Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Mónica Alexandra da Costa Cerqueira
- Date of birth
- 1998/03/22
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- Cerqueira, Mónica
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 7D1C-C417-CF6A
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-8167-4140
Email addresses
- monicaalexandra22@hotmail.com (Professional)
Addresses
- Campus de Gualtar, University of Minho, 4710-057, Gualtar, Braga, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-8167-4140 (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
- Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Oncology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | |
French | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2022/09/01 - 2027
Ongoing
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PhD in Health Sciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2019/09/01 - 2022/02/09
Concluded
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Ciências da Saúde (Mestrado)
Major in Oncologia
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Treatment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) through externally triggered targetless drug carriers" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Thesis: 19; Master's degree: 18 (ou of 20) |
2020/04 - 2020/05
Concluded
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Laboratory Animal Science (Curso de mestrado (conclusão do curso de especialização))
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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17 (out of 20) |
2020/01 - 2020/02
Concluded
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Biostatistics in Health Sciences (Curso de mestrado (conclusão do curso de especialização))
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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16 (out of 20) |
2019/09 - 2019/10
Concluded
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Fundamentals of Genetics, Development and Neoplasia (Curso de mestrado (conclusão do curso de especialização))
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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16 (out of 20) |
2016/09/01 - 2019/07/01
Concluded
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Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Gene expression dynamics of monoterpene catabolic modules in Pseudomonas sp." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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15 (out of 20) |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020/07 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal |
2020/07 - 2022/02 | Researcher (Research) | Laboratório Internacional Ibérico de Nanotecnologia, Portugal |
2019/01 - 2019/07 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/11 - 2020/03 | Laboratory internship | Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/09/01 - Current | Exploitation of a novel drug candidate for renal cell carcinoma therapy
2022.10233.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2020/05 - 2022/02 | Local specific treatment of triple-negative-breast-cancer through externally triggered target-less drug carriers
PTDC/BTM-SAL/31142/2017
Researcher
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia European Regional Development Fund Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference poster |
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Journal 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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2023/09 | Avaliação in vitro e in vivo de novos cromeno[2,3-d]pirimidinonas como agentes terapêuticos para o cancro da mama triplo-negativo | 5th National Meeting for Young Researchers in Oncology
Portuguese League Against Cancer (LPCC-NRN) (Porto, Portugal)
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2022/09/24 | Treatment of triple-negative breast cancer using externally activated solid-lipid nanoparticles | 4th National Meeting of Young Researcher in Oncology
Portuguese League Against Cancer (LPCC-NRN) (Porto, Portugal)
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2023/05/06 - 2023/05/06 | Human Book - researcher in cancer: round table discussion with high school students about cancer (awareness, risk factors
and prevention)
Round table
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Human Library - Cancer
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro Núcleo Regional do Norte, Portugal
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2021/10/14 - 2021/10/15 | II ASPIC-ASEICA International Meeting: Virtual Congress
Congress
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II ASPIC-ASEICA International Meeting: Current Trends in Precision Medicine in Cancer
European Association For Cancer Research, United Kingdom
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2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24 | Encontro nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia: Virtual Congress
Congress
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3º Encontro nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal
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2021/05/20 - 2021/05/21 | 27th Porto Cancer Meeting: Virtual congress
Congress
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27th Porto Cancer Meeting
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2021/05/05 - 2021/05/06 | EuroNanoForum 2021: Virtual Congress
Congress
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EuroNanoForum 2021
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2020/01 - Current | Portuguese League Against Cancer - Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro | Member |
2020/01 - Current | European Association for Cancer Research (EARC) through the Portuguese Association for Cancer Research (ASPIC) | Member |
2020/01 - Current | Portuguese Association for Cancer Research - ASPIC | Member |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2022/10/01 - 2033/03/29 | BVZ-nanoparticles for the treatment of colorectal cancer | Alice Leão |
2022/11/01 - 2033/03/10 | Synthesis of chromene-based compounds and characterization of their anticancer activity in bladder cancer cells | Diana Araújo |
2022/10/01 - 2023/02/16 | Novel potent, effective, and safe chromene based compounds for the treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer | Luis Fernandes |
Distinctions
Award
2022 | Best Oral Communication Award
4th National Meeting of Young Researcher in Oncology - Portuguese League Against Cancer (LPCC-NRN), Portugal
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