ALEXANDRA SOFIA SOARES CURADO DE MATOS (B119-6476-767C)

Curriculum Vitae

ALEXANDRA SOFIA SOARES CURADO DE MATOS

I'm a Master student, in ABC-RI, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Science at University of Algarve. My course is "Oncobiology- Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer". I have an undergrad in Biomedical Science (overall score of 13) from the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Science, University of Algarve since 2022. I am developing my Master thesis under the supervision of Prfª Drª. Mónica Teotónio Fernandes and Prf Dr. José Bragança, entitled "Unveiling a potential role for CITED2 in Glioblastoma Biology". During the development of my master thesis, I gained experience in methods of: molecular biology like RT-qPCR, and cell culture like functional assays. I also did a bibliographic project in my undergrad under the supervision of Profª Drª. Maria Leonor Faleiro, entitled "O papel da microbiota intestinal no cancro colorretal", with a classification of 17. During my thesis, I have been disseminating my research by presenting a poster in an international congress as an author and, to enrich my scientific knowledge, I participated in a conference.

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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)

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2022 - 2024 Ongoing	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)	Mestrado
2018 - 2022 Concluded	Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal "O papel da microbiota intestinal no cancro colorretal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	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

Fernandes, Mónica Teotónio; Matos, Alexandra; Calado, Sofia Melo; Correia, Cátia Dias; De Sousa-Coelho, Ana Luísa; Esteves, Filipa; Bragança, José. "CITED2 Expression Level Impacts the Self-Renewal Properties of Glioblastoma Stem Cells". Paper presented in EACR 2024 Congress, 2024.
Matos, Alexandra; Correia, Cátia Dias; Calado, Sofia Melo; De Sousa-Coelho, Ana Luísa; Esteves, Filipa; Bandarra, Daniel; Bragança, José; Fernandes, Mónica Teotónio. Corresponding author: Fernandes, Mónica Teotónio. "Modulation of CITED2 in glioblastoma unveils prominent traits". Paper presented in 6th ASPIC International Congress, 2024.
Matos, Alexandra; Sofia Melo Calado; De Sousa-Coelho, Ana Luísa; Bragança, José; Fernandes, Mónica T. Corresponding author: Fernandes, Mónica T. "Functional assays reveal a role for CITED2 in the stemness properties of glioblastoma". Paper presented in III ASPIC-ASEICA International Meeting – Cancer Immunology, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis, 2023.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/04/30	Modulation of CITED2 in glioblastoma unveils prominent traits	6th ASPIC International Congress Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
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	Dias Abertos, Universidade do Algarve Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute, Portugal
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	IX Clinical Biochemistry Workshop Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
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
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
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

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