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I am a PhD student in Biochemistry at the Glyco Lab - Functional Glycobiology and the Macromolecular Crystallography Groups, from FCT-NOVA (UCIBIO), under the supervision of Doctor Angelina Palma and co-supervision of Doctor Ana Luísa Carvalho and Doctor Yan Liu from Imperial College London. My research interest is to study, at a molecular level, protein-glycan interactions that operate biological systems in human health, to understand the biological mechanisms. Towards this, my main scientific fields interests are Structural Biology and Glycobiology, in which I have been pursuing my training. From Feb 2017 to Nov 2019, I had a position as an MSc Research Assistant at Macromolecular Crystallography and Glyco Lab Groups (UCIBIO-NOVA). During this period, I integrated the teams of 3 funded projects, which allowed me to gain knowledge in different biological systems and acquire solid experience in protein expression and purification, X-ray Crystallography and state-of-the-art techniques to assess the specificity and affinity of protein-ligand interactions, such as glycan microarrays, MST and ITC. My PhD research project, entitled "Translating the human-microbiome molecular cross-talk using glycan microarray and structural biology strategies", aims to decipher how the structural diversity of host glycans is exploited by bacteria and how it influences commensal vs pathogenic interactions. My work resulted in 2 first-author and 5 co-author peer-reviewed publications in international journals, 1 book chapter, 11 oral communications and 21 Conference Posters. I have been awarded 4 competitive fellowships in funded projects, received 2 travel bursaries to attend international scientific meetings, a 4-year PhD scholarship and 1 best Poster Prize. During these years, I have been improving my transferable skills by attending workshops and other events, I also had the opportunity to organize several events (conference/seminar/Exhibition), and I have tutored different BSc and MSc students. I’m currently part of the internationally funded project GLYCOTwinning (HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-101079417) and I am contributing to a nationally funded project GlycOSELECT (2022.06104.PTDC).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Filipa Grifo Ribeiro Trovão

Citation names

  • Trovão, Filipa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AC11-1704-9BF8
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9995-4909
Researcher Id
O-3189-2015

Email addresses

  • filipagrtrovao@gmail.com (Professional)

Addresses

  • Macromolecular Crystallography & GlycoLab - Functional Glycobiology Groups. UCIBIO@REQUIMTE, FCT/NOVA, 2829-516, Caparica, Almada, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/12/01 - 2024/01
Ongoing
 Biochemistry (Doutoramento)
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Imperial College London, United Kingdom
"Translating the human-microbiome molecular cross-talk using glycan microarray and structural biology strategies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/09 - 2016/11
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Mestrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Synthetic Affinity ligands for Human antibodies and its different approaches" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2010/09 - 2014/07
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"HIV-2: Expression and Purification of a protein from viral envelope" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/02/01 - 2019/10 Research Assistant (Research) Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/12/01 - Current PhD Student Researcher Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
(...)
2015/07/01 - 2016/11/02 Master's Dissertation Project in Biochemistry: "Synthetic Affinity ligands for Human antibodies and its different approaches" REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
2016/06/01 - 2016/06/30 Short Internship - Project: "Chemical Synthesis of Triazine ligand 22/8" Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
2014/03/01 - 2014/06/30 Bachelor's Final Project in Biochemistry: "HIV-2: Expression and Purification of a protein from viral envelope" REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/12/01 - 2025/11/30 GLYCOTwinning: Building Networks to Excel in Glycosciences
101079417
PhD Student Fellow
2019/02/01 - 2019/10/31 Siamab Therapeutics: Targeting glycan specificity of tumor-specific antibodies for development of effective anti-cancer strategies
Siamab Therapeutics
Research Fellow
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2019/01/31 An integrative structural biology approach to characterise the protein-carbohydrate microbial recognition
PTDC/BBB-BEP/0869/2014
Research Fellow
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/02/01 - 2018/01/31 ACTONP53: Targeting p53 family proteins: on the route to new anticancer agents
P2020-PTDC/DTP-FTO/1981/2014
Research Fellow
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 Descoberta de proteínas do microbioma humano selectivas para O-glicanos ¿ ferramentas para novas abordagens na investigação em cancro
2022.06104.PTDC
PhD Student Fellow
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Institute for Health and Bioeconomy
LA/P/0140/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0140/2020
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal

Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit
UIDB/04378/2020
10.54499/UIDB/04378/2020
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal

Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas
UID/Multi/04378/2019
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020/12 - Current GLYCOINTERACT: Glycan-human microbiome interaction: glycan diversity and recognition in the human gut with impact on health and nutrition
PTDC/BIA-MIB/31730/2017
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Correia, Viviana G.; Costa, Raquel L.; Trovão, Filipa; Candeias, Alícia; Andrade Pinheiro, Benedita. Corresponding author: Andrade Pinheiro, Benedita. "The bacterial toolkit for glycan recognition in the human gut". In Carbohydrate Chemistry – Chemical and Biological Approaches. 2024.
    Accepted
Conference abstract
  1. Correia, Viviana G.; Trovão, Filipa; Lourenço, Frederico; Brás, Joana L. A.; Fontes, Carlos M. G. A.; Carvalho, Ana Luísa; Palma, Angelina S.; Andrade Pinheiro, Benedita. "Structure of a novel CBM provides further insight into the bacterial degradation of complex pectic polysaccharides". Paper presented in 13th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group, Porto, 2019.
  2. Correia, Viviana G.; Costa, Raquel L.; Trovão, Filipa; Andrade Pinheiro, Benedita; Brás, Joana L. A.; Liu, Y.; Silva, Lisete M.; et al. "Functional and structural characterization of human microbiome systems for glycan recognition in the gut.". Paper presented in 9th ITQB NOVA PhD Students Meeting., Oeiras, 2018.
Conference poster
  1. Candeias, Alícia; Trovão, Filipa; Oliveira Soares, Cátia; Grosso, Ana Sofia; Marcelo, Filipa; Pinheiro, Benedita; Carvalho, Ana Luísa; Palma, Angelina S.. Corresponding author: Candeias, Alícia. "Structural elucidation of a novel Carbohydrate-binding module from Bacteroides caccae targeting tumor-associated mucin O-glycans". Paper presented in How Time-Resolved X-ray Crystallography is driving Structural Biology forward – Workshop, 2024.
  2. Pinheiro, B. A.; Trovão, Filipa; Correia, V.G.; Costa, R.L.; Candeias, Alícia; Di Maio, A.; Feizi, Ten; et al. "Discovery and characterization of O-glycan selective proteins from the human gut microbiota". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Carbohydrate Meeting, 2024.
  3. Candeias, Alícia; Trovão, Filipa; Oliveira Soares, Cátia; Grosso, Ana Sofia; Marcelo, Filipa; Pinheiro, Benedita; Carvalho, Ana Luísa; Palma, Angelina S.. Corresponding author: Candeias, Alícia. "A novel Carbohydrate-binding module from Bacteroides caccae targeting tumour-associated mucin O-glycans". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Carbohydrate Meeting, 2024.
  4. Trovão, Filipa; Andrade Pinheiro, Benedita; Candeias, Alícia; Abrahams, Jodie; Di Maio, Antonio; Yu, Jin; Chai, Wengang; et al. "Molecular recognition on Mucin O-glycans by a human gut commensal – Bacteroides caccae". Paper presented in GLYCOTwinning Summer School, 2023.
  5. Candeias, Alícia; Trovão, Filipa; Pinheiro, Benedita; Palma, Angelina S.; Carvalho, Ana Luísa. Corresponding author: Candeias, Alícia. "Structural insights on the recognition of mucin O-glycans by a novel member of family 32 CBM from Bacteroides caccae". Paper presented in 1st GLYCOTwinning Summer School, 2023.
  6. Trovão, Filipa; Andrade Pinheiro, Benedita; Candeias, Alícia; Abrahams, Jodie; Di Maio, Antonio; Yu, Jin; Chai, Wengang; et al. "Molecular recognition on Mucin O-glycans by a human gut commensal – Bacteroides caccae". Paper presented in Structural Glycoscience Summer School, 2023.
  7. Candeias, Alícia; Trovão, Filipa; Pinheiro, Benedita; Palma, Angelina S.; Carvalho, Ana Luísa. Corresponding author: Candeias, Alícia. "Structural basis for recognition of mucin O-glycans by a novel member of family 32 CBM from Bacteroides caccae". Paper presented in XIII Jornadas de Carbohidratos (Spanish Carbohydrate Meeting), 2023.
  8. Candeias, Alícia; Trovão, Filipa; Pinheiro, Benedita; Palma, Angelina S.; Carvalho, Ana Luísa. Corresponding author: Candeias, Alícia. "The 3D structure of BC16100-C, a novel protein from Bacteroides caccae, in complex with the Tn antigen reveals the molecular determinants that allow this bacterium to recognise host glycoproteins". Paper presented in GLUPOR14 - 14th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group, 2023.
  9. Trovão, Filipa; Candeias, Alícia; Pinheiro, Benedita; Palma, Angelina S.; Carvalho, Ana Luísa. Corresponding author: Candeias, Alícia. "Structural insights on the glycan-binding function of a novel protein from Bacteroides caccae, a commensal bacterium from the human gut". Paper presented in 2nd National Crystallographic Meeting, 2022.
  10. Lima, Carlos D. L.; Coelho, Helena; Gimeno, Ana; Trovão, Filipa; Diniz, Ana; Dias, Jorge S; Jiménez-Barbero, Jesús; et al. "Deciphering the molecular recognition mechanism between human immune related lectins and the cancer and pathogenic glycobiomarker LacdiNAc". Paper presented in Summer School in Biomedical Glycoscience, 2022.
  11. Trovão, Filipa; Candeias, Alicia; Pinheiro, Benedita A.; Liu, Yan; Carvalho, Ana Luísa; Palma, Angelina S.. "Structural elucidation of novel glycan-binding proteins from Bacteroides caccae - a resident of the human gut microbiota.". Paper presented in Diamond-CCP4 Data Collection and Structure Solution Workshop, 2021.
  12. Trovão, Filipa; Correia, Viviana G.; Lourenço, Frederico; Carvalho, Ana Luísa; Palma, Angelina S.; Pinheiro, Benedita A.. "A special guest to PDB50: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, the human gut microbe that owns the required protein machinery to degrade complex pectic polysaccharides for us.". Paper presented in PDB50: A special symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Protein Data Bank., 2021.
  13. Lima, Carlos D. L.; Coelho, Helena; Gimeno, Ana; Trovão, Filipa; Diniz, Ana; Dias, Jorge S; Jiménez-Barbero, Jesús; et al. "Understanding the difference on molecular recognition of LacdiNAc by immune-related lectins". Paper presented in 9th IberoAmerican NMR meeting (presented by Carlos D. L. Lima), 2021.
  14. Trovão, Filipa; Correia, Viviana G.; Lourenço, Frederico; Brás, Joana L. A.; Silva, Lisete M.; Paulsen, Berit S.; Feizi, Ten; et al. "Characterisation of a novel CBM from human gut microbiota provides further insight into the bacterial degradation of complex pectic polysaccharides.". Paper presented in 22nd EMBL PhD Symposium: The Roaring 20s, 2020.
  15. Grosso, Ana Sofia; Santarsia, Sabrina; Trovão, Filipa; Carvalho, Ana Luísa; Jiménez-Barbero, Jesús; Nativi, Cristina; Marcelo, Filipa. "Molecular recognition of a Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen mimetic targeting human galectin-3". Paper presented in 1st Meeting COST Action CA18132, 2019.
  16. Andrade Pinheiro, Benedita; Ribeiro, Diana O.; Correia, Viviana G.; Costa, Raquel; Trovão, Filipa; Romão, Maria João; Carvalho, Ana Luísa; Palma, Angelina S.. "Glycan microarrays – driving structural biology approaches to unravel glycan recognition". Paper presented in 1st Meeting COST Action CA18132, 2019.
  17. Grosso, Ana Sofia; Santarsia, Sabrina; Trovão, Filipa; Jiménez-Barbero, Jesús; Carvalho, Ana Luísa; Nativi, Cristina; Marcelo, Filipa. "Molecular recognition of a Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen mimetic targeting human galectin-3". Paper presented in 13th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group, 2019.
  18. Trovão, Filipa; Gomes, Ana Sara; Andrade Pinheiro, Benedita; Gomes, Sara; Oliveira, Carla; Domingues, Lucília; Romão, Maria João; Saraiva, Lucília; Carvalho, Ana Luísa. "The loss of DNA binding function of a Human p53 mutant elucidated through X-ray crystallography". Paper presented in Ciência 2019, 2019.
  19. Matos, Manuel; Trovão, Filipa; Gonçalves, João; Pina, Ana; Roque, Ana Cecília. "Novel adsorbent platform for antibody purification using small synthetic affinity ligands". Paper presented in 257th American Chemical Society Meeting, 2019.
  20. Matos, Manuel J.B.; Trovão, Filipa; Pina, Ana Sofia; Roque, ACA; Gonçalves, João. "Novel adsorbent platform for antibody purification using small synthetic affinity ligands (Excellent Young Researcher Award)". Paper presented in ACS National Meeting: Chemistry for New Frontiers: 30th April-4th May 2019, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2019.
  21. Matos, Manuel; Trovão, Filipa; Pina, Ana; Roque, Ana Cecília. "Petasis-Ugi affinity ligands as alternative tools for antibody purification". Paper presented in UCIBIO Annual Meeting, 2018.
  22. Carvalho, Ana Luísa; Trovão, Filipa; Gomes, Ana Sara; Andrade Pinheiro, Benedita; Gomes, Sara; Oliveira, Carla; Domingues, Lucília; Romão, Maria João; Saraiva, Lucília. "The Crystal Structure of the R280K Mutant of Human p53 Explains the Loss of DNA Binding". Paper presented in 31st European Crystallographic Meeting, 2018.
  23. Trovão, Filipa; Gomes, Ana Sara; Andrade Pinheiro, Benedita; Gomes, Sara; Oliveira, Carla; Domingues, Lucília; Romão, Maria João; Saraiva, Lucília; Carvalho, Ana Luísa. "Crystal structure of Human p53 R280K mutant (DNA binding domain) – Explaining the loss of DNA binding". Paper presented in 7th National Meeting of Portuguese Users of Synchrotron Radiation (ENURS), 2018.
  24. Correia, Viviana G.; Lourenço, Frederico; Trovão, Filipa; Brás, Joana L. A.; Andrade Pinheiro, Benedita; Silva, Lisete M.; Feizi, Ten; et al. "A novel pectin binding protein from the human gut microbiota". Paper presented in 7th National Meeting of Portuguese Users of Synchrotron Radiation (ENURS), 2018.
  25. Trovão, Filipa; Figueiredo, Carina; Soares, Cindy; Ferreira, Marisa Raquel. "Quenching Fluorescence Study of Tryptophan Amino Acids in the BSA protein". Paper presented in Biomolecular Spectroscopy Seminar, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Trovão, Filipa; Correia, Viviana G.; Lourenço, Frederico M.; Ribeiro, Diana O.; Carvalho, Ana Luísa; Palma, Angelina S.; Pinheiro, Benedita A.. "The structure of a Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron carbohydrate-binding module provides new insight into the recognition of complex pectic polysaccharides by the human microbiome". Journal of Structural Biology: X 7 (2023): 100084. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yjsbx.2022.100084.
    10.1016/j.yjsbx.2022.100084
  2. Correia, Viviana G.; Trovão, Filipa; Pinheiro, Benedita A.; Brás, Joana L. A.; Silva, Lisete M.; Nunes, Cláudia; Coimbra, Manuel A.; et al. "Mapping Molecular Recognition of ß1,3-1,4-Glucans by a Surface Glycan-Binding Protein from the Human Gut Symbiont Bacteroides ovatus". Microbiology Spectrum 9 3 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01826-21.
    10.1128/spectrum.01826-21
  3. Li, Chunxia; Palma, Angelina S; Zhang, Pengtao; Zhang, Yibing; Gao, Chao; Silva, Lisete M; Li, Zhen; et al. "Noncovalent microarrays from synthetic amino-terminating glycans: Implications in expanding glycan microarray diversity and platform comparison". Glycobiology 31 8 (2021): 931-946. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/glycob/cwab037.
    10.1093/glycob/cwab037
  4. Lima, Carlos D. L.; Coelho, Helena; Gimeno, Ana; Trovão, Filipa; Diniz, Ana; Dias, Jorge S.; Jiménez-Barbero, Jesús; et al. "Structural Insights into the Molecular Recognition Mechanism of the Cancer and Pathogenic Epitope, LacdiNAc by Immune-Related Lectins". Chemistry – A European Journal 27 29 (2021): 7951-7958. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202100800.
    10.1002/chem.202100800
  5. M J B, Matos; F, Trovão; J, Gonçalves; U, Rothbauer; M G, Freire; A M J B, Barbosa; A S, Pina; A C A, Roque. "A purification platform for antibodies and derived fragments using a de novo designed affinity adsorbent". Separation and Purification Technology (2021): 118476. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2021.118476.
    10.1016/j.seppur.2021.118476
  6. Santarsia, Sabrina; Grosso, Ana Sofia; Trovão, Filipa; Jiménez-Barbero, Jesús; Carvalho, Ana Luísa; Nativi, Cristina; Marcelo, Filipa. "Molecular Recognition of a Thomsen-Friedenreich Antigen Mimetic Targeting Human Galectin-3". ChemMedChem 13 19 (2018): 2030-2036. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.201800525.
    Published • 10.1002/cmdc.201800525
  7. Trovão, Filipa; Gomes, Ana; Andrade Pinheiro, Benedita; Freire, Filipe; Gomes, Sara; Oliveira, Carla; Domingues, Lucília; et al. "The Crystal Structure of the R280K Mutant of Human p53 Explains the Loss of DNA Binding". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19 4 (2018): 1184. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms19041184.
    Open access • 10.3390/ijms19041184
Online resource
  1. Correia, Viviana G.; Trovão, Filipa; Pinheiro, Benedita A.; Carvalho, Ana Luísa. Structure of SGBP BO2743 from Bacteroides ovatus. 2021. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/7O8C.
  2. Correia, Viviana G.; Trovão, Filipa; Pinheiro, Benedita A.; Carvalho, Ana Luísa. Structure of SGBP BO2743 from Bacteroides ovatus in complex with mixed-linked gluco-nonasaccharide. 2021. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/7NOX.
  3. Trovão, Filipa; Carvalho, Ana Luísa. Human Galectin-3 in complex with LacdiNAc. 2020. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/7BE3.
  4. Trovão, Filipa; Gomes, Ana Sara; Andrade Pinheiro, Benedita; Carvalho, Ana Luísa; Romão, Maria João. Mutant R280K of human P53 (DOI: 10.2210/pdb6FF9/pdb). 2018. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/6FF9.
  5. Trovão, Filipa; Santarsia, Sabrina; Carvalho, Ana Luísa. Human Galectin-3 in complex with a TF tumor-associated antigen mimetic (DOI: 10.2210/pdb6G0V/pdb). 2018. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/6G0V.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Trovão, Filipa. "Synthetic Affinity ligands for Human antibodies and its different approaches". Master, REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, 2016.
  2. Trovão, Filipa. "HIV-2: Expression and Purification of a protein from viral envelope". Degree, REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, 2014.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/12/11 Mucin Glycoprotein Microarray towards Glycan Ligand Discovery for CBMs of Human Gut Microbiota GLYCOTwinning Online Seminar
(Portugal)
2023/07/10 Mucin Glycoprotein Microarray towards Glycan Ligand Discovery for CBMs of Human Gut Microbiota The 21st European Carbohydrate Symposium (Eurocarb)
(Paris, France)
2023/01/17 Mapping Molecular Recognition of ß1,3-1,4-Glucans by a Surface Glycan-Binding Protein from the Human Gut Symbiont Bacteroides ovatus. GLUPOR14 - 14th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group
(Caparica, Portugal)
2023/01/16 Using Mucin Glycoprotein Microarray to Identify Novel Glycan Ligands Recognized by Human Gut Microbiota GLUPOR14 - 14th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group
(Caparica, Portugal)
2021/09/27 Deciphering the complex molecular cross-talk of the gut microbiome with the human host. INNOGLY-ECI-WG3-2021: Young Glyco-Scientists on stage
INNOGLY COST Action (Virtual)
2021/06/07 We are what we eat - The impact of Carbohydrates in the Human Microbiome Shaping Biochemistry Class Lecture to Environment Engineer Course
(Caparica, Portugal)
2019/06/28 Structural Characterization of Human Galectin-3 in complex with a Thomsen–Friedenreich (TF) Antigen Mimetic Encontro Nacional de Utilizadores de Radiação Sincrotrão 2019
(Porto, Portugal)
2019/06/13 Molecular Recognition of a Thomsen Friedenreich (TF) Antigen Mimetic Targeting Human Galectin 3 I National Crystallography Meeting
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/07/06 Structural evidence for the loss of DNA binding function of a relevant mutant of Human p53 1st Meeting of Young Biophysicist
(Oeiras, Portugal)
2018/06/08 Crystal structure of Human p53 R280K mutant (DNA binding domain) – Explaining the loss of DNA binding 7th National Meeting of Portuguese Users of Synchrotron Radiation (ENURS)
(Caparica, Portugal)
2016/01 A Novel Generation of Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs). Jornadas intercalares das Dissertações Anuais dos Mestrados dos Departamentos de Química e de Ciências da Vida
(Caparica, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/11/01 - 2023/12/11 Organizing Committee of GLYCOTwinning Online Seminar (2023/12/11 - 2023/12/11)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
2022/12 - 2023/01 Organizing Committee member of 14th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group (GLUPOR 14). (2023/01/16 - 2023/01/18)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores: Açúcares: Mais do que apenas doces moléculas (2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24)
Exhibition (Other)
2020/11 - 2020/11 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2020 - A vida secreta das proteínas e outras moléculas de que elas gostam - O dia-a-dia de um bioquímico estrutural (https://sites.fct.unl.pt/xtal/pages/vida-secreta-das-proteinas-e-outras-moleculas-de-que-elas-gostam) (2020/11/27 - 2020/11/27)
Exhibition (Other)
2020/04 - 2020/06 Volunteer @ COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests (2020/04 - 2020/06)
Other (Other)
 FCT-NOVA, Portugal
2018/04 - 2018/04 Volunteer at Expo FCT - Protein Crystallography (2018/04 - 2018/04)
Exhibition (Other)
 FCT-NOVA, Portugal
2015/04 - 2015/04 Volunteer at Expo FCT - Biomolecular Engineering Lab Presentation (2015/04 - 2015/04)
Exhibition (Other)
 FCT-NOVA, Portugal
2013/04 - 2013/04 Volunteer at Expo FCT - Drugs detection and superabsorbent polymers activities (2013/04 - 2013/04)
Exhibition (Other)
 FCT-NOVA, Portugal
2010/04 - 2010/04 Volunteer at Expo FCT - General organization helper (2010/04 - 2010/04)
Exhibition (Other)
 FCT-NOVA, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/12/12 - 2023/12/14 Capacity Building: Science Communication on Social Media (science multiverse, INOVA+)
Workshop
 Science Communication on Social Media
2023/06/26 - 2023/07/07 GLYCOTwinning Short Term Scientific Exchanges (STScEs) at Glycosciences Labo on O-glycome Beam search arrays
Other
 GLYCOTwinning Short Term Scientific Exchanges (STScEs)
2023/06/05 - 2023/06/07 Structural Glycoscience Summer School
Workshop
 Structural Glycoscience Summer School
2021/11/29 - 2021/12/10 Diamond-CCP4 Data Collection and Structure Solution Workshop
Workshop
 Diamond-CCP4 Data Collection and Structure Solution Workshop
CCP4, United Kingdom
2021/10/18 - 2021/10/20 Glycomics, Glycoproteomics and Bioinformatics Tools for data interpretation of mass spectrometry of glycoproteins
Workshop
 Glycomics, Glycoproteomics and Bioinformatics Tools for data interpretation of mass spectrometry of glycoproteins
University of Georgia Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, United States
2021/02/16 - 2021/02/16 iNEXT-Discovery 1st Annual Scientific Meeting
Seminar
 iNEXT-Discovery 1st Annual Scientific Meeting
2021/02/10 - 2021/02/10 Arrayjet - Glycoprofiling using carbohydrate microarrays and novel applications
Seminar
 Glycoprofiling using carbohydrate microarrays and novel applications
Arrayjet, United Kingdom
2021/01/05 - 2021/01/08 CCP4 Study Weekend 2021 - Integrating Structural Biology
Conference
 CCP4 Study Weekend 2021
CCP4, United Kingdom
2020/07 - 2020/12 CarboMet Webinars: European Glycoscience Community Webinar Series
Seminar
 CarboMet Webinars: European Glycoscience Community Webinar Series
2020/11/17 - 2020/11/18 Phenix Users' Workshop
Workshop
 Phenix Users' Workshop
2020/11/02 - 2020/11/03 Innogly virtual training in glycoanalysis and glycoinformatics
Workshop
 Innogly virtual training in glycoanalysis and glycoinformatics
2020/06/21 - 2020/06/25 GlycoT 2020 (Virtual Conference)
Conference
 GlycoT 2020
2020/05/15 - 2020/05/15 NIH & FDA Glycoscience Research Day 2020 (Virtual Conference)
Conference
 NIH & FDA Glycoscience Research Day 2020
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, United States
2019/01/08 - 2019/01/10 CCP4 Study Weekend 2019 - Integrated, rational Molecular Replacement – East Midlands Conference Centre at University of Nottingham (England, United Kingdom)
Conference
 CCP4 Study Weekend 2019
CCP4, United Kingdom
2018/07 - 2018/07 Measuring binding affinities with NanoTemper Technologies - MicroScale Thermophoresis (MST)
Workshop
 Measuring binding affinities with NanoTemper Technologies
FCT-NOVA, Portugal
2018/01 - 2018/01 Leadership for a better future - WORKS4U - Workshops for Funding Applications & Career Development
Workshop
 Leadership for a better future - WORKS4U
FCT-NOVA, Portugal
2017/11 - 2017/11 VCW (Value Creation Wheel) – Finding the best job for me - WORKS4U - Workshops for Funding Applications & Career Development
Workshop
 VCW (Value Creation Wheel) – Finding the best job for me
FCT-NOVA, Portugal
2017/02 - 2017/02 How to write a good CV - Workshops for Funding Applications & Career Development - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica (Portugal)
Workshop
 How to write a good CV
FCT-NOVA, Portugal
2011 - 2016 Biochemistry JORTEC (Jornadas Tecnológicas) - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica (Portugal)
Conference
 Biochemistry JORTEC (Jornadas Tecnológicas)
FCT-NOVA, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022/06 - Current ICL Carbohydrate Microarray Facility Associated group member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023/12 - Current Student Committee of GLYCOTwinning
Member
 Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/09/01 - 2022/12/05 Lab tutoring of MSc Student - A molecular view on how a commensal bacterium thrives in the human gut Alícia Candeias (MSc in Biochemistry)
2021/05 - 2021/06 Lab tutoring of BSc Student - Project: Methods for the biochemical and biophysical characterization of protein-carbohydrate interactions Helena Souza (BSc in Biochemistry)
2020/01 - 2020/07 Lab tutoring of BSc Student - Project: O microbiota do intestino humano - estudo do reconhecimento molecular de hidratos de carbono Carla Ramos (BSc in Biochemistry, FCT-NOVA)
2020/01 - 2020/02 Lab tutoring of BSc Student - Project: Estudo da interacção molecular entre os humanos e o seu microbioma Patrícia Nascimento (BSc in Biochemistry, FCT-NOVA)
2019/11/01 - 2019/11/30 2nd Lab Rotation of Biomolecular Techniques I Curricular Unit 2019 "Identificação high-throughput de ligandos de proteínas usando Microarrays de Hidratos de Carbono" Joana Galhano (MSc Student in Biochemistry)
2018/11 - 2018/11 2nd Lab Rotation of Biomolecular Techniques I Curricular Unit 2018 "Caracterização estrutural, por Cristalografia de Raios-X, de módulos proteicos de reconhecimento de hidratos de carbono de bactérias colonizadoras do tracto gastrointestinal humano" André Favinha (MSc Student in Biochemistry)
2018/10 - 2018/10 1st Lab Rotation of Biomolecular Techniques I Curricular Unit 2018 "Caracterização estrutural, por Cristalografia de Raios-X, de módulos proteicos de reconhecimento de hidratos de carbono de bactérias colonizadoras do tracto gastrointestinal humano" Ana Beatriz Silva (MSc Biochemistry Student, FCT-NOVA)
2017/10 - 2017/12 MSc Student from University of Florence (COST Action training) in Protein Crystallization trials and structure determination, under the project "TF tumour-associated antigen mimetic compound targeting human galectin-3". Sabrina Santarsia
Distinctions

Other distinction

2023 INNOGLY COST Action: CA18103 Funding Bursary for Summer School on Structural Glycoscience
2021 Best Poster Prize, entitled "Structural elucidation of novel glycan-binding proteins from Bacteroides caccae a resident of the human gut microbiota" - Diamond-CCP4 Data Collection and Structure Solution Workshop
International Union of Crystallography, United Kingdom
2019 Research fellowship (MSc) under the project Targeting glycan specificity of tumor-specific antibodies for development of effective anti-cancer strategies (Siamab Therapeutics)
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
2019 Travel Bursary for CCP4 Study Weekend 2019 at University of Nottingham
CCP4, United Kingdom
2019 4-year PhD Scholarship 2019 Call FCT-MCTES - Translating the human-microbiome molecular cross-talk using glycan microarray and structural biology strategies (SFRH/BD/143494/2019)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 Research fellowship (MSc) under the project “An integrative structural biology approach to characterise the protein-carbohydrate microbial recognition" (PTDC/BBB-BEP/0869/2014)
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
2017 Research fellowship (MSc) under the project “ACTONP53: Targeting p53 family proteins: on the route to new anticancer agents” (P2020-PTDC/DTP-FTO/1981/2014)
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
2015 Award for Best Poster entitled "Quenching Fluorescence Study of Tryptophan Amino Acids in the BSA protein" in Biomolecular Spectroscopy Curricular Unit Seminars
FCT-NOVA, Portugal