Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Rita Ferreira Fernandes
Citation names
- Ferreira-Fernandes, Ana Rita
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 9E16-F52E-1655
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-1982-3376
Email addresses
- b13505@med.uminho.pt (Professional)
- rita1699@live.com.pt (Personal)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- 919269401 (Personal)
Addresses
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho; ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory , 4710-057, Gualtar, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- www.linkedin.com/in/ana-rita-fernandes-258623190 (Professional)
- https://icvs.uminho.pt/member/rita-fernandes/ (Professional)
- https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0003-1982-3376 (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
Spanish; Castilian | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2020/09/05 - 2023/01/05
Concluded
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Health Sciences (Master)
Major in Neuroscience
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
"Development of a cellular ataxin-3 protein-protein interaction (PPI) assay for high-throughput screening of PPI modifiers." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
2021/04/19 - 2021/05/07
Concluded
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Advanced Course on Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Diseases: finding a common ground (Outros)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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15 |
2021/02/15 - 2021/03/01
Concluded
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Course on Laboratory Animal Sciences (Outros)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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16 |
2017/09/15 - 2020/07/06
Concluded
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Biochemistry (Bachelor)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"Identification of ATXN3 nuclear interactions: implications for Machado-Joseph disease" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2023/03/11 - 2024/03/11 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal (...) |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/01/01 - 2023/01/01 | Academic Leader - Vice-President of Administration Department | Associação Académica da Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
2021/01/01 - 2022/01/01 | Academic Leader - Logistics Director | Associação Académica da Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/03/11 - 2024/03/11 | Development of over-inhibition of cortical circuits in Down Syndrome.
NEURON/0001/2021
Research Fellow
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Outputs
Publications
Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023/10/19 | IV International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics | IV International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics
Portuguese Society of Genetics (Braga, Portugal)
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 | Researchers European Night 2023 (2023/09/29 - 2033/09/29)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
2020 - 2020 | Science Days - Second Edition (2020 - 2020)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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2019 - 2019 | Researchers European Night 2019 (2019 - 2019)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2021/02/21 - Current | Rare Disease Day Awareness | Rare Disease Day |
2023/11/07 - 2023/11/07 | Workshop on Biochemistry of Ageing
Workshop
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Workshop on Biochemistry of Ageing
Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica, Portugal
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2023/07/12 - 2023/07/13 | CellMed Meeting in Cellular Membrane Dynamics at INL
Congress
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CellMed Meeting
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
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2022 - 2022 | Virtual National Congress of Ataxias
Congress
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National Congress of Ataxias |
2021 - 2021 | Portuguese Society of Neuroscience Conference at Coimbra
Conference
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SPN conference
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
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2020 - 2020 | Virtual Summer Program at Gulbenkian Science Institute
Other
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Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
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2019 - 2020 | Biochemistry Olympiads at University of Coimbra
Other
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | Science Days - First Edition
Symposium
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Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | Biochemistry Days
Symposium
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Biochemistry Days
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
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Distinctions
Award
2021 | Travel Scholarship for Portuguese Society of Neuroscience Meeting |
2016 | Academic Merit Award
Escola Secundária Carlos Amarante, Portugal
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2016 | Human Merit Award
Escola Secundária Carlos Amarante, Portugal
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2016 | Sports Merit Award
Escola Secundária Carlos Amarante, Portugal
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