Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- John Griffith Jones
Citation names
- Jones, John
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- B81B-FD5E-E743
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3745-3885
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Nutrition, Dietetics
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Welsh (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Portuguese | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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1985/09/01 - 1991/05/01
Concluded
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Applied Chemistry (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of Texas at Arlington, United States
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1981/09/15 - 1985/05/31
Concluded
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Biology and Chemistry (Bachelor)
University of Stirling, United Kingdom
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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1999/01/01 - 2000/10/31 | Principal Investigator (Research) | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States |
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States | ||
1995/06/01 - 1999/01/01 | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States |
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States | ||
1991/06/01 - 1995/05/31 | Postdoc (Research) | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States |
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States |
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2002/04/01 - Current | Principal Investigator - Research | Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2000/11/01 - 2001/10/31 | Marie Curie Experienced Researcher Fellowship | Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/06/01 - 2027/05/31 | PAS GRAS - de-risking metabolic, environmental and behavioural determinants of obesity in children, adolescents and young
adults
HORIZON-HLTH-2022-STAYHLTH-01-101080329-2
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Secure Societies
Ongoing
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2023/10/01 - 2026/09/30 | High-sensitivity 13C NMR isotopomer analysis of human liver metabolite enrichment from [U-13C]glucose via a novel chemical
biopsy agent: application to metabolic flux profiling of NAFLD and NASH patients
P020421
Principal investigator
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, United States
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National Science Foundation
Ongoing
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2025/02/20 - 2026/08/19 | Measuring hepatic polyol pathway activity and connecting it with lipogenic glucose metabolism in Type 2 Diabetes patients
2023.11517.PEX
Principal investigator
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Ongoing
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2024/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | Pentose phosphate pathway and serine oxidation fluxes in NAFLD and NASH
77183119
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
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Pfizer Global Research and Development
Ongoing
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2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 | Developing H218O as a tracer of carbohydrate metabolism: Positional analysis of liver glycerol and glycogen 18O-enrichment
by isotope-shifted 13C and 31P NMR
P19803
Principal investigator
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Ongoing
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2017/01/01 - 2021/12/31 | Metabolism and the Liver-Gut Axis in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016-734719
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016-722619
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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European Commission
Concluded
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2017/01/01 - 2021/12/31 | Metabolic dysfunctions associated with pharmacological treatment of Schizophrenia
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016-721236
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Concluded
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2018/11/01 - 2021/10/31 | High-sensitivity 13C NMR isotopomer analysis of triglyceride fatty acid enrichment from [U-13C]fructose
P17827
Principal investigator
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, United States
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National Science Foundation
Concluded
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2019/07/01 - 2021/06/30 | Coffee protects against NAFLD progression through preservation of intestinal permeability and inhibition of liver fibrosis
ISIC
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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The Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC)
Concluded
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2018/06/01 - 2021/05/31 | The Role of Visceral Fructose Metabolism in the Development of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
02/SAICT/2017/028147
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2016/05/01 - 2019/04/30 | Reducing nitrogenous waste production of farmed seabass by dietary glycerol supplementation
PTDC/CVT-NUT/2851/2014
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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2016/01 - 2019/04 | Prognostic and Protective Roles of the Clusterin-PON1 axis Against Obesity Complications
PTDC/BIM-MET/4265/2014
Provided by PTCRIS: 124913
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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2013/06 - 2016/05 | Anticipating diabetes and diabetic wounding for siblings of Type 2 diabetics.
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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2013/04/01 - 2016/03/31 | UC NMR: a voyage from chemical space to biological function
RECI/QEQ-QFI/0168/2012
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2013/01 - 2015/12 | Identification and validation of biomarker genes to improve the production of Sparus aurata by optimizing the use of dietary
nutrients
MICINN AGL2012-33305
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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Ministro de Economia e Competitividad
Concluded
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2013/08 - 2015/07 | The Effect of TCF7L2 on Glucose Metabolism
DK 078646-06
Consultant
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National Institutes of Health Office of the Director
Concluded
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2011/07/01 - 2014/06/30 | Role of the intestine in promoting the lipogenic effects of fructose
PTDC-SAU-MET-111398-2009
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2010/04 - 2013/09 | Optimizing carbohydrate utilization in farmed sea-bass through metabolic profiling
Principal investigator
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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2009/08 - 2012/07 | Effect of Transaldolase Enzyme Pathway on Gluconeogenesis in People with Prediabetes
DK29953
Consultant
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National Institutes of Health Office of the Director
Concluded
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2007/10 - 2010/12 | Disruption of hepatic glucose and lipid metabolism by immunosuppressive agents: implications for diagnosis and treatment of
posttransplant diabetes
Principal investigator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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2006/05/01 - 2008/12/31 | Noninvasive measurement of hepatic glycogen kinetics in Type 1 diabetics
1-2006-74
Principal investigator
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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
Concluded
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2005/09 - 2008/08 | Improvement of insulin oral availability through encapsulation in polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles
Collaborator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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2005/10 - 2008/06 | Study of the possible environmental and molecular mechanisms responsible for Insulin Resistance, Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
in Portugal
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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2005/10 - 2007/09 | Hepatic intermediary metabolism of glucose in children with and without hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase activity
POCTI/QUI/55603/2004
Principal investigator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2005/10 - 2007/06 | Design of new Vanadium compounds: towards their application as anti-diabetic and anti-cancer agents
Collaborator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2004/04 - 2005/07 | Noninvasive assessment of hepatic glycogen metabolism in Type 1 diabetics
5-2004-306
Principal investigator
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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
Concluded
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1991/06/01 - 2000/10/31 | Southwestern NMR Center for in Vivo Metabolism
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
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National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Journal article |
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Intellectual property
Patent |
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Activities
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2022/10/01 - Current | The role of exogenous and endogenous fructose turnover in adipose tissue dysfunction during the development of Type 2 Diabetes
Supervisor
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2022/10/01 - Current | Development of a zebrafish model for high-resolution analyses of lipogenic fluxes in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Supervisor
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2017/10/01 - 2022/12/10 | Multiomic approaches for thyroid cancer diagnosis
Supervisor
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2017/10/01 - 2022/01/14 | Fructose metabolism and lipogenesis fluxes in mice models of diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Supervisor
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2017/10 - 2021/11/06 | Tracing hepatic glycogen metabolism with stable isotope tracers - insights from murine studies
Supervisor
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2019/09/01 - 2021/02/01 | The effects of high fat feeding on the metabolomics of heart, kidney and skeletal muscle in C57BL6J mice as analysed by 1H
NMR
Supervisor
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2014/10/01 - 2020/05/12 | Sugar, intestine & metabolic syndrome - high fructose feeding and hepatic fatty liver disease inflammation: the role of intestinal
microbiota
Supervisor
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2018/09/01 - 2020/02/01 | NMR analysis of urinary acetaminophen glucuronide enrichments from 2H and 13C metabolic tracers in mouse models
Supervisor
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2018/09/01 - 2020/02/01 | The impact of different lipogenic diets on direct and indirect pathway contributions to hepatic glycogen synthesis
Supervisor
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2016/09/01 - 2018/02/01 | 13C NMR analysis of triglyceride fatty acid enrichment from 13C-enriched lipogenic substrates
Supervisor
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2013/09/01 - 2015/02/01 | Ketone bodies as brain substrates
Supervisor
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2013/09/01 - 2015/02/01 | Quantifying triglyceride futile cycling with deuterated water and 2H NMR analysis of glycerol 2H enrichment
Supervisor
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2010/10/01 - 2014/12/02 | Brain-liver Nitric oxide – A Major Player in Insulin Clearance and Actions | |
2012/09/01 - 2013/10/01 | Quantifying the effects of high fructose feeding on the intestinal permeability of endotoxins
Supervisor
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2008/10/01 - 2012/11/12 | Sources of Blood Glucose and Liver Glycogen in the Seabass: Implications for Carbohydrate Metabolism in Fish | |
2007/10/01 - 2012/01/20 | Noninvasive Measurements of Human Hepatic Metabolism Using Deuterated Water | |
2007/01/01 - 2011/06/15 | Profiling the control of hepatic glucose and lipid metabolism for evaluating novel strategies of insulin delivery | |
2005/10 - 2009/03 | Insulin Resistance & Diabetes: Insights from Magnetic Resonance Studies of Hepatic Glucose & Lipid Metabolism |
Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2019/05/09 - 2019/05/10 | EASD-EGIR meeting in Lisbon (2019/05/09 - 2019/05/10)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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2019/05/08 - 2019/05/09 | EASD-NAFLD meeting in Lisbon (2019/05/08 - 2019/05/09)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2022/12/05 - 2022/12/06 | International Diabetes Federation Biennial Meeting Invited lecture: “Role of high sugar and high fat feeding on lipid overflow” | Biennial Meeting |
2022/09/22 - 2022/09/23 | European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 58th Annual meeting. invited lecture ¿Exogenous fructose and glucose
as precursors for hepatic de novo synthesis of lipotoxic fatty acids¿
Conference
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European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) annual meeting |
2019/12/06 - 2019/12/07 | International Diabetes Federation Biennial Meeting invited lecture "“The role of the microbiome in perturbing the gut-brain
axis during high sugar and fat feeding”
Conference
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International Diabetes Federation Biennial Meeting |
2017/12/08 - 2017/12/09 | International Diabetes Federation Biennial Meeting invited lecture “Metabolic flux profiling of non-alcoholic fatty liver
disease”
Conference
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International Diabetes Federation Biennial Meeting |
2017/05/16 - 2017/05/17 | Departmental seminar, Francis Crick Institute, “Metabolic studies in different organisms using deuterated water tracer”
Seminar
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Departmental Seminar |
2017/03/04 - 2017/03/05 | Departmental seminar CEDOC, New University of Lisbon "“Metabolic studies in different organisms using deuterated water tracer”
Seminar
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Departmental Seminar |
2015/09/16 - 2015/09/17 | European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 51st meeting. Symposium: The Liver in Focus, “Hepatic glucose and
lipid metabolism”
Conference
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Symposium: The Liver in Focus, “Hepatic glucose and lipid metabolism” |
2014/10/20 - 2014/10/21 | Departmental seminar, Institute of Physiology, Czech Republic “Studies of metabolism using deuterated water and 2H NMR”
Seminar
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Departmental Seminar |
2012/09/02 - 2012/09/03 | IV Ibero-American NMR Meeting invited lecture “Studies of metabolism with deuterated water and 2H NMR”
Conference
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IV Ibero-American NMR Meeting |
2011/11/12 - 2011/11/13 | Departmental seminar, German Diabetes Center, “Novel approaches for assessing metabolic regulation in diabetes”
Seminar
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Departmental seminar, German Diabetes Center |
2011/09/13 - 2011/09/14 | Glycosciences in the International Year of Chemistry invited lecture “Effects and implications of transaldolase activity on
glucose flux measurements in humans”
Conference
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Glycosciences in the International Year of Chemistry |
2008/09/12 - 2008/09/13 | 5th Iberian Spectroscopy Meeting invited lecture “Non-invasive studies of liver metabolism in humans by stable isotope tracers
and NMR”
Conference
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5th Iberian Spectroscopy Meeting |
2008/09/06 - 2008/09/07 | GLUPOR 8 meeting invited lecture “Liver carbohydrate metabolism in humans using stable isotope tracers and NMR.”
Conference
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GLUPOR 8 meeting |
2008/09/02 - 2008/09/03 | 4th Iberian Carbohydrate meeting invited lecture “Studies of carbohydrate metabolism in humans by stable isotope tracers and
NMR”
Conference
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4th Iberian Carbohydrate meeting |
2007/09/05 - 2007/09/06 | GLUPOR 7 meeting invited lecture “Studies of carbohydrate metabolism in humans by stable isotope tracers and NMR.”
Conference
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GLUPOR 7 meeting |
2003/12/05 - 2003/12/06 | University of Algarve Biochemistry Department Departmental seminar “Non-invasive studies of glucose metabolism in humans”
Seminar
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Departmental Seminar |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2005/03/01 - Current | Portuguese Society of Diabetology | Head of the Group for Fundamental and Translational Investigation (GIFT) from 2017-2023 |
2005/01/01 - Current | European Association for the Study of Diabetes |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2017/03/01 - 2023/03/15 | Coordinator of the Group for Fundamental and Translational Investiagtion (GIFT) Study group for the Portuguese Society for
Diabetology from 2017-2023
Coordinator
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2017/05/06 - 2021/05/15 | Board member for the European Association for the Study of Diabetes Insulin Resistance Study group
Member
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Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2015/01/01 - Current | Mentoring of FCT and DL57 Postdoctoral Fellowship and Contract | Cristina Barosa |
2022/03/01 - 2022/07/01 | Monteclimar fellowship for visiting students | Ivonne Palacios Marin |
2021/10/01 - 2021/12/15 | ERASMUS Student Exchange Fellowship | Charlotte Kahm |
2018/01/01 - 2021/03/01 | NMR studies of fructose metabolism in animal models | Ludgero Canário Tavares |
2019/04/01 - 2019/06/30 | Secondment of Student in the Marie Curie Training Network TREATMENT | Dora Koller |
2019/03/01 - 2019/05/01 | Secondment of Student in the Marie Curie Training Network FOIE GRAS | Sara Guerra |
2013/01/01 - 2017/12/31 | Developing stable isotope tracer studies in fish | Ivan Viegas |
2014/03/01 - 2014/05/31 | Visiting EFSD Albert Renold Travel Fellowship | Petr Zouhar |
2009/01/01 - 2012/06/06 | NMR studies of metabolism | Teresa Cardoso Delgado |
Distinctions
Award
2008 | GSK IdeaSpring Prize, Most Promising Innovative Technology |
2005 | Portuguese Society of Diabetes-JABA Industry Hargreaves Prize, Best Research Study on Diabetes in Portugal in 2004 |