Ana Catarina Almeida Carregado e Martins Marques Pereira (7B1B-CE46-DE69)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Catarina Almeida Carregado e Martins Marques Pereira

Catarina Marques-Pereira is interested in several areas of Natural Sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences. She developed skills in Biochemistry, having experience in Microbiology and Computational Biology. Subjects of interest are, among others, Microbiology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine-Learning and Protein-Drug Interactions.

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Catarina Almeida Carregado e Martins Marques Pereira

Citation names

Marques-Pereira, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 7B1B-CE46-DE69
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6840-8991

Email addresses

amarques@cnc.uc.pt (Professional)
catarina.103@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone

962076915 (Personal)

Addresses

UC Biotech, Cantanhede- Coimbra, 3060-197, Cantanhede, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

http://www.moreiralab.com/ (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Other Biological Topics

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
French	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian	Upper intermediate (B2)		Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/11/01 - 2025/05/30 Ongoing	Biologia Experimental e Biomedicina (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Cutting-Edge Virus-Host Interactome Discovery: A Multi-Omics AI Driven Approach" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2020/09/15 - 2023/07/15 Concluded	Biologia Computacional (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "A Deep Learning Approach for Protein-Ligand Binding Motifs Prediction using Sequence Derived Information" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17/20
2017/09/11 - 2019/07/07 Concluded	Bioquímica (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "The role of Serratomolides produced by bacteria of genus Serratia in nematicidal activity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18/20
2014/09/08 - 2017/07/06 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	15/20
2011/09/11 - 2014/07/30 Concluded	High School (Ensino secundário) Major in Curso Científico-Humanístico de Ciências e Tecnologias Colégio da Imaculada Conceição, Portugal	16/20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/11/01 - 2024/06/09	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/03/02 - 2020/10/31	Contracted Researcher (Research)	CNC.IBILI, Portugal
	CNC.IBILI, Portugal
2019/07/01 - 2019/12/31	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/08/24 - 2017/09/11	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/06 - 2016/08	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	ABASTENA- Sociedade Abastecedora de Madeiras, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/01 - 2024/01	Summer Course -Introduction to Informatics in Biotechnology	Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Brazil
	Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Brazil
2017/06/30 - 2017/07/17	Summer University Monitor	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/02/01 - 2024/12/31	Cutting-Edge Virus-Host Interactome Discovery: A Multi- Omics AI Driven Approach DSAIPA/DS/0118/2020 Research Fellow CNC.IBILI, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2020/03/02 - 2021/12/31	Deep learning in the discovery of cancer medicines: a pipeline for the generation of new therapies POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031356 Research Fellow CNC.IBILI, Portugal	CNC.IBILI Concluded
2019/07/01 - 2019/12/31	Recognition of microbial functional communities and assessment of the mineralizing potential (bioleaching) for hightech critical metals ERA-MIN/0002/2015 Research Fellow Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Preto, António J.; Catarina Marques-Pereira; Baptista, Salete J.; Bueschbell, Beatriz; Barreto, Carlos A. V.; Gaspar, Ana T.; Pinheiro, Ian; et al. "Targeting GPCRs Via Multi-Platform Arrays and AI". In Comprehensive Pharmacology, 135-162. Elsevier, 2022. Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-820472-6.00048-7 Catarina Marques-Pereira; Pires, Manuel N.; Moreira, Irina S.. "Discovery of Virus-Host interactions using bioinformatic tools". In Biomolecular Interactions Part B, 169-198. Elsevier, 2022. Published • 10.1016/bs.mcb.2022.02.001 Rosário-Ferreira, Nícia; Catarina Marques-Pereira; Gouveia, Raquel P.; Mourão, Joana; Moreira, Irina S.. "Guardians of the Cell: State-of-the-Art of Membrane Proteins from a Computational Point-of-View". In Computational Design of Membrane Proteins, 3-28. Portugal: Springer US, 2021. Published • 10.1007/978-1-0716-1468-6_1
Conference poster	Catarina Marques-Pereira; Gaspar, Ana T.; Preto, António J.; Moreira, Irina S.. "Deep Learning Approach for Protein-Ligand Binding Motifs Prediction using Sequence Derived Information". Paper presented in 3D-BioInfo-PT Meeting, December 2022, poster presentation, 2022. Catarina Marques-Pereira; Pires, Manuel; Gouveia, Raquel P.; Pires, Nádia; Caniceiro, Beatriz; Rosário-Ferreira, Nícia; Moreira, Irina S.. "SARS-CoV-2 Membrane Protein: From Genomic Data to Structural New Insights". Paper presented in 8th Meeting of Young Researchers in Structural Computational Biology, December 2021, 2021. Catarina Marques-Pereira; Proença, Diogo N.. "The role of Serratomolides produced by bacteria of genus Serratia in nematicidal activity". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology (MicroBiotec), November 2019, Microbial-Host Interactions: poster 460., 2019.
Journal article	Catarina Marques-Pereira; Almeida, Tomás; Rosário-Ferreira, Nícia; Amorim, Ana; Pinto, Helena; Vaz, Cátia; Francisco, Alexandre; Moreira, Irina S.. Corresponding author: Moreira, Irina S.. "ViralBindPredict: Empowering Viral Protein-Ligand Binding Sites through Deep Learning and Protein Sequence-Derived Insights". GIGA-D-25-00033 (2025): Submitted Catarina Marques-Pereira; Pires, Manuel N.; Gouveia, Raquel P.; Pereira, Nádia; Caniceiro, Ana B.; Rosário-Ferreira, Nícia; Moreira, Irina S.. "SARS-CoV-2 Membrane Protein: From Genomic Data to Structural New Insights". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23 6 (2022): 2986. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23062986. 10.3390/ijms23062986 Catarina Marques-Pereira; Proença, Diogo N.; Morais, Paula V.. Corresponding author: Proença, Diogo N.. "The Role of Serratomolide-like Amino Lipids Produced by Bacteria of Genus Serratia in Nematicidal Activity". Pathogens 11 2 (2022): 10.3390/pathogens11020198. 10.3390/pathogens11020198 Rosário-Ferreira, Nícia; Catarina Marques-Pereira; Pires, Manuel; Ramalhão, Daniel; Pereira, Nádia; Guimarães, Victor; Santos Costa, Vítor; Moreira, Irina S.. "The Treasury Chest of Text Mining: Piling Available Resources for Powerful Biomedical Text Mining". BioChem 1 2 (2021): 60-80. https://doi.org/10.3390/biochem1020007. 10.3390/biochem1020007 Catarina Marques-Pereira; Proença, Diogo Neves; Morais, Paula Vasconcelos. Corresponding author: Proença, Diogo Neves. "Genome Sequences of Serratia Strains Revealed Common Genes in Both Serratomolides Gene Clusters". Biology 9 12 (2020): 482. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9120482. Published • 10.3390/biology9120482
Thesis / Dissertation	"A Deep Learning Approach for Protein-Ligand Binding Motifs Prediction using Sequence Derived Information". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2023. https://estudogeral.uc.pt/handle/10316/110357?mode=full. Marques, Ana. "The role of Serratomolides produced by bacteria of genus Serratia in nematicidal activity". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10316/88125.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/06	Workshop- The importance of Machine Learning in Structural Biology.	3D-BioInfo-PT Advanced Workshop Presentation Universidade do Minho (Minho, Portugal)
2023/05	Workshop- The importance of Machine Learning in Structural Biology.	NEBioq, Núcleo de Estudantes de Bioquímica Workshop Presentation Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/03	Workshop- The importance of Machine Learning in Structural Biology.	13th Bioinformatic Open Days, May 2023, Workshop Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/12	Conference Oral Presentation- SARS-CoV-2 membrane protein: from genomic data to structural new insights.	International conference of Microbiology- Microbiotec´21 Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/05	Conference Oral Presentation- SARS-CoV-2 membrane protein: from genomic data to structural new insights.	10th Bioinformatic Open Days, May 2021, Oral Presentation Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/03	Class Presentation- The role of Serratomolides produced by bacteria of genus Serratia in nematicidal activity.	Microbiology class of Master in Biochemistry Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/07	Class Demonstration - Technics in Palynology	Summer University 2017 Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/12 - 2023/12	Organization of the 3D-BioInfo-PT 2023 Meeting (2023/12 - 2023/12) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/05 - 2021/05	Organization of the 10th Bioinformatic Open Days, May 2021 (2021/05 - 2021/05) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/12/04 - 2019/12/07	Organization of the international conference on Microbiology- Microbiotec´19 from 4 to 7 December 2019, at the University of Coimbra. (2019/12/04 - 2019/12/07) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia, Portugal
2017/03/19 - 2017/03/19	Secretary on the general assembly of Abastena, on March 19, 2017. (2017/06/30 - 2017/07/17)	ABASTENA- Sociedade Abastecedora de Madeiras, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/12 - 2023/12	Participation on the 3D-BioInfo-PT 2023 Conference	3D-BioInfo-PT Meeting, December 2023 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/05 - 2023/05	Participation on the 13th Bioinformatic Open Days Conference	13th Bioinformatic Open Days Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/12 - 2022/12	Participation in the 3D-BioInfo-PT Meeting 2022 Meeting	3D-BioInfo-PT Meeting Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2021/12 - 2021/12	Participation on the 8th Meeting of Young Researchers in Structural Computational Biology Meeting	8th Meeting of Young Researchers in Structural Computational Biology Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/05 - 2021/05	Participation on the 10th Bioinformatic Open Days, May 2021 Conference	10th Bioinformatic Open Days Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/02/24 - 2020/02/28	Participation in the course "Computational Biology" of the doctoral program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB). Workshop	"Computational Biology"- PDBEB CNC.IBILI, Portugal
2019/12/04 - 2019/12/07	Participation on the international conference of Microbiology- Microbiotec´19 from 4 to 7 December 2019, at the University of Coimbra. Conference	Microbiotec´19 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/09/17 - 2019/09/17	Participation in the exhibition of Environmental Microbiology Laboratory during the Day of the Microorganism in September 17, 2019. Exhibition	Dia do Microorganismo Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2018/09/17 - 2018/09/17	Participation in the exhibition of Environmental Microbiology Laboratory during the Day of the Microorganism in September 17, 2018. Exhibition	Dia do Microorganismo Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/09/05 - 2018/09/14	Attendence in the Summer School in Computational Biology, held in September 2018. Other	Summer School in Computational Biology Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015/12/03 - 2015/12/04	Participation in the IBILI Annual Meeting, from 3 to 4 December 2015 - "New trends in Biomedical research". Conference	New trends in Biomedical research CNC.IBILI, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/01 - 2024/01	Summer Course - Introduction to Informatics in Biotechnology	Summer Course	Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Brazil

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2017/06/30 - 2017/07/17	Monitor of the Summer University 2017 of the University of Coimbra	15 participants from the Summer University Department of Life Sciences

Distinctions

Other distinction

2022	Quadro de Mérito UC Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal