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Christine Cruz Oliveira was graduated in Biological Science in 2003, completing her Masters in 2004 and her PhD in 2009, both in Biochemistry at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During 2018, she was accepted in a public call for a temporary professor position at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, teaching virology for dentistry and nursing students for 2 academic semesters. She has received 1 award, published 9 articles in journals, participated in 49 events, supervised 2 and co-supervised 2 works of course completion of LSc/BSc. She has participated and/or participates as Post-doc Fellow in 3 projects and Researcher in 10 projects. Currently, she is a contracted researcher at Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal, integrating Prof. Miguel Castanho's research team, with research interests in microbiology, virology, biochemistry, biophysics and drug development.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Christine Cruz Oliveira

Citation names

  • Cruz-Oliveira, Christine; Cruz-Oliveira, C.; Oliveira, C. C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
731E-A4B5-A2EB
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4838-0703

Email addresses

  • christine.oliveira@medicina.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Professor Egas Moniz, Edifício Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Virology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Infectious Diseases

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/05
Concluded
 CONGENTO Course on Laboratory Animal Science (Function A) - Practical Course on Laboratory Animal Science (Outros)
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2020/11
Concluded
 CONGENTO LAS Theory Course in Laboratory Animal Science for Functions A, C & D - Rodents (mouse and rat) (Outros)
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2009
Concluded
 Biological Chemistry (Doutoramento)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Degradação de heme e inflamação: Estudos sobre o papel inibitório da biliverdina na migração de leucócitos (Heme degradation and Inflammation: biliverdin inhibitory effect in leukocyte migration)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Biochemistry
2004
Concluded
 Biological Chemistry (Mestrado)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Degradação de heme no inseto hematófago Rhodnius prolixus: caracterização de uma nova via (Heme degradation in the hematophagous insect Rhodnius prolixus: characterization of a new pathway)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Biochemistry
2003
Concluded
 Biological Science (Bacharelato)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Degradação de heme no inseto hematófago Rhodnius prolixus: purificação e caracterização de um novo composto de biliverdina (Heme degradation by the hematophagous insect Rhodnius prolixus: purification and characterization of a new biliverdin compound)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Biological Science, Genetics
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/04/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Postdoc (Research) Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Brazil
2016 - 2017 Postdoc (Research) Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Brazil
2014 - 2015 Postdoc (Research) Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Brazil
2013 - 2014 Postdoc (Research) Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Brazil
2012 - 2013 Postdoc (Research) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Brazil
2009 - 2011 Postdoc (Research) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Microbiologia Professor Paulo de Góes, Brazil

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/03/12 - 2018/12/31 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Microbiologia Professor Paulo de Góes, Brazil
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024 - Current EvaMobs: Evolvable and rapidly adaptable monobodies: a broad-spectrum antiviral platform
HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-04, ID 101137419
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
European Health and Digital Executive Agency
Ongoing
2024 - Current AVITHRAPID: Antiviral Therapeutics for Rapid Response Against Pandemic Infectious Diseases
HORIZON-HLTH-2023- DISEASE-03, ID 101137192
Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 European Health and Digital Executive Agency
Ongoing
2022 - Current COVID_CATbodies - Development of potent and broadly neutralizing antibodies fragments for COVID-19 derived from domestic cats naturally infected with SARS-CoV-2
PTDC/CVT-CVT/0149/2021
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal

Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022 - Current The BioPlaTTAR Platform for the Tailored and Rapid Development of Antiviral Biopharmaceuticals
HR22-00722
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
Fundación Bancaria "la Caixa"
Ongoing
2019 - Current NOVIRUSES2BRAIN: "One size fits all'' unique drug to eradicate multiple viral species simultaneously from the central nervous system of co-infected individuals.
Grant Agreement No 828774
Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Horizon 2020 European Innovation Council Fast Track to Innovation
Ongoing
2020/07/09 - 2021/01/08 RIGHT-NOW-RIGHT-HERE: Evidence-based off-label application of porphyrin-based medicines to fight SARS-CoV-2
Project n. 470
Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019 - 2021 Selecting anti-Zika virus drug leads able to translocate the blood-placental and blood-brain barriers. Combining innovative and effective translocating peptides with new antivirals to target Zika across barriers.
PTDC/BIA-VIR/29495/2017
Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015 - 2019 INPACT: Innovative peptides against cancer and pathogenic bacteria, with advances in science, biopharmaceutical drug development, product market targeting, training , and communication
Proposal number: 644167
Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Research Executive Agency
Concluded
2017 - 2018 Caracterização da estrutura de proteínas capsídicas de flavivírus e estudos de dinâmica molecular das interações destas com nucleotídeos e/ou vesículas lipídicas
E-26/201.849/2017
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Concluded
2016 - 2017 Caracterização da estrutura e da dinâmica molecular da proteína do capsídio do vírus da dengue sorotipo 1 e estudos de sua interação com o RNA viral por espectroscopia de fluorescência e ressonância magnética nuclear
E-26/201.989/2016
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Concluded
2014 - 2017 Inativação do vírus da dengue e outros arbovírus patogênicos para humanos por porfirinas moduladoras da enzima heme-oxigenase: uma abordagem para aplicação terapêutica.
457380/2014-4
Researcher
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Microbiologia Professor Paulo de Góes, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
2013 - 2015 Abordagens inovadoras em estudos da interação peptídeo-membrana em sistemas de interesse biológico e clínico
171/2012
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Concluded
2013 - 2015 Além da função estrutural da proteína capsídica do vírus da dengue: o papel de sua interação com lipídeos na replicação e na entrada do vírus
E-26/111.668/2013
Researcher
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Concluded
2013 - 2015 Busca de alvos terapêuticos para a dengue com base na interação entre a proteína capsídica viral e os corpusculos lipídicos
471239/2012-7
Researcher
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Christine Cruz-Oliveira; Diogo A. Mendonça; Lorena O. Fernandes-Siqueira; Toni Todorovski; Ana S. Silva-Herdade; Daniel Gavino-Lepoldino; Vera Neves; et al. "Targeting arboviral infections in the central nervous system with peptide-porphyrin conjugates". Paper presented in XVIII Iberian Peptide Meeting, 2023.
  2. Beatriz Vieira-da-Silva; Diogo A. Mendonça; Lorena O. Fernandes-Siqueira; Christine Cruz-Oliveira; Giuseppina Guida; Javier Valle; Marco Cavaco; et al. "Unravelling the factors that govern the ability of antiviral peptide-porphyrin conjugates to translocate the blood-brain barrier". Paper presented in XVIII Iberian Peptide Meeting, 2023.
  3. Arnaut, Zoe A.; Cruz-Oliveira, Christine; Castanho, Miguel; Pereira, Mariette M.. "Synthesis and evaluation of tetrapyrrolic macrocycles as potential antivirals". Paper presented in XXVIII Encontro Nacional da SPQ, 2023.
  4. Christine Cruz-Oliveira; Diogo A. Mendonça; Lorena O. Fernandes-Siqueira; Toni Todorovski; Vera Neves; Iris Cadima-Couto; Ana Salomé Veiga; et al. "Studies on peptide-porphyrin conjugates: a novel strategy to target dengue virus in the central nervous system". Paper presented in 36th European and 12th International Peptide Symposium - EPS 2022, 2022.
  5. D.A. Mendonça; I. Cadima-Couto; F.A. SchaberleI; A.S. Veiga; L.G. Arnaut; M.A.R.B. Castanho; C. Cruz-Oliveira. "Repurposing drugs to fight COVID-19: SARS-CoV-2 envelope targeting by clinically approved porphyrins and analogues". Paper presented in IUBMB - FEBS - PABMB Congress - The Biochemistry Global Summit, Lisbon, Portugal, 2022.
  6. D.A. Mendonça; C. Cruz-Oliveira; I. Cadima-Couto; L. Fernandes-Siqueira; V. Neves; S. Defaus; A.S. Veiga; et al. "Targeting brain-resident viruses across the blood-brain barrier in vitro using peptide-porphyrin conjugates". Paper presented in IUBMB–FEBS–PABMB Congress 2022, 2022.
  7. B. Vieira da Silva; D. A. Mendonça; L. O. Fernandes-Siqueira; C. Cruz-Oliveira; G. Guida; J. Valle; M. Cavaco; et al. "Anti-Zika virus and anti-Dengue virus peptide-porphyrin conjugates able to translocate the blood-brain and blood-placental barriers - mechanism of action and pharmacokinetics". Paper presented in IUBMB–FEBS–PABMB Congress 2022, 2022.
  8. Cadima-Couto, I; Mendonça DA; Cruz-Oliveira, C.; Neves V; Todorovski T; Veiga AS; Da Poian A; Andreu D. "Targeting central nervous system HIV reservoirs with innovative peptide-small drug conjugates.". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry and Biology of Peptides, 2020.
  9. Araújo, G.; Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Barbosa, G. M.; Da Poian, A. T.; Almeida, F. C. L.. "In vitro studies of the dynamics and conformational balance of the nucleocapsid of dengue virus serotype 2". Paper presented in 17th NMR Users Meeting, 2019.
  10. Glauce M. Barbosa; Maria A. Morando; Christine Cruz-Oliveira; Nathane C. Mebus; Thais C. N. Oliveira; Andrea T. Da Poian; Fabio C. L. Almeida. "Role of conformational equilibrium in molecular recognition and capsid assembly: the case of flavivirus capsid proteins". Paper presented in 30 years of Structural Biology: From LPTV to CENABIO - VI INBEB Annual Meeting, 2018.
  11. Barbosa, G. M.; Morando, M. A.; Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Almeida, F. C. L.; Da Poian, A. T.. "Role of intrinsically disordered region in structure and dynamics of dengue virus capsid protein". Paper presented in 47th Annual meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq, 2018.
  12. Barbosa, G. M.; Morando, M. A.; Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Almeida, F. C. L.; Da Poian, A. T.. "Role of intrinsically disordered region in structure and dynamics of dengue virus capsid protein". Paper presented in XLIII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Biophysics Society, 2018.
  13. Almeida, F. C. L.; Barbosa, G. M.; Morando, M. A.; Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Mebus, N. C.; Martins, T. C. N.; Da Poian, A. T.. "Role of conformational equilibrium in molecular recognition and capsid assembly: the case of flavivirus capsid proteins". Paper presented in XLIII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Biophysics Society, 2018.
  14. Mebus, N. C.; Patricio, B. F. C.; Rocha, G. M; Abicair, L. F. H. M.; Barbosa, G. M.; Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Weissmuller, G.; Almeida, F. C. L.; Da Poian, A. T.. "In vitro formation of nucleocapsid-like particles of Dengue Virus". Paper presented in 47th Annual meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq, 2018.
  15. Martins, T. C. N.; Neto, C. H.; Mebus, N. C.; Barbosa, G. M.; Morando, M. A.; Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Almeida, F. C. L.; Da Poian, A. T.. "Expression and Structural Characterization of the L81C/L92C Mutant of the Dengue Virus Capsid Protein". Paper presented in 47th Annual meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq, 2018.
  16. Mebus, N. C.; Damasceno, M. L. R.; Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Martins, T. C. N.; Barbosa, G. M.; Morando, M. A.; Almeida, F. C. L.; Da Poian, A. T.. "Thermal stability of dengue virus capsid protein: a comparison between dengue serotypes 1 and 2". Paper presented in XXVIII Brazilian Congress of Virology & XII Mercosur Meeting of Virology, 2017.
  17. Maria Agnese Morando; Christine Cruz-Oliveira; Glauce Moreno Barbosa; Nathane Cunha Mebus; Andre Faustino; Andrea Thompson Da Poian; Fabio Almeida Ceneviva. "3D structures and dynamics of capsid protein of dengue 2 and zika: studies on the role of IDPs region in the nucleo-capsid formation by nmr and molecular dynamics". Paper presented in V Latin American Protein Society Meeting - LAPSM, 2016.
  18. Christine Cruz-Oliveira; Maria Agnese Morando; Daisy Maria Strottmann; Mebus, N. C.; Glauce Moreno Barbosa; Miguel Algusto Rico Botas Castanho; Claudia Nunes Duarte dos Santos; Fabio Ceneviva Lacerda Almeida; Andrea Thompson Da Poian. "Structural studies on dengue virus capsid: comparison between serotypes 1 and 2". Paper presented in V Latin American Protein Society Meeting - LAPSM, 2016.
  19. Glauce Moreno Barbosa; Maria Agnese Morando; Fabiana Abdalla P. Ferreira; Christine Cruz-Oliveira; Fabio Ceneviva L. Almeida; Andrea Thompson Da Poian. "Structural characterization of dengue virus capsid protein and its mutant delta 1-19". Paper presented in V Latin American Protein Society Meeting - LAPSM, 2016.
  20. Nathane Cunha Mebus; Christine Cruz-Oliveira; Maria Agnese Morando; Glauce Moreno Barbosa; Andrea Thompson Da Poian; Fabio Almeida. "Interaction studies between dengue virus capsid protein and nucleic acid". Paper presented in V Latin American Protein Society Meeting - LAPSM, 2016.
  21. Cruz-Oliveira, C. ; Strottmann, D. M.; Mebus, N. C.; Conceição, T. M.; Freire, J. M.; Castanho, M. A. R. B.; Duarte dos Santos, C. N.; Da Poian, A. T.. "Viral RNA delivery by recombinant dengue virus capsid protein: viral RNA replication, virion assembly and their biological implications". Paper presented in 23rd Congress of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) and 44th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – SBBq, 2015.
  22. Andrea T. Da Poian; Christine Cruz-Oliveira; João Miguel Freire; Miguel A. R. B. Cartanho. "Beyond the structural function of dengue virus capsid protein: does it have a role in viral entry?". Paper presented in 23rd Congress of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology -IUBMB , 44th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq, 2015.
  23. Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Figueiredo, C. M.; Araujo, D. F. F.; Neris, R. L. S.; Castanho, M. A. R. B.; Assunção-Miranda, I.; Da Poian, A. T.. "Inactivation of Enveloped Viruses by Co-Protoporphyrin IX". Paper presented in XLIII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq, 2014.
  24. Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Freire, J. M. C.; Neris, R. L. S.; Pereira, L. S. P.; Assunção-Miranda, I.; Castanho, M. A. R. B.; Da Poian, A. T.. "Porphyrin-membrane interactions and their antiviral activity against SINV and VSV". Paper presented in XLII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq, 2013.
  25. Neris, R. L. S.; Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Penna, L. S. P.; Da Poian, A.T.; Bozza, M. T.; Assunção-Miranda, I.. "Porphyrins Have a Potent Antiviral Activity Against Alphaviruses". Paper presented in XXII National Meeting of Virology & VI Mercosul Meeting of Virology, 2011.
  26. Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Assunção-Miranda, I.; Penna, L. S. P.; Neris, R. L. S.; Da Poian, A. T.; Bozza, M. T.. "Heme and Analogs are Potent Inhibitors of Flavivirus Replication". Paper presented in XXII National Meeting of Virology & VI Mercosul Meeting of Virology, 2011.
  27. Penna, L. S. P.; Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Neris, R. L. S.; Bozza, M. T.; Da Poian, A. T.; Assunção-Miranda, I.. "Development of Sindbis Virus Induced Arthritis animal model". Paper presented in XXII National Meeting of Virology & VI Mercosul Meeting of Virology, 2011.
  28. Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Pereira, C. V. P; Porto, B. N.; Alves, L. S.; Bozza, M.T.; Graça-Souza, A. V.. "Biliverdin inhibits heme, fMLP and LTB4 induced neutrophil migration". Paper presented in XXXVII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian for Biochemistry Society and Molecular Biology - SBBq and XI PABMB Congress, 2008.
  29. Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Porto, B. N.; Bozza, M.T.; Graça-Souza, A. V.; Oliveira, P. L.. "Biliverdin inhibits fMLP and heme-induced human neutrophil migration". Paper presented in XXXVI Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq and 10th IUBMB Conference, 2007.
  30. Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Paiva-Silva, G. O.; Oliveira, M. F.; Masuda, H.; Oliveira, P. L.. "The physiological role of haem degradation in rhodnius prolixus". Paper presented in XXXIII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq, 2004.
  31. Cruz-Oliveira, C.; Paiva-Silva, G. O.; Almeida, I. C.; Nakayasu, E. S.; Oliveira, P. L.; Masuda, H.. "Heme detoxification by the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus". Paper presented in XXXI Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas Disease and XX Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology, 2004.
  32. Paiva-Silva, G. O.; Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Almeida, I. C.; Nakayasu, E. S.; Pereira, L. O. R.; Almeida, C. B.; Maya-Monteiro, C.; Masuda, H.; Oliveira, P. L.. "From a red cell to a green heart: the fate of heme in a blood-sucking bug". Paper presented in XXXIII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq, 2004.
  33. Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Paiva-Silva, G. O.; Almeida, I. C.; Oliveira, P. L.; Masuda, H.. "Heme degradation in R. prolixus: characterization of a new pathway". Paper presented in XXX Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas Disease and XIX Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology, 2003.
  34. Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Paiva-Silva, G. O.; Almeida, I. C.; Masuda, H.. "A novel heme degradation pathway in R. prolixus: identification of its intermediates". Paper presented in XXXII Annual meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq, 2003.
  35. Paiva-Silva, G. O.; Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Almeida, I. C.; Dunkov, B.; Masuda, H.. "A new in vivo heme degradation pathway in a blood-sucking insect". Paper presented in Heme Oxygenase: Regulation, Function & Clinical Aplication, 2003.
  36. Christine Cruz-Oliveira; Gabriela de Oliveira Paiva e Silva; Pedro Lagerblad de Oliveira; Hatisaburo Masuda. "Um novo composto derivado de biliverdina em Rhodnius prolixus". Paper presented in 54ª Reunião Anual SBPC, 2002.
  37. Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Paiva-Silva, G. O.; Oliveira, P. L.; Maya-Monteiro, C.; Almeida, I. C.; Masuda, H.. "Novel biliverdin compound in the blood sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus: a new heme degradation pathway". Paper presented in XXXI Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq, 2002.
  38. Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Dunkov, B.; Masuda, H.; Paiva-Silva, G. O.. "Cloning of cDNA that encodes the heavy chain subunit of Rhodnius prolixus ferritin". Paper presented in XXIX Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas Disease and XVIII Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology, 2002.
  39. Paiva-Silva, G. O.; Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Almeida, I. C.; Masuda, H.; Oliveira, P. L.. "A new heme degradation pathway in the hematophagous insect Rhodnius prolixus". Paper presented in XVII Reunião Anual da Federação de Sociedades de Biologia Experimental, 2002.
  40. Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Paiva-Silva, G. O.; Oliveira, P. L.; Masuda, H.. "Partial purification of a heme derived green pigment from heart cells of Rhodnius prolixus". Paper presented in XXX Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq, 2001.
  41. Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Paiva-Silva, G. O.; Oliveira, P. L.; Masuda, H.. "Partial purification and characterization of a biliverdin-like pigment of Rhodnius prolixus heart". Paper presented in XXVII Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas Disease and XVI Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology, 2000.
  42. Paiva-Silva, G. O.; Cruz-Oliveira, Christine; Nascimento-Silva, M. C.; Hunter, A. L.; Oliveira, P. L.; Masuda, H.. "Binding of the antioxidant heme binding protein (RHBP) to heart cells and its role in heme transport". Paper presented in XXIX Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq, 2000.
Journal article
  1. Mendonça, Diogo A.; Cadima-Couto, Iris; Buga, Carolina C.; Arnaut, Zoe A.; Schaberle, Fabio A.; Arnaut, Luis G.; Castanho, Miguel A.R.B.; Cruz-Oliveira, Christine. "Repurposing anti-cancer porphyrin derivative drugs to target SARS-CoV-2 envelope". Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 176 (2024): 116768. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2024.116768.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biopha.2024.116768
  2. Toni Todorovski; Diogo A. Mendonça; Lorena O. Fernandes-Siqueira; Christine Cruz-Oliveira; Giuseppina Guida; Javier Valle; Marco Cavaco; et al. "Targeting Zika Virus with New Brain- and Placenta-Crossing Peptide–Porphyrin Conjugates". Pharmaceutics 14 4 (2022): 738-738. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14040738.
    10.3390/pharmaceutics14040738
  3. Mendonça, Diogo A.; Bakker, Mariët; Cruz-Oliveira, Christine; Neves, Vera; Jiménez, Maria Angeles; Defaus, Sira; Cavaco, Marco; et al. "Penetrating the Blood-Brain Barrier with New Peptide–Porphyrin Conjugates Having anti-HIV Activity". Bioconjugate Chemistry (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00123.
    10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00123
  4. Morando, M. A.; Barbosa, G. M.; Cruz-Oliveira, C. (731E-A4B5-A2EB); Da Poian, A. T.; Almeida, F. C. L.. "Dynamics of Zika virus capsid protein in solution: properties and exposure of the hydrophobic cleft are controlled by the a-helix 1 sequence.". Biochemistry 58 20 (2019): 2488-2498. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00194.
    10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00194
  5. Neris, Romulo L. S.; Figueiredo, Camila M.; Higa, Luiza M.; Araujo, Daniel F.; Carvalho, Carlos A. M.; Verçoza, Brunno R. F.; Silva, Mariana O. L.; et al. "Co-protoporphyrin IX and Sn-protoporphyrin IX inactivate Zika, Chikungunya and other arboviruses by targeting the viral envelope". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27855-7.
    10.1038/s41598-018-27855-7
  6. Christine Cruz-Oliveira; Andreza F. Almeida; João M. Freire; Marjolly B. Caruso; Maria A. Morando; Vivian N. S. Ferreira; Iranaia Assunção-Miranda; et al. "Mechanisms of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Inactivation by Protoporphyrin IX, Zinc-Protoporphyrin IX, and Mesoporphyrin IX". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 61 6 (2017): e00053-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00053-17.
    10.1128/AAC.00053-17
  7. Assunção-Miranda, I.; Cruz-Oliveira, C.; Neris, R.L.S.; Figueiredo, C.M.; Pereira, L.P.S.; Rodrigues, D.; Araujo, D.F.F.; Da Poian, A.T.; Bozza, M.T.. "Inactivation of Dengue and Yellow Fever viruses by heme, cobalt-protoporphyrin IX and tin-protoporphyrin IX". Journal of Applied Microbiology 120 3 (2016): 790-804. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jam.13038.
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Magazine article
  1. Cruz-Oliveira, Christine. "Obesity and Inflammation: the role of adipose tissue in atherosclerosis (article in Portuguese)", Em Formação, 2006
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/28 Targeting arboviral infections in the central nervous system with peptide-porphyrin conjugates XVIII Iberian Peptide Meeting
European Peptide Society (Sesimbra, Portugal)
2023/01/30 Fighting viral infections in the central nervous system with peptide-porphyrin conjugates Apresentação para os alunos do Lisbon BioMed PhD Program
Instituto de Medicina Molecular (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/02/21 Fighting central nervous system arboviral infections with peptide/porphyrin-based conjugates Apresentação para os alunos do Lisbon BioMed PhD Program
Instituto de Medicina Molecular (Lisbon, Portugal)
2020/02 Fighting central nervous system arboviral infections with peptide/porphyrin-based conjugates 17 th Iberian Peptide Meeting - EPI2020
European Peptide Society - EPS (Madrid, Spain)
2001/11 A Novel Biliverdin Compound Found in the Blood Sucking Insect Rhodnius prolixus XXVIII Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas Disease and XVII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology
(Caxambú, Brazil)
2001/11 Um novo composto derivado de biliverdina em Rhodnius prolixus "A Novel biliverdin-derived compound in Rhodnius prolixus" XXIII Jornada de Iniciação Científica e XIII Jornada Artística e Cultural da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Centro de Ciências da Saúde, 2001.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2016/06/08 - 2016/06/08 Bachelor degree dissertation: "Estudo da interação da proteína do capsídeo dos sorotipos 1 e 2 do vírus da dengue com oligonucleotídeos através de espectroscopia de fluorescência e ressonância magnética nuclear". "Interaction studies of capsid protein from dengue virus serotype 1 and 2 with oligonucleothes through fluorescence spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance".
Supervisor of Nathane Cunha Mebus.
 Biomedicine (Degree)
Universidade Católica de Petrópolis, Brazil
2014/12/02 - 2014/12/02 Bachelor degree dissertation: "Caracterização dos efeitos da zinco protoporfirina IX sobre o vírus da estomatite vesicular". "Characterization of the effects of zinc protoporphyrin IX on vesicular stomatitis virus".
Supervisor of Andreza Fabiano de Almeida
 Biological Sciences - Biophysics (Degree)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014/08/08 - 2014/08/08 Bachelor degree dissertation: "Atividade antiviral da cobalto protoporfirina IX sobre vírus envelopados mediada por espécies reativas de oxigênio". "Antiviral activity of cobalt protoporphyrin IX on enveloped viruses mediated by reactive oxygen species".
Co-supervisor of Camila Menezes Figueiredo
 Biological Sciences-Biotechnology (Degree)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014/07/31 - 2014/07/31 Bachelor degree dissertation: "Caracterização antiviral das porfirinas moduladoras da heme oxigenase" "Antiviral characterization of heme oxygenase modulating porphyrins".
Co-supervisor of Rômulo Leão Silva Neris
 Biological Sciences - Biophysics (Degree)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/12/04 - 2023/12/07 Short Course: Theoretical-pratical Workshop on Histology Basics
Workshop
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2023/11/27 - 2023/11/29 Poster presentation: "Targeting arboviral infections in the central nervous system with peptide-porphyrin conjugates"
Congress
 XVIII Iberian Peptide Meeting
European Peptide Society, United Kingdom
2023/01/24 - 2023/01/26 Short course in Experimental Design and Analysis of Data from Animal Experiments | 5th Edition
Other
 Experimental Design and Analysis of Data from Animal Experiments | 5th Edition
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022/08/28 - 2022/09/02 Poster presentation: "Studies on peptide-porphyrin conjugates: a novel strategy to target dengue virus in the central nervous system".
Congress
 36th European and 12th International Peptide Symposium - EPS 2022
European Peptide Society, United Kingdom
2022/07/09 - 2022/07/09 Poster presentation: "Repurposing drugs to fight COVID-19: SARS-CoV-2 envelope targeting by clinically approved porphyrins and analogues"
Congress
 IUBMB–FEBS–PABMB Congress - The Biochemistry Global Summit
2021/05/10 - 2021/05/17 Short Course: Basic & Advanced modules of the 3rd edition of FLxFlow Course: Principles and Applications of Flow Cytometry
Other
 3rd edition of FLxFlow Course - Champalimaud Foundation, CEDOC, iGC and iMM
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2020/02/05 - 2020/02/07 Oral presentation: Fighting central nervous system arboviral infections with peptide/porphyrin-based conjugates
Congress
 17 th Iberian Peptide Meeting - EPI2020
European Peptide Society, United Kingdom
2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27 Participation.
Other
 European Researchers' Nigh 2019
2018/11/12 - 2018/11/12 Poster presentation: "Role of conformational equilibrium in molecular recognition and capsid assembly: the case of flavivirus capsid proteins".
Meeting
 30 years of Structural Biology: From LTPV to CENABIO - VI INBEB Annual Meeting
2018/11/05 - 2018/11/09 Attendance
Workshop
 Rio International School of Structural Biology and IV French- Brazilian Symposium on Biosciences,
2018/11/05 - 2018/11/09 Short course in Advances of NMR in Liquid Solutions I: Basic Setup of NMR Experiments and SAXS Methods and Modelling (Technical training)
Other
Rio International School of Structural Biology, Brazil
2018/02/24 - 2018/02/26 Short course in NMR for drug Discovery (Technical training)
Other
 NMR School - AUREMN
Associação de Usuários de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear - AUREMN, Brazil
2018/02/21 - 2018/02/23 Short course in NMR Quantum Basis and Vector Formalism for its Description (Technical training)
Other
 NMR School - AUREMN
Associação de Usuários de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear - AUREMN, Brazil
2018/02/19 - 2018/02/20 Short course in Mathematical and Physical Basis for NMR (Technical training)
Other
 NMR School - AUREMN
Associação de Usuários de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear - AUREMN, Brazil
2016/11/07 - 2016/11/10 Poster presentation: "Structural studies on dengue virus capsid: comparison between serotypes 1 and 2".
Congress
 V Latin American protein Society Meeting -LAPSM
2016/11/07 - 2016/11/07 Attendance
Symposium
 III French-Brazilian Symposium on Biociences - br.BIO.fr
2015/08/24 - 2015/08/28 Poster presentation: "Viral RNA delivery by recombinant dengue virus capsid protein: viral RNA replication, virion assembly and their biological implications".
Congress
 23rd Congress of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology -IUBMB , 44th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq
2014/05/17 - 2014/05/20 Poster presentation: "Inactivation of Enveloped Viruses by Co-Protoporphyrin IX".
Congress
 XLIII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq
2013/05/18 - 2013/05/21 Poster presentation: "Porphyrin-membrane interactions and their antiviral activity against SINV and VSV".
Congress
 XLII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq
2012/07/17 - 2012/07/19 Short course in Flow citometry - FACSCalibus 4 ColoursTM (Technical training)
Other
Centro de Conhecimento Aplicado BD , Brazil
2011/10/23 - 2011/10/26 Poster presentation: "Heme and Analogs are Potent Inhibitors of Flavivirus Replication".
Congress
 XXII National Meeting of Virology & VI Mercosul Meeting of Virology
2011/06/03 - 2011/06/03 Attendance
Workshop
 I Workshop in Inflammation
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2010/11/23 - 2010/11/25 Short course in Recent Advances and Applications in Multidimensional Confocal Microscopy Applications (Technical training)
Other
Leica Microsystems, AOTEC, Brazil, Brazil
2010/09/30 - 2010/10/01 Attendance
Symposium
 Simpósio Internacional de Microbiologia e Imunologia
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Microbiologia Professor Paulo de Góes, Brazil
2008/09/15 - 2008/09/19 Poster Presentation. "Inibição da migração de monócitos/macrófagos pela molécula de biliverdina".
Meeting
 II Semana de Pós-Graduação de Bioquímica Médica
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Brazil
2008/05/17 - 2008/05/20 Poster presentation: "Biliverdin inhibits heme, fMLP and LTB4 induced neutrophil migration".
Congress
 XXXVII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian for Biochemistry Society and Molecular Biology - SBBq and XI PABMB Congress
2007/09/24 - 2007/09/28 Attendance
Meeting
 I Semana de Pós-Graduação de Bioquímica Médica
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Brazil
2007/09 - 2007/09 Short course in Real Time PCR (Technical training).
Symposium
 I Semana de Pós-Graduação de Bioquímica Médica
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Brazil
2007/05/21 - 2007/05/25 Poster presentation: "Biliverdin inhibits fMLP and heme-induced human neutrophil migration".
Congress
 XXXVI Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq and 10th IUBMB Conference
2004/11/08 - 2004/11/10 Poster presentation: "Heme detoxification by the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus".
Congress
 XXXI Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas Disease and XX Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology
2004/05/15 - 2004/05/18 Poster presentation: "The physiological role of haem degradation in Rhodnius prolixus".
Congress
 XXXIII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq
2003/11/10 - 2003/11/12 Poster presentation: "Heme degradation in R. prolixus: characterization of a new pathway".
Congress
 XXX Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas Disease and XIX Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology
2003/09/28 - 2003/10/03 Attendance
Meeting
 Heme Oxygenase: Regulation, Function & Clinical Aplication
2003/07/31 - 2003/08/03 Attendance
Meeting
 VII Encontro do Grupo Arthromint
2003/05/17 - 2003/05/20 Poster presentation: "A novel heme degradation pathway in R. prolixus: identification of its intermediates".
Congress
 XXXII Annual meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq
2002/11/04 - 2002/11/06 Poster presentation: "Cloning of cDNA that encodes the heavy chain subunit of Rhodnius prolixus ferritin".
Congress
 XXIX Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas Disease and XVIII Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology
2002/07/07 - 2002/07/12 Poster presentation: "Um novo composto derivado de biliverdina em Rhodnius prolixus".
Congress
 54ª Reunião Anual SBPC
2002/05/18 - 2002/05/21 Poster presentation: "Novel biliverdin compound in the blood sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus: a new heme degradation pathway".
Congress
 XXXI Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq
2002/05 - 2002/05 Short course in Biochemistry of Aging.
Congress
 XXXI SBBQ Annual Meeting, 2002, XXXI SBBQ, 2002, Brazil
Sociedade Brasileira de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Brazil
2001/11/22 - 2001/11/22 Oral presentation: "Um novo composto derivado de biliverdina em Rhodnius prolixus".
Other
 XXIII Jornada de Iniciação Científica e XIII Jornada Artística e Cultural da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Centro de Ciências da Saúde
2001/11/08 - 2001/11/09 Attendance
Meeting
 V Encontro Anual do Grupo Arthromint
2001/11/05 - 2001/11/07 Oral presentation: "A novel biliverdin compound found in the blood sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus".
Congress
 XXVIII Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas Disease and XVII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology
2001/05/19 - 2001/05/22 Poster presentation: "Partial purification of a heme derived green pigment from heart cells of Rhodnius prolixus".
Congress
 XXX Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq
2000/11/06 - 2000/11/08 Poster presentation: "Partial purification and characterization of a biliverdin-like pigment of Rhodnius prolixus heart".
Congress
 XXVII Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas Disease and XVI Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology.
2000/06/15 - 2000/06/18 Attendance
Meeting
 IV Encontro Anual do Arthromint
2000/05/27 - 2000/05/30 Poster co-author: "Binding of the antioxidant heme binding protein (RHBP) to heart cells and its role in heme transport".
Congress
 XXIX Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - SBBq
2000 - 2000 Attendance.
Meeting
 IV Encontro Anual do Arthromint
1999/08/09 - 1999/08/11 Short course in Advanced Topics in Chagas Disease.
Symposium
 1st Biomedicine Week.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1997/08/27 - 1997/08/30 Attendance.
Congress
 XII Reunião Anual da Federação de Sociedades de Biologia Experimental - FeSBE

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/09/29 PhD project defense: "Fotossensibilizadores: o elo entre terapia fotodinâmica antimicrobiana de largo espetro e dispositivos médicos fotossensíveis (Photosensitizers: the link between broad-spectrum antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and photosensitive medical devices)."
(Thesis) Arguer
 Zoé Ladieu Arcas Arnaut Moreira (Other)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/06/29 "Dengue virus, West Nile virus, and Zika virus: potential novel antiviral drugs targeting flaviviruses currently at discovery and preclinical development stages."
(Thesis) Arguer
 Rafaela da Costa Ricardo. (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018 PhD Qualification Exam (General Knowledge Exam) /IBqM: "The oncolytic activity of Zika virus against brain tumor stem cells."
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ariana Vasconcelos (Other)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Brazil
2014/09/12 Bachelor degree dissertation: "Caracterização dos Efeitos da Infecção pelos alfavirus Sindbis e Mayaro em células RAW 264.7 (Characterization of Sindbis and Mayaro alfavirus infection effects on RAW 264.7 cells)."
(Thesis) Arguer
 Holmes de Souza Campos (Other)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021/03/31 - 2022/11/03 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Elsevier

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2018/08 - 2018/12 Virology topic of Microbiology and Immunology discipline for dentistry school of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Dentistry (Bacharelato) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Microbiologia Professor Paulo de Góes, Brazil
2018/03 - 2018/12 Virology topic of Microbiology and Imunology discipline for nursing school of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Nursing School (Bacharelato) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Microbiologia Professor Paulo de Góes, Brazil
2012 - 2012 Virology pratical lessons in Microbiology and Immunology discipline for the Nutrition course of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) - 20h Nutrition course (Bacharelato) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Microbiologia Professor Paulo de Góes, Brazil
2008 - 2008 Theoretical lessons (45h) in Neuro-Immune-Endocrine System for the Biosciences course of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Biological Sciences - Biomedicine (Bacharelato) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Brazil
2006 - 2006 Theoretical lessons (45h) in Biochemistry topic of Endocrine PCI for the Medicine course of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Medicine (Bacharelato) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Brazil
2003 - 2003 Theoretical lessons (45h) in Biochemistry discipline MI for the Medicine course of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Medicine (Bacharelato) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Brazil

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2022/05/04 - 2022/05/06 XV CAML and V NeurULisboa PhD Students Meeting
Evaluator
 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2017/09/26 - 2017/09/26 Poster evaluator of VIII Semana de Integração Acadêmica da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
Evaluator
 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Brazil

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2017 Estratégia antiviral polivalente Ciência Hoje

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023 - Current Fotossensibilizadores: o elo entre a terapia fotodinâmica antimicrobiana de largo espectro e dispositivos médicos fotossensíveis "Photosensitizers: the link between broad-spectrum antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and photosensitive medical devices" Zoé Ladieu Arcas Arnaut Moreira (PhD student)
2022/10 - Current Exploring new targets on Spike glycoprotein for brad-spectrum therapies against coronaviruses Ana Carolina Carvalho Buga (PhD student)
2020 - Current Targeting brain-resident viruses across the blood-brain barrier using peptide-drug conjugates Diogo Alexandre Mendonça (PhD student)
2023 - 2023 Developing drugs for the future - antivirals Mariana Viegas Farinha Lemos Parada (Master student)
2022 - 2022 Fighting Zika virus with antiviral peptides and conjugates translocating blood-placental and blood-brain barriers Ana Carolina Carvalho Buga (Research fellow)
2018/03 - 2019/02 Structural studies of dengue capsid protein and its interaction with viral genome Beatriz Carvalho de Lima (undergraduate student)
2016/08 - 2017/12 Antiviral activity of zinc-protoporphyrin IX (ZnPPIX), protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) and mesoporphyrin IX (MPIX) against Zika virus Fernanda Ignacio de Vasconcellos Limas (undergraduate student)
2013 - 2013 Interaction molecular bases between the dengue virus capsid protein and cell membranes and their implications for viral replication Luiza Penna dos Santos Pereira (undergraduate student)
2009 - 2009 The inhibitory role of biliverdin in monocyte migration Isadora Salvador Rocco (undergraduate student)
2008 - 2008 The inhibitory role of biliverdin in leukocyte migration Cecília do Valle Pinto Pereira (undergraduate student)
2008 - 2008 The inhibitory role of biliverdin in leukocyte migration Rodrigo Braga
Distinctions

Award

2001 Melhor Trabalho do Centro de Ciências da Saúde, XXIII Jornada de Iniciação Científica e XIII Jornada de Iniciação Artística e Cultural - PIBIC/UFRJ. "Health Sciences Center Best Work, XXIII JIC e XIII JIAC -PIBIC/UFRJ"
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil