Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Teresa Maria Pereira da Silva
Citation names
- Silva, Teresa P.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 891B-8529-4B60
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5039-703X
- Google Scholar ID
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A-O7kY0AAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Email addresses
- teresamsilva@medicina.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
- teresasilva@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
- teresa_msilva@hotmail.com (Personal)
Websites
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Gene-based Diagnostics and Therapeutic Interventions
- Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering - Medical Laboratory Technology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2019/04/08 - 2019/04/09
Concluded
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Workshop on Neuroengineering | 3rd ed - Decoding Neural Information (Outros)
Major in Principles of patch-clamp electrophysiology
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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2015/01 - 2018/10
Concluded
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Bioengenharia (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Novel bioengineering strategies for modeling cerebellar ataxias" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2015 - 2015
Concluded
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Doctoral Programme in Bioengineering - Cell Therapies and Regenerative Medicine (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades
curriculares))
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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18 (in a 20 scale) |
2014 - 2014
Concluded
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Course in Laboratory Animal Science accredited by FELASA (category B) (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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2012 - 2014
Concluded
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Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells for Machado Joseph disease therapy" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 (in a 20 scale) |
2013/03/04 - 2013/03/15
Concluded
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Course in “Translational bigenomics – from the bedside to the bench and back again" (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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18 (in a 20 scale) |
2009 - 2012
Concluded
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Biomedical Pharmacy (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16 (in a 20 scale) |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/10/01 - Current | Postdoc (Research) | University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, United Kingdom |
2022/03/01 - 2022/08/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal |
2021/06/01 - 2022/02/28 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal |
2018/12/01 - 2021/05/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal |
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal | ||
2014/10 - 2014/12 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2015/01 - 2018/10 | PhD student | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal (...) |
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2013/07 - 2014/09 | Master Student | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
2013/06/01 - 2013/06/30 | Trainee | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Projects
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/03 - Current | Impact of the Portuguese BRCA2 founder mutation on transcription and tissue stem cell identity
PTDC/MED-ONC/3921/2021
Post-doc
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Ongoing
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2021/06/01 - 2022/02/28 | SpliceHCM – RNA mis-splicing in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: opportunities for diagnosis and therapy
HR20-00322
Research Fellow
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2018/12 - 2021/05 | CEREBEX - Generation of gene-edited cerebellar organoids for ataxia research
PTDC/BTM-SAL/29298/2017
Post-doc
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2017/03/01 - Current | LysoMod, Genetic and Small Molecule Modifiers of Lysosomal Function
734825
Researcher
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European Commission |
2017/04 - 2019/06 | The DISCOVERIES CENTRE for REGENERATIVE and PRECISION MEDICINE
H2020-WIDESPREAD-01-2016-2017-TeamingPhase2
Researcher
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European Commission |
Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2021/03/24 | Organoids as a model for brain studies | Modelos para o Estudo do Cérebro e Implicações Bioéticas, Brain Gain - À descoberta das Neurociências,
(Portugal)
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2020/07/02 | Scalable Generation of Cerebellar Organoids for Disease Modeling | Lisbon area Stem Cell Club |
2020/06/08 | Organoids as Models for Cerebellar Development | Brain Organoids Virtual Seminar, StemCell Technologies |
2019/12/13 | Cancer development in mammary organoids from BRCA mutation carriers | DevBioMed Symposium
Champalimaud Center for the Unknown (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2019/11 | Novel bioengineering strategies for modeling cerebellar ataxias | Lisbon Area Postdoc Meeting 2019
(Costa da Caparica, Portugal)
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2019 | Organoids as model for studying cerebellar dysfunctions | iBB seminar
(Lisbon, Portugal)
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2016/03 | Trehalose reverses the phenotype of Machado-Joseph disease models | 10th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy)
(Lisbon, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2022 - Current | Study the functional impact of the BRCA2 Portuguese Founder Mutation in mammary epithelial progenitors
Co-supervisor
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Medicine (Master)
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2021/02 - 2021/10 | iPSC-derived mammary organoids to study the onset of malignant transformation triggered by BRCA mutations.
Supervisor
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Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2021 | Cell-based clinical therapies for spinal cord injury treatment
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Bruna Daniela Coelho Cruz (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2017 - Current | Sociedade Portuguesa de Células Estaminais e Terapia Celular | Member |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2022/01 - 2022/01 | Terapia Celular e Medicina Regenerativa - “Organoids as model for brain studies” | Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2021/12 - 2021/12 | Systems Bioengineering- "Transcriptome profiling of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cerebellar organoids" | Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado) | Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2021/05 - 2021/05 | Biologia e Tecnologia de Células Estaminais - "Modeling neural development in vitro using brain organoids" | Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
2021/04 - 2021/04 | Systems Bioengineering - "Transcriptome profiling of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cerebellar organoids" | Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Biológica (Licenciatura) | Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2020/12 - 2020/12 | Terapia Celular e Medicina Regenerativa | Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2020/10 - 2020/10 | Stem cell bioengineering | Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado) | Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2020/05 - 2020/05 | Biologia e Tecnologia de Células Estaminais (Stem Cell Biology and Technology) | Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
2020/05 - 2020/05 | Organoids as model for studying cerebellar dysfunctions | Ciências de Engenharia Biomédica (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019/11 - 2019/11 | Terapia Celular e Medicina Regenerativa (Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine) | Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019/10 - 2019/10 | Stem Cell Bioengineering | Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2019/10 - 2019/10 | Stem Cell Bioengineering | Biotecnologia (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2018/05 - 2018/05 | Systems Bioengineering | Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2018/05 - 2018/05 | Biologia e Tecnologia de Células Estaminais (Stem Cell Biology and Technology) | Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
2017/05 - 2017/05 | Biologia e Tecnologia de Células Estaminais (Stem Cell Biology and Technology) | Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2022 - Current | Frontiers in Neuroscience | Frontiers |
2021 - Current | Bioengineering (2306-5354) | MDPI |
2021 - Current | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | MDPI |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2018 - 2021 | Scalable production of mature neuronal subtypes from cerebellar organoids in dynamic 3D conditions to model human disease | Carina Maranga |
2018 - 2019 | Mammary organoids to study the functional impact of BRCA mutations | Catarina Guerra Ferreira |
2017 - 2018 | Generating isogenic NPC1 hiPSC lines for disease modeling using the CRISPR/Cas9 system | Joaquim Filipe Godinho |
Distinctions
Other distinction
2017 | Registration Grant - 10th International Meeting of the SPCE-TC |
2016 | EMBO Travel Grant - EMBO/EMBL Symposium Organoids: Modelling Organ Development and Disease in 3D Culture |