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Obtained PhD in Biomedicine in 2013 by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto. Obtained a MSc in Oncobiology in 2005 by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto and a BSc in Biochemistry by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto. Is currently an Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator at the at the Faculty of Medicine and i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto. He has published 24 papers in international, peer-reviewed journals and 2 book chapters. He has organized two international workshops. He has supervised a total of 13 persons between post-docs, PhD students MSc students and Bsc students. He has secured competitive funding in five projects as a PI, and has participated as researcher in five projects. Currently, his area of expertise is related to Health Sciences and Biological Sciences, with a focus on mechanobiology, cell division, cytoskeleton organization, cell nucleus and cellular shape. He has collaborated extensively with leading experts in his field of research.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joaquim Jorge Gonçalves Ferreira

Citation names

  • Ferreira, Jorge
  • Ferreira, J.G.
  • Ferreira, J

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D51C-FE2C-C90C
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6802-3696
Researcher Id
K-2757-2013

Email addresses

  • jferreir@ibmc.up.pt (Professional)

Websites

  • integrativenucleus.weebly.com/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Italian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/02/21
Concluded
 Biomedicina (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Spatiotemporal regulation of microtubule function by human End Binding proteins" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom com distinção
2003/09 - 2005/06
Concluded
 Oncobiologia (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 Muito Bom
1996/09 - 2000/09
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Major in Bioquímica Aplicada
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/12/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/02/20 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013/02/21 - 2018/02/20 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2007/02/01 - 2013/02/21 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/01/01 - 2020/01/01 Project Leader Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2007/01/01 - 2013/02/21 PhD student Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2000/11/01 - 2007/01/01 Member of research team Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2000/01/01 - 2004/07/01 Research technician Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01 - 2024/12 Investigação de mecanismos celulares que coordenam a arquitetura de tecido epitelial com divisão celular
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/BIA-CEL/1511/2021
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021/01 - 2024/01 Disecção espacial e temporal da mecânica do núcleo na manutenção da estabilidade cromossómica
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/BIA-CEL/6740/2020
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016/07 - 2019/12 Controlo Temporal e Espacial da Montagem do Fuso Mitótico
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/BEX-BCM/1758/2014
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2011/03 - 2014/08 A relação funcional entre a activação de oncogénes e regulação do checkpoint mitótico pela proteína Tpr - respectivas implicações para o mecanismo de tumorigénese
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/SAU-ONC/112917/2009
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2007/11 - 2010/10 Dissecção Funcional das Proteínas CLASPs e suas Interactoras em Mamíferos - Implicações para a Aneuploidia e Cancro
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/SAU-OBD/66113/2006
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Spatiotemporal dissection of nuclear mechanics in the maintenance of chromosomal stability
PTDC/BIA-CEL/6740/2020
Principal investigator
2016/07/01 - 2019/12/31 Spatiotemporal Control of Mitotic Spindle Assembly
Provided by PTCRIS: 140383
PTDC/BEX-BCM/1758/2014
PTDC/BEX-BCM/1758/2014
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/05 - 2019/12/31 Advancing Cancer Research: From basic knowledge to application
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000029
Principal investigator
N2020 - CCDRN
Concluded
2016/01 - 2017/12 Dissecting the connection between centrosome positioning, intracellular forces and mitotic spindle assembly
PESSOA 441.00
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/03 - 2014/08 Dissecting the link between oncogene activation and mitotic checkpoint function by human Tpr - implications for the mechanism of tumorigenesis
Provided by PTCRIS: 112917
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - LA 2 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/SAU/LA0002/2011
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/11 - 2010/10 Functional Dissection of Mammalian CLASPs and their Interacting Proteins - Implications for Aneuploidy and Cancer
Provided by PTCRIS: 66113
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Ferreira, J.G.; Pereira, A.L.; Maiato, H.. Microtubule Plus-End Tracking Proteins and Their Roles in Cell Division. 2014.
    10.1016/B978-0-12-800255-1.00002-8
Conference abstract
  1. Ferreira, JG; Pignatelli, D. "ACTH activates p38 MAPK in the adrenal gland in vivo". 2005.
  2. Gomes, Bárbara; Ferreira, J; Almeida, Henrique; Neves, Delminda. "ACTH chronic stimulation effects on rat adrenal expression of CD31 and VEGF". Paper presented in 12th International Congress of Endocrinology, Lisboa, 2004.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Joana T. Lima; Jorge G. Ferreira. "Mechanobiology of the nucleus during the G2-M transition". Nucleus (2024): https://doi.org/10.1080/19491034.2024.2330947.
    10.1080/19491034.2024.2330947
  2. Joana T Lima; António J Pereira; Jorge G Ferreira. "The LINC complex ensures accurate centrosome positioning during prophase". Life Science Alliance (2024): https://doi.org/10.26508/lsa.202302404.
    10.26508/lsa.202302404
  3. Dantas, Margarida; Vareiro, Debora; Ferreira, Jorge G.. "Dissecting the Mechanical Control of Mitotic Entry Using a Cell Confinement Setup". Bio-Protocol (2024): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/70543423/.
    10.21769/BIOPROTOC.4959
  4. JG Ferreira. "Nuclear tension controls mitotic entry by regulating cyclin B1 nuclear translocation". Journal of Cell Biology 221 12 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202205051.
    10.1083/jcb.202205051
  5. Dantas, Margarida; Lima, Joana T.; Ferreira, Jorge G.. "Nucleus-Cytoskeleton Crosstalk During Mitotic Entry". Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.649899.
    Published • 10.3389/fcell.2021.649899
  6. Nunes, Vanessa; Ferreira, Jorge G.; Luisa, T. Ferreira; Maiato, Helder. "From the cytoskeleton to the nucleus: An integrated view on early spindle assembly". Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.03.006.
    Published • 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.03.006
  7. Nunes, Vanessa; Dantas, Margarida; Lima, Joana T.; Ferreira, Jorge G.. "High-Resolution Analysis of Centrosome Behavior During Mitosis". Methods in Molecular Biology (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/54133305/.
    10.1007/978-1-0716-1538-6_13
  8. Nunes, V.; Dantas, M.; Castro, D.; Vitiello, E.; Wang, I.; Carpi, N.; Balland, M.; et al. "Centrosome-nuclear axis repositioning drives the assembly of a bipolar spindle scaffold to ensure mitotic fidelity". Molecular Biology of the Cell (2020):
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E20-01-0047
  9. Ferreira, Luísa T.; Orr, Bernardo; Rajendraprasad, Girish; Pereira, António J.; Lemos, Carolina; Lima, Joana T.; Guasch Boldú, Clàudia; et al. "a-Tubulin detyrosination impairs mitotic error correction by suppressing MCAK centromeric activity". Journal of Cell Biology 219 4 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201910064.
    10.1083/jcb.201910064
  10. Afonso, Olga; Castellani, Colleen M; Cheeseman, Liam P; Ferreira, Jorge G; Orr, Bernardo; Ferreira, Luisa T; Chambers, James J; et al. "Spatiotemporal control of mitotic exit during anaphase by an aurora B-Cdk1 crosstalk". eLife 8 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.47646.
    10.7554/elife.47646
  11. Vitiello, Elisa; Moreau, Philippe; Nunes, Vanessa; Mettouchi, Amel; Maiato, Helder; Ferreira, Jorge G.; Wang, Irène; Balland, Martial. "Acto-myosin force organization modulates centriole separation and PLK4 recruitment to ensure centriole fidelity". Nature Communications 10 1 (2019): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07965-6#Ack1.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07965-6
  12. Pereira, S.S.; Monteiro, M.P.; Costa, M.M.; Ferreira, J.; Alves, M.G.; Oliveira, P.F.; Jarak, I.; Pignatelli, D.. "MAPK/ERK pathway inhibition is a promising treatment target for adrenocortical tumors". Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 120 1 (2019): 894-906. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85052913919&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jcb.27451
  13. Vitiello, E.; Ferreira, J.G.; Maiato, H.; Balda, M.S.; Matter, K.. "The tumour suppressor DLC2 ensures mitotic fidelity by coordinating spindle positioning and cell-cell adhesion". Nature Communications 5 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84923371806&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/ncomms6826
  14. Ferreira, J.G.; Pereira, A.J.; Akhmanova, A.; Maiato, H.. "Aurora B spatially regulates EB3 phosphorylation to coordinate daughter cell adhesion with cytokinesis". Journal of Cell Biology 201 5 (2013): 709-724. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878560571&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1083/jcb.201301131
  15. Rodrigues, A.R.; Gouveia, A.M.; Ferreira, J.G.; Almeida, H.. "ACTH induces ERK 1/2 activation in rat adrenal primary cultures". Microscopy and Microanalysis 14 SUPPL. 3 (2008): 101-102. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-53349175612&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S1431927608089526
  16. Ferreira, J.G.; Cruz, C.D.; Neves, D.; Pignatelli, D.. "Increased extracellular signal regulated kinases phosphorylation in the adrenal gland in response to chronic ACTH treatment". Journal of Endocrinology 192 3 (2007): 647-658. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33947375684&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1677/joe.1.06961
  17. Pignatelli, D.; Xiao, F.; Gouveia, A.M.; Ferreira, J.G.; Vinson, G.P.. "Adrenarche in the rat". Journal of Endocrinology 191 1 (2006): 301-308. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33751022081&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1677/joe.1.06972
  18. Almeida, H; Matos, L; Ferreira, J; Neves, D. "Age-Related Effects of Dexamethasone Administration in Adrenal Zona Reticularis". UNDERSTANDING AND MODULATING AGING (2006):
    10.1196/annals.1354.050
  19. Ferreira, JG; Cruz, C; Vinson, GP; Pignatelli, D; Ferreira, J.G.; Cruz, C.; Vinson, G.P.; Pignatelli, D.. "ACTH modulates ERK phosphorylation in the adrenal gland in a time-dependent manner". ENDOCRINE RESEARCH 30 4 (2004): 661-666. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-11244300899&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1081/erc-200043952
  20. Almeida, H; Ferreira, J; Neves, D. "Macrophages of the adrenal cortex - A morphological study of the effects of aging and dexamethasone administration". STRATEGIES FOR ENGINEERED NEGLIGIBLE SENESCENCE: WHY GENUINE CONTROL OF AGING MAY BE FORESEEABLE (2004):
    10.1196/annals.1297.024
  21. Pignatelli, D.; Ferreira, J.; Soares, P.; Costa, M.J.; Magalhães, M.C.. "Immunohistochemical study of heat shock proteins 27, 60 and 70 in the normal human adrenal and in adrenal tumors with suppressed ACTH production". Microscopy Research and Technique 61 3 (2003): 315-323. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0038823634&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jemt.10341
  22. Pignatelli, D.; Ferreira, J.; Vendeira, P.; Magalhães, M.C.; Vinson, G.P.; Pignatelli, D; Ferreira, J; et al. "Proliferation of capsular stem cells induced by ACTH in the rat adrenal cortex". Endocrine Research 28 4 (2002): 683-691. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036936792&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1081/ERC-120016987
Preprint
  1. Joana T. Lima; António J. Pereira; Jorge G. Ferreira. "The LINC complex ensures accurate centrosome positioning during prophase". 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.14.544905.
    10.1101/2023.06.14.544905
  2. Margarida Dantas; Andreia Oliveira; Paulo Aguiar; Helder Maiato; Jorge G. Ferreira. "Mechanosensitive control of mitotic entry". 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.23.461473.
    10.1101/2021.09.23.461473

Other

Other output
  1. Trackosome: a computational toolbox to study the spatiotemporal dynamics of centrosomes, nuclear envelope and cellular membrane. Journal of Cell Science. 2020. Castro, D.; Nunes, V.; Lima, J.T.; Ferreira, J.G.; Aguiar, P.; Castro, Domingos; Nunes, Vanessa; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85098907289&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2020.04.27.064204
  2. Spatial Asymmetries of the Prophase Nucleus Regulate Dynein Recruitment to Ensure Mitotic Fidelity: Supplementary Figures. 2019. Ferreira, Joaquim. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/526939.
    10.1101/526939
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/12 Linker of Nucleoskeleton and Cytoskeleton (LINC) complex mediated signal is required for correct centrosome positioning in prophase, and maintenance of mitotic fidelity. CellBio2023
ASCB/EMBO (United States)
2022/12 A mechanical signal regulates Dynein loading on the nuclear envelope. CellBio2022
ASCB/EMBO (United States)
2019/11 Mechanosensitive cues in the nucleus ensure mitotic fidelity i3S Annual Meeting
(Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal)
2019/09 Mechanosensitive cues in the nucleus ensure mitotic fidelity 3rd BioBrillouin Meeting
(Porto, Portugal)
2019/03 Spatial asymmetries of the prophase nucleus facilitate spindle assembly Mitotic spindle: From living and synthetic systems to theory
(Split, Croatia)
2018/03 Forces and shape changes in cell division Invited Seminar
Institut Curie - Yohanns Bellaiche (Paris, France)
2018/03 Blueprints for an efficient spindle assembly Invited Seminar
Danish Cancer Research Centre - Marin Barisic (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2017/11 Forces and shape changes in cell division Invited Seminar
Liphy - Martial Balland (Grenoble, France)
2017/06 Spatiotemporal regulation of mitotic spindle assembly Symposium Forces in Cell Biology
(Porto, Portugal)
2011/12 Guiding the cell out of mitosis: How microtubules find the way Annual PhD student meeting
Faculty of Medicine of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2005/07 When Your Proteins Get Stressed – Mixed Lecture Session 30th FEBS Congress & 9th IUBMB Conference
(Budapeste, Hungary)
2002/12 Immunocytochemical study of Heat Shock Proteins 27, 70 and 60 in the human adrenal gland XXXVII Meeting SPME-BC
SPME-BC (Madeira, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/10/30 - Current Dissecting the contribution of interphase genome organization to the maintenance of chromosomal stability and telomere integrity
Supervisor
 Biomedicina (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/02/01 - Current Spatiotemporal dissection of nuclear mechanics during mitotic entry
Supervisor
 Medicina e Oncologia Moleculares (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/05/01 - Current Understanding how coordination between aPKC and RhoGTPase regulation controls tissue cohesion in proliferative epithelia.
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Molecular e Celular (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2023/09/30 Spatiotemporal dissection of the mechanical basis of chromosomal instability
Supervisor
 Biomedicina (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2023/01/23 Dissecting the Role of External Confinement on Cell Proliferation and Tissue Homeostasis
Supervisor of Ana Margarida Dantas Costa
 Biotecnologia Molecular e Celular Aplicada às Ciências da Saúde (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2022/09/21 Biophysics of mitotic spindle assembly
Supervisor of Vanessa Catarina Ribeiro Nunes
 Biotecnologia Molecular e Celular Aplicada às Ciências da Saúde (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2017/03 - 2018/03 Importância da montagem do fuso na fidelidade mitótica
Supervisor

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017/06/01 - 2017/06/01 This event brought together leading cell biologists and biophysicists involved in the research of force generation in biological systems. (2017/06/01 - 2017/06/01)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019/11/15 Membrane-associated Periodic Skeleton: Investigating ßII-Spectrin as a MPS-Determining Protein and Non-Muscle Myosin II as a Key Regulator of Axonal Growth. David Lobato da Rosa (Master)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019/01/01 - Current American Society for Cell Biology Membro
2017 - Current Society for Experimental Biology Membro

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2013 - Current Member of the Biomedicine Department Committee
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/09 - Current Citogenética e Ciclo Celular Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/05 - Current Cell Cycle and Differentiation GABBA (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2014/10 - Current Cell and Molecular Biology Medicine and Molecular Oncology (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014/10 - Current Cell Cycle and Apoptosis Medicine and Molecular Oncology (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014/10 - Current Molecular Biology Medicine and Molecular Oncology (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014/10 - Current Cell Cycle and Apoptosis Medicine and Molecular Oncology (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014/05 - Current Cell Cycle and Differentiation GABBA (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2013/09 - Current Estrutura Molecular da Célula (Biologia Celular e Molecular) Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013/09 - Current Dinâmica Molecular da Célula (Biologia Celular e Molecular Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2022/04/12 - 2022/04/28 Grant reviewer as external specialist
Specialist
 Agence nationale de la recherche, France Agence nationale de la recherche
2018 - 2018 Grant Reviewer as external specialist
Specialist
 Agence nationale de la recherche, France Agence nationale de la recherche

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2016 Interview related with the Award Montepio - Academia das Ciências de Lisboa Público

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2016/07/18 - Current Mentes que Brilham
2016/02/06 - Current A minha tese

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2018/06 - 2019/06 Biomolecules (2218-273X) MDPI AG
2019 - 2019 Oncogene (0950-9232) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2018 - 2018 PeerJ (2167-8359) PeerJ
2017 - 2017 BMC Biology (1741-7007) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2016 - 2016 PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science
2016 - 2016 EMBO Reports (1469-3178) EMBO
2015 - 2015 Nature Communications (2041-1723) Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2019 - Current PhD thesis advisor Ana Rita Castro
2018 - Current PhD thesis advisor Joana Catarina Leite
Distinctions

Other distinction

2016 Award Montepio - Academia das Ciências de Lisboa for best PhD dissertation in Exact or Natural Sciences 2012-2014.
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal
2011 Best oral communication
2004 Best poster