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Catarina Carvalhas-Almeida holds a Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from the Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC, Portugal, 2013–2016), a Master's in Cellular and Molecular Biology with a specialization in Neurobiology from the University of Coimbra (UC, Portugal, 2016–2018), and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC (2021–present). During her Master's program, Catarina conducted her thesis research at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes in Ana Sebastião’s group. Following her MSc, she became a research technician in Megan Carey’s Lab at the Champalimaud Foundation Center for the Unknown, where she was responsible for implementing behavioral assays using optogenetics and viral tools, while managing multiple neuroscience research projects. She then secured a research fellowship in Cláudia Cavadas’s group at the Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology - University of Coimbra (CNC-UC), under the HealthyAgeing2020 project (ref. CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000012). Her work focused on investigating the impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea—a highly prevalent sleep disorder—on aging. Catarina's passion for sleep and circadian biology led her to pursue a Ph.D. funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). Her Ph.D. project entitled "Glial Clocks, Biomarkers, and Disease Modeling of Sleep Disorders," is supervised by Dr. Ana Rita Álvaro, Professor Cláudia Cavadas, and Professor Amita Sehgal. The research is conducted in collaboration with the CNC-UC and the Chronobiology & Sleep Institute at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. During her Ph.D., Catarina was awarded a Fulbright Grant for Research, an FCT scholarship, and a FLAD award, enabling her to work as a visiting graduate student in the United States. Specializing in sleep, chronobiology, aging, neurobiology, and gene therapy, Catarina has significantly contributed to research projects in collaboration with hospitals and a research institution in the United States. She is the author or co-author of 11 peer-reviewed publications, 17 abstracts, 52 oral communications, and has received 31 academic awards. Beyond research, Catarina is actively engaged in teaching, mentoring, science communication, and public outreach initiatives. Her work includes creating educational content, leading awareness campaigns, and participating in events designed to bridge the gap between science and society.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Catarina Isabel Carvalhas de Almeida

Citation names

  • Almeida, Catarina
  • Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
901F-0194-5041
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4942-8249

Addresses

  • Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology. Faculdade de Medicina, Polo I, Rua Larga, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-504, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/11/01 - 2024/12/01
Ongoing
 Programa Doutoral em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2024/02/01
Ongoing
 EIT health Ageing PhD School (Doutoramento)
EIT Health, Germany
2022/11/01 - 2023/03/31
Concluded
 UC Biotech Stars (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/02/08 - 2020/02/08
Concluded
 IELTS (Diploma de especialização)
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

British Council Portugal, Portugal
Band score 7.5 - C1
2018/10/20 - 2018/11/30
Concluded
 Course on Laboratory Animal Science for Function B, (FELASA, Cat.B) (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2016/09/10 - 2018/09/30
Concluded
 Cell and Molecular Biology with Neurobiology specialization (Mestrado)
Major in Neurobiolgy
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Relevance of astrocytes/microglia communication for NLRP3 signalling in the CNS – proof of concept in an ex vivo model of epilepsy" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18/20
2013/09/12 - 2016/07/29
Concluded
 Biotechnology (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
"Evaluate the mutation c.900_901dupGT effect of the GRN gene in immune response and autophagy: A study in heterozygous and homozygous patients" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15/20
2015/09/01 - 2016/02/29
Concluded
 Biotechnology (Bachelor (1st cycle))
Mendelova univerzita v Brne, Czech Republic
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/01/01 - 2025/06/30 Research Assistant (Research) Fundación Mapfre, Spain
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Research Trainee (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/09/15 - 2024/06/15 Visiting Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, United States
2019/12/01 - 2020/12/31 Research Assistant (Research) CNC.IBILI, Portugal
Neuroendrocrinology and Aging Group, Cavadas' Laboratory - CNC.IBILI, Portugal
2019/07/01 - 2019/11/30 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/06/30 Research Assistant (Research) Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
Megan Carey's Laboratory - Fundação Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/05/01 - 2018/09/30 MSc Thesis Student Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
Ana Sebastião's Laboratory - Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2016/04/01 - 2016/08/31 BSc Thesis Student CNC.IBILI, Portugal
Vectors and Gene Therapy Group - Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology - CNC, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2015/07/01 - 2015/07/31 Summer Internship Sonae Indústria, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/12/01 - 2020/11/30 "HEALTHYAGING 2020 (CENTR0-01-0145-FEDER-000012)"
CENTR0-01-0145-FEDER-000012
Other
CNC.IBILI, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2019/06/30 ”Undestanding the role of climbing fiber inputs to the cerebellum” and ”Dissecting the role of cerebellar cortex vs. deep cerebellar nucleus on eyelid conditioning”.
640093
Research Technician Fellow
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal

Megan Carey's Laboratory - Fundação Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022 - 2023/06/30 Sleep 2 be happy ResMed Foundation
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Álvaro, Ana Rita ; Varela Amaral, Sara; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Gaspar, L.S.; Cavadas, Claudia. A Saúde no Saber: um projeto de promoção de literacia em saúde. Portugal: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. 2023.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Durães, João; Ribeiro Rocha, Elza; Lima, Marisa; Barros, Francisco; Bernardes, Catarina; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Bárbara Santos; et al. "REST-ACTIVITY RHYTHMS IN DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: ASSOCIATIONS WITH CLINICAL FINDINGS AND CSF BIOMARKERS". Paper presented in 38ª Reunião do Grupo de Estudos de Envelhecimento Cerebral e Demência, 2024.
    Published
  2. Gaspar, Laetitia S; Hesse, Janina; Yalcin, Müge; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; et al. "The impact of obstructive sleep apnea treatment with continuous positive airway pressure on the biological clock". Paper presented in 16th World Sleep Congress, 2022.
    Published • 10.1016/j.sleep.2022.05.159
  3. Gaspar, Laetitia S; Koritala, Bala S; Bhadri SS; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; et al. "Obstructive sleep apnea impact on physiology: insights from a mouse model and a case-control study". Paper presented in 16th World Sleep Congress, 2022.
    10.1016/j.sleep.2022.05.702
  4. Santos, Bárbara; Gaspar, Laetitia S; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Lopes, Rita; Santos-Carvalho, Ana; Barros-Viegas, Ana Teresa; Cavadas, Claudia; Álvaro, Ana Rita ; Santos-Carvalho, Ana. "Screening and awareness of obstructive sleep apnea: from bench to society". Paper presented in 25th Congress of the European-Sleep-Research-Society (ESRS), Sevilha, 2020.
    Published
  5. Gaspar, Laetitia S; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Barros-Viegas, Ana Teresa; Carmo-Silva, Sara; Teixeira, Fátima; Ferreira, Mafalda; et al. "Obstructive sleep apnea impacts on hallmarks of cellular and molecular aging". Paper presented in 25th Congress of the European-Sleep-Research-Society (ESRS), Sevilha, 2020.
    Published
  6. Barros-Viegas, Ana Teresa; Gaspar, Laetitia S; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Lopes, Rita; Santos-Carvalho, Ana; Cardoso, João; et al. "Science communication as a successful strategy for sleep awareness". Paper presented in 25th Congress of the European-Sleep-Research-Society (ESRS), Sevilha, 2020.
    Published
  7. Santos, Bárbara; Gaspar, Laetitia S; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Lopes, Rita; Santos-Carvalho, Ana; Barros-Viegas, Ana Teresa; Cavadas, Claudia; Álvaro, Ana Rita. "Secreening and Awareness of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: from Research to Society". Paper presented in Journal of Sleep Research, 2020.
    Published • 10.1111/jsr.13181
  8. Almeida, Catarina; Ribeiro, Antónia F.; Sebastião, Ana M; Cláudia A. Valente. "NLRP3 Inflammasome assembly in microglia-induced reactive astrocytes". Paper presented in XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN2019) published at the Journal Frontiers in Cell. Neurosci. doi: 10.3389/conf.fncel.2019.01.00019, Lisbon, 2019.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Gaspar, Laetitia S; Koritala, Bala S. C.; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas de Almeida, Catarina; Bhadri, Shweta S.; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; et al. "Unraveling the Molecular and Physiological Impacts of OSA and Its Treatment on the Biological Clock: insights from animal and human studies". Paper presented in Research Seminar promoted by the European Respiratory Society on ¿Sleep apnoea and its consequences: from animal models to precision medicine¿, 2024.
  2. Gaspar, Laetitia S; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas de Almeida, Catarina; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; Cavadas, Claudia; Álvaro, Ana Rita. "Impact of Obstructive sleep apnea on DNA Methylation and Epigenetic Aging Markers". Paper presented in 3rd RESETageing Conference, 2023.
  3. Gaspar, Laetitia S; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas de Almeida, Catarina; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; Cavadas, Claudia; Álvaro, Ana Rita. "From Apnea to Aging: Insights into the impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and its treatment on DNA Methylation and Epigenetic Aging.". Paper presented in 17th World Sleep Congress, 2023.
  4. Caetano, Carolina; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas de Almeida, Catarina; Gaspar, Laetitia S; Correia, Marta Quatorze; Santos-Carvalho, Ana; Barros-Viegas, Ana Teresa; et al. "Dormir com consCiência". Paper presented in SciCom Pt, 2023.
  5. Montenegro , Mario; Moreira , Francisca; Gaspar, Laetitia S; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas de Almeida, Catarina; Barros-Viegas, Ana Teresa; Cardoso, João; et al. "The Dream Machine: a science and theatre hybrid communication format experiment.". Paper presented in PSCT (Public Communication of Science and Technology) Conference 2023, 2023.
  6. Gaspar, Laetitia S; Hesse, Janina; Yalcin, Müge; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas de Almeida, Catarina; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; et al. "Obstructive sleep apnea clock (dys)regulation: Potential applications in osa diagnosis and treatment?". Paper presented in 26th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, 2022.
  7. Gaspar, Laetitia S; Koritala, Bala S. C.; Bhadri, Shweta S.; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas de Almeida, Catarina; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; et al. "Obstructive Sleep Apnea impact on Physiology: insights from a cohort study and a mouse model.". Paper presented in Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB) Meeting, Coimbra, Portugal, 2022.
  8. "Insomnia patient-derived iPSC neurons with potential for disease modeling". Paper presented in World Sleep Congress 2022, 2022.
  9. Santos, Bárbara; Gaspar, Laetitia S; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Moita, Joaquim; Cavadas, Claudia; Álvaro, Ana Rita. "The impact of obstructive sleep apnea and its treatment in cellular and molecular aging". Paper presented in 16th World Sleep Congress, 2022.
  10. Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Pereira de Almeida, Luis ; Cavadas, Claudia; Pedro Perdigão; Álvaro, Ana Rita. "Characterization iPSC-derived neuronal cells with potential for disease modeling of human insomnia". Paper presented in 12th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies, 2022.
  11. Gaspar, Laetitia S; Hesse, Janina; Yalçin, Müge; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas de Almeida, Catarina; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; et al. "Obstructive sleep apnea and clock dysfunction: any connection with climate changes?". Paper presented in BEBday 2022, 2022.
  12. Carvalhas de Almeida, Catarina; Pereira de Almeida, Luis ; Cavadas, Claudia; Perdigão, Pedro*; Álvaro, Ana Rita* . Corresponding author: Perdigão, Pedro*. "Establishing iPSC-derived neuronal cell model to study human insomnia pathophysiology". Paper presented in XVI Symposium of Experimental Biology and Biomedicine Doctoral Programme, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 2022.
  13. Santos, Bárbara; Gaspar, Laetitia S; Carvalhas de Almeida, Catarina; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; Cavadas, Claudia; Álvaro, Ana Rita. "Unravelling the role of extracellular vesicles as key mediators of aging triggered by obstructive sleep apnea". Paper presented in BEB day 2022, 2022.
  14. Gaspar, Laetitia S; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Barros-Viegas, Ana Teresa; Carmo-Silva, Sara; Teixeira, Fátima; Moita, Joaquim; Claudia Cavadas; Álvaro, Ana Rita. "Using patients’ blood samples to better understand the impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Aging". Paper presented in JRC Summer School on Non-animal approaches in Science 2021, European Commission, 2021.
  15. Santos, Bárbara; Gaspar, Laetitia S; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Barros-Viegas, Ana Teresa; Teixeira, Fátima; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; Cavadas, Claudia; Álvaro, Ana Rita. "Unraveling the impact of obstructive sleep apnea on senescent associate secretory phenotype". Paper presented in Sleep and Breathing, 2021.
  16. Gaspar, Laetitia S; Hesse, Janina; Yalçin, Müge; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; et al. "Exploring the impact of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure treatment on biological clock disruption in Obstructive Sleep Apnea patients.". Paper presented in ERS/ESRS Sleep & Breathing Conference, 2021.
  17. Santos, Bárbara; Gaspar, Laetitia S; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Lopes, Rita; Santos-Carvalho, Ana; Barros-Viegas, Ana Teresa; Cavadas, Claudia; Álvaro, Ana Rita. "Screening and Awareness of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: from Research to Society". Paper presented in 25th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, 2020.
  18. Gaspar, Laetitia S; Santos, Bárbara; Santos-Carvalho, Ana; Carmo-Silva, Sara; Teixeira, Fátima; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; et al. "Obstructive Sleep Apnea as an Aging Trigger: Insights from Biological Clocks.". Paper presented in Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB) Meeting, Coimbra, Portugal, 2019.
  19. Santos, Bárbara; Gaspar, Laetitia; Santos-Carvalho, Ana; Carmo-Silva, Sara; Teixeira, Fátima; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; et al. "Unraveling the impact of obstructive sleep apnea on cellular aging". Paper presented in 1st PhD Annual Meeting in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2019.
  20. F. Ribeiro, Antónia; Almeida, Catarina; Sebastião, Ana M; Cláudia, A. Valente. "NLRP3 Inflammasome assembly in microglia-induced reactive astrocytes". Paper presented in XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN2019), 2019.
  21. Gaspar, Laetitia S; Santos, Bárbara; Carmo-Silva, Sara; Santos-Carvalho, Ana; Moita, Joaquim; Cavadas, Cláudia; Álvaro, Ana Rita ; et al. "Obstructive Sleep Apnea as an Aging Trigger: from Mechanisms to Biomarkers.". Paper presented in Neuroscience and Disease CIBB retreat, Coimbra, Portugal, 2019.
  22. Almeida, Catarina; Ribeiro, Antónia; Sebastião, Ana M; Cláudia A. Valente. "Microglia-dependent activation of NLRP3 inflammasome within astrocytes". Paper presented in Mind-Brain College 4th Annual Meeting, 2018.
  23. Almeida, Catarina; Sebastião, Ana M; Cláudia A. Valente. "Is astrocytes/microglia communication relevant for NLRP3 signalling in the brain?". Paper presented in FENS Forum Annual Meeting - Berlin, 2018, 2018.
  24. Almeida, Catarina. "How does astrocytes/microglia communication impact NLRP3 signalling in the CNS?". Paper presented in Portuguese Glial Network - III Symposium i3S, Porto, 2018.
  25. Almeida, Catarina; Sebastião, Ana M; Cláudia A. Valente. "Relevance of astrocytes/microglia communication for NLRP3 signalling in the CNS – proof of concept in an ex vivo model of epilepsy". Paper presented in SynaNet 2nd Annual Scientific Meeting, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Helena Leal; Catarina Carvalhas-Almeida; Ana Rita Álvaro; Cláudia Cavadas. "Modeling hypothalamic pathophysiology in vitro for metabolic, circadian, and sleep disorders". Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tem.2024.01.001.
    10.1016/j.tem.2024.01.001
  2. Gaspar, Laetitia S.; Smith, David F.; Pyakurel, Santoshi; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; et al. Corresponding author: Álvaro, Ana Rita. "Treatment with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Alters Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Signatures of Obstructive Sleep Apnea". European Respiratory Journal (2024):
    Submitted
  3. Catarina Carvalhas-Almeida; Joana Serra; Joaquim Moita; Cláudia Cavadas; Ana Rita Alvaro. "Understanding neuron-glia crosstalk and biological clocks in insomnia". Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105100.
    10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105100
  4. Catarina Carvalhas-Almeida; Cláudia Cavadas; Ana Rita Álvaro. "The impact of insomnia on frailty and the hallmarks of aging". Aging Clinical and Experimental Research (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-022-02310-w.
    10.1007/s40520-022-02310-w
  5. Catarina Almeida. "Peripheral biomarkers to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis". Sleep Medicine Reviews 64 (2022): 101659-101659. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101659.
    10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101659
  6. Gaspar, Laetitia S.; Hesse, Janina; Yalçin, Müge; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Ferreira, Mafalda; Moita, Joaquim; et al. "Long-term continuous positive airway pressure treatment ameliorates biological clock disruptions in obstructive sleep apnea". EBioMedicine 65 (2021): 103248. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103248.
    10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103248
  7. Gaspar, Laetitia; Santos, Bárbara; Barros-Viegas, Ana T.; Cardoso, Joao; Varela Amaral, Sara; Almeida, Catarina; Cavadas, Claudia; Álvaro, Ana Rita ; Santos-Carvalho, Ana. "The Superpowers of our Sleep". Frontiers for Young Minds (2020):
    Submitted • Assistant staff
Magazine article
  1. Santos, Bárbara; Álvaro, Ana Rita ; Barros-Viegas, Ana Teresa; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Cavadas, Claudia; Moita, Joaquim; Gaspar, Laetitia S; Estêvão, Maria Helena. "Por que razão a luz dos dispositivos electrónicos afecta o sono?", Público, 2021, https://www.publico.pt/2021/03/17/ciencia/noticia/luz-dispositivos-electronicos-afecta-sono-1954190?fbclid=IwAR0AyqddS-1hofqbvePsN1-0hJaYqxrpkec-rQq1XYLum04M35cJ0wZAQgo.
Newspaper article
  1. Álvaro, Ana Rita ; Barros-Viegas, Ana Teresa; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas de Almeida, Catarina; Cavadas, Claudia; Moita, Joaquim; Gaspar, Laetitia S; Estevão, Maria Helena. "Por que razão a luz dos dispositivos electrónicos afecta o sono? (The impact of electronic devices on sleep)", Jornal "O Público", 2021, https://www.publico.pt/2021/03/17/ciencia/noticia/luz-dispositivos-electronicos-afecta-sono-1954190.
Website
  1. Almeida, Catarina. "O que é a COVID-19?" "What is COVID-19?". 2020. https://www.uc.pt/covid19/article?preview=true&key=a-bbf31d2c49.
  2. Gaspar, Laetitia S; Carvalhas-Almeida, Catarina; Santos, Bárbara; Álvaro, Ana Rita. SleepApneaID. 2020. https://sleepapneaid.wixsite.com/online.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Álvaro, Ana Rita ; Gaspar, Laetitia S; Santos, Bárbara; Carvalhas de Almeida, Catarina; Cavadas, Claudia. 2024. "ApneaScreener - Innovation in the diagnosis and monitoring of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome". Portugal.
    Pending
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2017/09/23 Relevance of astrocytes/microglia communication for NLRP3 signalling in the CNS – proof of concept in an ex vivo model of epilepsy IMM Neurosciences Seminar
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, University of Lisbon (Coimbra, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/12/15 - 2024/05/15 World Sleep Day 2020-present: Organization and Participation in the World Sleep Day related events in collaboration with Associação Portuguesa do Sono (APS). (2020/03/13 - 2024/03/20)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 CNC.IBILI, Portugal

Associação Portuguesa do Sono, Portugal
2017/11/01 - 2018/02/07 XLVIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society (2018/02/05 - 2018/02/07)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/01/29 Organizing Comitee of SynaNet 3rd Annual Meeting (2018/01/16 - 2018/01/18)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/03/30 - 2020/06/30 Participated in different activities for the diagnosis of COVID-19, including sample processing, virus inactivation and RT-PCR.
Other
 Volunteer for COVID-19 diagnosis at COVID-19 UC Lab, Laboratório de Análises Clínicas, University of Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/02/05 - 2020/02/07 L Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society is the main conference in Portugal that represents the scientific progress in Experimental Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology.
Meeting
 L Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/12/01 - 2020/01/31 The basics of Research Data Management
Other
 The basics of Research Data Management
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/12/19 - 2019/12/20 The CIBB meeting 2019 at the Unidade Central Polo III, University of Coimbra, helps to promote and strengthen the scientific excellence of different Research Centres located in Coimbra.
Meeting
 Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB) Meeting
CNC.IBILI, Portugal
2019/11/21 - 2019/11/21 From Knowledge to Market, a Tech Intensive Entrepreneurship Session/ FuEL Your Ambition - Workshop is an immersive session on the potential for commercial exploration of knowledge/technology developed by groups of researchers and other entrepreneurs, bringing a Belgian company with over 50 years of experience in this technology transfer and prototyping to help scientists translate their research.
Workshop
 From Knowledge to Market, a Tech Intensive Entrepreneurship Session/ FuEL Your Ambition - Workshop
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal

Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal
2018/07/07 - 2018/07/11 FENS Forum Annual Meeting 2018, at Berlin, Germany is the biggest european congress for neuroscience, presenting the latest research on different neuroscience-related fields.
Congress
 FENS Forum Annual Meeting
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2018/06/11 - 2018/06/16 SynaNet 2018 Summer School: ”Signals from the brain” practical workshops and talks about electrophisiology, calcium imaging and techniques to study cell-to-cell communication. Fostering of international scientific collaborations. Twinning action financed by H2020 - Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders: from synapses to networks (SynaNet), Portugal
Workshop
 SynaNet 2018 Summer School: ”Signals from the brain”
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
2018/05/18 - 2018/05/18 The Portuguese Glial Network gathers portuguese researchers, as well as foreign researchers, who are interested in the role of glial cells in the function of the nervous system, in health and disease conditions.
Symposium
 Portuguese Glial Network - III Symposium
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018/02/20 - 2018/02/21 2nd Ed. of the Workshop Career Development and Soft Skills for young scientists – From Lisbon to the World is focused on training scientists to be excellent researchers and inspiring leaders. The scientific training is complemented with soft skills training, which are useful both in academic and industrial environments and was conducted by leaders from R&D Pierre Fabre, Institute Curie Paris and University College London.
Workshop
 Second Edition of the Workshop Career Development and Soft Skills for young scientists – From Lisbon to the World
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2018/02/05 - 2018/02/07 XLVIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society is the main conference in Portugal that represents the scientific progress in Experimental Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology.
Meeting
 XLVIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/01/16 - 2018/01/18 SynaNet 2nd Annual Scientific Meeting and Satellite Symposium on ”Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders” comprises the consorciam of four different European Universities: University of Lisbon, Portugal; La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Kwopio University of Eastern Finland, Finland; Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Symposium
 SynaNet 2nd Annual Scientific Meeting and Satellite Symposium on ”Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders”
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2017/12/12 - 2017/12/14 Talks and practical workshops about the Basics of Flow Cytometry. Fostering of international scientific collaborations. Twinning action financed by H2020 - Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders: from synapses to networks (SynaNet), Portugal
Workshop
 SynaNet Winter School and Workshop on Basics of Flow Cytometry
Itä-Suomen yliopisto - Kuopion kampus, Finland
2017/10/19 - 2017/10/20 The Mind-Brain College of the University of Lisbon integrates 7 Schools (Faculdade de Ciências (FCUL), Faculdade de Farmácia (FFUL), Faculdade de Letras (FLUL), Faculdade de Medicina (FMUL), Faculdade de Psicologia (FPUL), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) e Instituto de Ciências Socias (ICS), which organize every year a meeting to connect research centers in essential areas important to the mind and brain studies.
Meeting
 3rd Students Meeting of Mind-Brain College
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/09/25 - 2017/09/29 Seminars and practical courses on animal models to study neurologic diseases and behaviour and workshop on career development. Fostering of international scientific collaborations. Twinning action financed by H2020 - Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders: from synapses to networks (SynaNet), Portugal
Workshop
 SynaNet Summer School “Behavioural Models of Disease – Diverse Routes to Translation” and “Developing your Career” Workshop
Lancaster University, United Kingdom
2016/11/29 - 2016/11/29 New Perspectives in Academic Careers in Portugal held by the American Society for Microbiology is about the prospects for researchers focusing on academic careers. Additionally, they provide a workshop on Scientific Writing and Publishing for young researchers to improve their skills on writing and publishing.
Conference
 New Perspectives in Academic Careers in Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/11/18 - 2016/11/19 1st International Symposium is an event that promotes the discussion on fundamental and translational research in stem cell biology applied to the central nervous system where a group of leading researchers from all over the world discuss their work, sharing recent findings on 2D and 3D in vitro neuronal models, stem cell transplantation, in vivo gene therapy and neural tissue engineering.
Symposium
 1st International Symposium ”Brain With Out Borders”
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/07/18 - 2016/07/22 Seminars and practical hands-on workshops on Cell Culture and Tissue theoretical and practical training.
Workshop
 IV Cell Culture and Tissue Training Course
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2018/04/01 - 2020/02/27 Portuguese Glial Network Member
Distinctions

Award

2024 [Individual award] FLAD R&D@PhD USA fellowship to support living costs in the United States.
2024 [Group Award] Thomé Villar / Boehringer Ingelheim Award 2024, 1st Prize, ex-aequo. Award for the best scientific research work on the Pulmonology field. Project: Gene Expression Profiling and DNA Methylation Patterns in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Impact of
2024 [Individual award] Best oral communication award at PharmaDay 2024, a meeting of the students of the PhD Programme in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024 [Group Award] Liborio Parrino Award 1st edition - Distinguished Activity Award for the 2024 World Sleep Day Celebration
2024 [Group Award] Promoção da Cultura Científica 2024 - A Good Sleep Under the Stars: An animated series - Série Animada
2023 [Individual award] Fulbright Grant for Research with the support of FCT (2023/2024)
Fulbright Portugal, Portugal
2023 [Individual award] Travel grant to attend the FENS Forum Regional Meeting 2023, Algarve, Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2023 [Individual award] Best graphical abstract award 2023 - BEB day, a meeting of the students of the PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 [Group award] BiotechSTARS 2023. Award for the best business idea. Project: ApneaScreener
2023 [Group Award] Distinguished Activity Award for the 2023 World Sleep Day Celebration, by the World Sleep Society.
2023 [Group Award] Research Grants IGNACIO H. DE LARRAMENDI 2023 - Mapfre Foundation for the project: InsomniaO’clock - new technology to insomnia detection algorithm
Fundación Mapfre, Spain
2022 [Group award] "Promoção da Cultura Científica" Award. Distinguishes projects from the University of Coimbra that bridge science and culture and engage society in science. Project: Science also sleeps: raising awareness about good (and bad) sleep habits.
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 [Group Award] Thomé Villar Award 2022, 1st Prize, ex-aequo. Award for the best scientific research work on the Pulmonology field. Project: OSAging: the effect of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on cellular and molecular aging.
2022 [Group Award] Thomé Villar Award 2022, 1st Prize, ex-aequo. Award for the best scientific research work on the Pulmonology field.Project: Contribution of intermittent hypoxia to clock dysregulation in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: insights from a mouse model
2021 [Group award] SPP Robalo Cordeiro 2021 Award, by the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology. Award for the best scientific research work on the Respiratory field. Project: Obstructive Sleep Apnea as an Aging Trigger: from Mechanisms to Biomarkers.
2021 [Group Award] Distinguished Activity Award for the 2021 World Sleep Day Celebration, by the World Sleep Society.
2020 [Group Award] Selected for Scicare Novartis Program - Total Immersion Week - for biotech entrepreneurship
Novartis Farma SA, Portugal
2020 [Group award] 730 years UC Award. Distinguishes innovative academic projects, under the celebrations of the 730 years of the University of Coimbra. Project: The Dreams Machine, a theatre representation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
2020 [Group award] Distinguished Activity Award for the 2020 World Sleep Day Activities, by the World Sleep Society.
2019 [Group award] Best Pitch From Knowledge to Market, a Tech Intensive Entrepreneurship Session/ FuEL Your Ambition - Workshop
Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal

Other distinction

2015 Erasmus+ Mobility Fellowship for my BSc in Biotecnology (winter semester of 2015/2016) at Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic
Erasmus Plus, Belgium

Mendelova univerzita v Brne, Czech Republic

Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal