Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Carina Maranga
Citation names
- Maranga, Carina
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 7811-C66B-F64C
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-0003-4011
Email addresses
- carinamaranga@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
- carinamaranga@medicina.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Telephone
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- (+351) 21 423 320 (Professional)
Addresses
- Avenida Prof. Dr Cavaco Silva Instituto Superior Técnico , 2744-016, Porto Salvo, Oeiras, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2018/02/01 - 2022/06/01
Ongoing
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Bioengineering: Cell Therapies and Regenerative Medicine (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Cerebellar organoids from hiPSCs to model Angelman Syndrome " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2014 - 2016/09/13
Concluded
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Celular and Molecular Biology - Specialization in Neurobiology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Early mitochondrial modifications in YAC128 transgenic model of Huntington’s disease " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 |
2014
Concluded
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Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Evaluation of oxidative stress in retinal cells from experimental models of diabetes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2017/02/01 - 2018/02/01 | Researcher (Research) | CNC.IBILI, Portugal |
CNC.IBILI, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2020 - Current | Exploring new therapeutic strategies for Angelman syndrome: A disease modelling approach based on 3D cerebellar organoids
derived from patient iPSCs
PMJMCD 2019
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal |
Fundação Amélia de Mello
Ongoing
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2015/09 - 2016/09 | Evaluation of oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in animal models and patients of Huntington's disease using Cu(II)-ATSM
PET
NA
Master Student
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
CNC.IBILI, Portugal |
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
Concluded
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2017/03 - 2018/02 | Exploring the role of pridopidine on mitochondrial function and dynamics in Huntingtons disease models
NA
Master Student Fellow
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Newsletter article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2021/11/23 | Brain-in-a-dish approach to model Angelman Syndrome | Pitch Competition- PhD Open Days 2021
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2020/11 | Brain-in-a-dish approach for studying Angelman Syndrome | Pitch Competition- Phd Open Days 2020
Instituto Superior Técnico
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2020/05 | Angelman Syndrome: Clinical trials and Mini-brains | Virtual meeting
Angel- Associação Síndrome de Angelman de Portugal (Portugal)
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2020/02/05 | Pridopidine rescues mitochondrial function in human and mouse Huntingtons disease models through Sigma-1 receptor | 50th Meeting of Portuguese Pharmacology Society
Portuguese Pharmacology Society (Porto, Portugal)
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2019/05/30 | Disease modeling of Angelman Syndrome using hiPSC-derived cerebellar organoids | XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience
Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (Lisboa, Portugal)
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2017/03/15 | Mitochondrial deregulation in striatum and cortex of pre-symptomatic and symptomatic Huntington's Disease mouse model | SPDMov 2017 - "Care in Parkinson Disease"
Portuguese Society of Movement Disorders (SPDMov) (Offir, Portugal)
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2016/06/04 | Bioenergetic defects in pre-symptomatic and symptomatic stages in Huntington's disease YAC128 mouse model | XXXth Meeting of study group on brain aging and dementia
Study group on brain aging and dementia (GEECD) (Lisboa, Portugal)
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2016/02/04 | Redox deregulation in pre-symptomatic and symptomatic stages of Huntington's Disease | XLVI Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
Portuguese Society of Pharmacology (Porto, Portugal)
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2022/02/20 - 2022/02/20 | Solidarity walk for Angelman Syndrome
Other
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Walk'in ANGEL 2022
Angel - Associação Síndrome de Angelman de Portugal, Portugal
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2021/12/03 - 2021/12/04 | The 2021 FAST Global Summit & Gala
Conference
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Fast forward together
Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics, United States
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2021/09/24 - 2021/11/22 | Writing in the Sciences.
This course teaches scientists to become more effective writers, using practical examples and exercises.
Workshop
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Writing in the Sciences course
Stanford University Department of Health Research and Policy, United States
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2020/12/04 - 2020/12/04 | FAST Global Summit & Gala
Congress
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Virtually Unstoppable
Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics, United States
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2020/11/23 - 2020/11/23 | Organoids With]Out[Borders
Symposium
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Organoids With]Out[Borders
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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2020/02/15 - 2020/02/15 | Commemorative event for the international day of Angelman Syndrome with patients and families
Meeting
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15 de Fevereiro- International day of Angelman Syndrome
Angel - Associação Síndrome de Angelman de Portugal, Portugal
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2019/04/09 - 2019/04/09 | Neuroengineering | 3rd ed - Decoding Neural Information
Workshop
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Neuroengineering | 3rd ed - Decoding Neural Information
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2017/05/24 - 2017/05/24 | Author Workshop by Anthony Newman, Senior publisher
Elsevier Publishing Campus
Workshop
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Author Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2017/05/19 - 2017/05/19 | How to structure data for statistical analysis?
Workshop
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How to structure data for statistical analysis?
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Laboratório de Bioestatística e Informação médica (LBIM), Portugal |
2017/04/28 - 2017/04/28 | How to choose the most appropriate statistical technique?
Workshop
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How to choose the most appropriate statistical technique?
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Laboratório de Bioestatística e Informação médica (LBIM), Portugal |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2019 - Current | Portuguese Society of Stem cells and Cell therapies | |
2019 - Current | Portuguese Society for Neuroscience |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2021/05/10 - 2021/05/10 | Lecture on Disease modeling of Angelman syndrome using hiPSC-derived cerebellar organoids for the Biology and Stem Cell Technology Module | Evolutionary and Developmental Biology; Genetic and Molecular Biology (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
2020/05/07 - 2020/05/07 | Lecture on Disease modeling of Angelman syndrome using hiPSC-derived cerebellar organoids for the Biology and Stem Cell Technology Module | Evolutionary and Developmental Biology; Genetic and Molecular Biology (Mestrado) | Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
2019/05/07 - 2019/05/07 | Lecture on Disease modeling of Angelman syndrome using hiPSC-derived cerebellar organoids for the Biology and Stem Cell Technology Module | Evolutionary and Developmental Biology; Genetic and Molecular Biology (Mestrado) | Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
2022 | Registration Grant - 12th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies 2022
Sociedade Portuguesa de Células Estaminais e Terapia Celular, Portugal
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2021 | Registration Grant - XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience |
2020 | EMBL Corporate Partnership Programme Registration Fee Waiver
European Molecular Biology Organization , Germany
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2019 | Registration Grant - 11th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies 2019
Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies, Portugal
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