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Sólveig Thorsteinsdóttir is a Full Professor at the Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. She completed the Título de Agregado in 2008 by the Universidade de Lisboa, a PhD in Developmental Biology in 1995 by the Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 1985 by the University of Kansas, U.S.A. The primary goal of her research is to understand how the extracellular matrix (ECM) regulates the development of tissues. She has focused on the formation of somites as well as on the development of skeletal muscle for most of her career, from the earliest stages of myogenesis in the somites until birth, using mouse and chicken embryos as a model. More recently, she has taken a great interest in using her background in basic science to try to understand the role of the ECM in disease, with particular emphasis on muscular dystrophies. Sólveig Thorsteinsdóttir has published 47 journal articles and 4 book chapters and has supervised 3 post-doctoral projects, 9 PhD theses and 15 MSc theses. In this Ciência Vitae curriculum the most frequent terms in the context of scientific output are: "muscular dystrophies"; "extracellular matrix"; "mesoderm development"; "somitogenesis"; "skeletal muscle development".
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Solveig Thorsteinsdottir

Citation names

  • Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6617-2213-FBDB
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9018-3431
Google Scholar ID
e-Kio2YAAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
M-3561-2013

Telephones

Telephone
  • 217500000 Ext.: 522310 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Icelandic Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Swedish Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2008
Concluded
 n.a. (Título de Agregado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"n.a." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 n.a.
1995
Concluded
 PhD in Developmental Biology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
"LAMININS AND THE alpha6beta1 INTEGRIN IN MOUSE EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 n.a.
1985
Concluded
 Biology (Bachelor)
University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, United States
"Genetic and drug-induced melanism in the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Honors and highest distinction
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1994 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2013/01/30 Visiting Researcher (Research) Université de Montpellier, France
2002/08/15 - 2003/02/10 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
1996/08/15 - 1997/02/15 Postdoc (Research) University of Otago, New Zealand
1994/02/01 - 1994/05/31 Researcher (Research) Hubrecht Institute, Netherlands
1986/09/15 - 1989/12/15 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
1985/08/15 - 1985/12/15 Research Assistant (Research) University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, United States

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023 - Current Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 - 2023 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1996/06/01 - 2018 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1992/09/01 - 1996/06/01 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1989/12/17 - 1992/09/01 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/04/01 - Current President Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Biologia Animal, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2007 - 2009 Vice-President Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Biologia Animal, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/03/01 - 2026/02/28 MATRIHEALTH: Extracellular matrix in health and disease.
Private funder, cc 1036
Researcher
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/01 - 2023/12 Overcoming the challenges of recombinant adenoassociated virus production to treat Muscular dystrophy.
¿ PTDC/BTM-ORG/1383/2020
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020/09/11 - 2023/09/10 Understanding the responses of fetal muscle stem cells and myoblasts to their niche in a mouse model for LAMA2-CMD
23049
Principal investigator
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
AFM-Téléthon
Ongoing
2016/05/16 - 2019/04/30 Understanding the developmental onset of muscular dystrophy in a mouse model of MDC1A.
19959
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 AFM-Téléthon
Concluded
2012/04/01 - 2015/09/30 MatriCard - Dissection and Reconstruction of the Extracellular Matrix: A Cardiac Regenerative Niche
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/COMPETE/118297/PT
Researcher
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/01/01 - 2015/06/30 The laminin matrices of early skeletal muscle development: a changing tissue microenvironment regulating myogenic differentiation and morphogenesis.
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/120130/PT
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/02/05 - 2013/07/31 BIOMATRIX-Multifunctional extracellular matrix-analogues as biomaterials for bone regeneration
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/101235/PT
Researcher
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01/01 - 2013/06/30 Changing extracellular matrix networks as regulators of transitions between epithelial and mesenchymal fates during embryogenesis.
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/103771/PT
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2010/12/31 More than putting cells into place during development: cell-extracellular matrix interactions in myogenesis.
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/67437/PT
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/10/26 - 2010/12/31 The genetic control of sex determination in the Squalius alburnoides hybrid complex: new insights into the effects of hybridisation and genome interaction
PTDC/BIA-BDE/65586/2006
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/01/01 - 2009/04/15 Integrating signals in morphogenesis: The case of somitogenesis in the chick embryo
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/82120/PT
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2003/09/01 - 2006/08/31 New aspects on coordinatingl limb bud development
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/42040/PT
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Concluded
2003/10/01 - 2006/01/31 Formation of the myotome in the mouse: cell movements and cell-extracellular matrix interactions.
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/47681/PT
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002/03/01 - 2004/08/31 Extracellular matrix and somitogenesis: causes and consequences
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/40754/PT
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1998 - 2002 Transforming growth factors beta and integrins during cardiac and skeletal muscle development in the mouse embryo
PRAXIS XXI/PCNA/P/BIA/131/96
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1995 - 1998 Genética da conservação de espécies endémicas e ameaçadas de vertebrados inferiores
PRAXIS XXI/2/2.1/BIA/149/94
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
1993 - 1994 Distribuição e função da integrina alpha6beta1 durante o desenvolvimento do embrião de rato
STRIDE/C/CEN/527/92
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Rainho, Ana; Meyer, Christoph F. J.; Thorsteinsdóttir, Sólveig; Juste, Javier; Palmeirim, Jorge M.. "Current Knowledge and Conservation of the Wild Mammals of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands". In Biodiversity of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands, edited by .M.P. CERÍACO, R.F. DELIMA, M. MELO & R.C. BELL (Eds.), 593-619. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-06153-0_22
  2. Deries, Marianne; Gonçalves, André B.; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig. "Skeletal muscle development - from stem cells to body movement.". In Concepts and Applications of Stem Cell Biology: a Guide for Students, edited by Rodrigues, Gabriela; Roelen, B.A.J.. Springer, 2020.
    In press
  3. De Sousa Lopes, S.M.C.; Mummery, C.L.; Thorsteinsdóttir, S.. "Implantation and Placentation". In Cell signalling and growth factors in development: from molecules to organogenesis, edited by Unsicker K., 73-105. Weinhem, Germany: Wiley-VCH Publishers, 2008.
    10.1002/9783527619689.ch3
  4. Martins, Gabriel; Rifes, Pedro; Amândio, Rita; Campinho, Pedro; Palmeirim, Isabel; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig. "3D visualization and analysis of cell-matrix transformations in whole-mount and live embryos using confocal and multi-photon microscopy". In Modern Research and Educational Topics in Microscopy, edited by Méndez-Vilas, A; Díaz, J. Badajoz: Formatex, 2007.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Martins, Susana G; Pita, Mafalda; Melo, Catarina; Paulino-Cavaco, Cláudia; Antonini, Dario; Dayalan Naidu, Sharadha; Fonseca, Inês; et al. "Laminin-a2 chain deficiency in skeletal muscle causes dysregulation of multiple cellular mechanisms". Paper presented in 8th BenBedPhar Scientific Meeting, 2024.
  2. Martins, Susana; Ribeiro, Vanessa; Melo, Catarina; Paulino-Cavaco, Cláudia; Dayalan Naidu, Sharadha; Fonseca, Inês; Saget, Bérénice; et al. Corresponding author: Carlos, Ana Rita. "Deregulation of multiple mechanisms shape the onset of LAMA2-congenital muscular dystrophy". Paper presented in 5th Scientific Meeting of BenBedPhar, 2023.
  3. Martins, Susana G; Ribeiro, Vanessa; Melo, Catarina; Paulino-Cavaco, Cláudia; Antonini, Dario; Naidu, Sharadha Dayalan; Fonseca, Inês; et al. "Deregulation of multiple mechanisms shapes de onset of LAMA2-congenital muscular dystrophy". Paper presented in 5th Scientific Meeting of the Cost Action CA20121, 2023.
  4. Lopes, Ana Sofia; A Conceição ; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig; Rita Zilhão; Ana Rita Carlos; RAMOS, SANCIA; Ribeiro, Vanessa. "Impact of changes in ECM in melanoma". Paper presented in 9th Annual cE3c Meeting, 2023.
  5. Conceição, Andreia; Maria Neves; Fonseca, Inês; Ribeiro, Vanessa; Martins, Susana G; Hugo Luiz; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig; et al. Corresponding author: Carlos, Ana Rita. "Analyzing the impact of air pollution and changes in ECM in Melanoma". Paper presented in Jornadas Cientificas 2023, 2023.
  6. Lopes, Ana Sofia; A. Conceição; Zilhão, Rita; Carlos, Ana Rita; RAMOS, SANCIA; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig; vanessa. "Impact of LAMA2-deficiency in cancer". Paper presented in EACR 2023, 2023.
  7. R. FERNANDES, DIOGO; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig; Escandell, J M; Carlos, Ana Rita. Corresponding author: R. FERNANDES, DIOGO. "LAMA2-CMD: establishment of a new gene therapy strategy using an in vitro model". Paper presented in MDA Clinical & Scientific Conference 2023, 2023.
  8. Martins, Susana G; Ribeiro, Vanessa; Cláudia Paulino-Cavaco; Catarina Melo; Hugo Luiz; Inês Fonseca; Bérénice Saget; Ana Rita Carlos; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig. "Proliferation and differentiation defects are key events for the onset of LAMA2-congenital muscular dystrophy". Paper presented in MDA Clinical &Scientific Conference, 2023.
  9. Ribeiro, Vanessa; Martins, Susana G; Melo, Catarina; Fonseca, Inês; Murtinheira, Fernanda; Herrera, Federico; Zilhão, Rita; et al. "Laminin 211 is required for cell proliferation and myoblast differentiation in mouse models for LAMA2-congenital muscular dystrophy". Paper presented in 19th International Congress of Developmental Biology, 2022.
  10. Martins, Susana G; Melo, Catarina; Fonseca, Inês; Ribeiro, Vanessa; Saget, Berenice; Carlos, Ana Rita; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig. "Onset of LAMA2-congenital muscular dystrophy involves cell cycle deregulation, altered redox metabolism and DNA damage". Paper presented in Myology & MITO NICE 2022, 2022.
  11. Ribeiro, Vanessa; Martins, Susana G; Melo, Catarina; Gameiro dos Santos, Pedro; Soares, Ana Rita; Saget, Berenice; Rodrigues, Gabriela; Carlos, Ana Rita; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig. "Lama2-deficiency impacts on Nfix and Myogenin pathways and myoblast differentiation". Paper presented in Myology & MITO NICE 2022, 2022.
  12. Martins, Susana G; Melo, Catarina; Fonseca, Inês; Ribeiro, Vanessa; Saget, Berenice; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig; Carlos, Ana Rita. "Onset of LAMA2-congenital muscular dystrophy is characterized by defective cell proliferation and altered redox metabolism"". Paper presented in Cell Symposia: Metabolites in Signaling Disease, 2022.
  13. Martins, Susana G; Ribeiro, Vanessa; Melo, Catarina; Fonseca, Inês; Saget, Berenice; Carlos, Ana Rita; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig. "Onset of LAMA2- congenital muscular dystrophy in the mouse involves cell cycle deregulation, oxidative stress and DNA damage". Paper presented in MDA Clinical &Scientific Conference, 2022.
  14. Martins, Susana G; Gameiro dos Santos, Pedro; Cordero, G.A.; Melo, Catarina; Ribeiro, Vanessa; Antunes, Inês; Saget, Berenice; et al. Corresponding author: Martins, Susana G. "LAMA2 Congenital Muscular Dystrophy: the road to unravel the disease onset". Paper presented in Ciências Reasearch day, 2021.
  15. Melo, Catarina; Saget, Bérénice; Martins, Susana G.; Rodrigues, Gabriela; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig; Carlos, Ana Rita. Corresponding author: Carlos, Ana Rita. "Lama2-deficiency impacts on mechanisms involved in cell cycle regulation and survival". Paper presented in Frontiers in E3 7th Annual Meeting, 2021.
  16. Ribeiro, Vanessa; Martins, Susana G; Domingues, Ana Raquel; Pereira, Maria João; Carlos, Ana Rita; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig. "How Lama2 deficiency impacts on Nfix and Myogenin pathways". Paper presented in Frontiers in E3 7th Annual Meeting, 2021.
  17. Ribeiro, Vanessa; Martins, Susana G; Domingues, Ana Raquel ; Pereira, Maria João; Carlos, Ana Rita; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig. "How Lama2-defficiency impacts on Nfix and Myogenin pathways". Paper presented in Frontiers in E3 ¿ 7th cE3C annual meeting 2021, 2021.
  18. Nunes, Andreia; Martins, Susana G; Antunes, Inês; Ybot-Gonzalez P.; Deries, M; Pinto-do-Ó, Perpetua; Carlos, Ana Rita; Nascimento, Diana; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig. "Laminin remodeling during cardiac muscle development". Paper presented in Spanish & Portuguese Advanced Optical Microscopy Meeting 2020, 2020.
  19. Maia-Fernandes, Ana; Pais de Azevedo, Tomás Augusto Barreiros ; Esteves, Isabel Maria Mestre Marques Palmeirim Alfarra; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig; Gabriel Martins; Andrade, R. P.. "Dynamics of early chick embryo body elongation". Paper presented in Joint Meeting of the Portuguese, Spanish and French Societies for Developmental Biology, 2018.
  20. Patrícia Gomes de Almeida; Pedro Rifes; Ana Patrícia Martins-Jesus; Andrade, Raquel P.; Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig. "Fibronectin extracellular matrix: a link between the segmentation clock and morphological somite formation?". Paper presented in Joint Meeting of the Portuguese, Spanish and French Societies for Developmental Biology, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Martins, Susana G; Ribeiro, Vanessa; Melo, Catarina; Paulino-Cavaco, Cláudia; Antonini, Dario; Dayalan Naidu, Sharadha; Murtinheira, Fernanda; et al. "Laminin-alpha2 chain deficiency in skeletal muscle causes dysregulation of multiple cellular mechanisms". Life Science Alliance 7 12 (2024): e202402829. https://doi.org/10.26508/lsa.202402829.
    Published • 10.26508/lsa.202402829
  2. Pedro Gameiro dos Santos; Ana Rita Soares; Sólveig Thorsteinsdóttir; Gabriela Rodrigues. "Preparation of 3D Decellularized Matrices from Fetal Mouse Skeletal Muscle for Cell Culture". Journal of Visualized Experiments (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/65069.
    10.3791/65069
  3. Vanessa Ribeiro; Susana G. Martins; Ana Sofia Lopes; Sólveig Thorsteinsdóttir; Rita Zilhão; Ana Rita Carlos. "NFIXing Cancer: The Role of NFIX in Oxidative Stress Response and Cell Fate". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24054293.
    10.3390/ijms24054293
  4. Gomes de Almeida, Patrícia; Rifes, Pedro; Martins-Jesus, Ana P.; Pinheiro, Gonçalo G.; Andrade, Raquel P.; Thorsteinsdóttir, Sólveig. "Cell-Fibronectin Interactions and Actomyosin Contractility Regulate the Segmentation Clock and Spatio-Temporal Somite Cleft Formation during Chick Embryo Somitogenesis". Cells 11 13 (2022): 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells11132003.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/cells11132003
  5. Thorsteinsdottir, Solveig. "Linking Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage to Changes in the Expression of Extracellular Matrix Components". Frontiers in Genetics 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.673002.
    10.3389/fgene.2021.673002
  6. Sampaio-Pinto V; Rodrigues SC; Laundos TL; Silva ED; Vasques-Nóvoa F; Silva AC; Cerqueira RJ; et al. "Neonatal Apex Resection Triggers Cardiomyocyte Proliferation, Neovascularization and Functional Recovery Despite Local Fibrosis.". Stem cell reports (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29503089.
    10.1016/j.stemcr.2018.01.042
  7. Nunes AM; Wuebbles RD; Sarathy A; Fontelonga TM; Deries M; Burkin DJ; Thorsteinsdóttir S. "Impaired fetal muscle development and JAK-STAT activation mark disease onset and progression in a mouse model for merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy.". (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28334989.
    10.1093/hmg/ddx083
  8. Deries M; Thorsteinsdóttir S. "Axial and limb muscle development: dialogue with the neighbourhood.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27344602.
  9. Silva AC; Rodrigues SC; Caldeira J; Nunes AM; Sampaio-Pinto V; Resende TP; Oliveira MJ; et al. "Three-dimensional scaffolds of fetal decellularized hearts exhibit enhanced potential to support cardiac cells in comparison to the adult.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27424216.
    10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.06.062
  10. de Almeida PG; Pinheiro GG; Nunes AM; Gonçalves AB; Thorsteinsdóttir S. "Fibronectin assembly during early embryo development: A versatile communication system between cells and tissues.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26845241.
    10.1002/dvdy.24391
  11. Gonçalves AB; Thorsteinsdóttir S; Deries M. "Rapid and simple method for in vivo ex utero development of mouse embryo explants.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26897458.
    10.1016/j.diff.2015.12.002
  12. Bernardo AM; Thorsteinsdóttir S; Mummery CL. "Advantages of the avian model for human ovarian cancer.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26807219.
  13. Bajanca, F.; Alfandari, D.; Thorsteinsdóttir, S.; Théveneau, E.. "Editorial: Cell adhesion in development". Developmental Biology 401 1 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84927917657&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.02.015
  14. Azevedo, A.R.; Pinho, M.J.; Silva, J.; Sá, R.; Thorsteinsdóttir, S.; Barros, A.; Sousa, M.. "Molecular cytogenetics of human single pronucleated zygotes". Reproductive Sciences 21 12 (2014): 1472-1482. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911191311&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/1933719114530185
  15. Marques, L.; Thorsteinsdóttir, S.. "Dynamics of Akt activation during mouse embryo development: Distinct subcellular patterns distinguish proliferating versus differentiating cells". Differentiation 86 1-2 (2013): 48-56. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84882788269&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.diff.2013.07.001
  16. Rutkowski, A.; Bönnemann, C.; Brown, S.; Thorsteinsdóttir, S.; Dominov, J.; Ruegg, M.A.; Matter, M.L.; et al. "Report on the Myomatrix Conference April 22-24, 2012, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA". Neuromuscular Disorders 23 2 (2013): 188-191. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84873114123&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.nmd.2012.06.353
  17. Thorsteinsdóttir, S.; Deries, M.; Cachaço, A.S.; Bajanca, F.. "Corrigendum to "The extracellular matrix dimension of skeletal muscle development" [Dev. Biol. 354 (2011) 191-207]". Developmental Biology 362 1 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855450454&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.12.003
  18. Deries, M.; Gonçalves, A.B.; Vaz, R.; Martins, G.G.; Rodrigues, G.; Thorsteinsdóttir, S.. "Extracellular matrix remodeling accompanies axial muscle development and morphogenesis in the mouse". Developmental Dynamics 241 2 (2012): 350-364. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84856236070&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/dvdy.23703
  19. Rifes, P.; Thorsteinsdóttir, S.. "Extracellular matrix assembly and 3D organization during paraxial mesoderm development in the chick embryo". Developmental Biology 368 2 (2012): 370-381. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864035062&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.06.003
  20. Vaz, R.; Martins, G.G.; Thorsteinsdóttir, S.; Rodrigues, G.. "Fibronectin promotes migration, alignment and fusion in an in vitro myoblast cell model". Cell and Tissue Research 348 3 (2012): 569-578. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866340466&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00441-012-1364-1
  21. Thorsteinsdottir, S.; Deries, M.; Cachaço, A.S.; Bajanca, F.. "The extracellular matrix dimension of skeletal muscle development". Developmental Biology 354 2 (2011): 191-207. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955965565&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.03.015
  22. Sato, T.; Rocancourt, D.; Marques, L.; Thorsteinsdóttir, S.; Buckingham, M.. "A Pax3/Dmrt2/Myf5 regulatory cascade functions at the onset of myogenesis". PLoS Genetics 6 4 (2010): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77952380242&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pgen.1000897
  23. Thorsteinsdóttir, S.; Rodrigues, G.; Crespo, E.G.. "Teaching and research on Developmental Biology in Portugal". International Journal of Developmental Biology 53 8-10 (2009): 1235-1243. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-73949146155&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1387/ijdb.082692st
  24. Anderson, C.; Thorsteinsdóttir, S.; Borycki, A.-G.. "Sonic hedgehog-dependent synthesis of laminin a1 controls basement membrane assembly in the myotome". Development 136 20 (2009): 3495-3504. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70350161165&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1242/dev.036087
  25. Martins, G.G.; Rifes, P.; Amaândio, R.; Rodrigues, G.; Palmeirim, I.; Thorsteinsdóttir, S.. "Dynamic 3D cell rearrangements guided by a fibronectin matrix underlie somitogenesis". PLoS ONE 4 10 (2009): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70449369840&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0007429
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    10.1002/dvdy.20136
  35. Cachaço, A.S.; Chuva de Sousa Lopes, S.M.; Kuikman, I.; Bajanca, F.; Abe, K.; Baudoin, C.; Sonnenberg, A.; Mummery, C.L.; Thorsteinsdóttir, S.. "Knock-in of integrin ß1D affects primary but not secondary myogenesis in mice". Development 130 8 (2003): 1659-1671. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037885015&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1242/dev.00394
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    10.1016/S0925-4773(03)00105-9
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    10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199911)216:3<219::AID-DVDY1>3.0.CO;2-J
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Preprint
  1. Martins, Susana G; Ribeiro, Vanessa; Melo, Catarina; Paulino-Cavaco, Claudia; Antonini, Dario; Dayalan Naidu, Sharadha; Murtinheira, Fernanda; et al. "Deregulation of multiple mechanisms shapes the onset of LAMA2-congenital muscular dystrophy". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.20.576409.
    10.1101/2024.01.20.576409

Other

Other output
  1. Fibronectin-dependent tissue mechanics regulate the translation of segmentation clock oscillations into periodic somite formation. 2019. Patrícia Gomes de Almeida; Pedro Rifes; Ana Patrícia Martins-Jesus; Gonçalo G. Pinheiro; Raquel P. Andrade; Sólveig Thorsteinsdóttir. https://doi.org/10.1101/808121.
    10.1101/808121
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Unraveling the cellular and molecular onset of LAMA2-Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024 - Current Unravelling the first defects of LAMA2-congenital muscular dystrophy: muscle stem cells versus myofibers
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/12/03 - Current Disease mechanisms in Lama2-deficiency: a multiorgan approach.
Co-supervisor of Susana Martins
 Doutoramento em Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008 - Current PI3K/Akt signaling in the early mouse (Mus musculus) embryo
Supervisor
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Understanding how LAMA2 deficiency impacts organ homeostasis.
Co-supervisor of Mafalda Pita
 Mestrado em Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Understanding the mechanisms at the onset of LAMA2-congenital muscular dystrophy.
Co-supervisor of Cláudia Cavaco
Mestrado em Biologia Molecular e Genética (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2023 Understanding the responses of fetal muscle stem cells and myoblasts to their niche in a mouse model for LAMA2-congenital muscular dystrophy.
Supervisor of Vanessa Ribeiro
 Mestrado em Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Caracterização da miogénese fetal em ratinhos modelo da distrofia muscular laminina 211 - deficiente
Supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2019 Novel dynamics and functions of Fibronectin in early vertebrate development
Supervisor
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2019 Crosstalk between the myotome and muscle stem cells during the development of the skeletal muscles of the back
Supervisor
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Studying laminins in skeletal muscle development: regulators of muscle stem cells and synaptic organizers
Supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2017 Dynamics of laminin niches during muscle development and disease
Supervisor
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Somitogenesis and fibronectin: united by tension?
Supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Expression and function of the transcriptor factor PROX1 during the development of the gastrointestinal tract
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008 - 2013 Fibronectin cues during somite formation
Supervisor
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2010 - 2011 The role of the extracellular matrix in the patterning and morphogenesis of the sclerotome
Supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Dynamics of cell-extracellular matrix interactions during epaxial muscle morphogenesis
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Dynamics of embryo axis elongation in amniotes vs. anamniotes:the role of the notochord
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008 - 2009 O papel da fibronectina na segmentação da mesoderme no embrião de galinha
Supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2007 - 2008 Função de proteoglicanos de condroitina na morfogénese da mesoderme
Supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2007 - 2008 Mecânica e mecanismos de somitogénese em embriões de Vertebrados
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2007 - 2008 Morphodynamics of somite epithelialisation in chick embryos
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2006 - 2007 The role of PI3K/AKT signaling on the formation of the epaxial myotome of the mouse (Mus musculus) embryo
Supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2001 - 2006 Interacções Integrinas-matriz Extracelular no Desenvolvimento Inicial do Músculo Esquelético no Embrião do Ratinho (mus Musculus)
Supervisor
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2001 - 2005 Integrinas beta1 no desenvolvimento do músculo esquelético no embrião de ratinho (Mus musculus).
Supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2000 - 2005 Integrinas beta1 no desenvolvimento do músculo esquelético no embrião de ratinho (Mus musculus)
Supervisor
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/10/07 - 2018/10/10 Joint Meeting of the Portuguese, Spanish and French Societies for Developmental Biology (2018/10/07 - 2018/10/10)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Biologia do Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2016/09/23 - 2017/01/08 Photografic exhibition: "ArtDEVO - a beleza escondida do embrião" | "ArtDEVO - the hidden beauty of the embryo". Exhibition for the general public. At display in Museu Nacional de História Natural e de Ciência. (2016/09/23 - 2017/01/08)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
2013 - 2013 2nd Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology jointly with the Spanish Society for Developmental Biology (2013 - 2013)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Biologia do Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020 Has since 2020 participated as the President of the jury of a total of 55 PhD defenses at the Universities of Lisbon (as President of the Department of Animal Biology)
President of the jury
 Various (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017 Has since 2017 participated in 3 PhD juries as supervisor at the University of Lisbon.
Supervisor
 Andreia Nunes, Patrícia Gomes de Almeida and André Gonçalves (PhD)
2014 Has since 2014 participated in a total of 26 PhD juries as an opponent (arguente) or as a jury member at the Universities of Lisbon, Porto, Algarve and Açores, the New University of Lisbon in Portugal as well as at the University of Leiden, the Free University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) and the University of Pablo D'Olavide Sevilla (Spain).
Thesis Member
 Various (PhD)
2010 Has been president of the jury in the MSc in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology (4-10 juries per year), from 2010 to 2020.
President of the jury
 Various (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2007 Participates regularly in MSc juries as the member of the jury (as main supervisor or internal supervisor or as opponent) since 2007. Most often these juries are in the MSc of Evolutionary and Developmental Biology at the University of Lisbon.
Thesis Member
 Various (Master)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2006 - Current Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology (Sociedade Portuguesa de Biologia do Desenvolvimento - www.spbd.pt)
2010 - 2014 Member of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Differentiation (www.isdifferentiation.org) Member of the Board of Directors

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2024 - 2027 Coordinator of the Biology degree (Licenciatura) since 2024
Coordinator
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/04/01 - 2026/03/31 President of the Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
President / Vice-president
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 - 2024 On the coordination committee of the Biology degree (Licenciatura) since 2018.
Member
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2020 On the coordination committee of the MSc in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology from 2010-2020 and acting coordinator in 2011/2012, 2014/2015, 2015/2016 and 2016/2017.
Coordinator
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2016 President of the Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology (Sociedade Portuguesa de Biologia do Desenvolvimento - www.spbd.pt)
President / Vice-president
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Biologia do Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2010 - 2013 Vice-president of the Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology (Sociedade Portuguesa de Biologia do Desenvolvimento - www.spbd.pt)
President / Vice-president
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Biologia do Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2008 - Current Genes and Molecules in Development | Genes e Moléculas no Desenvolvimento Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2007 - Current Developmental Biology (of animals) | Biologia do Desenvolvimento Animal Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014 - 2018 Differentiation and Morphogenesis | Diferenciação e Morfogénese Biological Systems, Functional & Integrative Genomics (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2018 Project in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology | Projeto em Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2015 Research Practice in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology | Prática de Investigação em Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2005 - 2007 Organismal Biology or Embryology and Histology | Biologia do Organism ou Embriologia e Histologia Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1998 - 2006 Developmental Biology (of animals) | Biologia do Desenvolvimento Animal Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1998 - 2003 Embryology of animals | Embriologia Animal Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1988 - 1995 Animal Physiology | Fisiologia Animal Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021/03/26 - Current Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (2296634X) Frontiers Media SA
Distinctions

Other distinction

1985 B.Sc. with Honors and Highest Distinction
University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, United States