Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Margarida Pinto e Costa
Citation names
- Costa, Margarida
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- B919-6908-2B28
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-9147-8621
Email addresses
- costa.anamarg@gmail.com (Professional)
- margarida.costa@niva.no (Professional)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- 913961792 (Personal)
Addresses
- Rua Unidade Vimaranense, nº105, 3ºDto, 4810-026, Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal (Personal)
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
- Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
French | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) |
Icelandic | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Spanish; Castilian | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2018/12/18
Concluded
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Pharmaceutical Sciences (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Natural Product Chemistry
Háskóli Islands, Iceland
"Exploring marine sponges and associated microorganisms as a source of natural compounds" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2010/11/05
Concluded
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Contaminação e Toxicologia Ambientais (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"The role of ceramide pathway in yeast apoptosis induced by acetic acid" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17/20 |
2008/07/31
Concluded
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Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
"Optimization of a parabens extraction method from meat and effects of parabens in rat testis mitochondria" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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14/20 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/10/01 - Current | Coordinating Researcher (Research) | Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning, Norway |
Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning, Norway | ||
2021/07/01 - 2022/09/30 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning, Norway |
Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning, Norway | ||
2019/01/05 - 2021/05/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Allmicroalgae S.A., Portugal |
Allmicroalgae S.A., Portugal | ||
2016/09/01 - 2018/12/31 | Researcher (Research) | ArcticMass ehf, Iceland |
ArcticMass ehf, Iceland | ||
2014/05/01 - 2018/05/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Háskóli Islands, Iceland |
Háskóli Islands, Iceland | ||
2016/01/01 - 2016/08/31 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | PharmaMar SA, Spain |
PharmaMar SA, Spain | ||
2010/11/15 - 2014/03/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2015/08 - 2018/12 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Háskóli Islands, Iceland |
Háskóli Islands, Iceland |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2019/05/01 - Current | Algavalor - Produção integrada de microalgas e valorização da sua biomassa
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-035234; LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-035234; ALG-01-0247-FEDER-035234
Post-doc Fellow
Allmicroalgae S.A., Portugal
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Ongoing
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Cyanobacteria as a source of bioactive compounds with effects on obesity and obesity-related co-morbidities
Researcher
Háskóli Islands, Iceland
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2013/09/01 - 2018/04/30 | BluePharmTrain
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/607786/EU
Háskóli Islands, Iceland
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Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia |
2010/10/01 - 2013/12 | Marine cyanobacteria isolated from the Portuguese coast as a source of bioactive compounds: cytotoxicity against human tumor
cells and normal human cells.
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia |
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2024/06/01 - 2027/05/31 | LOCALITY (Nature-positive aLgae-based fOod, agriCulture, AquacuLture and textIle producTs made in North and Baltic Sea ecosYstems)
Principal investigator
NIVA - Norwegian Institute for water Research, Norway
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European Union
Ongoing
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2021/09/01 - 2025/08/31 | ALGECO (Cost-effective algae technology to promote circular economy development of Norwegian wastewater treatment plants)
Principal investigator
NIVA - Norwegian Institute for water Research, Norway
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Norges forskningsråd
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Other
Dataset |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2019/12/03 | Two-stage industrial cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris | AlgaEurope 2019
EABA (Paris, France)
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2017/01/04 | Marine sponges as a prolific source of novel compounds | 18th Conference on Research in Biomedical and Health Sciences
(Reykjavík, Iceland)
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2012/09/16 | Modulation of mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization and apoptosis by ceramide metabolism | 9th International Meeting on Yeast Apoptosis
(Rome, Italy)
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2012 | The role of ceramide pathway in yeast apoptosis induced by acetic acid | 3rd UTAD Biochemistry Journeys
(Vila Real, Portugal)
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2011/07/11 | Isc1p-dependent modulation of apoptosis induced by acetic acid in yeast | 25th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology
(Kortowo-Olsztyn, Poland)
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2011/07/07 | Marine cyanobacteria from the Portuguese coast as a source of anticancer compounds: Cytotoxicity against human tumor and normal cells | 2nd Cyanobacteria Iberic Congress
(Sevilla, Spain)
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Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2020/02/01 - 2021/05/31 | Scientific committee member
Member
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GreenCoLab Colaborative Laboratory, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2015/08/01 - 2018/06/30 | Analytical Pharmacy | Analytical Pharmacy (Master) | Háskóli Islands, Iceland |
2018/01/04 - 2018/03/31 | NMR instrumentation and data analysis | Analytical chemistry (Master) | Háskóli Islands, Iceland |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2019/05/01 - 2020/04/30 | Applied Sciences (2076-3417) | MDPI |