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Inês Fernandes Bento completed her degree in Biology in 2005 at Porto University, Faculty of Sciences. She was a PhD student (from 2008 to 2012) at the Gulbenkian Doctoral Program (PGD) and finished her doctoral degree in 2012 from Nova University, Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology. Inês Bento has currently a Postdoctoral contract at Malaria Lab headed by Maria Manuel Mota, at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM-JLA). Published 9 articles in specialized magazines. Organized 1 event. Participated in 4 events. Supervised 1 master's dissertation in Plasmodium liver stage replication. Supervised 2 projects for the completion of a bachelor's degree course. Received 4 awards, grants and/or honors. Participated as PhD Fellow in 1 project, as Post-Doctoral Fellow in 1 project and is now principal investigator of 1 project. Inês Bento works in the area of Biological Sciences with an emphasis on Cellular Biology, Parasitology and Cell Cycle. In her Ciência Vitae curriculum, the most frequent scientific terms are: PLK4, centrioles, phosphorylation, cell cycle proteins, genetics, Drosophila, mitosis, DNA, replication, malaria, Plasmodium biology, liver stage, schizogony and genetic variability.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Inês Fernandes Bento

Citation names

  • Bento, Inês

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E21D-C1A3-0B58
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1049-1443

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2008 - 2012
Concluded
 Programa Gulbenkian de Doutoramento (PGD) (Doutoramento)
Major in Biologia Celular
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
"Centriole elimination in <i>Drosophila</i> melanogaster oogenesis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved/ Unanimity
2000 - 2005
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Científico
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Mutation analysis of the FGF14 gene in Portuguese patients with ataxia " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15 values (0-20)
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/01 - Current Postdoctoral contract at Malaria Lab headed by Maria Manuel Mota, PhD Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2015/11/01 - 2018/12/31 Postdoctoral Fellow at Malaria Lab headed by Maria Manuel Mota, PhD Post-doctoral fellowship awarded by FCT. Reference: SFRH/BPD/110721/2015 FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia), Portugal
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2014/08/01 - 2015/10/31 Postdoctoral Fellow at Malaria Lab headed by Maria Manuel Mota, PhD Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2012/12/01 - 2014/05/31 Postdoctoral Fellow at Cell Cycle Regulation Lab headed by Mónica Bettencourt-Dias, PhD Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2008/10/01 - 2012/11/29 PhD in Biology: Programa Gulbenkian de Doutoramento (PGD). Title: 'Centriole elimination in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis' Supervisor: Mónica Bettencourt-Dias, PhD FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia), Portugal
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2007/10/01 - 2008/10/01 Research Assistant at Cell Cycle Regulation Lab. Supervisor: Mónica Bettencourt-Dias, PhD Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2005/10/01 - 2007/10/01 Junior Researcher at Cancer Biology Group on the project POCI/SAU-OBS/56175/2004. Title: “Familial forms of nodular pathology of thyroid”. Supervisor: Paula Soares, PhD and Valdemar Máximo, PhD Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
2005/02/01 - 2005/10/01 Traineeship at Unigene. Title: “Mutation analysis of the FGF14 gene in Portuguese patients with ataxia” Final grade of 18 values (0-20). Supervisor: Isabel Silveira, PhD Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2004/03/01 - 2005/02/01 Voluntary Work at UnIGENe Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2003/03/01 - 2003/06/01 Voluntary work at department of Zoology Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/11 - 2018/12 Plasmodium ability to adapt to host nutritional status
SFRH/BPD/110721/2015
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Cancelled
2008/10 - 2012/10 Centriole elimination in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis
SFRH/BD/33565/2008
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia)
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - 2024/06/30 Genetic variability in Plasmodium liver stage schizogony
2022.04143.PTDC
Principal investigator
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia)
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Filipa Rijo-Ferreira; Victoria A. Acosta-Rodriguez; John H. Abel; Izabela Kornblum; Ines Bento; Gokhul Kilaru; Elizabeth B. Klerman; Maria M. Mota; Joseph S. Takahashi. "The malaria parasite has an intrinsic clock". Science 368 6492 (2020): 746-753. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba2658.
    10.1126/science.aba2658
  2. Pimenta-Marques, A.; Bento, I.; Lopes, C. A. M.; Duarte, P.; Jana, S. C.; Bettencourt-Dias, M.. "A mechanism for the elimination of the female gamete centrosome inDrosophila melanogaster". Science 353 6294 (2016): aaf4866. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf4866.
    Published • 10.1126/science.aaf4866
  3. Lopes, Carla A.M.; Jana, Swadhin Chandra; Cunha-Ferreira, Inês; Zitouni, Sihem; Bento, Inês; Duarte, Paulo; Gilberto, Samuel; et al. "PLK4 trans-Autoactivation Controls Centriole Biogenesis in Space". Developmental Cell 35 2 (2015): 222-235. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/830.
    Published • 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.09.020
  4. Cunha-Ferreira, Inês; Bento, Inês; Pimenta-Marques, Ana; Jana, Swadhin Chandra; Lince-Faria, Mariana; Duarte, Paulo; Borrego-Pinto, Joana; et al. "Regulation of Autophosphorylation Controls PLK4 Self-Destruction and Centriole Number". Current Biology 23 22 (2013): 2245-2254. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/833.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cub.2013.09.037
  5. Cunha-Ferreira, Inês; Bento, Inês; Bettencourt-Dias, Mónica. "From Zero to Many: Control of Centriole Number in Development and Disease". Traffic 10 5 (2009): 482-498. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0854.2009.00905.x.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2009.00905.x
  6. Cunha-Ferreira, Inês; Rodrigues-Martins, Ana; Bento, Inês; Riparbelli, Maria; Zhang, Wei; Laue, Ernest; Callaini, Giuliano; Glover, David M.; Bettencourt-Dias, Mónica. "The SCF/Slimb Ubiquitin Ligase Limits Centrosome Amplification through Degradation of SAK/PLK4". Current Biology 19 1 (2009): 43-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.037.
    10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.037
  7. Máximo, Valdemar; Lima, Jorge; Soares, Paula; Silva, André; Bento, Inês; Sobrinho-Simões, Manuel. "GRIM-19 in Health and Disease". Advances in Anatomic Pathology 15 1 (2008): 46-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/pap.0b013e31815e5258.
    Published • 10.1097/pap.0b013e31815e5258
  8. Bento, Inês; Cunha-Ferreira, Inês; Borrego-Pinto, Joana; Bettencourt-Dias, Mónica. "Control of centrosome formation: implications for human disease". BioTech International (2008):
    Published
  9. Rocha, A. S.; Marques, R.; Bento, I.; Soares, R.; Magalhaes, J.; de Castro, I. V.; Soares, P.. "Thyroid hormone receptor   mutations in the 'hot-spot region' are rare events in thyroid carcinomas". Journal of Endocrinology 192 1 (2007): 83-86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1677/joe-06-0009.
    Published • 10.1677/joe-06-0009
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Bento, Inês Fernandes. "Centriole elimination in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10588.
  2. Bento, Inês. "Mutation analysis of the FGF14 gene in Portuguese patients with ataxia". Degree, Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, 2005.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/06 Cycling is all that matters: malaria parasite is governed by different biological rhythms New Voices in Infection Biology
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology (Germany)
2020/05/19 Time is all that matters: temporal control of transmission efficiency EMBL Conference: BioMalPar XVI: Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite
European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/02/01 - 2022/07/31 Understand the mechanisms of Plasmodium schizogony
Supervisor
 Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Biomédica (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/11 Characterization of Plasmodium replication throughout its life cycle
Supervisor
 Microbiologia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017/11/23 - 2017/11/24 Career Opportunities for PostDoctoral Researchers in Life Sciences (2017/11/23 - 2017/11/24)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal

Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/03/08 - Current Um dos elementos convidados no livro 'Mulheres na Ciência'
Other
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2023/09/17 - 2023/09/21 Short Talk and poster presentation 'Expanding the knowledge in Liver Stage Plasmodium Replication using Expansion microscopy' In-person Poster Award
Conference
 Molecular Parasitology Meeting
University of Chciago - Marine Biological Laboratory, United States
2023/04/14 - 2023/04/14 Science Speed Dating 'Ask me if you can'
Conference
 AIMS Meeting 2023
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/02/15 - 2023/02/15 Round Table with other scientists and students at 'JorTec Cellular e Molecular Biology'
Round table
 'JorTec Cellular e Molecular Biology'
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/02/08 - 2023/02/08 Inspiring Stories
Round table
 Inspiring Stories
Inspiring Girls Portugal , Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/03/28 Regulation of microtubule organizing centers during development in Drosophila melanogaster
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Jéssica Irina Pisco Cabrita (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017 - 2018 Postdoctoral Association Membro da associação

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/03/29 - Current Practical Microbiology Class (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/10 - 2019/10 'Ensinar ciencia' - Africa Science Week 2019 (Outros) Next Einstein Forum (NEF), Cape Verde

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2017/03/25 Ser mulher, cientista ou chefe? Cada uma é como é Diário de Notícias

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2018 - 2018 'Senso Divergente: Biologia, curiosidade e paixão'
2017/03/21 - 2017/03/21 Manhãs da Renascença
2016 - 2016 Ponto de Partida Ciência
Distinctions

Award

2023 Poster award at Molecular Parasitology Meeting 2023
Molecular Parasitology Meeting , United States
2017 L’Oréal Portugal Medals of Honor for Women in Science
FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia), Portugal

L'Oreal Portugal, Portugal

Other distinction

2023 Exploratory Project (2022.04143.PTDC)
FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia), Portugal
2015 Post Doctoral Fellowship (SFRH/BPD/110721/2015)
FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia), Portugal
2008 PhD Fellowship (SFRH/BD/33565/2008)
FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia), Portugal