Carla Cunha (B314-3929-CCC9)

Curriculum Vitae

Carla Cunha

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.

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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

https://www.i3s.up.pt/ (Professional)

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	Caldeira, J; Silva, AM; Cunha, C; Barbosa, MA. "Microenvironment-inspired materials for tissue regeneration". In Biomimetic Approaches for Tissue Healing. OMICS International, 2015. 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 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 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 Lowery, J.; Panseri, S.; Cunha, C.; Gelain, F.. "Electrospinning for tissue engineering applications". 2009.
Conference paper	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	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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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

Title

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