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Ana Raquel Costa completed the Ph.D. in Biomedicine in 2023 by University of Beira Interior, and is an Invited Assistant Professor in Fluorescence Microscopy. Her main research activity is related to the potential use of the taste signalling pathway, particularly the bitter and sweet taste receptors, as therapeutic targets against glioblastoma and other types of non-reproductive cancers. She published 17 peer-reviewed papers (h-index 10), and has supervised 1 BSc and 3 MSc thesis since 2020. She has received 3 awards and has participated in and organized several national and international events, including symposia, congresses, courses and workshops.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Raquel Ferreira da Costa

Citation names

  • Costa, Ana Raquel
  • Costa, AR

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7D10-8378-9ABD
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9673-4337
Scopus Author Id
56504452100

Email addresses

  • anarfcosta@fcsaude.ubi.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Health Sciences Research Centre - Universidade da Beira Interior (CICS-UBI). Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6201-506, Covilhã, Covilhã, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/09 - 2023/04/13
Concluded
 Biomedicina (Doutoramento)
Major in Neurociências
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal

Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Taste Signalling in Glioblastoma" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprroved with disctinction
2023/01/16 - 2023/01/16
Concluded
 ORPHEUS Supervision Workshop (Outros)
Organisation for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System, Croatia
2022/10 - 2022/11
Concluded
 Gestão de Equipas - Building Happy Teams (Outros)
Major in Curso Não Conferente de Grau
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
 19
2022/03 - 2022/06
Concluded
 Online Advanced Course on Biomedical Imaging (Outros)
UT Austin Portugal, Portugal
2021/10 - 2021/11
Concluded
 LearnEnglish Select Santander Portugal – Select Upper – Intermediate Level (B2) (Outros)
British Accreditation Council, United Kingdom
2021/03/18 - 2021/03/20
Concluded
 Models of the Blood-Brain Barrier - Scientific Tools to Target the Brain (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/07/08 - 2020/07/08
Concluded
 Introduction to Data Management Plans - Ready for BioData Management? Programme (Outros)
BioData.pt, Portugal
2018/11/22 - 2018/11/23
Concluded
 Practical Course on Calcium Imaging (Outros)
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
2017/02 - 2017/07
Concluded
 Animal Training - Category B (FELASA), Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2013/11 - 2013/11
Concluded
 1st Hands-on Course on Fluorescence Microscopy and Image Analysis (Outros)
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
2011/09 - 2013/07
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Mestrado)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
"Apoptosis Regulation by Sex Hormones in Choroid Plexus: Implications on Amyloid-Beta Clearance (http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/1339)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2008/09 - 2011/07
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
"Genetic Basis of Obesity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/05 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2021/05/01 - 2022/07 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
(...)
2017/07/03 - 2020/05/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
2016/07/01 - 2017/06/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
CNC.IBILI, Portugal
2013/07/10 - 2016/05/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
2012/09/17 - 2013/07/09 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/02 - Current Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
(...)
2024/01 - 2024/04 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/10/15 - 2023/10 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/06/03 - 2021/04/30 Laboratory Technician for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Centro Hospitalar Cova da Beira EPE, Portugal
(...)
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/05/01 - 2022/07/31 Sweet Taste Signalling in Gliobastoma: Role in Glucose Metabolism
UI/BD/151025/2021
10.54499/UI/BD/151025/2021
PhD Student Fellow
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2017/07/03 - 2020 ICON - Interdisciplinary Challenges On Neurodegeneration
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000013
Research Fellow
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
 Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Health Sciences Research Centre
UID/Multi/00709/2019
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/07/01 - 2017/06/30 Crosstalk between perivascular adipose tissue and blood vessels in obesity and vascular dysfunction
P2020-PTDC/BIM-MET/4447/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Concluded
2014/10/01 - 2015/04/15 Hormonal and inflammatory basis of age-related diseases
CENTRO-07-ST24-FEDER-002015
Research Fellow
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2024/05 - Current UIDB/00709/2020 – Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde
UIDB/00709/2020
Research Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Ana Catarina Duarte; André Furtado; Ana Raquel Costa; Isabel Gonçalves; Telma Quintela; Cecília Santos. "Amyloid-beta scavengers' expression in the choroid plexus is age-, sex-, and circadian-dependent". Paper presented in 11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, Granada, 2023.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.751
  2. Ana Raquel Costa; Ana Catarina Duarte; Isabel Gonçalves; Cecília Santos. "The sweet taste receptor is an important glucosensor in glioblastoma". Paper presented in 11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, Granada, 2023.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.1083
  3. Bernardino, Raquel L.; Martins, Ana D; Costa, Ana Raquel; Silva, Joaquina; Barros, Alberto; Sousa, Mário; Alves, Marco G.; Oliveira, Pedro F.. "Influência do estradiol nos transportadores membranares de bicarbonato dependentes de sódio da família SLC4 em células de Sertoli humanas". Paper presented in IV Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Aveiro, 2016.
    Published
  4. Bernardino, Raquel L.; Martins, Ana D; Costa, Ana Raquel; Silva, Joaquina; Barros, Alberto; Sá, Rosália; Alves, Marco Gouveia; et al. "Estrogenic regulation of Na+-dependent bicarbonate transporters from SLC4 family in human Sertoli Cells.". Paper presented in FEBS, 2015.
    Published • 10.1007/s11010-015-2481-4
Conference poster
  1. Costa-Brito, Ana R.; Quintela, Telma; Gonçalves, Isabel; Duarte, Ana Catarina; Costa, Ana Raquel; Cavaco, Jose; Lemos, Manuel Carlos; SANTOS, Cecilia R A. "Expression of Prolactin in the Choroid Plexus: An alternative source of Prolactin in the rat Brain". Paper presented in FENS 2020 Virtual Forum, 2020.
Journal article
  1. André Furtado; Ana Catarina Duarte; Ana R. Costa; Isabel Gonçalves; Cecília R. A. Santos; Eugenia Gallardo; Telma Quintela. "Circadian ABCG2 Expression Influences the Brain Uptake of Donepezil across the Blood–Cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25095014.
    10.3390/ijms25095014
  2. Ana R. Costa; Ana C. Duarte; Ana R. Costa-Brito; Isabel Gonçalves; Cecília R.A. Santos. "Bitter taste signaling in cancer". Life Sciences (2023): 121363-121363. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2022.121363.
    10.1016/j.lfs.2022.121363
  3. André Furtado; André J. Esgalhado; Ana Catarina Duarte; Costa, AR; Ana R. Costa-Brito; Eva Carro; Hiroshi Ishikawa; et al. "Circadian rhythmicity of amyloid-beta-related molecules is disrupted in the choroid plexus of a female Alzheimer's disease mouse model". Journal of Neuroscience Research (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jnr.25164.
    10.1002/jnr.25164
  4. Duarte, Ana Catarina; Costa, Ana Raquel; Gonçalves, Isabel; Quintela, Telma; Preissner, Robert; Santos, Cecília R.A.. Corresponding author: Santos, Cecília R.A.. "The druggability of bitter taste receptors for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders". Biochemical Pharmacology 197 (2022): 114915. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2022.114915.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bcp.2022.114915
  5. Gonçalves, Ana C.; Costa, AR; Jose David Flores Felix; Amílcar Falcão; Gilberto Alves; Luís Rodrigues da Silva; Ana C. Gonçalves; et al. "Anti-Inflammatory and Antiproliferative Properties of Sweet Cherry Phenolic-Rich Extracts". Molecules (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/1/268.
    10.3390/molecules27010268
  6. Ana C. Gonçalves; José D. Flores-Félix; Ana R. Costa; Amílcar Falcão; Gilberto Alves; Luís R. Silva. "Hepatoprotective Effects of Sweet Cherry Extracts (cv. Saco)". Foods (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10112623.
    10.3390/foods10112623
  7. H, Marcelino; TMA, Carvalho; J, Tomás; FI, Teles; AC, Honório; CB, Rosa; AR, Costa; et al. "Adenosine inhibits cell proliferation differently in human astrocytes and in glioblastoma cell lines". Neuroscience (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.05.019.
    In press • 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.05.019
  8. Costa-Brito, Ana R.; Quintela, Telma; Gonçalves, Isabel; Duarte, Ana C.; Costa, Ana R.; Arosa, Fernando A.; Cavaco, José E.; Lemos, Manuel C.; Santos, Cecília R. A.. "The Choroid Plexus Is an Alternative Source of Prolactin to the Rat Brain". Molecular Neurobiology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12035-020-02267-9.
    Published • 10.1007/s12035-020-02267-9
  9. Costa, Ana Raquel; Lança de Oliveira, Mariana; Cruz, Inês; Gonçalves, Isabel; Cascalheira, José Francisco; Santos, Cecília R.A.. "The Sex Bias of Cancer". Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tem.2020.07.002.
    10.1016/j.tem.2020.07.002
  10. Duarte, Ana Catarina; Furtado, André; Hrynchak, Mariya V.; Costa, Ana Raquel; Talhada, Daniela; Gonçalves, Isabel; Lemos, Manuel C.; Quintela, Telma; Santos, Cecília R.A.. "Age, Sex Hormones, and Circadian Rhythm Regulate the Expression of Amyloid-Beta Scavengers at the Choroid Plexus". International Journal of Molecular Neurosciences 21 (2020):
    Published • 10.3390/ijms21186813
  11. Furtado, André; Astaburuaga, Rosario; Costa, Ana Raquel; Duarte, Ana Catarina; Gonçalves, Isabel; Cipolla-Neto, José; Lemos, Manuel C.; et al. "The rhythmicity of clock genes is disrupted in the choroid plexus of the APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease". Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (2020):
    Published • 10.3233/JAD-200331
  12. Duarte, Ana C.; Rosado, Tiago; Costa, Ana R.; Santos, José; Gallardo, Eugénia; Quintela, Telma; Ishikawa, Hiroshi; et al. "The bitter taste receptor TAS2R14 regulates resveratrol transport across the human blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier". Biochemical Pharmacology 177 (2020): 113953. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2020.113953.
    10.1016/j.bcp.2020.113953
  13. Duarte, Ana C.; Santos, José; Costa, Ana R.; Ferreira, Catarina L.; Tomás, Joana; Quintela, Telma; Ishikawa, Hiroshi; et al. "Bitter taste receptors profiling in the human blood-cerebrospinal fluid-barrier". Biochemical Pharmacology 177 (2020): 113954. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2020.113954.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.113954
  14. Talhada, Daniela; Costa-Brito, Ana Raquel; Duarte, Ana Catarina; Costa, Ana Raquel; Quintela, Telma; Tomás, Joana; Gonçalves, Isabel; Santos, Cecília Reis Alves. "The choroid plexus: Simple structure, complex functions". Journal of Neuroscience Research (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jnr.24571.
    Published • 10.1002/jnr.24571
  15. Talhada, Daniela; Feiteiro, Joana; Costa, Ana Raquel; Talhada, Tiago; Cairrão, Elisa; Wieloch, Tadeusz; Englund, Elisabet; et al. "Triiodothyronine modulates neuronal plasticity mechanisms to enhance functional outcome after stroke". Acta Neuropathologica Communications 7 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40478-019-0866-4.
    Published • 10.1186/s40478-019-0866-4
  16. Santos, C.R.A.; Duarte, A.C.; Costa, A.R.; Tomás, J.; Quintela, T.; Gonçalves, I.. "The senses of the choroid plexus". Progress in Neurobiology 182 (2019): 101680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2019.101680.
    Published • 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2019.101680
  17. Costa, A. R.; Marcelino, H.; Gonçalves, I.; Quintela, T.; Tomás, J.; Duarte, A. C.; Fonseca, A. M.; Santos, C. R. A.. "Sex Hormones Protect Against Amyloid-ß Induced Oxidative Stress in the Choroid Plexus Cell Line Z310". Journal of Neuroendocrinology 28 9 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jne.12404.
    10.1111/jne.12404
  18. Bernardino, Raquel L.; Costa, Ana R.; Martins, Ana D.; Silva, Joaquina; Barros, Alberto; Sousa, Mário; Sá, Rosália; Alves, Marco G.; Oliveira, Pedro F.. "Estradiol modulates Na+-dependent HCO3-transporters altering intracellular pH and ion transport in human Sertoli cells: A role on male fertility?". Biology of the Cell 108 7 (2016): 179-188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boc.201500094.
    10.1111/boc.201500094
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Taste signalling in glioblastoma". 2023. https://ubibliorum.ubi.pt/handle/10400.6/13306.
  2. Costa, Ana Raquel. "Regulação da apoptose por hormonas sexuais no plexo coroide : implicações na clearance do B-amiloide". Master, Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/1339.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/09/10 The sweet taste receptor is an important glucosensor in glioblastoma 11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) (Granada, Spain)
2023/05/22 O papel dos recetores do paladar no glioblastoma - Sessão "Do Sangue ao Cérebro" Pint of Science Portugal
Pint of Science Portugal (Guarda, Portugal)
2023/02/14 The sweet taste receptor controls cell proliferation, migration, and glucose uptake in glioblastoma cells IV International Congress on Health Sciences Research: Towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship
CAD-CICS-UBI (Covilhã, Portugal)
2019/11/15 Bitter taste signaling in glioblastoma: an alternative pathway to tackle chemoresistance? (Comunicação Oral) III International Congress in Health Sciences Research: Towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Trends in Aging and Cancer
Comissão de Alunos de Doutoramento do CICS-UBI (Covilhã, Portugal)
2019/07 Bitter Taste Signalling in Glioblastoma (Poster) FENS Regional Meeting 2019
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies; Serbian Neuroscience Society; National Neuroscience Society of Romania; Neuroscience Society of Turkey (Belgrado, Serbia)
2019/05 Bitter Taste Receptors are expressed in glioblastoma cell lines (Poster) SPN2019 Meeting
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/07 Bitter taste signalling in glioblastoma (Poster) 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (Berlim, Germany)
2018/07 Bitter taste signalling on glioblastoma (Poster) XIII Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde - Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2018/07 Sensing bitter compounds at the human Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid barrier (Poster) 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (Berlim, Germany)
2018/07 Sensing bitter compounds at the human Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid barrier (Poster) XIII Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde - Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2018/07 Bitter Taste Receptors expression and function at the human Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid barrier (Poster) Ciência 2018 - Science and Technology Summit in Portugal
Minister of Science, Technology and Education Higher; Foundation for Science and Technology; National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture – Ciência Viva; Parliamentary Commission of Education and Science (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/09 Perivascular adipose tissue and endothelial dysfunction in an aged model of obesity (Poster) 53rd EASD Annual Meeting
European Association for the Study of Diabetes (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/09 Perivascular Adipose Tissue and Endothelial Dysfunction in an Aged Model of Obesity (Poster) 1st Symposium on Aging Research @CNC
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular - Universiade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015/11 Sex hormones protect against amyloid-beta induced oxidative stress in a choroid plexus cell line (Comunicação Oral) I Congress in Health Sciences Research: Towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship
CAD-CICS-UBI - Comissão de Alunos de Doutoramento do Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde da Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2015/07 Sex hormones protect against amyloid-beta induced oxidative stress in choroid plexus cells (Comunicação Oral) X Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde - Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2015/05 Choroid plexus neuroprotection against Alzheimer's disease is mediated by sex hormones: age and sex-related approach (Poster) Jornadas de Química e Bioquímica 2015
UBIQuímica - Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2015/04 Choroid plexus neuroprotection against Alzheimer's disease is mediated by sex hormones: age and sex-related approach (Poster) VIII Conference on Technology and Health
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda (Guarda, Portugal)
2014/07 Reduction of oxidative stress induced by Aß1-42 in a choroid plexus cell line on a gender-specific and hormone-dependent manner (Poster) IX Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde - Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2013/07 Choroid plexus: regulation of apoptosis by sex hormones: implications on amyloid-beta clearance (Comunicação Oral) VIII Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde - Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/03 - Current O potencial papel dos recetores gustativos nas propriedades anti-cancro do haloperidol no tratamento do glioblastoma
Supervisor
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/09 - Current ClockABC: Effects of the circadian rhythm on efflux transporters’ activity and drug passage across the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
Co-supervisor
 Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2020/09 - Current Effects of blockage of sweet taste receptors and OR51E2 in the Warburg effect of glioblastoma cells
Co-supervisor
 Bioquímica (Master)
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/07 The role of the glucosensing receptor TAS1R3 in glioblastoma, breast, and colorectal cancer hallmarks
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Biomédicas (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/07 Bloqueio do glucossensor T1R2/T1R3 em linhas celulares de glioblastoma, cancro de mama e cancro colorretal: Efeitos na proliferação celular, apoptose e migração
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Biomédicas (Master)
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/07/09 - 2024/07/09 Universidade de Verão STEAM 2024: "BANG! BANG! Apoptose ou Necrose?" (2024/07/07 - 2024/07/12)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2024/01 - 2024/02 Microscopy in Focus | 2023-24 Workshop and Flash Course Series @ CICS-UBI (2024/01 - 2024/02)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2024/01 - 2024/01 Academia Júnior STEAM 2023-2024: "Uma Viagem Pelo Mundo Microscópico" (2024/01 - 2024/01)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/10 - 2023/06 Microscopy in Focus | 2022-23 Workshop and Flash Course Series @ CICS-UBI (2022/10 - 2023/06)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2023/01 - 2023/01 Academia Júnior STEAM 2022-2023: "Uma Viagem Pelo Mundo Microscópico" (2023/01 - 2023/01)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/07 Microscopy in Focus | 2021-22 Workshop and Flash Course Series @ CICS-UBI (2022/03 - 2022/07)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2021/09/30 - 2021/10/01 XVI Annual CICS-UBI Symposium (2021/09/30 - 2021/10/01)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
2017/09 - 2019/11/16 III International Congress in Health Sciences Research: Towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Trends in Aging and Cancer (2019/11/14 - 2019/11/16)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
2018/05 - 2018/07 XIII Annual CICS-UBI Symposium (2018/07/05 - 2018/07/06)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
2015/09 - 2015/09 UMIB Summit (2015/09/24 - 2015/09/25)
Congress (Other)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2014/03 - 2014/03 Brain Awareness Week 2014 - Abertura Oficial e Atividades (2014/03 - 2014/03)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
2011/09 - 2012/07 II Symposium "Employment and Opportunities in Biomedical Sciences" (2012/05 - 2012/05)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2011/03 - 2011/03 II Biomedical Sciences National Journeys: "New Frontiers of Knowledge" (2011/03 - 2011/03)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/06/13 A correlação intestino-cérebro na Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica: Estudo de biomarcadores
(Thesis) Arguer
 Beatriz Ferreira (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/06/13 Relação entre inflamação e cancro do sistema nervoso central
(Thesis) Arguer
 Madalena Sousa (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/06/13 Impacto do ritmo circadiano na entrega de fármacos ao cérebro
(Thesis) Arguer
 Maria Cardoso (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/06/15 O uso de algas marítimas no tratamento do glioblastoma
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Raquel Boa (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/06/15 O papel dos antioxidantes na neuroinflamação
(Thesis) Arguer
 João Pinheiro (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2021/06/22 Novos Biomarcadores no diagnóstico do glioblastoma
(Thesis) Arguer
 João Crucho (Other)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências / The Portuguese Society for Neuroscience
2019 - Current FENS - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
2010/09 - 2011/07 Liga dos Amigos do Centro Hospitalar da Cova da Beira Voluntário

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2017/10 - 2022/03 Comissão de Alunos de Doutoramento do Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde da Universidade da Beira Interior (CAD-CICS-UBI)
Member
 Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Univ. da Beira Interior, Portugal
2010/02 - 2011/11 Núcleo de Estudantes de Ciências Biomédicas (BioMedUBI)
Member
 Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/02 - 2024/04 3rd Advanced Course on Fluorescence Microscopy and Image Analysis Cursos Avançados III (Outros) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/04 Non-Degree Course "Introduction to Fluorescence Microscopy and Image Analysis" Introduction to Fluorescence Microscopy and Image Analysis (Outros) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/02 Non-Degree Course "Hands-On Course on Fluorescence Microscopy" Hands-On Course on Fluorescence Microscopy (Outros) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/04 2nd Advanced Course on Fluorescence Microscopy and Image Analysis Cursos Avançados III (Outros) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/04 Non-Degree Course "Hands-on Course in Fluorescence Microscopy and Image Analysis" Hands-on Course in Fluorescence Microscopy and Image Analysis (Outros) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2019/09 - 2023/01 Oncobiologia [Cursos: Mestrado 2º Ciclo em Bioquímica (Cód. DGES 9396) e Ciências Biomédicas (9512)] (Mestrado) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/06/27 - 2022/07/01 Advanced Course on Fluorescence Microscopy and Image Analysis Curso Não Conferente de Grau (Outros) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2018/02 - 2020/07 Bioquímica II [Cursos: Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Cód. DGES 9015), Biotecnologia (9016) e Ciências Biomédicas (9351); Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (9494)] (Licenciatura) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 Best Oral Communication Prize
2020 Travel Grant - 12th FENS Virtual Forum 2020
SPN - Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2019 Travel Grant - FENS Regional Meeting 2019
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium