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Catarina Filipa Pereira Lopes obtained a Master's Degree in Biochemistry in 2019 from the Faculty of Sciences and Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar of University of Porto. Her studies focused on the genomic characterization of the prostaglandin E2 pathway and gastric cancer susceptibility and were performed at the Molecular Oncology and Viral Pathology group (GOMPV) at Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Porto - Research Center (CI-IPOP) under the supervision of Ana Carina Pereira (CI-IPOP/CINTESIS) and Ricardo Marcos-Pinto (CHP/CINTESIS). She has published seven scientific articles in indexed journals, six of which as first author. Moreover, she has participated with oral and poster communications in national and international congresses and as mentor in Junior University organized by University of Porto. Catarina received a research grant in the scope of the SIRNAC project in 2019 at GOMPV under the supervision of Rui Medeiros (CI-IPOP) and Ana Carina Pereira. She is currently enrolled in the PhD Program Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology Applied to Health Sciences (BiotechHealth) and works in the area of Biological, Medical and Life Sciences, with emphasis in Molecular Biology and Oncology.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Catarina Filipa Pereira Lopes

Citation names

  • Lopes, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6719-02C2-856E
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0176-286X
Scopus Author Id
57211297380

Email addresses

  • up201404972@edu.icbas.up.pt (Professional)
  • catarina.p.lopes@ipoporto.min-saude.pt (Professional)
  • clopes2718@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Oncology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020 - 2025
Ongoing
 Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology Applied to Health Sciences (BiotechHealth) (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Non-Invasive Early Screening and Surveillance of Gastric Cancer" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017 - 2019/12/04
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Genomic Characterization of the Prostaglandin E2 Pathway in Gastric Cancer Development: An Opportunity for Personalized Screening?" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 valores
2014 - 2017/07
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Detection of P-Glycoprotein Expression in Rat Normal Liver and Small Intestine" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/07/01 - 2021/06/30 Researcher (Research) Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil Centro de Investigação, Portugal
2016/02/01 - 2016/07/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/07 - 2019/07 Junior University Monitor Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/04 - 2023 IMAGE - Individualized Gastric Adenocarcinoma Early Diagnosis and Improved Patients' Survival: From Liquid Biopsies to a Comprehensive Management Approach
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000005
PhD Student Fellow
North Portugal Region Operational Program (NORTE2020)
Ongoing
2018/09 - 2019/12 Genomic Characterization of the Prostaglandin E2 Pathway in Gastric Cancer Development: An Opportunity for Personalized Screening?
Nº1/2016
Master Student Fellow
Sociedade Portuguesa de Gastrenterologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/07/01 - 2025/06/30 Non-Invasive Early Screening and Surveillance of Gastric Cancer
UI/BD/151488/2021
10.54499/UI/BD/151488/2021
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/07/01 - 2021/06 SIRNAC - Novel siRNA Therapies Against Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-03339
Master Student Fellow
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil Centro de Investigação, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2016 - 2017/07 Detection of P-Glycoprotein Expression in Rat Normal Liver and Small Intestine
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BSc Student
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Lopes, Catarina; Almeida, Tatiana; Marques-de-Sá, Inês; Chaves, Jéssica; Ortigão, Raquel; Archer, Sara ; Küttner-Magalhães, Ricardo; et al. "Exploring salivary proteomics towards non-invasive screening for gastric cancer". Paper presented in 2nd Young Researchers' Day, Porto, 2024.
  2. Lopes, Catarina; Almeida, Tatiana; Macedo-Silva, Catarina; Costa, João; Paulino, Sofia; Jerónimo, Carmen; Libânio, Diogo; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. "Hypermethylation patterns of MIR124-3 and NKX6-1 as predictors of metachronous gastric lesions in Caucasian individuals". Paper presented in IPO Porto Summit, Porto, 2024.
  3. Lopes, Catarina; Brandão, Andreia; Costa, João; Libânio, Diogo; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. "Desregulação transcriptómica como uma ferramenta na deteção precoce de cancro gástrico". Paper presented in Semana Digestiva 2024, Faro, 2024.
  4. Miranda, Isabel M.; Vieira-Silva, Sara; Centelles-Lodeiro, Javier; Lopes, Catarina; Libânio, Diogo; Ferreira, António C.; Silva, Cláudia ; et al. "Marcadores microbianos no cancro gástrico: A microbiota como ferramenta para diagnóstico precoce". Paper presented in Semana Digestiva 2024, Faro, 2024.
  5. Lopes, Catarina; Almeida, Tatiana; Brandão, Andreia; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. "Can saliva be considered a proxy of gastric tumors? A bioinformatic analysis towards biomarker discovery and early diagnosis". Paper presented in UEG Week 2023, Copenhagen, 2023.
    10.1002/ueg2.12459
  6. Lopes, Catarina; Pereira, Carina; Farinha, Mónica; MEDEIROS, RUI; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro. "Genomic Characterization of the Prostaglandin E2 Pathway in Gastric Cancer Development". Paper presented in Encontro de Investigação Jovem - IJUP, 13th edition, Porto, 2020.
Conference poster
  1. Pereira, Maria ; Lopes, Catarina; Pinho, Diana; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina; Fernandes, Elisabete. "Point-of-care technology towards the non-invasive screening of early gastric cancer". Paper presented in 1st ESRA Symposium, 2024.
  2. Lopes, Catarina; Brandão, Andreia; Costa, João; Libânio, Diogo; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. "Transcriptomic-based molecular signature towards early detection of gastric cancer in intermediate-risk populations". Paper presented in UEG Week 2024, 2024.
  3. Lopes, Catarina; Almeida, Tatiana; Macedo-Silva, Catarina; Costa, João; Paulino, Sofia; Jerónimo, Carmen; Rei, Andreia; et al. "Can DNA methylation biomarkers for the development of metachronous gastric lesions also be considered in an intermediate-risk Caucasian population?". Paper presented in A, 2024.
  4. Lopes, Catarina; Brandão, Andreia; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. "Unlocking the screening potential of transcriptomic-based salivary biomarkers in gastric cancer as a proxy of malignant transformation". Paper presented in The FEBS Congress, 2024.
  5. Lopes, Catarina; Brandão, Andreia; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. "Saliva as a liquid biopsy for gastric cancer screening: A gene expression signature with diagnostic and prognostic potential". Paper presented in 30th Porto Cancer Meeting, 2024.
  6. Brandão, Andreia; Almeida, Tatiana; Lopes, Catarina; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. "Definition of a novel arachidonic acid pathway-derived risk models for predicting diagnosis and prognosis in gastric cancer: A transcriptomics approach". Paper presented in 30th Porto Cancer Meeting, 2024.
  7. Lopes, Catarina; Brandão, Andreia; Costa, João; Libânio, Diogo; Pereira, Carina. "Exploring the transcriptomic landscape towards early detection of cancer in a Western intermediate-risk population". Paper presented in IPO Porto Summit, 2024.
  8. Miranda, Isabel M.; Vieira-Silva, Sara; Centelles-Lodeiro, Javier; Lopes, Catarina; Libânio, Diogo; Ferreira, António C.; Silva, Cláudia ; et al. "Microbial markers in gastric cancer: Exploring gastric microbiota for prognostic insights and early detection". Paper presented in Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2024, 2024.
  9. Lopes, Catarina; Brandão, Andreia; Costa, João; Libânio, Diogo; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. "Unveiling the molecular fingerprint of early gastric cancer in a Western population with intermediate risk". Paper presented in 6th ASPIC International Congress, 2024.
  10. Lopes, Catarina; Brandão, Andreia; Almeida, Tatiana; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. "Non-invasive screening of gastric cancer: Can saliva be considered a proxy of gastric tissue?". Paper presented in 1st Young Researchers' Day, 2023.
  11. Almeida, Tatiana; Lopes, Catarina; Brandão, Andreia; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. "Revisiting the arachidonic acid pathway In gastric cancer: A trancriptomics approach towards novel biomarkers". Paper presented in UEG Week 2023, 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/ueg2.12460
  12. Lopes, Catarina; Almeida, Tatiana; Brandão, Andreia; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. Corresponding author: Pereira, Carina. "Can saliva be considered a proxy of gastric tumors? A bioinformatic analysis towards biomarker discover and early diagnosis". Paper presented in EACR 2023 Innovative Cancer Science, 2023.
  13. Almeida, Tatiana; Lopes, Catarina; Brandão, Andreia; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. "Revisiting the arachidonic acid pathway in gastric cancer: A transcriptomics approach towards the discovery of novel biomarkers.". Paper presented in EACR 2023 Innovative Cancer Science, 2023.
  14. Lopes, Catarina; Pereira, Carina; Farinha, Mónica; MEDEIROS, RUI; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro. Corresponding author: Pereira, Carina. "Genomic Characterization of the Prostaglandin E2 Pathway in Gastric Cancer Development - The Aspirin as an Opportunity for Prevention?". Paper presented in 14th YES Meeting, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Lopes, Catarina; Almeida, Tatiana; Macedo-Silva, Catarina; Costa, João; Paulino, Sofia; Jerónimo, Carmen; Libânio, Diogo; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. Corresponding author: Pereira, Carina. "MIR124-3 and NKX6-1 hypermethylation profiles accurately predict metachronous gastric lesions in a Caucasian population". Clinical Epigenetics 16 1 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-024-01712-z.
    10.1186/s13148-024-01712-z
  2. Lopes, Catarina; Almeida, Tatiana; Pedro Pimentel-Nunes; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. Corresponding author: Pereira, Carina. "Linking dysbiosis to precancerous stomach through inflammation: Deeper than and beyond imaging". Frontiers in Immunology 14 (2023): https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1134785.
    10.3389/fimmu.2023.1134785
  3. Lopes, Catarina; Chaves, Jéssica; Ortigão, Raquel; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro; Pereira, Carina. Corresponding author: Pereira, Carina. "Gastric cancer detection by non-blood-based liquid biopsies: A systematic review looking into the last decade of research". United European Gastroenterology Journal 11 1 (2022): 114-130. https://doi.org/10.1002/ueg2.12328.
    Open access • 10.1002/ueg2.12328
  4. Lopes, Catarina; Pereira, Carina; Farinha, Mónica; MEDEIROS, RUI; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro. Corresponding author: Pereira, Carina. "Genetic Variations in Prostaglandin E2 Pathway Identified as Susceptibility Biomarkers for Gastric Cancer in an Intermediate Risk European Country". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 2 (2021): 648-648. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22020648.
    10.3390/ijms22020648
  5. Lopes, Catarina; Pereira, Carina; MEDEIROS, RUI. Corresponding author: Pereira, Carina. "ASCT2 and LAT1 Contribution to the Hallmarks of Cancer: From a Molecular Perspective to Clinical Translation". Cancers 13 2 (2021): 203-203. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13020203.
    10.3390/cancers13020203
  6. Lopes, Catarina; Pereira, Carina; Farinha, Mónica; MEDEIROS, RUI; Mário Dinis-Ribeiro. Corresponding author: Pereira, Carina. "Prostaglandin E2 Pathway Is Dysregulated in Gastric Adenocarcinoma in a Caucasian Population". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 20 (2020): 7680. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21207680.
    10.3390/ijms21207680
  7. Rocha-Pereira, C.; Silva, V.; Costa, V.M.; Silva, R.; Garcia, J.; Gonçalves-Monteiro, S.; Duarte-Araújo, M.; et al. "Histological and toxicological evaluation, in rat, of a P-glycoprotein inducer and activator: 1-(propan-2-ylamino)-4-propoxy-9H-thioxanthen-9-one (TX5)". EXCLI Journal 18 (2019): 697-722. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85073354478&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.17179/excli2019-1675
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Catarina Filipa Pereira Lopes. "Genomic Characterization of the Prostaglandin E2 Pathway in Gastric Cancer Development: An Opportunity for Personalized Screening?". Master, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/124980.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/12 - 2025 Validation of Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)-derived polymorphisms as susceptibility biomarkers for gastric cancer
Co-supervisor
 Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021/05 - 2021/07 The Mechanisms of Gastric Carcinoma associated with Epstein-Barr Virus
Co-supervisor of Daniela Longras
 Biotechnology (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/10 - Current SauD InoB - Medicina Clínica e Serviços de Saúde (Visit to IPO) (2024/10)
Other (Other)
 Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2024/06/06 - Current IPO Porto Open Day 2024 (2024)
Exhibition (Other)
 Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil Centro de Investigação, Portugal
2016/09/30 - Current Noite Europeia dos Investigadores - Ciência à moda do Porto (2016)
Festival (Other)
2024/05/18 - 2024/05/18 INL Open Day 2024 (2024)
Exhibition (Other)
 International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2023/04/20 - 2023/04/23 Mostra UP 2023 (2023)
Exhibition (Other)
 RISE - Health Research Network, Portugal
2022/06/27 - 2022/06/28 IX BiotechHealthy Annual Symposium: Resilient Science in a Changing World (2022/06/27 - 2022/06/28)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2018/03/23 - 2018/03/23 XI ENEBIOQ - Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica (2018/03/23 - 2018/03/23)
Meeting (Other)
 Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/09/07 - 2017/09/07 Science & Wine – from terroir to glass (2017)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/04/29 - 2024/04/25 Python Data Science
Workshop
IBM, United States
2023/07/10 - 2023/07/14 Cancer Genomics and Transcriptomics
Workshop
2023/04/05 - 2023/04/07 Tissue and Organ Bioengineering
Workshop
Université Paris-Saclay, France
2022/02/26 - 2022/09/22 Data Analysis for Genomics
Workshop
Harvard University, United States
2022/03/08 - 2022/03/28 Introduction to Oncology Research
Workshop
Escola Portuguesa de Oncologia do Porto, Portugal
2021/07/01 - 2021/12/08 Data Analysis for Life Sciences
Workshop
Harvard University, United States
2021/11/09 - 2021/11/30 R - Statistical Software Applied to Health
Workshop
Escola Portuguesa de Oncologia do Porto, Portugal
2021/10/08 - 2021/10/15 EMBL Course on Liquid Biopsies
Workshop
2021/09/20 - 2021/09/23 10th Workshop on Cancer
Workshop
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/03 Clinical pathology in animal models
Workshop
 IX Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica (ENEBIOQ)
2018/03 - 2018/03 Cancer epigenetics: from biology to clinic
Workshop
 IX Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica (ENEBIOQ)
2016/04 - 2016/04 II Course in Forensic Sciences
Workshop
 II Course in Forensic Sciences
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/12 - Current Oncotarget LLC
2024 - Current Clinical Medical Insights: Oncology Sage Journals
2023/09 - Current Biomarker Insights Sage Journals
2022/09 - Current Disease Markers Hindawi

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024/02 - Current Biochemistry Portuguese Society (SPB)
2023/04 - Current EACR Ambassador
2021/09 - Current Portuguese Association for Cancer Research (ASPIC) Member
2021/09 - Current European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) Member

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Consultative role in Invicta Badminton Clube (IBC)

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/09 - Current Tutor of a MSc Student Maria Pereira
2024 - Current Tutor of a PhD Student Adriana Serra
2022/05 - Current Tutor of a Research Assistant Tatiana C. Almeida
Distinctions

Award

2024 Travel Grant UEG Week 2024
United European Gastroenterology, Austria
2024 FEBS Bursary
Federation of European Biochemical Societies, United Kingdom
2024 Best Oral Presentation at 2nd Young Researchers' Day
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil Centro de Investigação, Portugal
2023 Travel Grant UEG Week 2023
United European Gastroenterology, Austria
2023 Best Abstract Presentation Prize at UEG Week 2023
United European Gastroenterology, Austria

Other distinction

2021 Research Grant - PhD
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 Research Grant
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil Centro de Investigação, Portugal