Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Beatriz Henriques Ferreira
- Date of birth
- 1995/01/31
Citation names
- Ferreira, Beatriz H
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- B816-B498-0650
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-1497-7440
Email addresses
- beatrizferreira@ua.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Agra do Castro - Edifício 30, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
- Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Rheumatology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2020 - 2024/07/23
Concluded
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Biomedicine (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2016 - 2018
Concluded
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Health Sciences (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
"Sporothrix brasiliensis: from the genome to the phenotype" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18/20 |
2013 - 2016
Concluded
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Biotecnology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"New materials with antimicrobial activity: porphyrin synthesis and its antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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15/20 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal | ||
2018/08 - 2018/12 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020/01/01 - 2024/07/23 | PhD student | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal (...) |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2020/01/01 - 2024/02/29 | Immunomodulation of innate cells to tackle lung fibrosis
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Role of ER-stress associated molecules IRE1 and GADD34 on innate activation by nucleic acids
PTDC/IMI-IMU/3615/2014
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016768
Research Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2023 - Current | Explorar a biologia do RNA durante a ativação das células dendríticas
Researcher
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Ongoing
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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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2023/09 | Unravelling the role of plasmacytoid dendritic cells and ER stress in fibrosis | The 2nd Immunosensation2-IFReC International School on Advanced Immunology
Immunosensation – University of Bonn (Germany)
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2023/07/13 | The metabolic profile of plasmacytoid dendritic cells on systemic sclerosis | Research Summit 2023
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2023/05/26 | The contribution of pDC and ER stress to fibrosis | VI iBiMED Symposium
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2022/07/14 | Plasmacytoid dendritic cells and ER stress involvement in systemic sclerosis-associated fibrosis | Research Summit 2022
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2022/06/23 | The role of pDC and ER stress in systemic sclerosis-associated fibrosis | Symposium on Immunomodulation in Cancer & Regeneration
i3s (Porto, Portugal)
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2022/02/23 | The role of pDC in systemic sclerosis: studying pDC-mediated fibrosis | MEDISIS Open Day 2022
iBiMED/DCM, Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2022/02/18 | The role of pDC in systemic sclerosis: studying pDC-mediated fibrosis | Mye + Info + Bank Young Researcher Virtual Workshop
Mye-InfoBank: COST action CA20117 (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2021/07/09 | Plasmacytoid dendritic cell activation during ER stress | Research Summit 2021
University of Aveiro (Portugal)
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2021/05/21 | Role of ER stress on plasmacytoid dendritic cells activation | XLVI SPI Annual Meeting
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia (SPI) (Portugal)
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2019/04/03 | On the way to unravel the virulence mechanisms of the emerging pathogen Sporothrix brasiliensis | 7th Workshop in Immunology
Centro de Espectrometria de Massa, Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2022/04/29 - 2022/04/29 | Science Dissemination - Celebrations of the International Day of Immunology with Fábrica Ciência Viva, University of Aveiro,
Laboratory sessions for high school students
Workshop
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Laboratório de Imunologia
Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva, Portugal
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2022/04/07 - 2022/04/07 | Key lecturers and hands-on sessions (with audiovisual tools) focused on communicating science to broad audiences and in different
platforms.
Workshop
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Science Communication Workshop
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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2021/06/12 - 2021/06/12 | Science Dissemination about Immunology with Fábrica Ciência Viva, University of Aveiro, Laboratory sessions for children
Workshop
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Imunologia trocada por miúdos
Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva, Portugal
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2019/04/29 - 2019/04/29 | Science Dissemination - Celebrations of the International Day of Immunology with Fábrica Ciência Viva, University of Aveiro,
Laboratory sessions for High school children
Workshop
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Celebrations of the International Day of Immunology - Laboratory Sessions
Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva, Portugal
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2017/04/29 - 2017/04/29 | Science Dissemination - Celebration of the International Day of Immunology. Organization of several activities for the community - undergraduate students, children and elderly people. |
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2017/03/13 - 2017/03/31 | Advanced Course - Cell Functional and phenotypical analysis: the usefulness of flow cytometry and relates tools, 2nd edition |
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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2017/01/30 - 2017/02/10 | Advanced Course - Laboratory Animal Sciences, 12thEdition |
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2021/09 - 2022/10 | Mentoring of a master student in Molecular Biomedicine during the realization of her dissertation | Inês Silva |
2022/04/29 - 2022/06/24 | Mentoring of three bachelor students (Biomedical Sciences) during laboratory rotation | Ana Carvalho, Ana Moita, Raquel Moura |
Distinctions
Award
2021 | Waived Registration Grant: 6th European Congress of Immunology
European Federation of Immunological Societies, Netherlands
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2019 | PhD Scolarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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