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Catarina Leitão is a Biologist with a Master's degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology. Catarina completed her Biology degree at the University of Aveiro in 2016, after a nine months curricular internship in Spain under the Erasmus+ programme, which was achieved in collaboration with the Centro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas. In 2018, Catarina also completed her Master's degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology, with a thesis entitled "Impact of an astrocytic pathology on hippocampal memory" in Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, at University of Coimbra. Catarina participated in three poster and oral presentations in national and international conferences. In 2019, Catarina joined iBiMED (Institute of Biomedicine) in Aveiro, as a research fellow under Doctor Bruno Neves's supervision. Currently, she is a PhD student in Biomedicine at the University of Aveiro and she is developing her PhD project under the supervision of Doctor Teresa Herdeiro, Doctor Margarida Fardilha and Doctor Fátima Roque (IPG). The project “Impact of the nutritional state and inflammation of Prostate Cancer” aims to identify the relationship between lifestyle and inflammation in order to better understand which factors can lead to prostate cancer development and progression and consequently, search and establishment of novel tools that can complement the use of PSA screening. This will allow the identification of men at highest risk of developing aggressive disease, which is imperative to prevent lethal prostate cancer and prevent the unnecessary treatment of men that may never develop serious symptoms.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Catarina Isabel Moreira Leitão

Citation names

  • Leitão, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9C15-E6EA-7091
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1262-0453

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 915468330 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Av. Repatriamento dos Poveiros, nº489 6ºAK, 4490-404, Póvoa de Varzim, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/04 - 2025
Ongoing
 Biomedicine (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2016/09/12 - 2018/09/07
Concluded
 Cellular and Molecular Biology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
"Impact of an astrocytic pathology on hippocampal memory" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2012/09/10 - 2016/06/15
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Influence of the skin microbial community in the sensitivity of tadpoles of Pelophylax perezi to metals" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2015/10/05 - 2016/06/10
Concluded
 Internship in Erasmus+ program, at Brain Protein Malfunction laboratory (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Centro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas, Spain
"Generation and preliminary characterization of recombinant prions with a myristoyl GPI anchor mimic" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/05/10 - 2014/06/21
Concluded
 7th Edition of the Introduction to Forensic Sciences Course (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/08/10 - 2021/01 Bolseira /Técnica Superior no Apoio ao Reforço de Emergência de Equipamentos Sociais e de Saúde -049/MAREES (Rastreio Covid-19) Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2019/04/17 - 2020/01/16 Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/09/07 Master's Thesis, at Neuromodulation group; Grade: 18/20 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2015/10/05 - 2016/06/10 Internship in Erasmus+ program, at Brain Protein Malfunction laboratory; Grade: 20/20 Centro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/04/17 - 2020/01/16 Endoplasmic reticulum stress in dendritic cells and macrophages' immunobiology
UID/BIM/04501/2019
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
 Universidade de Aveiro
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 CNC. IBILI
UID/NEU/04539/2019
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Clínica e Biomédica de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Roque, Maria de Fátima dos Santos Marques; Fardilha, Margarida; Herdeiro, Maria Teresa. "Health professionals’ perceptions about lifestyle role in prostate cancer – a focus group study ". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2023, 2023.
  2. Leitão, Catarina; Roque, Maria de Fátima dos Santos Marques; Fardilha, M.; Herdeiro, Maria Teresa. Corresponding author: Leitão, Catarina. "Exploring general population's perceptions on lifestyle and prostate cancer - a systematic review protocol". Paper presented in VI iBiMED Symposium - From fundamental research to clinical practice, 2023.
  3. Leitão, Catarina; Roque, Maria de Fátima dos Santos Marques; Fardilha, M.; Herdeiro, Maria Teresa. Corresponding author: Leitão, Catarina. "Exploring general population's perceptions on lifestyle and prostate cancer - a systematic review". Paper presented in VI iBiMED Symposium - From fundamental research to clinical practice, 2023.
  4. Leitão, Catarina; Fardilha, Margarida; Fátima Roque; Herdeiro, Maria Teresa. "Prostate cancer, lifestyle, and inflammation: how are they related?". Paper presented in Scientific Advisory Board visit, 2022.
  5. Pereira, Malene; Amaral, Inês; Lopes, João; Lopes, Cátia; Leitão, Catarina; Cunha, Rodrigo A.; Agostinho, Paula. "Pharmacological approaches to imping astrocytic function: impact on mouse Hippocampal LTP". Paper presented in 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience in Berlin, 2018.
  6. Leitão, Catarina; Amaral, Inês; Pereira, Marlene; Cunha, Rodrigo A.; Agostinho, Paula. "Astrocyte pathology is sufficient to trigger hippocampal synaptic dysfunction and memory loss in mice". Paper presented in III Symposium of Portuguese Glial Network, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Catarina Leitão; Marta Estrela; Luís Monteiro; Margarida Fardilha; Herdeiro MT; Fátima Roque. "Health Professionals’ Perceptions about Prostate Cancer—A Focus Group Study". Cancers (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/17/3005.
    10.3390/cancers16173005
  2. Marta Estrela; Catarina Leitão; Tânia Magalhães Silva; Adolfo Figueiras; Fátima Roque; Maria Teresa Herdeiro. "Insights on COVID-19 Vaccination in Portugal: A Qualitative Study among Health Professionals and Teachers". Vaccines (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10121984.
    10.3390/vaccines10121984
  3. Catarina Leitão; Bárbara Matos; Fátima Roque; Maria Teresa Herdeiro; Margarida Fardilha. "The Impact of Lifestyle on Prostate Cancer: A Road to the Discovery of New Biomarkers". Journal of Clinical Medicine 11 10 (2022): 2925-2925. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11102925.
    10.3390/jcm11102925
  4. Catarina Leitão; Anna Mignano; Marta Estrela; Margarida Fardilha; Adolfo Figueiras; Fátima Roque; Maria Teresa Herdeiro. "The Effect of Nutrition on Aging—A Systematic Review Focusing on Aging-Related Biomarkers". Nutrients (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14030554.
    10.3390/nu14030554
  5. Pereira, Marlene F.; Amaral, Inês M.; Lopes, Cátia; Leitão, Catarina; Madeira, Daniela; Lopes, João P.; Gonçalves, Francisco Q.; et al. "L-a-aminoadipate causes astrocyte pathology with negative impact on mouse hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory". The FASEB Journal 35 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.202100336r.
    Published • 10.1096/fj.202100336r
  6. Calmeiro, João; Mendes, Luís; Duarte, Iola F.; Leitão, Catarina; Tavares, Adriana R.; Ferreira, Daniel Alexandre; Gomes, Célia; et al. "In-Depth Analysis of the Impact of Different Serum-Free Media on the Production of Clinical Grade Dendritic Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy". Frontiers in Immunology 11 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.593363.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fimmu.2020.593363
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Leitão, Catarina. "Leitão, Catarina. 2018. "Impact of an astrocytic pathology on hippocampal memory". Dissertação de Mestrado". Master, 2018.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018/02/06 7.1. - Intracerebroventricular administration of a gliotoxin impairs hippocampal synaptic function and memory XLVIII Meeting of Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (SPF) (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/08/10 - Current Logistics (Samples reception and cleaning); Processing (virus inactivation and automatic RNA extraction with Chemagic360 extractor; RT-qPCR for the detection of SARS-CoV-2
Other
 Apoio ao Reforço de Emergência de Equipamentos Sociais e de Saúde -04/MAREESS/20
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2019/06/27 - 2019/06/27 V Post-Graduate Symposium in Biomedicine - Aveiro, Portugal: PhD students shared their research results and ideas, opened discussions about recent achievements and the latest technical research advancements and concepts.
Symposium
 V Post-Graduate Symposium in Biomedicine
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2018/05/18 - 2018/05/18 III Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network - Porto, Portugal: Gather and sharing information abou glial cells' studies
Symposium
 III Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018/02/05 - 2018/02/07 XLVIII Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology - Lisboa, Portugal: Scientific discussion on experimental and clinical pharmacological and toxicological research
Meeting
 XLVIII Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, XXXVI Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology and XVII Meeting of Toxicology
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016/11/18 - 2016/11/19 1st International Symposium Brain With]Out[Borders - Coimbra, Portugal: Researchers promote discussion on fundamental and translational research in stem cell biology applied to the central nervous system
Symposium
 1st International Symposium Brain With]Out[Borders (2016) - Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/03/18 - 2016/03/22 XIX National Meeting of Biology Students - Coimbra, Portugal Several cientists are invited to talk about their area of expertise and on the last day, students have a workshop of their choice: "Synaptosomes as models of presynaptic dysfunction in brain pathologies - the role of the mitochondria".
Meeting
 XIX National Meeting of Biology Students
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015/12/01 - 2015/12/02 4th lberian Congress on Prions - Lisbon: - prion structure and biology; - prion diseases in animals; - prion diseases and prion-like diseases in humans
Congress
 4th lberian Congress on Prions
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
2015/03/27 - 2015/03/31 XVIII National Meeting of Biology Students - Braga, Portugal: Several cientists are invited to talk about their area of expertise and on the last day, students have a workshop of their choice: "New perspectives in the study of hair - biological foundations and applications"
Meeting
 XVIII National Meeting of Biology Students
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014/04/12 - 2014/04/15 XVII National Meeting of Biology Students - Faro, Portugal: Several cientists are invited to talk about their area of expertise and on the last day, students have a workshop of their choice: "Evolutionary Biology";
Meeting
 XVII National Meeting of Biology Students (2014) - Faro, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2013/03/23 - 2013/03/26 XVI National Meeting of Biology Students - Vila Real, Portugal: Several cientists are invited to talk about their area of expertise and on the last day, students have a workshop of their choice: "Orientation and Survival"
Meeting
 XVI National Meeting of Biology Students - Vila Real
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2018 - Current Portuguese Glial Network