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Palmira Barreira-Silva has a BSc and a MSc in Biology from Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal), and a PhD in Health Sciences from Escola de Medicine, Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal) since 2016. She developed her PhD project on the immune response to mycobacterial infections. Working under the supervision of Dr.Margarida Correia-Neves (ICVS, U.Minho, Portugal), and Dr. Rui Appelberg (IBMC, U.Porto, Portugal), Palmira studied the mechanisms of Mycobacterium avium infection-induced thymus atrophy. In 2014, Palmira moved to the University of Massachusetts Medical School (Worcester, MA, USA) and completed her PhD with Dr. Samuel M. Behar, studying the CD8+ T cell-mediated response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Afterwards, Palmira was a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Behar's lab working on crosstalk between T cell compartments during the immune response to M. tuberculosis infection. In late 2017, Palmira returned to Portugal and worked with Dr. Correia-Neves on a project aiming to study TB transmission chains in the Porto area (Portugal) and to improve strategies for TB disease control. Since 2022, Palmira has been working as a Junior Researcher at IBMC/i3S (U.Porto, Portugal) with Dr. Pedro Moura-Alves, focusing her studies on unraveling the cellular and mechanistic profiles involved in aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)-mediated resistance to Tuberculosis. Palmira's scientific career focused on the study of host-pathogen interactions and she worked with pre-clinical models of mycobacterial infections, and with samples from individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, HIV, or SARS-CoV-2 under BSL2 and BSL3 lab conditions. She published 16 peer-reviewed original research articles, 1 high-impact review, and 2 book chapters, with a total of 450+ citations, and has an h-index of 12 (Scopus). Palmira thrives to assume a leadership role as a mentor of young researchers, including undergrads, and MSc and PhD students. Her doctoral and postdoctoral research was conducted in highly collaborative and international research settings, and Palmira took advantage of these and constructed a valuable network of collaborators with whom she is in close contact.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
PALMIRA DA CONCEIÇÃO DE ARAÚJO BARREIRA DA SILVA
Date of birth
1986/01/31
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Barreira-Silva, Palmira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CF19-5D3C-3D6B
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8070-1856
Google Scholar ID
q8QSGdcAAAAJ
Researcher Id
T-5360-2018
Scopus Author Id
54419508300

Email addresses

  • mira.abs@gmail.com (Professional)
  • pbarreirasilva@i3s.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 226074900 Ext.: 6154 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Infectious Diseases
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/09/15 - 2019/07/17
Concluded
 Postdoc fellow (Pós-doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2017/08/31
Concluded
 Post Doctoral Associate (Pós-doutoramento)
University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States
2011/06/01 - 2016/12/19
Concluded
 PhD in Health Sciencies (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
"T cells during mycobacterial infections: production and activation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Highest grade - Muito Bom
2012 - 2012
Concluded
 Advanced course in Host Pathogen interactions (80 hours) (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2012 - 2012
Concluded
 Advanced course in Biostatistics in health sciences (80 hours) (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2011 - 2011
Concluded
 Advanced course in Neurobiology and Disease (40 hours) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011 - 2011
Concluded
 Advanced course in Chronic Inflammation and Immunomodulation (40 hours) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2010 - 2010
Concluded
 Advanced course in Research Methodologies (80 hours) (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2010 - 2010
Concluded
 Laboratory Animal Science (80 hours) – acquisition of the DGV and FELASA category C of animal experimentation. (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2010 - 2010
Concluded
 Fundamentals in Immunology and Infection (80 hours) (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2008 - 2009/12
Concluded
 Master in Biology (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"In vitro T cell differentiation in the presence of Mycobacterium avium infected cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18/20
2009 - 2009
Concluded
 Advanced course in Animal Cell and Tissue Culture: from Basic Principles to Advanced Technique (40 hours) (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2009 - 2009
Concluded
 Applications of flow cytometry in biomedical research (24 hours) (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2008 - 2008
Concluded
 Immunoregulation in Infectious Diseases: from Immunity to Bugs and Back (24 hours) (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2004 - 2008
Concluded
 Degree in Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Recognition of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I molecules by Natural Killer cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/08/28 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/07/18 - 2022/03/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2017/09/15 - 2019/07/17 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2017/08/31 Postdoc (Research) University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States
2014/04/01 - 2016/12/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States
2011 - 2014 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2009 - 2011 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2011/06/01 - 2016/12/19 PhD Student Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2008/09 - 2009/12 Master Student Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2008/02 - 2008/07 Internship Student Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/11/01 - Current Characterization of the AHR-responsive cellular profile during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
ESCMID Individual Research Grant
Principal investigator
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
Ongoing
2020/04 - 2020/07 Which, when and for who? Serodiagnosis as a tool to complement diagnosis and evaluate population immunity against SARS-CoV-2
596694995
Post-doc
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/08/28 - Current ImmunoHUB ERA Chair
H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-951921
Post-doc
Ongoing
2019/07/18 - 2022/03/31 Understanding the tuberculosis transmission chains in Porto to improve control strategies
PTDC/SAU-PUB/29521/2017
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029521
Post-doc
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/01/01 - 2017/08/31 Regulation of CD8+ T cell immunity to tuberculosis
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/NIH/NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES/2R01AI106725-05A1/US
Post-doc
University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States
 National Institutes of Health
Concluded
2010 - 2011 Infection of the thymus by mycobacteria: implications for the immune response, therapy and latency in tuberculosis
PTDC/SAU-MII/101663/2008
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009 - 2010 Reconstitution and homeostasis of the immune system following HIV infection
PIC/IC/83313/2007
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2011/06/01 - 2016/12/19 Infection of the thymus by mycobacteria: implications for the immune response, therapy and latency in tuberculosis
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/04 - 2016/12 Regulation of CD8+ T cell immunity to tuberculosis
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/NIH/NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES/2R01AI106725-05A1/US
PhD Student Fellow
University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Mayra Fernanda Martínez-López; Pedro Curto; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Rita Fior; Pedro Moura-Alves. "TB or not TB - The parallel lives of BCG". In Tuberculosis Vaccines. Springer Nature, 2025.
    Accepted
  2. Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Torrado, Egídio; Nebenzahl-Guimaraes, Hanna; Kallenius, Gunilla; Correia-Neves, Margarida. "Aetiopathogenesis, immunology and microbiology of tuberculosis". In Tuberculosis, 62-82. European Respiratory Society, 2018.
    Published • 10.1183/2312508x.10020917
Conference poster
  1. Melo-Miranda, Rita; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Barreira-Silva, Palmira. "Molecular players of Mycobacterium avium infection-induced thymic atrophy". Paper presented in ICVS Open Day, 2019.
  2. Gerós-Mesquita, Ângela; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Castro, Rogério; Serre-Miranda, Cláudia ; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Roque, Susana. "Cognitive performance: exploring the role of Interleukin-10 in male mice". Paper presented in Neurosciences Research Domain retreat 2018, 2018.
  3. Ana C. Gomes; Moreira, Ana C.; Silva, Tânia; João V. Neves; Gonçalo Mesquita; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Rodrigues, Pedro N. S.; Gomes, Maria Salomé. "Impact of Mycobacterial Infection in Bone Marrow Hematopoietic Niche and Architecture". Paper presented in XLIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Palmira Barreira-Silva; Yilong Lian; Stefan H. E. Kaufmann; Pedro Moura-Alves. "The role of the AHR in host–pathogen interactions". Nature Reviews Immunology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-024-01088-4.
    10.1038/s41577-024-01088-4
  2. Ferreira, Catarina M.; Micheli, Consuelo; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Barbosa, Ana Margarida; Resende, Mariana; Vilanova, Manuel; Silvestre, Ricardo; et al. "IL-10 Overexpression After BCG Vaccination Does Not Impair Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection". Frontiers in Immunology 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.946181.
    10.3389/fimmu.2022.946181
  3. Gallo, Valentina; Reis, Ana; Miranda, André; Martins, Carolina; Serre-Miranda, Cláudia; Nobrega, Claudia; Silva, Carolina S.; et al. "Increased Gal-3BP plasma levels in hospitalized patients infected with SARS-CoV-2". Clinical and Experimental Medicine (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10238-021-00788-8.
    10.1007/s10238-021-00788-8
  4. Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Melo-Miranda, Rita; Nobrega, Claudia; Roque, Susana; Serre-Miranda, Cláudia; Borges, Margarida; Armada, Gisela; et al. "IFNg and iNOS-Mediated Alterations in the Bone Marrow and Thymus and Its Impact on Mycobacterium avium-Induced Thymic Atrophy". Frontiers in Immunology 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.696415.
    10.3389/fimmu.2021.696415
  5. Catarina M. Ferreira; Ana Margarida Barbosa; Palmira Barreira-Silva; Ricardo Silvestre; Cristina Cunha; Agostinho Carvalho; Fernando Rodrigues; et al. "Early IL-10 promotes vasculature-associated CD4+ T cells unable to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection". JCI Insight (2021): https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.150060.
    10.1172/jci.insight.150060
  6. Serre-Miranda, Cláudia; Roque, Susana; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Nobrega, Claudia; Vieira, Neide; Costa, Patrício; Almeida Palha, Joana; Correia-Neves, Margarida. "Age-Related Sexual Dimorphism on the Longitudinal Progression of Blood Immune Cells in BALB/cByJ Mice". The Journals of Gerontology: Series A (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab330.
    10.1093/gerona/glab330
  7. Lu, Yu-Jung; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Boyce, Shayla; Powers, Jennifer; Cavallo, Kelly; Behar, Samuel M.. "CD4 T cell help prevents CD8 T cell exhaustion and promotes control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection". Cell Reports 36 11 (2021): 109696. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109696.
    10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109696
  8. C. Serre-Miranda; C. Nobrega; S. Roque; J. Canto-Gomes; C.S. Silva; N. Vieira; P. Barreira-Silva; et al. "Performance assessment of 11 commercial serological tests for SARS-CoV-2 on hospitalized COVID-19 patients". International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.01.038.
    10.1016/j.ijid.2021.01.038
  9. Gomes, Ana Cordeiro; Moreira, Ana C.; Silva, Tânia; Neves, João V.; Mesquita, Gonçalo; Almeida, Agostinho A.; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; et al. "IFN-gamma Dependent Reduction of Erythrocyte Life Span Leads to Anemia during Mycobacterial Infection". The Journal of Immunology 203 9 (2019): 2485-2496. http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1900382.
    10.4049/jimmunol.1900382
  10. Carpenter, Stephen M.; Yang, Jason D.; Lee, Jinhee; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Behar, Samuel M.. "Vaccine-elicited memory CD4+ T cell expansion is impaired in the lungs during tuberculosis". PLOS Pathogens 13 11 (2017): e1006704. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006704.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006704
  11. Booty, Matthew G.; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Carpenter, Stephen M.; Nunes-Alves, Cláudio; Jacques, Miye K.; Stowell, Britni L.; Jayaraman, Pushpa; Beamer, Gillian; Behar, Samuel M.. "IL-21 signaling is essential for optimal host resistance against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection". Scientific Reports 6 1 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36720.
    Published • 10.1038/srep36720
  12. Smith, Clare M.; Proulx, Megan K.; Olive, Andrew .J.; Laddy, Dominick; Mishra, Bibhuti B.; Moss, Caitlin; Gutierrez, Nuria M.; et al. "Tuberculosis susceptibility and vaccine protection are independently controlled by host genotype". mBio 7 5 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994472454&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/mBio.01516-16
  13. Appelberg, Rui; Moreira, Diana; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Borges, Margarida; Silva, Letícia; Dinis-Oliveira, Ricardo Jorge; Resende, Mariana; et al. "The Warburg effect in mycobacterial granulomas is dependent on the recruitment and activation of macrophages by interferon-¿". Immunology 145 4 (2015): 498-507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imm.12464.
    Published • 10.1111/imm.12464
  14. Horta, Ana; Nobrega, Claudia; Amorim-Machado, Pedro; Coutinho-Teixeira, Vitor; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Boavida, Susana; Costa, Patrício; et al. "Poor Immune Reconstitution in HIV-Infected Patients Associates with High Percentage of Regulatory CD4+ T Cells". PLoS ONE 8 2 (2013): e57336. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057336.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0057336
  15. Nobrega, Claudia; Nunes-Alves, Claudio; Cerqueira-Rodrigues, Bruno; Roque, Susana; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Behar, Samuel M; Correia-Neves, Margarida. "T Cells Home to the Thymus and Control Infection". The Journal of Immunology 190 4 (2013): 1646-1658. http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1202412.
    Published • 10.4049/jimmunol.1202412
  16. Borges, Margarida; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Florido, Margarida; Jordan, Michael B.; Correia-Neves, M.; Appelberg, Rui. "Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Mycobacterium avium-Induced Thymic Atrophy". The Journal of Immunology 189 7 (2012): 3600-3608. http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1201525.
    Published • 10.4049/jimmunol.1201525
  17. Roque, Susana; Oliveira, Tiago Gil; Nobrega, Claudia; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Nunes-Alves, Cláudio; Sousa, Nuno; Palha, Joana Almeida; Correia-Neves, Margarida. "Interplay between Depressive-Like Behavior and the Immune System in an Animal Model of Prenatal Dexamethasone Administration". Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience 5 (2011): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00004.
    Published • 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00004
Preprint
  1. Palmira Barreira-Silva; Rita Melo-Miranda; Claudia Nobrega; Susana Roque; Cláudia Serre-Miranda; Margarida Borges; Daniela de Sá Calçada; et al. "IFNg and iNOS-mediated alterations in the bone marrow and thymus and its impact on Mycobacterium avium-induced thymic atrophy". 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.23.432464.
    10.1101/2021.02.23.432464
  2. Lu, Yu-Jung; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Boyce, Shayla; Powers, Jennifer; Cavallo, Kelly; Behar, Samuel M.. "CD4 T cell help prevents CD8 T cell exhaustion and promotes control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection". 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.23.432461.
  3. Serre-Miranda, C; Nobrega, C; Roque, S; Canto-Gomes, J; Silva, CS; Vieira, N; Barreira-Silva, P; et al. "Performance assessment of 11 commercial serological tests for SARS-CoV-2 on hospitalized COVID-19 patients". 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.06.20168856.
    10.1101/2020.08.06.20168856
  4. Smith, Clare M.; Proulx, Megan K.; Olive, Andrew J.; Laddy, Dominick; Mishra, Bibhuti B.; Moss, Caitlin; Martinez Gutierrez, Nuria; et al. "Tuberculosis susceptibility and vaccine protection are independently controlled by host genotype". 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/064253.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Barreira-Silva, Palmira. "T cells during mycobacterial infections: production and activation". PhD, Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/45261.
  2. Barreira-Silva, Palmira. "In vitro T cell differentiation in the presence of Mycobacterium avium infected cells". Master, 2009.
  3. Barreira-Silva, Palmira. "Recognition of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I molecules by Natural Killer cells". Degree, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2008.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/09/20 Mycobacterium avium infection-induced thymic atrophy is associated with alterations in bone marrow precursors, thymic stroma and thymocyte viability MycoPORTO
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, U.Porto, Porto, Portugal (Porto, Portugal)
2016/11/03 Unraveling the CD4+ T cell help during tuberculosis. Boston TB meeting
Harvard Medical School (Boston, United States)
2013/10/11 Mycobacterium avium – induced premature thymic atrophy: going further on understanding how it occurs. II Annual Meeting of the Inter-University Doctoral Program in Aging and Degeneration of Complex Biological Systems
(Portugal)
2011/12/01 Dissecting thymic atrophy upon infection with a highly virulent strain of Mycobacterium avium. Microbiotec'11
Portuguese Society of Microbiology and Portuguese Society of Biotechnology (Braga, Portugal)
2011/03/28 Thymic atrophy upon infection with a high virulent strain of Mycobacterium avium. International School of Immunology.
(Tavira, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current AHR spying the Melanoma color code: from a sensor to a regulator of the Melanoma Microenvironment
Supervisor of Beatriz Gandra Moreira
Molecular and Cellular Biology (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023 - Current Dissect the AHR intracellular network during infection and its impact on host defence mechanisms.
Supervisor of Xuwen Zeng
 Molecular and Cell Biology (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2020/03 - 2021/11/03 Characterization of the mechanisms underlying behavioural alterations in interleukin-10 KO mice.
Supervisor of Sónia Beatriz Alves Gomes
 Master in Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

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

Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/10/27 Deciphering the mechanisms underlying the role of interleukin-10 in cognitive function.
Supervisor of Rogério Castro
 Master in Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

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

Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/12/12 Cognitive performance: exploring the role of Interleukin-10 in male mice.
Supervisor of Ângela Mesquita
 Master in Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

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

Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/10/09 Mechanisms underlying Mycobacterium avium infection-induced thymic atrophy.
Supervisor of Rita de Melo Miranda
 Master in Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

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

Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Co-organizer of the Immune Crosstalk seminar series. (2023)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores (NEI) - MISSÃO ERRADICAR: ESCAPE ROOM (2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Ciência et al. High school students visit i3S (2024 - 2024)
Exhibition (Other)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Co-organizer of the ImmunoHUB and NCBio ERA Chairs Annual Meeting - At the Crossroads of Neuroscience & Immunology: Advances and Innovations (2024/12/05 - 2024/12/06)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023/03/17 - 2023/03/17 Co-organizer of the I ImmunoHUB Annual Meeting on Infection and Immunity. (2023/03/17 - 2023/03/17)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Organizer of the Short Retreat of the Population Health Research Domain, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal (2020 - 2020)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Organizer of the Short Retreat of the Population Health Research Domain, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal (2019 - 2019)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Organizer of the Short Retreat of the Population Health Research Domain, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal (2018 - 2018)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Meeting Assistant on The Keystone Symposia Meeting on New Developments in Our Basic Understanding of Tuberculosis. Vancouver, Canada (2017/01/14 - 2017/01/18)
Symposium
 Keystone Symposia, United States
2014 - 2017 Organizer of the Joint TB Meeting @ UMass Medical School. Worcester, MA, USA - monthly meeting of investigators from the greater-Worcester Tuberculosis community (includes UMassMed, UMass Amherst, Tufts University and WPI) (2014 - 2017)
Meeting
 University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States
2013 - 2013 ICVS Portas Abertas (2013 - 2013)
Exhibition (Other)
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09/26 - 2024/09/26 Horizon Implementation Day: Finding opportunities and submitting a proposal in Horizon Europe
Seminar
European Commission, Belgium

Horizon 2020, Belgium
2024/09/18 - 2024/09/18 PAW 2024 - Navigating Uncertainty: Postdoc Expectations in Academia
Symposium
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2024/04/17 - 2024/04/19 49th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology
Meeting
Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeida, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023/03/29 - 2023/03/31 48th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology
Meeting
 50 years
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Course on Building and Leading Research Teams
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Hands-on course in transgenesis and mutagenesis in zebrafish – 1st edition
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023 - 2023 FCS Express software webinar by DeNovo Software and Pallex
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022/04/20 - 2022/04/22 47th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology
Meeting
 At the Crossroad of Human Immunology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Course Vida Ativa on Coaching
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Course Vida Ativa on Team Management
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
2021/12/02 - 2021/12/02 "Exploring the how, what and why of mentoring" webinar (recorded - Amee) by Unidade de Educação Medica & Pós-graduação
Seminar
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2021/11/24 - 2021/11/24 Doctoral College UMinho promotes discussion on aspects of PhD supervision: "Conflict Prevention and Management" by Robert Harris (Academic Vice-President of Doctoral Education, Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Workshop
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/11/17 - 2021/11/17 Doctoral College UMinho promotes discussion on aspects of PhD supervision: "Sustainable Development in Doctoral Education" by Jennifer Valcke & Natalie Jellinek (Educational Developers, Unit for Teaching and Learning, Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Workshop
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/11/10 - 2021/11/10 Doctoral College UMinho promotes discussion on aspects of PhD supervision: "Plagiarism" by Hans Bräuner-Osborne (Head of the Graduate School and Chairman of the Committee on Duplicate Text Screening at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Workshop
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/11/03 - 2021/11/03 Doctoral College UMinho promotes discussion on aspects of PhD supervision: "Supervision and Communication; communicating across cultures" by Juha Nieminen (Lecturer, Unit for Teaching and Learning, Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Workshop
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/10/27 - 2021/10/27 Doctoral College UMinho promotes discussion on aspects of PhD supervision: "Outcome-based Doctoral Education" by Robert Harris (Academic Vice-President of Doctoral Education, Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Workshop
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/10/13 - 2021/10/13 Doctoral College UMinho promotes discussion on aspects of PhD supervision: "Why hamburgers are bad for you - the giving and receiving of feedback" by Robert Harris (Academic Vice-President of Doctoral Education, Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Workshop
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/10/06 - 2021/10/06 Doctoral College UMinho promotes discussion on aspects of PhD supervision: "Research Ethics" by Ana Borovecki (Associate Professor, School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Workshop
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/09/29 - 2021/09/29 Doctoral College UMinho promotes discussion on aspects of PhD supervision: "Professional Responsibility as a Supervisor" by Robert Harris (Academic Vice-President of Doctoral Education, Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Workshop
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/09/22 - 2021/09/22 Doctoral College UMinho promotes discussion on aspects of PhD supervision: "The process of doctoral education - a supervisor's perspective" by Robert Harris (Academic Vice-President of Doctoral Education, Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Workshop
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/10/27 - 2020/10/27 IZASA Scientific Webinar in “Technological advances for Biobanks”
Seminar
Izasa Scientific SLU, Spain
2020/10/20 - 2020/10/21 International Postgraduate Programme - Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling and Path Analysis
Workshop
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2020/10/14 - 2020/10/14 International Postgraduate Programme - Methods of Grouping Subjects
Workshop
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2020/02/17 - 2020/02/21 Public health interventions - by Rosaria Galanti
Seminar
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2019 - 2019 How to Write a Great Research Paper, and Get it Accepted by a Good Journal
Seminar
The Elsevier Foundation, Netherlands

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Biological Data Mining with R
Workshop
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Nature Masterclass on Scientific Writing and Publishing
Seminar
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2018/11/12 - 2018/11/16 Attendee at the 2nd FLx Flow2nd FLxFlow Course: Principles and Applications of Flow Cytometry
Meeting
 2nd FLx Flow2nd FLxFlow Course: Principles and Applications of Flow Cytometry
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2018/07/01 - 2018/07/04 Attendee at the CTLS2018@VIB
Conference
 CTLS2018@VIB
VIB UGent Centrum voor Medische Biotechnologie, Belgium
2018/04/24 - 2018/04/24 Attendee at the High-dimensional single cell analysis by Sony and Fluidigm
Meeting
 High-dimensional single cell analysis by Sony and Fluidigm
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Poster Presentation: Barreira-Silva, P.; Lu, YJ.; Nunes-Alves, C.; Carpenter, SM.; Correia-Neves, M.; Behar, SM. CD8+ T cells that are helped by CD4+ T cells provide better protection to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
Symposium
 1o Simpósio de Investigação em Tuberculose e Micobactérias Não Tuberculosas em Portugal
2018 - 2018 The doctoral education process.
Seminar
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2018 - 2018 The future of the doctorate degree
Seminar
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Professional responsibility and conflict management
Seminar
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Poster presentation: Barreira-Silva, P.; Booty, MG.; Carpenter, SM.; Nunes-Alves, C.; Jacques, MK.; Correia-Neves, M.; Behar, SM. IL-21 signaling is essential for optimal host resistance against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
Symposium
 The Keystone Symposia meeting on New Developments in Our Basic Understanding of Tuberculosis, Canada.
Keystone Symposia, United States
2017 - 2017 Poster presentation: Cerqueira-Rodrigues, B.; Nobrega, C.; Serre-Miranda, C.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Correia-Neves, M. Mycobacteria-specific T cells that differentiate in mycobacteria-infected thymi are unable to confer full protection
Meeting
 XLIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Responsible Conduct in Research
Seminar
University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States
2016 - 2016 Poster presentation: Cerqueira-Rodrigues, B.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Santos, CL.; Nobrega, C.; Correia-Neves, M. Understanding how infection of the thymus with mycobacteria renders newly differentiated T cells tolerant to the pathogen
Meeting
 XLII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology.
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Poster presentacion: Cerqueira-Rodrigues, B.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Santos, CL.; Nobrega, C.; Correia-Neves, M. Understanding how infection of the thymus renders newly differentiated T cells tolerant to mycobacteria-specific antigens
Conference
 International Conference in Immunology. Melbourne, Australia
2015 - 2015 Poster presentacion: Barreira-Silva, P.; Booty, MG.; Carpenter, SM.; Behar, SM. Everyone needs a little help from their friends: CD4+ T cell help for CD8+ T cells during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
Conference
 41st Annual New England Immunology Conference, USA
American Association of Immunologists Inc, United States
2015 - 2015 Poster presentation: Cerqueira-Rodrigues, B.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Santos, CL.; Nobrega, C.; Correia-Neves, M. Deciphering the Mechanisms of Thymic Infection-induced Tolerance
Meeting
 XLI Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology. Braga, Portugal.
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Poster presentation: Cerqueira-Rodrigues, B.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Santos, CL.; Nobrega, C.; Correia-Neves, M. Deciphering the Mechanisms of Thymic Infection-induced Tolerance
Meeting
 Thymus@Lisbon. Lisbon, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Poster presentation: Barreira-Silva, P.; Cerqueira-Rodrigues, B.; Roque, S.; Calçada, D.; Martins, C.; Nobrega, C.; Appelberg, R.; Correia-Neves, M. Mycobacterium avium infection-induced premature thymic atrophy: knowing what is causing and wanting to unveil how and where.
Conference
 40th Annual New England Immunology Conference, USA
American Association of Immunologists Inc, United States
2013 - 2013 Poster presentation: Barreira-Silva, P.; Appelberg, R.; Correia-Neves, M. Mycobacterium avium – induced premature thymic atrophy: going further on understanding how it occurs
Meeting
 XXXIX Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology – Bench & Bed Side: Meeting on the Bridge. Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Poster presentation: Barreira-Silva, P.; Borges, M.; Correia-Neves, M.; Appelberg, R.. Effects of Mycobacterium avium infection on the bone marrow T cell precursors.
Meeting
 XXXVIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology - From Immune Disorders to Immunotherapies. Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Poster presentation: Barreira-Silva, P.; Borges, M.; Florido, M.; Correia-Neves, M.; Appelberg, R. Dissecting the mechanism(s) responsible for Mycobacterium avium infection-induced premature thymic atrophy
Meeting
 Tuberculosis: from the hospital to the bench and back. Portugal. 2012
2012 - 2012 Poster presentation: Barreira-Silva, P.; Borges, M.; Florido, M.; Correia-Neves, M.; Appelberg, R. Mycobacterium avium infection-induced premature thymic atrophy is caused by a multifactorial mechanism.
Meeting
 SINAL 2012 - 6th National Meeting on Cell Signaling. Portugal.
2012 - 2012 Poster presentation: Cerqueira-Rodrigues, B.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Nobrega, C.; Correia-Neves, M. The Effect of Mycobacterium avium Thymic Infection on T Cell Differentiation using the P25 TCR Transgenic Mice as a Tool
Meeting
 XXXVIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology – From Immune Disorders to Immunotherapies. Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Poster presentation: Cerqueira-Rodrigues, B.; Roque, S.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Correia-Neves, M.; Nobrega, C. The role of re-circulating T cells back to the thymus in the control of the mycobacterial infection within this organ
Meeting
 Sinal 2012 - 6th National Meeting on Cell Signaling. Portugal
2012 - 2012 Poster presentation: Cerqueira-Rodrigues, B.; Nobrega, C.; Roque, S.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Correia-Neves, M. The role of re-circulating T cells in the control of the mycobacterial infection within the thymus
Meeting
 Tuberculosis: from the hospital to the bench and back. Portugal.
2012 - 2012 Poster presentation: Nobrega, C.; Nunes-Alves, C.; Cerqueira-Rodrigues, B.; Roque, S.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Behar, SM.; Correia-Neves, M. Do mycobacteria within the thymus promote an adaptive immune response?
Conference
 Tuberculosis 2012: Biology, pathogenesis, intervention strategies. France.
2012 - 2012 Poster presentation: Horta, A.; Amorim-Machado, P.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Nobrega, C.; Sarmento-Castro, R.; Castro, AG.; Correia-Neves, M. Regulatory CD4+ T cells in the immune system reconstitution of HIV-infected patients under antiretroviral therapy.
Symposium
 Human Immunology – Cell Symposia. Lisbon, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Poster presentation: Coutinho-Teixeira, V.; Nobrega, C.; Horta, A.; Amorim-Machado, P.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Boavida, S.; Costa, P.; Sarmento-Castro, R.; Castro, AG.; Correia-Neves, M. Thymic activity and regulatory CD4+ T cells in the immune reconstitution of HIV-infected individuals: Two (in)dependent factors?
Meeting
 XXXVIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology. Porto, Portugal.
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Poster presentation: Barreira-Silva, P.; Borges, M.; Florido, M.; Correia-Neves, M.; Appelberg, R. Dissecting the mechanism(s) responsible for Mycobacterium avium infection-induced premature thymic atrophy.
Meeting
 Thymus@Porto. Portugal
2011 - 2011 Poster presentation: Nobrega, C.; Nunes-Alves, C.; Rodrigues, B.; Roque, S.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Behar, SM.; Correia-Neves, M. Is the control of mycobacterial growth within the thymus a job for T cells re-circulating from the periphery?
Meeting
 Thymus@Porto. Porto, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Poster presentation: Teixeira, V.; Amorim-Machado, P.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Aboim Horta, A.; Nobrega, C.; Sarmento e Castro, R.; Castro, G.; Correia-Neves, M. Thymic activity and immune reconstitution in HIV-1-infected patients: looking for reciprocity in a longitudinal cohort.
Meeting
 Thymus@Porto. Porto, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Poster presentation: Barreira-Silva, P.; Borges, M.; Florido, M.; Correia-Neves, M.; Appelberg, R. Dissecting thymic atrophy upon infection with a highly virulent strain of Mycobacterium avium.
Conference
 Microbiotec'11. Portugal
2011 - 2011 Poster presentation: Amorim-Machado,P.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Teixeira, V.; Aboim Horta, A.; Nobrega, C.; Sarmento e Castro, R.; Correia-Neves, M.; Castro, G. The proportion of regulatory CD4 + T cells in the immune system reconstitution of HIV-infected patients under antiretroviral therapy.
Conference
 MicroBiotech'11. Braga, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Poster presentation: Borges, M.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Florido, M.; Correia-Neves, M.; Appelberg, R. Infection with a virulent strain of Mycobacterium avium induces the development of thymus atrophy and bone marrow dysfunction.
Meeting
 EMBO Meeting 2011. Áustria.
EMBO Press, Germany
2011 - 2011 Poster presentation: Barreira-Silva, P.; Borges, M.; Florido, M.; Correia-Neves, M.; Appelberg, R. Thymic atrophy upon infection with a high virulent strain of Mycobacterium avium.
Workshop
 International School of Immunology. Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Poster presentation: Barreira-Silva, P.; Nunes-Alves, C.; Nobrega, C.; Correia-Neves,M. Using Reaggregated Thymus Organ Culture to study thymic infection by Mycobacterium avium.
Meeting
 Portuguese Society for Immunology XXXVI Annual Meeting. Portugal.
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Poster presentation: Roque, S.; Oliveira, TG.; Nobrega, C.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Nunes-Alves, C.; Sousa, N.; Palha, JA.; Correia-Neves, M. Depressive-like behavior in adult prenatally dexamethasone administered rats is accompanied by alterations in the immune system.
Meeting
 XXXVI Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunology. Portugal.
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Attendee at the III Forum Enzifarma - workshop (8 hours)
Workshop
 III Forum Enzifarma
Fundação Bissaya Barreto, Portugal

BD Biosciences, Spain
2009 - 2009 Poster presentation: Nobrega,C.; Nunes-Alves, C.; Coelho, A.; Roque, S.; Medeiros, I.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Correia-Neves, M. Evidence for an immune response to Mycobacterium avium in the thymus.
Symposium
 Cell Inflammation and Disease Conference – Cell Symposia. Lisbon, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Poster presentation: Nunes-Alves, C.; Nobrega, C.; Coelho, A.; Medeiros, I.; Roque, S.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Correia-Neves, M.. Thymic immune response against mycobacteria.
Congress
 2nd European Congress of Immunology. Germany.
2009 - 2009 Poster presentation: Nobrega, C.; Nunes-Alves, C.; Coelho, A.; Roque, S.; Medeiros, I.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Correia-Neves, M. Evidence for a delayed and distinct immune response to Mycobacterium avium in the thymus in comparison to the spleen.
Meeting
 Portuguese Society for Immunology XXXV Annual Meeting. Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Poster presentation: Barreira-Silva, P.; Nunes-Alves, C.; Nobrega, C.; Correia-Neves, M. Infection of the thymus by Mycobacterium avium: in vitro studies.
Meeting
 Portuguese Society for Immunology XXXV Annual Meeting. Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Attendee at the EMBO Workshop: MHC Class I Molecules at the interface between Biology & Medicine (24 hours)
Workshop
 EMBO Workshop: MHC Class I Molecules at the interface between Biology & Medicine
EMBO Press, Germany

Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeida, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Attendee at the Annual National Meeting of Biology Students - Biological Interactions: recovery of wild animals (32 hours)
Meeting
 Annual National Meeting of Biology Students - Biological Interactions: recovery of wild animals
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2006 - 2006 Attendee at the Annual National Meeting of Biology Students - Biology and water management: new perspectives for old problems (32 hours)
Meeting
 Annual National Meeting of Biology Students - Biology and water management: new perspectives for old problems
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2006 - 2006 Attendee at the Jornadas da Biologia - Ao encontro da Biologia: Entomologia (24 hours)
Meeting
 Jornadas da Biologia - Ao encontro da Biologia: Entomologia
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/03/25 The impact of IFNg-mediated endothelial cell activation for the progression of the mycobacterial granuloma.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nuno Miguel Pimenta Ribeiro (Master)
Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/07/19 - 2024/07/29 Frontiers in Immunology (1664-3224) Frontiers
2022/07/14 - 2022/07/20 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (2235-2988) Frontiers

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024 - Current ANICT - Associação Nacional dos Investigadores em Ciência e Tecnologia Member
2023 - Current ESCMID - European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Young Scientist Membership
2009 - Current Portuguese Society for Immunology Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2019 - 2022 Member of the organizing committee "ICVS fora d'horas" that is dedicated to promote the interaction between researchers from ICVS in non-scientific activities (yoga classes, hiking, tours, parties, others) including also the researchers families.
Member
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/03/18 - 2024/03/18 Lecturer in the 2024 Infection and Immunity Course in the PhD Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology Infection and Immunity course (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Evaluation of research projects using animal models presented by the students at the advanced course on Laboratory Animal Science. Advanced course: Laboratory Animal Science Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Experiment to show the hematoencephalic barrier on the workshop Hematoencephalic Barrier: hands-on from the "Jornadas da Ciência - 1st edition". Jornadas da Ciência - 1st edition / Hematoencephalic Barrier: hands-on Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Class taught about flow cytometry and FlowJo software on the advanced course: Cell Functional and Phenotypical Analysis. Cell Functional and Phenotypical Analysis Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Class taught about manipulation of mice on the advanced course: Laboratory Animal Science. Advanced course: Laboratory Animal Science Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Class taught about in vitro culture of fetal thymi on the advanced course: Animal Cell and Tissue Culture Advanced course: Animal Cell and Tissue Culture Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/08/05 - 2024/08/09 Ciência Viva no Laboratório 2024 - summer internship for high school students Filipa Dias
2024/08/05 - 2024/08/09 Ciência Viva no Laboratório 2024 - summer internship for high school students Benedita Cruz
2023/07/03 - 2023/07/07 Ciência Viva no Laboratório 2023 - summer internship for high school students Mariana Novais
2023/07/03 - 2023/07/07 Ciência Viva no Laboratório 2023 - summer internship for high school students Wendy Travessa
2016/08/01 - 2021/04/29 Assistant of supervision of PhD student from the graduate program of UMassMed/USA: The role of CD4+ T cell help in effective CD8 T cell responses during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Yu-Jung Lu
2018 - 2018 Teaching basic expertise on scientific techniques to a bachelor student. Paulo Pereira
2012 - 2012 Assistant of supervision of a master student from the Biomedic Engineer integrated master program: A atrofia tímica premature induzida por Mycobacterium avium é causada por um aumento de apoptose dos timócitos. Claudia Maria Areias Martins

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024 - 2024 Evaluate abstracts for oral communications at the 10th MCbiology PhD Program Day Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Evaluate abstracts for oral presentations at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Evaluation of a Monograph of a student from the MCBiology PhD program Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2023/09 - 2023/09 Evaluate abstracts for oral and poster presentations for the 6th i3S PhD Symposium Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/02 Evaluate abstracts for oral presentations for the I ImmunoHUB Annual Meeting. Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022/04 - 2022/04 Evaluate posters for the best poster award at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Evaluate posters for the best poster award at the 9th MCbiology PhD Program Day Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 ESCMID Individual Research Grant 2024
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2014 The American Association of Immunologists Young Investigator Award
2013 SPI travel Grant
2011 PhD Fellowship: SFRH/BD/73544/2010
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal