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Susana Maria Nunes da Silva Duarte Catana. Completed the Doutoramento in Ciências da Vida in 2010/11/30 by Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas and Licenciatura in Engenharia Biotecnológica in 2001/12 by Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias. Is Contracted Researcher in Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Published 33 articles in journals. Has 2 section(s) of books and 1 book(s). Participated in 8 event(s). Co-supervised 2 PhD thesis(es). Supervised 9 MSc dissertation(s). Supervised 3 work(s) of course completion of LSc/BSc e co-supervised 7. Has received 1 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as PhD Student Fellow in 1 project(s) and Scientific Initiation Fellow in 1 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Medical and Health Sciences. In their professional activities interacted with 193 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: cancro mama; cancro tiróide; reparação DNA; variantes genéticas; susceptibilidade; Otolaryngology; ORL; Hearing loss; Sensorineural hearing loss; Sickle cell trait; Sickle cell disease; Malaria; Hemoglobinopathy; Sao Tome and Principe; Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms; Apoptosis polymorphisms; Philadelphia-­chromosome negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms; Apoptosis deregulation; Susceptibility; Breast Neoplasms - genetics; Neoplasms - genetics; DNA Repair; Polymorphism, genetic; Risk Assessment ; Genética; Cancro da Mama; Susceptibilidade individual; Variantes Genéticas; Biomonitorização; Lesão Genética; Polimorfismos; Exposição Ocupacional; Drug Response; MN; epidemiologia; pools; mieloproliferativas; biomarcadores; estudos funcionais; Anaemia; G6PD deficiency; hearing loss; malaria; Sub-Saharan Africa; ACTN3; muscle; muscle performance; spondyloarthropathies; VDR; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Susana Maria Nunes da Silva Duarte Catana

Citation names

  • Silva, Susana
  • SN Silva
  • Nunes Silva, Susana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8C1F-BB2F-44E3
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9122-0732
Researcher Id
A-9678-2013
Scopus Author Id
7203043130

Email addresses

  • snsilva@nms.unl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Rua Câmara Pestana, 6, 1150-082, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2004/10/01 - 2010/11/30
Concluded
 Ciências da Vida (Doutoramento)
Major in Genética
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
"Genetic Susceptibility to Breast Cancer" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom com Distinção e Louvor
1996/09 - 2001/12
Concluded
 Engenharia Biotecnológica (Licenciatura)
Major in Biotecnologia
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
"“Polymorphisms in ERCC2 gene and individual susceptibility to breast cancer”" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/09/01 - 2024/08/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09/01 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Medical School, Portugal
2016 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/04 - 2019/03 Breast Cancer: clinical significance of variants of unknown significance (VUSs) in homologous recombination repair genes – from sequencing to functional analysis in familial breast cancer patients
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 Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro Núleo Regional Sul
2012/09/01 - 2018/08 BREAST CANCER CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS: HOW BASE EXCISION REPAIR DNA POLYMORPHISMS COULD INFLUENCE DRUG RESPONSE?
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBPD2%F804622%F2011/PT
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
 Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
2012/01 - 2015/06 Clinical relevance of multiple genetic markers in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP): New high-throughput methodologies for molecular epidemiology and diagnosis.
Provided by PTCRIS: 116716
 Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
2008/01 - 2010/12 SHIPs: Sat-based Haplotype Inference by Pure Parsimony
Provided by PTCRIS: 64164
 Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
2004/10/01 - 2009/08 GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO BREAST CANCER
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBD2%F178282%F2004/PT
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002/07 - 2004/07 Biomonitoring of occupational exposure to styrene – induced genetic lesions and individual genetic polymorphisms
33213/99
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002/07 - 2004/07 Biomonitoring of occupational exposure to styrene ¿ induced genetic lesions and individual genetic polymorphisms
33213/99
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/08/01 - 2026/07/31 miRNA profiling in early stage and metastatic uterine carcinosarcoma – relation with epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and prognosis
AnaLazaro
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Medical School, Portugal
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Medical School
Ongoing
2012/01/01 - 2015/06/30 Relevância clínica de múltiplos marcadores genéticos na pneumonia por Pneumocystis jirovecii PPc: Novas metodologias de alto rendimento para aplicação à epidemiologia molecular e diagnóstico.
PTDC/SAU-MIC/116716/2010
Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Medical School, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 9 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/SAU/UI0009/2011
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Medical School, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Toxicogenómica e Saúde Humana, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2010/12/31 SHIPs: Inferência de Haplotipos por Parcimónia Pura baseada em Satisfação Proposicional
PTDC/EIA/64164/2006
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Medical School, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. SN Silva. DNA Repair and Human Health. Croatia. 2011.
Book chapter
  1. Azevedo, Ana; Nunes Silva, Susana; Rueff, José. "Non-receptor Tyrosine Kinases Role and Significance in Hematological Malignancies". In Tyrosine Kinases as Druggable Targets in Cancer. IntechOpen, 2019.
    10.5772/intechopen.84873
  2. SN Silva; Bruno Costa Gomes; Jose Rueff; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar. "DNA Repair perspectives in Thyroid and Breast cancer". In the role of DNA repair polymorphisms, 459-484. In-teh, 2011.
    DOI: 10.5772/22944
Conference abstract
  1. Luís Filipe de Sepúlveda Silva Santos; SN Silva; Luís Pedro Pereira Azevedo; Isabel Manita; OM Gil; Teresa C. Ferreira; Edward Limbert; J Rueff; Jorge F. Gaspar. "Mismatch repair SNPs and thyroid cancer susceptibility: a potential role for the MSH6 rs1042821 (Gly39Glu) polymorphism". Paper presented in Third ESPT Conference, Budapest, 2015.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Azevedo, Ana Paula; Silva, Susana Nunes; Lima, João P. de; Reichert, Alice; Lima, Fernando; Júnior, Esmeraldina; Rueff, José. "Apoptosis deregulation expression in Philadelphia-negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms in a Portuguese population". 2016.
  2. Azevedo, Ana Paula; Silva, Susana Nunes; Lima, João P. de; Reichert, Alice; Lima, Fernando; Júnior, Esmeraldina; Rueff, José; Gaspar, Jorge F.. "The role of base excision repair polymorphisms in individual susceptibility to Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms". 2014.
  3. Azevedo, Ana Paula; Silva, Susana Nunes; Lima, João P. de; Reichert, Alice; Lima, Fernando; Júnior, Esmeraldina; Rueff, José; Gaspar, Jorge F.. "The role of apoptosis polymorphisms in individual susceptibility to Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms". 2014.
Conference poster
  1. Diogo Serranito Tibério; Catarina Silva; Luis Vieira; Rodrigues, António Sebastião; Nunes Silva, Susana; Bruno Costa Gomes. "DNA methylation profiling of breast cancer cell lines through Nanopore sequencing". Paper presented in 28th Annual Meeting Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, 2024.
  2. Laura Claudino; Catarina Silva; Luis Vieira; Rodrigues, António Sebastião; Bruno Costa Gomes; Nunes Silva, Susana. "Identifying Alternative Splicing Isoforms in Breast Cancer Cell Lines through Nanopore Sequencing". Paper presented in 28th Annual Meeting Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, 2024.
  3. Adubeiro-Lourenço, Rita; Lança, Miguel; Octávia M. Gil; Rodrigues, António Sebastião; José Rueff; Nunes Silva, Susana. "BRCA1 VUS: THE LINE BETWEEN BENIGN AND PATHOGENIC CLASSIFICATION". Paper presented in 26th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of human Genetics, 2022.
  4. AP Azevedo; SN Silva; José Rueff. "Biomarkers of susceptibility and therapy failure in Philadelphia Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms". Paper presented in IV Workshop of Genetics – NOVASaúde, 2019.
  5. Adubeiro Lourenço, Rita; José Rueff; SN Silva. "Clinical Relevance of Variants of Unknown significance (VUS) in breast cancer patients". Paper presented in IV Workshop of Genetics – NOVASaúde, 2019.
  6. Adubeiro Lourenço, Rita; Ana Catarina Antunes; Cláudio Pinheiro; Pedro Santos; Joana Cardoso; José B. Pereira-Leal; Octávia Monteiro Gil; et al. "Functional Characterization of Variants of Unknown Significance in Familial Breast Cancer". Paper presented in 2nd. CEDOC Symposium, Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas (CEDOC), NOVA Medical School / Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, 2018.
  7. Adubeiro, R; Antunes, AC; Pinheiro, C; Santos, P; Cardoso, J; Pereira-Leal, JB; Monteiro Gil, O; et al. "PO-020 Functional characterisation of variant of unknown significate in familial breast cancer". Paper presented in EACR 25th: From fundamental insight to rational cancer treatment, 2018.
    10.1136/esmoopen-2018-eacr25.68
  8. LS Santos; SN Silva; Octávia Monteiro Gil; TC Ferreira; E Limbert; José Rueff. "The potential contribution of SNP-SNP interactions within the DNA mismatch repair pathway to thyroid cancer susceptibility". Paper presented in European Society for Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Therapy, 4th Conference, 2017.
  9. LS Santos; SN Silva; Octávia Monteiro Gil; Bruno Costa Gomes; HN Bastos; TC Ferreira; E Limbert; José Rueff. "The potential impact of DNA Repair SNPs on DNA damage levels of lymphocytes from 131I-treated thyroid cancer patients". Paper presented in European Society for Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Therapy, 4th Conference, 2017.
  10. Cláudio Pinheiro; Helena Borba; José Rueff; SN Silva. "DNA damage induced by chemotherapeutic drugs: how sensible is Base Excision Repair pathway?". Paper presented in 3rd Workshop of Genetics – NOVASaúde, 2017.
  11. AP Azevedo; SN Silva; Alice Reichert; Fernando Lima; Esmeraldina Júnior; José Rueff. "Effects of polymorphic DNA genes involved in BER and apoptosis on the clinical outcome of Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms under treatment". Paper presented in 3rd Workshop of Genetics – NOVASaúde, 2017.
  12. AP Azevedo; SN Silva; A Reichert; F Lima; E Júnior; José Rueff. "Caspase and base excision repair genes polymorphisms and therapeutic response to hydroxyurea in Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms: a study in a Portuguese population". Paper presented in 2nd International Congress of CiiEM, 2017.
  13. AP Azevedo; SN Silva; JP de Lima; A Reichert; F Lima; E Júnior; José Rueff. "Apoptosis deregulation expression in Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms in a Portuguese population". Paper presented in 7th International Conference on Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, 2016.
  14. LS Santos; SN Silva; Bruno Costa Gomes; R Gouveia; AP Azevedo; I Manita; Octávia Monteiro Gil; et al. "The potential contribution of DNA repair SNPs to thyroid cancer susceptibility". Paper presented in The potential contribution of DNA repair SNPs to thyroid cancer susceptibility, 2016.
  15. Cláudio Pinheiro; Helena Borba; José Rueff; SN Silva. "Measuring DNA lesions induced by chemotherapeutic agents – DNA repair and DNA Damage". Paper presented in 2nd. Workshop of Genetics, NOVASaúde, 2016.
  16. SN Silva. "Chemoterapeutic response in silenced cell lines: The role of BER genes". Paper presented in Centre for Toxicogenomics and Human Health (ToxOmics) Scientific Meeting, 2015.
  17. SN Silva; JP de Lima; José Rueff; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar. "The cell response to traditional chemotherapeutic agents - relevance of BER pathway". Paper presented in 1st, ASPIC International Congress, 2014.
  18. AP Azevedo; SN Silva; JP de Lima; A Reichert; F Lima; E Júnior; José Rueff. "The Role of Apoptosis Polymorphisms In Individual Susceptibility To Philadelphia-Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms". Paper presented in 18th. Meeting of Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, 2014.
  19. AP Azevedo; SN Silva; JP de Lima; A Reichert; F Lima; E Júnior; José Rueff; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar. "The Role of Base Excision Repair Polymorphisms In Individual Susceptibility To Philadelphia-Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, 2014.
  20. Rafaela Castro; SN Silva; F Esteves; O Matos; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar. "Caracterização genética da (1,3)-Beta-D-glucano Sintetase de Pneumocystis jirovecii". Paper presented in 1º Encontro Ibero-americano e dos Países de Língua Oficial Portuguesa - "Pneumocystis e pneumocistose", 2013.
  21. LS Santos; Bruno Costa Gomes; R Gouveia; SN Silva; AP Azevedo; V Camacho; I Manita; et al. "The role of CCNH Val270Ala and other nucleotide excision repair polymorphisms on individual susceptibility towards thyroid cancer". Paper presented in 6th Santorini Conference Biology Prospective 2012 - Systems Biology and Personalized Health Science and Translation, 2012.
  22. Bruno Costa Gomes; R Gouveia; SN Silva; HN Bastos; SC Branco; M Antão; AP Azevedo; et al. "Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes and non-familiar thyroid cancer risk". Paper presented in The Future of Molecular Epidemiology: New Tools, Biomarkers and Opportunities, 2010.
  23. G Domingues; SN Silva; AP Azevedo; José Rueff; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar. "Polymorphisms in apoptosis genes and breast cancer risk". Paper presented in Advances in cancer research: from the laboratory to the clinic, 2010.
  24. Bruno Costa Gomes; SN Silva; AP Azevedo; I Manita; Octávia Monteiro Gil; J Esperença-Pina; V Teixeira; et al. "Polymorphisms in genes of the Non-Homologous End-Joining DNA repair pathway and thyroid cancer risk". Paper presented in Candidate Pathways, Whole Genome Scans: Reconciling Results, Looking into the Future, 2008.
  25. HN Bastos; M Antão; SN Silva; AP Azevedo; I Manita; V Teixeira; J Esperança-Pina; et al. "Association of polymorphisms in genes of the homologous recombination DNA repair pathway and thyroid cancer risk". Paper presented in 99th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2008.
  26. SN Silva; AP Azevedo; I Manita; J Esperança-Pina; José Rueff; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar. "GSTA2 Polymorphisms and breast cancer susceptibility". Paper presented in 99th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2008.
  27. M Tomar; SN Silva; AP Azevedo; I Manita; J Esperança-Pina; José Rueff; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar. "Polymorphisms in genes of the homologous recombination DNA repair pathway, breast feeding and breast cancer risk". Paper presented in 98th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2007.
  28. H Bastos; SN Silva; AP Azevedo; I Manita; J Esperança-Pina; TC Ferreira; E Limbert; José Rueff; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar. "A non synonymous polymorphism in XRCC3 gene is associated with increased thyroid cancer risk". Paper presented in Young European Scientists Meeting - Porto, 2006.
  29. SN Silva; R Moita; AP Azevedo; I Manita; J Esperança-Pina; José Rueff; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar. "Menopausal age and XRCC1 polymorphisms: role on breast cancer". Paper presented in 97th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2006.
  30. SN Silva; VC Oliveira; Octávia Monteiro Gil; M Cabral; AP Azevedo; I Manita; TC Ferreira; et al. "Polymorphisms in XPC and XPD genes and thyroid cancer risk". Paper presented in Cancer Susceptibility and Cancer Susceptibility Syndromes, 2006.
  31. SN Silva; MN Cabral; G Bezerra; M Pires; AP Azevedo; I Manita; J Esperança-Pina; José Rueff; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar. "The MnSOD polymorphisms and breast cancer risk". Paper presented in Fourth Annual AACR International Conference - Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, 2005.
  32. Octávia Monteiro Gil; SN Silva; NG Oliveira; AS Rodrigues; A Laires; TC Ferreira; E Limbert; José Rueff; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar. "ERCC2 polymorphisms and micronuclei levels in thyroid cancer patients after treatment with 131I". Paper presented in 35th Annual Meeting of the European Environmental Mutagen Society – “Environment and human genetic disease – causes, mechanism and effects”, 2005.
  33. SN Silva; VC Oliveira; MN Cabral; AP Azevedo; A Faber; I Manita; J Esperança-Pina; José Rueff; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar. "The role of ERCC2 polymorphisms in breast cancer risk". Paper presented in 96th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2005.
  34. SN Silva; Octávia Monteiro Gil; VC Oliveira; MN Cabral; AP Azevedo; A Faber; I Manita; et al. "Association of ERCC2 polymorphisms with non-familiar thyroid cancer risk". Paper presented in Keystone Symposia - Genome Instability and Repair, 2005.
  35. Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar; A Faber; SN Silva; José Rueff. "Multiplex single base extension genotyping and DNA pooled samples: potential new tools for genetic epidemiology of cancer". Paper presented in 45th Annual Short Course in Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics, 2004.
  36. M Gomes; D Guerreiro; SN Silva; A Faber; AP Azevedo; I Manita; J Esperança-Pina; José Rueff; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar. "DNA pooled samples strategies for identification of genetic polymorphisms associated with breast cancer risk". Paper presented in 95th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2004.
  37. Cláudia Paulo; SN Silva; A Faber; AP Azevedo; I Manita; J Esperança-Pina; José Rueff; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar. "XRCC3 polymorphisms and breast cancer risk". Paper presented in XXXI Jornadas de Genética, 2004.
  38. A Faber; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar; SN Silva; José Rueff; GNM Ferreira. "Single-base-extension genotyping of glutathione s-transferase polymorphisms". Paper presented in X Congresso Nacional de Biotecnologia, 2003.
  39. Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar; SN Silva; A Faber; D Guerreiro; AP Azevedo; I Manita; G Ferreira; J Esperança-Pina; José Rueff. "Polymorphisms in ERCC2 gene are not associated with breast cancer". Paper presented in 94th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2003.
  40. A Faber; SN Silva; Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar; José Rueff; GNM Ferreira. "Development of a multiplex PCR – single base extension methodology for genotyping Glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms in human cancer". Paper presented in 11th European Congress on Biotechnology, 2003.
  41. Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar; D Guerreiro; SN Silva; A Faber; AP Azevedo; I Manita; G Ferreira; J Esperança-Pina; José Rueff. "Methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphisms and breast cancer risk". Paper presented in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of cancer Conference, 2003.
  42. Jorge Francisco Dias Rodrigues Gaspar; R Maia; B Cordeiro; Octávia Monteiro Gil; I Manita; SN Silva; AP Azevedo; et al. "Methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism in thyroid and breast cancer". Paper presented in Keystone Conference Genotype to Phenotype – Focous on Disease, 2002.
Journal article
  1. Rita Lourenço; Miguel Lança; Octávia Monteiro Gil; Joana Cardoso; Teresa Lourenço; José Pereira-Leal; António Rodrigues; José Rueff; Susana Nunes Silva. "BRCA1 VUS: A functional analysis to differentiate pathogenic from benign variants identified in clinical diagnostic panels for breast cancer". Molecular Medicine Reports 28 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2023.13023.
    10.3892/mmr.2023.13023
  2. Isabel Pimenta; Hugo Mateus; Santiago Rodrigues-Manica; Rita Pinheiro-Torres; Agna Neto; Lúcia Domingues; Carolina Lage Crespo; et al. "The Effect of ACTN3 and VDR Polymorphisms on Skeletal Muscle Performance in Axial Spondyloarthropathies". Frontiers in Genetics 12 (2021): https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/5c732f19-abea-41b1-8f3f-63b660c3614e.
    10.3389/fgene.2021.688984
  3. Susana Nunes Silva; Bruno Costa Gomes; Saudade André; Ana Félix; António Sebastião Rodrigues; José Rueff. "Male and female breast cancer: the two faces of the same genetic susceptibility coin". Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-021-06159-x.
    10.1007/s10549-021-06159-x
  4. Susana Nunes Silva. "EDITORIAL Special Issue: Genetic Perspectives in Thyroid Cancer". (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12020126.
    Published • 10.3390/genes12020126
  5. Luís S. Santos; Octávia M. Gil; Susana N. Silva; Bruno C. Gomes; Teresa C. Ferreira; Edward Limbert; José Rueff. "Micronuclei Formation upon Radioiodine Therapy for Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The Influence of DNA Repair Genes Variants". Genes (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11091083.
    10.3390/genes11091083
  6. SN Silva. "Thyroid Cancer: The Quest for Genetic Susceptibility Involving DNA Repair Genes.". Genes (2019): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6722859.
    10.3390/genes10080586
  7. Ana P. Azevedo; Susana N. Silva; Alice Reichert; Fernando Lima; Esmeraldina Júnior; José Rueff. "The Role of Caspase Genes Polymorphisms in Genetic Susceptibility to Philadelphia-Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms in a Portuguese Population". Pathology & Oncology Research 25 3 (2019): 961-969. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12253-018-0411-y.
    10.1007/s12253-018-0411-y
  8. SN Silva. "Effects of polymorphic DNA genes involved in BER and caspase pathways on the clinical outcome of myeloproliferative neoplasms under treatment with hydroxyurea". (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.9535.
    10.3892/mmr.2018.9535
  9. Santos, Luis S.; Silva, Susana N.; Gil, Octavia M.; Ferreira, Teresa C.; Limbert, Edward; Rueff, Jose. "Mismatch repair single nucleotide polymorphisms and thyroid cancer susceptibility". Oncology Letters 15 5 (2018): 6715-6726. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000431825900084&KeyUID=WOS:000431825900084.
    10.3892/ol.2018.8103
  10. SN Silva. "Prevalence of the Janus kinase 2 V617F mutation in Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms in a Portuguese population.". Biomedical Reports (2017): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29085634.
    10.3892/br.2017.977
  11. Azevedo, A.P.; Silva, S.N.; De Lima, J.P.; Reichert, A.; Lima, F.; Júnior, E.; Rueff, J.. "DNA repair genes polymorphisms and genetic susceptibility to philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms in a portuguese population: The role of base excision repair genes polymorphisms". Oncology Letters 13 6 (2017): 4641-4650. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019741456&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3892/ol.2017.6065
  12. Caroça, C.; Vicente, V.; Campelo, P.; Chasqueira, M.; Caria, H.; Silva, S.; Paixão, P.; Paço, J.. "Rubella in Sub-Saharan Africa and sensorineural hearing loss: a case control study". BMC Public Health 17 1 (2017): 1-7. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85011340625&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12889-017-4077-2
  13. SN Silva. "G6PD Variants, Malaria and Sensorineural Hearing Loss in São Tomé and Príncipe: A Case-Control Study.". International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences (2017): http://www.ijmrhs.com/medical-research/g6pd-variants-malaria-and-sensorineural-hearing-loss-in-sao-tome-and-prncipe-a-casecontrol-study.pdf.
  14. Cristina Caroça; Campelo Paula; Caria Helena; João Paço; SN Silva. "G6PD Variants, Malaria and Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Sao Tome and Principe: A Case-Control Study". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH & HEALTH SCIENCES 6 6 (2017): 8-16. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/622b6f9c-2985-472c-906b-73eabc2b6ed2.
  15. SN Silva. "Sickle Cell Trait, Malaria and Sensoeineural Hearing loss - a case-control study from São Tomé and Principe". Otolaryngology (2016): https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/sickle-cell-trait-malaria-and-sensorineural-hearing-lossa-casecontrol-studyfrom-so-tom-and-prncipe-2161-119X-1000278.php?aid=82977.
    10.4172/2161-119X.1000278
  16. SN Silva. "Hearing Loss in Sao Tome and Principe: 2 years of humanitarian missions". Revista Portuguesa de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico-Facial (SPORL) (2016): https://journalsporl.com/index.php/sporl/issue/view/40.
  17. Caroca, Cristina; de Matos, Tiago Morim; Ribeiro, Diogo; Lourenco, Vera; Martins, Tania; Campelo, Paula; Fialho, Graca; et al. "Genetic Basis of Nonsyndromic Sensorineural Hearing Loss in the Sub-Saharan African Island Population of Sao Tome and Principe: The Role of the DFNB1 Locus?". Omics-a Journal of Integrative Biology 20 8 (2016): 449-455. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000381214300001&KeyUID=WOS:000381214300001.
    10.1089/omi.2016.0067
  18. de Lima, J.P.; Silva, S.N.; Rueff, J.; Pingarilho, M.. "Glycidamide genotoxicity modulated by Caspases genes polymorphisms". Toxicology in Vitro 34 (2016): 123-127. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84962920575&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.tiv.2016.03.018
  19. Caroça, Cristina Paiva Chaves; Campelo, Paula; Silva, Susana Nunes; Paço, João. "Hearing loss in Sao Tome and Principe: 2 years of humanitarian missions". (2016): https://www.journalsporl.com/index.php/sporl/article/view/314.
  20. Caroça, Cristina; Lima, Joao Pereira de; Csampelo, Paula; Carolino, Elisabete; Caria, Helena; Paço, João; Silva, Susana Nunes. "Sickle cell trait, malaria and sensorineural hearing loss: a case-control study from São Tomé and Príncipe". (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/9229.
    10.4172/2161-119X.1000278
  21. Santos, L.S.; Gomes, B.C.; Gouveia, R.; Silva, S.N.; Azevedo, A.P.; Camacho, V.; Manita, I.; et al. "The role of CCNH Val270Ala (rs2230641) and other nucleotide excision repair polymorphisms in individual susceptibility to well-differentiated thyroid cancer". Oncology Reports 30 5 (2013): 2458-2466. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84885074777&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3892/or.2013.2702
  22. Santos, L.S.; Branco, S.C.; Silva, S.N.; Azevedo, A.P.; Gil, O.M.; Manita, I.; Ferreira, T.C.; et al. "Polymorphisms in base excision repair genes and thyroid cancer risk". Oncology Reports 28 5 (2012): 1859-1868. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866451268&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3892/or.2012.1975
  23. Silva, S.N.; Guerreiro, D.; Gomes, M.; Azevedo, A.P.; De Castro, G.B.; Rueff, J.; Gaspar, J.F.. "SNPs/Pools: A methodology for the identification of relevant SNPs in breast cancer epidemiology". Oncology Reports 27 2 (2012): 511-516. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855752754&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3892/or.2011.1523
  24. Teixeira, J.P.; Gaspar, J.; Coelho, P.; Costa, C.; Pinho-Silva, S.; Costa, S.; Da Silva, S.; et al. "Cytogenetic and DNA damage on workers exposed to styrene". Mutagenesis 25 6 (2010): 617-621. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78149378656&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/mutage/geq049
  25. Gomes, B.C.; Silva, S.N.; Azevedo, A.P.; Manita, I.; Gil, O.M.; Ferreira, T.C.; Limbert, E.; Rueff, J.; Gaspar, J.F.. "The role of common variants of non-homologous end-joining repair genes XRCC4, LIG4 and Ku80 in thyroid cancer risk". Oncology Reports 24 4 (2010): 1079-1085. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77957352252&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3892/or-00000958
  26. Silva, S.N.; Tomar, M.; Paulo, C.; Gomes, B.C.; Azevedo, A.P.; Teixeira, V.; Pina, J.E.; Rueff, J.; Gaspar, J.F.. "Breast cancer risk and common single nucleotide polymorphisms in homologous recombination DNA repair pathway genes XRCC2, XRCC3, NBS1 and RAD51". Cancer Epidemiology 34 1 (2010): 85-92. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-76449084869&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.canep.2009.11.002
  27. Bastos, H.N.; Antão, M.R.; Silva, S.N.; Azevedo, A.P.; Manita, I.; Teixeira, V.; Pina, J.E.; et al. "Association of polymorphisms in genes of the homologous recombination dna repair pathway and thyroid cancer risk". Thyroid 19 10 (2009): 1067-1075. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70350650666&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/thy.2009.0099
  28. Silva, S.N.; Azevedo, A.P.; Teixeira, V.; Pina, J.E.; Rueff, J.; Gaspar, J.F.. "The role of GSTA2 polymorphisms and haplotypes in breast cancer susceptibility: A case-control study in the Portuguese population". Oncology Reports 22 3 (2009): 593-598. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349305590&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3892/or_00000477
  29. Conde, J.; Silva, S.N.; Azevedo, A.P.; Teixeira, V.; Pina, J.E.; Rueff, J.; Gaspar, J.F.. "Association of common variants in mismatch repair genes and breast cancer susceptibility: A multigene study". BMC Cancer 9 (2009): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70449398106&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1471-2407-9-344
  30. Silva, S.N.; Moita, R.; Azevedo, A.P.; Gouveia, R.; Manita, I.; Pina, J.E.; Rueff, J.; Gaspar, J.. "Menopausal age and XRCC1 gene polymorphisms: Role in breast cancer risk". Cancer Detection and Prevention 31 4 (2007): 303-309. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-35248869259&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cdp.2007.07.001
  31. Silva, S.N.; Cabral, M.N.; De Castro, G.B.; Pires, M.; Azevedo, A.P.; Manita, I.; Pina, J.E.; Rueff, J.; Gaspar, J.. "Breast cancer risk and polymorphisms in genes involved in metabolism of estrogens (CYP17, HSD17ß1, COMT and MnSOD): Possible protective role of MnSOD gene polymorphism Val/Ala and Ala/Ala in women that never breast fed". Oncology Reports 16 4 (2006): 781-788. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34548771907&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3892/or.16.4.781
  32. Silva, S.N.; Bezerra de Castro, G.; Faber, A.; Pires, M.; Oliveira, V.C.; Azevedo, A.P.; Cabral, M.N.; et al. "The role of ERCC2 polymorphisms in breast cancer risk". Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 170 1 (2006): 86-88. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33748494210&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2006.04.017
  33. Silva, S.N.; Gil, O.M.; Oliveira, V.C.; Cabral, M.N.; Azevedo, A.P.; Faber, A.; Manita, I.; et al. "Association of polymorphisms in ERCC2 gene with non-familial thyroid cancer risk". Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 14 10 (2005): 2407-2412. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-26444577628&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0230
  34. Faber, A.; Ferreira, G.N.M.; Silva, S.N.; Rueff, J.; Caspar, J.. "Multiplex PCR-single-base extension genotyping of multiple glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms". Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry 41 1 (2005): 9-15. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-12544253861&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1042/BA20040038
  35. Teixeira, J.P.; Gaspar, J.; Silva, S.; Torres, J.; Silva, S.N.; Azevedo, M.C.; Neves, P.; et al. "Occupational exposure to styrene: Modulation of cytogenetic damage and levels of urinary metabolites of styrene by polymorphisms in genes CYP2E1, EPHX1, GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1". Toxicology 195 2-3 (2004): 231-242. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-9144262955&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.tox.2003.10.010
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Silva, Susana Maria Nunes da . "Susceptibilidade genética para cancro da mama". PhD, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/5552.

Other

Other output
  1. Brca1 Vus. The Line Between Benign and Pathogenic Classification. 2023. RA Lourenco; M Lanca; Octávia Monteiro Gil; Antonio Sebastião Rodrigues; Jose Rueff; SN Silva. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/d1a144f2-8ba5-48f2-a573-05f3d62909ed.
  2. Caspases and base excision repair genes polymorphisms and therapeutic response to hydroxyurea in Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms: a study in a Portuguese population. 2018. Ana P. Azevedo; SN Silva; Alice Reichert; Fernando Lima; Esmeraldina Junior; Jose Rueff. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/1082498f-7ff7-4611-9156-0d2880655a76.
  3. Menopausal age and XRCC1 polymorphisms: Role on breast cancer risk. 2006. SN Silva; Rita Moita; Ana P. Azevedo; Isabel Manita; Julieta Esperanca Pina; Jose Rueff; Jorge F. Gaspar. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/dc82c073-6743-409e-8218-0b68f4268488.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018/07 Functional Characterization of Variant of Unknown Significance in Familial Breast Cancer Science and Technology Summit in Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/07 The role of Base Excision Repair genes in DNA damage response induced by chemotherapeutic drugs Science and Technology Summit in Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/04 Breast Cancer: clinical significance of variants of unknown significance (VUSs) in homologous recombination repair genes – from sequencing to functional analysis in familial breast cancer patients. Jornadas de Investigação em Oncologia em Portugal,
Liga Portuguesa Contra ao Cancro (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/10 Breast cancer: The role of DNA Repair pathways in diagnosis and therapy. 1st. Workshop of Genetics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa’s Rectorate Building - Campolide Campus Lisbon, Portugal
Invited by Vice-Rector Professor Pedro Pita Barros (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/09 DNA damage induced by acrylamide and glycidamide: BER pathway and apoptosis International Conference on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology (Icoetox 2013)
(Porto, Portugal)
2009/04 Association of polymorphisms in genes of the non-homologous end-joining DNA repair pathway with non-familial thyroid cancer risk XXXIV Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética (Lisboa, Portugal)
2009/04 Mismatch repair gene polymorphisms and breast cancer susceptibility XXXIV Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/02 - Current Determinação de perfis de expressão de genes envolvidos em mecanismo de transporte de soluto (Solute carrier family) em modelos Celulares de Cancro de Mama: SLC - SLC15A1, SLC22A1, SLC29A2, SLC47A1”.
Supervisor
 Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2025/02 - Current Análise comparativa de tecnologias de sequenciação na expressão de genes envolvidos em mecanismos de splicing em modelos celulares de cancro de mama: RPS8, RPS4X, EIF3A e EIF3E
Supervisor
 Biologia Celular e Molecular (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2025/02 - Current Determinação de perfis de expressão de genes envolvidos em mecanismos de splicing em modelos celulares de cancro de mama: POLR2G, POLR2H, SRSF1
Supervisor
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/03 - Current Modelação de culturas 3D - Esferóides e a sua aplicação em ensaios de genotoxicidade
Supervisor
 Biomedic Engineer (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/12 DNA methylation profiling of breast cancer cell lines through Nanopore Sequencing.
Co-supervisor of Diogo Tibério
 Biochemistry for Health (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/10 RNA transcripts profiling of breast cancer cell lines through Nanopore sequencing
Supervisor of Laura Claudino
 Genética Clínica Laboratorial (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2024/03/01 - 2024/07/31 Avaliação de danos genómicos através do Comet Assay
Supervisor
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2023/03 - 2023/12 EN - The use of 3D models to genotoxicity evaluation studies. PT - Modelos celulares 3D para avaliação de genotoxicidade
Supervisor of Margarida Carradinha
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2023/03 - 2023/12 EN - Development of biofilms to be applied in bone regeneration PT - Desenvolvimento de filmes para regeneração óssea
Co-supervisor of Ângela Faustino
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/07 SOCS3 and JAK2 genes in axial Spondylarthritis
Co-supervisor of Rita Sofia Vilela
 Biologia Celular e Molecular (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/04/11 Alternative Splicing Variants in Breast Cancer
Supervisor
 Bioquímica para a Saúde (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/09 - 2022/03 Biological relevance of VUS identified in ATM gene and the role in DNA damage response
Supervisor
 Bioquímica para a Saúde (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/09 - 2022/03 The genetic susceptibility acting in COVID19 hospitalized patients: a Portuguese cohort
Supervisor
 Biochemistry for Health (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/11 - 2021/07 DNA repair SNPs as genetic modulators of individual susceptibility to differentiated thyroid cancer and response to radioiodine therapy
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Biomédicas (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/03 Genome editing to be applied in functional characterization of genetic variants in familial breast cancer patients
Supervisor
 Master in Biochemestry for Health (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/03 Identification of microRNAs as biomarkers of therapy failure in Philadelphia Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Supervisor
 Biochemestry for Health (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/02/17 - 2020/06 Susceptibilidade individual para cancro de mama masculino
Supervisor
 Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/07 Quantificação de lesão de DNA induzida por agentes quimioterapêuticos
Supervisor
 Tecnologia Biomédica (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
2019 - 2019 GENOME EDITING TOOL FOR FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS OF UNKNOWN SIGNIFICANCE (VUS)
Supervisor
 Investigação Biomédica (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Functional studies of genetic variants of unknown significance
Supervisor
 Biologia Molecular e Genética (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/10 - 2018/09 Potencial significado clinico de variantes de significado desconhecido (VUS) em cancro da mama
Supervisor
 Genética Molecular e Biomedicina (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/07 Determinação dos níveis de lesão no DNA induzida por agentes lesivos
Supervisor
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 - 2017/07/06 O que poderá estar associado à surdez neurosensorial na população de São Tomé e Príncipe?
Co-supervisor
 Medicina (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2015/10 - 2016/12 Measuring DNA lesions induced by chemotherapeutic agents: DNA repair and Comet Assay
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2007/04 - 2008/10 Polimorfismos em genes associados à reparação de DNA por excisão de nucleótidos e susceptibilidade genética para cancro da tiróide
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2007/04 - 2008/09 Polimorfismos em genes associados à apoptose e susceptibilidade genética para cancro da mama
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2007/04 - 2008/07 Estudo de polimorfismos em genes da via de mismatch repair e a susceptibilidade para cancro da mama
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2007/04 - 2008/07 Polimorfismos em genes envolvidos na reparação por recombinação não homóloga e susceptibilidade individual para cancro da tiróide
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2006/09 - 2007/07 Polimorfismos envolvidos na reparação por recombinação homóloga e susceptibilidade individual para cancro da mama
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Biotecnológica (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2004/09 - 2005/09 Polimorfismos em genes da via BER: potencial associação com susceptibilidade individual para cancro da mama
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Biotecnológica (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2004/09 - 2005/09 Estudo de polimorfismos envolvidos no metabolismo de estrogénios associados com o cancro da mama
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Biotecnológica (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/11/23 - 2023/11/25 Active participation in all meeting organization activities: support for presentations (oral and poster), support for the scientific committee. (2023/11/23 - 2023/11/25)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/10 - Current 2nd. CEDOC Symposium, Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas (CEDOC) Encontro internacional organizado pela Comissão de pós-doutorados com tema principal em doenças crónicas. Participação de investigadores de reconhecimento internacional.
Symposium
 2nd. CEDOC Symposium, Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas (CEDOC)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2019 - Current 4th Workshop NOVA SAÚDE – Genética Reunião Científica e Encontro de todos os profissionais da área da Genética.
Workshop
 4th Workshop NOVA SAÚDE – Genética
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/04 - Current Molecular Diagnostics Europe: Cell-Free DNA in Clinical Oncology AND Enabling Technologies for cell-free DNA
Congress
 Cell-Free DNA in Clinical Oncology AND Enabling Technologies for cell-free DNA
Cambridge Healthtech Institute, United States
2017 - Current 1st CEDOC Symposium, Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas (CEDOC) Encontro nacional de investigadores e docentes na área da genética.
Workshop
 3rd Workshop NOVA SAÚDE – Genética
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/10 - Current 1st CEDOC Symposium, Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas (CEDOC)
Symposium
 1st CEDOC Symposium, Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas (CEDOC)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2016 - Current 2nd Workshop NOVA SAÚDE – Genética
Workshop
 2nd Workshop NOVA SAÚDE – Genética
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/06/30 - 2018/07/03 EACR 25th: From fundamental insight to rational cancer treatment Congresso europeu de grande reconhecimento na área de investigação em cancro.
Congress
 EACR 25th: From fundamental insight to rational cancer treatment
European Association For Cancer Research, United Kingdom
2017/07 - 2017/07 Science and Technology in Portugal Summit 2017 Encontro anual dos investigadores portugueses.
Meeting
 Science and Technology in Portugal Summit
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Ciência Viva, Portugal

Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/10 RBP3 as Therapeutic Approach in Retinal Diseases
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Beatriz Fernandes Vaz (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/07 Diagnóstico radiológico em medicina dentária e alterações citogenéticas na mucosa oral: revisão da literatura
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Susana Manuela Félix Alonso (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Saúde Centro Regional de Viseu, Portugal
2022/03/31 Suscetibilidade genética em doentes COVID19 hospitalizados: o caso português
Supervisor
 Ana Rita Marrazes Costa (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Medical School, Portugal
2022/03/22 Biological relevance of VUS identified in ATM gene and the role in DNA damage response
Supervisor
 Ana Matilde Vale (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Medical School, Portugal
2021/04/08 Identification of microRNAs as biomarkers of therapy failure in Philadelphia Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Supervisor
 Daniela Catarina Dias (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Medical School, Portugal
2019/12/04 Genome editing tool for functional characterization of variation of unknow significance (VUS)
Supervisor
 Maria João Almeida e Silva Pires (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Medical School, Portugal
2019/10/25 Functional studies of genetic variants of unknown significance
Supervisor
 Miguel Filipe Cecília Lança (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/02 Genetic Susceptibility to Myeloproliferative neoplasms and therapeutic efficacy
Thesis Member
 Ana Paula da Silva Azevedo (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2017/09 Unravelling the causes of inner ear disease
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marisa Flook Pereira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/06 Caracterização genética da Glucano Sintetase de Pneumocystis jirovecii
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rafaela Dorileo de Castro (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2013 Cancro da Mama e Quimioterapia: O papel da via de reparação de excisão de bases na resposta terapêutica
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Carolina Dias Almeida (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Member of Biosafety Committee
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2022 - Current Member of the scientific council
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2016/11 - Current Comité de Biosegurança da NOVA Medical School
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2018/10 - 2019/11 Comissão de Pós-Doutorados da NOVA Medical School
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2017/10 - Current iMed Conference® 9.0 Lisboa 2017

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2017/09 - Current Journal of cancer
2015/07/23 - 2020/01/17 Cancer Biology and Medicine (2095-3941) Cancer Biology and Medicine
2017/04 - 2020/01 Cancers (2072-6694) MDPI AG
2020/01 - 2020 Genes (2073-4425) MDPI AG
2019/10/01 - 2019/10/15 Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis (1098-2825) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2017/10 - 2019/09 Molecules (1420-3049) MDPI AG
2019/07/12 - 2019/07/17 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (1660-4601) MDPI AG
2018/01 - 2019/07 Journal of Personalized Medicine (2075-4426) MDPI AG
2018/12 - 2019/03 International Journal of Cancer (1097-0215) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2015/12 - 2018/04 Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers (1945-0257) Mary Ann Liebert
2013/12 - 2017/07 International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067) MDPI AG
2014/02 - 2016 Clinical and Experimental Medicine (1591-9528) Springer-Verlag
2015/08 - 2015/08 Clinical Cancer Research (1557-3265) American Association for Cancer Research
2010/10 - 2015/04 PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science
2015 - 2015 Genes (2073-4425) MDPI AG
2013/08/07 - 2013/08/09 Current Genomics
2011/03 - 2011/03 The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine (1349-3329) Tohoku University Medical Press
2010/12 - 2010/12 Cancer Epidemiology (1877-7821) Elsevier
2010/10 - 2010/10 Pharmacogenomics (1744-8042) Future Medicine