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Carla Cunha is an Assistant Researcher at the Microenvironments for New Therapies Group at i3S. She has international expertise on biotechnology-derived biomaterials, stem cell manipulation in vitro and the combination of both for nerve and osteochondral tissue engineering in vivo. Her main goal as a researcher is to understand healthy vs. diseased tissue signaling, in order to achieve clinically implemented solutions. Carla Cunha has an h-index of 21, with over 2300 citations. She published 36 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, 30 of them in the area of Biomedical Engineering or in multidisciplinary areas and 13 were published as first author (Q1 or Q2). Carla Cunha obtained her PhD in Biology in 2007 at University of Porto, as a fellow of the prestigious GABBA PhD programme, with her project developed at San Raffaele Institute (Milan), where she demonstrated for the first time that a chronic overexpression of BDNF in the forebrain causes learning and memory deficits in mice. As a Post-Doc at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Milan), CCunha and co-workers were able to regenerate a 10-mm nerve transection in a rat sciatic nerve injury model, by using polymer electrospun tubes and, at the same time, engineered a neural prosthesis made of nanofibers and self-assembling peptides, achieving significant anatomical and physiological reconstruction in a rat spinal cord injury model. CCunha also developed an in vitro 3D hydrogel scaffold for the culture of neural stem cells in collaboration with the renowned Molecular Foundry (Berkeley). In 2010, CCunha achieved a Research Officer position at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research (Sydney), where she developed a new mouse model of olfactory neuroepithelium degeneration and neurogenesis. In 2012, by invitation of ISTEC-CNR (Faenza) and Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute (Bologna), CCunha returned to Italy to develop strategies for osteochondral tissue regeneration, using different biomaterials and stem cells. In 2013, she was granted a Post-Doc FCT fellowship, returning to Portugal to join INEB/i3S and in 2019 she won a position of Assistant Researcher.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Carla Cunha

Citation names

  • Cunha, Carla

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B314-3929-CCC9
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9096-5644

Email addresses

  • carla.cunha@ineb.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde. Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200–135, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Italian Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2007
Concluded
PhD in Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"BDNF overexpression in the forebrain results in learning and memory impairments" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
approved
2003
Concluded
GABBA post-graduation (Pós-Graduação)
University of Porto, Faculty of Sciences, Portugal
approved
2002
Concluded
Licenciatura em Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Análise de sequências de DNA mitocondrial e análise filogeográfica" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
15
1998
Concluded
Ramo Cientifico (Ensino secundário)
Escola Secundária de Inês de Castro, Portugal
16
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/11/01 - Current Assistant Researcher Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018/11/01 - 2019/10/31 Junior Researcher Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2018/10/31 Post-Doc Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2011/09/01 - 2012/08/31 Post-Doc IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Italy
2010/06/01 - 2011/05/31 Research officer Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia
2008/01/01 - 2009/12/31 Post-Doc Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Italy
2008/12/01 - 2009/05/31 Visiting Researcher Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, The Molecular Foundry, United States
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, The Molecular Foundry, United States
2007/01/02 - 2007/12/31 Research assistant Fondazione Centro San Raffaele, Italy
2003/10/01 - 2006/12/31 PhD student Fondazione Centro San Raffaele, Italy
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - Current Cost Action MyeInfoBank - Converting Molecular Profiles of Myeloid Cells into Biomarkers for Inflammation and Cancer
CA20117
Researcher
European Commission, Belgium
2021/11/01 - Current Coatings for orthopedic prosthesis capable of increasing regeneration of aged bone
RESET_BONE_AGEING
Researcher
Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização, Portugal
Concluded
2018/07/01 - Current R2Bone - Non-coding RNA-based therapies for bone regeneration
R2bone
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/11/01 - 2023/10/30 Pinpointing the specific macrophage phenotypes involved in IVD hernia regression
AOS-KF-DEG-22-001
Principal investigator
AO Foundation, Switzerland
Concluded
2019/09/01 - 2021/03/31 McDISC - Macrophage therapy for intervertebral disc herniation
AOSDIA2019_057_DEG_Cunha
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
AOSpine International
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2012/09/01 - 2013/12/31 Mesenchymal Stem Cell Chemo-Attractive Scaffolds for Intervertebral Disc Regeneration – In Vitro Studies using a Whole Organ Culture System
AO Foundation
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
AO Foundation
2011/09/01 - 2012/08/31 Magnetic scaffolds for in vivo tissue engineering (Magister)
214685
Post-doc Fellow
ISTEC - Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, CNR - National Research Council of Italy, Italy
FP7 Nanosciences Nanotechnologies Materials and New Production Technologies
Concluded
2010/06/01 - 2011/05/31 Neurogenesis of the olfactory neuroepithelium
Garvan
Researcher
Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2008/01/31 Human neural stem cells and nanostructured biomaterials for regenerative medicine
Cariplo2008
Post-doc Fellow
Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Italy
Fondazione Cariplo
Concluded
2007/01/01 - 2007/12/31 Biomaterials for the central and peripheral nervous system regeneration after traumatic injury
Cariplo2007
Post-doc Fellow
Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Italy
Fondazione Cariplo
Concluded
2007/01/01 - 2007/12/31 SA peptides functionalisation for human liver stem cell differentiation
Fresenius2007
Post-doc Fellow
Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Italy
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2011/09/01 - 2012/08/31 Nanostructured biomaterial functionalization for treatment of articular cartilage defects
2010-0378
Post-doc
ISTEC - Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, CNR - National Research Council of Italy, Italy
Fondazione Cariplo
Concluded
2008/09/01 - 2009/05/31 Functionalized self-Assembling peptides for neural stem cell 3D cultures and nervous regeneration
Molecular Foundry
Invited Scientist Fellow
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, The Molecular Foundry, United States
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, The Molecular Foundry
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Caldeira, J; Silva, AM; Cunha, C; Barbosa, MA. "Microenvironment-inspired materials for tissue regeneration". In Biomimetic Approaches for Tissue Healing. OMICS International, 2015.
  2. Cunha, C.; Panseri, S.; Gelain, F.. "Engineering of a 3D nanostructured scaffold made of functionalized self-assembling peptides and encapsulated neural stem cells". 2013.
    10.1007/7651-2012-2
  3. Panseri, S.; D'Alessandro, T.; Valentini, F.; Cunha, C.. "Emerging Nanomedicine Approaches for Osteochondral Tissue Regeneration". In Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery and Therapeutics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013.
    10.1002/9781118636299.ch2
  4. Sprio, S.; Sandri, M.; Iafisco, M.; Panseri, S.; Cunha, C.; Ruffini, A.; Zini, N.; Toni, R.; Tampieri, A.. "Biomimetic materials in regenerative medicine". 2013.
    10.1533/9780857098887.1.3
  5. Lowery, J.; Panseri, S.; Cunha, C.; Gelain, F.. "Electrospinning for tissue engineering applications". 2009.
Conference paper
  1. Panseri, S.; Sandri, M.; Cunha, C.; Iafisco, M.; Marcacci, M.; Tampieri, A.. "Remote control of cell behaviour through an external magnetic field as tool for nanomedicine applications". 2013.
    10.1115/NEMB2013-93169
Journal article
  1. Sara Reis Moura; Hugo Abreu; Carla Cunha; Cláudia Ribeiro-Machado; Carla Oliveira; Mario Adolfo Barbosa; Herlander Marques; Maria Inês Almeida. "Circulating microRNAs Correlate with Multiple Myeloma and Skeletal Osteolytic Lesions". Cancers 13 21 (2021): 5258-5258. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13215258.
    10.3390/cancers13215258
  2. Carla Cunha; Catarina Leite Pereira; Joana R. Ferreira; Cláudia Ribeiro-Machado; Sibylle Grad; Susana G. Santos; Raquel M. Gonçalves. "Therapeutic Strategies for IVD Regeneration through Hyaluronan/SDF-1-Based Hydrogel and Intravenous Administration of MSCs". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22179609.
    10.3390/ijms22179609
  3. Cunha, Carla; Q. Teixeira, Graciosa; Ribeiro-Machado, Cláudia; L. Pereira, Catarina; Ferreira, Joana R.; Molinos, Maria; G. Santos, Susana; Barbosa, Mário A.; M. Goncalves, Raquel. "Modulation of the In Vivo Inflammatory Response by Pro- Versus Anti-Inflammatory Intervertebral Disc Treatments". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 5 (2020): 1730. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21051730.
    10.3390/ijms21051730
  4. José H. Teixeira; Andreia M. Silva; Maria Inês Almeida; Mafalda Bessa-Gonçalves; Carla Cunha; Mário A. Barbosa; Susana G. Santos. "The Systemic Immune Response to Collagen-Induced Arthritis and the Impact of Bone Injury in Inflammatory Conditions". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2019): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20215436.
    10.3390/ijms20215436
  5. Silva, A.J.; Ferreira, J.R.; Cunha, C.; Corte-Real, J.V.; Bessa-Gonçalves, M.; Barbosa, M.A.; Santos, S.G.; Gonçalves, R.M.. "Macrophages down-regulate gene expression of intervertebral disc degenerative markers under a proinflammatory microenvironment". Frontiers in Immunology 10 JUL (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85069037178&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fimmu.2019.01508
  6. Carla Cunha; Ana J. Silva; Paulo Pereira; Rui Vaz; Raquel M. Gonçalves; Mário A. Barbosa. "The inflammatory response in the regression of lumbar disc herniation". Arthritis Research & Therapy 20 1 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-018-1743-4.
    10.1186/s13075-018-1743-4
  7. Silva, A.M.; Almeida, M.I.; Teixeira, J.H.; Ivan, C.; Oliveira, J.; Vasconcelos, D.; Neves, N.; et al. "Profiling the circulating miRnome reveals a temporal regulation of the bone injury response". Theranostics 8 14 (2018): 3902-3917. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85049180465&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.7150/thno.24444
  8. Doyle, K.L.; Cunha, C.; Hort, Y.; Tasan, R.; Sperk, G.; Shine, J.; Herzog, H.. "Role of neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the differentiation of Trpm-5-positive olfactory microvillar cells". Neuropeptides 68 (2018): 90-98. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85043340672&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.npep.2018.02.007
  9. Molinos, M.; Cunha, C.; Almeida, C.R.; Gonçalves, R.M.; Pereira, P.; Silva, P.S.; Vaz, R.; Barbosa, M.A.. "Age-Correlated Phenotypic Alterations in Cells Isolated from Human Degenerated Intervertebral Discs with Contained Hernias". Spine 43 5 (2018): E274-E284. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021845784&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1097/BRS.0000000000002311
  10. Cunha, C.; Almeida, C.R.; Almeida, M.I.; Silva, A.M.; Molinos, M.; Lamas, S.; Pereira, C.L.; et al. "Systemic delivery of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells for in situ intervertebral disc regeneration". Stem Cells Translational Medicine 6 3 (2017): 1029-1039. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85017568310&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.5966/sctm.2016-0033
  11. Cunha, C.; Lamas, S.; Gonçalves, R.M.; Barbosa, M.A.. "Joint analysis of IVD herniation and degeneration by rat caudal needle puncture model". Journal of Orthopaedic Research 35 2 (2017): 258-268. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85005992195&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jor.23114
  12. Sandri, M.; Filardo, G.; Kon, E.; Panseri, S.; Montesi, M.; Iafisco, M.; Savini, E.; et al. "Fabrication and pilot in vivo study of a collagen-BDDGE-elastin core-shell scaffold for tendon regeneration". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 4 JUN (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85046235361&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fbioe.2016.00052
  13. Vasconcelos, D.M.; Gonçalves, R.M.; Almeida, C.R.; Pereira, I.O.; Oliveira, M.I.; Neves, N.; Silva, A.M.; et al. "Fibrinogen scaffolds with immunomodulatory properties promote in vivo bone regeneration". Biomaterials 111 (2016): 163-178. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84991771953&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.10.004
  14. Molinos, M.; Almeida, C.R.; Caldeira, J.; Cunha, C.; Gonçalves, R.M.; Barbosa, M.A.. "Inflammation in intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration". Journal of the Royal Society Interface 12 104 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84923260818&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1098/rsif.2014.1191
  15. Panseri, S.; Russo, L.; Montesi, M.; Taraballi, F.; Cunha, C.; Marcacci, M.; Cipolla, L.. "Bioactivity of surface tethered osteogenic growth peptide motifs". MedChemComm 5 7 (2014): 899-903. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903313737&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c4md00112e
  16. Tampieri, A.; Iafisco, M.; Sandri, M.; Panseri, S.; Cunha, C.; Sprio, S.; Savini, E.; Uhlarz, M.; Herrmannsdörfer, T.. "Magnetic bioinspired hybrid nanostructured collagen-hydroxyapatite scaffolds supporting cell proliferation and tuning regenerative process". ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 6 18 (2014): 15697-15707. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84912018395&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/am5050967
  17. Taraballi, F.; Zanini, S.; Lupo, C.; Panseri, S.; Cunha, C.; Riccardi, C.; Marcacci, M.; Campione, M.; Cipolla, L.. "Amino and carboxyl plasma functionalization of collagen films for tissue engineering applications". Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 394 1 (2013): 590-597. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84873709397&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jcis.2012.11.041
  18. Caprini, A.; Silva, D.; Zanoni, I.; Cunha, C.; Volontè, C.; Vescovi, A.; Gelain, F.. "A novel bioactive peptide: Assessing its activity over murine neural stem cells and its potential for neural tissue engineering". New Biotechnology 30 5 (2013): 552-562. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880140564&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.nbt.2013.03.005
  19. Cunha, C.; Sprio, S.; Panseri, S.; Dapporto, M.; Marcacci, M.; Tampieri, A.. "High biocompatibility and improved osteogenic potential of novel Ca-P/titania composite scaffolds designed for regeneration of load-bearing segmental bone defects". Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A 101 A 6 (2013): 1612-1619. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876296528&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jbm.a.34479
  20. Panseri, S.; Cunha, C.; D'Alessandro, T.; Sandri, M.; Russo, A.; Giavaresi, G.; Marcacci, M.; Hung, C.T.; Tampieri, A.. "Magnetic Hydroxyapatite bone substitutes to enhance tissue regeneration: Evaluation in vitro using osteoblast-like cells and in vivo in a bone defect". PLoS ONE 7 6 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84862025136&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0038710
  21. Panseri, S.; Cunha, C.; D'Alessandro, T.; Sandri, M.; Giavaresi, G.; Marcacci, M.; Hung, C.T.; Tampieri, A.. "Intrinsically superparamagnetic Fe-hydroxyapatite nanoparticles positively influence osteoblast-like cell behaviour". Journal of Nanobiotechnology 10 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866772738&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1477-3155-10-32
  22. Carla Cunha; Silvia Panseri; Maurilio Marcacci; Anna Tampieri. "Evaluation of the Effects of a Moderate Intensity Static Magnetic Field Application on Human Osteoblast-Like Cells". AJBE 2 6 (2012): 263-268. http://dx.doi.org/10.5923/j.ajbe.20120206.05.
    10.5923/j.ajbe.20120206.05
  23. Cunha, C.; Panseri, S.; Sandri, M.; Marcacci, M.; Tampieri, A.. "Inspired by nature: Bio-inspired artificial scaffolds and the quest to replicate biology". Materials Today 15 5 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861656518&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S1369-7021(12)70098-6
  24. Sprio, S.; Sandri, M.; Panseri, S.; Cunha, C.; Tampieri, A.. "Hybrid scaffolds for tissue regeneration: Chemotaxis and physical confinement as sources of biomimesis". Journal of Nanomaterials 2012 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864948693&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1155/2012/418281
  25. Panseri, S.; Russo, A.; Cunha, C.; Bondi, A.; Di Martino, A.; Patella, S.; Kon, E.. "Osteochondral tissue engineering approaches for articular cartilage and subchondral bone regeneration". Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 20 6 (2012): 1182-1191. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861347157&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00167-011-1655-1
  26. Cunha, C.; Hort, Y.; Shine, J.; Doyle, K.L.. "Morphological and behavioural changes occur following the X-ray irradiation of the adult mouse olfactory neuroepithelium". BMC Neuroscience 13 1 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84868217026&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1471-2202-13-134
  27. Cunha, C.; Panseri, S.; Iannazzo, D.; Piperno, A.; Pistone, A.; Fazio, M.; Russo, A.; Marcacci, M.; Galvagno, S.. "Hybrid composites made of multiwalled carbon nanotubes functionalized with Fe 3O 4 nanoparticles for tissue engineering applications". Nanotechnology 23 46 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84867951738&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/0957-4484/23/46/465102
  28. Cunha, C.; Panseri, S.; Villa, O.; Silva, D.; Gelain, F.. "3D culture of adult mouse neural stem cells within functionalized self-assembling peptide scaffolds.". International journal of nanomedicine 6 (2011): 943-955. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80155147119&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  29. Gelain, F.; Panseri, S.; Antonini, S.; Cunha, C.; Donega, M.; Lowery, J.; Taraballi, F.; et al. "Transplantation of nanostructured composite scaffolds results in the regeneration of chronically injured spinal cords". ACS Nano 5 1 (2011): 227-236. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955119650&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/nn102461w
  30. Cunha, C.; Panseri, S.; Antonini, S.. "Emerging nanotechnology approaches in tissue engineering for peripheral nerve regeneration". Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 7 1 (2011): 50-59. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78751705551&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.nano.2010.07.004
  31. Cunha, C.; Brambilla, R.; Thomas, K.L.. "A simple role for BDNF in learning and memory?". Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 3 (2010): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84860118330&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/neuro.02.001.2010
  32. Cunha, C.; Angelucci, A.; D'Antoni, A.; Dobrossy, M.D.; Dunnett, S.B.; Berardi, N.; Brambilla, R.. "Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) overexpression in the forebrain results in learning and memory impairments". Neurobiology of Disease 33 3 (2009): 358-368. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-60849118637&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.nbd.2008.11.004
  33. Panseri, S.; Cunha, C.; Lowery, J.; Del Carro, U.; Taraballi, F.; Amadio, S.; Vescovi, A.; Gelain, F.. "Electrospun micro- and nanofiber tubes for functional nervous regeneration in sciatic nerve transections". BMC Biotechnology 8 (2008): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-42949118705&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1472-6750-8-39
  34. Pereira, L.; Cunha, C.; Alves, C.; Amorim, A.. "African female heritage in Iberia: A reassessment of mtDNA lineage distribution in present times". Human Biology 77 2 (2005): 213-229. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-23844440217&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  35. Pereira, L.; Cunha, C.; Amorim, A.. "Predicting sampling saturation of mtDNA haplotypes: An application to an enlarged Portuguese database". International Journal of Legal Medicine 118 3 (2004): 132-136. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-6344223583&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00414-003-0424-1
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 - 2022/07/31 Immunotherapy as a novel therapeutic approach for intervertebral disc herniation
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Histomorphometric analysis of rat, bovine and human intervertebral disc samples
Supervisor
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Analysis of neural stem cells in 2D and 3D biomaterial scaffolds
Co-supervisor
Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Italy
2009 - 2009 Identification of functional motifs for the design of new biomaterials, by use of phage display technology
Co-supervisor
Universita degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Italy
2008 - 2008 Characterization of neural stem cells derived from Tau-eGFP transgenic mice.
Co-supervisor
Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Italy

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2009/01/01 - Current Member of the management support team of the BiotechHealth PhD programme
Member
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization Funding entity
2016 - Current Project Reviewer for Medical Research Council, UK
Evaluator
Medical Research Council, United Kingdom
2016 - Current Project Reviewer for Ministry of Education, University and Research, Italy.
Evaluator
Ministry of Education, University and Research, Italy

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2018/01/01 - Current Felasa course on Laboratory Animal Science numerous
2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 12.ª Escola de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde numerous

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Guest Editor of the Special Issue 'Cell-Instructive Microenvironment to Direct Stem Cell Fate' for Journal Stem Cells International.
2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 Guest Associate Editor of the Topic 'Microenvironment modulation of multipotent stem cells' for Journal Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 2016.
2015/01/01 - 2015/12/31 Co-editor of the eBook 'Biomimetic approaches for tissue healing', 2015, Ed. Panseri S, Taraballi F, Cunha C. OMICS Publishing Group. ISBN: 9781632780539
Distinctions

Award

2021 Innovation Support Programme Prize from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Health Hub University of Porto.
EIT Health, Germany
2017 AOSpine 9th European Young Researcher Award
AOSpine International, Switzerland
2010 Travel award to participate in the ASSCR 3th Annual Conference
2009 Travel Award to participate in the 7th International Stem Cell School in Regenerative Medicine
2006 Neurotrain travel award to participate in the 5th Forum of European Neurosciences.
2006 Travel award to participate in the 1st MCCS/EMBO Lecture Course on Molecular and Cellular Cognition
2005 Travel award to participate in the 1st EMBL Monterotondo International PhD Students Minisymposium - Animal Models, Tips and Tricks from Nature
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, France
2005 Travel award to participate in the 7th International EMBL PhD Student Symposium - Biology at Work
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, France

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2012 Investigator accredited for animal experimentation through Direcção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, Portugal
Direcção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, Portugal
2010 Investigator accredited for animal experimentation by Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia
2004 Investigator accredited for animal experimentation through Animal Experimentation Course, Italy
IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy
2003 Investigator accredited for animal experimentation through Home Office Personal License for Animal Experimentation, UK
Secretary of State, United Kingdom

Other distinction

2019 Associate Member of the AOSpine Knowledge Forum Degenerative.
2013 Post-Doc FCT Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 Winning image of 2012 Materials Today Cover competition, that featured as cover of the May issue, along with the publication of an uncovered short article. Materials Today. 2012 May;15(5):223.
2002 PhD Fellowship, GABBA PhD Programme
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal