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Completed the MSc in Biochemistry for health in 2018 and BSc in Biochemistry in 2016, both by Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Working in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biochemistry and Biochemical Research Methods. In 2019, I integrated the FCT project "Understand to treat: Combining in vitro and in silico strategies to explore new therapeutic approaches to the most common mitochondrial fatty acid ß-oxidation disorder (mFAO)" in the MetGenPro Lab (iMED.ULisboa), while collaborating on 3 other projects with different subjects. After authoring four scientific papers and ten poster communications and one oral communication for several events, I aim to improve human health and quality of life, while contributing to a better interconnection between the scientific community and the general public.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Catarina Alexandra Catanas Madeira

Citation names

  • Madeira, Catarina A C
  • Madeira, C A
  • Madeira, C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6113-7B49-3D34
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3973-6843
Researcher Id
AAF-4126-2021

Email addresses

  • catarinalexmad@gmail.com (Personal)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/10/01 - 2027/10/01
Ongoing
 PhD in Pharmacy (Doutoramento)
Major in Biochemistry
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/12/10 - 2023/02/11
Concluded
 Specialization in Clinical Research & Project Management (Outros)
Invictus Sciences, Portugal
 Approved
2022/02/10 - 2022/03/09
Concluded
 Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management (Coursera) Course (Outros)
University of Virginia Darden School of Business, United States
2016/03 - 2018/11/08
Concluded
 Bioquímica para a Saúde (Mestrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Activity of the major autolysin of Staphylococcus aureus Atl in the presence of extracellular DNA" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2011/10 - 2016/02/16
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
 13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/02/08 - 2022/02/07 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/07/03 - 2018/09/24 Internship (MSc final project) at Molecular Microbiology of Bacterial Pathogens Lab REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/02/01 - 2017/05/30 Internship at the Neurogenetics of Locomotion Lab Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2015/09/21 - 2015/12/18 Internship (BSc final project) at Materials for Adsorption and Catalysis Lab Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Simões, Ricardo J.; Madeira, Catarina A. C.; Leandro, Paula; Silva, Margarida F. B.. Corresponding author: Simões, Ricardo J.. "Hyperammonemia and pathogenesis: recombinant Sirt4 expression to study urea cycle and mitochondrial function". Paper presented in SSIEM Annual Symposium - Exploring New Horizons, 2024.
  2. Madeira, Catarina A. C.; Bonito, Cátia A.; Ventura, Fátima V.; Ferreira, Ricardo J.; Vicente, João B.; Leandro, Paula. "Functional and structural rescue of the prevalent pathogenic p.K329E MCAD variant with hit molecules identified by virtual screening". Paper presented in 20th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM), 2024.
  3. Madeira, Catarina; Bonito, Cátia; Ventura, Fátima V.; Ferreira Ricardo; Leandro, Paula. "Targeting the stability and activity of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase p.K329E variant with penta- and hexapeptides". Paper presented in 19th SPDM Symposium, 2023.
  4. Madeira, C.; Bonito, C.A.; Santos, D.J.; Ventura, F. V.; Ferreira, R.J. ; Leandro, P.. "Targeting unstable regions of the most common variant medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase to develop strong candidates for pharmacological therapies". Paper presented in IUBMB–FEBS–PABMB Congress, 2022.
  5. Madeira, Catarina A C; Anselmo, C.; Ventura, F. V.; Leandro, P.. "Disease causing medium chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase variants: impact on FAD binding". Paper presented in 17h International Symposium SPDM, 2021.
  6. Madeira, Catarina A C; Bonito, C.A.; dos Santos, D.J.V.A.; Ventura, F.V. ; Ferreira, R.J. ; Leandro, P.. "Prospects for pharmacological intervention on mitochondrial Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency: Targeting unstable regions". Paper presented in iMed.Ulisboa Meeting 2021, 2021.
  7. Bonito, C.A.; Madeira, Catarina A C; dos Santos, D.J.V.A.; Leandro, P.; Ventura, F. V.; Ferreira, R. J.. "Targeting the most common mutation in medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase with pharmacological chaperones: a breakthrough". Paper presented in 14° Encontro de Química Física, 2021.
  8. Madeira, Catarina A C; Anselmo, C.; Ventura, Fátima V.; Leandro, P.. "Insights into the structure of various medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase variants". Paper presented in 16th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM), 2020.
  9. Anselmo, C.; Madeira, Catarina A C; Ventura, Fátima V.; Leandro, P.. "Functional evaluation of various human medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (hMCAD) variants using the natural electron acceptor: insights into the interaction with the electron transferring protein (ETF)". Paper presented in 16th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM), 2020.
  10. Lopes, R.R; Russo, R.; Madeira, Catarina A C; Tomé, C.; Teixeira, M.; Vicente, J.B.; Guedes, C.R.; Góis, P.M.P.; Leandro, P.. "Protection of Human Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Activity by Small Molecules Targeting the Enzyme Catalytic Center". Paper presented in 11th iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting & 4th i3DU Meeting, 2019.
  11. Manuel, A.M.; Gonçalves, J.M.; Vítor, J.; Madeira, Catarina A C; Leandro, A.P.. "Proimmunotoxin: A Novel Design Strategy of Immunotoxins Applied to Breast Cancer". Paper presented in 11th iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting & 4th i3DU Meeting, 2019.
  12. Grilo, Inês R.; Madeira, Catarina A C; Loduvice, Ana Madalena; Sobral, Rita G.. "Exploring the interaction of the S. aureus glucosaminidase domain of Atl with DNA". Paper presented in 28th ECCMID - European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Madeira, Catarina A.; Anselmo, Carolina; Costa, João M.; Bonito, Cátia A.; Ferreira, Ricardo J.; Santos, Daniel J.V.A.; Wanders, Ronald; et al. "Functional and structural impact of 10 ACADM missense mutations on human medium chain acyl-Coa dehydrogenase". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease (2023): 166766. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbadis.2023.166766.
    10.1016/j.bbadis.2023.166766
  2. Valentina Barcherini; Joana B. Loureiro; Ana Sena; Catarina Madeira; Paula Leandro; Lucília Saraiva; Alexandra M. M. Antunes; Maria M. M. Santos. "Metabolism-Guided Optimization of Tryptophanol-Derived Isoindolinone p53 Activators". Pharmaceuticals (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ph16020146.
    10.3390/ph16020146
  3. Santos, Raquel dos; Iria, Inês; Manuel, Ana M.; Leandro, Ana P.; Madeira, Catarina A. C.; Goncalves, Joao; Carvalho, Ana Luísa; Roque, Ana Cecília A.. "Magnetic Precipitation: A New Platform for Protein Purification". Biotechnology Journal 15 9 (2020): 2000151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/biot.202000151.
    10.1002/biot.202000151
  4. Maria Manuel Serrano Bernardo; Catarina Alexandra Catanas Madeira; Nuno Carlos Lapa dos Santos Nunes; Diogo André Costa Messias Dias; Delfina Maria Barbosa Godinho; Maria Filomena de Jesus Pinto; Inês Alexandra Morgado do Nascimento Matos; Ana Paula Batista Carvalho; Isabel Maria de Figueiredo Ligeiro Fonseca. "Study of the removal mechanism of aquatic emergent pollutants by new bio-based chars". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24 28 (2017): 22698-22708. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs11356-017-9938-9.
    10.1007/s11356-017-9938-9
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09/05 Rescuing the p.K329E medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) variant function and stability with electron-transferring flavoprotein (ETF)-inspired small molecules SSIEM Annual Symposium - Exploring New Horizons
Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (Porto, Portugal)
2024/07/12 Mitochondrial ß-oxidation of medium-chain fatty acids: Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase as a therapeutic target XV iMed.Ulisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting
Faculty of Pharmacy University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/05/05 Impaired FAD incorporation: an additional factor contributing to the pathogenesis of medium-chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency 18th International Symposium of the SPDM
Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (Peniche, Portugal)
2018/02/01 Regulation of the activity of the major autolysin of S. aureus Atl through extracelular DNA Jornadas Intercalares das Dissertações Anuais dos Mestrados dos Departamentos de Química e Ciências da Vida
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (Caparica, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/03/29 - 2023/03/31 19th SPDM Symposium
Symposium
 19th SPDM Symposium
Sociedade Portuguesa de Doenças Metabólicas, Portugal
2022/07/09 - 2022/07/14 The Biochemistry Global Summit
Congress
 IUBMB–FEBS–PABMB Congress
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Canada

Federation of European Biochemical Societies, United Kingdom

Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica, Portugal
2022/05/05 - 2022/05/07 "Unlimited Boundaries in Inborn Errors of Metabolism"
Symposium
 18th Internacional Symposium of SPDM
Sociedade Portuguesa de Doenças Metabólicas, Portugal
2021/09/08 - 2021/09/10 "Linking metabolic signature to IEM treatment", 17th Internacional Symposium of SPDM
Symposium
 "Linking metabolic signature to IEM treatment"
2021/06/16 - 2021/07/09 iMed.Ulisboa Meeting 2021
Meeting
 iMed.Ulisboa Meeting 2021
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
2020/11/11 - 2020/11/13 "New horizons on Inborn Errors of Metabolism", 16th International Symposium of SPDM
Seminar
 16th International Symposium SPDM
2019/03/14 - 2019/03/16 "Old disease, new treatments", 15th International Symposium SPDM
Symposium
 15th International Symposium SPDM
2017/10/02 - 2017/10/02 3º Workshop de Genética
Workshop
 3º Workshop de Genética - NOVA Saúde
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/10/09 - 2015/10/09 1º Workshop de Genética
Workshop
 1º Workshop de Genética - NOVA Saúde
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2012 - 2015 JORTEC - Jornadas Tecnológicas (Edições 2012 a 2015)
Conference
 JORTEC - Jornadas Tecnológicas
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2014/04/11 - 2014/04/14 VII ENEBIOQ - Biochemistry Students National Meeting
Meeting
 VII ENEBIOQ - Biochemistry Students National Meeting
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/03 - 2021/09 Laboratory Instructor of MSc Erasmus student Arianna Cagnoni
2019/09 - 2020/12 Laboratory Instructor of MSc student Carolina Anselmo
2018/07/01 - 2018/07/31 Laboratory Instructor of Internship of Undergraduate Student Rafael Marques
2018/07/01 - 2018/07/31 Laboratory Instructor of Internship of Undergraduate Student Cláudia Fernandes
Distinctions

Award

2023 Honorable Mention for E-Poster "Targeting the stability and activity of medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase p.K329E variant with penta- and hexapeptides"
Sociedade Portuguesa de Doenças Metabólicas, Portugal