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Vanessa finished the doctoral degree in Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology applied to Health Sciences, under the supervision of Jorge Ferreira, Paulo Aguiar and Matthieu Piel, in 2022, at the University of Porto. Previously, she finished an MSc degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology, in 2015, at the University of Aveiro and a BSc degree in Pathologic, Cytologic and Thanatologic Anatomy, in 2012, at the School of Allied Health Sciences - Polytechnic Institute of Porto. Since 2022, Vanessa is a Junior Researcher working on the project "Spatiotemporal dissection of nuclear mechanics in the maintenance of chromosomal stability" at the Epithelial Polarity & Cell Division laboratory (i3S-UP). Vanessa has published 5 articles in specialized magazines, one book chapter and one preprint. She gave oral presentations and presented posters in national and international conferences. She received 2 best talk awards. Vanessa has also organized events with national and international speakers. Her main area of research is Cell Biology. The main keywords associated with her research are: Nucleus; Mitosis; Centrosome; Spindle; Cytoskeleton; Mechanobiology and Chromatin.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Vanessa Catarina Ribeiro Nunes

Citation names

  • Nunes, Vanessa
  • Nunes, V

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C315-83B4-9BBF
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8568-4269

Email addresses

  • vnunes@i3s.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 22 607 490 Ext.: 6127 (Professional)

Addresses

  • i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde. Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Education
Degree Classification
2018/03/01 - 2022/09/21
Concluded
 Biotecnologia Molecular e Celular Aplicada às Ciências da Saúde (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Biophysics of Mitotic Spindle Assembly" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2021/08/01 - 2021/08/31
Concluded
 Researcher Management and Leadership Training (Coursera) (Outros)
University of Colorado, United States
 97,5%
2021/08/01 - 2021/08/31
Concluded
 How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper (Coursera) (Outros)
École Polytechnique, France
 93%
2021/04/20 - 2021/04/23
Concluded
 Course in Research Ethics/Integrity: Hands-on Approach (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/05/06 - 2019/05/10
Concluded
 Light Microscopy (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 19
2019/04/29 - 2019/05/03
Concluded
 Histology and Electron Transmission (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 19
2018/07/02 - 2018/07/20
Concluded
 Biologia Molecular Essencial (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 18
2018/06/18 - 2018/06/22
Concluded
 High Throughput Screening and Image Analysis for Biosciences (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 13
2016/10/10 - 2016/10/11
Concluded
 Introduction to data analysis and image processing with MATLAB (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2015/12/09
Concluded
 Biologia Molecular e Celular (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
"Characterization of the genes determining pollen specificity in self-incompatibility mechanism of Malus x domestica" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2012/09/22
Concluded
 Anatomia Patológica, Citológica e Tanatológica (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
"O efeito do ferro na diferenciação dos linfócitos T" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/11/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/01 - 2022/09/21 PhD Student at Epithelial Polarity & Cell Division Lab Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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2019/06/03 - 2020/01/10 PhD Student at Systems Biology of Cell Polarity and Cell Division Lab Institut Curie, France
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
(...)
2018/03/01 - 2020/01/01 PhD Student at Chromosome Instability & Dynamics Lab Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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2016/07/01 - 2018/02/28 Research Fellow at Chromosome Instability & Dynamics Lab Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2015/09/22 MSc Student at Evolutionary Systems Biology Lab Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2012/04/28 - 2012/09/30 BSc Student at Basic & Clinical Research on Iron Biology Lab Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2012/03/21 - 2012/04/27 Trainee - Flow Cytometry Lab (Clinical Hematology) Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto EPE, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2011/11/28 - 2012/02/14 Trainee - Anatomic Pathology Lab (Diagnostic) Hospital de Braga, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2011/09/19 - 2011/11/22 Trainee - Anatomic Pathology Lab (Diagnostic) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016/06/01 - 2019/12/31 Spatiotemporal Control of Mitotic Spindle Assembly
PTDC/BEX-BCM/1758/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021 - 2023 Spatiotemporal dissection of nuclear mechanics in the maintenance of chromosomal stability
PTDC/BIA-CEL/6740/2020
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016/01/01 - 2017/12/31 Dissecting the connection between centrosome positioning, intracellular forces and mitotic spindle assembly
PESSOA 441.00
Other
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. "High-Resolution Analysis of Centrosome Behavior During". 179-194. Springer {US, 2021.
    10.1007/978-1-0716-1538-6_13
Journal article
  1. Vanessa Nunes; Jorge G. Ferreira. "From the cytoskeleton to the nucleus: An integrated view on early spindle assembly". Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 117 (2021): 42-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.03.006.
    10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.03.006
  2. "Centrosome–nuclear axis repositioning drives the assembly of a bipolar spindle scaffold to ensure mitotic fidelity". Molecular Biology of the Cell 31 16 (2020): 1675-1690. http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e20-01-0047.
    10.1091/mbc.e20-01-0047
  3. Domingos Castro; Vanessa Nunes; Joana T. Lima; Jorge G. Ferreira; Paulo Aguiar. "Trackosome: a computational toolbox to study the spatiotemporal dynamics of centrosomes, nucleus and cellular membrane". Journal of Cell Science 133 24 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.252254.
    10.1242/jcs.252254
  4. Elisa Vitiello; Philippe Moreau; Vanessa Nunes; Amel Mettouchi; Helder Maiato; Jorge G. Ferreira; Irène Wang; Martial Balland. "Acto-myosin force organization modulates centriole separation and PLK4 recruitment to ensure centriole fidelity". Nature Communications 10 1 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07965-6.
    10.1038/s41467-018-07965-6
  5. Maria I. Pratas; Bruno Aguiar; Jorge Vieira; Vanessa Nunes; Vanessa Teixeira; Nuno A. Fonseca; Amy Iezzoni; Steve van Nocker; Cristina P. Vieira. "Inferences on specificity recognition at the Malus×domestica gametophytic self-incompatibility system". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19820-1.
    10.1038/s41598-018-19820-1
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Biophysics of mitotic spindle assembly". PhD, Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/144104.
  2. Nunes, Vanessa. "Characterization of the genes determining pollen specificity in self-incompatibility mechanism of Malus x domestica". Master, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/15402.

Other

Other output
  1. Trackosome: a computational toolbox to study the spatiotemporal dynamics of centrosomes, nuclear envelope and cellular membrane. 2020. Castro, D.; Nunes, V.; Lima, J.T.; Ferreira, J.G.; Aguiar, P.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85098907289&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2020.04.27.064204
  2. Mechanosensitive nuclear asymmetries define a bipolar spindle scaffold to ensure mitotic fidelity. 2019. Nunes, V.; Dantas, M.; Castro, D.; Vitiello, E.; Wang, I.; Carpi, N.; Balland, M.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85095641297&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/526939
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/03/12 A mechanical signal regulates Dynein on the nuclear envelope ASCB Cell Bio 2022. 3-7 December 2022, Washington DC, USA.
The American Society for Cell Biology (Washington DC, United States)
2019/04/02 Blueprints for an efficient spindle assembly Bridging cell and tissue mechanics to fate specification in development. 02 – 05 April 2019, Santiago, Chile.
EMBO Workshop (Santiago, Chile)
2018/05/30 Spatiotemporal regulation of mitotic spindle assembly 1st PhDay at i3S - From bench to stage, from desk to forum. 30 May 2018, Porto, Portugal.
Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (Porto, Portugal)
2018/04/13 Spatiotemporal regulation of mitotic spindle assembly Cell Biology and Cancer Course. 11 – 18 April 2018, Paris, France.
Institut Curie (Paris, France)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/01/01 - Current Spatiotemporal dissection of nuclear mechanics during mitotic entry
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Medicina e Oncologia Molecular (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/07/02 - Current The Annual BiotechHealth Symposium is a hallmark of the Biotech Health PhD Programme. The 6th Biotech Health Symposium, SciCollabs - Upgrading your next big idea aims to bring together an enthusiastic collection of researchers from Cell and Developmental Biology, Engineering and Physics to demonstrate how the cross-talk between different scientific fields can upgrade projects to the next level. (2019/07/02)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2023/06/01 - 2023/06/02 Biophysics Festival 2023 (2023/06/01 - 2023/06/02)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/12/03 - 2022/12/07 Poster: A mechanical signal regulates Dynein on the nuclear envelope.
Congress
 ASCB Cell Bio 2022. 3-7 December 2022, Washington DC, USA.
The American Society for Cell Biology, United States
2020/04/01 - 2020/07/31 During the covid-19 pandemic, I volunteer to help on the testing initiative that i3S undertook.
Other
 Task Force - Covid-19
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/02/04 - 2019/02/07 Poster: Blueprints for an efficient spindle assembly
Workshop
 International Winter School on Molecular Mechanisms in Mitosis. 04-07 February 2019, Heidelberg, Germany.
2018/09/11 - 2018/09/21 Poster: Biophysics of the mitotic spindle
Workshop
 Physics of integrated biological systems. . 11-21 September 2018, Cargése, France.
EMBO Press, Germany
2018/01/01 - 2018/07/31 I have collaborated with YSCIENCE in planning and developing activities with children to teach them the scientific method.
Other
 YSCIENCE
2017/06/21 - 2017/06/23 Poster: Spatiotemporal regulation of mitotic spindle assembly
Conference
 CellMech 2017 - European Conference of Cell Mechanics. 21-23 June 2017, Windermere, UK.
2017/05/08 - 2017/05/12 Poster: Blueprints for an efficient spindle assembly.
Congress
 CNRS conference - Actin microtubule cytoskeleton: bridging scales from molecules to tissues. 8-12 May 2017, Roscoff, France.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Distinctions

Other distinction

2018 Cell Biology and Cancer Course - Best Talk Award
Institut Curie, France
2018 1st PhDay at i3S - From bench to stage, from desk to forum - Best Talk Award
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal