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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Eduardo Gomes

Citation names

  • Gomes, Eduardo D.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7B13-B51D-97FF
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3179-1741
Scopus Author Id
55931679600

Email addresses

  • edcg@ess.ipp.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology
Education
Degree Classification
2021/08/01 - 2021/08/01
Concluded
 ICH Good Clinical Practice E6 (R2) (Diploma de especialização)
The Global Health Network, United Kingdom
2021/07/01 - 2021/07/31
Concluded
 Master in Innovation Management (Outros)
ANJE Associação Nacional de Jovens Empresários, Portugal
2021/07/01 - 2021/07/31
Concluded
 Data Analysis and Business Intelligence (Outros)
Universidade do Minho TecMinho, Portugal
2020/11 - 2020/12
Concluded
 Advanced Course in Clinicals Trials (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015/04/01 - 2019/05/21
Concluded
 Health Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Combination of cellular therapy with Peptide-modified Gellan gum Hydrogels for Spinal Cord Injury Repair" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011/09/05 - 2013/12/05
Concluded
 Health Sciences (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
"Functionalized Hydrogels and Cell based Therapies – A Tissue Engineering Approach for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 em 20 valores
2008/09/22 - 2011/07/29
Concluded
 Applied Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15 em 20 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02/15 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Center for Translational Health and Medical Biotechnology Reseach (TBIO)/Health Research Network (Health-RISE), Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2020/01/10 - 2022/01/17 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2019/07/15 - 2019/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/01/18 - 2024/02/14 R&D&I Consultant: writing, follow-up and financial analysis of R&D + Innovation projects, from national and European funds (PT2020, PT2030, H2020, RIA, EUREKA network); client and team management PricewaterhouseCoopers/AG - Assessoria de Gestão, Portugal
2015/04/01 - 2019/05/21 PhD Student in Health Sciences Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2017/03/01 - 2017/09/29 Visiting Scholar (PhD Student) Thomas Jefferson University Department of Neuroscience, United States
Thomas Jefferson University Department of Neuroscience, United States
2014/07/15 - 2015/03/31 Resarch Fellow (from the Project Awarded with the Prize Melo e Castro for Spinal Cord Injury Research by Prémios Santa Casa Neurociências) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2013/04/08 - 2014/07/08 Research Fellow (Project: PTDC/SAU-BMA/114059/2009) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2014/02/21 - 2014/03/21 Visiting Researcher (Research Stage) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Institut de Neurociències, Spain
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Institut de Neurociències, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - 2022/01/17 SECRET4SCI - Stem Cells Secretome as a Therapeutic Tool for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration
MC-18-2021
Researcher
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 ICVS/3B¿s - Laboratório Associado, Instituto de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde / Grupo de Investigação em Biomateriais, Biodegradaveis e Biomiméticos
LA/P/0050/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0050/2020
UID/Multi/50026/2019
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/10 - 2022/01/17 A Multidisciplinary Therapy to Repair the Injured Spinal Cord: Time to Move
PTDC/BTM-MAT/29968/2017
Post-doc
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07/26 - 2022/01/17 Restoring the Functionality to the Injured Spinal Cord Through the Combinatory Action of Pharmaco-Therapies and Tissue Engineering Strategies
PTDC/CAL-EST/29206/2017
Researcher
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/12/01 - 2020/12/31 CombiCORD - Inducing Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration through the combinatory action of Pharmacotherapies, Tissue Engineering and Epidural Stimulation
MC-04-17
Researcher
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
 Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
Ongoing
2016/10/01 - 2019/09/30 Targeting Spinal Cord Injury Repair Through Nanoporous Biodegradable 3D Matrices
TUBITAK/0007/2014
Researcher
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/09/01 - 2019/08/31 Development of a Wireless device for Neural Repair Via Electric and Drug delivery
N/A
Principal investigator
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
 Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
Concluded
2015/10/01 - 2018/12/31 Combining Pharmacotherapy and Stem Cells to Repair the Injured Spinal Cord: Is it the whole greater than the sum of its parts?
P2020-PTDC/DTP-FTO/5109/2014
Researcher
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/10/01 - 2015/09 Biohybrid templates for peripheral nerve regeneration
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/278612/EU
Researcher
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/07/01 - 2015/03/31 Development of an Integrative Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration based on Inductive Biodegradable Biomaterials, Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Neuroprotective Agents
MC-17-13
Research Fellow
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
 Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
Concluded
2013/04/01 - 2014/07/08 Intracellular Drug Delivery Systems and Tissue Engineering as a Combinatory Approach for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/114059/PT
Research Fellow
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Assunção-Silva, Rita C.; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Rocha, Luís A.; Silva, Nuno A.. "Combinatorial approaches using Biomaterials and Stem Cells for the Treatment of Central Nervous System Disorders". In Biomaterials and Stem Cells: From Basics to Applications. 2021.
    In press
  2. Gomes, Eduardo D.; Rocha, Luís A.; Assunção-Silva, Rita C.; Lima, Rui; Silva, N.A.; Salgado, António J.. "Cell therapies for spinal cord injury regeneration". In Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Repair Strategies, 157-186. Elsevier, 2020.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-08-102807-0.00009-0
  3. Gomes, Eduardo D.; Barata-Antunes, Sandra; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Assunção-Silva, Rita C.; Marques, Cláudia R.; Monteiro, Susana; Teixeira, Fábio G.; Fernandes, Aline M.; Silva, Nuno A.. "Animal models of central nervous system disorders". In Handbook of Innovations in Central Nervous System Regenerative Medicine, 621-650. Elsevier, 2020.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-818084-6.00018-0
  4. Assunção-Silva, R.C.; Gomes, E.D.; Silva, N.A.; Salgado, A.J.. "Nanoengineered biomaterials for spinal cord regeneration". In Nanoengineered Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine, 167-185. Elsevier, 2019.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-813355-2.00008-9
  5. Gomes, Eduardo D.; Assunção-Silva, Rita C.; Sousa, Nuno; Silva, Nuno A.; Salgado, António J.. "Modulation of Stem Cells Behavior Through Bioactive Surfaces". In Advanced Surfaces for Stem Cell Research, 67-86. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.
    Published • 10.1002/9781119242642.ch4
Conference poster
  1. Pinho, A.G; Cibrão, JR; Lima, R; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Serra, C. S; Silva, Nuno A.; Monteiro, Susana; Salgado, A. J. "Immunomodulatory and regenerative effect of the full or fractionated adipose stem cell secretome in spinal cord injury". Paper presented in 12th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies, 2022.
  2. Afonso, João L.; Rocha, Luís A.; Silva, Deolinda; Santos, Diogo; Campos, Jonas; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Silva, Nuno A.; Salgado, Antonio J.. "Interplay between adipose-derived stem cells and inflammatory mediators: impact on neurite outgrowth and vascular morphogenesis". Paper presented in XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2021.
  3. Rocha, Luís A.; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Sousa, Rui A.; Learmonth, David. A.; Salgado, António J.. "Developing a biomaterial-based vascularization strategy to enhance recovery following spinal cord injury". Paper presented in 11th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem cells and Cell Therapies, 2019.
  4. Rocha, Luís A.; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Sousa, Rui A.; Learmonth, David. A.; Salgado, António J.. "Developing a vascularization strategy to enhance recovery following spinal cord injury". Paper presented in 1st International Meeting of the Portuguese Network for Spinal Cord Injury Research, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Martins-Macedo, Joana; Araújo, Bruna; Sandra I. Anjo; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Pinto, Luisa. "Glial-Restricted Precursors stimulate endogenous cytogenesis and effectively recover emotional deficits in a model of cytogenesis ablation". Molecular Psychiatry (2024):
    Accepted
  2. Lentilhas-Graça, José ; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Silva, Nuno A.. "The Secretome of Macrophages Has a Differential Impact on Spinal Cord Injury Recovery According to the Polarization Protocol". Frontiers in Immunology (2024):
    Accepted
  3. Vilela, Cristiana; Araújo, Bruna; Soares-Guedes, Carla; Caridade-Silva, Rita; Martins-Macedo, J; Teixeira, Catarina; Gomes, Eduardo D.; et al. Corresponding author: Teixeira, Fábio G. "From the Gut to the Brain: Is microbiome a new paradigm in Parkinson’s Disease Treatment?". Cells (2024):
    Accepted
  4. Sousa, Carla S.; Lima, Rui; Cibrão, Jorge R.; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Fernandes, Luís S.; Pinho, Tiffany S.; Silva, Deolinda; et al. "Pre-Clinical Assessment of Roflumilast Therapy in a Thoracic Model of Spinal Cord Injury". Pharmaceutics 15 5 (2023): 1556. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15051556.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/pharmaceutics15051556
  5. Martins-Macedo, Joana; Mateus-Pinheiro, António; Alves, Cátia; Veloso, Fernando; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Ribeiro, Inês; Correia, Joana S.; et al. "StressMatic: A Novel Automated System to Induce Depressive- and Anxiety-like Phenotype in Rats". Cells 12 3 (2023): 381. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells12030381.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/cells12030381
  6. Araújo, Bruna; Caridade-Silva, Rita; Soares-Guedes, Carla; Martins-Macedo, Joana; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Monteiro, Susana; Teixeira, Fábio G.. "Neuroinflammation and Parkinson's Disease - From Neurodegeneration to Therapeutic Opportunities". Cells 11 18 (2022): 2908. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells11182908.
    Open access • 10.3390/cells11182908
  7. Pinho, Andreia G.; Cibrão, Jorge R.; Lima, Rui; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Serra, Sofia C.; Lentilhas-Graça, José; Ribeiro, C.; et al. "Immunomodulatory and regenerative effects of the full and fractioned adipose tissue derived stem cells secretome in spinal cord injury". Experimental Neurology 351 (2022): 113989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.113989.
    Published • 10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.113989
  8. Lima, Rui; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Cibrão, Jorge R. (0D12-F4FC-FB18); Rocha, Luís A.; Rodrigues, Cláudia S.; Neves-Carvalho, Andreia; Salgado, António J.. "Levetiracetam Treatment Leads to Functional Recovery after Thoracic or Cervical Injury of the Spinal Cord". npj Regenerative Medicine (2021):
    Open access • Accepted
  9. Gomes, Eduardo D.. "Adult Brain Cytogenesis in the Context of Mood Disorders: from Neurogenesis to the Emergent Role of Gliogenesis". Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews (2021):
    Accepted
  10. Martins-Macedo, Joana; Lepore, Angelo C.; Domingues, Helena S.; Salgado, António J.; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Pinto, Luísa. "Glial restricted precursor cells in central nervous system disorders: Current applications and future perspectives". Glia 69 3 (2020): 513-531. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/glia.23922.
    Published • 10.1002/glia.23922
  11. Gomes, Eduardo D.; Ghosh, Biswarup; Lima, Rui; Goulão, Miguel; Moreira-Gomes, Tiago; Martins-Macedo, Joana; Urban, Mark W.; et al. "Combination of a Gellan Gum-Based Hydrogel With Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 8 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00984.
    Open access • 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00984
  12. Lima, Rui; Monteiro, Susana; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Vasconcelos, Natália L.; Assunção-Silva, Rita; Morais, Mónica; Salgado, António J.; Silva, Nuno A.. "Citalopram Administration Does Not Promote Function or Histological Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 14 (2020): 5062. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21145062.
    Open access • 10.3390/ijms21145062
  13. Rocha, Luís A.; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Afonso, João L.; Granja, Sara; Baltazar, Fatima; Silva, Nuno A.; Shoichet, Molly S.; et al. "In vitro Evaluation of ASCs and HUVECs Co-cultures in 3D Biodegradable Hydrogels on Neurite Outgrowth and Vascular Organization". Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 8 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2020.00489.
    Open access • 10.3389/fcell.2020.00489
  14. Rocha, Luís A.; Silva, Deolinda; Barata-Antunes, Sandra; Cavaleiro, Helena; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Silva, Nuno A.; Salgado, António J.. "Cell and Tissue Instructive Materials for Central Nervous System Repair". Advanced Functional Materials 30 44 (2020): 1909083. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201909083.
    Published • 10.1002/adfm.201909083
  15. Salgado, AntónioJ; Gomes, EduardoD; Silva, NunoA. "Combinatorial therapies for spinal cord injury: strategies to induce regeneration". Neural Regeneration Research 14 1 (2019): 69. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.243705.
    10.4103/1673-5374.243705
  16. Gomes, Eduardo D.; Mendes, Sofia S.; Assunção-Silva, Rita C.; Teixeira, Fábio G.; Pires, Ana O.; Anjo, Sandra I.; Manadas, Bruno; et al. "Co-Transplantation of Adipose Tissue-Derived Stromal Cells and Olfactory Ensheathing Cells for Spinal Cord Injury Repair". STEM CELLS 36 5 (2018): 696-708. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/stem.2785.
    Open access • Published • 10.1002/stem.2785
  17. Gomes, E.D.; Vieira de Castro, J.; Costa, B.M.; Salgado, A.J.. "The impact of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and their secretome as a treatment for gliomas". Biochimie 155 (2018): 59-66. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85051107396&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biochi.2018.07.008
  18. Lima, Rui; Monteiro, Susana; Lopes, José; Barradas, Pedro; Vasconcelos, Natália; Gomes, Eduardo; Assunção-Silva, Rita; et al. "Systemic Interleukin-4 Administration after Spinal Cord Injury Modulates Inflammation and Promotes Neuroprotection". Pharmaceuticals 10 4 (2017): 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph10040083.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/ph10040083
  19. Vieira de Castro, Joana; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Granja, Sara; Anjo, Sandra I.; Baltazar, Fátima; Manadas, Bruno; Salgado, António J.; Costa, Bruno M.. "Impact of mesenchymal stem cells' secretome on glioblastoma pathophysiology". Journal of Translational Medicine 15 1 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12967-017-1303-8.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s12967-017-1303-8
  20. Oliveira, E.; Assunção-Silva, R. C.; Ziv-Polat, O.; Gomes, E. D.; Teixeira, F. G.; Silva, N. A.; Shahar, A.; Salgado, A. J.. "Influence of Different ECM-Like Hydrogels on Neurite Outgrowth Induced by Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells". Stem Cells International 2017 (2017): 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6319129.
    Published • 10.1155/2017/6319129
  21. Gomes, Eduardo D.; Mendes, Sofia S.; Leite-Almeida, Hugo; Gimble, Jeffrey M.; Tam, Roger Y.; Shoichet, Molly S.; Sousa, Nuno; Silva, Nuno A.; Salgado, António J.. "Combination of a peptide-modified gellan gum hydrogel with cell therapy in a lumbar spinal cord injury animal model". Biomaterials 105 (2016): 38-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.07.019.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.07.019
  22. Teixeira, Fábio G.; Vasconcelos, Natália L.; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Marques, Fernanda; Sousa, João C.; Sousa, Nuno; Silva, Nuno A.; et al. "Bioengineered cell culture systems of central nervous system injury and disease". Drug Discovery Today 21 9 (2016): 1456-1463. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2016.04.020.
    Published • 10.1016/j.drudis.2016.04.020
  23. Vasconcelos, Natália L.; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Oliveira, Eduarda P.; Silva, Carlos J.; Lima, Rui; Sousa, Nuno; Salgado, António J.; Silva, Nuno A.. "Combining neuroprotective agents: effect of riluzole and magnesium in a rat model of thoracic spinal cord injury". The Spine Journal 16 8 (2016): 1015-1024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2016.04.013.
    Published • 10.1016/j.spinee.2016.04.013
  24. Pires, Ana O.; Mendes-Pinheiro, Barbara; Teixeira, Fábio G.; Anjo, Sandra I.; Ribeiro-Samy, Silvina; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Serra, Sofia C.; et al. "Unveiling the Differences of Secretome of Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells, and Human Umbilical Cord Perivascular Cells: A Proteomic Analysis". Stem Cells and Development 25 14 (2016): 1073-1083. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/scd.2016.0048.
    Published • 10.1089/scd.2016.0048
  25. Assunção-Silva, Rita C; Oliveira, Cátia Costa; Ziv-Polat, Ofra; Gomes, Eduardo D; Sahar, Abraham; Sousa, Nuno; Silva, Nuno A; Salgado, António J. "Induction of neurite outgrowth in 3D hydrogel-based environments". Biomedical Materials 10 5 (2015): 051001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-6041/10/5/051001.
    Published • 10.1088/1748-6041/10/5/051001
  26. Assunção-Silva, Rita C.; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Sousa, Nuno; Silva, Nuno A.; Salgado, António J.. "Hydrogels and Cell Based Therapies in Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration". Stem Cells International 2015 (2015): 1-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/948040.
    Open access • Published • 10.1155/2015/948040
  27. Silva, Nuno A.; Moreira, Joana; Ribeiro-Samy, Silvina; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Tam, Roger Y.; Shoichet, Molly S.; Reis, Rui L.; Sousa, Nuno; Salgado, António J.. "Modulation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell secretome by ECM-like hydrogels". Biochimie 95 12 (2013): 2314-2319. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biochi.2013.08.016.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.08.016
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Gomes, Eduardo D.. "Combination of Cellular Therapy with Peptide-modified Gellan Gum Hydrogels for Spinal Cord Injury Repair". PhD, Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, 2019.
  2. Gomes, Eduardo Domingos Correia. "Functionalized hydrogels and cell based therapies: A tissue engineering approach for spinal cord injury regeneration". Master, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/45379.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Gomes, Eduardo D.. 2023. "Dispositivo de estimulação elétrica direta para cultura de células, método e aplicações do mesmo". Portugal.
    Allowed
  2. Gomes, Eduardo D.. 2021. "COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF SPINAL CORD INJURY, METHODS AND USES THEREOF".
    Granted/Issued

Other

Other output
  1. Automated rack. Development and validation of a novel automated rack to perform stress protocols on rodents, as a drug screening platform for translational research. 2023. Martins-Macedo, J; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Pinto, Luisa. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/12/3/381.
  2. In vivo stimulator device. Development of an in vivo stimulator nano-device as a therapeutic translational approach for neurodegenerative diseases (in the context of the 2nd Hackathon between ICVS and INL institutes).. 2020. Ainla, Alar; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Silva, Nuno A..
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/04/05 Glial-Restricted Precursors stimulate endogenous cytogenesis and effectively recover emotional deficits in a model of cytogenesis ablation VIII Symposium of the PT Glia Network
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS)/School of Medicine, University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2019/10/17 Combination of Cellular Therapy with Gellan Gum Hydrogels for the Treatment of Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spinal Cord Injuries TERMIS AP Congress
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (Brisbane, Australia)
2019/07/15 Cellular Therapies combined with Gellan Gum-based Hydrogels for Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Repair 1st Minho Meeting on Spinal Cord Injury
Life and Health Sciences Institute (ICVS) (Braga, Portugal)
2019/05/31 Combination of a Gellan Gum-based Hydrogel with Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury TERMIS EU Congress
Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society (Rhodes, Greece)
2017/10/12 Combining Adipose tissue-derived Stem Cells and Olfactory Ensheathing Cells for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration 10th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies
Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies (Covilhã, Portugal)
2017/06/29 Combining Adipose tissue-derived Stem Cells and Olfactory Ensheathing Cells for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery TERMIS EU Congress
Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society (Davos, Switzerland)
2016/11/19 Combination of a Peptide-modified Gellan Gum Hydrogel with Adipose Tissue-derived Stem Cells and Olfactory Ensheathing Cells for Spinal Cord Injury Repair 1st International Symposium Brain Without Borders
Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/06/13 Functionalized Gellan Gum Hydrogels and Cell based Therapies in Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration TERMIS EU Congress
Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society (Genova, Italy)
2013/06/01 Functional Gellan Gum Hydrogels and Cell based Therapies – A Novel Therapeutic Approach for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration XIII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neurosciences
Portuguese Society for Neurosciences (Luso, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019/06/01 - 2021/02/05 Determination of the appropriate dosage of ASCs secretome for Spinal Cord Injury Regenerative Medicine Approaches
Supervisor
 Masters in Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2020/05/01 - 2020/07/29 Impact of Epidural Stimulation on the Plasticity of the Central Nervous System after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries
Supervisor
 Applied Biology (Degree)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2019/06/01 - 2020/07/27 Transplanting Glial Restricted Precursors into a model of cytogenesis ablation: Uncovering the interplay between neuro- and gliogenesis
Supervisor
 Masters in Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2020/01/10 Influence of Laminin-derived Peptides in Cellular and Neurite Outgrowth within Gellan Gum-based Hydrogels
Co-supervisor
 PhD in Applied Health Sciences (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2019/04/01 - 2019/05/15 Hyaluronic Acid-based hydrogels for Adipose Stem Cells growth and neurite outgrowth
Supervisor
 International laboratory rotation (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/04/01 Combination of Hydrogels and Cells for the treatment of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury - Histological characterization
Supervisor
 MSc in Health Sciences (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/04/01 Transplantation of Glial-restricted Precursors (GRPs) as a new Therapeutic Approach to Improve Anxiety and Cognition
Supervisor
 MSc in Health Sciences (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2018/12/01 Implementation and Characterization of a New Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Rat Model
Co-supervisor
 PhD in Applied Health Sciences (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2018/06/01 - 2018/07/15 Assessment of Motor Function after a Combination of Peptide-modified Gellan Gum Hydrogel with Cell Therapy in a Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Animal Model
Co-supervisor
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2018/04/01 Effects of Peptide-Modified Gellan-Gum Hydrogels on Cell Adhesion, Neurite Outgrowth and Vascularization
Co-supervisor
 MSc in Health Sciences (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2017/01/03 - 2017/03/03 Role of ECM-derived Peptides on Cellular Adhesion and Neurite Outgrowth for Spinal Cord Injury Repair
Co-supervisor
 PhD in Applied Health Sciences (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2016/05/01 - 2017/01/06 Combination of GRGDS-grafted Gellan Gum hydrogel with Cellular therapy and Riluzole treatment for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration
Co-supervisor
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2016/08/01 - 2016/10/01 Development of therapies for spinal cord injuries
Supervisor
 International laboratory rotation (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2016/07/01 - 2016/08/01 Pharmacotherapies and Extracellular Matrix like Hydrogels as tools for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration: A combinatory Approach
Supervisor
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2016/06/01 - 2016/07/15 Histological Characterization of the Effects of a transplantation of Adipose Stem Cells encapsulated in a Gellan Gum-based Hydrogel following a Spinal Cord Injury
Co-supervisor
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2016/03/01 - 2016/05/01 Effects of the secretome of Adipose Stem Cells and Olfactory Ensheathing Cells on Dorsal Root Ganglia neurite outgrowth
Co-supervisor
 PhD in Ageing and Chronic Diseases (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2015/06/01 - 2015/07/15 Study of the effects of ASCs and OECs on Neurite Outgrowth
Co-supervisor
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2015/03/01 - 2015/05/01 Novel Strategies in SCI Repair: Combination of Cellular Therapy and Extracellular Matrix-like Hydrogels
Co-supervisor
 PhD in Ageing and Chronic Diseases (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2014/05/01 - 2015/01/06 Combination of Adipose Stem Cells and Olfactory Ensheathing Cells as a Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury
Co-supervisor
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2013/07/01 - 2013/08/01 Can ASCs and OECs Secretome Induce Axonal regeneration in an in vitro Model?
Co-supervisor
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2013/07/01 - 2013/08/01 Interactions between Adipose Tissue Stem Cells and Olfactory Ensheathing Cells on the Context of Neuronal Regeneration after Spinal Cord Injury
Co-supervisor
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2013/06/01 - 2013/07/15 Hydrogel based Biomaterials and Cell based Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration
Co-supervisor
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2013/06/01 - 2013/07/15 Impact of ASCs and OECs Secretome on the Growth of Dorsal Root Ganglia Neurites, as an in vitro Model of Axonal Regeneration
Co-supervisor
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2013/03/01 - 2013/05/01 Regenerative Approaches for Spinal Cord Injury
Co-supervisor
 PhD in Ageing and Chronic Diseases (Other)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Scientific interaction with the Community: "IPP Open Campus, target audience: high school students" (2024) Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2019/07 - Current Scientific interaction with the Community - "Verão no Campus, target audience: high school students – neuroscience activities" (2019) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/07 - Current Scientific interaction with the Community: "Senior’s activities at neurosciences domain “Partilhar Saberes”" (2019)
2019/07/15 - 2019/07/15 1st Minho Meeting on Spinal Cord Injury Regional meeting on spinal cord injury (SCI) research, bringing together experts in the SCI field. (2019/07/15 - 2019/07/15)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2019/07/08 - 2019/07/08 ICVS Satellite Meeting "Decoding astrocyte-neuron dialogues that produce brain outputs" Satellite event debating the importance of astrocyte function in CNS health and disease. (2019/07/08)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Scientific interaction with the Community: "Brain week, target audience: pre-scholar and high school students", 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions (2017 - 2019)
2015/11/30 - 2015/12/01 1st Spinal Cord Injury Iberian Symposium First Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) symposium in Portugal dedicated to SCI research, bringing together people working in the field, physicians and patients. (2015/11/30 - 2015/12/01)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação de Alcoitão, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Chair at TERMIS EU Congress May 2019, Rhodes, Greece; S28: Peripheral Nerve.
Conference
 TERMIS EU Congress

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020 Impact of Epidural Stimulation on the Plasticity of the Central Nervous System after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries
Supervisor
 Margarida Falcão (Other)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/01/18 - 2024/02/14 From 2022 to 2024, I worked as a consultant at PwC - Portugal, searching for financial incentives to companies that perform Research and Development (R&D) activities, as well as European programs to finance R&D.

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/04/02 - 2024/04/09 FCT PhD Scholarship Project Training, 1st edition (Outros) Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2020/03/02 - 2020/03/06 Advanced course: Recent Trends in CNS Regenerative Medicine - from injury and disease to advanced therapies Health Sciences (Pós-Graduação) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2016/02/22 - 2016/03/08 Advanced course: Stem Cells Get Practical: approaches on stem cell isolation, characterization and differentiation, 6th edition Health Sciences (Outros) Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2015/03/03 - 2015/03/21 Advanced course: A Hands-on approach to Stem Cells and Tissue Culture: from cell isolation, manipulation and characterization to advanced microscopy, 5th edition Health Sciences (Outros) Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2014/02/01 - 2014/02/21 Advanced course: A Hands-on approach to Stem Cells and Tissue Culture, 4th edition Health Sciences (Outros) Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2020 - Current Member of the jury for individual fellowships
Evaluator
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade do Minho

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022 - Current Biomedicines (2227-9059) MDPI
2021/01/11 - Current Biomolecules (2218-273X) MDPI
2021 - Current BioFactors (1872-8081) Wiley Online Library
2021 - Current International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067) MDPI
2021 - Current Journal of Clinical Medicine (2077-0383) MDPI
2021 - Current Neural Regeneration Research (1673-5374) Wolters Kluwer
2021 - Current Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)
2020/12/20 - Current Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2296-4185) Frontiers
2020/12/07 - Current Cells (2073-4409) MDPI
2020/10/23 - Current Medical Science Monitor (1643-3750) International Scientific Information
2020/04/10 - Current Materials & Design (0264-1275) Elsevier
2020 - Current Biomaterials (1878-5905) Elsevier
2018/03/01 - Current Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Distinctions

Award

2021 Member of the Team awarded with the Prize Melo e Castro for Spinal Cord Injury Research
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal
2019 Principal Investigator of the project awarded with the 1st prize from the 2nd Hackathon between the ICVS and INL institutes
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2017 Registration Grant for the 10th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies
2017 Member of the Team awarded with the Prize Melo e Castro for Spinal Cord Injury Research
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal
2016 Winner of the "Art With]Out[Borders" microphotography contest
2013 Member of the team awarded with the Prize Melo e Castro for Spinal Cord Injury Research
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal

Other distinction

2018 Manuscript selected for the cover of Stem Cells (Link: https://academic.oup.com/stmcls/issue/36/5)
2015 FCT PhD Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal