Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- André João Gabriel Esgalhado
- Date of birth
- 1992/12/07
- Gender
- Male
Citation names
- Esgalhado, AJ
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 8F19-961E-F0EB
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6552-4337
- Scopus Author Id
- 57201150290
Email addresses
- andre.esgalhado@fcsaude.ubi.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Avenida Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506, Covilhã, Covilhã, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andre_Esgalhado (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2018/09 - 2025
Ongoing
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Biomedicina (Doutoramento)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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2014/09 - 2016/11/14
Concluded
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Ciências Biomédicas (Mestrado)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Regulation of the Expression of MHC Class I Molecules on Dividing T Cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 |
2010/09 - 2014/07/07
Concluded
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Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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13 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020/09/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal |
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal | ||
2024/11 - 2024/12 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany |
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany | ||
2023/11 - 2024/05 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany |
2015/07 - 2017/06 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2017/06/05 - 2020/08/31 | Research Fellow (ICON-BIM-03) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2021/01/15 - 2025/01/14 | FUNCTIONAL AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN EFFECTOR-MEMORY CD8+ T CELLS: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN COGNITION
UI/BD/151022/2021
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2017/06/05 - 2020/08/31 | Interdisciplinary Challenges On Neurodegeneration (ICON)
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000013
Research Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2024/07/17 | A Pool of Human Naïve CD8aß T Cells Down-modulate the CD8ß Chain and Become CD8aa T Cells upon In Vitro Culture with IL-15 | XIX Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
Health Sciences Research Centre - University of Beira Interior (CICS-UBI) (Covilhã, Portugal)
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2023/07/11 | IL-15 Generates CD8aa+aß- T Cells from Naïve CD8aa+aß+ T Cells In Vitro | XVIII International CICS-UBI Symposium
(Covilhã, Portugal)
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2023/05/22 | Pode o sistema imunológico ajudar na manutenção das funções cognitivas em idosos? | Do Sangue ao Cérebro - Pint of Science Portugal
Pint of Science Portugal (Guarda, Portugal)
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2023/05/18 | Lab Noob | PET/T4PE
MedUBI/IFMSA (Covilhã, Portugal)
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2021/10/01 | Human CD8ßLow T Cells are Induced In Vitro after Culture with IL-15: Association with CD8ß Isoform Changes | XVI Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde da Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
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2020/11/14 | Human Effector-Memory CD8+ T cells in Health and Disease | Warm Up Dia do Biomédico - A Investigação Biomédica no CICS-UBI
BioMedUBI - Núcleo de Estudantes de Ciências Biomédicas da UBI (Covilhã, Portugal)
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2020/10/02 | CD45RA, CD8ß and IFNy are Potential Immune Biomarkers of Human Cognitive Function | XV ANNUAL CICS-UBI SYMPOSIUM
University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
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2019/07/05 | Preliminary Results of the Characterization of the Immunophenotype in Volunteers of the EBIcohort | XIV Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
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2018/07/05 | Distinctive CD8+ T cell and MHC Class I Signatures in Polycythemia Vera Patients | XIII Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
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2017/06/07 | IL-15 Induces Downmodulation of Cell Surface CD8beta on Human CD8alphabeta T Cells in vitro | XII Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2021 - 2023 | Study of the effect of the anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-10 and TGF-ß on the IL-15-driven proliferative response of human
peripheral blood T cells (PBL): characterization of their functional phenotype
Co-supervisor of Hugo Peixoto
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Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
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2021 - 2023 | Study of the effect of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-17 and IFN-y on the IL-15-driven proliferative response of human
peripheral blood T cells (PBL): characterization of their functional phenotype.
Co-supervisor of Leila Duarte
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Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2022/01 - 2023/02 | IV International Congress in Health Sciences Research, Towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Challenges from Research
to Clinics (2023/02/12 - 2023/02/15)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal |
2019/01/16 - 2019/11/16 | III International Congress in Health Sciences Research, Towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Trends in Aging and Cancer (2019/11/14 - 2019/11/16)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal |
2015/02 - 2015/05/27 | IV Symposium - Employment and Opportunities in Biomedical Sciences (2015/05/27 - 2015/05/27)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2019/01 - 2023/04 | CICS-UBI Doctoral Students Committee (CAD-CICS)
Member
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Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2024/09/18 - 2024/11/06 | Immunology Practical Classes as a Monitor of the Health Sciences Department - 32h | Bioquímica (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2023/09/20 - 2023/11/08 | Immunology Practical Classes as a Monitor of the Health Sciences Department - 26h | Bioquímica (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2022/09/28 - 2022/11/16 | Immunology Practical Classes as a Monitor of the Health Sciences Department - 28h | Bioquímica (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2021/09/29 - 2021/11/03 | Immunology Practical Classes as a Monitor of the Health Sciences Department - 20h | Bioquímica (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2020/11/25 - 2020/11/25 | Immunology Practical Classes as a Monitor of the Health Sciences Department - 8h | Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2020/10/07 - 2020/11/11 | Immunology Practical Classes as a Monitor of the Health Sciences Department - 24h | Bioquímica (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2019/10/30 - 2019/12/04 | Immunology Practical Classes as a Monitor of the Health Sciences Department - 16h | Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2019/09/25 - 2019/10/16 | Immunology Practical Classes as a Monitor of Health Sciences Department - 16h | Bioquímica (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2018/09/27 - 2018/11/03 | Immunology Practical Classes as a Monitor of the Health Sciences Department - 24h | Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2018/09/26 - 2018/10/31 | Immunology Practical Classes as a Monitor of the Health Sciences Department - 24h | Bioquímica (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2019/09 - 2020/03 | Teaching Routine Laboratory Techniques to other Research Fellows: PBMC Isolation, WBC Isolation, Flow Cytometry | Mariana Feijó |
2019/02 - 2020/03 | Teaching Routine Laboratory Techniques to other Research Fellows: PBMC Isolation, WBC Isolation, Flow Cytometry | Débora Ferreira |
2020/01/27 - 2020/01/31 | BeInLab - Estudo da expressão de recetores de superfície em células do sistema imunitário | Diogo Filipe Vendeirinho Neves |
2019/12 - 2020 | Teaching Routine Laboratory Techniques to other Research Fellows: PBMC Isolation, WBC Isolation, Flow Cytometry | Francisco Gama |
2018/01 - 2018/05 | Teaching Routine Laboratory Techniques to other Research Fellows: PBMC Isolation, WBC Isolation, Flow Cytometry | Stephanie Albino |
2017/10 - 2017/12 | Teaching Routine Laboratory Techniques to other Research Fellows: PBMC Isolation, WBC Isolation, Flow Cytometry | Ana Filipa Esteves |
2017/04 - 2017/07 | Teaching Routine Laboratory Techniques to other Research Fellows: PBMC Isolation, WBC Isolation, Flow Cytometry | Joana Viegas |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/06/13 - 2023/06/13 | Project in Biochemistry Evaluation Jury - Andrea Ferreira | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |