Personal identification

Full name

Catarina Tavares Mendes

Citation names

• Mendes, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

8C11-BFB9-BF6C

ORCID iD

0000-0002-9938-327X

Email addresses

• ctmendes@cnc.uc.pt (Professional)

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)

	Degree	Classification
2023/10/02 - 2026 Ongoing	Biologia Experimental e Biomedicina (Doutoramento) Major in Biologia Celular, Molecular e do Desenvolvimento Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020 - 2022/09/29 Concluded	Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "TRAP1-P66SHC Interplay in the Modulation of Oxidative Stress in Lung Cancer " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/09/20 - 2020/05/28 Concluded	Biotecnologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal "Oxidative stress mechanisms and parameters of mitochondrial dysfunction in lymphoblasts from patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/09/04 - Current	CHAngeing-Connected Hubs in Ageing: Healthy Living to Protect Cerebrovascular Function 10.3030/101087071 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing

Publications

Conference poster	Catarina Mendes; Paulo J. Oliveira; Maria Markaki; Nuno Raimundo. "Modulation of autophagy by Mediterranean Diet active components: a "cleaning" strategy for a healthy vascular aging". Paper presented in V MAD meeting, 2025.
Journal article	Potes, Yaiza; Bermejo-Millo, Juan C.; Mendes, Catarina; Castelão-Baptista, José P.; Díaz-Luis, Andrea; Pérez-Martínez, Zulema; Solano, Juan J.; et al. "p66Shc signaling and autophagy impact on C2C12 myoblast differentiation during senescence". Cell Death & Disease 15 3 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41419-024-06582-0. 10.1038/s41419-024-06582-0 Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa; Montezinho, Liliana; Mendes, Catarina; Firuzi, Omidreza; Saso, Luciano; Oliveira, Paulo J.; Silva, Filomena S. G.. "Oxidative Stress in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Pathophysiology and Opportunities for Pharmacological Intervention". Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity 2020 (2020): 1-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5021694. 10.1155/2020/5021694
Thesis / Dissertation	Mendes, Catarina. "Oxidative stress mechanisms and parameters of mitochondrial dysfunction in lymphoblasts from patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis". Degree, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, 2020.