André Filipe Leitão Cardador (8F15-57A2-8C60)

Curriculum Vitae

André Filipe Leitão Cardador

André Filipe Leitão Cardador is a PhD Student in Pharmacy from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, and holds a PharmD degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the same faculty. Since early in his studies, he started as a Research Trainee at the Cellular Function and Therapeutic Targeting Group of the Research Institute for Medicines, from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon. At the same time, he was invited to start his associative activities as the Director of the Department of Innovation and Science at the Students Association from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, allowing him to organize scientific symposiums and congresses in collaboration with well-known scientific and professional institutions. His scientific interests focus on discovering drug targets for therapeutic innovation in chronic liver diseases with impact on hepatocellular death, metabolism, and liver immunology. (Ciência ID 8F15-57A2-8C60, ORCID iD 0000-0003-1013-8102)

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: André Filipe Leitão Cardador

Citation names

Cardador, A
Cardador, André

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 8F15-57A2-8C60
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1013-8102

Email addresses

aflcardador@gmail.com (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone

913477681 (Personal)

Websites

www.linkedin.com/in/andrecardador (Professional)
https://imed.ulisboa.pt/ (Professional)
https://www.ff.ulisboa.pt/ (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pharmacology and pharmacy

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021/10 - 2025/10 Ongoing	PhD in Pharmacy (Cellular and Molecular Biology) (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/10 - 2024/10 Concluded	Basic Science School - Precision Cut Liver Slices and Liver Organoids – versatile ex-vivo models of liver disease (Outros) EASL European Association for the study of the Liver, Switzerland
2024/02 - 2024/04 Concluded	Visitant PhD Candidate at Liver Disease Lab, under the supervision of of Dr. María Luz Martínez-Chantar (Outros) CIC bioGUNE, Spain
2022/03 - 2022/09 Concluded	Course on Laboratory Animal Science (FELASA B) (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/06/23 - 2022/06/24 Concluded	Drug Development in Oncology - 1st edition (Outros) Institut Curie, France
2016/09/14 - 2021/07/16 Concluded	Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal	17

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/09/19 - 2021	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/01 - 2021/04	Community Pharmacist Trainee	Farmácia Higiénica, Portugal

2020/03/09 - 2021	Trainer	Speak and Lead, Portugal

2020/01/10 - 2021	Member of Strategic Marketing Department	Speak and Lead, Portugal

2019/12/13 - 2021	Ambassador	Speak and Lead, Portugal

2020/07 - 2020/08	Technical Direction and Regulatory Affairs Trainee	Quilaban \| Química Laboratorial Analítica S.A., Portugal

2019/08 - 2019/08	Quality Assurance Trainee	Phagecon - Pharmaceutical Services and Consulting, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/10 - Current	PhD Candidate in Pharmacy (Cellular and Molecular Biology)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2018/09/19 - Current	POINT4PAC - Precision Oncology by Innovative Therapies and Technologies 03/SAICT/2015 - Programas de Atividades Conjuntas SAICTPAC/0019/2015 - COMPETE 2020 Master Student Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Cardador, A; Afonso, MB; Pêgo, Ana; Simão, AL; Gaspar, Maria Manuela; Castro, Rui; Gozzelino, Raffaella; Rodrigues, CMP. "Modulation of immune environment by RIPK3 in hepatocellular carcinoma". Paper presented in Jornadas Científicas ULisboa 2022, 2022. A. Cardador; M.B. Afonso; A.C. Pego; A.L. Simão; M.M. Gaspar; R. Castro; R. Gozzelino; C.M.P. Rodrigues. "Modulation of the immune environment by RIPK3 in hepatocellular carcinoma.". Paper presented in United European Gastroenterology Journal, 2022; Vol 10 (S8):134 (Selected for National Scholar Award), 2022. Mourato, Cláudia; Ourô, Susana; Cardador, A; Castro, RE; Albergaria, D; Maio R; Rodrigues, CMP. "miRNAs as molecular predictors of response to chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer.". Paper presented in UEG Journal 2019; 7: 383A., 2019.
Conference poster	A. Cardador; M.B. Afonso; A. Pego; M.M. Gaspar; R. Gozzelino; J. Gautheron; C.M.P. Rodrigues. "RIPK3 modulates the liver immune microenvironment during MASLD progression towards hepatocellular carcinoma". Paper presented in EASL SLD Summit 2025. Lisboa, Portugal, 23-25 Januray 2025 (Selected for Poster tour), 2025. Mariana Alves; Marta Bento Afonso; André Cardador; Cecília Rodrigues. "Cell-specific functions of RIPK3 in hepatocyte-macrophage communication in metabolic-dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease". Paper presented in EASL SLD Summit 2025. Lisboa, Portugal, 23-25 Januray 2025, 2025. A. Cardador; M.B. Afonso; A. Pego; M.M. Gaspar; R. Gozzelino; J. Gautheron; C.M.P. Rodrigues. "Blocking RIPK3 impacts mitochondrial dynamics, endoplasmic reticulum stress and inflammation during murine chemical-induced hepatocarcinogenesis". Paper presented in EASL Liver Cancer Summit 2025. Paris, France, 20-22 February 2025, 2025. André Cardador; Marta B. Afonso; Ana Pego; Maria M. Gaspar; Raffaella Gozzelino; Jérémie Gautheron; Cecília M. P. Rodrigues. "RIPK3 modulates mitochondrial dynamics, endoplasmic reticulum stress and inflammation during chemical-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in mice.". Paper presented in 15th iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting. Lisboa, Portugal, 11-12 July 2024., 2024. Cardador, André; Afonso, Marta; Alves, Mariana; Pêgo, Ana C. ; Gaspar, Maria Manuela; Gozzelino, Raffaella; Gautheron, Jeremie; Rodrigues, Cecília. "RIPK3-dependent signalling and crosstalk hepatocytes-macrophages in MASLD progression". Paper presented in EASL SLD Summit 2023, 2023. A. Cardador; M.B. Afonso; A.C. Pego; A.L. Simão; V. Marques; M.M. Gaspar; R. Castro; R. Gozzelino; C.M.P. Rodrigues. "RIPK3 impacts tumor burden and liver immunophenotype in toxic/dietary models of hepatocellular carcinoma". Paper presented in EASL Liver Cancer Summit 2023. Estoril, Portugal, 20-22 April 2023., 2023. Cardador, André; M.B. Afonso; A.C. Pego; A.L. Simão; M.M. Gaspar; R. Castro; R. Gozzelino; C.M.P. Rodrigues. "RIPK3 modulates the immune microenvironment in toxic/dietary models of hepatocellular carcinoma". Paper presented in 14th iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting. Lisboa, Portugal, 26 June 2023, 2023. Miguel Mateus-Pinheiro; Marta B. Afonso; Cardador, A; Maria M. Gaspar; Fábio Fernandes; Enara Arretxe; Cristina Alonso; Jérémie Gautheron; Cecília Rodrigues. "RIPK3 modulates acyl chain structure in metabolic liver disease.". Paper presented in EASL SLD Summit 2023. Prague, Czechia, 21-23 September 2023., 2023. A. Cardador; M.B. Afonso; M.I. Alves; A.C. Pego; M.M. Gaspar; R. Gozzelino; J. Gautheron; C.M.P. Rodrigues. "RIPK3-depedent signalling and crosstalk hepatocytes-macrophages in MASLD progression". Paper presented in EASL SLD Summit 2023. Prague, Czechia, 21-23 September 2023., 2023. Cardador, A; Afonso, MB; Pêgo, Ana; Simão, AL; Gaspar, Maria Manuela; Castro, Rui; Gozzelino, Raffaella; Rodrigues, CMP. "Modulation of immune environment by RIPK3 in hepatocellular carcinoma". Paper presented in Jornadas Científicas ULisboa 2022, 2022. Cardador, A; Afonso, MB; Pêgo, Ana; Simão, AL; Gaspar, Maria Manuela; Castro, Rui; Gozzelino, Raffaella; Rodrigues, CMP. "Modulation of immune environment by RIPK3 in hepatocellular carcinoma". Paper presented in 13th iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting (Selected for Best Poster Pitch), 2022. A. Cardador; M.B. Afonso; A.C. Pego; A.L. Simão; M.M. Gaspar; R. Castro; R. Gozzelino; C.M.P. Rodrigues. "RIPK3 in the interface of immunogenic cell death and microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma". Paper presented in Champalimaud Research Symposium. Lisbon, Portugal, 19-21 October 2022., 2022. A. Cardador; M.B. Afonso; A.C. Pego; A.L. Simão; M.M. Gaspar; R. Castro; R. Gozzelino; C.M.P. Rodrigues. "Immune modulation by RIPK3 in NAFLD progression towards hepatocellular carcinoma.". Paper presented in EASL NAFLD summit 2022. Dublin, Ireland, 15-17 September 2022., 2022. Cardador, A; Afonso MB; Rodrigues, CMP. Corresponding author: Rodrigues, CMP. "The role of immunogenic cell death as a mechanism of tumorigenesis.". Paper presented in 5a Conferência da redeSAÚDE, 2021. Cardador, A; Afonso MB; Rodrigues, CMP. Corresponding author: Rodrigues, CMP. "The role of immunogenic cell death as a mechanism of tumorigenesis". Paper presented in 5a Conferência da redeSAÚDE 2021, 2021. Mourato, Cláudia; Ourô, Susana; Cardador, A; Castro, Rui; Albergaria, Diogo; Maio, Rui; Rodrigues, Cecília M. P.. "miRNAs as molecular predictors of response to chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer". Paper presented in UEG week 2019, 2019.
Journal article	Ourô, Susana; Mourato, Cláudia; Velho, Sónia; Cardador, André; Ferreira, Marisa P.; Albergaria, Diogo; Castro, Rui E.; Maio, Rui; Rodrigues, Cecília M. P.. "Potential of miR-21 to Predict Incomplete Response to Chemoradiotherapy in Rectal Adenocarcinoma". Frontiers in Oncology 10 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2020.577653. 10.3389/fonc.2020.577653 Ourô, Susana; Mourato, Cláudia; Ferreira, Marisa P.; Albergaria, Diogo; Cardador, André; Castro, Rui E.; Maio, Rui; Rodrigues, Cecília M. P.. "Evaluation of Tissue and Circulating miR-21 as Potential Biomarker of Response to Chemoradiotherapy in Rectal Cancer". Pharmaceuticals 13 9 (2020): 246. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph13090246. 10.3390/ph13090246

Activities

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023 - 2024	15th iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting (2024/07/11 - 2024/07/12)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022 - 2023	14th iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting (2023/06/26)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/01/03 - 2019/12/13	iMed.Call - Pioneering project developed by the Department of Innovation and Science of AEFFUL in collaboration with the Research Institute for Medicines, iMed.ULisboa, with the aim of bringing Students closer to the Scientific Research carried out at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon, allowing the execution of 3-month internships in several of the Laboratories that precede iMed.ULisboa. (2019/02/28 - 2019/12/13)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/09/03 - 2019/11/14	ScienceTalk - "Orphan Drugs and Rare Diseases" \| Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Infarmed, I.P., Associação Portuguesa da Indústria Farmacêutica (APIFARMA) (2019/11/14) Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/01/25 - 2019/11/13	"Out in the Field - Visit to Champalimaud Foundation - Center for the Unkown" \| Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Champalimaud Foundation. (2019/11/13) Meeting (Co-organisor)	Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2019/03/06 - 2019/10/19	Congress \| "Congresso AEFFUL 2019 - Tecnologias em Saúde : da molécula à Sociedade." \| Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon. (2019/10/18 - 2019/10/19) Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/01/18 - 2019/03/25	Symposium \| "I Simpósio - Dia Mundial da Tuberculose FFUL-SPP-SPDIMC" \| Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon; Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia, Sociedade Portuguesa de Doenças Infecciosas e Microbiologia Clínica. (2019/03/25) Symposium (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2020/11/26 - 2020/11/28	Congress \| "Congresso Nacional dos Farmacêuticos 2020 - Abrir Horizontes, Fazer Acontecer" Congress	Ordem dos Farmaceuticos, Portugal
2018/10/19 - 2018/10/20	Congress \| "Congresso AEFFUL 2018 - Bioética" Congress	Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/10/12 - 2017/10/14	Congress \| "Congresso Nacional dos Farmacêuticos 2017 - Medicamentos para Todos" Congress	Ordem dos Farmaceuticos, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2019/12/13 - 2020/12/18	Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa	General Secretary
2018/12/16 - 2019/12/13	Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa	Director of Innovation and Science Department

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2020/05/04 - 2020/12/18	Statute Review Committee Member	Associação Portuguesa de Estudantes de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/03/06 - 2019/10/19	Coordinator of Scientific Commission \| Organizing Committee of Congresso AEFFUL 2019 Coordinator	Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2019/10/21 - 2019/10/21	Saúde em Dia (10:53) \| Canal S +	Congress \| "Congresso AEFFUL 2019 - Tecnologias em Saúde : da Molécula à Sociedade"

Distinctions

Award

2022	Best Poster Pitch - 13th iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting
2022	National Scholar Award - UEG Week 2022