Curriculum Vitae
Ana Sofia Paulo Varanda
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Sofia Paulo Varanda
Citation names
- Varanda, Ana Sofia
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- B319-E495-BBFA
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6667-3919
Email addresses
- aspvaranda@uc.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Multidisciplinary Institute of Ageing - Portugal (MIA-Portugal), Faculdade de Medicina, Pólo I, Rua Larga, 3º Piso , 3004-504 , Coimbra, Coimbra , Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Gene-based Diagnostics and Therapeutic Interventions
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Human Genetics
- Social Sciences - Economics and Business - Business and Management
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| French | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2022/09 - 2023/06
Concluded
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Pós-Graduação em Gestão e Políticas de Ciência e Tecnologia (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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2018/02 - 2018/07
Concluded
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HiTech - Technology commercialization and entrepreneurship for researchers (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal
Brown University, United States Rutgers University New Brunswick, United States |
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2017/03
Concluded
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Biomedicina (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal "Unravelling the cellular networks that regulate proteotoxic stress" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2011/12
Concluded
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Biologia Aplicada (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Aberrant protein synthesis in human HEK293FT cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
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2009/07
Concluded
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Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura)
Major in Biomedicina Molecular
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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16 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/01/02 - Current | Science and Technology Management | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
| 2021/04 - 2022/12/31 | Science and Technology Management | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
| 2018/12 - 2020/03 | Postdoc (Research) | Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia - CIBB, Portugal |
| 2017/07 - 2018/11 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal |
| 2016/10 - 2017/06 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015/05 - 2017/03 | PhD Fellow | Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal |
| 2015/02 - 2016/05 | PhD Fellow | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
| 2014/04 - 2015/01 | PhD Fellow | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal |
| 2012/02 - 2014/01 | PhD Fellow | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
| 2011/09 - 2011/12 | Research Trainee - Master's Degree | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
| 2010/09 - 2011/09 | Research trainee - Master's Degree | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/12 - 2020/03 | Dissection of the role of microRNAs in cardiac fibrosis through functional genomics
PTDC/BTM-TEC/29894/2017
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2017/07 - 2018/11 | Synaptic networks and Personalized Medicine Approaches to Understand Neurobehavioural Diseases Across the Lifespan
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016428
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2018 - 2018 | Impact of widespread protein aggregation through mammal lifespan and implications for age-related diseases
PTDC/BTM-TEC/29843/2017
Post-doc
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2018 - 2018 | Identification and quantification of protein biosynthesis errors at the proteome scale
PTDC/BIA-MIB/31238/2017
Post-doc
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2018 - 2018 | MIStranslation: a novel trigger of genome instability In Cancer
PTDC/MED-ONC/28834/2017
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2017 - 2018 | Protein aggregation through aging - pAGE
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000003
Post-doc
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
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Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro European Regional Development Fund Ongoing
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| 2016/10 - 2017/06 | Understanding the role of tRNA modifying enzymes in proteostasis in human health and disease
P2020-PTDC/BIM-MEC/1719/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2016/05 - 2016/07 | Srategic iBiMED Research plan - Unravelling the effects of proteotoxic stress on genome stability
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2015 - 2016 | Advancing Cancer Research: From basic knowledge to application
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000029
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
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European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
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| 2013 - 2013 | Consequences of reciprocal control of mistranslation during antifungal immunity
FCT-ANR/IMI-MIC/0041/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Agence nationale de la recherche |
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2023/01/02 - Current | Multidisciplinary Institute of Ageing - Portugal
857524
Science and Technology Management Fellow
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European Commission
Ongoing
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| 2021/04/01 - 2023/12/31 | EpiViral - Viruses and Epitranscriptomics: seeking novel targets for antiviral therapy
952373
Science and Technology Management Fellow
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EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
Ongoing
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2017 | HEK293 cells cope with tRNA misexpression by activating protein quality control mechanisms | Encontro de Ciência 2017
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2016 | Evolutionary adaptation to proteotoxic stress in HEK293 cells | II iBiMED Symposium
iBiMED - Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2015 | Cellular networks that regulate adaptation to protein synthesis errors in HEK293 cells | XXXIX Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética, Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
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| 2015 | Unravelling the cellular networks that regulate proteotoxic stress in HEK293 cells | I iBiMED Symposium
iBiMED, Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro , Portugal)
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| 2015 | HEK293 cells adapt to induced protein synthesis errors | Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação Ciências Biológicas
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024/02/23 - 2024/02/23 | Portuguese Teamings Meeting (2024/02/23 - 2024/02/23)
Meeting
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
| 2023/05/27 - 2023/05/29 | Organizer of the 2nd MIA-Portugal Ageing Spring School
(2023/05/27 - 2023/05/29)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
| 2022/09/06 - 2022/09/09 | Organizer of the EpiViral Summer School 2022 - RNA viruses: interactions with hosts, vectors and cells (2022/09/06 - 2022/09/09)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal |
| 2022/01/10 - 2022/01/10 | Organizer of the 1st EpiViral Symposium - At the crossroads between Virology and RNA Biology (2022/01/10 - 2022/01/10)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal |
| 2017/06/08 - 2017/06/09 | Organizer of XLI Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética (XLI Genetics Portuguese Meeting) held at iBiMED, University of Aveiro in
collaboration with Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana (SPGH) (2017/06/08 - 2017/06/09)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal |
| 2017/06/07 - 2017/06/07 | Organizer of the III iBiMED Symposium in Biomedicine held at University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (2017/06/07 - 2017/06/07)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/10/01 - 2023/10/01 | International Day of Older Persons - Ageing@Coimbra | |
| 2023/09/28 - 2023/09/29 | 2nd Teaming Club Conference, Izola, Slovenia
Conference
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InnoRenew CoE, Slovenia
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| 2018 - 2018 | EMBL Course: RNA Sequencing Library Preparation - How Low Can You Go? |
EMBL Heidelberg Genome Biology, Germany
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| 2015 - 2017 | Scientific monitor at Summer Academy - activities with high school students during their summer vacations where they have the opportunity to work in a lab and learn about cell and molecular biology techniques. | Summer Academy
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2016 - 2016 | 1st Edition of the MIA Summer School: Biology of Ageing – From Cell to Society |
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Newcastle University, United Kingdom |
| 2013 - 2013 | 1st Cell Culture and Tissue Training Course |
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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| 2012 - 2012 | 4th Course on Optical Microscopy Imaging for Bioscience |
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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| 2011 - 2011 | Effective Medical Writing and Communication Course with Julia Forjanic and Barry Drees fromTrilogy Writing & Consulting, Germany |
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2008 - 2011 | Scientific monitor at Brain Awareness Week - development of activities in high schools to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research. | Brain Awareness Week
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Dana Foundation, United States |
| 2009 - 2010 | Member of the newspaper team: “Biologia sob Investigação” - scientific journal for the community with interviews to the researchers
of the Biology Department (University of Aveiro), scientific curiosities, and news.
Other
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Newspaper: "Biologia sob Investigação"
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/12/20 | Deciphering the function of ELP3 in the context of influenza A virus infection
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Tiago Carreira (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2019 | Thesis title: "Unravelling the interplay between influenza A virus and transfer RNA-modifying enzymes"
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Alexandre Nunes (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
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Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2017 - 2017 | Member of the Electoral Commission of the Medical Sciences Department | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2016/09 - 2017/12 | Mentoring a master student through the research project: "Contributions for unraveling Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease trajectory: associations between genetics and clinical measures" | Hélder Melro |
| 2014/09 - 2015/12 | Mentoring a master student through the research project: "The contribution of tRNA pool deregulation in the acquisition of a malignant phenotype" | Ana Fidalgo |
| 2012/09 - 2013/12 | Mentoring a master student through the research project: Proteotoxic stress in human genome stability | Inês Santana |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2018 - 2018 | Jury member of research grant fellowships under the scope of financed research projects | Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal |