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My journey in science began with a degree in biochemistry (University of Coimbra) in 2017. At the end of this degree, I was very interested in cancer research, so I integrated an investigation project regarding Acute Myeloid Leukemia and its clinical implications. After this, I pursued a master's in molecular Genetics and Biomedicine (NOVA University Lisbon), and in the last year, I gladly integrated the Human Immunobiology and Pathogenesis Lab to develop my thesis, where I truly found my passion, immunology. My work was focused on the study of the crosstalk between Toll-Like Receptors expressing T cells and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps from Neutrophils in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients. Currently, I am a PhD student in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine Doctoral Program from University of Coimbra with an FCT fellowship to develop my thesis "The role of micronutrients of invariant natural killer T cells and their function in colon cancer" at Body Barrier and Immunometabolism Lab (CNC-UC), where we use state-of-the-art tools such as tissue-specific genetic models obtained from genetic mice models.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Tomás de Oliveira Machado

Citation names

  • Oliveira-Machado, Tomás

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7B13-4425-28C3
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8901-7663

Email addresses

  • tomasmachado@cnc.uc.pt (Professional)
  • uc2017255804@student.uc.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/10/02 - 2027
Ongoing
 Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2023/10/06 - 2024/06/05
Concluded
 VII Modular Training in Laboratory Animal Science (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Clínica e Biomédica de Coimbra, Portugal
Function A - 15,7; Function B - 13,2; Function SS - 13,4
2020/09 - 2022/11/25
Concluded
 Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"T cell-Neutrophil crosstalk in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2017/09 - 2020/07
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
"IREB2 on Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Clinical Implications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/09/20 - 2022/09/25 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/07 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Clínica e Biomédica de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Clínica e Biomédica de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/10/01 - Current PhD Student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2023/05/22 - Current Sports Salesman at Decathlon Portimão Decathlon Portugal - Sociedade Portuguesa de Distribuição de Artigos de Desporto, Portugal
Decathlon Portimão, Portugal
2017/07 - 2021/08 Operational Assistant in Refrigeration and Climatization (Summer Job: 2 months/year) Bronzimática - Refrigeração e Climatização, Lda, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/10/01 - 2022/09/30 Reprogramação de linfócitos foliculares com perfil inflamatório Tfhi:aplicando a ciência básica à prática clínica de modo a desenhar imunoterapias de precisão.
PTDC/MEC-REU/29520/2017
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, Manuela; Sílvia Madeira-Arroz; Ana Raquel Silva; BASTOS-AMADOR, PATRICIA; Bruno Raposo; Oliveira-Machado, Tomás; Diogo Vieira da Silva ; et al. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Manuela. "Unravelling the role of retinoic acid-controlled Hes1 in iNKT cells". Paper presented in XLIX - Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology, 2024.
  2. Ferreira, Manuela; Silva, Diogo; Oliveira-Machado, Tomás; Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Manuela. "The role of micronutrients of invariant Natural Killer T cells and their function in colon cancer". Paper presented in IV Metabolism, Ageing & Disease (MAD) Meeting, 2024.
  3. Oliveira-Machado, Tomás; Amaral-Silva, Daniela; Rafael Gonzalez; Laura Gago; Manuela Costa; Helena Soares. "T cell-Neutrophil crsosstalk in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus". Paper presented in XLVII - Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology, 2022.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "T Cell-Neutrophil crosstalk in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus". Master, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2022.
Activities

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/10/16 - 2024/10/18 Symposium attendance regarding the ecology of cancer.
Symposium
 The Ecology of Cancer - Champalimaud Research Symposium
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2024/04/17 - 2024/04/19 Poster presentation " Unraveling the role of retinoic acid-controlled Hes1 in iNKT cells" at the Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology.
Congress
 XLIX - Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology
Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeida, Portugal
2024/01/29 - 2024/01/30 CIBB Metabolism, Ageing and Disease research area meeting
Meeting
 IV Metabolism, Ageing and Disease (MAD) Meeting
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2023/12/20 - 2023/12/20 CIBB Meeting 2023
Meeting
 CIBB Meeting 2023
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2023/10/28 - 2023/10/28 1st Immuno-Oncology SPO-SPI joint meeting
Meeting
 1st Immuno-Oncology SPO-SPI joint meeting
2022/11/09 - 2022/11/09 FlowJo platform users meeting. Lectures about flow cytometry basic and advanced analysis, compensation and panel design.
Workshop
 2022 Lisbon FlowJo User Group Meeting
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/11/03 - 2022/11/03 Workshops provided by the Lisbon Flow Cytometry Network about proper panel design, compensation, and analysis in flow cytometry.
Workshop
 FLxFLOW Workshop - Best Practices in Pane Design
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/04/20 - 2022/04/22 Poster presentation regarding my masters thesis " T cell-Neutrophil crosstalk in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus" at the Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology. Involvement in the organizing committee of the meeting (welcome committee, speakers assistance).
Congress
 XLVII - Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology: At the crossroads of human immunology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2022/03/31 - 2022/03/31 Seminar about FlowJo, basic and advanced analysis of flow cytometry data with Serena di Cecilia
Workshop
 FlowJo Training Seminar - FlxFLOW
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2022/02/03 - 2022/02/03 Webinair for introducing FlowJo
Seminar
 Intro to FlowJo - FlowJo Webinairs
2021/12/14 - 2021/12/14 Training session in good practices regarding Biosafety Level-2
Seminar
 Biosafety Session
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2020/09/07 - 2020/09/07 Learning of Basic Life Support and Helmlich technique during boys scouts regional activity provided by INEM.
Workshop
 Mass Training em Suporte Básico de Vida
Instituto Nacional de Emergência Médica IP, Portugal
2020/05/13 - 2020/05/14 Series of lectures about how to build a CV and LinkedIn.
Workshop
 Scale Up - Scientific Junior Value
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/05 - 2020/05 Series of lectures regarding bioeconomy, circular economy and science organized by Académica Start UC.
Conference
 Bioeconomy - For a sustainable future
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/02/14 - 2020/02/16 Seventh (7th) place on the national dina phase in the first edition of University Olympiads of Biochemistry ( I Olimpíadas Universitárias da Bioquímica - OUB)
Call
 I Olimpíadas Universitárias de Bioquímica
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/04/13 - 2019/04/15 XII National Biochemistry Students Meeting (Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica)
Meeting
 XII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022/03 - Current Portuguese Society of Immunology
2019/10 - 2020/09 Biochemistry Student Body Council (Núcleo de Estudantes de Bioquímica da Associação Académica de Coimbra) Secretary of the Board Direction
2018/10 - 2019/09 Biochemistry Student Body Council (Núcleo de Estudantes de Bioquímica da Associação Académica de Coimbra) Colaborator in External Realations Department
2017/10 - 2018/09 Biochemistry Student Body Council (Núcleo de Estudantes de Bioquímica da Associação Académica de Coimbra) Colaborator - Assistance in the preparation of events for Biochemistry students.

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2014/04 - 2014/04 Proeficincy examination at Level A2 in the Council of Europe's European Framework of Reference. Key English Test - Level B1 Cambridge English Language Assessment Spain and Portugal, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2023 PhD Student Scholarship from FCT
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2022 Passport to Prize
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal