Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Rita de Almeida Calixto Silva
- Date of birth
- 1989/07/16
Citation names
- Ana Rita Calixto
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- A318-F7AE-A46A
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-1123-0413
- Researcher Id
- ADA-6749-2022
- Scopus Author Id
- 56414628800
Email addresses
- ana.rita@fc.up.pt (Professional)
- anaritacalixto@gmail.com (Personal)
Addresses
- Departamento de Química e Bioquímica Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2014/06/01 - 2018/09/11
Concluded
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PhD Program in Sustainable Chemistry (Doutoramento)
Major in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Biochemistry
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "The origin of the catalytic power of enzymes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2011/10 - 2013/09
Concluded
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Master's Degree in Biochemistry (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal "Elucidating the catalytic mechanism of human renin with hybrid quantum mechanics and molecular mechanics studies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18/20 (class B in the ECTS grading scale) |
2008/09 - 2011/09
Concluded
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Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal "The angiogenic paradox in diabetes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17/20 (class A in the ECTS grading scale) |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/08/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal |
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal | ||
2018/06/01 - 2022/07/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Uppsala Universitet, Sweden |
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden | ||
2012/06/01 - 2014/05/31 | Researcher (Research) | REQUIMTE, Portugal |
REQUIMTE, Portugal | ||
2010/11/01 - 2011/09/09 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2014/06/01 - 2018/05/31 | PhD student | REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal |
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal | ||
2009/12/01 - 2010/07/29 | Extracurricular Internship Program | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2018/08/01 - 2020/07/31 | Att första och designa de kemiska mekanismerna och den allosteriska regleringen av GTPases
190-0335
Post-doc Fellow
Uppsala biomedicinska centrum, Sweden
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Stiftelsen Olle Engkvist Byggmästare
Ongoing
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2014/06 - 2018/05 | The origin of the catalytic power of enzymes
SFRH/BD/95962/2013
PhD Student Fellow
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2012/05 - 2014/04 | New drugs for hypertension
Research Fellow
REQUIMTE, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/08/01 - 2028/07/31 | Targeting Flaviviruses enzymes: from computational chemistry to antiviral drugs
2021.00645.CEECIND/CP1662/CT0001
Researcher
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/09/01 - 2024/02/01 | Unraveling the role of NS2 cofactor in flavivirus NS2B-NS3 protease activity
Projecto ID FCT: 2023.09592.CPCA.A1
Principal investigator
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
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Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2022/06 | GTP hydrolysis without an active site base: resolving a decades old controversy | Girona seminar 2022
Universitat de Girona (Girona, Spain)
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2019/08/26 | Computational modeling of biological phosphate hydrolysis – a unifying mechanism for Ras and related GTPases | CECAM workshop, Modeling noncovalent interactions in supra/bio catalysis
Sorbonne Université - Paris (Paris, France)
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2016/06/22 | Studying the role of protein motions in enzyme catalysis – computational approaches on HIV-1 protease | XII National Meeting of Physical Chemistry/ I Symposium of Computational Chemistry
University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)
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2015/08/05 | The atomistic details of patellamide macrocyclization described by QM/MM studies on PatG macrocyclase | Workshop on Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
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2014/02/12 | QM/MM studies on the catalytic mechanism of the human renin | 7th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP 2014)
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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2013/02/13 | The catalytic mechanism of human renin protease – a quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics study | 6th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP 2013)
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2023/09 - 2024/10 | Bee Venom Phospholipase A2
Co-supervisor
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Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2023/02 - 2023/06 | Mecanismo de ação e desenvolvimento de antídotos para o veneno de víbora terciopelo
Co-supervisor
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Química (Degree)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2016/09/05 - 2016/10/01 | 11th Intensive Course of the European Master in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (2016/09/05 - 2016/10/01)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
2016/02/17 - 2016/02/19 | Collaborator in the young researchers meeting of University of Porto (IJUP)
(2016/02/17 - 2016/02/19)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
2015/05/13 - 2015/05/15 | Collaborator in the young researchers meeting of University of Porto (IJUP) (2015/05/13 - 2015/05/15)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2022/07 - Current | 12th WATOC
Conference
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12th WATOC |
2022/06 - Current | Girona Seminar
Conference
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Girona seminar 2022
Universitat de Girona, Spain
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2022/05 - Current | SoapBox Science
Other
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SoapBox Science
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
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2021/10 - 2021/10 | Structural Bioinformatics 2021 EMBL-EBI
Workshop
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European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
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2021/05 - 2021/05 | EMBO-Self-Leadership for Women Scientists
Workshop
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Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
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2021/03/05 - 2021/03/16 | ACS Spring Meeting: Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century
Conference
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2020/09/07 - 2020/09/07 | LatinXChem Twitter Conference
Conference
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LatinXChem Twitter Conference |
2020/07/15 - 2020/07/16 | Twitter Poster Conference IOPPposter
Conference
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Twitter Poster Conference IOPPposter
IOP Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom
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2019/11/04 - 2019/12/18 | Academic Teacher Training Course
Workshop
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Academic Teacher Training Course 3 - autumn 2019
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
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2019/09/25 - 2019/12/06 | Supervising PhD Students Course
Workshop
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Supervising PhD Students, autumn 2019
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
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2019/11/28 - 2019/12/05 | Supervising Training Course
Workshop
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Supervising Training Course, autumn 2018
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
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2019/08/26 - 2019/08/30 | CECAM workshop, Modeling noncovalent interactions in supra/bio catalysis
Workshop
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CECAM workshop, Modeling noncovalent interactions in supra/bio catalysis
Association Sorbonne Université, France
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2019/06/10 - 2019/06/13 | PRACE/BioExcel Seasonal School 2019
Workshop
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HPC for Life Sciences
Partnership for Advanced Computing In Europe, Belgium
BioExcel Center of Excellence for Computational Biomolecular Research, Sweden |
2018/12/21 - 2018/12/21 | Meeting of Young Researchers in Structural Computational Biology (EJIBCE)
Meeting
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Meeting of Young Researchers in Structural Computational Biology (EJIBCE)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2017/06/26 - 2017/06/30 | 8th International Theoretical Biophysics Symposium
Symposium
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8th International Theoretical Biophysics Symposium
Donostia International Physics Center, Spain
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2016/07 - 2016/07 | Molecular Modelling and Protein Structure for undergraduate students
Other
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Escola da Química 2016 – Modelação Molecular da Estrutura de Proteínas
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2016/06/22 - 2016/06/24 | XII National Meeting of Physical Chemistry/ I Symposium of Computational Chemistry
Symposium
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XII National Meeting of Physical Chemistry/ I Symposium of Computational Chemistry
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2016/04/26 - 2016/04/29 | 5th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting and 1st European Young Chemists Meeting
Meeting
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5th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting and 1st European Young Chemists Meeting
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
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2015/10/05 - 2015/10/05 | Workshop on Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling
Workshop
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Workshop on Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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2015/07 - 2015/07 | Molecular Modelling and Protein Structure for undergraduate students
Other
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Escola da Química 2015 – Modelação Molecular da Estrutura de Proteínas
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2014/02/12 - 2014/02/14 | 7th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP 2014)
Meeting
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7th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP 2014)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2013/06/12 - 2013/06/14 | XVIII National Meeting of the Portuguese Chemical Society
Meeting
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XVIII National Meeting of the Portuguese Chemical Society
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2013/02/13 - 2013/02/15 | 6th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP 2013)
Meeting
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6th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP 2013)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2012/11/28 - 2012/11/30 | XVIII Luso Galician Meeting of Chemistry
Meeting
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XVIII Luso Galician Meeting of Chemistry
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
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2012/02/22 - 2012/02/24 | 5th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP 2012)
Meeting
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5th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP 2012)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2023/06/02 | Computational Strategies For Understanding The Molecular Basis Of Biochemical And Biocatalytic Processes
(Thesis) Arguer
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Carla Calvó-Tusell (PhD)
Universitat de Girona, Spain
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/09 - 2023/12 | Bioquímica Computacional | Bioquímica (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
2023/09 - 2023/12 | Modelação de Bioestruturas | Química (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
2021/09 - 2021/10 | Structural Bioinformatics (Lecture/Tutorial) | Computational Chemistry of Biological Macromolecules (Master) | Uppsala Universitet, Sweden |
2020/09 - 2020/10 | Structural Bioinformatics (Lecture/Tutorial) | Computational Chemistry of Biological Macromolecules (Master) | Uppsala Universitet, Sweden |
2019/09 - 2019/10 | Structural Bioinformatics (Lecture/Tutorial) | Computational Chemistry for Biological Macromolecules (Master) | Uppsala Universitet, Sweden |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2022/09 - 2023/10 | New antidotes for Bothrops asper venom: a study of PLA2 protein | Roberto Pinto |
2022/02 - 2022/04 | Hydrolysis of Phosphotriesters | Alexandros Zantis |
2019/09 - 2019/12 | GTPases - the influence of active-site mutations on the activation barrier | Neli Sedej |
2019/09 - 2019/11 | GTPases - the influence of active-site mutations on the activation barrier | Bruno Cuevas Zuviría |
2019/05 - 2019/10 | Computational Simulations on GTPases | Radost Herboth |
2017/07 - 2017/07 | Exploring the Identity of the General Base for a DNA Polymerase Catalyzed Reaction Using QM/MM: The Case Study of Human TLS Polymerase | Katie A. Wilson |
2015/04 - 2016/09 | The Catalytic Mechanism of the Marine-Derived Macrocyclase PatGmac | Pedro Ferreira |
Distinctions
Award
2011 | Best Final Grade in the 1st Degree of Biochemistry
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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Other distinction
2018 | Postdoctoral Grant (grant 190-0335)
Stiftelsen Olle Engkvist Byggmästare, Sweden
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2014 | PhD grant SFRH/BD/95962/2013
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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