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Fernando Rodrigues. Completed the Título de Agregado in Agregação in 2017 by Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Doutoramento in Ciências in 2001 by Universidade do Minho, Mestrado in Genética Molécular Microbiana in 1998 by Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental and Licenciatura in Engenharia Biológica in 1996 by Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica. Is Member Conselho pedagógico in Universidade do Minho, Associate Professor in Universidade do Minho, Member Conselho científico in Universidade do Minho, Presidente do Conselho de Escola in Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina and Coordenador da sub-unidade orgânica da EM - área cientifica Ciências Biomédicas in Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina. Published 91 articles in journals. Has 5 section(s) of books. Has 1 patent(s) registered. Supervised 7 PhD thesis(es) e co-supervised 2. Supervised 3 MSc dissertation(s). Participates and/or participated as Principal investigator in 4 project(s) and Researcher in 10 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Mycology. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Cdc42; Morfogénese de fungos; Ferramentas de biologia molecular; Doenças lisossomais de armazenamento; LIPOFUSCINOSE CERÓIDE NEURONAL; doença de Batten; óxido nítrico; Doentes imunossuprimidos; Infecções fúngicas invasivas; Resistência a antifúngicos; Susceptibilidade genética humana; Úlcera de Buruli; Cura Espontânea; Modelos animais de resistência/susceptibilidade; Sequenciação RNA; Hibridação fluorescente in situ; doenças infecciosas; Ácidos péptido-nucleícos; Ácidos nucleícos "locked"; Leveduras contaminantes alimentares; Adaptação e resistência a ácidos fracos; Zygosaccharomyces e Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Ómicas; Autofagia; Disfunção mitocondrial; Envelhecimento celular; Proteínas aberrantes e agregados; nanomedicina; nanodiagnóstico; nanoestruturas; nanotecnologia; leveduras do vinho; limitação de azoto; transcriptoma-metaboloma; proteoma; Processos de morte celular programada; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Mitocôndria; Metacaspase; dimorfismo; hormonas esteroides; regulação morfológica; Tuberculose; Umunidade Inata; Imunidade adquirida; Vacinas; Doença Tropical Negligenciada; Sequenciação do exoma; Biomarcadores de resistência/susceptibilidade; Cancro; Onco-microbiota; Imunoterapia; Vacinação pela via das mucosas; Dimorphic fungi; human genetic susceptibility to infection; Molecular biology; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES BAILLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST ADAPTATION AND TOLERANCE TO ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID TOLERANCE DETERMINANTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR Haa1; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Fernando José dos Santos Rodrigues

Citation names

  • Rodrigues, Fernando

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B91E-3942-9E93
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8436-9398

Telephones

Telephone
  • 253604814 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Escola de Medicina, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Mycology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2017 - 2017
Concluded
 Agregação (Título de Agregado)
Major in Ciências da Saúde - Health Sciences
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2001
Concluded
 Ciências (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Biologia
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Physiological and Molecular Genetic Studies on Zygosacchromyces Bailii Isa 1307" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1996 - 1998
Concluded
 Genética Molécular Microbiana (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
"Estudos sobre a regulação do metabolismo intracelular de ácido acético na levedura Zygosaccharomyces bailii ISA 1307" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
1991 - 1996
Concluded
 Engenharia Biológica (Licenciatura)
Major in Tecnologias e Processos Químicos e Biológicos
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2001 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2003 - 2011 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2001 - 2003 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2002 - Current Member Conselho pedagógico Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2016 - 2020 Presidente do Conselho de Escola Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2012 - 2020 Coordenador da sub-unidade orgânica da EM - área cientifica Ciências Biomédicas Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2002 - 2020 Member Conselho científico Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
1998/06/01 - 2001/07/31 REGULAÇÃO DO METABOLISMO DO ÁCIDO ACÉTICO EM ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES BAILII: ESTUDOS FISIOLÓGICOS E MOLECULARES
PRAXIS XXI/BD/16279/98
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1996/04/01 - 1998/03/31 MESTRADO EM GENÉTICA MOLECULAR MICROBIANA
PRAXIS XXI/BM/7258/95
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1996/04/01 - 1998/03/31 MESTRADO EM GENÉTICA MOLECULAR MICROBIANA
PRAXIS XXI/BM/7258/95
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/01/02 - 2026/01/01 Metabolic Control of Immune Cell Function in Respiratory Fungal Disease
2022.06674.PTDC
10.54499/2022.06674.PTDC
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 ICVS/3B’s - Associate Laboratory, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute / Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics Research Group
LA/P/0050/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0050/2020
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2024/06/30 Sporob_SiA: Elucidation of the role of sialidase 1 in the severity of feline sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis
2022.03348.PTDC
10.54499/2022.03348.PTDC
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07/15 - 2021/07/14 Bases imunológicas da suscetibilidade às infeções por Mycobacterium tuberculosis
PTDC/SAU-INF/28463/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07/15 - 2021/07/14 Determinantes imunogenéticos de susceptibilidade/resistência à úlcera de Buruli: um estudo familiar e populacional para uma doença tropical negligenciada
PTDC/SAU-INF/31312/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07/01 - 2021/06/30 Microbiota na imunidade contra cancro: novas avenidas para imunoterapia
PTDC/MED-ONC/28658/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 ICVS/3B’s - Associate Laboratory, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute / Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics Research Group
UID/Multi/50026/2019
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Análise Transcriptómica de Modelos Animais de Cura Espontânea da Úlcera de Buruli
Infect-ERA/0002/2015
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/02/01 - 2015/07/30 “DNA mimics” - Desenvolvimento e aplicação de mímicos de DNA para a rápida identificação de microrganismos patogénicos
PIC/IC/82815/2007
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2014/06/30 Estudo da relação entre envelhecimento e autofagia na levedura Saccharomyces cerevisiae
PTDC/BIA-MIC/114116/2009
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/06/14 - 2013/12/13 Elucidação do papel da GTPase Cdc42 na natureza polimórfica das leveduras de Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
PTDC/BIA-MIC/108309/2008
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/04/01 - 2013/09/30 ZygoSacAR-Mecanismos de resistência a ácidos fracos em leveduras contaminantes alimentares: do modelo experimental Saccharomyces cerevisiae a Zygosaccharomyces spp
PTDC/AGR-ALI/102608/2008
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Strategic Project - LA 26 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/SAU/LA0026/2011
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/07/01 - 2011/06/30 NanoMeDiag-Plataformas nanobioanalíticas para diagnóstico médico de infeccções provocadas por microorganismos patogénicos
NANO/NMed-SD/0076/2007
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Física, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/07/01 - 2010/12/31 ELUCIDAÇÃO DE MECANISMOS PATOLÓGICOS ASSOCIADOS A FORMA JUVENIL DA LIPOFUSCINOSE CERÓIDE NEURONAL: DO MODELO DE LEVEDURA PARA SISTEMAS MAIS COMPLEXOS
PTDC/SAU-NEU/70161/2006
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/06/01 - 2010/09/30 Avaliação dos efeitos do azoto na fisiologia, transcriptoma, proteoma e metaboloma das leveduras, para optimizar a produção de compostos do odor e flavor economicamente relevantes
PTDC/AGR-ALI/71460/2006
Researcher
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/07/01 - 2008/12/30 Estudo multidisciplinar sobre infecções fúngicas invasivas em pacientes imunossuprimidos: Susceptibilidade do hospedeiro ao fungo versus resistência do fungo a fármacos
POCI/SAU-ESP/61080/2004
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/01/01 - 2008/06/30 Via(s) apoptótica(s) em Saccharomyces cerevisiae: padrão proteómico e interacções com a metacaspase
POCI/BIA-BCM/57364/2004
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2003/07/01 - 2006/12/31 Estudos celulares e moleculares no fungo patogénico Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: Dimorfismo e sua regulação por hormonas esteroides
POCTI/ESP/45327/2002
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2003/06 - 2006/05 Cellular and molecular studies in the pathogenic fungi Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: dimorphism and its regulation by steroid hormones
POCTI/ESP/45327/2002
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Ludovico, P.; Sampaio-Marques, B.; Osório, N.; Rodrigues, F.. "The role of nitric oxide signalling in yeast stress response and cell death.". In The handbook of microbial metabolism of amino acids, 128-141. CABI, 2016.
    Published • 10.1079/9781780647234.0128
  2. Menino, João F.; Almeida, Agostinho J.; Rodrigues, Fernando. "Gene Knockdown in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Using Antisense RNA". In Methods in Molecular Biology, 187-198. Humana Press, 2012.
    10.1007/978-1-61779-539-8_12
  3. J., M.; Ludovico, P.; Rodrigues, F.; Leo, C.; Crte-Real, M.. "Stress and Cell Death in Yeast Induced by Acetic Acid". In Cell Metabolism - Cell Homeostasis and Stress Response. InTech, 2012.
    Published • 10.5772/27726
  4. Rodrigues, Fernando; Ludovico, Paula; Leão, Cecília. "Sugar Metabolism in Yeasts: an Overview of Aerobic and Anaerobic Glucose Catabolism". In Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Yeasts, 101-121. Springer-Verlag, 2006.
    Published • 10.1007/3-540-30985-3_6
  5. Rodrigues, Fernando; Joäo Sousa, Maria; Corte-Real, Manuela; Leäo, Cecília. "Zygosaccharomyces bailii: A Yeast With a Peculiar Pattern for the Regulation of Acetic Acid Metabolism in the Presence of Glucose". In Non-Conventional Yeasts in Genetics, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 409-416. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2003.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-55758-3_65
Conference abstract
  1. Novais E Bastos, Helder; Machado, Henrique; Sousa, Jeremy; Veiga, Maria Isabel; Ramos, Angélica; Carvalho, Teresa; Rodrigues, Fernando; et al. "Tuberculosis severity and its association with pathogen phylogeny and properties". Paper presented in European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2017.
    Published
  2. Carmona, Jenny; Cruz, Andrea; Sousa, Carole; Osório, Nuno S.; Saraiva, Ana L.; Svenson, Stefan; Kallenius, Gunilla; et al. "Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains are differentially recognized by TLRs with an impact on innate immune responses and the outcome of infection: P1313". Paper presented in Immunology Journal, 2012.
    Published
  3. Osório, Nuno S.; Sampaio-Marques, B.; Pearce, David A.; Oliveira, Rui; Laranjinha, João; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, Fernando. "Studying the role of nitric oxide in the pathological mechanism of Batten disease". Paper presented in The FEBS Journal, 2008.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Cruz, Andrea; Carmona, Jenny; Carole Sousa, Nuno S. Osório, Ana L. Saraiva, Stefan Svenson, Gunilla Kallenius, Jorge Pedrosa, Fernando Rodrigues, Antó; Carmona, J.; Fraga, AG; Sousa, C.; Costa, P; et al. "Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains are differentially recognized by TLRs with an impact on innate immune responses and the outcome of infection". Paper presented in European Congress of Immunology, 2012.
Conference poster
  1. Duarte-Silva, S; DA SILVA, JORGE D.; Monteiro-Fernandes, Daniela; Costa, Marta Daniela; Pereira-Sousa, Joana; Ferreira-Fernandes, AR; Rodrigues, Fernando; et al. "The glucocorticoid receptor as a biomarker and neuronal therapeutic target of a disease-improving bile acid in SCA3/MJD". Paper presented in ICVS retreat, 2023.
  2. Antunes, Daniela; Rodrigues, Cláudia S.; Gonçalves, Samuel M.; Duarte-Oliveira, Cláudio; Campos, Cláudia F.; Rodrigues, Fernando; Silvestre, Ricardo; Cunha, Cristina; Carvalho, Agostinho. "Glutamine metabolism regulates the immune response to the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus". Paper presented in XLV SPI Annual Meeting, 2019.
  3. Gonçalves, Samuel M.; Rodrigues, Cláudia S.; Campos, Cláudia F.; Duarte-Oliveira, Cláudio; Gaifem, Joana; van de Veerdonk, Frank L.; Campos Jr., António; et al. "Genetically-determined NLRP3 hyperactivation confers risk to fungal disease by compromising macrophage function". Paper presented in XLIII SPI Annual Meeting, 2018.
  4. Duarte-Oliveira, Cláudio; Campos, Cláudia F.; Rodrigues, Cláudia S.; Gonçalves, Samuel M.; Gaifem, Joana; Mesquita, Inês; Garlanda, Cecilia; et al. "Pentraxin-3 promotes IL-10-dependent immune protection to the oppurtunistic fungus Trichosporon asahii". Paper presented in XLIII SPI Annual Meeting, 2018.
  5. Gonçalves, Samuel M.; Lagrou, Katrien; Rodrigues, Cláudia S.; Campos, Cláudia F.; Bernal-Martínez, Leticia; Rodrigues, Fernando; Silvestre, Ricardo; et al. "Evaluation of alveolar cytokines as biomarkers for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in high-risk patients". Paper presented in 8th Advances Against Aspergillosis, 2018.
  6. FERREIRA, BEATRIZ H.; Neves, Gabriela W. P.; Cunha, Cristina; Sampaio, Paula; Pais, Célia; Goldman, Gustavo H.; Lopes-Bezerra, Leila M.; Carvalho, Agostinho; Rodrigues, Fernando. "Ploidy and genetic transformation of Sporothrix brasiliensis". Paper presented in ICVS Open Day, 2018.
  7. FERREIRA, BEATRIZ H.; Neves, Gabriela W. P.; Ramírez-Prado, Jorge H.; Sampaio, Paula; Pais, Célia; Felipe, Maria Sueli S.; Goldman, Gustavo H.; et al. "Towards a genetic toolkit for Sporothrix brasiliensis analysis". Paper presented in XXI Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras ¿Professor Nicolau van Uden¿, 2018.
  8. FERREIRA, BEATRIZ H.; Neves, Gabriela W. P.; Cunha, Cristina; Sampaio, Paula; Pais, Célia; Goldman, Gustavo H.; Lopes-Bezerra, Leila M.; Carvalho, Agostinho; Rodrigues, Fernando. "Sporothrix brasiliensis: ploidy and genetic transformation". Paper presented in 7th Microbiotec ¿ Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Duarte-Silva, S; DA SILVA, JORGE D.; Monteiro-Fernandes, Daniela; Costa, Marta Daniela; Neves-Carvalho, Andreia; Raposo, Mafalda; Soares-Cunha, Carina; et al. "Glucocorticoid receptor-dependent therapeutic efficacy of tauroursodeoxycholic acid in preclinical models of Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (IF: 19.47)". The Journal of Clinical Investigation (2024):
    Published
  2. Tavares M; Sousa-Filho JC; Machado IA; Gonçales RA; Antunes D; Mendes-Frias A; Silvestre R; et al. "Development of a Versatile Toolbox for Genetic Manipulation of Sporothrix brasiliensis.". Microbiology spectrum (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36847570.
    10.1128/spectrum.04564-22
  3. Antunes D; Gonçalves SM; Matzaraki V; Rodrigues CS; Gonçales RA; Rocha J; Sáiz J; et al. "Glutamine Metabolism Supports the Functional Activity of Immune Cells against Aspergillus fumigatus.". Microbiology spectrum (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36475892.
    10.1128/spectrum.02256-22
  4. Franco AR; Pirraco R; Fernandes EM; Rodrigues F; Leonor IB; Kaplan DL; Reis RL. "Untangling the biological and inflammatory behavior of silk-like sutures In vivo.". Biomaterials (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36194954.
    10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121829
  5. Ferreira CM; Micheli C; Barreira-Silva P; Barbosa AM; Resende M; Vilanova M; Silvestre R; et al. "IL-10 Overexpression After BCG Vaccination Does Not Impair Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection.". Frontiers in immunology (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35935958.
    10.3389/fimmu.2022.946181
  6. Rodrigues, Fernando. "Genetic variants in human BCL2L11 (BIM) are associated with ulcerative forms of Buruli ulcer.". Emerging microbes & infections (2021): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7889264.
    10.1080/22221751.2021.1878936
  7. Ferreira CM; Barbosa AM; Barreira-Silva P; Silvestre R; Cunha C; Carvalho A; Rodrigues F; et al. "Early IL-10 promotes vasculature-associated CD4+ T cells unable to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.". JCI insight (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/34554927.
    10.1172/jci.insight.150060
  8. Marques F; Pinto L; Azevedo MM; Sampaio-Marques B; Areias AC; Salgueira A; Costa MJ; Rodrigues F; Ludovico P. "Innovative, integrative, and interactive in-class activity on metabolic regulation: Evaluating educational impacts.". Biochemistry and molecular biology education : a bimonthly publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/34406714.
    10.1002/bmb.21569
  9. Rodrigues, Fernando. "Interacting with Hemoglobin: Paracoccidioides spp. Recruits hsp30 on Its Cell Surface for Enhanced Ability to Use This Iron Source.". Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) (2021): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7823998.
    10.3390/jof7010021
  10. Rodrigues, Fernando. "Paracoccin overexpression in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis enhances fungal virulence by remodeling chitin properties of the cell wall.". The Journal of infectious diseases (2020): https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa707.
    10.1093/infdis/jiaa707
  11. Bastos HN; Osório NS; Castro AG; Ramos A; Carvalho T; Meira L; Araújo D; et al. "Correction: A Prediction Rule to Stratify Mortality Risk of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis.". PloS one (2020): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/33175913.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0242455
  12. Rodrigues, Fernando. "Characterization of a heme-protein responsive to hypoxia in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.". Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2020.103446.
    10.1016/j.fgb.2020.103446
  13. Rodrigues, Fernando. "Molecular characterization of siderophore biosynthesis in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.". IMA fungus (2020): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7359926.
    10.1186/s43008-020-00035-x
  14. Rodrigues, Fernando. "Pathogenic Allodiploid Hybrids of Aspergillus Fungi.". Current biology : CB (2020): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7343619.
    10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.071
  15. Rodrigues, Fernando. "Phagosomal removal of fungal melanin reprograms macrophage metabolism to promote antifungal immunity.". Nature communications (2020): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7210971.
    10.1038/s41467-020-16120-z
  16. Sousa, Jeremy; Cá, Baltazar; Maceiras, Ana Raquel; Simões-Costa, Luisa; Fonseca, Kaori L.; Fernandes, Ana Isabel; Ramos, Angélica; et al. "Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated with severe tuberculosis evades cytosolic surveillance systems and modulates IL-1ß production". Nature Communications 11 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15832-6.
    10.1038/s41467-020-15832-6
  17. Bastos, Rafael Wesley; Valero, Clara; Silva, Lilian Pereira; Schoen, Taylor; Drott, Milton; Brauer, Verônica; Silva-Rocha, Rafael; et al. "Functional Characterization of Clinical Isolates of the Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen Aspergillus nidulans". mSphere 5 2 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00153-20.
    Published • 10.1128/msphere.00153-20
  18. Mesquita, I.; Ferreira, C.; Moreira, D.; Kluck, G.E.G.; Barbosa, A.M.; Torrado, E.; Dinis-Oliveira, R.J.; et al. "The Absence of HIF-1a Increases Susceptibility to Leishmania donovani Infection via Activation of BNIP3/mTOR/SREBP-1c Axis". Cell Reports 30 12 (2020): 4052-4064.e7. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85082017989&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.celrep.2020.02.098
  19. Meira, L.; Chaves, C.; Araújo, D.; Almeida, L.; Boaventura, R.; Ramos, A.; Carvalho, T.; et al. "Predictors and outcomes of disseminated tuberculosis in an intermediate burden setting". Pulmonology 25 6 (2019): 320-327. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85061974321&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.pulmoe.2018.11.001
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  96. Valdigem, G.L.; Pereira, T.; Macedo, C.; Duarte, M.L.; Oliveira, P.; Ludovico, P.; Sousa-Basto, A.; Leão, C.; Rodrigues, F.. "A twenty-year survey of dermatophytoses in Braga, Portugal". International Journal of Dermatology 45 7 (2006): 822-827. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33745630952&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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    10.1083/jcb.200404138
  99. Rodrigues, F.; Zeeman, A.-M.; Cardoso, H.; Sousa, M.J.; Steensma, H.Y.; Côrte-Real, M.; Leão, C.. "Isolation of an acetyl-CoA synthetase gene (ZbACS2) from Zygosaccharomyces bailii". Yeast 21 4 (2004): 325-331. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1842525036&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  100. Martín-Casabona, N.; Bahrmand, A.R.; Bennedsen, J.; Østergaard Thomsen, V.; Curcio, M.; Fauville-Dufaux, M.; Feldman, K.; et al. "Non-tuberculous mycobacteria: Patterns of isolation. A multi-country retrospective survey". International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 8 10 (2004): 1186-1193. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-5644294404&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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Preprint
  1. Steenwyk JL; Knowles S; Bastos RW; Balamurugan C; Rinker D; Mead ME; Roberts CD; et al. "Evolutionary origin, population diversity, and diagnostics for a cryptic hybrid pathogen". 2023. http://europepmc.org/abstract/PPR/PPR685357.
    10.1101/2023.07.03.547508
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Rodrigues, Fernando. "Regulação do metabolismo do ácido acético em Zygosaccharomyces bailii: estudos fisiológicos e moleculares". PhD, Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, 2001.
  2. Rodrigues, Fernando. "Estudos sobre a regulação do metabolismo intracelular de ácido acético na levedura Zygosaccharomyces bailii ISA 1307". Master, Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, 1996.
  3. Rodrigues, Fernando. "Otimização de estratégias experimentais com vista à obtenção de mutantes da levedura Saccharomyces cerevisiae desreprimidos para o consumo de ácido acético e outros ácidos monocarboxílicos na presença de glucose". Degree, 1995.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Rodrigues, Fernando. 2007. "DNA fragments, primers and method for amplification of the DNA fragments and kit including the aforementioned primers for the detection and identification of clinically relevant Candida species". Portugal.
    Expired
  2. Carvalho, Agostinho; Rodrigues, Fernando. 2006. "DNA fragments, primers, kits, and methods for amplification, the detection and identification of clinically relevant Candida species". Portugal.
    Expired

Other

Other output
  1. Aspergillus fumigatus acetate utilisation impacts virulence traits and pathogenicity. mBio. 2021. Ries, L.N.A.; de Castro, P.A.; Silva, L.P.; Valero, C.; dos Reis, T.F.; Saborano, R.; Duarte, I.F.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85111175541&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2021.06.09.447827
  2. Paracoccin overexpression in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis reveals the influence of chitin hydrolysis on fungal virulence and host immune response. 2019. Gonçales, R.A.; Silva Vieira, V.C.; Ricci-Azevedo, R.; Fernandes, F.F.; de Oliveira Thomaz, S.M.; Carvalho, A.; Vendruscolo, P.E.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85094303844&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/515056
  3. Drivers of genetic diversity in secondary metabolic gene clusters within a fungal species. PLoS Biology. 2017. Lind, A.L.; Wisecaver, J.H.; Lameiras, C.; Wiemann, P.; Palmer, J.M.; Keller, N.P.; Rodrigues, F.; Goldman, G.H.; Rokas, A.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85095644065&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/149856
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2016 Paracoccidioides spp as resilient genetic tractable organism: towards functional genomic studies International Symposium “Glycans in the immune response and infectious diseases study”
Network Mexicana “Glycoscience in Health” – CONACYT (Cidade do México, Mexico)
2016 Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: from cell shape to pathogenesis PYFF6 - 6th Conference on Physiology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi
Microbial Physiology Section of the European Federation of Biotechnology (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015 Identification of virulence factors associated to Paracoccidioides spp. infections 6th FEBS Advanced Lecture Course on Human Fungal Pathogens
Federation of European Biochemical Societies (Nice, France)
2014 Development of molecular tools for functional analysis of Paracoccidioides spp XII International Meeting on Paracoccidioidomycosis
(Brasilia, Brazil)
2012 Functional effects of rs5743836 polymorphism in TLR9 on B-cell proliferation. V Workshop de Bioquímica Clínica
Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica (Coimbra, Portugal)
2011 Morphological heterogeneity of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: characterization and relevance of the Rho-like GTPase Pbcdc42 26th Fungal Genetics Conference
(Pacific Grove, Estonia)
2010 The Relevance of Cdc42p in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Yeast-like Form and Virulence 2nd ASM Conference on Dimorphic Fungal Pathogens
(Miami, United States)
2008 Cdc42p controls yeast-cell shape and virulence in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis X International Congress on Paracoccidioidomycosis
(Medellin, Colombia)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 - 2022/09/03 Sporotrichosis: immunological and metabolic remodeling of macrophages during an in vitro infection model
Supervisor
 Master in Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2022/09/03 Genetic manipulation of Sporothrix brasiliensis: gene overexpression and loss-of-function genetic modification systems
Supervisor
 Master in Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Sporothrix brasiliensis – From the genome to the phenotype
Supervisor
 Ciências da Saúde (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Trichosporonosis: From the pathogen to the disease
Supervisor
 Ciências da Saúde (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2017 Evaluation of the imune-determinants associated with resistance/susceptibility to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: a mouse model perspective
Supervisor
 Ciências da Saúde (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012 - 2017 Identification of sexual reproduction mechanisms in the fungal pathogen paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Supervisor
 Ciências da Saúde (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 - 2016 Immunogenetic determinants of susceptibility/resistance to Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: a population based study - Benin biological bank on Buruli ulcer
Supervisor
 Medicina (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009 - 2016 Control of Streptococcus pneumoniae Virulence by Manipulation of the Genetic Sequence of Virulence Factor Pneumolysin
Co-supervisor
 Medicina (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 - 2015 Avaliação do envolvimento de eIF2-alfa e suas quinases no dimorfismo de Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Supervisor
 Microbiologia (PhD)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Instituto de Ciencias Exatas, Brazil
2008 - 2013 Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: virulence factors and host susceptibility
Supervisor
 Ciências da Saúde (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2006 - 2011 New Insights into the effects of caloric restriction on Saccharomyces cerevisiae chronological lifespan
Co-supervisor
 Ciências da Saúde (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2005 - 2009 Elucidação de Mecanismos Patológicos Associados Á Doença de Batten:do Modelo de Levedura a Modelos Mais Complexos
Supervisor
 Ciências da Saúde (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2003 - 2008 Management of Fungal Infections: Diagnosis and Human Genetic Susceptibility
Supervisor
 Ciências da Saúde (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2002 - 2007 Cellular and Molecular Studies on the Dimorphic Pathogenic Fungus Paracoccidioides Brasiliensis
Supervisor
 Ciências da Saúde (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2017 Inferring epidemiology and microevolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from deep-sequencing data of patient samples
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Bárbara Andreia Andrade Barbosa (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 Unravelling genes, the Haa1-signalling pathway and cell envelope properties responsible for the remarkably high acetic acid tolerance of Zygosaccharomyces bailii
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Filipa de Canaveira Roque Baker (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 Development of cell factories for the efficient production of mannosylglycerate, a thermolyte with great potential in biotechnology
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cristiana da Silva Faria (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015 Avaliação do envolvimento de eIF2-alfa e suas quinases no dimorfismo de Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Supervisor
 Vanessa Cristina Silva Vieira (PhD)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
2015 Desenvolvimento de ferramentas genéticas para o estudo do ciclo celular do fungo patogénico Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Supervisor
 Ana do Carmo Oliveira (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2013 Monocarboxylate transporters as angiogenic mediators: role on endothelial-tumor cell crosstalk Carla Filipa Pereira Bezerra (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 Regulation of WNT signaling by HOXA9 in glioblastoma mechanistic, prognostic and therapeutic insights
President of the jury
 Céline Saraiva Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 Impact of differential TLR recognition of mycobacterium tuberculosis strains for the production of nitric axide by macrophages
President of the jury
 Jeremy Nicolas de Carvalho de Sousa (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 Differential IL-10 regulation in macrophages and denditric cells: implications for IL-12 family transcription
President of the jury
 Joana Patrícia Fernandes Moura Guedes (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 Characterization of the antitumoral activity of portuguese Propolis
President of the jury
 Ricardo Emanuel Silva Carvalho (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012 Disfunção mitocondrial nas doenças da ß-oxidação dos ácidos gordos
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Hugo Daniel Carvalho de Azevedo Rocha (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2012 Elucidating the mating system of Phaffia rhodozyma, an astaxanthin-producing yeast with biotechnological potential
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Márcia Cristina David Palma (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 Implementation of genetic tools to identify sexual mechanisms in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Thesis Member
 Ana Georgina Alves (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2011 When gaining is loosing: insights into the function of ataxin-3 and its perturbation in the context of Machado Joseph disease
Thesis Member
 Andreia Alexandra Neves de Carvalho (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2006 Yeast Toxicogenomics Focused on the Agricultural Fungicide Mancozeb: Involvement of the Drug: H+ Antiporter Flr1p
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Paulo Jorge Moura Pinto da Costa Dias (PhD)
2005 Molecular Pathophysiology Underlyng Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses: Cln2 and Cln5
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carlos Jorge Pereira Bessa (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2005 Elucidation of Molecular Pathways Involved in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Apoptotic Cell Death
Thesis Member
 Bruno Miguel Barroso Rodrigues Almeida (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Comissão de Curso de Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2014 - Current Comissão de Curso do Programa de Doutoramento em Ciências da Saúde
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2016 - 2020 Comissão de Acompanhamento do Sistema Interno de Garantia da Qualidade da Universidade do Minho SIGAQ
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2014 - 2019 Comissão de Curso de Medicina com Mestrado Integrado
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2013 - Current Foundations in medicine Medicine (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2012 - Current Fundamentals in Genetics, Development and Neoplasia Health Sciences (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2012 - Current Fundamentals in Genetics, Development and Neoplasia Health Sciences (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2011 - Current Fundamentals of Immunology and Infection PhD in Health Sciences (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2011 - Current Fundamentals of Immunology and Infection Health Sciences (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2001 - Current Molecules and cells Medicine (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2001 - Current Option project I Medicine (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023/02 - 2023/11 Comitê Internacional de Avaliação da Chamada Geração
Member
 Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
2023/02 - 2023/04 Graduate Women In Science (GWIS) National Fellowship Program Committee
Evaluator
 Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) National Fellowship Program, United States Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) National Fellowship Program
2023 - 2023 PNGP - Programa Nova Geração de Pesquisadores
Evaluator
 Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil
2022/01/01 - 2022/07/01 Review research projects proposal, a process that is critically important in helping GWIS select top-quality applicants for funding
Evaluator
 Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) National Fellowship Program, United States Graduate Women in Science
2021/01/01 - 2022/07/01 Member of the review panel for PhD and Post Doctoral Scholarships - Experimental Biology and Biochemistry
Member
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021/01/01 - 2021/07/01 Review research projects proposal, a process that is critically important in helping GWIS select top-quality applicants for funding
Evaluator
 Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) National Fellowship Program, United States Graduate Women in Science
2020 - 2020 Graduate Women In Science (GWIS) National Fellowship Program Committee
Evaluator
 Graduate Women in Science, United States Graduate Women in Science
2020 - 2020 Book review
Evaluator
 Springer Nature, Luxembourg Springer Nature
2018 - 2018 Grant review
Evaluator
 Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Austria Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
2016 - 2016 Review of scientific projects of bilateral cooperation
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2015 - 2015 Member of the review panel for PhD and Post Doctoral Scholarships - Experimental Biology and Biochemistry
Member
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2014 - 2014 Grant review
Evaluator
 Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Netherlands Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
2014 - 2014 Member of the review panel for PhD and Post Doctoral Scholarships - Experimental Biology and Biochemistry (Postdoctoral Scholarships) - Call for Individual Doctoral Scholarships
Member
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2010 - 2010 Grant review
Evaluator
 Medical Research Council, United Kingdom Medical Research Council
2010 - 2010 Member of the review panel for PhD Scholarships - Heath - PROTEC
Member
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2009 - 2009 Grant review
Evaluator
 Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Switzerland Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
2009 - 2009 Member of the review panel for PhD Scholarships - Health - PROTEC
Member
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2006 - 2006 Grant review
Evaluator
 Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen, Belgium Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2016 - Current Frontiers in Microbiology (1664-302X) Frontiers Media SA
2014 - Current Frontiers in Microbiology (1664-302X) Frontiers Media SA
2001 - 2015 AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY (1684-5315) Academic Journals