Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Joao Matos
Citation names
- Matos, Joao
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- BE16-2BB4-50D8
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3754-3709
- Google Scholar ID
- citations?user=-Ga7GGIAAAAJ&hl
Telephones
- Telephone
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- (+43) 1427774419 (Professional)
Addresses
- Max Perutz Labs, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9, 1030, Vienna, Vienna, Austria (Professional)
Websites
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
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) |
| German | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) |
| French | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2013/12/28
Concluded
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Biochemistry of DNA repair (Pós-doutoramento)
Cancer Research UK, United Kingdom
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2008/12/31
Concluded
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Cell cycle control of chromosome segregation (Pós-doutoramento)
Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik, Germany
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2007/11/19
Concluded
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Biology (Doutoramento)
Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik, Germany
"Control of Chromosome segregation in meiosis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Summa cum laude |
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1997 - 2002/06/15
Attended
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Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Major in Biochemistry
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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1994/09/01 - 1997/06/30
Attended
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Ciencias e Tecnologias (Ensino secundário)
Escola Secundaria Martins Sarmento, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2020/09/01 - Current | Principal Investigator (Research) | Max F Perutz Laboratories Center of Molecular Biology, Austria |
| 2014/01/01 - Current | Principal Investigator (Research) | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland |
| 2009/03/01 - 2013/12/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Cancer Research UK, United Kingdom |
| 2008/01/01 - 2009/01/01 | Postdoc (Research) | Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik, Germany |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014/01/07 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003/07/01 - 2007/12/31 | PhD student | Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik, Germany |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015/12/01 - Current | Upgrade of a Titan Krios electron cryo-microscope for single particle analysis and tomography
164092
Principal investigator
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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung |
| 2009/03 - Current | Coordination of DNA repair and segregation during meiosis and mitosis
153058
Principal investigator
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Concluded
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| 2018/09/01 - 2022/08/31 | Control of DNA breakage by structure-selective endonucleases during meiosis and mitosis
176108
Principal investigator
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung |
| 2018/01/01 - 2020/12/31 | Regulation of anti-crossover helicases during meiosis
ETH-31 17-2
Principal investigator
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
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| 2015/04/01 - 2020/03/31 | Rewiring DNA repair for genome stability and haploidisation
155823
Principal investigator
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
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Ongoing
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| 2016/09/01 - 2019/08/31 | Regulation of meiotic crossing over by Polo kinase Cdc5
ETH-47 16-1 P
Principal investigator
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
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Ongoing
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| 2010/04/01 - 2013/03/31 | Regulation of GEN1-mediated Holliday junction resolution in homologous recombination and DNA repair
LT000343/2010-L
Post-doc Fellow
HFSP - Human Frontiers Science Program, France
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| 2010/04/01 - 2013/03/31 | Regulation of GEN1-mediated Holliday junction resolution in homologous recombination and DNA repair
HFSP 000343/2010-L
Post-doc Fellow
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book |
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| Journal article |
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| Preprint |
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Other
| Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2019/07/16 | Network rewiring of DNA repair during mitotic proliferation and meiosis | FASEB conference
(Denver, United States)
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| 2019/03/14 | Rewiring DNA repair for genome stability or genome haploidisation | EMBO YIP meeting
(Singapore, Singapore)
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| 2018/09/18 | Network rewiring of homologous recombination during mitotic proliferation and meiosis | EMBO Workshop - DNA replication, chromosome segregation and fate decisions
(Kylliini, Greece)
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| 2018/09/13 | Rewiring DNA repair for genome stability or genome haploidisation | International meeting «Levures, Modèles et Outils»
(Rheinau, Switzerland)
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| 2018/05/23 | Regulation of structure-selective endonucleases during meiosis: implications for crossover maturation and patterning | Mechanisms of Recombination
(London, United Kingdom)
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| 2018/05/18 | Rewiring DNA repair for genome stability or genome haploidisation | EMBO YIP Meeting
(Vienna, Austria)
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| 2018/05/15 | Rewiring DNA repair for genome stability or genome haploidisation | Annual Technical Meeting
Petroleum Society of Canada (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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| 2017/11/11 | DNA repair nucleases: putting chromosomes through the shredder | EMBO Conference: The DNA damage response in cell physiology and disease
(Cape Sounio, Greece)
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| 2017/08/31 | Regulation of structure-selective endonucleases during meiosis: implications for crossover maturation and distribution | EMBO Meiosis meeting
(Hvar, Croatia)
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| 2017/06/26 | A mechanism for controlled breakage of under-replicated chromosomes during mitosis | 25th Wilhelm Bernhard Workshop on the Cell Nucleus
(Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
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| 2016/09/19 | A mechanism for controlled breakage of under-replicated chromosomes during mitosis | EMBO Workshop Nuclear Function and Cell Fate Choice
(Kyllini, Greece)
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| 2016/09/14 | A mechanism for controlled breakage of under-replicated chromosomes during mitosis | Offshore Technology Conference Asia
German Society for Research on DNA Repair (Essen, Germany)
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| 2016/06/08 | A mechanism for controlled breakage of under-replicated chromosomes during mitosis | Swiss meeting on Genome Stability and Chromatin Dynamics
(Emmetten, Switzerland)
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| 2016/05/18 | A mechanism for controlled breakage of under-replicated chromosomes during mitosis | Mechanisms of Recombination
Abcam conference (Alicante, Spain)
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| 2015/11/04 | A mechanism for controlled breakage of under-replicated chromosomes during mitosis | Workshop on structure-selective endonucleases
(Brno, Czech Republic)
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| 2012/07/04 | Controlling nucleases that determine our genetic make-up | HFSP awardees meeting
(Daegu, South Korea)
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| 2012/06/02 | Controlling nucleases that determine our genetic make-up | Gordon Research Seminar
(New London, United States)
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| 2012/04/24 | Cdc5/PLK1 and Cdc28/CDK activate nucleases to coordinate the completion of DNA repair with chromosome segregation | Cell Cycle Club - Abcam
(London, United Kingdom)
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| 2011/09/05 | Regulatory control of meiotic joint molecule resolution | EMBO Meiosis meeting
(Paestum, Italy)
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| 2011/01/14 | Timing and control of Holliday junction resolution in budding yeast meiosis | Genome stability Network
(Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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| 2009/09/25 | Regulation of kinetochore orientation during meiosis | EMBO workshop on Polo-like kinases
IEEE (Porto, Portugal)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2018/08/01 - Current | Monitoring meiotic recombination in situ using electron cryotomography
Supervisor
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
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| 2018/08/01 - Current | Regulation of Holliday junction resolution during meiosis
Supervisor
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
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| 2016/03/01 - Current | Regulation of anti-crossover helicases during meiosis
Supervisor
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
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| 2015/09/01 - Current | Regulation of meiotic crossing over by Polo kinase Cdc5
Supervisor
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
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| 2014/06/01 - 2019/01/09 | Temporal and spatial regulation of crossing-over in meiosis
Supervisor
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
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| 2015/01/31 - 2018/12 | Identification and characterization of novel regulators of recombinational DNA repair during mitotic proliferation and meiosis
Supervisor
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
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| 2014/01/01 - 2017/05/31 | Cell cycle regulation of DNA breakage by MUS81 nuclease
Supervisor
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019/09/30 - Current | EMBO YIP Sectorial meeting - Genome Stability (2019/09/30 - 2019/10/02)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
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| 2016/01/01 - Current | Special seminar series - Institute of Biochemistry - ETH Zurich (2016/01/01)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland |
Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2019/01/10 | Temporal and spatial regulation of crossing-over in meiosis
Supervisor
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Meret Arter (PhD) |
| 2018/12/05 | Identification and characterization of novel regulators of recombinational DNA repair during mitotic proliferation and meiosis
Supervisor
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Aitor Susperregui (PhD) |
| 2018/11/22 | Defining Cancer-Specific Alterations in Genome Integrity Maintenance
(Thesis) Arguer
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Federico Teloni (PhD) |
| 2018/08/27 | A novel pathway for resolution of collisions between DNA replication and transcription machineries
(Thesis) Arguer
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Naga Raja Chappidi (PhD) |
| 2018/06/28 | FANCM translocase promotes telomere stability and cell viability in ALT (Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres) cells
(Thesis) Arguer
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Richard Pentz (PhD) |
| 2018/05/08 | Unraveling the role of FANCA in the Fanconi Anemia pathway
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Leon Burgdorf (Master) |
| 2018/04/03 | Investigation of the E.coli recombinase RecA by Time-Resolved Analysis by cryo-EM (TraceM) | Märt-Erik Mäeots (Master) |
| 2018/03/16 | Mechanistic insights into final maturation of the eukaryotic large ribosomal subunit
(Thesis) Arguer
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Purnima Klingauf (PhD) |
| 2018/03/16 | Telomeric states in cancer development
(Thesis) Arguer
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Jana Majerská (PhD) |
| 2017/09/14 | Initial functional and structural characterisation of human GID complex
(Thesis) Arguer
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Diana Stafa (PhD) |
| 2017/09/13 | Telomere Instability in Human Cells - Replication stress-induced mitotic DNA synthesis at difficult-to-replicate loci
(Thesis) Arguer
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Özgün Özer (PhD) |
| 2017/05/18 | Cell cycle regulation of DNA breakage by MUS81 nuclease
Supervisor
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Heika Duda (PhD) |
| 2017/05/17 | Elucidating the role of the ANN complex in human ribosome biogenesis
(Thesis) Arguer
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Eva Vogt (Master) |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2016/01/01 - Current | Steering committee of the PhD program - Zurich Molecular Life Sciences
Member
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland |
| 2015/01/01 - Current | Travel grants committee - MLS PhD program
Member
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland Universität Zürich, Switzerland |
| 2014/01/01 - Current | Board Member of The Institute of Biochemistry
Member
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland |
Distinctions
Award
| 2021 | ERC Consolidator Grant
European Research Council, Belgium
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| 2017 | EMBO Young Investigator
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
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| 2015 | Starting Grant - (ERC-replacement, Switzerland) |
| 2009 | Otto-Hahn Medal
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften, Germany
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Other distinction
| 2010 | HFSP Long-Term fellowship |
| 2009 | EMBO Long-Term Fellowship |
