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Guilherme Vilela Alves is a PhD student fellow at the Macromolecular Crystallography Lab of UCIBIO, NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA-SST), NOVA University Lisbon, working in Structural Biology, under the supervision of Doctor Cristiano Mota and Professor Maria João Romão. He holds a MSc in Biochemistry for Health and a BSc in Applied Chemistry, both of which he graduated top of his class, with a final grade 19 out of 20, at NOVA-SST. He has been awarded 8 scholarships for his academic accomplishments, including an award for the Best Science student to graduate in a BSc, at NOVA-SST in 2019/2020. His MSc thesis, conducted at the Macromolecular Crystallography Lab (UCIBIO) focused on X-ray Crystallography studies of a high-activity W-Formate dehydrogenase and resulted, so far, in 4 peer-reviewed publication in international journals (3 as first author, 2 in a high impact journal), 5 oral communication (of which 1 was awarded best Macromolecular Crystallography oral communication), 6 course attendances and respective Poster Communication and 17 Structures deposited in the Protein Data Bank. He had the opportunity to integrate the teams of 3 research projects (Aldehyde oxidase, Formate dehydrogenase and Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase) and recently travelled to the European Synchrotron (ESRF) in Grenoble (France) to perform cutting-edge High Pressure freezing experiments. He also participated and co-organized several scientific dissemination events and tutored different MSc and BSc students.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Guilherme Vilela Alves

Citation names

  • Vilela-Alves, G

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E412-F50E-9C8E
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0003-9637
Google Scholar ID
KYhDm9kAAAAJ
Researcher Id
HLF-5626-2023
Scopus Author Id
58055193700

Addresses

  • Macromolecular Crystallography Lab, Largo da Torre, 2829-516, Caparica, Almada, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/09/01 - 2027/07/31
Ongoing
 Bioquímica (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Structural, dynamics and mechanistic studies of two enzymatic systems with environmental and biotechnological impact" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2022/09/12 - 2023/09/15
Concluded
 Initiation Course to Research in Biomolecular Sciences (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
 19
2020/09/15 - 2022/07/28
Concluded
 Biochemistry for Health (Mestrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

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

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
"Unraveling the mode of function of the W-containing formate dehydrogenase (Fdh) enzyme" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2017/09/10 - 2020/07/10
Concluded
 Applied Chemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase and Aldehyde Oxidase - From the gene to the structure in two unrelated enzymes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/01 - Current PhD Dissertation Project in Biochemistry: "Structural, dynamics and mechanistic studies of two enzymatic systems with environmental and biotechnological impact" Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
UCIBIO - Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
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2022/09/15 - 2023/08/31 Investigation Scholarship MSc. Researcher UCIBIO - Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2022/07/28 Master's Dissertation Project in Biochemistry for Health: "Unraveling the mode of function of the W-containing formate dehydrogenase (Fdh) enzyme" UCIBIO - Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
2019/06/24 - 2021/09/30 Scientific Internship UCIBIO - Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
2020/02/01 - 2020/07/09 Bachelor's Final Project in Applied Chemistry: "Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase and Aldehyde Oxidase - From the gene to the structure in two unrelated enzymes" UCIBIO - Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/09/01 - Current Structural, dynamics and mechanistic studies of two enzymatic systems with environmental and biotechnological impact
2023.00286.BD
PhD Student Fellow
UCIBIO - Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/09/15 - 2023/08/31 Structural and biochemical characterization of PHA synthases towards novel Polyhydroxyalkanoates
EXPL/BIA-BQM/1300/2021
Research Fellow
UCIBIO - Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021/10/01 - 2022/06/30 Compreender a redução enzimática de CO2 para otimizar catalisadores híbridos
BI – PTDC/BII-BBF/2050/2020
Research Fellow
UCIBIO - Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2020/07/27 - 2020/10/27 Escola de Verão UCIBIO-NOVA - Iniciação à Investigação em Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas
UCIBIO/Verão com Ciência
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

UCIBIO - Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Vilela-Alves, G; Maria Joao Romao; Mota, Cristiano. Corresponding author: Mota, Cristiano. "Structural studies of bacterial PHA synthases". Paper presented in Instruct Hands-on Workshop Sample Preparation for Single Particle Analysis by Cryo-Electron Microscopy, 2024.
  2. Vilela-Alves, G; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Viegas, Aldino; Carpentier, Philippe; Christophe Léger; Vincent Fourmond; et al. Corresponding author: Mota, Cristiano. "O2 damage on Mo/W Formate dehydrogenases and their innate protection mechanism". Paper presented in 17th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EuroBIC-17) (2024), 2024.
  3. Vilela-Alves, G; Maria Joao Romao; Mota, Cristiano. Corresponding author: Mota, Cristiano. "Structural studies of bacterial PHA synthases". Paper presented in 1st CryoEM – X-ray Crystallography Synergy Workshop, 2024.
  4. Vilela-Alves, G; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Viegas, Aldino; Philippe Carpentier; Frederic Biaso; Bruno Guigliarelli; Inês A. Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao; Mota, Cristiano. Corresponding author: Mota, Cristiano. "O2 damage on Mo/W Formate dehydrogenases". Paper presented in 10th National Meeting of Portuguese Users of Synchrotron Radiation, 2024.
  5. Vilela-Alves, G; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Viegas, Aldino; Kateryna Klymanska; Philippe Carpentier; Christophe Léger; et al. Corresponding author: Mota, Cristiano. "Unveiling O2 damage on Mo/W Formate dehydrogenases and their innate protection mechanism". Paper presented in Instruct-ERIC Biennial Structural Biology Conference 2024, 2024.
  6. Vilela-Alves, G; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Inês A. Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao; Mota, Cristiano. Corresponding author: Vilela-Alves, G. "Tracking W- Formate Dehydrogenase Structural Changes During Enzyme Reduction and Reoxidation". Paper presented in How Time-Resolved X-ray Crystallography is driving Structural Biology forward Workshop, 2024.
  7. Vilela-Alves, G; Mota, Cristiano; Maria Joao Romao. Corresponding author: Vilela-Alves, G. "Structural studies of bacterial PHA synthases". Paper presented in 9th National Meeting of Portuguese Users of Synchrotron Radiation, 2023.
  8. Vilela-Alves, G; Maria Joao Romao; Mota, Cristiano. Corresponding author: Vilela-Alves, G. "Structural studies of bacterial PHA synthases". Paper presented in 8th International School on Biological Crystallization, 2023.
Journal article
  1. Vilela-Alves, G; Manuel, Rita Rebelo; Viegas, Aldino; Carpentier, Philippe; Biaso, Frédéric; Guigliarelli, Bruno; Cardoso Pereira, Inês; Romão, Maria João; Mota, Cristiano. Corresponding author: Mota, Cristiano. "Substrate-dependent oxidative inactivation of a W-dependent formate dehydrogenase involving selenocysteine displacement". Chemical Science (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4sc02394c.
    Open access • Published • 10.1039/d4sc02394c
  2. Vilela-Alves, G; Rita Rebelo Manuel; Neide Pedrosa; Inês A. Cardoso Pereira; Maria João Romão; Cristiano Mota. Corresponding author: Cristiano Mota. "Structural and biochemical characterization of the M405S variant of Desulfovibrio vulgaris formate dehydrogenase". Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications 80 5 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053230X24003911.
    Open access • Published • 10.1107/S2053230X24003911
  3. Ana Rita Oliveira; Cristiano Mota; Vilela-Alves, G; Rita Rebelo Manuel; Neide Pedrosa; Vincent Fourmond; Kateryna Klymanska; et al. "An allosteric redox switch involved in oxygen protection in a CO2 reductase". Nature Chemical Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-023-01484-2.
    Published • 10.1038/s41589-023-01484-2
  4. Vilela-Alves, G; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Inês Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao; Mota, Cristiano. Corresponding author: Maria Joao Romao. "Tracking W-Formate Dehydrogenase Structural Changes During Catalysis and Enzyme Reoxidation". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24010476.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/ijms24010476
Online resource
  1. Vilela-Alves, G; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês A. Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao; Mota, Cristiano. Corresponding author: Mota, Cristiano. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris - Co-crystallized with Formate and Exposed to air for 0 min [8RC8]. 2024. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8RC8.
  2. Vilela-Alves, G; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês A. Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao; Mota, Cristiano. Corresponding author: Mota, Cristiano. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris - Co-crystallized with Formate and Exposed to air for 2 h [8RC9]. 2024. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8RC9.
  3. Vilela-Alves, G; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês A. Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao; Mota, Cristiano. Corresponding author: Mota, Cristiano. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris - Co-crystallized with Formate and Reoxidized by exposure to air for 1 h in the absence of Formate [8RCA]. 2024. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8RCA.
  4. Vilela-Alves, G; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês A. Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao; Mota, Cristiano. Corresponding author: Mota, Cristiano. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris - Co-crystallized with Formate and Reoxidized by exposure to air (in a not degassed drop) for 34 min in the presence of Formate [8RCB]. 2024. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8RCB.
  5. Vilela-Alves, G; Carpentier, Philippe; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês A. Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao; Mota, Cristiano. Corresponding author: Mota, Cristiano. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris - aerobic soaked with 48 bar CO2 for 1 min [8RCC]. 2024. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8RCC.
  6. Vilela-Alves, G; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês A. Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao; Mota, Cristiano. Corresponding author: Mota, Cristiano. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase M405S from Desulfovibrio vulgaris [8RCG]. 2024. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8RCG.
  7. Vilela-Alves, G; Mota, Cristiano; Kateryna Klymanska; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase C872A from Desulfovibrio vulgaris - exposed to oxygen [8CM4]. 2023. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8CM4.
    https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb8CM4/pdb
  8. Vilela-Alves, G; Mota, Cristiano; Kateryna Klymanska; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase C872A from Desulfovibrio vulgaris [8CM5]. 2023. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8CM5.
    https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb8CM5/pdb
  9. Vilela-Alves, G; Mota, Cristiano; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase C872A from Desulfovibrio vulgaris - with Formamide [8CM6]. 2023. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8CM6.
    https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb8CM6/pdb
  10. Vilela-Alves, G; Mota, Cristiano; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase M405A from Desulfovibrio vulgaris [8CM7]. 2023. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8CM7.
    https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb8CM7/pdb
  11. Vilela-Alves, G; Mota, Cristiano; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris - Soaking with Formate 1 min [8BQG]. 2023. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8BQG.
  12. Vilela-Alves, G; Mota, Cristiano; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris - Soaking with Formate 1.5 min [8BQH]. 2023. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8BQH.
  13. Vilela-Alves, G; Mota, Cristiano; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris - Soaking with Formate 3 min [8BQI]. 2023. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8BQI.
  14. Vilela-Alves, G; Mota, Cristiano; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris - Soaking with Formate 5 min [8BQJ]. 2023. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8BQJ.
  15. Vilela-Alves, G; Mota, Cristiano; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris - Soaking with Formate 22 min [8BQK]. 2023. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8BQK.
  16. Vilela-Alves, G; Mota, Cristiano; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Inês Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao. Structure of W-formate dehydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris - Co-crystallized with Formate and Reoxidized by exposure to air for 12 min [8BQL]. 2023. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/8BQL.
  17. Vilela-Alves, G; Mota, Cristiano; Maria Joao Romao. Structure of Drosophila melanogaster Aldehyde Oxidase 1 [7PX0]. 2022. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/7PX0.
Preprint
  1. Vilela-Alves, G; Rebelo Manuel, Rita; Viegas, Aldino; Philippe Carpentier; Frederic Biaso; Bruno Guigliarelli; Ines Cardoso Pereira; Maria Joao Romao; Mota, Cristiano. Corresponding author: Mota, Cristiano. "Substrate-dependent oxidative inactivation of a W-dependent formate dehydrogenase involving selenocysteine displacement.". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.10.571421.
    10.1101/2024.01.10.571421
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Unraveling the mode of function of the W-containing formate dehydrogenase (Fdh) enzyme". Master, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/142774.
  2. "Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase and Aldehyde Oxidase – From the gene to the structure in two unrelated enzymes". Degree, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2020.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/08/26 O2 damage on Mo/W Formate dehydrogenases and their innate protection mechanism 17th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EuroBIC-17) (2024)
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Muenster, Germany)
2024/06/07 O2 damage on Mo/W Formate dehydrogenases 10th National Meeting of Portuguese Users of Synchrotron Radiation
NOVA School of Science and Technology (Caparica, Portugal)
2024/05/23 Unveiling O2 damage on Mo/W Formate dehydrogenases and their innate protection mechanism Instruct-ERIC Biennial Structural Biology Conference 2024
Instruct-ERIC (Cascais, Portugal)
2023/06/21 One step forward to understand the biological reduction of CO2 to Formate by Mo/W Fdhs 9th National Meeting of Portuguese Users of Synchrotron Radiation
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Centro para o Desenvolvimento Rápido e Sustentado de Produto (Marinha Grande, Portugal)
2022/07/15 Formate dehydrogenase presents a retention cavity in the substrate tunnel 2nd National Crystallographic Meeting
Chemical Engineering Department of Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon University (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/09/01 - 2022/10/15 Estudos estruturais e funcionais com duas enzimas de molibdénio
Co-supervisor of André Amandor (BSc. in Biochemistry)
 Iniciação à Investigação em Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas (Other)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27 European Researcher's Night 2024 (2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27)
Exhibition (Other)
 Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/04/10 - 2024/04/10 Volunteer at Expo FCT 2024- Macromolecular Crystallography Group (2024/04/10 - 2024/04/10)
Exhibition (Other)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/01/10 - 2024/02/28 How Time-Resolved X-ray Crystallography is driving Structural Biology forward Workshop (2024/02/22 - 2024/02/22)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
2023/04/19 - 2023/04/19 Volunteer at Expo FCT 2023- Macromolecular Crystallography Group (2023/04/19 - 2023/04/19)
Exhibition (Other)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/09/30 - 2022/09/30 European Researcher's Night 2022 (2022/09/30 - 2022/09/30)
Exhibition (Other)
 Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/04/27 - 2022/04/27 Volunteer at Expo FCT 2022- Macromolecular Crystallography Group (2022/04/27 - 2022/04/27)
Exhibition (Other)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/01/20 - 2020/01/23 4th International Caparica Symposium on Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials and Applications (ISN2A 2020) (2020/01/20 - 2020/01/23)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Associação Científica Proteomass, Portugal
2019/03/15 - 2019/05/11 Super-guide at the European Union Science Olympiad (EUSO) 2019 (2019/05/04 - 2019/05/11)
Other (Other)
 Direcção Geral de Educação, Portugal
2018/09/03 - 2018/09/06 3rd International Caparica Conference on Chromogenic and Emissive Materials (IC3EM 2018) (2018/09/03 - 2018/09/06)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Associação Científica Proteomass, Portugal
2018/04/10 - 2018/04/10 Volunteer at Expo FCT 2018- Bioscope and Proteomass Societies (2017/04/10 - 2017/04/10)
Exhibition (Other)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/10/07 - 2024/10/10 Instruct Hands-on Workshop Sample Preparation for Single Particle Analysis by Cryo-Electron Microscopy
Workshop
 Instruct Hands-on Workshop Sample Preparation for Single Particle Analysis by Cryo-Electron Microscopy
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2024/08/25 - 2024/08/29 17th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EuroBIC-17) (2024)
Conference
 17th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EuroBIC-17) (2024)
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
2024/07/01 - 2024/07/03 1st CryoEM – X-ray Crystallography Synergy Workshop
Workshop
 1st CryoEM – X-ray Crystallography Synergy Workshop
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/06/07 - 2024/06/07 10th National Meeting of Portuguese Users of Synchrotron Radiation
Meeting
 10th National Meeting of Portuguese Users of Synchrotron Radiation
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/05/23 - 2024/05/24 Instruct-ERIC Biennial Structural Biology Conference 2024
Conference
 Instruct-ERIC Biennial Structural Biology Conference 2024
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/02/22 - 2024/02/22 How Time-Resolved X-ray Crystallography is driving Structural Biology forward Workshop
Workshop
 How Time-Resolved X-ray Crystallography is driving Structural Biology forward Workshop
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/01/03 - 2024/01/05 CCP4 Study Weekend 2024
Conference
 CCP4 Study Weekend 2024
Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom

Diamond Light Source Ltd, United Kingdom
2023/11/20 - 2023/11/23 1st Advanced Methods for Ambient Crystallography at ESRF-EBS Workshop (2023)
Workshop
 1st Advanced Methods for Ambient Crystallography at ESRF-EBS Workshop
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France

EMBL Grenoble, France
2023/06/21 - 2023/06/21 9th National Meeting of Portuguese Users of Synchrotron Radiation
Meeting
 9th National Meeting of Portuguese Users of Synchrotron Radiation
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Centro para o Desenvolvimento Rápido e Sustentado de Produto, Portugal
2023/05/21 - 2023/05/26 8th International School on Biological Crystallization
Workshop
 8th International School on Biological Crystallization
Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalográficos, Spain

Universidad de Granada, Spain

International Union of Crystallography, United Kingdom
2023/01/04 - 2023/01/06 CCP4 Study Weekend 2023
Conference
 CCP4 Study Weekend 2023
Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom

Diamond Light Source Ltd, United Kingdom
2022/07/15 - 2022/07/16 2nd National Crystallographic Meeting
Meeting
 2nd National Crystallographic Meeting
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
2022/06/06 - 2022/06/10 2022 MicroMAX Masterclass - Summer School in X-ray Macromolecular Crystallography
Workshop
 2022 MicroMAX Masterclass – Summer School in X-ray Macromolecular Crystallography
MAX IV-laboratoriet, Sweden

Lunds Universitet, Sweden
2022/01/05 - 2022/01/07 CCP4 Study Weekend 2022
Conference
 CCP4 Study Weekend 2022
Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom

Diamond Light Source Ltd, United Kingdom
2021/05/01 - 2021/12/17 Student Leader of an iGEM 2021 Silver medallist team
Festival
 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) 2021
iGEM Foundation, United States
2018 - 2021 Participant in Biochemistry JORTEC (Jornadas Tecnológicas)
Conference
 Biochemistry JORTEC (Jornadas Tecnológicas)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 - 2021 Participant in Chemistry JORTEC (Jornadas Tecnológicas)
Conference
 Chemistry JORTEC (Jornadas Tecnológicas)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/05/07 - 2016/05/14 European Union Science Olympiads (EUSO) 2016 Tartu, Estonia
Festival
 European Union Science Olympiads (EUSO) 2016
Tartu Ülikool, Estonia
2014/05/03 - 2014/05/03 Junior National Chemistry Olympiads 2014
Festival
 Junior National Chemistry Olympiads 2014
Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/01/23 - 2023/06/15 Lab tutoring of BSc Student - Project: Finding human aldehyde oxidase interacting partners Carolina Videira (Student BSc. in Cell and Molecular Biology)
2022/10/24 - 2022/10/28 1st Lab Rotation of Biomolecular Techniques I Curricular Unit 2022 Carolina Balbino (Student MSc. in Biochemistry)
2022/07/01 - 2022/09/15 Lab tutoring of BSc Student - Project: Understanding enzymatic CO2 reduction for enhanced hybrid catalysts. Carolina Videira (Student BSc. in Cell and Molecular Biology)
2022/02/01 - 2022/06/15 Lab tutoring of BSc Student - Project: Structural and biochemical characterization of PHA synthases towards novel Polyhydroxyalkanoates Pedro Jesus (Student BSc. in Biochemistry)
2021/10/11 - 2021/10/15 Lab Rotation of PhD Program in Molecular Biosciences Rita Rebelo Manuel (Student PhD Program in Molecular Biosciences)
Distinctions

Award

2024 Best Poster Award at the 17th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EuroBIC-17) (2024)
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
2023 Best Student Award in MSc. in Biochemistry for Health
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022 Best Oral Communication in Macromolecular Crystallographic at the 2nd National Crystallographic Meeting
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
2022 Academic Merit Scholarship for Higher Education Students
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Direcção-Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal
2021 Chemistry Department Bachelor 2019/2020 Scholarship
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 Best Science Student Award 2019/20
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 Best Student Award in BSc. in Applied Chemistry
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020 Academic Merit Scholarship for Higher Education Students
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Direcção-Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal
2019 NOVA Young Talent Award for the BSc in Applied Chemistry
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2019 Academic Merit Scholarship for Higher Education Students
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Direcção-Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal
2018 Academic Merit Scholarship for Higher Education Students
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Direcção-Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal
2017 Merit Scholarship for the BSc in Applied Chemistry FCT NOVA
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016 Member of a Gold Medal awarded team at the European Union Science Olympiads (EUSO) 2016 (Tartu, Estonia)
Tartu Ülikool, Estonia
2014 Member of the winning team of the Junior Chemistry Olympiads 2014
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Other distinction

2023 Accommodation Grant for the 8th International School of Biological Crystallization
Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalográficos, Spain

Universidad de Granada, Spain

International Union of Crystallography, United Kingdom
2023 Travel Grant for the 1st Advanced Methods for Ambient Crystallography at ESRF-EBS Workshop
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France

EMBL Grenoble, France