Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Bruno Almeida
Citation names
- Almeida, Bruno
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- E215-8A55-CF23
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-9757-4240
Email addresses
- brunoalmeida@med.uminho.pt (Professional)
- brunoalmeida@iplexmed.com (Professional)
- brunoa1981@gmail.com (Personal)
Telephones
- Telephone
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- 253604875 (Professional)
- 939596852 (Personal)
Addresses
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Universidade do Minho . Campus de Gualtar , 4710-057 , Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)
- Rua do Passal n37, Braga, 4715-591, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Personal)
Websites
- http://icvs.uminho.pt/research-scientists/neurosciences/people/brunoalmeida (Scholar)
- www.iplexmed.com (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
- Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) |
French | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2016/02/01 - 2019/02/13
Concluded
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Regulation of RNA splicing by ATXN3: implications for Machado Joseph Disease (Pós-doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2011/02/01 - 2016/02/01
Concluded
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Peptide aptamers as a tool to study Ataxin-3 function in biology and disease (Pós-doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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2010/09/08 - 2010/09/09
Concluded
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Advanced Protein Expression and Crystallization Methods (Postgraduate Certificate)
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, France
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2005/02/01 - 2009/06/22
Concluded
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Doutoramento em Ciências da Vida e da Saude (Doutoramento)
Major in Ciências Biológicas e Biomédicas
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
"Elucidation of molecular pathways involved in Saccharomyces cerevisiae apoptotic cell death" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado por unanimidade |
2007 - 2007
Concluded
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Bioinformatics (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2007 - 2007
Concluded
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Animal Cell and Tissue Culture: From Basic Principles to Advanced Techniques (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2006 - 2006
Concluded
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Proteomics in life sciences (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2004 - 2004
Concluded
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Microarrays: principles and applications in medicine (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2004 - 2004
Concluded
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Fungi relevant in clinical practice: from biology to pathology and treatment (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2004 - 2004
Concluded
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Biostatistics in health sciences (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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1999/10/04 - 2003/07/01
Concluded
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Biologia Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Industrial yeast strains for high gravity brewing" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/02/01 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal | ||
2016/02/01 - 2019/02/13 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal | ||
2011/02/01 - 2016/02/01 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal | ||
2013/07/08 - 2013/07/15 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, Spain |
Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, Spain | ||
2011/09/05 - 2011/09/20 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Universitat de Barcelona Centres Científics i Tecnològics, Spain |
Universitat de Barcelona Centres Científics i Tecnològics, Spain | ||
2011/05/01 - 2011/05/30 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | European Molecular Biology Laboratory, France |
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, France | ||
2005/03/01 - 2005/07/30 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Oulun yliopisto Biokemian ja molekyylilaaketieteen tiedekunta, Finland |
Oulun yliopisto Biokemian ja molekyylilaaketieteen tiedekunta, Finland | ||
2004/02/01 - 2005/02/01 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal | ||
2003/03/03 - 2003/07/30 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universiteit Leiden Instituut Biologie Leiden, Netherlands |
Universiteit Leiden Instituut Biologie Leiden, Netherlands |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2009/05/01 - 2010/02/01 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal | ||
2004/10/01 - 2009/01/01 | Tutor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021/09/14 - Current | CEO | IPLEXMED, Lda, Portugal |
IPLEXMED, Lda, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2016/02/01 - 2019/02/13 | Regulation of RNA splicing by ATXN3: implications for Machado Joseph Disease
SFRH/BPD/110728/2015
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2011/02/01 - 2016/02/28 | Peptide aptamers as a tool to study Ataxin-3 function in Biology and Disease
SFRH/BPD/70783/2010
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2005/02/01 - 2009/06/23 | Elucidation of molecular pathways involved in Saccharomyces cerevisiae apoptotic cell death
SFRH/BD/15317/2005
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2019/04/01 - Current | A point-of-care device for non-invasive multiplexed diagnosis of malaria
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal |
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Ongoing
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2019/01/01 - Current | Nuclear ataxin-3 protein-protein interactions as therapeutic targets in Machado-Joseph disease
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029056
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2022/05/01 - 2022/12/30 | Graphresp - A point-of-care and at-home digital device for non-invasive multiplexed diagnosis of clinical and resistant respiratory
infections
Graphresp EIT
Principal investigator
IPLEXMED, Lda, Portugal
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EIT Health
Ongoing
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2017/09/01 - 2018/08/30 | MULTIMAL
MULTIMAL
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory Concluded
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2013/07/01 - 2015/12 | Ambiguity and virulence in a human pathogen
PTDC/BBB-BEP/0695/2012
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2014/09 - 2015/09 | Structural characterization of Ataxin-3: development of anti-aggregation molecules and crystallization chaperones
RID-47
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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Instruct - Integrating Structural Biology
Concluded
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2013/07/01 - 2015/06/30 | Biochemical and structural characterization of gene regulation by IscR, the Fe-S cluster biogenesis pathway regulator
PTDC/BBB-BEP/2127/2012
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 | A peptide aptamer-based approach to neurodegenerative disorders
PTDC/BIA-PRO/100059/2008
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2010/01/01 - 2012/12/31 | DIOMED - Cooperação transnacional para a innovação tecnológica no desenvolvimento de moléculas para o tratamento da obesidade
e diabetes
SOE1/P1/E178
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
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2005/01/01 - 2008/12/31 | Saccharomyces cerevisiae: padrão proteómico e interacções com a metacaspase
POCTI/BIA-BCM/57364/2004
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2003/03/01 - 2003/07/30 | Stress-tolerant Industrial Yeast Strains for High-Gravity Brewing
Ref: QLK1-CT-2001-01066
Other
Universiteit Leiden Instituut Biologie Leiden, Netherlands
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Community Research and Development Information Programme
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Intellectual property
Provisional application for patent |
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Other
Spin-off company |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2021/11/24 | From Lab to Market - Innovation Challenges and Opportunities in Health and Life Sciences | 2nd Global StartupCities Summit 2021 - Málaga
(Málaga, Spain)
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2016/11/11 | Protein interaction analysis by Surface Plasmon Resonance | EMBO Practical Course - Biomolecular interaction analysis 2016: From molecules to cells
EMBO (Porto, Portugal)
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2016/07/11 | Structural analysis of challenging targets: hybrid methods and more | 2nd PCISBIO day
Portuguese Center For Integrated Structural Biology (Oeiras, Portugal)
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2014/11/28 | Protein interaction analysis by Surface Plasmon Resonance | EMBO Practical Course - Biomolecular interactions analysis 2014: From molecules to cells
EMBO
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2012/11/13 | Baculovirus-assisted eukaryotic protein expression | Course on Biomolecular Interaction Analysis 2012
IBMC
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2009/06/19 | Elucidation of molecular pathways involved in Saccharomyces cerevisiae apoptotic cell death | XVII Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia
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2007/07/02 | Evidence for NO-mediated apoptosis in yeast | XXIIIrd International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology
(Melbourne, Australia)
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2007/06/16 | Oscilações glicolíticas e resposta ao stresse em Saccharomyces cerevisiae | XV Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras "Professor Nicolau van Uden"
(Porto, Portugal)
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2007/06/15 | O óxido nítrico é um mediador do processo de morte celular programada da levedura Saccharomyces cerevisiae | XV Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras "Professor Nicolau van Uden"
(Porto, Portugal)
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2006/11/05 | Requirement of the TOR pathway for acetic acid induced apoptosis in yeast | 5th International Meeting on Yeast Apoptosis
(Kutná Hora, Czech Republic)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2021/03/01 - Current | Development of a cellular ataxin-3 protein-protein interaction (PPI) assay for high-throughput screening of PPI modifiers
Supervisor of Ana Rita Ferreira Fernandes
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Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2020/01/01 - Current | Nuclear ATXN3 DUB physiological substrates: towards understanding their role in the context of Machado-Joseph Disease (Ref:
SFRH/BD/145648/2019)
Supervisor of Liliana Sofia Meireles da Costa
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Doutoramento em Ciências da Saúde (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2021/03/01 - 2021/08/31 | Development of a protein-protein interaction assay for screening of Machado-Joseph Disease modifiers
Supervisor of Ana Rita Silva Reis Dourado
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Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2021/03/01 - 2021/08/31 | Characterization of ataxin-3 nuclear interactors: towards understanding their role in the context of Machado-Joseph Disease
Supervisor of João Gonçalo Ereira da Silva
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Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2020/04/28 - 2020/12/01 | Characterization of ATXN3 physiological substrates: implications for Machado Joseph Disease
Supervisor of Ana Rita Ferreira Fernandes
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Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2019/04/01 - 2019/07/30 | Estudo da relevância fisiológica da interação Ataxina-3:HSP60 em células neuronais
Supervisor of Ana Catarina Coutinho Vilaça Ferreira
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Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2017/04/01 - 2017/07/30 | Influência da atividade DUB da ataxina-3 na desregulação de splicing de RNA: implicações para a doença de Machado-Joseph
Supervisor of António Rafael Marques Nogueira
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Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2017/04/01 - 2017/04/30 | Impact of RNA splicing deregulation for Machado Joseph Disease
Supervisor of Miguel Gil Afonso Santejo
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Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2013/01/01 - 2013/07/31 | Crystallization of new therapeutic targets
Supervisor of Fernando Vilela
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Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2013/01/01 - 2013/07/31 | Cloning, expression and purification of Ataxin-3 molecular interactors
Supervisor of Diogo Silva
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Biotecnologia (Degree)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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2012/01/01 - 2012/12/31 | Structural characterization of proteins associated to autophagy
Supervisor of Marisa Simões
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Mestrado em Biologia Molecular e Celular (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2008/01/01 - 2008/12/31 | The role of yeast aconitase, Aco1p, in oxidative stress-induced apoptosis
Co-supervisor of Helena da Costa Marques
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Biologia Molecular e Ambiental (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2007/09/01 - 2007/10/31 | Autophagic cell death in a yeast model for Machado-Joseph disease
Supervisor of Márcio Samuel da Cunha Rodrigues
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Medicina (Degree)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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2006/09/01 - 2006/10/30 | The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a cellular and molecular eukaryotic model
Supervisor of Ana Raquel Franky Gomes Carvalho
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Medicina (Degree)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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2006/02/01 - 2006/09/30 | Yeast models of Parkinson, Huntington and Machado Joseph diseases
Co-supervisor of Carla Patrícia Guimarães de Sousa
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Licenciatura em Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2016/11/07 - 2016/11/11 | Participation in the organization of the EMBO Practical Course "Biomolecular interactions analysis: From molecules to cells” (2016/11/07 - 2016/11/11)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal |
2014/11/24 - 2014/11/28 | Participation in the organization of the EMBO Practical Course "Biomolecular interactions analysis: From molecules to cells”
(2014/11/24 - 2014/11/28)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal |
2006/10/02 - 2006/10/08 | Participation in the organization of the postgradutation course "“Proteomics in life sciences” (2006/10/02 - 2006/10/08)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
2004/09/01 - 2004/09/07 | Participation in the organization of the postgradutation course "Fungi relevant in clinical practice: from biology to pathology
and treatment” (2004/09/01 - 2004/09/07)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2022/03/16 - 2022/03/16 | From the lab to a medtech startup | Being a Bio-entrepreneur (Pós-Graduação) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
2017/11/05 - 2020/11/09 | Notions about proteomics and applications | Postgraduation course of Bioinformatics (Pós-Graduação) | Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
2013/06/03 - 2015/05/07 | Structural Biology | Graduate Program in Areas of Basic and Aplied Biology (GABBA) (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal |
2009/05/01 - 2010/02/01 | Responsible for pratical classes of Molecules and Cells from the Medicine Course of the University of Minho | Medicina (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal |
2006/10/01 - 2009/01/01 | Responsible for the pratical classes of Cellular and Molecular Biology from the Nursing course of the University of Minho | Enfermagem (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
2004/10/01 - 2009/01/01 | Responsible for the pratical classes of Molecules and Cells from the Medicine course of the University of Minho | Medicina (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
2005/10/01 - 2006/01/01 | Responsible for the pratical classes of Biochemistry and Biophysics from the Nursing Course of the University of Minho | Enfermagem (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2021/12/08 | Interview about the activities of IPLEXMED | JN |
2021/10/01 | An opinion article about digitalization in health care. SPOT magazine. | SPOT |
Distinctions
Award
2022 | Winner of 7th Acceleration Program
Startup Braga, Portugal
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2021 | Winner of Empreender Braga
Startup Braga, Portugal
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2020 | Winner of Código+ Project Prize |
2019 | Best Poster award of the VIII National RNA Meeting: ptRNA2019 |
2017 | Winner of the 1st INL-ICVS Hackathon
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal |
2009 | Prémio Jovem Investigador "Professora Isabel Spencer Martins"
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia, Portugal
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2007 | Meeting attendance grant
Federation Of European Microbiological Societies, United Kingdom
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