Curriculum Vitae
RITA JOANA RODRIGUES DA SILVA RUA FERREIRA
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- RITA JOANA RODRIGUES DA SILVA RUA FERREIRA
Citation names
- Rua Ferreira, Rita
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 7617-47F2-AF66
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7291-9495
Email addresses
- rita.ruaferreira@nms.unl.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa | Edifício Amarelo | Sala 3.9A Rua do Instituto Bacteriológico, nº5 , 1150-082, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rita_Rua_Ferreira (Scholar)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ritaruaferreira/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| French | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2012/10/01 - 2017/03/31
Concluded
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Developmental Biology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Developmental Biology, Cardiovascular development, Cell and Molecular Biology
Université de Strasbourg Faculté des sciences de la vie, France
"Zebrafish left-right organizer : multi-scale analysis of cilia behaviors and flow-sensing mechanism for symmetry-breaking" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Excellent |
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2010/10 - 2012/10/03
Concluded
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Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Cell and Molecular Biology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Cilia motility studies in zebrafish embryos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
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2006/09 - 2010/09
Concluded
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Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (Licenciatura)
Major in Clinical-Laboratorial Sciences, Cell and Molecular Biology
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
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16 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/01/21 - 2021/01/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal |
| Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal | ||
| 2017/04/01 - 2018/03/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, France |
| Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, France | ||
| 2012/10/01 - 2017/03/31 | Researcher (Research) | Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, France |
| Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, France | ||
| 2011/08 - 2012/09/30 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal |
| Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal |
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/07/01 - 2023/03/01 | Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Comprehensive Health Research Centre, Portugal |
| Universidade Nova de Lisboa Comprehensive Health Research Centre, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013/01 - 2016/01 | Quantitative analysis of asymmetric gene expression in the left-right organizer in response to flow forces: what comes downstream
of cilia driven flow? – charon
PhD Student Fellow
Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, France
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Agence nationale de la recherche
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/01/21 - Current | Flow (in)DR
PTDC/MED-PAT/31639/2017
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2012/10 - 2015/10 | IGBMC PhD International program
PhD Student Fellow
Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, France
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Agence nationale de la recherche
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Other
| Other output |
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Activities
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/02 - Current | Postdoctoral Association | Member of the Postdoctoral Association, responsible for the Health and Security and Contract Regulation sections |
| 2013/01 - 2015/12 | Ph.D. Students Association | Organization of social and scientific events: retreats, seminars, symposiums, lectures. |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/10 - Current | Green Team member : Group of IMM members to work on Sustainable Science. We organize monthly meetings to discuss the best
ways to recycle more, to reduce plastic and to promote energy saving in our daily routines, without compromising the amazing
Science performed at iMM-JLA.
Member
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Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015/01 - 2016/05 | Training and mentoring of a M2 BDCS student. | Lhéanna Klaeylé |
Distinctions
Award
| 2018 | Prix de Thése |
| 2017 | Best presentation award for Junior Scientist
Scientific committee of the 10th Congress of Cilia, Flagella and Centrosomes, France
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| 2015 | Best presentation award for Junior Scientist
Scientific committee of the 9th Congress of Cilia, Flagella and Centrosomes, France
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| 2015 | Summer scholarship for the Zebrafish Development and Genetics course (Woods Hole USA)
Marine Biological Laboratory, United States
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| 2014 | Best Poster at Cilia 2014
Scientific committee of the EMBO CILIA 2014, France
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| 2012 | IGBMC International PhD program fellowship (2/300) - LABX-0030
Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, France
Agence nationale de la recherche, France |
Other distinction
| 2017 | Selected talk for the EMBO|EMBL symposium: mechanical forces in biology |
| 2016 | Selected talk for the EMBO Conference CILIA |
| 2016 | Physics and Biological systems - invited speaker |