Helena Margarida Moreira de Oliveira Vieira (BD11-072C-4E2A)

Curriculum Vitae

Helena Margarida Moreira de Oliveira Vieira

Helena Vieira is currently a Coordinator Researcher and ERA CHAIR Holder at University of Aveiro, Portugal. She is responsible for launching the ERA CHAIR BESIDE project and coordinating a new team at CESAM research unit for Environmental Economics & Natural Resources, joining natural and socio-economics sciences to develop further knowledge and sustainable future solutions. She also acts as Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Circular BioBased Europe Joint Union (CBE-JU), a public private partnership between European Commission and the Biobased Industry Consortium (BIC) to promote bioeconomy and circularity models. Previously she acted as Director General of Maritime Policy under the Minister of the Sea of the XXII Government of Portugal. Having over 22 years of professional experience in academia, industry and policy backgrounds, she has been a lecturer (U. Lisbon and U. Angola), consultant expert (United Nations, EU - BioBased Industry (BBI-JU), Circular Biobased Economy (CBE-JU), BlueBio Co-Fund, European Innovation Council, CINEA, EASME, etc…), hold political & administrative roles in national government and European Commission and has also acted as manager and coordinator of several companies and teams in the fields of life and ocean sciences and bioeconomy. An entrepreneur at heart she has founded a few start-ups and was co-founder and CEO (2005-13) of BIOALVO SA, a Portuguese marine biotech company. She was also Executive Director of BLUEBIO ALLIANCE (2014-19), the Portuguese network for marine bioresources sector. With a PhD in Biomedicine (Imperial College of London) and an Executive Post Graduation in Leadership and Strategy in Biotech & Pharma from Harvard Business School, she has worked mostly in the borderlines of science, industry & policy, helping everyone to speak common languages and design solutions for common goals. She speaks 5 languages and loves to travel & dive in any of the oceans of our planet!

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Helena Margarida Moreira de Oliveira Vieira

Citation names

Vieira, Helena

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: BD11-072C-4E2A
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3663-289X

Email addresses

helena.vieira@ua.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Universidade de Aveiro, Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento; Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Italian	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)	Advanced (C1)	Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)
French	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2011 - 2011 Concluded	Post Graduation in Leadership & Strategy in Pharma & Biotech (Postgraduate Certificate) Harvard Business School, United States
2000/09 - 2003/08 Concluded	Biomedical Sciences (Doctor of Philosophy) Imperial College London, United Kingdom "Genetic and Molecular Studies of genes involved in developmental eye disorders" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved
1994/09 - 1999/03 Concluded	Biologia Microbiana e Genética (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	17

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/09/20 - Current	Coordinating Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2008/09/01 - 2022/09/19	Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

2014/06/01 - 2014/06/30	Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Agostinho Neto, Angola
	Universidade Agostinho Neto, Angola

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/09/15 - Current	Perito Nomeado para a Missão Restauro dos Oceanos e Águas na UE	European Commission, Belgium
	European Commission, Belgium
2021/12/01 - Current	Membro do Conselho Consultivo do Bluebio Co-Fund	European Commission, Belgium
	European Commission, Belgium
2021/11/19 - Current	Chair do Conselho Científico da CBE-JU	European Commission, Belgium
	European Commission, Belgium
2020/03/01 - Current	Jury do EIC Accelerator Programme	European Commission, Belgium
	European Commission, Belgium
2018/06/01 - Current	Perito nacional das Nações Unidas para o World Ocean Assessment	United Nations DOALOS, United States
	United Nations DOALOS, United States
2020/03/16 - 2022/03/31	Diretor Geral de Política do Mar	Ministério do Mar, Portugal
	Direção Geral de Política do Mar, Portugal
2017/04/12 - 2021/12/31	Membro do Conselho Científico da BBI-JU	European Commission, Belgium
	European Commission, Belgium
2018/06/01 - 2020/02/28	Jury do EIC - SME Instrument and EIC Pilot	European Commission, Belgium
	European Commission, Belgium
2015/09/01 - 2017/12/31	Membro do Conselho Consultivo ERA-NET MARINE BIOTECH	European Commission, Belgium
	European Commission, Belgium
2014/01/01 - 2015/12/31	Invited Expert European Marine Board - Deep Sea Group	European Commission, Belgium
	European Commission, Belgium

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2017/01 - 2019/12	POINT4PAC - Precision Oncology by Innovative Therapies and Technologies 03/SAICT/2015	Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização
2012/07 - 2016/07	BLUEGENICS FP7 Bluegenics - KBBE-2012-6-311848	Research Executive Agency
2012/07 - 2016/07	MaCUMBA FP7 MACUMBA - KBBE-2012-6-311975	Research Executive Agency
2009/09 - 2013/10	NEURASYNC FP7-PEOPLE-ITN-2008-238316	Research Executive Agency
2009/09 - 2013/02	PEP2BRAIN FP7-People-IAPP-2008-230654	Research Executive Agency
2008/10 - 2009/08	AQUACHIP - Development of a DNA chip prototype for the simultaneous identificantion of microbiological indicators in drinking waters AQUACHIP	Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024/02/01 - Current	REDRESS - RESTORATION OF DEEP-SEA HABITATS TO REBUILD EUROPEAN SEAS GA: 101135492 Post-doc Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2022/09/20 - Current	ERA CHAIR BESIDE - Institutional, Behavioural, critical and adaptive economics towards Sustainable Development, management of natural capital and circular Economy GA951389 — BESIDE Principal investigator Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2022/09 - Current	ERA CHAIR BESIDE - Institutional, Behavioural, critical and adaptive economics towards Sustainable Development, management of natural capital and circular Economy GA951389 BESIDE	European Commission
2024/01/01 - 2027/01/01	SMARTDEC - Smart Clusters for Maritime Decarbonisation EAPA_0038/2022 Principal investigator Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal	INTERREG IVC European Commission Ongoing
2023/05/01 - 2026/04/30	WIN-BIG: WOMEN IN BLUE ECONOMY INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AND CAPACITY BOOSTING 101111985 Principal investigator Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2017/01/01 - 2021/06/30	PRECISION ONCOLOGY BY INNOVATIVE THERAPIES AND TECHNOLOGIES SAICTPAC/0019/2015 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019 - 2020/03	BLUE CC - Commercial exploitation of marine collagen and chitin from marine sources ID-61BLUECC Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal BioISI research center, Portugal	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Science with and for Society Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Instituto de Biosistemas & Ciências Integrativas UID/Multi/04046/2019 Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2018/01/01 - 2018/12/31	Deconvolution of dual CFTR/ANO1 Modulators from Portuguese natural products - A new class of drugs for CF therapy Deconvolution of dual CFTR/ANO1 Modulators from Portuguese natural products - A new class of drugs for CF therapy Principal investigator Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	BioISI research center Concluded
2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31	A new class of drugs for CF therapy - Dual CFTR/ANO1 Modulators from Portuguese natural products A new class of drugs for CF therapy - Dual CFTR/ANO1 Modulators from Portuguese natural products Principal investigator Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	BioISI research center Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31	Natural compounds as a source of novel drug leads for Cystic Fibrosis Natural compounds as a source of novel drug leads for Cystic Fibrosis Principal investigator Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	BioISI research center Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Plano de Ação da Estratégia Nacional para o Mar 2021-2030. 2021. NATIONAL OCEAN STRATEGY 2021-2030. Portugal. 2021. Blue Bioeconomy Forum: roadmap for the blue bioeconomy.. 2020. 10.2826/605949 Susanna Albertini ; Chiara Pocaterra; Serena Fabbrini; Michela Cohen; Vieira, Helena; et all . Corresponding author: Susanna Albertini. What is Bioeconomy? - Book for Kids, Biovoices Eu Project. Belgium: FVA New Media Research. 2020. Published BLUE BIOECONOMY ROADMAP FOR PORTUGAL. Portugal. 2020. Vitor Vasconcelos; Joana Moreira da Silva; Moreira, Susana; Calado, Ricardo; B Ferreira; Raquel Gaião Silva; Leal, Miguel; et al. Corresponding author: Joana Moreira da Silva. Portugal Blue Bioeconomy Roadmap. Portugal: Matosinhos, (Pub). 2019. Published
Book chapter	Vieira, Helena; Trigo, Inês. "As áreas marinhas protegidas no contexto da Economia Azul". In Proteger o Mar, edited by Filipe Porteiro; Márcia Marques; Telmo Carvalho, 168-173. Portugal: Publication of Ministry of the Sea and IPMA. I.P., 2021. Published Blasiak, Robert; Kenchington, Ellen; Arrieta, Jesus; Bermúdez, J. Rafael ; Calumpong, Hilconida; Garcia-Soto, Carlos; Vieira, Helena; Wawrik, Boris. Corresponding author: Kenchington, Ellen. "World Ocean Assessment II, Chapter 23, Developments in the exploration for and use of marine genetic resources". In The Second World Ocean Assessment, World Ocean Assessment II., 363-379. Nova York, United States: United Nations Publications, 2021. Published "How to Succeed in Marketing Marine Natural Products for Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics & Nutraceutical Markets". 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69075-9_9 Calado, Ricardo; Leal, Miguel Costa; Gaspar, Helena; Santos, Susana; Marques, António; Nunes, Maria Leonor; Vieira, Helena. "How to Succeed in Marketing Marine Natural Products for Nutraceutical, Pharmaceutical and Cosmeceutical Markets". In Grand Challenges in Biology and Biotechnology, 317-403. Springer International Publishing, 2018. 10.1007/978-3-319-69075-9_9
Edited book	A Engenharia Biomédica. Um agregador de competências na Saúde. 2010.
Journal article	Helena Vieira; Gonçalo Moura Lestre; Runar Gjerp Solstad; Ana Elisa Cabral; Anabela Botelho; Carlos Helbig; Daniela Coppola; et al. "Current and Expected Trends for the Marine Chitin/Chitosan and Collagen Value Chains". Marine Drugs (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/md21120605. 10.3390/md21120605 "Developing a Sustainable and Circular Bio-Based Economy in EU: By Partnering Across Sectors, Upscaling and Using New Knowledge Faster, and For the Benefit of Climate, Environment & Biodiversity, and People & Business". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.619066. 10.3389/fbioe.2020.619066 Helena Vieira; Miguel Costa Leal; Ricardo Calado. "Fifty Shades of Blue: How Blue Biotechnology is Shaping the Bioeconomy". Trends in Biotechnology 38 9 (2020): 940-943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.03.011. 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.03.011 "Marine Bioresource Development – Stakeholder’s Challenges, Implementable Actions, and Business Models". Frontiers in Marine Science (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00062. 10.3389/fmars.2020.00062 "Erylusamides: Novel Atypical Glycolipids from Erylus cf. deficiens". Marine Drugs (2016): http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/14/10/179. 10.3390/md14100179 "Characterization, validation and application of a DNA microarray for the detection of mandatory and other waterborne pathogens.". Journal of Biochemistry (2015): http://jb.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/05/21/jb.mvv052.abstract?keytype=ref&ijkey=u3iMFz0sdJm7Yd0. 10.1093/jb/mvv052 Vieira H. "Marketed Marine Natural Products in the Pharmaceutical and Cosmeceutical industries: Tips for success.". Marine Drugs (2014): 10.3390/md12021066 Martins, A.; Tenreiro, T.; Andrade, G.; Gadanho, M.; Chaves, S.; Abrantes, M.; Calado, P.; Tenreiro, R.; Vieira, H.. "Photoprotective bioactivity present in a unique marine bacteria collection from Portuguese deep sea hydrothermal vents". Marine Drugs 11 5 (2013): 1506-1523. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878323101&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3390/md11051506 Ciaccioli, G.; Martins, A.; Rodrigues, C.; Vieira, H.; Calado, P.. "A Powerful Yeast Model to Investigate the Synergistic Interaction of a-Synuclein and Tau in Neurodegeneration". PLoS ONE 8 2 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84873517075&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1371/journal.pone.0055848 "Microbiologic quality of an untreated water sample analyzed by a novel DNA chip for simultaneous detection of microorganisms". Microbiology Research 3 1 (2012): 11-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/mr.2012.e11. 10.4081/mr.2012.e11 Cerejo, M.; Andrade, G.; Roca, C.; Sousa, J.; Rodrigues, C.; Pinheiro, R.; Chatterjee, S.; Vieira, H.; Calado, P.. "A powerful yeast-based screening assay for the identification of inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase". Journal of Biomolecular Screening 17 10 (2012): 1362-1371. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84869071830&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1177/1087057112452595 McKeone, R.; Vieira, H.; Gregory-Evans, K.; Gregory-Evans, C.Y.; Denny, P.. "Foxf2: A novel locus for anterior segment dysgenesis adjacent to the FOXC1 gene". PLoS ONE 6 10 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80054053481&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1371/journal.pone.0025489 Martins, N.; Vale, F.F.; Vieira, H.. "Design and preliminary results of a DNA chip for the detection of microorganisms in water samples". Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics 7 11-12 (2010): 2751-2754. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78449241847&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1002/pssc.200983799 Silva, A.M.; Vieira, H.; Martins, N.; Granja, A.T.S.; Vale, M.J.; Vale, F.F.. "Viral and bacterial contamination in recreational waters: A case study in the Lisbon bay area". Journal of Applied Microbiology 108 3 (2010): 1023-1031. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-76449083904&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04503.x Vale, F.F.; Silva, A.M.; Granja, A.T.; Vale, M.J.; Vieira, H.. "Simultaneous detection of micro-organisms in water samples for future chip applications: Coliform bacteria, non-mandatory bacteria, hepatitis A virus and noroviruses". Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics 6 10 (2009): 2184-2189. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70949084361&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1002/pssc.200881703 Gregory-Evans, C.Y.; Vieira, H.; Dalton, R.; Adams, G.G.W.; Salt, A.; Gregory-Evans, K.. "Ocular coloboma and high myopia with Hirschsprung disease associated with a novel ZFHX1B missense mutation and trisomy 21". American Journal of Medical Genetics 131 A 1 (2004): 86-90. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-7244255979&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1002/ajmg.a.30312 Hodges, M.D.; Vieira, H.; Gregory-Evans, K.; Gregory-Evans, C.Y.. "Characterization of the genomic and transcriptional structure of the CRX gene: Substantial differences between human and mouse". Genomics 80 5 (2002): 531-542. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036431293&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/S0888-7543(02)96854-0 Vieira, H.; Gregory-Evans, K.; Lim, N.; Brookes, J.L.; Brueton, L.A.; Gregory-Evans, C.Y.. "First genomic localization of oculo-oto-dental syndrome with linkage to chromosome 20q13.1". Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 43 8 (2002): 2540-2545. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036319832&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Preprint	Helena Vieira; Gonçalo Lestre; Runar Gjerp Solstad; Ana Elisa Cabral; Anabela Botelho; Carlos Helbig; Daniela Coppola; et al. "Current and Expected Trends for the Marine Chitin/Chitosan and Collagen Value-Chains". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.1827.v1. 10.20944/preprints202310.1827.v1 Sofia Corticeiro; Margarida Tomé; Helena Vieira. "Can Forest Certification Schemes Really Drive Economic Value to European Forest Owners?". 2023. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1966.v1. 10.20944/preprints202311.1966.v1
Working paper	2015. "Rogers AD, Brierley A, Croot P, Cunha MR, Danovaro R, Devey C, Hoel AH, Ruhl H, Sarradin P-M, Trevisanut S, van den Hove S, Vieira H, Visbeck M (2015) Delving Deeper: Critical challenges for 21st century deep-sea research. Larkin KE, Donaldson K and McDonough N (Eds.) Position Paper 22 of the European Marine Board, Ostend, Belgium. 224 pp. ISBN 978-94-920431-1-5". http://rgdoi.net/10.13140/RG.2.1.4077.0009. 10.13140/RG.2.1.4077.0009

Intellectual property

Patent

2009. "USE OF COMPOUNDS IN THE TREATMENT OF TAU-INDUCED CYTOTOXICITIES".
2009. "Compounds for Treating Pain".
2008. "A SCREENING METHOD FOR COMPOUNDS THAT REDUCE ER STRESS".
2008. "YEAST PLATFORM CONSTRUCTION AND SCREENING METHODS".