Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Francisco Miguel Piçarra Leisico
Citation names
- Leisico, Francisco
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 5F1B-CEC0-4B77
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-4672-4659
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
French | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2015/01/05 - 2019
Ongoing
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PhD Program in Molecular Biosciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Structural Biochemistry
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
"Unraveling the enzymatic mechanism of glutamate amidation in Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2014
Concluded
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Molecular Biotecnology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Discovery of pathogenicity markers in Bursaphelenchus xylophilus" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18/20 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/04/15 - 2019/10/15 | Research Assistant (Research) | European Molecular Biology Laboratory, France |
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, France | ||
2013/09/02 - 2014/12/19 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2015/01/05 - Current | PhD student | REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal |
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2018/10 - 2021/10 | StaphOUT - Fighting Staphylococcus aureus - Peptidoglycan amidation as a new target | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2018 - 2021 | BACTERIAL ABC-TYPE MULTITASK ENERGIZERS: ONE ATPASE FITS ALL? | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2016/01 - 2018/12 | Carbon monoxide guided shuttles (COGSs) to fight Rheumatoid Arthritis | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. |
2016/01 - 2018/12 | Carbon monoxide guided shuttles (COGSs) to fight Rheumatoid Arthritis | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. |
2012/02 - 2015/04 | Nitric Oxide Synthase targeting with Re(I)/99mTc(I)-complexes containing L-Arg derivatives: A structure-activity study | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. |
Outputs
Publications
Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2018/03/20 | Structural and functional studies on Staphylococcus aureus MurT-GatD heterodimer | 3rd Annual Users Meeting of iNEXT
iNEXT: Infrastructure for NMR, EM and X-rays for Translational Research (Grenoble, France)
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2018 - 2018 | UCIBIO Annual Meeting (2018 - 2018) (2018 - 2018)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal |