Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Diana Fontinha
Citation names
- Fontinha, Diana
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 6A17-C404-F33B
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-0046-648X
Email addresses
- diana.fontinha@gimm.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine. Av. Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Virology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
---|---|---|
2016/09/19
Concluded
|
PhD in Biomedical Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbiology and Parasitology
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"MURID HERPESVIRUS-4 MODULATION OF B-T HELPER CELL INTERACTION" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
|
Approved with distinction |
2012
Concluded
|
Laboratory Animal Science Course, Felasa Category B (Outros)
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
|
|
2010
Concluded
|
MSc in Molecular Medical Microbiology (Mestrado)
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
"Identifying broadly-neutralising antibody specificities from Hepatitis C Virus infected patients" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
|
74% |
2009
Concluded
|
Bachelor's in Genetics and Molecular Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
|
16/20 |
Affiliation
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
---|---|---|
2024/10/01 - Current | Post-doctoral Researcher at MPrudêncio Lab | Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal |
2016/10/01 - 2024/09/30 | Post-doctoral Researcher at MPrudêncio Lab | Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal |
2016/03/01 - 2016/09/01 | Research Assistant at MPrudêncio Lab | Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal |
2010/10/01 - 2011/09/01 | Research Assistant at Viral Pathogenesis Unit (Professor Pedro Simas) | Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal |
Projects
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
---|---|---|
2025/01/01 - Current | Targeting Plasmodium vivax malaria through monoclonal antibody development
2023.13987.PEX
Principal investigator
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2023/01/01 - 2024/12/31 | Ivermectin hybrids – potential insecticidal and multistage antiplasmodial drugs for malaria control
2022.02624.PTDC
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
2020/09/01 - 2023/08/31 | AMAZING - AMAZonian snake toxins: creatING value from bioresources
CIRCNA/BRB/0281/2019
Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 | A multitarget strategy to hit all stages of the Plasmodium life-cycle
PTDC/MED-QUI/30021/2017
Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2018/07/01 - 2021/06/30 | Enabling strategies for enhanced whole-sporozoite malaria vaccines
PTDC/SAU-INF/29550/2017
Post-doc
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2018 - 2018 | Production and maintenance of Plasmodium-infected mosquitoes
Pf
Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
|
Merck Biopharma Deutschland |
2016 - 2018 | 3D hepatic cell models of Plasmodium infection
3DHep
Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
|
Merck Biopharma Deutschland
Concluded
|
Outputs
Publications
Conference poster |
|
Journal article |
|
Thesis / Dissertation |
|
Intellectual property
Patent |
|
Other
Other output |
|
Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
|
---|---|---|
2021/05/27 | 3D hepatic models an innovative platform for translating anti plasmodial liver stage activity | BioMalPar XVII: Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite
EMBL Conference
|
2017 | Development of 3D hepatic cell models of liver stage malaria infection as screening tools for novel anti-Plasmodial drugs | iMM PostDoc Day
Instituto de Medicina Molecular (Lisboa, Portugal)
|
2015 | Herpesvirus modulation of immunological synapses | IX IMM/CAML PhD Students Meeting
Instituto de Medicina Molecular (Lisboa, Portugal)
|
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
|
---|---|---|
2024/03/04 - Current | A Multifaceted Approach to Combatting Plasmodium vivax Malaria: Whole Sporozoite Vaccines, Adjuvants, and Monoclonal Antibodies
Co-supervisor
|
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
|
2023/09/01 - Current | Whole-organism vaccines against Plasmodium vivax malaria
Supervisor
|
Applied Microbiology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2022/09/01 - 2023/11/30 | Screening of compounds against malaria parasites
Supervisor
|
MSc Microbiology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
|
2019/09/01 - 2022/02/24 | Drug repurposing against malaria parasites
Supervisor
|
Microbiologia Clínica e Doenças Infeciosas Emergentes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
|
Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
---|---|---|
2019/04/29 - 2019/04/29 | International Immunology Day (2019/04/29 - 2019/04/29)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
|
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal |
2015/03/26 - 2015/03/27 | IX IMM/CAML PhD Students Meeting (2015/03/26 - 2015/03/27)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
|
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal |
2014/03/28 - 2014/03/28 | VIII IMM/CAML PhD Students Meeting (2014/03/28 - 2014/03/28)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
|
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
|
---|---|---|
2022/11/14 - 2022/11/18 | Autumn Training School 2022 - Drug development and discovery course
Other
|
EU-OPENSCREEN ERIC, Germany
|
2022/10/10 - 2022/10/16 | Festival Internacional de Ciência 2022 (FIC.A 2022)
Exhibition
|
Festival Internacional de Ciência 2022 (FIC.A 2022) |
2018 - 2018 | TwinnToInfect Spring School on Infection and Immunity
Meeting
|
TwinnToInfect Spring School on Infection and Immunity
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
|
2018 - 2018 | Lisbon Area PostDoctoral Meeting
Meeting
|
Lisbon Area PostDoctoral Meeting
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal |
2017 - 2017 | European Researchers Night
Exhibition
|
|
2015 - 2015 | Statistics for begginners course
Other
|
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
|
2012 - 2012 | Flow Cytometry Course
Other
|
Flow Cytometry Course
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
|
2012 - 2012 | Bioimaging Nano Course on Microscopy
Other
|
Bioimaging Nano Course on Microscopy
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
|
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
|
---|---|---|
2019/11/20 | Study of SUMO-2-interacting motifs in Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Catarina Neves Costa (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
|
Distinctions
Other distinction
2017 | Best graphical abstract presentation at iMM PostDoc Day
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
|
2012 | Doctoral Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
|
2010 | Best course performance (MSc Molecular Medical Microbiology 2009/10)
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
|
2009 | Merit Scholarship
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2008 | Honorable Mention - Best 1st year 1st time students of the Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
|