Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Pedro José de Castro Esteves
- Date of birth
- 1972/08/07
- Gender
- Male
Citation names
- Esteves, Pedro
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- AE10-277E-9BAE
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6055-8298
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- 914851440 (Personal)
Addresses
- Rua Azevedo Magalhães,97, 4430-024, Vila Nova de Gaia, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal (Personal)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2003/12/05
Concluded
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Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Molecular and population Genetic analysis of polymorphism at the antibody loci IgGCH2 and IgVH in lagomorphs" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aproved |
1991/10/01 - 1996/09/15
Concluded
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Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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16 out of 20 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2016 - Current | Principal Investigator (Research) | Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal |
2013 - 2016 | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal |
2004/01/01 - 2013/12/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2013 - Current | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | ||
2010 - Current | Teacher Coordinator (Polytechnic Teacher) | Instituto Politécnico de Saude do Norte Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Sousa, Portugal |
2004 - 2009 | Invited Teacher Coordinator (Polytechnic Teacher) | Instituto Politécnico de Saude do Norte Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Ave, Portugal |
Instituto Politécnico de Saúde do Norte, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2020 - Current | Uncovering ancient antiviral mechanisms
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2019 - Current | LAGMED - Improvement of preventive actions to emerging LAGoviruses in the MEDiterranean basin: development and optimisation
of methodologies for pathogen detection and control
PRIMA/0003/2018
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2017 - Current | The European rabbit IgA’s as a model for therapeutic antibodies development: a genomic and functional approach
PTDC/BIA-OUT/29667/2017
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2017 - Current | EIMUNO: Applying elasmobranch immunogenetics to fisheries management and the study of vertebrate adaptive immunity
PTDC/ASP-PES/28053/2017
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2015 - 2018 | Emergence of highly pathogenic CAliciviruses in LEporidae through species jumps involving reservoir host introduction
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
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Concluded
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2013/07/01 - 2016 | How does the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) immune system recognise the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV)
from its non-pathogenic form RCV-A1?
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2013/05/30 - 2016 | Evaluation of the virulence of RHDV (Rabbit Hemorragic Disease Virus) and mechanisms of host resistance
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2008/06/01 - 2012 | Host-pathogen interaction: the Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease (RHD) and the European Brown Hare Syndrome (EBHS)
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2008 - 2012 | Why the Myxoma virus infection is highly lethal for the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), while in other leporids it
is benign
PTDC/BIA-BEC/103158/2008
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2004/01/01 - 2007/06/30 | Deciphering the mechanisms of rabbit genetic resistance to myxomatosis and rabbit haemorrhagic viral disease
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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1999 - 2003 | Molecular and population Genetic analysis of polymorphism at the antibody loci IgGCH2 and IgVH in lagomorphs
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PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (InBIO)
LA/P/0048/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UIDB/50027/2020
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UIDP/50027/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Journal article |
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Preprint |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2019/09/11 | Rabbit immunology and viral diseases |
Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines, and Virotherapy (B-CIVV) Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, USA
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2017/06/08 | The antibodies evolution in the European rabbit and other Leporids | XVIth Congress of the Polish Society of Experimental and Clinical Immunology
Polish Society of Experimental and Clinical Immunology (Poland)
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2016/05/04 | Immunogenetics, Microbes and Infectious Diseases |
Institute of Medical Virology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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2016/03/21 | A nova variante da doença hemorrágica viral nas populações de coelho-bravo: variabilidade genética e análises serológicas. | |
2016 | A nova variante da doença hemorrágica viral nas populações de coelho-bravo: variabilidade genética e análises serológicas. | A Conservação da Natureza aliada à gestão cinegética, Associação PALOMBAR (Grupo Nordeste)
(Portugal)
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2015 | A nova variante da doença hemorrágica viral nas populações de coelho-bravo | II jornadas florestais
Universidade de Trás os Montes a Alto Douro (Portugal)
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2013 | A doença hemorrágica viral nas populações de coelho-bravo | I seminário LIFE+ Iberlince
(Beja, Portugal)
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2012 | The interaction of two viral diseases and the host: RHDV and myxomatosis in European rabbit | Proteomics Workshop 2012
Mass spectrometry center da universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2011 | Bases genéticas da Interacção Parasita-Hospedeiro: a mixomatose e a RHDV no coelho | 5as jornadas de Bioquímica
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2004 | The history of rabbit domestication | PORTUGALIÆ GENETICA
Ipatimup (Porto, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2023/10/01 - Current | A contribution to understanding the evolution and function of Fc receptor-like (FCRL) members in mammals: a case study of
FCRL6 and FCRLS”
Supervisor
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Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2017 - Current | The role of RNA helicases on regulating cellular tropism of oncolytic Myxoma virus: what can we learn from the virus natural
and pathogenic hosts?
Supervisor
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Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2016 - Current | Insights in the shark imune system
Co-supervisor of Tereza Almeida
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Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2020/10/01 - 2022/05/01 | Evolution of FcRL`s in mammals (marsupials and placentals)
Supervisor
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Aplicações em Biotecnologia e Biologia Sintética (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2014 - 2018 | The European rabbit as a model to study HIV
Supervisor of Patricia Pereira
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Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2015 - 2016 | Genetic characterization of old and contemporary RHDV and RCV-like strains circulating in Portuguese rabbit populations.
Supervisor
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Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2012 - 2016 | Genetic characterization of Interleukin genes with relevant roles in important biological functions in Lagomorphs
Supervisor
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Biologia Básica e Aplicada (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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2011 - 2016 | Insights into the host-pathogen interactions: Lagovirus in leporids
Co-supervisor of Ana Margarida Lopes
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Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2009 - 2015 | Understanding the coevolutionary arms race between myxoma virus and the European rabbit: a key to decipher the genetic basis
of virulence and evolving viral resistance
Co-supervisor
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Genetics (PhD)
University of Cambridge Department of Genetics, United Kingdom
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2009 - 2014 | Insights into the European rabbit immune system: evolutionary history, diversity and expression of genes playing key roles
in Myxoma virus infection and host-resistance
Supervisor
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Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2012 - 2013 | Carachterization of salivar peptides in mammals.
Co-supervisor
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Bioquimica (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
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2011 - 2012 | Genetic variability in genes associated with physiological and adaptive functions in Lagomorphs
Supervisor of Ana Margarida Lopes
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Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2008 - 2010 | Toll-like receptor 3”(TLR3) em populações naturais de Coelho-bravo (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
Supervisor
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Técnicas de Biologia Molecular e Citómica nas Ciências da Saúde (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Saúde do Norte, Portugal
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2006 - 2010 | Co-evolutionary processes of rabbit and its viral pathogens: an approach by interspecies comparison and population genetics
of host genes targeted by myxoma and RHD virus
Supervisor of Joana Abrantes
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Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2004 - 2006 | Genetic Variation at Chemokine Receptor CCR5 in Lagomorphs
Supervisor
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Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2015/09/28 - 2015/09/29 | First European/Australian RHDV workshop (2015/09/28 - 2015/09/29)
Workshop
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Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2020 - 2020 | Águeda-Pinto A, Kraberger S, Lemos de Matos A, Abrantes M, Gortázar C, A Varsani A, Rahman M M, McFadden G, Esteves P (2020)
Myxoma virus host leap from rabbit to hare: Unravelling the mechanisms mediating poxvirus host species tropism. ASV2020 39TH
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR VIROLOGY
Congress
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ASV2020 39TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR VIROLOGY |
2019 - 2019 | Almeida T., Ohta Y, Flajnik MF, Esteves P.J., Verissimo A. Evolution of the adaptive immunity – A new perspective given by
Chondrichthyan fishes as basal jawed vertebrates. Joint Meeting of Icthyologists and Herpetologists Snowbird, Utah July 24
28, 2019
Congress
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Joint Meeting of Icthyologists and Herpetologists Snowbird, Utah July 24 28, 2019 |
2019 - 2019 | Almeida T., Veríssimo A., Esteves P.J., Ohta Y., Flajnik M.F. Four Stable MHC class I lineages in Cartilaginous fish. North
American Comparative Immunology (NACI) Workshops . Waterloo ON, Canada. June 2-5, 2019
Congress
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North American Comparative Immunology (NACI) Workshops . Waterloo ON, Canada. June 2-5, 2019 |
2019 - 2019 | Almeida T., Veríssimo A., Esteves P.J., Ohta Y., Flajnik M.F. Four Stable MHC class I lineages in Cartilaginous fish. In Local
DC Comparative Immunology Meeting. George Washington University. May 24, 2019.
Congress
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Almeida T., Veríssimo A., Esteves P.J., Ohta Y., Flajnik M.F. Four Stable MHC class I lineages in Cartilaginous fish. In Local DC Comparative Immunology Meeting. George Washington University. May 24, 2019. |
2018 - 2018 | Pinheiro A, de Sousa-Pereira P, Almeida T, Ferreira CC, Otis JA, Boudreau
MR, Seguin JL, Murray DL, Lanning DK and Esteves PJ. "Are leporid IGHV genes under natural selection?" TiBE2018 - Trends in
Biodiversity and Evolution Conferences, Vairão, 5-7 December.
Congress
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TiBE2018 - Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution Conferences, Vairão, 5-7 December. |
2018 - 2018 | Neves F, Abrantes J, Lopes AM, Magalhães MJ, Esteves PJ (2018).
Pseudogenization patterns in CCL16 evolution. TiBE2018 -
Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution Conferences, Vairão, 5-7
December.
Congress
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TiBE2018 - Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution Conferences, Vairão, 5-7 December. |
2018 - 2018 | Neves F, Abrantes J, Almeida T, Esteves PJ (2018) Evolutionary insights
into Interleukins associated with Tularemia. TiBE2018 - Trends in
Biodiversity and Evolution Conferences, Vairão, 5-7 December
Congress
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TiBE2018 - Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution Conferences, Vairão, 5-7 December |
2018 - 2018 | de Sousa-Pereira P, Neves F, Keppler OT, Baldauf H-M, Esteves PJ (2018). Evolution of CD4 and CCR5 and their role on the rabbit as animal model for HIV-1. TiBE2018 - Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution Conferences, Vairão, 5-7 December. | TiBE2018 - Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution Conferences, Vairão, 5 7 December. |
2017 - 2017 | de Sousa-Pereira P., Pierini V., Abrantes J., Pizzato M., Esteves P.J.,
Keppler O.T. , Fackler O.T., Baldauf HM. “HIV-1 restriction by rodent and
lagomorph SERINC3 and SERINC5 orthologs”. Retroviruses meeting
2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA
Congress
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Retroviruses meeting 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA |
2016 - 2016 | de Sousa-Pereira, P., Abrantes J., Pizzato M., Esteves P.J., Fackler
O.T., Keppler O.T., Baldauf HM. “HIV-1 restriction by orthologs of
SERINC3 and SERINC5”. Frontiers of Retrovirology 2016, Erlangen,
Germany
Congress
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Frontiers of Retrovirology 2016, Erlangen, Germany |
2015 - 2015 | de Sousa-Pereira P., Strive T., Esteves P.J., Abrantes J. “The role of IgA
subtypes in infection by pathogenic vs. non-pathogenic forms of RHDV in
the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)”. 4th European Congress of
Immunology 2015, Vienna, Austria
Congress
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4th European Congress of Immunology 2015, Vienna, Austria |
2014 - 2014 | Lopes A.M., Correia J., Melo P., Ramada M., Magalhães M.J., Alves
P.C., Esteves P.J., Abrantes J (2014). Replacement of rabbit
hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) genogroup 1 by new variant RHDV2
in Portugal. 3rd European Association of Veterinary Laboratory
Diagnosticians Congress, Pisa, Italy.
Congress
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3rd European Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians Congress, Pisa, Italy. |
2014 - 2014 | Abrantes J., Nyström K., Lopes A.M., Le Moullac-Vaidye B.,
Marchandeau S., Rocher J., Ruvoën-Clouet N., Esteves P.J., Le Pendu J
(2014) . Neofunctionalization of Sec1 in rabbits: the effect of Sec1
expression of Fut1 as a mechanism for RHDV resistance. 9th
International Symposium on Glycosyltransferases, Porto, Portugal.
Congress
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9th International Symposium on Glycosyltransferases, Porto, Portugal. |
2013 - 2013 | Lopes A.M., Gavier-Widén D., Le Gall-Reculé G., Le Pendu J., Esteves
P.J., Abrantes J (2013) From 1980s to our days: evolutionary history of
European Brown Hare Syndrome Virus (EBHSV) in Sweden. 5th
European Congress of Virology, Lyon, France.
Congress
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5th European Congress of Virology, Lyon, France. |
2013 - 2013 | Lopes A.M., Abrantes J., Le Pendu J., Esteves P.J (2013). The a1,2
fucosyltransferase multigene family: distinct extent of gene conversion
between leporids and other mammals. 17th Evolutionary Biology
Meeting, Marseilles, France.
Congress
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17th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, Marseilles, France. |
2012 - 2012 | Lopes A.M., Abrantes J., Melo-Ferreira J., Esteves P.J (2012) European
brown hare syndrome (EBHS): insights into the genetic diversity of the
a1,2-fucosyltransferase genes Fut2 and Sec1 in hare species (genus
Lepus). Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution (TiBE), Vairão, Portugal
Congress
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Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution (TiBE), Vairão, Portugal |
2012 - 2012 | de Sousa-Pereira P., Amado Abrantes J., Colaço B., Castagnola M.,
Amado F., Esteves P.J., Vitorino R. “Thymosin ß4 in mammals’ saliva”.
Proteomics Workshop 2012, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Workshop
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Proteomics Workshop 2012, University of Aveiro, Portugal |
2012 - 2012 | Lopes A.M., Abrantes J., Melo-Ferreira J., Esteves P.J (2012) From host
to pathogen: is the genetic diversity of a1,2-fucosyltransferase genes
regulating European brown hare syndrome virus (EBHSV) infectious
process in hare species (genus Lepus)? 4th World Lagomorph
Conference (WLC4), Vienna, Austria
Congress
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4th World Lagomorph Conference (WLC4), Vienna, Austria |
2010 - 2010 | Nyström K., Le Moullac-Vaidye B., Marchandeau S., Le Gall-Reculé G.,
Abrantes J., Esteves P.J., Ruvoën-Clouet N., Le Pendu J. (2010) Rabbit
hemorrhagic disease virus binding H type 2 and blood group B in a strain
dependent manner in wild rabbits. 4th European Congress of Virology,
Lake Como, Italy.
Congress
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4th European Congress of Virology, Lake Como, Italy. |
2010 - 2010 | Abrantes J, Nyström K, Guillon P, Le Moullac-Vaidye B, Rocher J,
Esteves PJ, Le Pendu J (2010) Sec1 dominant negative effect on Fut1
and Fut2: possible mechanism for resistance to rabbit haemorrhagich
disease virus (RHDV). 4th European Congress of Virology, Lake Como,
Italy.
Congress
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4th European Congress of Virology, Lake Como, Italy. |
2010 - 2010 | Abrantes J., Carneiro M., Melo-Ferreira J., Le Pendu J., van der Loo W.,
Esteves P.J. (2010) The evolution of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus
(RHDV): natural selection and phylogeny. 4th European Congress of
Virology, Lake Como, Italy.
Congress
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4th European Congress of Virology, Lake Como, Italy. |
2009 - 2009 | Matos A., Abrantes J., Lissovsky A. A., Esteves P.J. (2009) Gene
conversion and ongoing concerted evolution between CCR2 and CCR5
chemokine receptors genes in Pikas (Ochotona, Lagomorpha). 3rd
FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Congress
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3rd FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists, Gothenburg, Sweden. |
2009 - 2009 | Abrantes J., Carneiro M., van der Loo W., Esteves P. J. (2009) Genetic
characterization of the Duffy blood group locus in Oryctolagus cuniculus.
3rd FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists, Gothenburg, Sweden
Congress
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3rd FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists, Gothenburg, Sweden |
2008 - 2008 | Surridge, A.K., van der Loo, W., Abrantes, J., Carneiro, M., Hewitt, G.M.,
Esteves, P.J., 2008. Diversity and evolutionary history of the MHC DQA
gene in leporids. 3rd World Lagomorph Conference, 10-13 November
2008, Morelia, Mexico
Congress
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3rd World Lagomorph Conference, 10-13 November 2008, Morelia, Mexico |
2008 - 2008 | Esteves, P.J., Abrantes, J., Carneiro, M., Müller, A., Thompson, G., van
der Loo, W., 2008. Detection of positive selection in the major capsid
protein VP60 of the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV). 3rd
World Lagomorph Conference, 10-13 November, Morelia, Mexico.
Congress
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3rd World Lagomorph Conference, 10-13 November, Morelia, Mexico. |
2008 - 2008 | Esteves, P.J., Abrantes, J., van der Loo, W., 2008. Sharing of
endogenous lentiviral gene fragments among leporid lineages separated
for more than 12 million years (genera Lepus, Sylvilagus, Bunolagus and
Oryctolagus). 3rd World Lagomorph Conference, 10-13 November,
Morelia, Mexico.
Congress
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3rd World Lagomorph Conference, 10-13 November, Morelia, Mexico. |
2008 - 2008 | Abrantes, J., Carmo, C.R., Matthee, C.A., van der Loo, W., Esteves, P.J.,
2008. A shared unusual genetic change at the chemokine receptor Type
5 between Oryctolagus and Bunolagus: Can the accidental exposure to
myxomatosis drive the critically endangered riverine rabbit to extinction?
3rd World Lagomorph Conference, 10-13 November 2008, Morelia,
Mexico.
Congress
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3rd World Lagomorph Conference, 10-13 November 2008, Morelia, Mexico. |
2007 - 2007 | van der Loo W., Abrantes J., Esteves P.J. (2007) Innovative change and
the birth of a supplementary chemokine receptor-like gene by
recombination of CCR2 and CCR5 genes in the equine lineage. 5th
European Congress of Mammalogy. Siena, Italy.
Congress
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5th European Congress of Mammalogy. Siena, Italy. |
2007 - 2007 | Muller A., Freitas J., Silva E., Le Gall-Reculé G., Zwingelstein F.,
Abrantes J., Esteves P.J., Alves P.C., van der Loo W., Kolodziek Y.,
Nowotny N., Thompson G. (2007) Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus
(RHDV) from outbreaks in portuguese wild rabbit populations cluster
apart from known genogroups. Ecology and Management of Wildlife
Diseases Conference. York, UK.
Congress
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Ecology and Management of Wildlife Diseases Conference. York, UK. |
2007 - 2007 | Guillon P., Esteves P.J., Vaidye B., Ruvoën N., Abrantes J.,
Marchandeau S., van der Loo W., Le Pendu J. (2007) Déterminisme
génétique de la sensibilité/résistance au RHDV: implication des gènes
FUT2 et Sec1? Société Française de Microbiologie. Nantes, France.
Congress
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Société Française de Microbiologie. Nantes, France. |
2007 - 2007 | Guillon P., Esteves P.J., Vaidye B., Abrantes J., Ruvoën N. ,
Marchandeau S., van der Loo W., Le Pendu J. (2007) Genetic
Resistance to RHDV: Implication of the Rabbit Fut2 and Sec1 Genes?
3rd International Calicivirus Conference. Cancun, Mexico.
Congress
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3rd International Calicivirus Conference. Cancun, Mexico. |
2007 - 2007 | Esteves P.J., Abrantes J., van der Loo W. (2007) Extensive gene
conversion between CCR2 and CCR5 in domestic cat (Felis catus). 5th
European Congress of Mammalogy. Siena, Italy.
Congress
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5th European Congress of Mammalogy. Siena, Italy. |
2006 - 2006 | . Abrantes J., Esteves P.J., Carmo C.R., Müller A., Thompson G., Alves
P.C., Ferrand N., van der Loo W. (2006) Genetic variation at the
chemokine receptor CXCR4 gene among Lagomorph species. 8th
International EMBL PhD Student Symposium: "Biology of Disease - A
molecular battlefield”. Heidelberg, Germany.
Congress
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8th International EMBL PhD Student Symposium: "Biology of Disease - A molecular battlefield”. Heidelberg, Germany. |
2005 - 2005 | Carmo C., Esteves P.J., Ferrand N. and van der Loo W. 2005. Alteration
of Chemokine Receptor CCR5 by gene conversion in Oryctolagus, but
not in Sylvilagus species. IX International Mammalogical Congress.
Sapporo, Japan.
Congress
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IX International Mammalogical Congress. Sapporo, Japan. |
2004 - 2004 | Melo-Ferreira J., Esteves P.J., Alves P.C. 2004. First evidence of natural
and artificial hybridisation between Lepus granatensis and L. europaeus.
2nd World Lagomorph Conference. 26-31 July, Vairão, Portugal.
Congress
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2nd World Lagomorph Conference. 26-31 July, Vairão, Portugal. |
2004 - 2004 | Esteves PJ, Lanning D, Zhai S-K, Ferrand N, Knight KL and van der Loo
W. 2004. Allelic variation at the VHa locus in natural populations of rabbit
(Oryctolagus cuniculus, L) from Iberian Peninsula. Society for Molecular
Biology and Evolution, 17-20 June, Pennsylvania, USA
Congress
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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, 17-20 June, Pennsylvania, USA |
2004 - 2004 | Esteves P.J., Queney G., Campos R., Geraldes A., Bolet G., van der Loo
W., Monnerot M., Ferrand N. 2004. Characterisation of the genetic pool
available in the rabbit domestic breeds. 2nd World Lagomorph
Conference. 26-31 July, Vairão, Portugal.
Congress
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2nd World Lagomorph Conference. 26-31 July, Vairão, Portugal. |
2004 - 2004 | Esteves P.J., Lanning D., Zhai S.-K., Ferrand N., Knight K.L. and van der
Loo W. 2004. Contribution to understand the evolutionary mechanisms
that maintain large differences between allelic lineages at IgVH in
Leporids. 2nd World Lagomorph Conference. 26-31 July, Vairão,
Portugal.
Congress
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2nd World Lagomorph Conference. 26-31 July, Vairão, Portugal. |
2004 - 2004 | Esteves P. J., Queney G., Campos R., Geraldes A., van der Loo W,
Monnerot M. and Ferrand N. (2004). Genetic characterisation of 11 rabbit
(Oryctolagus cuniculus) domestic breeds: inference of domestication
history. 2º Encontro da Sociedade Portuguesa de Recursos Genéticos
Animais (SPREGA) e 4º Encontro da Sociedade Espanhola para os
Recursos Genéticos Animais (SERGA). 15-17 September, Ponte de
Lima, Portugal.
Congress
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2º Encontro da Sociedade Portuguesa de Recursos Genéticos Animais (SPREGA) e 4º Encontro da Sociedade Espanhola para os Recursos Genéticos Animais (SERGA). 15-17 September, Ponte de Lima, Portugal. |
2004 - 2004 | Esteves P.J., Ferrand N. and van der Loo W. 2004. Allelic diversity of
immunogenetic markers in wild and domestic populations of rabbit
(Oryctolagus cuniculus). 2º Encontro da Sociedade Portuguesa de
Recursos Genéticos Animais (SPREGA) e 4º Encontro da Sociedade
Espanhola para os Recursos Genéticos Animais (SERGA). 15-17
September, Ponte de Lima, Portugal.
Congress
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2º Encontro da Sociedade Portuguesa de Recursos Genéticos Animais (SPREGA) e 4º Encontro da Sociedade Espanhola para os Recursos Genéticos Animais (SERGA). 15-17 September, Ponte de Lima, Portugal. |
2002 - 2002 | Fonseca A, Esteves PJ, Branco M and Ferrand N. 2002. Origin and
history of rabbit colonization in North Atlantic Archipelagos inferred from
mtDNA genetic variation. Phylogeography in Southern European
Refugia, 11-15 March, Vairão, Portugal.
Congress
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Fonseca A, Esteves PJ, Branco M and Ferrand N. 2002. Origin and history of rabbit colonization in North Atlantic Archipelagos inferred from mtDNA genetic variation. Phylogeography in Southern European Refugia, 11-15 March, Vairão, Portugal. |
2002 - 2002 | . Esteves PJ, Alves PC, Ferrand N and van der Loo W. 2002. Interspecies
variation at the IGHG CH2 domain in Lepus (Leporidae).
Phylogeography in Southern European Refugia, 11-15 March, Vairão,
Portugal.
Congress
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Phylogeography in Southern European Refugia, 11-15 March, Vairão, Portugal. |
2000 - 2000 | Esteves PJ, Alves PC, Ferrand N and van der Loo W. 2000. Hotspot
variation at an epitope involved in transplacental IGG transfer: The
IGGCH2 polymorphism in Lepus. Society for Molecular Biology and
Evolution, 17-20 June, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
Congress
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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, 17-20 June, Yale University, New Haven, USA. |
1999 - 1999 | Esteves PJ, Ferrand N and van der Loo W. 1999. Effect of population
bottlenecks on the gene diversity at IG loci in wild rabbits (Oryctolagus
cuniculus L.) of the islands of Porto Santo (Madeira) and Flores
(Azores). Seventh Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary
Biology, 23-28 August, Barcelona, Spain
Congress
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Seventh Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, 23-28 August, Barcelona, Spain |
1998 - 1998 | Esteves PJ, Branco M, Rocha J and Ferrand N. 1998. A genetic
approach to the story of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) introduction in the
islands of Porto Santo and Madeira (Portugal). Euro-American Mammal
Congress, 19-24 July, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Congress
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Euro-American Mammal Congress, 19-24 July, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2018 | The European rabbit as a model to study HIV
Supervisor
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Patricia Pereira (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2017 | “Genetic characterization of Interleukin genes with relevant roles in
important biological functions in Lagomorphs”
Supervisor
|
Fabiana Neves (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
|
2015/12/14 | Diversity, infection patterns and host-parasite associations of
apicomplexan parasites in reptiles
(Thesis) Arguer
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João Maia (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2014 | Characterization of PPP1 interacting proteins in male reproduction.
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Luís Korrodi Gregório (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
|
2014 | Insights into the European rabbit immune system: evolutionary
history, diversity and expression of genes playing key roles in Myxoma virus
infection and host-resistance
Supervisor
|
Ana Matos (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2012 | Uma abordagem yeast two-hybrid para o estudo da replicação
e patogénese do vírus da hepatite delta. Instituto de Higiene e Medicina
Tropical
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Ana Casaca (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
|
2010 | Cymbopogon Citratus (DC) stapf. Poacea-Graminea de Angola: Caracterização Físico-Química, avaliação da actividade antioxidante
e antibacteriana,
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Marta Soares (PhD)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
|
2010 | Co-evolutionary processes of rabbit and its viral pathogens: an
approach by interspecies comparison and population genetics of host
genes targeted by myxoma and RHD virus
Supervisor
|
Joana Abrantes (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2008/07/01 - Current | World Lagomorph Society |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2018/12/05 - 2018/12/07 | TiBE 2018 HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS | CIBIO-InBIO |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
---|---|---|---|
2016 - Current | Jury in the evaluation painel of the PhD Candidates to the Doctoral Programme in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (BIODIV) | Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
---|---|---|
2019/02/15 | Interview about the paper published by our group in Science published in the national newspaper Público | |
2018/10/26 | Uma abordagem na estratégia de recuperação das populações naturais de coelho-bravo | “Veterinária Actual |
2014/06/14 | Interview I to National Geographic "Iberian Lynx in Crisis: Virus Outbreak Threatens the World’s Most Endangered Cat" | National Geographic |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2022/01 - Current | Virus: Parasita obrigatório | Program about virus |
2015 - 2015 | Interview about the impact of the new RHDV strain in the European rabbit population in the national TV program Biosfera 2. |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2021/02/22 - Current | Frontiers in Immunology (1664-3224) | Frontiers |
2019 - Current | Genes (2073-4425) | MDPI AG |
2017 - Current | Immunogenetics (1432-1211) | Springer-Verlag |
2017 - Current | Innate Immunity (1753-4267) | SAGE Publications |
Distinctions
Award
2020 | CEEC Principal Research, FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
|
2016 | FCT Investigator (IF) contract, Principal Investigator category.
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
|
2008 | PosDoc fellowship |
2006 | research scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation short duration to carry out fieldwork in Australia.
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
|
2004 | PosDoc fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
|
1999 | young researcher grant from NATO Advanced Studies Institute, Toronto, Canada. |
1998 | PhD fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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