Vanessa Agostinho Ferreira (8311-62AE-5906)

Curriculum Vitae

Vanessa Agostinho Ferreira

Vanessa Ferreira is a PhD student in Biomedicine at the Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED) at the University of Aveiro. She completed a BSc in Biology in 2017 and MSc in Microbiology in 2019. During the MSc she was a research trainee at the Institut für Biotecnologie und Wirkstoff-Forschung (Kaiserslautern, Germany), under an Erasmus+ fellowship. The Msc thesis consisted on unravelling virulence mechanisms of fungi via functional genomics and isolation of secondary metabolites. Currently, she is working as a PhD student in the Virus-Host Cell Interactions laboratory at iBiMED, under a PhD scholarship granted by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. Her work relies on studying the interaction between peroxisomes and viruses. She has published a book chapter as a first author and 5 articles as a co-author in international journals and presented 7 poster communications in national and international meetings. In addition, she was invited to introduce her work in lectures to students. Her interests include microbiology, infectious diseases, molecular and cell biology.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Vanessa Agostinho Ferreira
Date of birth: 1996/05/01
Gender: Female

Citation names

Ferreira, Vanessa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 8311-62AE-5906
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8378-1719

Email addresses

vanessaf_1_5@hotmail.com (Professional)
fvanessa@ua.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Virology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/11/01 - 2024 Ongoing	Biomedicina (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Inter-organelle crosstalk in hepatitis C virus infection: in pursuit of novel antiviral targets" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/09 - 2019/12/09 Concluded	Microbiology (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Unravelling Lasiodiplodia theobromae and Lasiodiplodia hormozganensis virulence via functional genomics and metabolites isolation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	19
2014/09 - 2017/07/10 Concluded	Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	17

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/10 - 2019/02	Research Trainee (Research)	Institut für Biotechnologie und Wirkstoffforschung e V, Germany
	Institut für Biotechnologie und Wirkstoffforschung e V, Germany

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Ferreira, Vanessa; Ferreira, Ana Rita; Ribeiro, Daniela. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Daniela. "Peroxisomes and Viruses: Overview on Current Knowledge and Experimental Approaches". In Methods in Molecular Biology, 271-294. Springer US, 2023. Published • 10.1007/978-1-0716-3048-8_19
Conference poster	Ferreira, Vanessa; Sarabando, Jéssica; Marques, Mariana; Ferreira, Ana Rita; Daniela RIbeiro. "Peroxisomes and Viruses: a Dynamic duo". Paper presented in Viruses 2024 - A World Of Viruses, Barcelona, Spain, 2024. Ferreira, Vanessa; Sarabando, Jéssica; Marques, Mariana; Ferreira, Ana Rita; Daniela RIbeiro. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Vanessa. "MAVS-dependent antiviral signaling shapes peroxisome dynamics". Paper presented in Symposium on Innate Immunity in Viral Infection, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2023. Ferreira, Vanessa; Sarabando, Jéssica; Marques, Mariana; Ferreira, Ana Rita; Daniela RIbeiro. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Vanessa. "A link between peroxisome dynamics and the cellular antiviral response". Paper presented in Ciência 2023: Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal, Aveiro, Portugal, 2023. Ferreira, Vanessa; Sarabando, Jéssica; Marques, Mariana; Ferreira, Ana Rita; Daniela RIbeiro. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Vanessa. "Peroxisome dynamics modulate the host cell antiviral response". Paper presented in VI iBiMED Symposium: From fundamental research to clinical practice, Aveiro, Portugal, 2023. Ferreira, Vanessa; Sarabando, Jéssica; Marques, Mariana; Ferreira, Ana Rita; Daniela RIbeiro. Corresponding author: Daniela RIbeiro. "Peroxisome morphology modulates the cellular antiviral response". Paper presented in XLVIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology, Aveiro, Portugal, 2023. Ramos, Bruno; Marques, Mariana; Nunes, Alexandre; Ferreira, Vanessa; Kagan, Jonathan; Daniela RIbeiro. "Fast and Furious: peroxisomal MAVS induces a type I and III IFN-dependent rapid antiviral response". Paper presented in European Congress of Virology, Gdansk, Poland, 2023. Ferreira, Vanessa; Sarabando, Jéssica; Marques, Mariana; Ferreira, Ana Rita; Daniela RIbeiro. "Activation of MAVS signaling induces alterations on peroxisome morphology". Paper presented in 8th European Peroxisome Meeting (OEPM2022), Aveiro, Portugal, 2022. Ferreira, V.; Félix, C.; Alves, A.; Esteves, A. C.; Duarte, A. S.. "The effect of phytopathogenic fungi on mammalian cells". Paper presented in XIX National Congress of Biochemistry, Guimarães, Portugal, 2016. Ferreira, C. M.; Neto, L. F.; Ferreira, V. A.. "Agriões na Crista das Ondas". Paper presented in VIII Mostra Nacional da Ciência - 22 º Concurso Jovens Cientistas e Investigadores, 2014.
Journal article	Salvatore, Maria Michela; Félix, Carina; Lima, Fernanda; Ferreira, Vanessa; Duarte, Ana Sofia; Salvatore, Francesco; Alves, Artur; Esteves, Ana Cristina; Andolfi, Anna. "Effect of y-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) on the Metabolome of Two Strains of Lasiodiplodia theobromae Isolated from Grapevine". Molecules 25 17 (2020): 3833. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25173833. Published • 10.3390/molecules25173833 Pour, Forough Nazar; Cobos, Rebeca; Coque, Juan José Rubio; Serôdio, João; Alves, Artur; Félix, Carina; Ferreira, Vanessa; Esteves, Ana Cristina; Duarte, Ana Sofia. "Toxicity of Recombinant Necrosis and Ethylene-Inducing Proteins (NLPs) from Neofusicoccum parvum". Toxins 12 4 (2020): 235. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12040235. Published • 10.3390/toxins12040235 Salvatore, Maria Michela; Félix, Carina; Lima, Fernanda; Ferreira, Vanessa; Naviglio, Daniele; Salvatore, Francesco; Duarte, Ana Sofia; et al. "Secondary Metabolites Produced by Macrophomina phaseolina Isolated from Eucalyptus globulus". Agriculture 10 3 (2020): 72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10030072. Published • 10.3390/agriculture10030072 Pour, Forough Nazar; Ferreira, Vanessa; Félix, Carina; Serôdio, João; Alves, Artur; Duarte, Ana Sofia; Esteves, Ana Cristina. "Effect of temperature on the phytotoxicity and cytotoxicity of Botryosphaeriaceae fungi". Fungal Biology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2020.02.012. In press • 10.1016/j.funbio.2020.02.012 Félix, Carina; Salvatore, Maria M.; DellaGreca, Marina; Ferreira, Vanessa; Duarte, Ana S.; Salvatore, Francesco; Naviglio, Daniele; et al. "Secondary metabolites produced by grapevine strains of Lasiodiplodia theobromae grown at two different temperatures". Mycologia 111 3 (2019): 466-476. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2019.1600342. Published • 10.1080/00275514.2019.1600342
Thesis / Dissertation	Ferreira, Vanessa. "Unravelling Lasiodiplodia theobromae and Lasiodiplodia hormozganensis virulence via functional genomics and metabolites isolation". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2019.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/07/13	Peroxisome dynamics modulate the host cell antiviral response	Research Summit Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal)
2023/05/16	Organelle visualization via fluorescence microscopy	MICRODIA '23 Institute of Biomedicine, Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal)
2022/07	Inter-organelle crosstalk in hepatitis C virus infection: in pursuit of novel antiviral targets	Research Summit Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal)
2021/07	Inter-organelle crosstalk in hepatitis C virus infection: in pursuit of novel antiviral targets	Research Summit Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/07/03	Cell viability assays	Advanced Course on Fundamentals of Animal Cell Culture Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2017/01/23	The effect of Botryosphaeriaceae fungi on mammals	Externato Cooperativo da Benedita (Benedita, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/11 - Current	VII iBiMED Symposium: Sharing Science, Inspiring Progress (2024/05) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2023/05/25 - Current	VI iBiMED Symposium: From fundamental research to clinical practice (2023/05/25 - 2023/05/26) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2022/09 - Current	EpiViral Summer School 2022: RNA viruses: interactions with hosts, vectors and cells Workshop	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/09 - Current	Invited Chair of the Session "Peroxisomes and Pathogens" from the Open European Peroxisome Meeting 2022 Conference	Open European Peroxisome Meeting 2022 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/09/04 - 2023/09/06	Summer School 2023: Deciphering the Epitranscriptome: analysis of tRNA and mRNA modifications Workshop	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/05/04 - 2023/05/07	8th European Congress of Virology, Gdansk, Poland Congress
2023/04/25 - 2023/04/26	Virtual Huygens Workshop on “Scientific Volume Imaging” Workshop	Huygens ING, Netherlands
2023/02/24 - 2023/03/24	Advanced course on Fluorescence Microscopy and Image Analysis Workshop	Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2022/03/15 - 2022/03/17	PERoxisome Interaction and COmmunication - PerICo - (virtual)	Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany
2022/02/23 - 2022/02/23	Investigação Clínica e Medicina de Sistemas	MEDISIS Open Day 2022 Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2022/01/10 - 2022/01/10	At the crossroads between Virology and RNA Biology (virtual) Symposium	1st Epiviral Symposium Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2021/04/27 - 2021/04/27	Emerging Infectious Diseases and related environmental, clinical and translational challenges (virtual) Conference	International Open Conference Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/03/17 - 2021/03/17	From in silico to animal models for the study of human diseases (virtual) Workshop	Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2020/11/02 - 2020/11/04	Program Training School C (PerICo) - Peroxisomes in health and disease (virtual) Conference	Nederlandse Federatie van Universitair Medische Centra, Netherlands
2020/10/15 - 2020/10/16	Open European Peroxisome Meeting (virtual) Meeting	Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
2020/07/03 - 2020/07/03	SARS-CoV-2: Towards a New Era in Infection Research (Virtual) Conference	European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2019/07/01 - 2019/07/05	Lab instructor Other	Advanced Course on Fundamentals of Animal Cell culture Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/05/10 - 2019/05/10	1st GenomePT Symposium, CIBIO-InBio, Vairão, Portugal Symposium
2018/06/18 - 2018/06/22	Advanced Course on Antibiotic Alternatives Against Pathogenic Bacteria	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/09/11 - 2017/09/15	Advanced Course on Fundamentals of Animal Cell Culture	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/07/10 - 2017/07/14	Advanced Course on Scientific Writing and Communication	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016/12/08 - 2016/12/10	XIX National Congress of Biochemistry (SPB2016), Guimarães, Portugal Congress
2016/05/25 - 2016/05/25	4th Workshop in Immunology, Aveiro, Portugal Workshop	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2023 - Current	Portuguese Immunology Society

Distinctions

Award

2014	Honourable mention of poster Fundação da Juventude, Portugal

Other distinction

2021	Member of the IMFAHE Platform of Talent 2021/22
2020	PhD Studentship Grant Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2018	Erasmus Internship Grant Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal