???global.info.a_carregar???
Ana Catarina Esteves Ribeiro. Completed the Licenciatura in Microbiology and Genetics in 2005/06/30 by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências and Doctor of Philosophy in Cell and Developmental Biology in 2011/10/28 by University College London. Is Science and Technology Management in Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Published 9 articles in journals. Organized 2 event(s). Participated in 22 event(s). Supervised 1 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 2. Supervised 1 work(s) of course completion of LSc/BSc e co-supervised 5. Has received 1 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Post-doc Fellow in 4 project(s) and Principal investigator in 1 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Basic Medicine. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Spinal cord injury; zebrafish; neurogenesis; neural stem cells; vasculature; axonal repair; spinal cord; regeneration; vascular system; mouse; senescence; developmental biology; joint meeting; angiogenesis; ionizing radiation; radiotherapy; endothelial cells; adipocytes; embryonic development; Gdf11 signaling; patterning; elongation; trunk-to-tail transition; SASP; angiocrine factors; ependymal cells; aging; .
Read full resume ↓
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Catarina Esteves Ribeiro

Citation names

  • Ribeiro, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E114-BCC1-CA08
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0132-9740

Email addresses

  • ana.ribeiro@nms.unl.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2007/01/01 - 2011/10/28
Concluded
 Cell and Developmental Biology (Doctor of Philosophy)
University College London, United Kingdom
"Shh signalling and the dynamic patterning of the vertebrate neural tube" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 approved
1998/09/01 - 2005/06/30
Concluded
 Microbiology and Genetics (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"A via de sinalização dos FGF na regulação hematopoiética mediada por HoxB4" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/01 - Current Science and Technology Management Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/08/01 - 2023/08/31 Contrato de trabalho a termo incerto Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2015/01/01 - 2018/07/31 FCT Post-doctoral Fellowship - SFRH/BPD/100162/2014 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2014/12/31 EMBO Post-doctoral Fellowship - EMBO ALTF 605-2012 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2012/01/01 - 2012/12/31 FCT Post-doctoral Fellowship - SFRH/BPD/80228/2011 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2007/01/01 - 2010/12/31 PhD Student National Institute for Medical Research, United Kingdom
2005/06/01 - 2006/12/31 Research Technician Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2004/09/01 - 2005/05/31 Undergraduate student Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/10/01 - Current Targeting induced-senescent cells: a novel approach to promote spinal cord regeneration in mammals
HR18-00187
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Iberian Initiative for Biomedical Research and Innovation, i4b (”la Caixa” Foundation/FCT - HR18-00187)
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - Current The function of induced-senescent cells in spinal cord regeneration
PTDC/MED-NEU/30428/2017
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2022/03/31 Modulation of vascular repair during spinal cord regeneration
PTDC/BIA-BID/28572/2017
Principal investigator
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/05/01 - 2019/10/31 Angiocrine factors as modulators of spinal cord regeneration
PTDC/BIM-MED/3295/2014
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/06/01 - 2015/11/30 Uncovering cellular mechanisms of spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish and their modulation with aging
PTDC/BIM-MED/1375/2012
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Ribeiro, Ana; Rebocho da Costa, Mariana; de Sena-Tomás, Carmen; Rodrigues, Elsa Charas; Quitéria, Raquel; Maçarico, Tiago; Rosa Santos, Susana Constantino; Saúde, Leonor. Corresponding author: Saúde, Leonor. "Development and repair of blood vessels in the zebrafish spinal cord". Open Biology 13 8 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsob.230103.
    Published • 10.1098/rsob.230103
  2. Ana Ribeiro; Joana F. Monteiro; Ana C. Certal; Ana M. Cristovão; Leonor Saúde. "Foxj1a is expressed in ependymal precursors, controls central canal position and is activated in new ependymal cells during regeneration in zebrafish". Open Biology 7 11 (2017): 170139-170139. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.170139.
    10.1098/rsob.170139
  3. Cohen, Michael; Kicheva, Anna; Ribeiro, Ana; Blassberg, Robert; Page, Karen M.; Barnes, Chris P.; Briscoe, James. "Ptch1 and Gli regulate Shh signalling dynamics via multiple mechanisms". Nature Communications 6 1 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7709.
    10.1038/ncomms7709
  4. Kicheva, Anna; Bollenbach, Tobias; Ribeiro, Ana; Valle, Helena Pérez; Lovell-Badge, Robin; Episkopou, Vasso; Briscoe, James. "Coordination of progenitor specification and growth in mouse and chick spinal cord". Science 345 6204 (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1254927.
    10.1126/science.1254927
  5. Balaskas, Nikolaos; Ribeiro, Ana; Panovska, Jasmina; Dessaud, Eric; Sasai, Noriaki; Page, Karen M.; Briscoe, James; Ribes, Vanessa. "Gene Regulatory Logic for Reading the Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Gradient in the Vertebrate Neural Tube". Cell 148 1-2 (2012): 273-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2011.10.047.
    10.1016/j.cell.2011.10.047
  6. D. Zhu; S. Jarmin; A. Ribeiro; F. Prin; S.Q. Xie; K. Sullivan; J. Briscoe; et al. "Applying an adaptive watershed to the tissue cell quantification during T-cell migration and embryonic development.". Methods Mol Biol (2010):
  7. "The kinesin protein Kif7 is a critical regulator of Gli transcription factors in mammalian hedgehog signaling". Science Signalling (2009):
  8. Dessaud, Eric; Yang, Lin Lin; Hill, Katy; Cox, Barny; Ulloa, Fausto; Ribeiro, Ana; Mynett, Anita; Novitch, Bennett G.; Briscoe, James. "Interpretation of the sonic hedgehog morphogen gradient by a temporal adaptation mechanism". Nature 450 7170 (2007): 717-720. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature06347.
    10.1038/nature06347
  9. Schiedlmeier, Bernhard; Santos, Ana Cristina; Ribeiro, Ana; Moncaut, Natalia; Lesinski, Dietrich; Auer, Herbert; Kornacker, Karl; et al. "HOXB4's road map to stem cell expansion". PNAS 104 43 (2007): 16952-16957. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0703082104.
    10.1073/pnas.0703082104
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/10/08 Vascular repair after spinal cord injury in zebrafish Champalimaud Research Symposium - Tissue Environment in Health and Disease
Champalimaud Foundation (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/09/01 The bloody side of spinal cord regeneration - vascular repair after spinal cord injury in zebrafish EMBO Young Scientists' Forum
EMBO (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/06/17 Foxj1a cells at the centre of spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish EMBO Fellows Meeting
EMBO (Heidelberg)
2009/09/06 "Shh signalling in spinal cord patterning" 16th International Society of Developmental Biologists Congress
International Society of Developmental Biologists (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2009/04/05 "Shh signalling in spinal cord patterning" Information processing in cells and tissues (IPCAT’2009): From small scale dynamics to understanding systems behavior
IPCAT conferences (Ancona, Switzerland)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019/01/01 - 2019/02/28 Modulation of the VEGF pathway during neurovascular development in zebrafish
Co-supervisor
 Cell and Molecular Biology Project Course - curricular internship (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/12/01 - 2018/12/21 Expression of the lymphatic markers vegfc, vegfd and vegfr3 in the zebrafish CNS
Co-supervisor
 Medicine - curricular internship (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2018/12/01 - 2018/12/21 Are lymphatic markers LYVE-1 and PROX-1 expressed in the zebrafish CNS?
Co-supervisor
 Medicine - curricular internship (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2018/07/31 Uncovering the role of blood vessels during spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish
Co-supervisor
 Cell and Molecular Biology (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2017/07/31 Investigating the role of foxj1a+ ependymal cells in zebrafish spinal cord regeneration using lineage tracing and cell ablation approaches
Supervisor of Ana Sofia Rocha Batalha
 Molecular and Genetic Biology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/12/01 - 2016/12/21 Regulation of foxj1a expression by the Hedgehog and Wnt pathway
Supervisor
 Medicina - curricular internship (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2016/02/29 Angiogenesis in the developing spinal cord of zebrafish
Co-supervisor
 Biochemistry Project Course - curricular internship (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/07/01 - 2015/07/31 Regulation of foxj1a expression by the Wnt and Shh signalling pathways and its impact in neural tube formation
Co-supervisor
 Biomedical and biophysical engineering - curricular internship (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2014/07/31 Uncovering the effect of low doses of ionizing radiation in angiogenesis during spinal cord regeneration
Co-supervisor
 Developmental Biology and Evolution (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/10/16 - 2022/10/20 19th International Congress of Developmental Biology, 16-20 October, Algarve, Portugal. (2022/10/16 - 2022/10/20)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Biologia do Desenvolvimento, Portugal

International Society of Developmental Biologists, United States
2018/09/01 - 2018/11/10 Joint Meeting of the Portuguese, Spanish and French Societies for Developmental Biology, Porto (164 participants) (2018/11/07 - 2018/11/10)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/03/01 - 2023/03/03 Building Bridges in Biology, IGC Symposium, 1-3 March, Oeiras, Portugal. Oral presentation
Conference
 Building Bridges in Biology
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/10/16 - 2022/10/20 19th International Congress of Developmental Biology, 16-20 October, Algarve, Portugal. Poster
Conference
 19th International Congress of Developmental Biology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Biologia do Desenvolvimento, Portugal

International Society of Developmental Biologists, United States
2021/10/06 - 2021/10/08 EMBO WORKHSOP Vascular malformations: from fundamental biology to therapeutic opportunities
Workshop
 Vascular malformations: from fundamental biology to therapeutic opportunities
Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Lebenswissenschaften Heidelberg GmbH, Germany
2021/06/16 - 2021/06/17 16th International Zebrafish Conference (virtual)
Conference
 16th International Zebrafish Conference
International Zebrafish Society, United States
2021/04/08 - 2021/04/09 International Society for Regenerative Biology (ISRB) 1st meeting (virtual)
Meeting
 International Society for Regenerative Biology (ISRB) 1st meeting
The International Society for Regenerative Biology, United Kingdom
2021/01/25 - 2021/01/29 EMBL Course: Exploratory Analysis of Biological Data: Data Carpentry Course in data management and analysis
Workshop
 Exploratory Analysis of Biological Data: Data Carpentry
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2020/10/26 - 2020/10/27 11th European Zebrafish Meeting, Virtual, Poster presentation
Meeting
 11th European Zebrafish Meeting
2019/11/23 - 2019/11/26 European Developmental Biology Congress, Alicante, Spain
Congress
 European Developmental Biology Congress
Spanish Society for Developmental Biology, Spain
2019/03/20 - 2019/03/22 Tissue Clearing Workshop
Workshop
 Tissue Clearing Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2018/11/07 - 2018/11/10 Joint Meeting of the Portuguese, Spanish and French Societies for Developmental Biology, Porto, PT
Meeting
 Joint Meeting of the Portuguese, Spanish and French Societies for Developmental Biology
Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology, Portugal
2016/07/01 - 2016/07/09 EMBO practical course: 3D developmental imaging
Workshop
 EMBO practical course: 3D developmental imaging
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2015/10/07 - 2015/10/10 Joint Meeting of the British Society for Developmental Biology, the Spanish Society for Developmental Biology and the Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology, Algarve, PT
Meeting
 Joint Meeting of the British Society for Developmental Biology, the Spanish Society for Developmental Biology and the Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology
Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology, Portugal
2015/06/22 - 2015/06/24 EMBO Laboratory Management Course for Postdocs
Other
 EMBO Laboratory Management Course for Postdocs
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2015/06/18 - 2015/06/21 EMBO Fellows' Meeting - meeting for fellows who have recently completed their Postdoctoral Fellowships (awarded three years prior).
Meeting
 EMBO Fellows' Meeting
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2014/10/01 - 2014/10/04 EMBO workshop “Development and regeneration of the spinal cord”, Sitges, Spain
Workshop
 Development and regeneration of the spinal cord
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2013/11/24 - 2013/11/26 2nd Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology, Lisboa, PT
Meeting
 2nd Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology
Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology, Portugal
2013/07/15 - 2013/07/16 EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum, Lisboa, PT
Symposium
 EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2013/02/13 - 2013/03/15 Laboratory Animal Science Course (according to FELASA cat.B)
Other
 Laboratory Animal Science
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2012/11/12 - 2012/11/14 Joint Meeting of the Spanish Society for Developmental Biology and the Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology, Granada, Spain
Meeting
 Joint Meeting of the Spanish Society for Developmental Biology and the Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology
Spanish Society for Developmental Biology, Spain
2012/09/02 - 2012/09/06 EMBO/BSDB Meeting "The Molecular and Cellular Basis of Regeneration and Tissue Repair", Oxford, UK
Meeting
 The Molecular and Cellular Basis of Regeneration and Tissue Repair
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2009/04/05 - 2009/04/09 From Small Scale Dynamics To Understanding Systems Behavior, Ancona, Switzerland
Meeting
 From Small Scale Dynamics To Understanding Systems Behavior
2008/06/20 - 2008/06/22 Hedgehog Signaling in Development and Disease, Stanford, USA
Meeting
 Hedgehog Signaling in Development and Disease

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019/12/09 LOW DOSES OF IONIZING RADIATION INDUCE ANGIOGENESIS: THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS
(Thesis) Arguer
 Filipa Gil Marques (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/06/28 Gfd11/Smad2 signalling and Hox gene regulation during patterning of the mouse axial skeleton
(Thesis) Arguer
 Irma Varela-Lasheras (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/05/31 Metabolic reprogramming during retina regeneration in zebrafish larvae
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Neuza Sofia Simo~es de Sousa (Other)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/05/31 Bone regeneration of the zebrafish caudal fin: the role of metabolic reprogramming
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Vera Sofia Manso Fe´lix (Other)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/12/14 Functional characterization of tumour-derived exosomes in the zebrafish xenograft model
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mafalda Antunes Ferreira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/11/06 Using CRISPR-Cas9 technology to create Danio rerio dnah7 mutants
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Filipe Tadeu Alves Tiago (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/11/30 A study on regeneration: insights from the zebrafish caudal fin and neural retina
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Jorge Miguel Ramalho Borbinha (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/01/05 Retinoic acid: a key regulator of vertebrate embryonic development
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Andre´ Dias (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017/06/07 - Current Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology Treasurer

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2014/01/01 - 2014/12/31 Member of the Post-Doctoral Association Committee in Instituto de Medicina Molecular. During this period I helped organise the iMM Post-Doc Day, career path seminars, a workshop and internal seminars.
Member
 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/03/17 - 2023/03/17 Creating diversity and funcional integration: The Central Nervous System - Invited lecture Developmental Biology and Evolution (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/11/24 - 2022/01/19 Tissues, Cells and Molecules - Histology practical classes Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2021/12/07 - 2021/12/07 Spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish Developmental Biology and Evolution (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/12/03 - 2020/12/03 Spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish Developmental Biology and Evolution (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/03/18 - 2020/03/18 Creating diversity and funcional integration: The Central Nervous System Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/11/04 - 2020/01/08 Tissues, Cells and Molecules - Histology practical classes Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2019/11/07 - 2019/11/07 Spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish Developmental Biology and Evolution (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/03/19 - 2019/03/19 Creating diversity and funcional integration: The Central Nervous System Developmental Biology and Evolution (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/03/15 - 2018/03/15 Creating diversity and funcional integration: The Central Nervous System Developmental Biology and Evolution (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/10/16 - 2017/10/16 Animal models: zebrafish IGC PhD Programme – Integrative Biology and Biomedicine (Doutoramento) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2017/03/17 - 2017/03/17 Creating diversity and funcional integration: The Central Nervous System Developmental Biology and Evolution (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/03/15 - 2016/03/15 Creating diversity and funcional integration: The Central Nervous System Developmental Biology and Evolution (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/11/16 - 2015/11/16 Regeneration Biologia Celular e Molecular (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/10/06 - 2015/10/06 Development of the Central Nervous System Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2014/10/10 - 2014/10/10 Development of the Central Nervous System Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2012 Medal of Honor L'Oréal Women for Science 2012
L'Oréal Portugal, Portugal

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Comissão Nacional da Unesco, Portugal