Pedro Valada (9A16-26B1-865A)

Curriculum Vitae

Pedro Valada

Pedro Valada. Completed the Mestrado integrado in Biochemistry in 2018/09 by Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia and Licenciatura in Biotechnology in 2015/11 by Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra. Attends the Doutoramento in Bioscience by Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia since 2019/08. Published 1 articles in journals. Participated in 7 event(s). Participates and/or participated as Research Fellow in 1 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Basic Medicine with emphasis on Neurosciences.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Pedro Valada

Citation names

Valada, Pedro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9A16-26B1-865A
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6625-2572
Researcher Id: https://researchid.co/pedrovalada

Email addresses

pedrovalada1991@gmail.com (Professional)

Websites

www.linkedin.com/in/pedro-valada-04410710a (Professional)
https://researchid.co/pedrovalada (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019/08 - 2023 Ongoing	Bioscience (Doutoramento) Major in Neurociências Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Role of adenosine A2A receptor polymorphisms in age-associated brain diseases;" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/09 - 2018/09 Concluded	Biochemistry (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Study of the antimicrobial resistance profile of Helicobacter pylori;" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2011/09 - 2015/11 Concluded	Biotechnology (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal "Immunohistochemical analysis of the spatial relation of primordial germ cells (PGCs) to peripheral nerves in the mouse embryo: are nerves a possible guiding structure for PGCs?" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	12

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/11/30 - 2019/11/30	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2017/05 - 2017/07	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2016/03 - 2016/09	Research Trainee (Research)	Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research, Portugal
	Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research, Portugal
2015/06 - 2015/09	Research Trainee (Research)	Deutsches Primatenzentrum GmbH - Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung, Germany
	Deutsches Primatenzentrum GmbH - Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung, Germany

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2018/11/30 - 2019/11/30	Study of the impact of adenosine receptors in conditions of cerebral pathology, in particular, in Alzheimer's disease. CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000008 Research Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Programa Operacional Centro 2020 Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Almeida, Mariana; Valada, Pedro; Pereira, João Nuno; Leal, Rita; Frade, João; Chaves, Catarina; Gonçalves, Teresa; Nogueira, Célia Santos; Parada, Belmiro. "Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection in the Urology and Kidney Transplantation Unit: Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance". Paper presented in In4Med Conference, 2021. Pliassova, Anna; Ferreira, Samira; Henriques, Margarida; Valada, Pedro; Agostinho, Paula; Cunha, Rodrigo. "Effect of Repeated Restraint Stress On Synaptic Transmission in the Basolateral Complex of the Amygdala - Role of Adenosine A2A Receptors". Paper presented in Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia, 2020. Valada, Pedro; Medeiros, José; Gonçalves, Teresa; Nogueira, Célia. "Molecular detection of Helicobacter pylori antibiotic resistance". Paper presented in Microbiotec’19 Congress, 2019. Pliassova, Anna; Ferreira, Samira; Valada, Pedro; Agostinho, Paula; Cunha, Rodrigo. "Physio(patho)logical role of A2A receptors in the amygdala.". Paper presented in Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (IIIUC) meeting, 2019. Marques, Inês; Abrantes, Ana Margarida; Pires, Salomé; Caramelo, Francisco; Valada, Pedro; Botelho, Filomena. "Radium-223 for Metastatic Prostate Cancer. An attempt to see beyond what is known.". Paper presented in YES - Young European Scientist, 2016. Valada, Pedro; Batista, José Pedro; Teodoro, Ana; Costa-Nunces, João. "Effect of Methylglyoxal, a Glucose mMetabolite, on Angiogenesis.". Paper presented in CIMAGO - Centro de Investigação em Meio Ambiente, Genética e Oncobiologia, 2016. 10.18869/mphbs.2016.133
Journal article	Pedro Valada; Sofia Alçada-Morais; Rodrigo A. Cunha; João Pedro Lopes. "Thebromine Targets Adenosine Receptors to Control Hippocampal Neuronal Function and Damage". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms231810510. 10.3390/ijms231810510 Pedro Valada; Hinz, Sonja; Vielmuth, Christin; Cunha, Rodrigo A.; Müller, Christa E.; Lopes, João P.. "The impact of inosine on hippocampal synaptic transmission and plasticity involves the release of adenosine through equilibrative nucleoside transporters rather than the direct activation of adenosine receptors". Purinergic Signalling (2022): Submitted
Thesis / Dissertation	Valada, Pedro. "Study of the antimicrobial resistance profile of Helicobacter pylori". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2018. "Immunohistochemical analysis of the spatial relation of primordial germ cells (PGCs) to peripheral nerves in the marmoset monkey embryo: are nerves a possible guiding structure for PGCs?". Degree, Deutsches Primatenzentrum GmbH - Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung, 2015.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021/04	Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection in the Urology and Kidney Transplantation Unit: Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance	In4Med Conference Faculty of Medicine of The University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/02/05	Effect of Repeated Restraint Stress On Synaptic Transmission in the Basolateral Complex of the Amygdala - Role of Adenosine A2A Receptors.	SPF Meeting 2020 - Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/10	Physio(patho)logical role of A2A receptors in the amygdala.	Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (IIIUC) meeting Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/09/16	Radium-223 for Metastatic Prostate Cancer. An attempt to see beyond what is known.	YES - Young European Scientist Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/06/05 - 2019/06/05	Coffee, Caffeine and Health. Seminar	Coffee, Caffeine and Health. Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2019/03/01 - 2019/03/29	The Brain Awareness Week 2019 organized by the Centrer for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC) and the Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (ICBR). Meeting	BAW - Brain Awareness Week 2019 Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/11/19 - 2018/11/19	Role of Adenosine A2A Receptors in Immunotherapy. Seminar	Role of Adenosine A2A Receptors in Immunotherapy. Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2018/10/12 - 2018/10/12	Role of Hippocampal Adenosine A2A Receptors in Psychiatric Disorders. Seminar	Role of Hippocampal Adenosine A2A Receptors in Psychiatric Disorders. Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2018/06/19 - 2018/06/19	Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer´s disease. Seminar	Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer´s disease Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2018/03/03 - 2018/03/04	II meet.Lab Coimbra Workshop	II meet.Lab Coimbra Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2017/03/27 - 2017/03/27	Stem Cell Workshop: From Basic Research to Therapeutic Application. Workshop	Stem Cell Workshop: From Basic Research to Therapeutic Application Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021/07 - 2022/06	English Certificate: B2 / C1, provided by Cambridge Assessment English	(Outros)	Cambridge School, Portugal
2020/06/15 - 2020/06/29	Writing in Science	Writing in Science (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/06/01 - 2020/06/12	Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life	Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/05/18 - 2020/05/29	Advanced Neurobiology	Advanced Neurobiology (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/05/03 - 2020/05/14	Synapses, Neurons and Brains.	Synapses, Neurons and Brains (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/02/24 - 2020/02/28	Computational Biology.	Computational Biology. (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2019/09/23 - 2019/10/04	Research and Methods Techniques.	Research and Methods Techniques (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/12/11 - 2017/12/13	Public Speaking	Public Speaking (Outros)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/08/08 - 2017/08/09	Introduction to Laboratory Safety & BSL-2 - Lab Safety Workspace Lab Safety for Scientists;		Centrer for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/04/17 - 2017/04/26	Programming Language and statistical software: phyton and MATLAB. JEST - Junior Enterprise for Science and Tech;	Programming Language and statistical software: phyton and MATLAB. JEST - Junior Enterprise for Science and Tech;	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/07/18 - 2016/07/22	IV Cell Culture and Tissue Training Course - Beyond the Microscope, Culturing Life!	IV Cell Culture and Tissue Training Course - Beyond the Microscope, Culturing Life!	Associação de Apoio ao Centro de Investigação em Meio Ambiente Genética e Oncobiologia, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2020/04 - 2021/07	Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection in the Urology and Kidney Transplantation Unit: Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance.	Mariana Almeida
2018/03 - 2020/02	Bachelor and Master Students Orientation;	Micaela Guímaro; Mariana Afonso; Rita Domingues; ; Mariana Almeida;