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I am a parasitologist with expertise in African trypanosome infection biology and large-scale datasets. African trypanosomes are microscopic tropical parasites that infect a huge range of mammalian hosts, but that are particularly pathogenic to livestock and dogs. I am the developer of VAPPER, the first automated tool to describe and quantify Trypanosoma congolense and T. vivax antigenic diversity from big data. Currently, I head the Parasite Vascular Interactions Laboratory at the Católica Biomedical Research Centre, where we dedicate to the characterisation of T. congolense and T. vivax survival strategies in the mammalian host. Before, I was a Marie Curie post-doctoral fellow working at the Luísa Figueiredo Lab (iMM) and an EMBO fellow at the Bernabeu Lab (EMBL Barcelona). My goal is to do and lead parasitology research that integrates basic biology in real-life, natural settings to improve vector control, therapy, and surveillance strategy design and ultimately improve animal welfare and the sustainable growth of livestock. I have published 13 research articles and I have presented my work at 10+ international conferences (UK, USA, France, Brazil, Tanzania, etc) and in 3 seminars as external speaker. I have successfully obtained funding as PI or Co-PI from Horizon2020-European Commission, Official Development Assistance Fund, UK, Fundação Bial, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, and la Caixa Foundation. I participate in several outreach activities and have held institutional roles, namely as part of the Athena SWAN, the Tropical College, and Diversity and Inclusion institutional committees. Currently, I am the youth representative of the World Federation of Scientific Workers at UNESCO.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
SARA SILVA PEREIRA

Citation names

  • SILVA PEREIRA, SARA

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8B17-CF8D-E8CD
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6590-6626

Email addresses

  • sarapereira@ucp.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
  • Agrarian Sciences - Veterinary Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/06/04
Concluded
 PhD Veterinary Parasitology (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
"Variant Surface Glycoprotein Diversity in African Trypanosomes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 n/a
2014/07/01
Concluded
 Biomedical Sciences BSc (Hons) (Bachelor)
King's College London, United Kingdom
"The evaluation of different tasks for the identification of cognitive loading." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 2:1
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/01 - Current Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
Católica Biomedical Research Centre, Portugal
2018/10/02 - 2023/08 Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2018/09/30 Research Assistant (Research) University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
University of Liverpool Institute of Infection and Global Health, United Kingdom
2018/06/01 - 2018/06/30 Visiting Researcher (Research) International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya
International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya
2018/03/01 - 2018/04/01 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Câmpus de Jaboticabal, Brazil
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho Câmpus de Jaboticabal Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Brazil
2016/08/26 - 2016/10/10 Visiting Researcher (Research) International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya
International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya
2012/09/20 - 2013/07/31 Research Trainee (Research) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, United Kingdom
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/09/20 - 2023/12/19 Bioengineering 3D bovine microvessels to understand cerebral trypanosomiasis
SEG9333
Post-doc
EMBL Barcelona, Spain
 EMBO Press
Ongoing
2019/12/01 - 2022/03/31 TRYPTISSUE-Characterising Trypanosoma tissue tropism: new perspectives for variant surface glycoproteins
839960
Principal investigator
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2016/02/22 - 2018/09/30 Variant antigen profiling: a novel genomic tool for diagnosis and surveillance of animal African trypanosomiasis.
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCUK/BBSRC/BB2%FM0228112%F1/GB
PhD Student Fellow
University of Liverpool Institute of Infection and Global Health, United Kingdom
 UK Research and Innovation
Concluded
2014/08/01 - 2015/04/30 An Analytical Tool to Transform Genomic Approaches to Nagana
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PhD Student Fellow
University of Liverpool Institute of Infection and Global Health, United Kingdom
 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/09/01 - 2027/08/31 Partnership for Excellence on Lymph-Angiocrine Signaling in Ischemic Disorders - PLASID
101159643
Researcher
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/09/01 - 2026/08/31 3DTrypSeq - High-resolution, high-throughput systems for decoding parasite sequestration
127903
Principal investigator
Católica Biomedical Research Centre, Portugal
 Obra Social La Caixa
Ongoing
2023/03/12 - 2024/09/11 3DTryp - Characterisation of Trypanosoma sequestration to endothelial cells
2022.02187.PTDC
Principal investigator
Católica Biomedical Research Centre, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2023/12/31 The impact of parasite sequestration in trypanosomiasis severity
1ª Edition
Principal investigator
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação Bial
Ongoing
2017/10/01 - 2020/01/09 Rethinking impossible: scrutinizing variant antigen gene expression to develop a vaccination strategy for animal trypanosomiasis
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Post-doc
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Brazil
University of Liverpool
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA; Teresa Porqueddu; Bernabeu, Maria; Figueiredo, Luisa M.. Corresponding author: SILVA PEREIRA, SARA. "Cytoadhesion of Trypanosoma congolense to bioengineered 3D bovine microvessels". Paper presented in EMBO Young Scientists Forum, 2023.
  2. Idalio J. Viegas; Macedo JP; Serra, Lúcia; Mariana De Niz; SILVA PEREIRA, SARA; Adriana Temporão; João A. Rodrigues; et al. "Poly(A) methylation of VSG genes inhibits deadenylation and increases mRNA stability.". Paper presented in 32nd Molecular Parasitology Meeting, 2021.
  3. Sara Silva Pereira; Mariana De Niz; Luísa M Figueiredo. "Trypanosoma congolense cytoadheres to the brain vasculature". Paper presented in Molecular Parasitology Meeting 2019, 2019.
  4. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA; Mariana De Niz; Luísa M Figueiredo. "Trypanosoma congolense cytoadheres to the brain vasculature". Paper presented in Molecular Parasitology Meeting 2019, 2019.
  5. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA. "Variant antigen profiling: a novel approach to population genomics of VSG in Trypanosoma congolense". Paper presented in 25th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, 2015.
  6. Sara Silva Pereira. "Variant antigen profiling: a novel approach to population genomics of VSG in Trypanosoma congolense". Paper presented in 25th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, 2015.
  7. Sara Silva Pereira. "A Bioinformatics Approach to a rapid diagnostic test of visceral leishmaniasis". Paper presented in British Society for Parasitology Spring Meeting, 2013.
  8. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA. "A Bioinformatics Approach to a rapid diagnostic test of visceral leishmaniasis". Paper presented in British Society for Parasitology Spring Meeting, 2013.
Journal article
  1. Serra, Lúcia; SILVA PEREIRA, SARA; Machado, Henrique; Viegas, Idálio; Lopez Escobar, Lara; Figueiredo, Luisa M.. Corresponding author: Figueiredo, Luisa M.. "m6A landscape is more pervasive when Trypanosoma brucei exits the cell cycle". Biomedical Journal (2024): https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.23.581781.
    Accepted
  2. Sara Silva Pereira; Daniela Brás; Teresa Porqueddu; Ana M. Nascimento; Mariana de Niz. "Investigation of Trypanosoma-induced vascular damage sheds insights into Trypanosoma vivax sequestration". The Cell Surface 10 (2023): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/43098.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.tcsw.2023.100113
  3. Sara Silva Pereira; Kawira Mathenge; Daniel Masiga; Andrew Jackson. "Transcriptomic profiling of Trypanosoma congolense mouthpart parasites from naturally infected flies". Parasites and Vectors 15 1 (2022): 1-11. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85129429022&partnerID=8YFLogxK.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s13071-022-05258-y
  4. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA; Mariana De Niz; Serre, Karine; Ouarné, Marie; Coelho, Joana FE; Franco, Claudio; Figueiredo, Luisa M.. "Immunopathology and Trypanosoma congolense parasite sequestration cause acute cerebral trypanosomiasis". eLife (2022): https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77440.
    Open access • Published • 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1050698/v1
  5. Sara Silva Pereira; Mariana de Niz; Karine Serre; Marie Ouarné; Joana Coelho; Cláudio A. Franco; Luísa M. Figueiredo. "Immunopathology and Trypanosoma congolense parasite sequestration cause acute cerebral trypanosomiasis". eLife 11 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85134632375&partnerID=8YFLogxK.
    Open access • Published • 10.7554/elife.77440
  6. Robyn S. Kent; Emma M. Briggs; Beatrice L. Colon; Catalina Alvarez; Sara Silva Pereira; Mariana De Niz. "Paving the way: contributions of big data to apicomplexan and kinetoplastid research". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 12 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132636017&partnerID=8YFLogxK.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fcimb.2022.900878
  7. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA; Kawira Mathenge; Daniel Masiga; Andrew P. Jackson. Corresponding author: SILVA PEREIRA, SARA. "Transcriptomic profiling of Trypanosoma congolense mouthpart parasites from naturally infected flies". Parasites and Vectors (2022):
    Open access • Published • 10.21203/RS.3.RS-1292471/V1
  8. Idálio J. Viegas; Juan Pereira de Macedo; Lúcia Serra; Mariana De Niz; Adriana Temporão; Sara Silva Pereira; Aashiq H. Mirza; et al. "N 6-methyladenosine in poly(A) tails stabilize VSG transcripts". Nature 604 7905 (2022): 362-370. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127413273&partnerID=8YFLogxK.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41586-022-04544-0
  9. Idálio Viegas; Juan Pereira de Macedo; Serra, Lúcia; Mariana De Niz; Adriana Temporão; SILVA PEREIRA, SARA; A Mirza; et al. Corresponding author: Figueiredo, Luisa M.. "N6-methyladenosine in poly(A) tails stabilize VSG transcripts". Nature (2022):
    Open access • Published
  10. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA; Andrew P. Jackson; Figueiredo, Luisa M.. "Evolution of the variant surface glycoprotein family in African trypanosomes". Trends in Parasitology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2021.07.012.
    10.1016/j.pt.2021.07.012
  11. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA (8B17-CF8D-E8CD); de Almeida Castilho Neto, Kayo J. G.; Duffy, Craig W.; Richards, Peter; Noyes, Harry; Ogugo, Moses; Rogério André, Marcos; et al. "Variant antigen diversity in Trypanosoma vivax is not driven by recombination". Nature Communications 11 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14575-8.
    Published • 10.1038/s41467-020-14575-8
  12. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA (8B17-CF8D-E8CD); John Heap; Andrew R Jones; Andrew P Jackson. "VAPPER: High-throughput variant antigen profiling in African trypanosomes of livestock.". GigaScience (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/31494667.
    10.1093/gigascience/giz091
  13. Sara Silva Pereira; Sandra Trindade; Mariana De Niz; Luisa M. Figueiredo. "Correction: Tissue tropism in parasitic diseases (Open Biol (2019) 9 (190036) DOI: 10.1098/rsob.190036)". Open biology 9 6 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068218430&partnerID=8YFLogxK.
    Open access • Published • 10.1098/rsob.190124
  14. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA (8B17-CF8D-E8CD); Sandra Trindade; Mariana De Niz; Luísa M Figueiredo. "Tissue tropism in parasitic diseases". Open Biology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsob.190036.
    Open access • Published • 10.1098/rsob.190036
  15. Ebenezer, ThankGod E.; Zoltner, Martin; Burrell, Alana; Nenarokova, Anna; Novák Vanclová, Anna M. G.; Prasad, Binod; Soukal, Petr; et al. "Transcriptome, proteome and draft genome of Euglena gracilis". BMC Biology 17 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-019-0626-8.
    Published • 10.1186/s12915-019-0626-8
  16. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA (8B17-CF8D-E8CD); Casas-Sánchez A; Haines LR; Ogugo M; Absolomon K; Sanders M; Kemp S; et al. "Variant antigen repertoires in Trypanosoma congolense populations and experimental infections can be profiled from deep sequence data using universal protein motifs.". Genome research (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30006414.
    10.1101/gr.234146.118
  17. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA; Jackson AP. "UDP-glycosyltransferase genes in trypanosomatid genomes have diversified independently to meet the distinct developmental needs of parasite adaptations.". BMC evolutionary biology (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29540192.
    10.1186/s12862-018-1149-6
  18. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA (8B17-CF8D-E8CD); Ali Hadi Abbas; Simon D'Archivio; Bill Wickstead; Liam J. Morrison; Neil Hall; Christiane Hertz-Fowler; Alistair C. Darby; Andrew P. Jackson. "The Structure of a Conserved Telomeric Region Associated with Variant Antigen Loci in the Blood Parasite Trypanosoma congolense". Genome Biology and Evolution 10 9 (2018): 2458-2473. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy186.
    10.1093/gbe/evy186
  19. Bhattacharyya T; Ayandeh A; Falconar AK; Sundar S; El-Safi S; Gripenberg MA; Bowes DE; et al. "IgG1 as a potential biomarker of post-chemotherapeutic relapse in visceral leishmaniasis, and adaptation to a rapid diagnostic test.". PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25340782.
    10.1371/journal.pntd.0003273
Newsletter article
  1. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA. "Finding Trypanosoma congolense in Busia, Western Kenya", 2017, http://bsp.uk.net/2017/01/05/bsp-travel-award-recipient-pereira/.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA. "Variant Surface Glycoprotein Diversity in African Trypanosomes". PhD, University of Liverpool Institute of Infection and Global Health, 2018. https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3021401/.
Working paper
  1. Sara Silva Pereira; Daniela Brás; Teresa Porqueddu; Ana M. Nascimento; Mariana De Niz. 2023. "Investigation of Trypanosoma-induced vascular damage sheds insights into Trypanosoma vivax sequestration". http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/43002.
    10.1101/2023.09.18.558284
  2. SILVA PEREIRA, SARA; NGOs in formal partnership with UNESCO. 2021. "Building towards a Sustainable Future using Synergies with, and among, Youth - Position Paper on Youth and Advocacy Guidelines". http://www.ngo-unesco.net/docs/75_Building%20towards%20a%20Sustainable%20Future%20using%20Synergies%20with.pdf.
  3. Sara Silva Pereira. 2021. "Building towards a sustainable future using synergies with, and among, youth: NGOs in formal partnership with UNESCO, position paper on youth and advocacy guidelines". http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/45499.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/04/04 Cytoadhesion of Trypanosoma congolense to bioengineered 3D bovine microvessels British Society for Parasitology Spring Meeting
British Society for Parasitology (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
2023/09/19 Cytoadhesion of Trypanosoma congolense to bioengineered 3D bovine microvessels Molecular Parasitology Meeting
(Woods Hole, United States)
2023/04/02 T. congolense cytoadhesion and its mammalian host response ICVS Seminar Series - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute
(Braga, Portugal)
2023/02/14 T. congolense cytoadhesion and its mammalian host response Symposium on African Livestock Trypanosomiasis
(Arusha, Tanzania)
2022/11/16 Sticky parasites, reactive hosts, and how they drive acute cerebral trypanosomiasis Earlham Institute Seminar Series
Dr Ross Low (Norwich, United Kingdom)
2022/11/09 Sticky parasites, reactive hosts, and how they drive acute cerebral trypanosomiasis Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow
Juan Quintana (United Kingdom)
2022/09/16 Trypanosome sequestration and immune response drive acute cerebral disease Kinetoplastid Molecular and Cell Biology Meeting
(Woods Hole, United States)
2022/06/07 A beautiful mess: sticky parasites in reactive hosts Seminar Series at CEDOC, Chronic Diseases Research Center
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/01/15 Immunopathology and parasite sequestration cause cerebral trypanosomiasis EMBL The Next Generation in Infection Biology
(Germany)
2021/10/08 Immunopathology and parasite sequestration cause severe cerebral trypanosomiasis in animals. Molecular Parasitology Meeting 2021
(United States)
2019/09/16 Trypanosoma congolense cytoadheres to the brain vasculature Molecular Parasitology Meeting 2019
(Woods Hole, United States)
2018/07/17 The Marvellous World of Variant Antigen Profiling: from the field to the lab… and back again iMM Parasitology Seminar Series
Instituto de Medicina Molecular (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/12/04 Variant antigen profiling: A tool for genome-wide analysis of VSG diversity in Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma vivax Trypanosomatid parasites: from the field to the lab
Institut Pasteur (Paris, France)
2017/11/11 Variant antigen profiling in Trypanosoma vivax: a high-throughput approach to antigenic diversity in natural populations Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Protozoology
Brazilian Society for Protozoology (Caxambu, Brazil)
2017/04/17 Variant antigen profiling: a tool for genome-wide analysis of VSG diversity in Trypanosoma congolense Kinetoplastid Molecular and Cell Biology Meeting
(Woods Hole, United States)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/01/29 - Current Dissecting the molecular evolution signatures of sequestration-associated gene families in trypanosomatids
Supervisor
 Biologia Celular e Molecular (Degree)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/11/01 - Current Identification and characterization of molecular mediators of parasite sequestration
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/10/01 - 2024/01/31 Characterisation of the trypanosome sequestration machinery
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2023/09/05 Tissue tropism and parasite virulence in recently isolated Trypanosoma brucei strains
Co-supervisor
 ¿ MSc Biomedical Research (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/05/02 - 2023/07/31 Cytoadhesion of Trypanosoma congolense to bioengineered 3D bovine microvessels
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020/06/30 Longitudinal analysis of adipocyte and liver gene expression during T. brucei infection
Co-supervisor
 Masters Degree in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/02 - 2023/08/31 Co-Organiser of iMM's Parasitology Seminar Series (2022/02)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2021/09 - 2021/10/15 Organisation of public engagement activity for Tropical College at FIC.A: Festival Internacional da Ciência 2021. This activity involved developing age-appropriate activities to teach about tropical diseases, in particular vector-borne diseases, vaccines, and antigenic variation. (2021/10/09)
Festival (Co-organisor)
 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Colégio Tropical da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/03/01 - 2017/03/18 Public engagement activity entitled “Gotta catch ‘em all: How does antigenic variation work?” during the “Meet the Scientists” event at the World Museum of Liverpool, UK (aimed at children and teenagers) in 2017 (2017/03/18 - 2017/03/18)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 University of Liverpool Institute of Infection and Global Health, United Kingdom

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2018/06 - Current Workshop on best practices to raising your research profile and social media.
Workshop
 Raising your Research Profile
University of Liverpool Department of Infection Biology, United Kingdom
2024/02/15 - 2024/02/16 Dynamic Cell Culture with Microfluidics - from unicellular to complex systems: A workshop consisting of 5 hours of theoretical and networking sessions and 5 hours of practical sessions on microfluidics and microfabrication.
Workshop
 Dynamic Cell Culture with Microfluidics - from unicellular to complex systems
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2024/01/31 - 2024/02/09 CONGENTO Course on Modules 9, 10 and 11 ("Upgrade Course") according to FELSASA Function B for animal experimentation and project design.
Workshop
 CONGENTO Course on Modules 9, 10 and 11 ("Upgrade Course")
Congento Consortium for Genetically Tractable Organisms, Portugal
2022/05/03 - 2022/05/03 Roundtable in Diversity and Inclusion
Round table
 XV CAML·V NeurULisboa PhD Students Meeting
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/07/05 - 2021/07/10 Course (25h) of Single-Cell RNA Sequencing organised as part of the Ribomed Summer School.
Workshop
 Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Course
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2021/04/23 - 2021/04/23 Getting Ready for Horizon Europe: workshop on European funding (3.5h) by Hyperion Ltd
Workshop
 Getting Ready for Horizon Europe
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2021/01/11 - 2021/01/25 Leadership and Management Skills Course for Postdocs: 21-hour course provided by HFP consulting
Workshop
 Leadership and Management Skills Course for Postdocs
HFP Consulting, Germany
2020/09/29 - 2020/10/02 EMBO Project Management for Scientists: A course to learn key concepts in project management, both for planning and managing work, and for working effectively with people.
Workshop
 EMBO Project Management for Scientists
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2020/09/19 - 2020/09/19 The danger of sticky parasites! Talk and Q&A http://soapboxscience.org
Festival
 Soapbox Science Lisbon 2020
Soapbox Science, United Kingdom
2019/06 - 2019/06 Theoretical and practical workshop on genome editing using CRISPR-Cas9 at i3S (20h)
Workshop
 Workshop on genome editing using CRISPR-Cas9
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018/10 - 2018/12 Certification on Laboratory Animal Science (FELASA B)
Workshop
 Laboratory Animal Science (FELASA B)
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2018/02/27 - 2018/02/28 Workshop on culture and transfection methods for T. congolense (3h).
Workshop
 Culture and transfection methods for T. congolense
University of Bristol Faculty of Life Sciences, United Kingdom
2016/03 - 2016/03 8-hour course on measurement and analysis of mRNAs, lncRNAs and miRNAs using NGS (RNA-seq).
Workshop
 Measurement and analysis of mRNAs, lncRNAs and miRNAs using NGS (RNA-seq)
Nowgen Centre, United Kingdom
2015/09 - 2015/09 Pathogen Genomics Course (20h) to learn about big data analysis.
Workshop
 Pathogen Genomics Course
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, United Kingdom
2014/09 - 2014/12 3-months in-person course on Advanced Statistics for researchers.
Workshop
 Advanced Statistics for Life Sciences
University of Liverpool Institute of Integrative Biology, United Kingdom
2014/09 - 2014/12 3-months course on basics of computer programming for life sciences (Perl, Unix, Python, MySQL).
Workshop
 Programming for Life Sciences
University of Liverpool Institute of Integrative Biology, United Kingdom
2014/09 - 2014/09 Working with Parasite Databases Workshop (40h) organised by the VEuPathDB and GeneDB teams at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK. We learnt the basics of bioinformatics to analyse parasitic big data.
Workshop
 Working with Parasite Databases Workshop
Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom
2011/01 - 2011/06 Course on the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 (equivalent to FELASA B, Laboratory Animal Science course), organised by the Universities’ Training Group.
Workshop
 Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986
King's College London, United Kingdom

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - Current PloS Pathogens
2023 - Current Biology
2022 - Current Frontiers Veterinary Science
2021 - Current Cellular Microbiology
2021 - Current Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
2019 - Current Microbiome
2018 - Current PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2015 - Current British Society for Parasitology Full Member
2015 - 2019 The Genetics Society (UK) Full Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2022/01 - Current Member of the iMM's Diversity and Inclusion Working group
Member
 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2021/06/01 - Current Youth Representative of the World Federation of Scientific Workers at UNESCO World Federation of Scientific Workers, France
2021/01/01 - Current iMM Point of Contact for the Tropical College of the University of Lisbon (CTROP) - Digital Platforms workgroup
Member
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Colégio Tropical da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/01/02 - Current User Representative of the iMM Histology & Comparative Pathology Facility.
Member
 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2016/04/01 - 2018/09/30 Athena SWAN PhD and Post-doc representative
Member
 University of Liverpool Institute of Infection and Global Health, United Kingdom

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/10/26 - Current Animal Models in Biomedical Research MSc Organismal and Evolutionary Biology (Mestrado) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/07/11 - 2022/07/15  Untangling parasite sequestration using interdisciplinary approaches Advanced Course in Pathogen Multiomics and Bioinformatics Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/05/01 - 2019/05/05 Parasitology Week of the Biology at the Host Microbe Interface PhD program (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2015/01/10 - 2016/06/01 Quantitative Skills for Life Sciences, Year 1 BSc Quantitative Skills for Life Sciences (Bachelor) University of Liverpool School of Life Sciences, United Kingdom

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2021/12/03 Follow-up on the project awarded with Prémio Maria de Sousa by Fundação Bial and the prize-awarding ceremony. Público
2021/11/24 Interview about Prémio Maria de Sousa by Fundação Bial, on the the impact of parasite sequestration in trypanosomiasis severity. Público

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021/10 - Current Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária (1984-2961) Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinária
2021/07 - Current Cellular Microbiology (1462-5822 ) Wiley-Hindawi
2018/12/18 - Current PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (1935-2735) Public Library of Science
2018/10/09 - Current Microbiome (2049-2618) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/07 - 2021/09 Molecular and Computational Biology Madalena Almeida
2021/03 - 2021/06 Computational Biology Tiago Costa
Distinctions

Award

2022 Lídia Silva Santos Postdoctoral Achievement Award
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2022 Prémio Maria de Sousa
Fundação BIAL, Portugal
2021 Prémio Maria de Sousa (25,000€)
Fundação Bial, Portugal
2019 Best Turbo Talk/Poster Award (200$)
Molecular Parasitology Meeting, United States
2017 Walter Colli Award
Sociedade Brasileira de Protozoologia, Brazil
2017 Genetics Society Junior Investigator Travel Grant (750£)
Genetics Society, United Kingdom
2017 ParaTryp Travel Award (500$)
ParaTryp Research Organization, United States
2016 BSP International Training and Fieldwork Award (1,500£)
British Society for Parasitology, United Kingdom
2016 British Society for Parasitology Travel Award (500£)
British Society for Parasitology, United Kingdom