Ferreira, Sandra; Ramos, Sofia; Holota, Serhii; Khyluk, Dmytro; Lesyk, Roman; Saraiva, Nuno; Fernandes, Ana Sofia. "Lysyl oxidase like 2 as a therapeutic target for breast cancer: bioinformatics analysis and biochemical evaluation of 4-thiazolidinone derivatives". Paper presented in The Biochemistry Global Summit, Lisbon 2022, 2022. Ferreira, Sandra; Ramos, Sofia; Serhii Holota; Dmytro Khyluk; Roman Lesyk; Nuno Saraiva; Ana Sofia Gregório Fernandes. Corresponding author: Ana Sofia Gregório Fernandes. "Targeting lysyl oxidases for breast cancertherapy: bioinformatic analysis and evaluationof 4-thiazolidinone derivatives as LOXL2inhibitors". Paper presented in The Biochemistry Global Summit, 25th IUBMB Congress, 46th FEBS Congress, 15th PABMB Congress, 2022. Alves, Bárbara; Calado, Rita; Rodrigues, João C.; Jorge, João; Abdul, Sházia; Guerreiro, Íris; Portela, Raquel; et al. Corresponding author: Nunes, Alexandra. "NiPharmins as efficacious prophylactic options to prevent Staphylococcal infections". Paper presented in 3rd INSA's Young Researcher Day, Lisbon, Portugal, 8 November, 2022. Ramos, Sofia; Santana, Miguel; Nunes, Alexandra. "Bioinformatic analysis of Claudin genes family as therapeutic targets for pancreatic adenocarcinoma". Paper presented in ISCB-Latin America SolBio BioNetMX Conference on Bioinformatics 2022, Juriquilla, Mexico, 3-7 November, 2022. Ferreira, Sandra; Ramos, Sofia; Saraiva, Nuno; Fernandes, Ana Sofia. "Lysyl Oxidases in the pathophysiology of breast cancer: a bioinformatics approach". Paper presented in 56º Congresso Anual da SBFIS Online, 2021. Ramos, Sofia; Ferreira, Sandra; Saraiva, Nuno; Fernandes, Ana Sofia. "Bioinformatics analysis for Lysyl Oxidases as therapeutic targets for breast cancer.". Paper presented in Molecular Analysis for Precision Oncology Virtual Congress 2021, 2021. Ramos, Sofia; Ferreira, Sandra; Saraiva, Nuno; Fernandes, Ana Sofia. "Lisil Oxidases como possíveis alvos terapêuticos para o cancro da mama: análise baseada na bioinformática.". Paper presented in 3º Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia. Congresso Híbrido., 2021. Sofia Ramos; Nuno Saraiva; Ana Sofia Fernandes. "Bioinformatic Databases as a tool to analyze alterations in Cell Physiology in Carcinogenesis: A comparative analysis of open access data analysis platforms.". Paper presented in Fisiologia ainda sob estresse em tempos da COVID-19, 2020.
Journal article	Ferreira, Sandra; Ramos, Sofia; Holota, Serhii; Khyluk, Dmytro; Lesyk, Roman; Finyuk, Natalia; dos Santos,Daniel JVA; et al. "P03-18: Lysyl oxidase like 2: an enzyme at the crossroad of Toxicology and Pharmacology". Toxicology Letters 384 1 (2023): S92. Published Ramos, Sofia; Ferreira, Sandra; Fernandes, Ana S.; Saraiva, Nuno. "Lysyl Oxidases Expression and Breast Cancer Progression: A Bioinformatic Analysis". Frontiers in Pharmacology 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.883998. Open access • Published • 10.3389/fphar.2022.883998 Ramos, Sofia; Fernandes, Ana Sofia; Saraiva, Nuno. "Gene expression and survival analysis in cancer research using online open access platforms: a comparative analysis". Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research Journal 17 2 (2020): 1-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.19277/bbr.17.2.247. 10.19277/bbr.17.2.247

Other

Other output

Human Genetics - Oncobiology (didactic material). 2022. Ramos, Sofia; Nunes, Alexandra.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/11/10	Synchronized expression of Redox and Calcium-related genes. implications for breast cancer patient survival	V Jornadas CBIOS CBIOS, Universidade Lusofona (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/11/03	Online oral presentation of poster entitled "Bioinformatic analysis of Claudin family as therapeutic targets for pancreatic adenocarcinoma"	4th ISCB-Latin America SoIBio BioNetMX Conference on Bioinformatics 2022 ISCB-Latin America SoIBio BioNetMX (Juriquilla, Mexico)
2022/03/14	Presentation of preliminary results of doctoral project: Expression profile of cellular redox and calcium signalling-related genes: role in breast cancer progression	Lab meeting, CBIOS Universidade Lusófona (Lisbon, Portugal)
2020/10/02	Presenting poster "Bioinformatics databases as a tool to analyze alterations in cell phisiology in carcinogenesis: A Comparative analysis of open access data analysis platforms"	55º Congresso anual da SBFIS Sociedade Brasileira de Fisiologia (online event) (São Paulo, Brazil)
2020/02/28	Presentation of Doctoral project: Expression profile of cellular redox and calcium signalling-related genes: role in breast cancer progression	CBIOS Sessions CBIOS - Universidade Lusófona (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/01/04 - 2022/07/12	Projeto de final de curso - Nph-1 como Opção Profilática Eficaz na Prevenção de Infeções Estafilocócicas Co-supervisor	Biologia (Degree) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2021/11/05 - 2022/06/15	Projeto de final de curso - Análise bioinformática de perfis de expressão génica das Claudinas em pacientes com adenocarcinoma pancreático Co-supervisor	Biologia (Degree) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2022/11/08 - Current	Poster participation entitled "NiPharmins as efficacious prophylactic options to prevent Staphylococcal infections" Meeting	3o Dia do Jovem Investigador INSA 2022 Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2022/09/20 - Current	Participation in Virtual Ensembl Browser Workshop Congress	4th Congress in Women in Bioinformatics and Data Science Latin America Women in Bioinformatics and Data Science Latin America, Argentina
2021/02/12 - Current	Participation in specific formation "Effect of TMBIM family members in glioma" Meeting	CBIOS Sessions Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2024/02/13 - 2024/02/14	Coordinated Expression of Genes Related to Redox status and Ca2+ homeostasis: Implications for Breast Cancer Patient Survival Conference	Virtual Conference on Signaling Circuits in Cancer European Association For Cancer Research, United Kingdom
2023/05/04 - 2023/05/05	Congress participation in the work intitled "Validação Portuguesa da Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (PT-OCS)" Congress	XI Congresso Iberoamericano de Avaliação Psicológica Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/03/12 - 2021/03/12	Participation in specific formation "Mechanisms of resistance to trastuzumab and pertuzumab in her2-positive breast cancer: preliminary analysis of redox and immune-related biomarker" Meeting	CBIOS Sessions Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2021/02/17 - 2021/02/18	Participation in virtual meeting "Advances in Redox Biology and Medicine: From Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Implications" Congress	"Advances in Redox Biology and Medicine: From Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Implications" Israel Society for Oxygen and Free Radical Research, Israel
2020/11/23 - 2020/11/23	Presenting poster "Bioinformatic Databases as a tool in cancer research: a comparative analysis of gene expression and survival data platforms." Meeting	IV Jornadas CBIOS under the theme “There is research beyond COVID-19” Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2020/09/25 - 2020/09/25	Participation in virtual conference "Cancer Biology: From basic to translation research"	Cancer Biology: From basic to translation research Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal
2019/10/02 - 2019/10/02	Participation in Cell Migration Workshop Workshop	Cell Migration Workshop Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018/06/22 - 2018/06/22	Introduction to Meta-analysis Congress	Introduction to Meta-analysis, 3º Congresso Internacional do Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, CiiEM, Research and Innovation in Human & Health Sciences, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2023/11/05 - 2025/11/05	EACR - The European Association for Cancer Research
2023/10/01 - 2025/10/01	ISCB - International Society for Computational Biology