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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Paula Cristina Veríssimo Pires

Citation names

  • Pires, Paula
  • Paula Veríssimo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B917-929D-23FC
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0532-4242
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9GIiEiIAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Scopus Author Id
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7003870479

Email addresses

  • pverissimo@bioq.uc.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 304502911 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro de Neurociências de Coimbra. Department of Life Science, University of Coimbra, Apartado 3126, 3000, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
Education
Degree Classification
1996
Concluded
Bioquímica (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Enzimologia
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Cardosina a e Cardosina B: Proteases Aspárticas de Cynara Cardunculus L. Purificação, Caracterização e Sequência Parcial de Aminoácidos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1991
Concluded
Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
15 valores
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2000 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/02 - Current Organic Unit Sub-director Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015 - 2021 Coordinator of the MSc in Biochemistry Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Subdirector Departamento Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2015 - 2017 Subdirector Departamento Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
1997 - 2000 Pos-doctoral fellow Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
1992 - 1996 PhD student Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2002 - 2006 BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF HEPSIN, A MEMBRANE SERINE PROTEASE IMPLICATED IN PROSTATE CANCER
POCTI/CBO/49334/2002
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2002 - 2005 CR(VI)-INDUCED GENOTOXIC STRESS: THE SIGNALLING MECHANISMS THAT LINK CELL CYCLE AND CELL FATE
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Concluded
1998 - 2000 PRAXIS /P/BIA/11160/1998 Expressão e caracterização de uma protease serínica recombinante do polen de Parietária judaica
PRAXIS /P/BIA/11160/1998
Post-doc Fellow
CNC.IBILI, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2013 - 2015 FungiSensor: Biossensor de Toxicidade e Identificação de Biomoléculas em Fungos
Researcher
Concluded
2008/05/23 - 2012/05/22 Proteases de Polens, relevância nas doenças alérgicas
PTDC/SAU-ESA/72571/2006
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2011/12/31 BIOINK - Aprendizagem Incremental de "Kernel Machines" para Análise de Dados em Bioinformática
PTDC/EIA/71770/2006
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006 - 2008 Programa de Cooperacão GRICES-SECYT : Peptidases Vegetais com aplicação alimentar
PO/PA05-BI/004
Researcher
Concluded
2003 - 2007 Programa de Cooperação Multilateral CYTED- Projecto IV.22 ¿Aplicação Industrial de Enzimas Proteolíticas de Vegetais superiores¿- 2003-2007
Programa de Cooperação Multilateral CYTED- Projecto IV.22
Programa de Cooperação Multilateral CYTED- Projecto IV.22
Post-doc
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
N/A
Concluded
2002 - 2006 Biochemical and molecular analysis of hepsin, a membrane serine protease implicated in prostate cancer
POCTI/CBO/49334/2002
Post-doc
Concluded
2003 - 2005 ASPARTIC PROTEINASE CONTENT OF ARABIDOPSIS GENOME: IDENTIFICATION, EXPRESSION AND CHARACTERIZATION
POCTI/BCI/2002
POCTI/BCI/2002
Researcher
CNC.IBILI, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2000/07/01 - 2003/09/30 CHARACTERIZATION, PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION OF A SERINE PROTEASE OF THE POLLEN OF PARIETARIA JUDAICA
SFRH/BPD/1615/2000
Post-doc
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1998 - 2001 Structure and function of PSI, the saposin-like domain of procardosin A
PRAXIS/C/BIA/11168/98
CNC.IBILI, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1997 - 2001 Localization and biological function of cardosins
PRAXIS/PCNA/BIA/0171/96
Researcher
CNC.IBILI, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1997/04/01 - 2000/03/31 PROTEOLYTIC PROCESSING OF CARDOSIN B, AN ASPARTIC PROTEINASE FROM THE FLOWERS OF CARDOON
PRAXIS XXI/BPD/11824/97
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1996 - 1999 PRAXIS XXI 2/2.1/BIO/1121/95 IMPACTO
PRAXIS XXI 2/2.1/BIO/1121/95
Researcher
Concluded
1995 - 1998 PRAXIS XXI 2/2.1/BIO/20/94Microorganismos em ambientes extremos: mecanismos de adaptação
PRAXIS XXI 2/2.1/BIO/20/94
Researcher
CNC.IBILI, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1995 - 1998 Identificação e caracterização de novas enzimas coagulantes de origem vegetal
PBIC/C/BIO/2002/95
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1994 - 1997 PRAXIS XXI 2/2.1/QUI/17/94 Cristalografia Molecular
PRAXIS XXI 2/2.1/QUI/17/94
Researcher
Concluded
1994/10/01 - 1995/09/30 CARACTERIZAÇÃO FÍSICO-QUÍMICA DAS FORMAS ACTIVAS DAS PROTEASES DE CYNARA CARDUNCULUS L
PRAXIS XXI/BD/3987/94
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1992 - 1995 PAMAF 95.09.6547.5 Melhoramento da produção do queijo Serra
PAMAF 95.09.6547.5
Researcher

Other

Designation Funders
2001 - 2005 X-Prot- unidade de produção de proteínas recombinantes
PRAI 3.1/2001
Researcher
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development IDEAS The European Research Council
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Tiago Parracho; Daniela C. Vaz; Paula Veríssimo; Vânia Ribeiro. "Green Biomaterials: Applications of Plant-Derived Biofilms". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-26849-6_29
  2. Tiago Parracho; Daniela C. Vaz; Paula Veríssimo; Vânia Ribeiro. "Sand-Dune Plants from the Atlantic Coast of the Iberian Peninsula: Features and Applications". 127-136. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-75315-3_15
  3. Correia, D.; Pereira, C.; Veríssimo, P.; Dourado, A.. "A platform for peptidase detection based on text mining techniques and support vector machines". 449-459. 2013.
    10.1007/978-94-007-4722-7_42
  4. Morgado, L.; Pereira, C.; Veríssimo, P.; Dourado, A.. "Efficient discriminative models for proteomics with simple and optimized features". 89-98. 2013.
    10.1007/978-94-007-4722-7_9
  5. Oliveira, J.; Correia, D.; Pereira, C.; Veríssimo, P.; Dourado, A.. "A tool for biomedical – documents classification using support vector machines". 407-416. 2013.
    10.1007/978-94-007-4722-7_38
  6. Morgado, L.; Pereira, C.; Veríssimo, P.; Dourado, A.. "Peptidase detection and classification using enhanced kernel methods with feature selection". 2011.
    10.1007/978-3-642-19914-1_4
  7. Faro, C.; Ramalho-Santos, M.; Veríssimo, P.; Pissarra, J.; Frazão, C.; Costa, J.; Lin, X.-L.; Tang, J.; Pires, E.. "Structural and functional aspects of cardosins". 1998.
  8. Bento, I.; Coelho, R.; Frazão, C.; Costa, J.; Faro, C.; Veríssimo, P.; Pires, E.; et al. "Crystallisation, structure solution, and initial refinement of plant cardosin-A". 1998.
  9. Veríssimo, P.; Ramalho-Santos, M.; Faro, C.; Pires, E.. "A comparative study on the aspartic proteinases from different species of Cynara". 1998.
Journal article
  1. Bruno Casimiro; Inês Mota; Paula Veríssimo; Jorge Canhoto; Sandra Correia. "Enhancing the Production of Hydrolytic Enzymes in Elicited Tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.) Cell Suspension Cultures". Plants (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12010190.
    10.3390/plants12010190
  2. Paula Verissimo; João Martins; Paula Veríssimo; Jorge Canhoto. "Isolation and identification of Arbutus unedo L. fungi endophytes and biological control of Phytophthora cinnamomi in vitro". Protoplasma 259 3 (2022): 659-677. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00709-021-01686-2.
    10.1007/s00709-021-01686-2
  3. Elisabete Ferreira; Zaida L. Almeida; Pedro F. Cruz; Marta Silva e Sousa; Paula Veríssimo; Rui M. M. Brito. "Searching for the Best Transthyretin Aggregation Protocol to Study Amyloid Fibril Disruption". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23010391.
    10.3390/ijms23010391
  4. Gaspar, Ricardo; de Matos, Mafalda Ramos; Cortes, Luísa; Nunes-Correia, Isabel; Todo-Bom, Ana; Pires, Euclides; Veríssimo, Paula. "Pollen Proteases Play Multiple Roles in Allergic Disorders". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 10 (2020): 3578. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21103578.
    10.3390/ijms21103578
  5. Barcia, Cristina; Coelho, Ana Sofia; Barberis, Sonia; Veríssimo, Paula. "Acaciain peptidase : The first South American pollen peptidase potentially involved in respiratory allergy". Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry 67 2 (2019): 224-233. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bab.1837.
    10.1002/bab.1837
  6. Correia, Sandra; Alhinho, Ana T.; Casimiro, Bruno; Miguel, Célia M.; Oliveira, Margarida; Veríssimo, Paula; Canhoto, Jorge; et al. "NEP-TC a rRNA methyltransferase involved on somatic embryogenesis of tamarillo (Solanum betaceum cav.)". Frontiers in Plant Science 10 (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/92155.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00438
  7. Colombo, M.L.; Fernández, A.; Cimino, C.V.; Liggieri, C.; Bruno, M.; Faro, C.; Veríssimo, P.C.; Vairo-Cavalli, S.. "Miniature cheeses made with blends of chymosin and a vegetable rennet from flowers of Silybum marianum: Enzymatic characterization of the flower-coagulant peptidase". Food Chemistry 266 (2018): 223-231. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048117086&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.06.007
  8. Alves, A.; Caeiro, A.; Correia, S.I.; Veríssimo, P.; Canhoto, J.. "Establishment and biochemical characterization of tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.) embryogenic cell suspension cultures". In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant 53 6 (2017): 606-618. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85032991015&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11627-017-9864-z
  9. Correia SI; Alves AC; Veríssimo P; Canhoto JM. "Somatic Embryogenesis in Broad-Leaf Woody Plants: What We Can Learn from Proteomics.". Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26619861.
    10.1007/978-1-4939-3061-6_6
  10. Azul, A.M.; Nunes, J.; Ferreira, I.; Coelho, A.S.; Veríssimo, P.; Trovão, J.; Campos, A.; Castro, P.; Freitas, H.. "Valuing native ectomycorrhizal fungi as a mediterranean forestry component for sustainable and innovative solutions1". Botany 92 2 (2014): 161-171. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893861095&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1139/cjb-2013-0170
  11. Paiva, Gabriel; Proença, Diogo Neves; Francisco, Romeu; Verissimo, Paula; Santos, Susana S.; Fonseca, Luís; Abrantes, Isabel M. O.; Morais, Paula V.. "Nematicidal Bacteria Associated to Pinewood Nematode Produce Extracellular Proteases". PLoS ONE 8 11 (2013): e79705. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079705.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0079705
  12. Lufrano, D.; Faro, R.; Castanheira, P.; Parisi, G.; Veríssimo, P.; Vairo-Cavalli, S.; Simões, I.; Faro, C.. "Molecular cloning and characterization of procirsin, an active aspartic protease precursor from Cirsium vulgare (Asteraceae)". Phytochemistry 81 (2012): 7-18. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864746972&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.05.028
  13. Correia, S.; Vinhas, R.; Manadas, B.; Lourenço, A.S.; Veríssimo, P.; Canhoto, J.M.. "Comparative proteomic analysis of auxin-induced embryogenic and nonembryogenic tissues of the solanaceous tree c yphomandra betacea (tamarillo)". Journal of Proteome Research 11 3 (2012): 1666-1675. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857806173&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/pr200856w
  14. Vinhas, R.; Cortes, L.; Cardoso, I.; Mendes, V.M.; Manadas, B.; Todo-Bom, A.; Pires, E.; Veríssimo, P.. "Pollen proteases compromise the airway epithelial barrier through degradation of transmembrane adhesion proteins and lung bioactive peptides". Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 66 8 (2011): 1088-1098. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960015037&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02598.x
  15. Morgado, L.; Pereira, C.; Veríssimo, P.; Dourado, A.. "Modelling proteolytic enzymes with Support Vector Machines.". Journal of integrative bioinformatics 8 3 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855526191&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2390/biecoll-jib-2011-170
  16. Toubarro, D.; Lucena-Robles, M.; Nascimento, G.; Santos, R.; Montiel, R.; Veríssimo, P.; Pires, E.; et al. "Serine protease-mediated host invasion by the parasitic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae". Journal of Biological Chemistry 285 40 (2010): 30666-30675. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77957259709&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1074/jbc.M110.129346
  17. Hansen, Daiane; Macedo-Ribeiro, Sandra; Veríssimo, Paula; Yoo Im, Sonia; Sampaio, Misako Uemura; Oliva, Maria Luiza Vilela; Hansen, D.; et al. "Crystal structure of a novel cysteinless plant Kunitz-type protease inhibitor". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 360 4 (2007): 735-740. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/3858.
    10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.06.144
  18. Cortes, L.; Carvalho, A.L.; Todo-Bom, A.; Faro, C.; Pires, E.; Veríssimo, P.. "Purification of a novel aminopeptidase from the pollen of Parietaria judaica that alters epithelial integrity and degrades neuropeptides". Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 118 4 (2006): 878-884. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33749349447&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jaci.2006.05.029
  19. Guevara, M.G.; Almeida, C.; Mendieta, J.R.; Faro, C.J.; Veríssimo, P.; Pires, E.V.; Daleo, G.R.. "Molecular cloning of a potato leaf cDNA encoding an aspartic protease (StAsp) and its expression after P. infestans infection". Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 43 9 (2005): 882-889. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-28444471988&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.plaphy.2005.07.004
  20. Guevara, M.G.; Veríssimo, P.; Pires, E.; Faro, C.; Daleo, G.R.. "Potato aspartic proteases: Induction, antimicrobial activity and substrate specificity". Journal of Plant Pathology 86 3 (2004): 233-238. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-12144266872&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  21. Vieira, M.; Pissarra, J.; Veríssimo, P.; Castanheira, P.; Costa, Y.; Pires, E.; Faro, C.; et al. "Molecular cloning and characterization of cDNA encoding cardosin B, an aspartic proteinase accumulating extracellularly in the transmitting tissue of Cynara cardunculus L.". Plant Molecular Biology 45 5 (2001): 529-539. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034982756&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1023/A:1010675015318
  22. Frazão, C.; Bento, I.; Costa, J.; Soares, C.M.; Veríssimo, P.; Faro, C.; Pires, E.; Cooper, J.; Carrondo, M.A.. "Crystal structure of cardosin A, a glycosylated and Arg-Gly-Asp- containing aspartic proteinase from the flowers of Cynara cardunculus L.". Journal of Biological Chemistry 274 39 (1999): 27694-27701. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033600810&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1074/jbc.274.39.27694
  23. Faro, C.; Ramalho-Santos, M.; Vieira, M.; Mendes, A.; Simões, I.; Andrade, R.; Veríssimo, P.; et al. "Cloning and characterization of cDNA encoding cardosin A, an RGD- containing plant aspartic proteinase". Journal of Biological Chemistry 274 40 (1999): 28724-28729. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033214046&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1074/jbc.274.40.28724
  24. Ramalho-Santos, M.; Verissimo, P.; Cortes, L.; Samyn, B.; Beeumen, J.V.; Pires, E.; Faro, C.; et al. "Identification and proteolytic processing of procardosin A". European Journal of Biochemistry 255 1 (1998): 133-138. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032127477&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2550133.x
  25. Bento I; Coelho R; Frazão C; Costa J; Faro C; Veríssimo P; Pires E; et al. "Crystallisation, structure solution, and initial refinement of plant cardosin-A.". Advances in experimental medicine and biology (1998): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/9580380.
  26. Veríssimo P; Ramalho-Santos M; Faro C; Pires E. "A comparative study on the aspartic proteinases from different species of Cynara.". Advances in experimental medicine and biology (1998): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/9561253.
  27. Faro C; Ramalho-Santos M; Veríssimo P; Pissarra J; Frazão C; Costa J; Lin XL; Tang J; Pires E. "Structural and functional aspects of cardosins.". Advances in experimental medicine and biology (1998): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/9580379.
  28. Costa J; Ashford DA; Nimtz M; Bento I; Frazäo C; Esteves CL; Faro CJ; et al. "The glycosylation of the aspartic proteinases from barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and cardoon (Cynara cardunculus L.).". European journal of biochemistry 243 3 (1997): 695-700. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/9057834.
    10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00695.x
  29. Ramalho-Santos, M.; Pissarra, J.; Veríssimo, P.; Pereira, S.; Salema, R.; Pires, E.; Faro, C.J.. "Cardosin A, an abundant aspartic proteinase, accumulates in protein storage vacuoles in the stigmatic papillae of Cynara cardunculus L.". Planta 203 2 (1997): 204-212. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031257393&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s004250050183
  30. Verissimo, P.; Cliveira; Andrade, I.L.; Faro, C.; Pires, E.. "A pistil-specific aspartic proteinase from cynara humilis: purification, characterization and edna cloning". FASEB Journal 11 9 (1997): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33750255079&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  31. Duarte EP; Baltazar G; Veríssimo P; Carvalho AP. "Release of catecholamines and enkephalin peptides induced by reversal of the Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger in chromaffin cells.". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1996): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/8659852.
    10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb44810.x
  32. Veríssimo, Paula; Faro, Carlos; Moir, Arthur J. G.; Lin, Yingzhang; Tang, Jordan; Pires, Euclides. "Purification, Characterization and Partial Amino Acid Sequencing of Two New Aspartic Proteinases from Fresh Flowers of Cynara cardunculus L.". (1996): http://hdl.handle.net/10316/8139.
  33. Veríssimo, P.; Faro, C.; Moir, A.J.G.; Lin, Y.; Tang, J.; Pires, E.. "Purification, characterization and partial amino acid sequencing of two new aspartic proteinases from fresh flowers of Cynara cardunculus L.". European Journal of Biochemistry 235 3 (1996): 762-768. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030060726&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00762.x
  34. Ramalho-Santos, M.; Veríssimo, P.; Faro, C.; Pires, E.. "Action on bovine a(s1)-casein of cardosins A and B, aspartic proteinases from the flowers of the cardoon Cynara cardunculus L.". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology 1297 1 (1996): 83-89. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030582404&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/0167-4838(96)00103-3
  35. Verissimo, P.; Esteves, C.; Faro, C.; Pires, E.. "The vegetable rennet of Cynara cardunculus L. contains two proteinases with chymosin and pepsin-like specificities". Biotechnology Letters 17 6 (1995): 621-626. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0029018457&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/BF00129389
  36. Faro C; Verissimo P; Lin Y; Tang J; Pires E; Faro, C.; Verissimo, P.; et al. "Cardosin A and B, aspartic proteases from the flowers of cardoon.". Advances in experimental medicine and biology 362 (1995): 373-377. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/8540346.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Pires, Paula Cristina Veríssimo. "Cardosina A e Cardosina B : proteases aspárticas de Cynara cardunculus L : purificação, caracterização e sequência parcial de aminoácidos". PhD, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/1770.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019 - 2019 Tamarillo (Solanum betaceum) cell lines culture optimization for plant-derived metabolites production
Co-supervisor of Inês Alexandra Travassos Mota
Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Utilization of Silica Nanoparticles for Transport and Delivery of a Recombinant Protein for Cancer Treatment
Co-supervisor of João Pedro Pinto Vieira
Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015 - 2016 The role of NEP-TC in the somatic embryogenesis of tamarillo (Solanum betaceum)
Co-supervisor of Alhinho, Ana Teresa Talhinhas Barata
Mestrado Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Hidrolases de Agrocybe aegerita e Macrolepiota procera: Purificação parcial e caracterização
Co-supervisor of Ana Catarina Martins Cardoso
Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Bioempreendedorismo: as necessidades de competências na indústria das Ciências da Vida e como obtê-las através da educção formal
Co-supervisor
Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Purification and partial characterization of metalloproteinases and chitinase from Laetiporus sulphureus
Supervisor of Diana Cristina Simões Mauricio
Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Purificação e Caracterização de uma Protease do Pólen de Chenopodium
Supervisor of Denis Manuel de Castro Brito
Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Inibidores de Proteinases Aspárticas com Actividade Antimicrobiana
Co-supervisor of Sara de Almeida Handem
Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Biochemical approach to study the spider fang
Co-supervisor
Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 - 2013 "The Plant Specific Insert (PSI) and its Molecular Role in Protein Sorting"
Co-supervisor of Peixoto, Bruno Alexandre Teixeira.
Mestrado Biologia Celular e Molecular (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2011 - 2012 Pollen proteases and allergic disorders
Supervisor of Gaspar, Ricardo Lourenço
Mestrado Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2008 - 2011 Molecular and Cellular Analysis of the Function of viriato gene during Drosophila Development
Co-supervisor
Bioquímica (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Actividade proteolítica em pólenes, relação com doenças alérgicas
Supervisor of Inês do Rosário Figueira Caldeira Calado Cardoso
Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Purificação e caracterização parcial de um Inibidor de tripsina de Allium sativum L.
Supervisor
Bioquimica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2007 - 2009 Proteases de Pólenes: Relevância em Doenças Alérgicas
Supervisor of Raquel Patrícia Gomes Silvestre Vinhas
MSc in Cell and Molecular Biology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2007 - 2009 Aminopeptidase N de Arabidopsis thaliana: Expressão e Caracterização
Supervisor of Rui Gonçalo Batista Mamede da Cruz
MSc in Cell and Molecular Biology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2002 - 2006/12/19 Pj-peptidase, uma nova aminopeptidase N do pólen de Parietaria judaica : efeito na integridade e na função do epitélio pulmonar
Co-supervisor
Bioquímica (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020 Metabolic modulation in paused-like pluripotency
Thesis Member
Maria Inês Ramalho de Almeida e Sousa (PhD)
2019 Mycobacterial methylmannose polysaccharides’ biosynthesis
(Thesis) Arguer
Maria Mafalda Santos Costa (PhD)
2019 Molecular sensors of codon ambiguity in Candida albicans signaling pathways
(Thesis) Main arguer
Joana Sofia Morais Fraga (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2017 RL1 and RLR2, Two novel arabidopsis thaliana atypical asoartic proteases involvelin primary root development and lateral root formation
(Thesis) Arguer
Andre Filipe Marques Soares (PhD)
2017 DJ-1 Neuronal Rescue Under Oxidative Stress: Implications for Parkinson's Disease Sandra Isabel dos Santos Anjo (PhD)
2016 Molecular and biochemical studies of a mycobacterial maltokinase and a unique octanoyltransferase: Towards reconstruction of the pathway for methylglucose lipopolysaccharides biosynthesis Ana Branco Maranha Tiago (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2015 Microrna Modulation in Combination With chemotherapeutic Drugs as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Pancreatic Cancer Marta Daniela Passadouro Caetano (PhD)
2014 TRAP1 regulation of mitochondrial homeostasis and cellular quality control Inês Biscaia de Andrade Barbosa (PhD)
2014 Identification and control of fungal contamination in ancient heritage documents Nuno Miguel Costa Pinheiro Meneses Mesquita (PhD)
2013 Oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular pathology in experimental models of hyperglycaemia and high fat diet
Thesis Member
Catia Margarida Vieira Diogo (PhD)
2011 Somatic embryogenesis in Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendt (tamarillo) : optimization and molecular analysis
(Thesis) Arguer
Sandra Isabel Marques Correia (PhD)
2010 Conformational and functional alterations on an aspartic proteinase promoted by trifluoroethanol
(Thesis) Arguer
Ana Sofia Fraga de Almeida (PhD)

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020 - Current Agronomy (2073-4395)
2019 - Current Journal of Dairy Science (0022-0302)
2018 - Current The Protein Journal (1572-3887)
2018 - Current Plos One (1932-6203)
2017 - Current Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry (1875-5992)
2011 - Current LWT - Food Science and Technology ( 0023-6438)
2016 - 2019 The Open Respiratory Medicine Journal (1874-3064)
2015 - 2016 Bioinformatics (1367-4811)
2013 - 2015 Protein & Peptide Letters (0929-8665)
2010 - 2012 Phytochemistry (0031-9422)
2010 - 2012 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (1559-0291)
Distinctions

Other distinction

2004 European Regional Innovation Award