Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Pedro Miguel Pacheco de Jesus da Cunha
Citation names
- Pedro P. Cunha
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 861B-C9D3-9F08
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3814-6289
Email addresses
- pedrocunha@cnc.uc.pt (Professional)
- pedrocunha37@gmail.com (Personal)
Addresses
- UcBiotech - Parque Biotecnologico de Cantanhede, Lote 8, 3060-197, Cantanhede, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Gene-based Diagnostics and Therapeutic Interventions
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2017/09/01 - 2022/11/26
Concluded
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Development, Physiology and Neuroscience (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of Cambridge Queens' College, United Kingdom
"The role of hypoxia in T cell function and immunotherapy" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2013 - 2015
Concluded
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Cellular and Molecular Biology (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"On the development of a novel targeted miRNA-based therapy towards glioblastoma" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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19 out of 20 |
2010 - 2013
Concluded
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Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Using metabolic modulation to sensitize breast cancer cells to chemotherapy" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16 out of 20 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2023/03/29 - Current | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal | ||
2022/04 - 2023/01/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | University of Cambridge Queens' College, United Kingdom |
2019/03 - 2022/12 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Karolinska Institutet, Sweden |
2016/07 - 2017/08 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2017/09 - 2022/03 | PhD student | University of Cambridge Queens' College, United Kingdom |
2014/08 - 2016/08 | Master Student | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal |
2012/01 - 2014/06 | Bachelor Student | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/02/14 - Current | CInTech: Technological Hub for Innovation, Translation and Industrialization of Complex Injectable Drugs
Post-doc
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
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Ongoing
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2022/04 - 2022/12 | Hypoxia, HIF function and immunotherapy
CAN2018/808
Invited Scientist Fellow
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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Cancerfonden
Ongoing
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2017/09 - 2022/12 | Oxygen and the immune response
214283/Z/18/Z
Research Fellow
University of Cambridge Queens' College, United Kingdom
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Wellcome Foundation Ltd
Ongoing
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2017 - 2022 | The role of hypoxia in T cell function and Imunotherapy
SFRH/BD/115612/2016
PhD Student Fellow
University of Cambridge Queens' College, United Kingdom
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2017/01 - 2017/08 | Differentiation therapy toward glioblastoma stem-like cells
POCI-01-0145- FEDER-016390
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
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Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Preprint |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2024/09/27 | cDC1 reprogramming immunotherapy | Innovative Therapies 4th CiBB retreat
CIBB (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2021/07 | Endogenous nitric oxide production modulates CD8+ T cell function | PDN symposium 2021
(Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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2018/03 | Understanding the role of Arginase and Nitric oxide synthase in CD8+ T cell function | PDN symposium 2018
(Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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2016/07 | On the development of a novel targeted miRNA-based therapy towards glioblastoma | I Gala of Biochemistry
(Porto, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2020/11/05 - 2021/08/05 | Modulating ex vivo oxygen tensions to improve CAR-T cell therapy
Co-supervisor
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Master Programme Molecular Medicine
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Medizinische Fakultät, Germany
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2024/07/26 - 2024/07/28 | Metabolic cues enhance the generation of dendritic cells via direct cell reprogramming (poster presentation)
Congress
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1st European ImmunoMetabolism Conference |
2023/09 - 2023/09 | Science communication - shared our research and interacted with the general public, in a valuable opportunity to communicate
the relevance of our daily work and its potential societal impact.
Exhibition
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European Night of Investigators
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
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2023/03 - 2023/03 | XLVIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology
Meeting
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XLVIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology |
2022/09 - 2022/09 | Tuned hypoxic response in CD8+ T cells improves antitumour function (Poster presentation)
Conference
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Keystone Immunometabolism (Colorado, USA) |
2021/11 - 2021/11 | Tuned hypoxic response in T cells improves antitumour function (Poster presentation)
Workshop
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EMBO Workshop - Cancer immunometabolism (Barcelona, Spain) |
2020/01 - 2020/01 | Endogenous nitric oxide production modulates T cell function (Poster presentation)
Conference
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Keystone Hypoxia (Colorado, USA) |
2019/03 - 2019/03 | Endogenous nitric oxide production modulates T cell function (Poster presentation)
Conference
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Keystone Cancer Metastasis (Florance, Italy) |
2015/05 - 2015/05 | MicroRNA modulation renders glioblastoma cells sensitive to chemotherapy (Poster presentation)
Meeting
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49th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (Cluj, Romania) |
2015/03 - 2015/03 | A promising targeted strategy to overcome drug-resistance in glioblastoma (Poster presentation)
Workshop
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EMBO workshop: Modern DNA concepts and tools for safe gene transfer and modification (Paris, France) |
2014/12 - 2014/12 | Vectorized oligonucleotide delivery renders glioblastoma cells sensitive to chemotherapy (Poster presentation)
Congress
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XVIII Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society (Coimbra, Portugal) |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2024/10/10 | Exploring the impact of dietary lipids on iPSC pluripotency
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Nathan James Hunter (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2024/09 - Current | Chemical reprogramming of dendritic cells | Mariana Gonçalves |
2024/09 - Current | RNA driven dendritic cell reprogramming | Beatriz Vaz |
Distinctions
Award
2021 | Best Poster Award |
2014 | Best Poster Award |
Other distinction
2017 | PhD research studentship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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