Curriculum Vitae
ALEXANDRA SOFIA SOARES CURADO DE MATOS
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- ALEXANDRA SOFIA SOARES CURADO DE MATOS
Citation names
- Matos, Alexandra
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- B119-6476-767C
- ORCID iD
- 0009-0003-3753-2764
Email addresses
- a64307@ualg.pt (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| French | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2022 - 2024
Concluded
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Oncobiologia- Mecanismos Moleculares do Cancro (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
"Unveiling a potential role for CITED2 in Glioblastoma Biology" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Mestrado |
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2018 - 2022
Concluded
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Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
"O papel da microbiota intestinal no cancro colorretal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Licenciatura |
Affiliation
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/08 - 2022/03 | Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) | Centro Académico de Investigação e Formação Biomédica do Algarve, Portugal |
| Centro Académico de Investigação e Formação Biomédica do Algarve, Portugal |
Outputs
Publications
| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/04/30 | Modulation of CITED2 in glioblastoma unveils prominent traits | 6th ASPIC International Congress
Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2025/03/10 - 2025/03/16 | According to the International Brain Week, scientists are going to elementary school to show their work and carry out activities
for children. This year the theme was "Brain and Ageing", and the our work was "Mini Cérebros: a ciência dos organoides"
Other
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International Brain Week
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
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| 2025/02/25 - 2025/02/26 | Dynamization of the activity “Minicérebros de Laboratório: Como Preparar e Usar para Decifrar Tumores Cerebrais” as part of
the University of Algarve open days
Other
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Dias Abertos, Universidade do Algarve
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2024/04/16 - 2024/04/17 | Dynamization of the activity “Crescer mini cérebros numa placa de Petri” as part of the University of Algarve open days
Other
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Dias Abertos, Universidade do Algarve
Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute, Portugal
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| 2024/01/26 - 2024/01/26 | Interdisciplinary event boosting the interation between biochemistry and clinic to present the most recent descoveries in
themes like Lifespan, health and metabolic diseases
Congress
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IX Clinical Biochemistry Workshop
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
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| 2020/08 - 2022/03 | Technician for reading and interpreting the results of rapid COVID-19 tests carried out by AD-ABC | Analysis for the diagnosis of COVID-19
Associac¸a~o para o Desenvolvimento do Centro Acade´mico de Investigac¸a~o e Formac¸a~o Biome´dica do Algarve, Portugal
Centro Académico de Investigação e Formação Biomédica do Algarve, Portugal |
| 2020/04 - 2020/08 | Volunteering in the preparation of viral transport media for the COVID-19 | Analysis for the diagnosis of COVID-19
Associac¸a~o para o Desenvolvimento do Centro Acade´mico de Investigac¸a~o e Formac¸a~o Biome´dica do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2020/02/20 - 2020/02/20 | Assist in the open days of University of Algarve, through the Biomedical Science nucleous course |
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
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| 2019/09 - 2020 | Participation in the MicroMundo project as a Micrita, a university student disseminating information about microorganisms through high schoolers | Projecto MicroMundo
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/02 - Current | Associação Portuguesa de Investigação em Cancro | |
| 2024/02 - Current | The European Association for Cancer Research |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - 2024 | Impacto da modulação da expressão de CITED2 na estaminalidade e diferenciação de células de gliolbastoma | Maciel Soares |
| 2024 - 2024 | Estudo da capacidade de diferenciação de células estaminais de glioblastoma preparadas a partir de linhas celulares estáveis | Carla Semedo |