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Curriculum Vitae
Maria Sousa Rebelo
Maria Sousa Rebelo completed her PhD in Biomedical Sciences in 2017/04 at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon.
She did her Master in Applied Microbiology in 2010/10 at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and has a Degree
in Microbiology in 2009/06 by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. She did her first post-doc QIMR Berghofer
Medical Research Institute, Australia, where she joined Dr McCarthy group. In May 2020, she started her second post-doc at
iMM, Portugal, at Prof Bernardes group. She published 24 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has been invited to present
her work in 5 of specialized conferences. She organized 4 events, received 8 awards and / or honors. In 2018, she was awarded
with a Seed Grant from the Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination. More recently, in 2023, she was
granted with the prestigious "la Caixa" Junior Leader Fellowship and an FCT RESTART grant. She operates in the area of Medical
and Health Sciences with an emphasis on Infectious Diseases. In its Ciência Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the
context of scientific and technological production are: malaria; antimalarial drugs; flow cytometry; microbiology; ELISA;
diagnostic techniques; drug resistance; microbiology; parasitology; hemozoin; malarial pigment.
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Maria Sousa Rebelo
- Date of birth
- 1986/03/13
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- Rebelo, Maria
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 8B1D-62C4-0050
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-2715-7182
Email addresses
- mariarebelo@medicina.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
Websites
- https://gbernardeslab.com/maria-rebelo/ (Professional)
- https://www.acreme.edu.au/person/maria-rebelo/ (Professional)
- https://twitter.com/MariaRebelo___ (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Infectious Diseases
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
French | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2020/05/07 - 2021
Ongoing
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Post-doctoral Research Scientist (Pós-doutoramento)
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
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2017/10/03 - 2020/03/31
Concluded
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Research Officer (level 3) (Postgraduate Certificate)
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia
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2013/01 - 2017/05
Concluded
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Biomedical Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbiology and Parasitology
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE REAL-TIME ASSAY FOR ANTIMALARIAL SENSITIVITY TESTING AND INTERROGATION OF NOVEL COMPOUNDS" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2009/09 - 2010/10
Concluded
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Microbiologia Aplicada (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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18 |
2005/09 - 2009/06
Concluded
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Microbiologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Microbiologia
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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15 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020/05/07 - Current | Postdoc (Research) | Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal |
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal | ||
2017/10 - 2020/05 | Postdoc (Research) | QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia |
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2018/01 - 2020/06 | Development of a screening tool to identify antimalarial drugs effective against artemisinin-resistant malaria
Principal investigator
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia
The Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination (ACREME), Australia |
The Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination (ACREME) |
2013/01 - 2017/01 | Development of an innovative real-time assay for antimalarial sensitivity testing and interrogation of novel compounds
SFRH/BD/84530/201
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2010/02 - 2013/01 | Respiratory tract infections & malaria: a new case of mutual interactions? | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2020/12 - Current | Pre-clinical investigation of a hACE2 decoy against SARS-CoV-2 infection in K18hACE2 mice
N/a
Post-doc
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
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Neoleukin Therapheutics, Inc
Ongoing
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2017/10 - 2020/05 | Investigation of malaria parasite viability after drug treatment in volunteer infection studies
N/A
Post-doc
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
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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2021/09/28 | Antiviral NL-CVX1 efficiently blocks infection by SARS-CoV-2 viral variants of concern (VOC) | IDWeek 2021
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) (San Diego, United States)
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2020/02/27 | Viability of artemisinin-sensitive and artemisinin-resistant P. falciparum parasites after drug treatment in volunteer infection studies | Molecular Approaches to Malaria Conference
(Lorne, Australia)
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2019/10/29 | Viability of artemisinin-sensitive and artemisinin-resistant P. falciparum parasites after artesunate treatment in a volunteer infection study. | Malaria in Melbourne
(Melbourne, Australia)
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2019/06/29 | Drug Testing in Volunteer Infection Studies: The Importance of Blood-Stage Parasite Viability in the Investigation of Antimalarial Drug Efficacy | Malaria Gordon Research Seminar
(Les Diablerets, Switzerland)
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2018/10 | A randomized controlled trial comparing parasite clearance profiles after single dose artesunate among subjects experimentally infected with artemisinin-resistant or artemisinin-sensitive Plasmodium falciparum parasites | ASTMH 67th Annual Meeting
America Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (New Orleans, United States)
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2016/04/09 | Deteção de luz depolarizada por citometria de fluxo e o seu papel no estudo da Malária. | 13o Congresso da Análises Clínicas e Saúde Pública
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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2015/06 | Flow Cytometric Detection of Light Depolarization and Malaria Research | XIV Congresso Sociedade Ibérica de Citometria
Sociedade Ibérica de Citometria (Las Palmas, Spain)
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2014/05/20 | Flow Cytometric Detection of Light Depolarization: A Novel Assay to Detect Antimalarial Drug Effects. | CYTO2014 - XXIX Congress of the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry
International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (Fort Lauderdale, United States)
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2013/05 | A novel flow cytometric approach to assess antimalarial drug resistance | XIII Congresso Sociedade Ibérica de Citometria
Sociedade Ibérica de Citometria (Aveiro, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2020/02 - 2020/12 | Investigating the Role of OPG, TRAIL and Fas in Plasmodium falciparum Infection
Co-supervisor
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Biomedical Sciences (Scientific initiation) |
Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2019/08 - 2019/09 | Trainer of “Malaria Flow cytometry Practical workshop” in the Flow Cytometry Methods Course hosted in QIMR Berghofer in Brisbane,
Australia. (2019/08/25 - 2019/08/30)
Workshop (Other)
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QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia |
2019/05 - 2019/08 | Organiser of the "Clinical Tropical Medicine" 2-day Malaria Workshop, hosted at QIMR Berghofer Research Institute in Brisbane,
Australia. (2019/08/07 - 2019/08/08)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
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QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia |
2013/07 - 2013/07 | Trainer of ELISA Workshop from CANTAM (Central Africa Network on Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria) at Centre de Recherches
Medicales de Lambaréné, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Gabon. (2013/07 - 2013/07)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Gabon |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2020/01 - 2020/09 | Member of the BLiSS*Brisbane 2020 organising committee, Australia.
Member
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2015/05 - 2016/05 | Representative of the PhD Students Commission at Institute de Medicina Molecular, Portugal.
President / Vice-president
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Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2020/05 - Current | Pro bono consultant at Medicines for Malaria Venture | Medicines for Malaria Venture, Switzerland |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2015/05 - 2015/05 | Lecturer at two practical lessons on Malaria Diagnosis and Antimalarial Drug Resistance Testing in the Master of Microbiology from Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa. | Microbiologia (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2014/07 - 2014/07 | Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases in the Programa de Pós- Graduação Ciência para o Desenvolvimento (PGCD) from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência | (Pós-Graduação) | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2020/01/05 - 2020/01/05 | Telejornal de Domingo da RTP Madeira | Estudar malaria em voluntários na Australia |
2015 - 2015 | Madeira à vista | Experiencia como investigadora de malaria em Portugal e no Gabao |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2018/04 - Current | Understanding parasite growth dynamics using in vivo models of blood-stage malaria | Lianne Lansink |
Distinctions
Award
2023 | "la Caixa" Junior Leader Fellowship
"la Caixa" Foundation, Spain
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2020 | Best Talk at ACORN Summer School and Workshop
Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom
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2019 | Best oral presentation at 2019 Malaria in Melbourne |
2014 | 2014 Exceptional Student Award, awarded by the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry during the CYTO2014 meeting in Fort Lauderdale, USA. |
2013 | Scholarship to attend the 7th European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Forum in Berlin |
2010 | Best Poster Prize at the VIII AIDS National Congress and X National Congress of Infectious Diseases |
Title
2017 | PhD with distinction and praise on Microbiology and Parasitology.
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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Other distinction
2018 | Seed Grant from The Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination (15.000 AUD). |