Ana Margarida Duarte Salgueiro (9C16-09F2-7174)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Margarida Duarte Salgueiro

Ana Margarida Duarte Salgueiro is a researcher at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC-UC) in the “Gene and Stem Cell Therapies for Brain Disorders” group. She completed her integrated master's in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Coimbra in September 2022, earning a distinction (18/20) for her thesis on gene therapy strategies for Huntington's Disease.¿ Ana contributed to two projects on Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3/Machado-Joseph Disease, co-authoring communications at the 29th European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Congress. She participated in the "ReSet" project as a Voluntary Researcher and later secured a fellowship in March 2023 to develop viral vector-based strategies against SARS-CoV-2. In September 2023, she joined the European JPND-funded NEURODIET project, focusing on dietary interventions in neurodegenerative diseases.¿ Her skills include cell culture, Western blotting, qPCR, immunohistochemistry, nucleic acid/protein extraction and quantification, cellular transfection, and animal experimentation. Ana holds FELASA B certification and DGAV accreditation for laboratory animal research. She has attended various advanced courses and delivered two oral presentations during Science and Technology Week.¿ Ana authored a conference abstract and a review article on the ketogenic diet in neurodegenerative disorders. She is a member of the Huntington Disease-Community Advisory Board and an ambassador for the Huntington’s Disease Youth Organization (HDYO). Her personal connection to Huntington’s Disease fuels her commitment to advancing research.¿ In recognition of her dedication, Ana received a Travel Grant to attend the HDYO International Young Adult Congress in Prague, March 2025. She has also contributed to organizing scientific events like the Mini-Symposium “Fundamental Research on Ageing: Why It Matters?” (2024) and the NEURODIET Consortium Meeting (2023). Additionally, she mentors younger researchers and holds an Advanced Certificate in English from the Cambridge English Language Assessment.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Margarida Duarte Salgueiro

Citation names

Salgueiro, Ana Margarida Salgueiro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9C16-09F2-7174
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9713-3015

Email addresses

anasalgueiro99@gmail.com (Professional)
asalgueiro@cnc.uc.pt (Professional)
anasalgueiro99@hotmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology
Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Gene-based Diagnostics and Therapeutic Interventions

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2025/01/24 - 2029 Ongoing	Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/01/20 - 2025/01/31 Concluded	Advanced Course Principles and Practices in Drug Development (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	18
2025/01/13 - 2025/01/17 Concluded	Advanced course on Health Literacy (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	18
2025/01/13 - 2025/01/17 Attended	Advanced Course Mechanisms in Neuropsychiatric and Neurodegenerative Disorders (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2023/11/06 - 2024/02 Concluded	Training in Laboratory Animal Science Course (FELASA B) + DGAV (Direção-Geral da Alimentação e Veterinária) accreditation (Outros) Major in Mouse and Rat Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal CNC.IBILI, Portugal
2017 - 2022 Concluded	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal "Terapia génica da doença de Huntington " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15
2022 Concluded	Hazardous Hospital Waste Management - Sorting and Packaging (Outros) Ambiwaste, Portugal
2017/06 Concluded	Advanced Certificate in English (Outros) Cambridge English Language Assessment Spain and Portugal, Spain	188- Grade C
2017 Concluded	Ciências e Tecnologias (Ensino secundário) Escola Básica e Secundária Dr. Manuel Fernandes, Portugal
2015/07/28 - 2015/08/11 Concluded	Young Leaders: English Language and Leadership Programme (Outros) Bucksmore Education, United Kingdom
2015/06 Concluded	First Certificate in English (Outros) Cambridge English Language Assessment Spain and Portugal, Spain	170- Grade C

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/03 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2022/05/09 - 2022/08/09	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/10 - 2023/03	Voluntary Researcher	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/05	Estagiária em Farmácia Comunitária	Farmácia Mendes, Portugal
	Farmácia Mendes, Portugal
2020/08 - 2020/08	Estagiária em Farmácia Comunitária	Farmácia Mendes, Portugal
	Farmácia Mendes, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/09/01 - 2026/08/31	NEURODIET - Molecular Mechanisms of Dietary Intervention on Neurodegeneration (PT001) JPND/0001/2022 10.54499/JPND/0001/2022 Research Fellow Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Clínica e Biomédica de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/03 - 2023/12	Fighting Sars-CoV-2 with viral vectors CENTRO-01-01D2-FEDER-000002 Research Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro Concluded
2023/01/01 - 2023/06/30	ReSet - Development of a food supplement based on Resveratrol for optimal CNS activity CENTRO-01-0247-FEDER-070162 Research Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Salgueiro, Ana Margarida Salgueiro; Ferreira-Marques, Marisa; Lopes, Sara; Pereira, Dina; Ribeiro, Rodrigo; Magda M Santana; Cavadas, Claudia; Pereira de Almeida, Luis. "Investigating Dietary Strategies in Machado-Joseph Disease Models". Paper presented in BEB Day 2025 - From micro-scales to macro-worlds: transcending the limits of science, Coimbra, 2025. Submitted Rufino-Ramos, David; Leandro, Kevin; Patricia R. Albuquerque; Vítor Carmona; Inês Martins; Rosário Faro; Henriques, Carina; et al. Corresponding author: Pereira de Almeida, Luis. "Extracellular vesicle-based delivery of silencing sequences for treatment of Machao-Joseph disease (MJD)/ Spinocerebellar Ataxia type-3 (SCA3)". Paper presented in 29th Congress of the European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy, Edinburgh, 2022. Published • 10.1089/hum.2022.29225.abstracts Leandro, Kevin; Rufino-Ramos, David; Tania D´Amelio; Salgueiro, Ana Margarida Salgueiro; Sara Lopes; Dina Pereira; Inês Martins; et al. Corresponding author: Pereira de Almeida, Luis. "Extracellular vesicles-mediated delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 systems to treat Machado-Joseph Disease". Paper presented in 29th Congress of the European Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT) in collaboration with BSGCT; Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom,, Edinburgh, 2022. Published • 10.1089/hum.2022.29225.abstracts
Conference poster	Dina Pereira; Janete Cunha-Santos; Ana Vasconcelos-Ferreira; Joana Duarte-Neves; Isabel Onofre; Vítor Carmona; Célia A Aveleira; et al. Corresponding author: Dina Pereira. "Nuclear ageing in polyglutamine-induced neurodegeneration: a highlight on Machado-Joseph disease". Paper presented in International Congress for Ataxia Research 2024, 2024. Rufino-Ramos, David; Kevin Leandro; Patricia R. Albuquerque; Vitor Carmona; Inês M. Martins; Rosário Faro; Carina Henriques; et al. "Extracellular vesicle-based delivery of silencing sequences for treatment of Machao-Joseph disease (MJD)/ Spinocerebellar Ataxia type-3 (SCA3)". Paper presented in 29th Congress of the European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy, 2022. Leandro, Kevin; Rufino-Ramos, David; D'Amelio, T; Salgueiro, Ana Margarida Salgueiro; Lopes, Sara M.; Pereira, Dina; Martins, M; et al. ""Extracellular vesicles-mediated delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 systems to treat Machado-Joseph Disease".". Paper presented in 29th Congress of the European Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT) in collaboration with BSGCT; Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom,, 2022.
Preprint	Salgueiro, Ana Margarida Salgueiro; Ferreira-Marques, Marisa; Rodrigo F.N. Ribeiro; Pereira, Dina; Costa, Daniela G.; Santana, Magda M; Lopes, Sara; Pereira de Almeida, Luis ; Cavadas, Claudia. Corresponding author: Cavadas, Claudia. "The Ketogenic Diet as a Therapeutic Strategy for Neurodegenerative Diseases: from Mechanisms of Action to Translational Challenges". 2025. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15215859. 10.5281/zenodo.15215859
Thesis / Dissertation	"Terapia génica da Doença de Huntington". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/105549.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/11/25	Brain Health: How Diets Affect Neurodegenerative Diseases. Exploring the Ketogenic Diet, the Mediterranean Diet, and Caloric Restriction.	Science and Technology Week Colégio de São José - International School (Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/11/21	Super Foods for Super Brains! How Special Diets Can Help Keep Our Brain Strong.	Science and Technology Week Cantanhede Primary School (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/09/26	Gene Therapy of Huntington's Disease	Public examination for the conclusion of the Integrated Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/11/20 - 2024/11/20	Mini-Symposium, "Fundamental Research on Ageing: Why It Matters?” (2024/11/20 - 2024/11/20) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	Neuroendocrinology and Aging Group, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2023/10/10 - 2023/10/10	NEURODIET Consortium Meeting- Kick-off meeting of the project Neurodiet held in Coimbra, Portugal with the international partners. (2023/10/10 - 2023/10/10) Meeting (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2025/03/14 - 2025/03/16	HDYO International Young Adult Congress is a congress that brings together young people from all over the world who are affected by Huntington's disease. Congress	HDYO´s International Young Adults Congress- Prague Huntington's Disease Youth Organization, United Kingdom
2024/12/20 - 2024/12/20	This annual scientific event brings together researchers from diverse biomedical fields to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and showcase ongoing research at the University of Coimbra. The meeting includes keynote lectures, thematic sessions, and poster presentations focused on advancing biomedical knowledge and innovation. Meeting	CIBB meeting Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2024/11/18 - 2024/11/24	Initiatives organized for the public, especially the younger ones, who will thus have the opportunity to get in touch with the scientific community and learn about some of the most recent research results in various scientific areas. Other	Science and Technology Week Ciência Viva, Portugal
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27	The European Researchers' Night (NEI) is a Scientific Communication event that occurs annually in several European cities.This event aims to promote awareness and involvement of the scientific population, bringing researchers and civil society together.	European Researchers' Night- Coimbra Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/12/20 - 2023/12/20	The meeting brought together researchers, clinicians, and students from different scientific areas to present and discuss ongoing biomedical and translational research. The program included oral communications, poster sessions, and keynote lectures, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration within the research community. Meeting	CIBB meeting Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2023/03/17 - 2023/03/19	HDYO International Young Adult Congress is a congress that brings together young people from all over the world who are affected by Huntington's disease. Congress	HDYO´s International Young Adults Congress- Glasgow Huntington's Disease Youth Organization, United Kingdom
2019/09/28 - 2019/09/29	IV Congresso Nacional de Estudantes de Farmácia Congress	Pelo teu futuro, Pelo futuro da Saúde Associação Portuguesa de Estudantes de Farmácia, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2025/03/27 - Current	Huntigton Disease-Community Advisory Board (HD-CAB)- a global initiative representing the HD community, providing insights for research, clinical trials, and policy development to improve access to treatments.	HD-CAB Team Member
2021 - Current	Huntington's Disease Youth Organization	Ambassador for HDYO with the aim of volunteering, raising awareness of HD and fundraising for HDYO.
2020 - Current	Associação Portuguesa Dos Doentes De Huntington	Member
2008 - 2015	Clube Náutico de Abrantes

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2024/04/15 - 2024/07/05	Pharmaceutical Science internship	Daniela Trino

Distinctions

Award

2025	Travel Grant – HDYO International Young Adult Congress Prague 2025 Huntington's Disease Youth Organization, United Kingdom Associação Portuguesa dos Doentes de Huntington, Portugal