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I am a final year PhD student, graduated in Biomedical Sciences and master in Biochemistry. My research interests revolve around establishing personalized therapies for spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. To contribute to developing such therapies, my PhD research focuses on omics analyses of serum samples, collected before and after rehabilitation from SCI patients, to understand the molecular crosstalk between systemic changes and the central nervous system in these patients during rehabilitation. The project aims to identify molecular targets strongly correlated with the patients' functional and motor improvements, that can serve as a starting point to establish personalized therapies with clinical relevance, promoting neurorehabilitation and, potentially, neuroregeneration upon SCI. Since 2017, I have worked on several collaborative projects (in Portugal, Spain and Germany) focused on biomaterials and regenerative therapies for peripheral nerve, spinal cord, bone, and cartilage. I have relevant experience in cell culture (including primary and stem cells), somatic cell reprogramming, biochemical and molecular biology assays, immunoblotting, immunofluorescence, tissue processing, (immuno)histochemistry, confocal microscopy, and flow cytometry. I have voluntarily collaborated as an assistant monitor in practical classes, advanced courses, and Problem-Based Learning sessions. I have authored 11 journal articles (141 citations, h-index: 6; source: Google Scholar) and 55 communications at national and international conferences. My research work has received awards in 4 different conferences and I have received 3 travel grants for conference attendance and 2 Erasmus grants for academic studies and research.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Bárbara M de Sousa

Citation names

  • de Sousa, Bárbara M.
  • Sousa, Bárbara

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A310-B9A0-4874
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9218-2774
Google Scholar ID
VyCqBcsAAAAJ
Researcher Id
AAY-6644-2020
Scopus Author Id
57350411600

Email addresses

  • bmsousa@ua.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Campus Universitario de Santiago, Agra do Crasto – Building 30, 3810-193 , Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemical Research Methods
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Italian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/11 - 2024/12
Ongoing
 Doctoral Programme in Biomedicine (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2020/10 - 2021/01
Concluded
 Italian Course Beginner Level - A2 Certification (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Línguas Literaturas e Culturas, Portugal
 19/20
2020/02 - 2020/06
Concluded
 Italian Course Beginner Level - A1 Certification (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Línguas Literaturas e Culturas, Portugal
 19/20
2019/09 - 2019/12
Concluded
 German Course Beginner Level - A1.2 Certification (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Línguas Literaturas e Culturas, Portugal
 20/20
2016/09 - 2018/12
Concluded
 Bioquímica - Masters Degree in Biochemistry (Mestrado)
Major in Especialização Métodos Biomoleculares (Biomolecular Methods)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
"In vitro stimulation of osteoblasts using capacitive interdigitated electrodes to improve implant osseointegration" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16/20 [Thesis graded 18/20]
2017/02 - 2017/05
Concluded
 German Course Beginner Level - A1.2 Certification (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Línguas Literaturas e Culturas, Portugal
 17/20
2016/09 - 2016/12
Concluded
 German Course Beginner Level - A1.1 Certification (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Línguas Literaturas e Culturas, Portugal
 18/20
2013/09 - 2016/07
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Bachelor in Biomedical Sciencies) (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 16/20
2016/01 - 2016/05
Concluded
 Biomedical Sciences (Erasmus Exchange Student) (Bachelor)
University of Westminster Faculty of Science and Technology , United Kingdom

University of Westminster Student Exchange, United Kingdom
Upper Second Class Honours (2:1)
2015/09 - 2015/12
Concluded
 English Course Advanced Level - C1.1 Certification (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Línguas Literaturas e Culturas, Portugal
 17/20
2013/04
Concluded
 First Certificate in English - Level B2 Certification (Outros)
University of Cambridge Language Centre, United Kingdom
 Grade B
2010/05
Concluded
 Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera - Level C2 Certification (Outros)
Instituto Cervantes Sede Central Madrid, Spain
2010/01
Concluded
 Preliminary English Test - Level B1 Certification (Outros)
University of Cambridge Language Centre, United Kingdom
 Pass
2009/05
Concluded
 Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera - Level B2 Certification (Outros)
Instituto Cervantes Sede Central Madrid, Spain
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2024/07 - 2025/02 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf Institut für Stammzellforschung und Regenerative Medizin, Germany
2020/09/21 - 2020/11/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2019/08/19 - 2020/09/18 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2019/04/01 - 2019/07/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidad de Granada Facultad de Medicina, Spain
Grupo de Investigación de Ingeniería Tisular - Departamento de Histología, Spain
2017/09/15 - 2019/03/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/10 - 2023 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/04 - Current Scientific Ambassador Euro-BioImaging, Finland
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/01 - 2024/12 Designing clinically-relevant combined therapies for spinal cord injury
2020.06525.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal

Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Germany

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Tecnologia Mecânica e Automação, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/05 - 2022 Proteomic profiling of serum and cerebrospinal fluid to identify candidate biomarkers of Spinal Cord Injury severity and prognosis
EPIC-XS-0000379
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Spain
European Proteomics Infrastructure Consortium Providing Access
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/04 - Current GoBack - New therapeutic targets for spinal cord regeneration
PTDC/CVT-CVT/32261/2017
BI/UI98/8785/2019 [Aug2019-Sept2020]
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2021/05 - Current DiscoveriesKT - MEDISIS Clinical and pre-clinical projects with Hospitals of Aveiro Region (ProTmedula project)
CENTRO-01-0246-FEDER-000018
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia Espinho EPE, Portugal

Centro de Reabilitação do Norte Dr Ferreira Alves Unidade de Reabilitação de Lesão Medular, Portugal
Programa Operacional Regional do Centro (Centro2020 - FEDER)
Ongoing
2019/04/01 - 2019/07/31 Generación y evaluación de sustitutos bioartificiales para su utilización como terapia avanzada en la reparación quirúrgica de lesiones críticas del nervio periférico
FIS PI17/393
Researcher
Universidad de Granada Facultad de Medicina, Spain
 Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias (FIS)

Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad)
Ongoing
2017/10 - 2019/04 In-vitro evaluation of stimulation methods for osseointegration/regeneration around orthopaedic implants
EXPL/EMS-SIS/2128/2013
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Tecnologia Mecânica e Automação, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/09 - 2019/03 Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED) research unit on Mechanisms of ageing and age-associated diseases
UID/BIM/04501/2013
UID/BIM/04501/2019
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Figueiredo, José; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Senra, Filipe; Santos, Sara; Caprace, Denis-Gabriel ; Iranmanesh, Mohammad; Scoubeau, Mehdi ; Gontier, Camille. "NeuronGrav: characterizing neuronal responses in altered gravity via glider-based parabolic flights". Paper presented in 73rd International Astronautical Congress 2022, Paris, 2022.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Ribeiro-Cunha, Maria; Vieira, Sandra I. "Rehabilitation-associated alterations of serum inflammatory cytokines/chemokines in spinal cord injury patients: potential targets for motor and functional improvement". Paper presented in 63rd ISCoS Annual Scientific Meeting. 22-25 Sept 2024. Antwerp, Belgium, 2024.
  2. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; García, Fernando; Muñoz, Javier; Ribeiro-Cunha, Maria; Vieira, Sandra I. "Serum proteomic profiles of spinal cord injury patients and their alterations with time and rehabilitation". Paper presented in 63rd ISCoS Annual Scientific Meeting. 22-25 Sept 2024. Antwerp, Belgium, 2024.
  3. Sánchez-Porras, David; Etayo-Escanilla, Miguel; Chato-Astrain, Jesús; García-García, Oscar D; Ávila-Fernandez, Paula; Vieira, Sandra; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; et al. "Ex vivo and in vivo characterization of new nerve artificial conduits generated by 3D printing and natural biomaterials". Paper presented in XXII Congreso Sociedad Española de Histología e Ingenieria Tisular (SEHIT 24). 10-13 Sept 2024. Alicante, Spain, 2024.
  4. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Schoen, Hanna; Tamimi, Imaan; Karner, Thomas; Loaiza Zambrano, Allison; Ben Mahmoud, Maissa; Braunstein, Julia; Enrile Lacalle, Sara. "European Neuroscience Conference by Doctoral Students (ENCODS)". Paper presented in FENS Forum 2024. 25-29 June 2024. Vienna, Austria, 2024.
  5. Figueiredo, José G.; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Soares dos Santos, Marco P.; Vieira, Sandra I. "Gathering Evidence to Leverage Musculoskeletal Magnetic Stimulation Towards Clinical Applicability: a Literature Review". Paper presented in VII iBiMED Symposium. 23-24 May 2024. Aveiro, Portugal, 2024.
  6. Moreira, Ana C N; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Soares dos Santos, Marco P.; Sencadas, Vitor; Vieira, Sandra I. "Neuritogenic Effects of In-house Developed Capacitive Interdigitated Electrical Stimulators". Paper presented in VII iBiMED Symposium. 23-24 May 2024. Aveiro, Portugal, 2024.
  7. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; García, Fernando; Muñoz, Javier; Gandarez, Fátima; Ribeiro-Cunha, Maria; Vieira, Sandra I. "Serum proteomic shifts with rehabilitation in spinal cord injury patients". Paper presented in ISCoS 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting. 8-11 October 2023. Edinburgh, Scotland, 2023.
  8. Ribeiro-Cunha, Maria; Melo-Miranda, Rita; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Gandarez, Fátima; Rodrigues, Margarida; Sousa, Ana Margarida; Vieira, Sandra I. "Spinal Cord Injury Microbiome & Rehabilitation (SCIMBIONT project): You should trust your gut feeling". Paper presented in ISCoS 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting. 8-11 October 2023. Edinburgh, Scotland, 2023.
  9. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; García, Fernando; Muñoz, Javier; Ribeiro-Cunha, Maria; Vieira, Sandra I. "Rehabilitation-associated alterations in the serum proteome of spinal cord injury patients". Paper presented in 11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience. 9-13 September 2023. Granada, Spain, 2023.
  10. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Ribeiro, Beatriz; Cruz, Bruna; Correia, Patrícia D.; Ribeiro-Cunha, Maria; Vieira, Sandra I. "Cell therapies for Spinal Cord Injury: reviewing the clinical trials and exploring cell-type therapeutic potential". Paper presented in 11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience. 9-13 September 2023. Granada, Spain, 2023.
  11. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; García, Fernando; Muñoz, Javier; Gandarez, Fátima; Ribeiro-Cunha, Maria; Vieira, Sandra I. "Rehabilitation-associated shifts in the serum proteome of spinal cord injury patients". Paper presented in 3rd International Meeting of Portuguese Spinal Cord Injury Researchers. 22-23 June 2023. Valadares, Portugal, 2023.
  12. Pereira, Alexandre; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Trindade, Dário; Dias, Roberto A.; da Cruz e Silva, Odete AB; Vieira, Sandra I. "Effect of G(alpha)o dominant negative mutants for GPCR binding on the Alzheimer’s amyloid precursor protein (APP)-induced neuritogenesis". Paper presented in Workshop on Novel Diagnostic Tools for Alzheimer’s Disease. 16-17 June 2023. Aveiro, Portugal, 2023.
  13. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Rodrigues, Margarida; Ribeiro-Cunha, Maria; Vieira, Sandra I. "Rehabilitation-associated alterations in serum inflammatory biomarkers of spinal cord injury patients". Paper presented in 17th International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine World Congress. 4-8 June 2023. Cartagena, Colombia, 2023.
  14. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; García, Fernando; Muñoz, Javier; Gandarez, Fátima; Ribeiro-Cunha, Maria; Vieira, Sandra I. "Rehabilitation-associated shifts in the serum proteome of spinal cord injury patients". Paper presented in VI iBiMED Symposium. 25-26 May 2023. Aveiro, Portugal, 2023.
  15. Cruz, Bruna; Ribeiro, Beatriz; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Correia, Patrícia; David, Nuno; Rocha, Camila; Almeida, Ramiro; et al. "Cell therapies for spinal cord injury: a review of the clinical trials and cell-type therapeutic potential". Paper presented in VI iBiMED Symposium. 25-26 May 2023. Aveiro, Portugal, 2023.
  16. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; García, Fernando; Muñoz, Javier; Gandarez, Fátima; Ribeiro-Cunha, Maria; Vieira, Sandra I. "Rehabilitation-associated serum proteomic signatures shifts in spinal cord injury patients". Paper presented in FENS Regional Meeting. 3-5 May 2025. Algarve, Portugal, 2023.
  17. Ribeiro-Cunha, Maria; Melo-Miranda, Rita; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Gandarez, Fátima; Rodrigues, Margarida; Sousa, Ana Margarida; Vieira, Sandra I. "Profiling Spinal Cord Injury Microbiome and Gut Dysbiosis in Spinal Cord Injury patients (SCIMBIONT project)". Paper presented in FENS Regional Meeting. 3-5 May 2025. Algarve, Portugal, 2023.
  18. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Ribeiro, Beatriz; Cruz, Bruna; Correia, Patrícia D.; Ribeiro-Cunha, Maria; Baptista, António A.M.; Vieira, Sandra I. "Cell therapies for Spinal Cord Injury: reviewing the clinical trials and exploring cell-type therapeutic potential. Bárbara M. de Sousa, Beatriz Ribeiro, Bruna Cruz, Patrícia D. Correia, Maria Ribeiro-Cunha, António A. M Baptista, S. I. Vieira". Paper presented in ENCODS 2023. 1-2 May 2023. Faro, Portugal, 2023.
  19. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Trindade, Dário A. M.; Piques, Inês; da Cunha, Maria Ribeiro; Vieira, Sandra I.. "The influence of rehabilitation in serum inflammatory biomarkers of spinal cord injury patients". Paper presented in FENS-Hertie Winter School: “Neuro-immune interactions in health and disease”. 29 Jan-4 Feb 2023. Obergurgl, Austria, 2023.
  20. da Cunha, Maria Ribeiro; Ribeiro, Beatriz; Cruz, Bruna; Correia, Patrícia D.; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Baptista, António A. Marques; Vieira, Sandra I.. "Cell therapies for Spinal Cord Injury: A review of the clinical trials and cell-type therapeutic potential". Paper presented in 61st International Spinal Cord Society Annual Scientific Meeting (ISCoS 2022). 15-18 Sept 2022. Vancouver, Canada, 2022.
  21. da Cunha, Maria Ribeiro; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Bazenga, Ana; Trindade, Dário; Vieira, Sandra I.. "Serum cytokines in spinal cord injury - good or evil?". Paper presented in 61st International Spinal Cord Society Annual Scientific Meeting (ISCoS 2022). 15-18 Sept 2022. Vancouver, Canada, 2022.
  22. da Cunha, Maria Ribeiro; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Monteiro, Fátima; Moreira, Bárbara; Trindade, Dário; Sousa, Ana Margarida; Vieira, Sandra I.. "You have to bust a gut! SCI rehabilitation, neurogenic bowel dysfunction and gut microbiome". Paper presented in 61st International Spinal Cord Society Annual Scientific Meeting (ISCoS 2022). 15-18 Sept 2022. Vancouver, Canada, 2022.
  23. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Trindade, Dário A. M.; Correia, João; Piques, Inês; da Cunha, Maria Ribeiro; Vieira, Sandra I.. "SCInflam: Serum Changes of Inflammatory analytes in Spinal Cord Injury patients". Paper presented in FENS Forum 2022, 2022.
  24. Correia, Patrícia D.; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Chato-Astrain, Jesús; Estrada, Veronica; Müller, Hans Werner; Carriel, Victor; Bosse, Frank; Vieira, Sandra I.. "The Kinesin family member Kif4a is expressed in adult nervous systems and up-regulated in neurons and repair Schwann cells during neural regeneration". Paper presented in 6th International Symposium on Peripheral Nerve Regeneration (ISPRN). 7-8 July 2022. London, United Kingdom,, 2022.
  25. Ribeiro, Beatriz; Cruz, Bruna; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Correia, Patrícia D.; David, Nuno; Rocha, Camila; de Almeida, Ramiro; et al. "Cell therapies for Spinal Cord Injury: A comprehensive review of the clinical trials and cell-type therapeutic potential". Paper presented in 2nd International Meeting of Portuguese Spinal Cord Injury Researchers, 2022.
  26. de Sousa, Bárbara M; Solla, José; Ferreira, Jorge A. F.; dos Santos, Marco P Soares; Vieira, Sandra I. "Cosurface capacitive electrical stimulation fosters neuritogenic signaling". Paper presented in XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2021.
  27. Ribeiro, Beatriz; Cruz, Bruna; Correia, Patrícia D.; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; David, Nuno; Rocha, Camila; da Cunha, Maria Ribeiro; Baptista, António A. Marques; Vieira, Sandra I. "What does the future hold for cell-based therapies in spinal cord injury? A review on cell therapy clinical trials". Paper presented in XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2021.
  28. de Sousa, Bárbara M; Solla, José; Ferreira, Jorge A. F.; Soares dos Santos, Marco P.; Vieira, Sandra Isabel. "Capacitive electrical stimulation promotes neuritogenic signaling". Paper presented in 14th IBEC Symposium ‘Bioengineering for Regenerative Therapies’, 2021.
  29. Ribeiro, Beatriz; Correia, Patrícia; de Sousa, Bárbara M; Figueiredo, José; Bosse, Frank; Caetano, Tânia; Vieira, Sandra I. "CRISPR/Cas9 and other molecular tools to manipulate potentially neuroregenerative genes". Paper presented in ENCODS 2021 Virtual Conference, 2021.
  30. de Sousa, Bárbara M; Correia, Patrícia D.; Chato-Astrain, Jesús; Silva, Raquel; Müller, Hans Werner; Carriel, Víctor; Bosse, Frank; Vieira, Sandra I. "KIF4A - unravelling a potential spinal cord repair gene using regenerative peripheral nerve injury models". Paper presented in FENS Virtual Forum 2020, 2020.
  31. de Sousa, Bárbara M; Ferreira, Jorge A F; Soares dos Santos, Marco P.; Vieira, Sandra I. "Enhanced osteoblast mineralization by capacitive electrical stimulation - an in vitro study towards implant osseointegration". Paper presented in 14th YES Meeting, 2019.
  32. García-García, Oscar D; El-Souri, Marwa; de Sousa, Bárbara M; Chato-Astrain, Jesús; Sánchez-Porras, David; Campos, Fernando; Crespo, Pascual V; et al. "In vivo usefulness of a novel nanostructured fibrin-agarose bio-artificial nerve substitute for peripheral nerve repair". Paper presented in Ist Symposium on Advanced Therapies and Biomedical Technology, 2019.
  33. Sousa, Bárbara; Soares dos Santos, Marco P.; Ferreira, Jorge A F; Vieira, Sandra I. "Osteoblast stimulation in vitro - benefits of capacitive interdigitated electrodes for osseointegration". Paper presented in X Jornadas Nacionais de Ciências Biomédicas (X JNCB), Aveiro, Portugal, 13 – 16 March 2019, 2019.
  34. Sousa, Bárbara; Soares dos Santos, Marco P.; Ferreira, Jorge A F; Vieira, Sandra I. "In vitro stimulation of osteoblasts using capacitive interdigitated electrodes to improve implant osseointegration". Paper presented in 6th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG 2019), Lisbon, Portugal, 22 - 23 February 2019, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Correia, Patrícia D.; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Chato-Astrain, Jesús; de Faria, Joana Paes; Estrada, Veronica; Relvas, João B.; Müller, Hans W.; et al. "Injury-induced KIF4A neural expression and its role in Schwann cell proliferation suggest a dual function for this kinesin in neural regeneration". Neural Regeneration Research (2024): https://doi.org/10.4103/nrr.nrr-d-24-00232.
    10.4103/nrr.nrr-d-24-00232
  2. Diogo G. Pires; Nuno M. Silva; Bárbara M. de Sousa; João L. Marques; António Ramos; Jorge A. F. Ferreira; Raul Morais; Sandra I. Vieira; Marco P. Soares dos Santos. "A millimetre-scale capacitive biosensing and biophysical stimulation system for emerging bioelectronic bone implants". Journal of The Royal Society Interface (2024): https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2024.0279.
    10.1098/rsif.2024.0279
  3. José G. S. Figueiredo; Bárbara M. de Sousa; Marco P. Soares dos Santos; Sandra I. Vieira. "Gathering Evidence to Leverage Musculoskeletal Magnetic Stimulation Towards Clinical Applicability". Small Science (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/smsc.202300303.
    10.1002/smsc.202300303
  4. Luisa B. Binder; Priscila B. Rosa; Bárbara M. de Sousa; Luana S. Chagas; Olga Dubljevic; Fanny Sandrine Martineau; Francesca Mottarlini; et al. "Neuro-immune interactions in health and disease: Insights from FENS-Hertie 2022 Winter School". European Journal of Neuroscience (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16262.
    10.1111/ejn.16262
  5. Beatriz F Ribeiro; Bruna C da Cruz; Bárbara M de Sousa; Patrícia D Correia; Nuno David; Camila Rocha; Ramiro D Almeida; et al. "Cell therapies for spinal cord injury: a review of the clinical trials and cell-type therapeutic potential". Brain (2023): https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awad047.
    10.1093/brain/awad047
  6. Daniela Silva; Nathalie Barroca; Susana C. Pinto; Ângela Semitela; Bárbara M. de Sousa; Patrícia A.D. Martins; Luís Nero; et al. "Decellularized extracellular matrix-based 3D nanofibrous scaffolds functionalized with polydopamine-reduced graphene oxide for neural tissue engineering". Chemical Engineering Journal (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.144980.
    10.1016/j.cej.2023.144980
  7. Luís Nascimento; Cristiana Fernandes; Ricardo. M. Silva; Ângela Semitela; Bárbara M. de Sousa; Paula A. A. P. Marques; Sandra I. Vieira; et al. "Customizing 3D Structures of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes to Direct Neural Stem Cell Differentiation". Advanced Healthcare Materials (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202300828.
    10.1002/adhm.202300828
  8. Joana R. M. Ferreira; Mariana Alves; Bárbara Sousa; Sandra I. Vieira; Artur M. S. Silva; Samuel Guieu; Ângela Cunha; Raquel Nunes da Silva. "Curcumin-based molecular probes for fluorescence imaging of fungi". Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (2023): https://doi.org/10.1039/D2OB01872A.
    10.1039/D2OB01872A
  9. Bjørge, Isabel M.; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Patrício, Sónia G.; Silva, Ana Sofia; Nogueira, Liebert P.; Santos, Lúcia F.; Vieira, Sandra I.; et al. "Bioengineered Hierarchical Bonelike Compartmentalized Microconstructs Using Nanogrooved Microdiscs". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c01161.
    Published • 10.1021/acsami.2c01161
  10. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Correia, Clara R.; Ferreira, Jorge A. F.; Mano, João F.; Furlani, Edward P.; Soares dos Santos, Marco P.; Vieira, Sandra I.. Corresponding author: Vieira, Sandra I.. "Capacitive interdigitated system of high osteoinductive/conductive performance for personalized acting-sensing implants". npj Regenerative Medicine 6 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41536-021-00184-6.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41536-021-00184-6
  11. Soares dos Santos, Marco P.; Coutinho, J.; Marote, Ana; Sousa, Bárbara; Ramos, A.; Ferreira, Jorge A. F.; Bernardo, Rodrigo; et al. "Capacitive technologies for highly controlled and personalized electrical stimulation by implantable biomedical systems". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41540-3.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-019-41540-3
Newsletter article
  1. de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Correia, Clara R.; Ferreira, Jorge A. F.; Mano, João F.; Furlani, Edward P.; Soares dos Santos, Marco P.; Vieira, Sandra I.. "Cosurface capacitive interdigitated stimulators of high osteoinductive and conductive performance for new personalized acting-sensing prosthetic implants", research@ua, 2022
Preprint
  1. Patrícia D. Correia; Bárbara M. de Sousa; Jesús Chato-Astrain; Joana P. Faria; Veronica Estrada; João B. Relvas; Hans W. Müller; et al. "Unexpected Kif4a functions in adult regeneration encompass a dual role in neurons and in proliferative repair Schwann cells". 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.21.541636.
    10.1101/2023.05.21.541636
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Sousa, Bárbara. "In vitro stimulation of osteoblasts using capacitive interdigitated electrodes to improve implant osseointegration". Master, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/25373.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition
  1. "The beautiful intricacies of an electrified neuronal network" - March Image of the ibidi Calendar 2025 - ibidi.com/img/cms/about_us/awards/photo_contest/ibidi_calendar_2025_150dpi.pdf. 2025.
  2. "Neuronal differentiation on a nebular background" - page 72 of IBRO Annual Report 2023 - https://ibro.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IBRO-Annual-Report-2023.pdf. 2023.

Other

Dataset
  1. Bárbara M. de Sousa; Sandra I. Vieira. Proteomics Data available via ProteomeXchange "Capacitive electrical stimulation effects on osteoblast-released matrix microvesicles". https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride/archive/projects/PXD028551.
    10.6019/PXD028551
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09/23 "Unveiling Gut Microbiota Dynamics in Subacute Spinal Cord Injury: Insights from a Longitudinal Study." Maria Ribeiro-Cunha, Rita Melo-Miranda, Bárbara M. de Sousa, Fátima Gandarez, Margarida Rodrigues, Ana Margarida Sousa, Sandra I. Vieira 63rd ISCoS Annual Scientific Meeting. 22-25 Sept 2024
International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) (Antwerp, Belgium)
2024/09/16 "Rehabilitation-induced Serum Proteome Dynamics in Spinal Cord Injury Patients." Bárbara M. de Sousa, Fernando García, Javier Muñoz, Fátima Gandarez, Maria Ribeiro-Cunha, Sandra I. Vieira 4th International Meeting of Spinal Cord Injury Portuguese Researchers
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (FMUL) and Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/06/25 "European Neuroscience Conference by Doctoral Students (ENCODS)" Bárbara M. de Sousa, Hanna Schoen, Imaan Tamimi, Thomas Karner, Allison Loaiza Zambrano, Maissa Ben Mahmoud, Julia Braunstein, Sara Enrille Lacalle FENS Forum 2024
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (Vienna, Austria)
2024/06/23 "Unravelling the effects of spinal cord injury rehabilitation through serum proteome alterations." Bárbara M. de Sousa, Fernando García, Javier Muñoz, Fátima Gandarez, Maria Ribeiro-Cunha., Sandra I. Vieira. European Neuroscience Conference by Doctoral Students 2024 (ENCODS 2024). 23-24 Jun 2024.
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (Vienna, Austria)
2024/06/01 "SCIMBIONT: Gut Microbiota Changes In Sub-Acute Spinal Cord Injury During An Inpatient Rehabilitation Program." Maria Ribeiro-Cunha, Rita Melo-Miranda, Bárbara M. de Sousa, Fátima Gandarez, Margarida Rodrigues, Ana Margarida Sousa, Sandra I. Vieira. 18th International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine World Congress. 1-6 June 2024
International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (Sydney, Australia)
2024/05/22 "Serum proteomic profiles of spinal cord injury patients: alterations with time under rehabilitation" Bárbara M. de Sousa, Fernando García, Javier Muñoz, Maria Ribeiro-Cunha, Sandra I. Vieira VII iBiMED Symposium
Universidade de Aveiro (Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine) (Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/10/10 "Serum proteomic shifts with rehabilitation in spinal cord injury patients". Bárbara M. de Sousa, Fernando Garcia, Javier Muñoz, Fátima Gandarez, Maria Ribeiro-Cunha, Sandra I. Vieira ISCoS 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting. 8-11 October 2023. Edinburgh, Scotland
International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2023/09/13 Neuronal differentiation on a nebular background 11th IBRO World Congress
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and Sociedad Española de Neurociencias (SENC) (Granada, Spain)
2023/06/22 "Cell Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury: a Review of the Clinical Trials and Cell-type Therapeutic Potential" Sandra I. Vieira, Beatriz Ribeiro, Bruna Cruz, Bárbara M. de Sousa, Patrícia D. Correia, Ramiro Almeida, António A. Marques Baptista, Maria Ribeiro da Cunha 3rd International Meeting of Portuguese Spinal Cord Injury Researchers
Centro de Reabilitação do Norte (Valadares, Portugal)
2023/06/22 "Gut microbiota dysbiosis in spinal cord injury patients" Maria Ribeiro-Cunha, Rita Melo-Miranda, Bárbara M. de Sousa, Fátima Gandarez, Margarida Rodrigues, Ana Sousa, Sandra Isabel Vieira 3rd International Meeting of Portuguese Spinal Cord Injury Researchers
Centro de Reabilitação do Norte (Valadares, Portugal)
2022/11/29 "Monitoring systemic inflammation in spinal cord injury patients, with rehabilitation, using a multiplex approach" Bárbara M. de Sousa, Dário Trindade, Maria da Cunha, Sandra I. Vieira Worskshop ‘Approaches for inflammation research: limitations and troubleshooting’
Universidade de Aveiro and FioCruz/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
2022/10/05 “Cosurface capacitive electrical stimulation: impacts on neuritogenic signaling” Bárbara M. de Sousa, Jorge A.F. Ferreira, Marco P. Soares dos Santos, Sandra I Vieira Neuro Meetups Bern
Universität Bern (Switzerland)
2022/10/05 “Strategies to establish novel therapies for neuroregeneration” Patrícia D. Correia, Bárbara M. de Sousa, Jesus Chato-Astrain, Veronica Estrada, Hans W. Müller, Victor Carriel, Frank Bosse, Sandra I. Vieira Neuro Meetups Bern
Universität Bern (Switzerland)
2022/07/03 "SCIMBIONT - Microbiome and gut dysbiosis in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation" Maria Cunha, Bárbara Sousa, Fátima Gandarez, Dário Trindade, Arminda Lopes, Ana Margarida Sousa, Sandra Vieira ISPRM (International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine) 16th World Congress
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/06/28 "Short Stories on Science, when digging for neuro and osteoregeneration mechanisms" Bárbara M. de Sousa, Patrícia D. Correia, Sandra I. Vieira 9th BiotechHealth Annual Symposium: “Resilient science in a changing world”
i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (Portugal)
2022/06/13 "SCIMBIONT - Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation: Gut dysbiosis and immune biomarkers as functional prognosis tools and new therapeutic targets" Maria Ribeiro Cunha, Bárbara Sousa, Fátima Gandarez, Dário Trindade, Arminda Lopes, Ana Margarida Sousa, Sandra Vieira 2nd International Meeting of Portuguese Spinal Cord Injury Researchers
(Porto, Portugal)
2022/06/03 "Cell therapies for Spinal Cord Injury: A comprehensive review of the clinical trials and cell-type therapeutic potential" Beatriz Ribeiro, Bruna Cruz, Bárbara M. de Sousa, Patrícia D. Correia, Ramiro Almeida, Maria Ribeiro da Cunha, António A. Marques Baptista, Sandra I. Vieira 'GoBack' knowledge transfer meeting
Centro de Reabilitação do Norte Dr Ferreira Alves (CHVNG/E) (Valadares, Portugal)
2022/06/03 "GoBack ´s translation to the clinics: the ProtMedula project." Maria R. Cunha, Bárbara M. de Sousa, Patrícia D. Correia, Dário Trindade, Sandra I. Vieira 'GoBack' knowledge transfer meeting
Centro de Reabilitação do Norte (Valadares, Portugal)
2022/06/03 "Pilot study on clinical serum markers and SCI rehabilitation." Bárbara M. de Sousa, Dário Trindade, Patrícia D. Correia, João Correia, Alexandra Nunes, Maria R. da Cunha, Sandra I. Vieira 'GoBack' knowledge transfer meeting
Centro de Reabilitação do Norte (Valadares, Portugal)
2022/06/03 "SCIMBIONT Project - Microbiome and gut dysbiosis in SCI". Maria Ribeiro da Cunha, Bárbara M de Sousa, Fátima Monteiro, Bárbara Moreira, Dário Trindade, Ana M. Sousa, Sandra I. Vieira 'GoBack' knowledge transfer meeting
Centro de Reabilitação do Norte (Valadares, Portugal)
2022/06/02 "The 'GoBack' project on Spinal Cord Injury and Repair." Patrícia D. Correia, Bárbara M. de Sousa, Dário Trindade, Gabriela Moura, Hans W. Müller, Frank Bosse, Sandra I. Vieira 'GoBack' knowledge transfer meeting
Universidade de Aveiro (Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine) (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/06/02 "KIF4A regulation during neuronal regeneration" Patrícia D. Correia, Bárbara M. de Sousa, Jesús Chato-Astrain, Veronica Estrada, Hans W. Müller, Victor Carriel, Frank Bosse, Sandra I. Vieira 'GoBack' knowledge transfer meeting
Universidade de Aveiro (Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine) (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/03/27 "Cosurface capacitive interdigitated stimulators - a novel system for personalized acting-sensing implantable devices" Bárbara M. de Sousa, Clara R. Correia, Jorge A. F. Ferreira, João F. Mano, Marco P. Soares dos Santos, Sandra I. Vieira XIII Symposium on Bioengineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia (Portugal)
2022/02/23 "Potential therapeutic targets and prognosis biomarkers for spinal cord injury using targeted and multi-OMICs approaches" Sandra I Vieira, Bárbara M. de Sousa, Dário Trindade, Patrícia MD Correia, Carla A. Nunes, Ana M. Sousa, Maria R. Cunha MEDISIS Open Day 2022
Centro Académico Clínico EMHA; Universidade de Aveiro (iBiMED)
2021/09/06 "Nanogrooved microdiscs and liquefied-core capsules as platforms for the development of vascularised bone tissue constructs" Isabel M. Bjørge, Bárbara M. de Sousa, Sónia G. Patrício, A. Sofia Silva, Liebert P. Nogueira, Lúcia F. Santos, Sandra I. Vieira, Håvard J. Haugen, Clara R. Correia, João F. Mano 31st Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB2021)
Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S); INEB - Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, University of Porto, Portugal (Porto, Portugal)
2021/06 "KIF4A - unraveling a potential spinal cord repair gene using regenerative peripheral nerve injury models" Patrícia D. Correia, Bárbara M. de Sousa, Jesus Chato-Astrain, Raquel Silva, Veronica Estrada, Hans Werner Müller, Vitor Carriel, Frank Bosse, Sandra I. Vieira ENCODS 2021: virtual conference
FENS, the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
2021/04/17 "Advanced therapies for osteo and neural regeneration" Bárbara M. de Sousa, Patrícia D. Correia, Sandra I. Vieira Workshop HealthTech
IEEE University of Aveiro Student Branch (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/02/20 "Capacitive interdigitated system of high osteoconductive/inductive performance for instrumented active implants with personalized acting-sensing" Bárbara M. de Sousa, Clara R. Correia, Jorge A. F. Ferreira, João F. Mano, Marco P. Soares dos Santos, Sandra I. Vieira 9º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica
(Porto, Portugal)
2020/11/15 "Capacitive interdigitated system of high osteoconductive/inductive performance for personalized acting-sensing implants" Sousa B, Ferreira JAF, dos Santos MPS, Vieira SI BRASA Aveiro Tech Health
BRASA Aveiro (Brazilian Student Association) (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/07/09 "KIF4 - studying a potential spinal cord repair gene using regenerative peripheral nerve injury models" Patrícia D. Correia, Bárbara M. de Sousa, Jesus Chato-Astrain, Raquel Silva, Veronica Estrada, Hans Werner Müller, Vitor Carriel, Frank Bosse, Sandra I. Vieira 5th International Symposium on Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar - University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019/03/16 "Osteoblast stimulation in vitro - benefits of capacitive interdigitated electrodes for osseointegration" Bárbara Sousa, Jorge A. F. Ferreira, Marco P. Soares dos Santos, Sandra I. Vieira X Jornadas Nacionais de Ciências Biomédicas
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/09/12 "The downside of lighter bones: cetacean adaptations in the Anthropocene" Ruivo R, Vieira SI, Marques M, Pirraco RP, Sousa B, Barbosa S, Reis RL, Santos MM, Castro LF 31st ESCPB (New European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry) Congress
CIIMAR - University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/07/01 - 2024/10/01 European Neuroscience Conference by Doctoral Students (ENCODS) 2024 (2024/06/23 - 2024/06/24)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2023/10/01 - 2024/07/01 VII iBiMED Symposium - Sharing Science, Inspiring Progress (2024/05/23 - 2024/05/24)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2023/01/10 - 2023/09/01 VI iBiMED Symposium - From Fundamental Research to Clinical Practice (2023/05/25 - 2023/05/26)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2023/02/01 - 2023/07/01 3rd International Meeting of the Portuguese Spinal Cord Injury Researchers (2023/06/22 - 2023/06/23)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal

Centro de Reabilitação do Norte Dr Ferreira Alves Unidade de Reabilitação de Lesão Medular, Portugal
2022/10/01 - 2023/07/01 Workshop "Histology Applied to Biomedicine" (2023/05/30 - 2023/06/02)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/03 'O nosso cérebro' included in Brain Awareness Week 2019 (2019/03 - 2019/03)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2018/04 - 2018/10 National Ambassador for iMed Conference 10 (Lisbon 2018) (2018/10/03 - 2018/10/07)
Conference
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/05/03 - 2023/05/05 FENS Regional Meeting 2023
Meeting
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2023/05/01 - 2023/05/02 European Neuroscience Conference by Doctoral Students 2023 (ENCODS 2023)
Conference
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2023/01/29 - 2023/02/04 FENS-Hertie Winter School: “Neuro-immune interactions in health and disease”
Other
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium

Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung, Germany
2022/07/09 - 2022/07/13 FENS Forum 2022
Congress
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2022/06/13 - 2022/06/14 2nd International Meeting of the Portuguese Spinal Cord Injury Researchers
Meeting
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/03/25 - 2022/03/27 XIII Symposium on Bioengineering
Symposium
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2021/12/01 - 2021/12/03 XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience
Meeting
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2021/10/27 - 2021/10/28 14th IBEC Symposium ‘Bioengineering for Regenerative Therapies’
Symposium
Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya, Spain
2021/10/05 - 2021/10/08 Proteome Discoverer Training Workshop
Workshop
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH, Germany
2021/10 - 2021/10 Curso de formação de tutores em Problem Based Learning (PBL)
Workshop
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2021/06/04 - 2021/06/06 European Neuroscience Conference by Doctoral Students (ENCODS 2021) - Virtual Conference
Conference
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2021/03/26 - 2021/03/28 XII Symposium on Bioengineering
Symposium
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2021/02/19 - 2021/02/20 9º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica (CNB2021)
Congress
Sociedade Portuguesa de Biomecânica, Portugal
2020/11/23 - 2020/11/23 Organoids With]Out[Borders
Symposium
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Células Estaminais e Terapia Celular, Portugal
2020/10/12 - 2020/10/16 Gibco™ 5 Days of Stem Cells Virtual Event.
Congress
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, United States
2020/07/11 - 2020/07/15 FENS Virtual Forum 2020
Congress
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2020/05/05 - 2020/05/08 'CBM, E agora?' - discussion about scientific/academic perspectives for undergraduate students
Round table
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/09/12 - 2019/09/15 14th Young European Scientists Meeting (YES Meeting)
Conference
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/09/11 - 2019/09/11 1st Iberian Seminar on NMR Metabolomics in Clinical Research
Seminar
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
2019/03/13 - 2019/03/16 X Jornadas Nacionais de Ciências Biomédicas
Meeting
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/02/22 - 2019/02/23 6th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG 2019)
Congress
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/11/20 - 2018/11/20 'Signalling Afternoon' - seminar on signalling pathways and their importance in Biomedicine
Seminar
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2018 - 2018 'Erasmus, the First Step' - presentation about the Erasmus experience in Westminster, UK
Round table
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016/06 - 2016/06 'Angelini University Award' contest - Submission of project "Family Support as part of the oncological patient paliative care planning"
Other
Morada Angelini Farmacêutica Lda, Portugal
2015/09/17 - 2015/09/20 10th Young European Scientists Meeting (YES Meeting)
Meeting
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015/03/11 - 2015/03/14 VI Jornadas Nacionais de Ciências Biomédicas
Meeting
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2013/01/31 - 2013/01/31 Portugal representative in a Euroscola session in the European Parliament
Meeting
European Parliament, France

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/02 - Current SELGRA (Student European Low Gravity Research Association) Member
2021/02 - Current SPB (Sociedade Portuguesa de Biomecânica) Member
2020/02 - Current FENS (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies) Member
2020/02 - Current SPN (Portuguese Society of Neurosciences) Member
2015/09 - 2016/10 BEST Aveiro (Board of European Students of Technology) Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020/11 - Current PhD Student representative of the Doctoral Program in Biomedicine Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/10 - Current Invited speaker for Seminar on 'Regenerative Medicine & Biomaterials' within the curricular unit 'Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine' (code 41586) (Oct2020, Jan2022) Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2019/11 - Current Assistant monitor to practical class on immunocytochemical analyses. 'Molecular and Cellular Laboratories in Biomedicine' curricular unit (code 41517) (Nov2019, Nov2020) Materials and Biomedical Devices (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/10 - Current Assistant monitor to practical class on cell culture techniques and different viability assays for animal cells in culture. 'Molecular and Cellular Laboratories in Biomedicine' curricular unit (code 41517) (Oct2018, Oct2019, Nov2020) Materials and Biomedical Devices (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/02/21 - 2020/02/21 Lecturer and Monitor in an Advanced Course on Molecular Biology (protein quantification assays). Curso Avançado Biologia Molecular: Do Gene à Proteína (Ensino secundário) Escola Secundária de Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal

Instituto de Educação e Cidadania (IEC), Portugal
2019/11/13 - 2019/11/13 Lecturer on tissue processing techniques and histochemical stains. ‘Molecular and Cellular Laboratories in Biomedicine’ curricular unit (code 41517) Materials and Biomedical Devices (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/10/09 - 2019/10/09 Monitor to practical class for Journal Club projects preparation. 'Molecular and Cellular Laboratories in Biomedicine' curricular unit (code 41517) Materials and Biomedical Devices (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/10 - 2018/10 Assistant monitor to practical class on different viability assays for animal cells in culture. 'Molecular Laboratories I' curricular unit (code 48171) (Oct2017, Oct2018) Molecular Biomedicine (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/05/30 - 2018/06/01 Assistant monitor to practical module to assess osteoblast differentiation through immunoblot, biochemical and immunocytochemical analyses. 'Molecular Laboratories II' curricular unit (code 48174) Molecular Biomedicine (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/10 - Current Brain and Behavior John Wiley & Sons
2023/02 - 2023/07 Microscopy Research and Technique John Wiley & Sons

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/09 - 2021/12 MSc Thesis project 'Optimization of isolation, expansion and cryopreservation of PBMCs'. Techniques taught: cell culture and cryopreservation, PBMC isolation, flow cytometry Bruna Daniela Coelho Cruz
2021/01 - 2021/09 Bachelor Project "Capacitive electrical stimulation of neuritogenic processes". Techniques taught: cell culture, neuronal differentiation, cell's electrical stimulation, Western Blot, morphometric analysis. José Maria Carolo de Castro e Solla
2014/09 - 2015/07 Mentor of 1st year students within the Tutoring Program of the University of Aveiro. Reception of 1st year students and personalized mentoring focused on student's integration and academic success. Several students

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/12 - Current Evaluation of Journal Club projects on cell biology and biological models for study of biomedical materials and devices. 'Molecular and Cellular Laboratories in Biomedicine' curricular unit (code 41517) (Dec2019, Dec2020, Jan2021, Dec2021) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 Best oral communication at VII iBiMED Symposium (May 2024)
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2023 Travel Award to attend FENS Regional Meeting 2023 (Apr 2023)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2022 Best Pitch Presentation at the XIII Symposium on Bioengineering (Mar2022)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019 Best Poster at X Jornadas Nacionais de Ciências Biomédicas (Mar2019)
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2019 Best Molecular Biology Poster at ‘14th YES Meeting’ (Sep2019)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Other distinction

2025 Selected microscopy image for the 2025 ibidi Calendar - [page 4, https://ibidi.com/img/cms/about_us/awards/photo_contest/ibidi_calendar_2025_150dpi.pdf]
ibidi GmbH, Germany
2023 Pre-selected candidate for the NeuroART competition at the IBRO 2023 World Congress (Sept 2023) [microscopy image featured on page 72 of IBRO 2023 Annual Report https://ibro.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IBRO-Annual-Report-2023.pdf]
International Brain Research Organization, France

Sociedad Española de Neurociencia, Spain
2022 Participant selected for the FENS-Hertie Winter School on Neuro-Immune Interactions (29Jan - 4Feb 2023)
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2021 Selected Project in the 'LIDE's Glide Your Experiment Challenge!'
SELGRA - Student European Low Gravity Research Association, Belgium

LIDE Space, Belgium
2021 SPN attending grant to attend the XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN 2021)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2020 Travel Grant by project MEDISIS – SAÚDE POR ESSE MUNDO FORA (Apr2020)
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2020 FENS-IBRO/PERC Grant for participation in FENS Forum 2020 (May2020)
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2020 FCT PhD Scholarship Ref 2020.06525.BD
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 Grant for Erasmus Internship as visiting researcher at University of Granada (Apr2019-Jul2019). Grant Ref. 2018-1-PT01-KA103-046735
2016 Grant for Erasmus Scholarship as Exchange Student at University of Westminter (Jan2016-May2016)