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Vanessa Zuzarte-Luis graduated in Anatomy and Cell Biology from the University of Cantabria and is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular, working on the biology of host-Plasmodium interactions. Author of 24 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and 2 book chapters, Vanessa has a vast network of collaborators. Vanessa is strongly engaged in teaching and student supervision. Keywords: Malaria; Plasmodium; Host-pathogen interactions; Metabolism; ROS; Liver; Hepatic cells; Methionine; Immunology.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Vanessa Zuzarte Luis

Citation names

  • Zuzarte-Luis, Vanessa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E511-2580-B7B2
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0023-5953

Email addresses

  • vluis@fm.ul.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Italian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2006
Concluded
 Anatomy and Cell Biology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Developmental Biology
Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
"Identification and functional characterization of new genes implicated in the control of interdigital apoptosis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado "CUM LAUDE"
2000
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Cellular and molecular aspects of vertebrates segmentation - New insights into colloid-like1 gene function during somitogenesis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/08/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2018/09/09 - 2018/10/06 Visiting Researcher (Research) St. George's University of London, United Kingdom
2009/09/01 - 2018/07/31 Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2011/05 - 2011/05 Visiting Researcher (Research) University of Massachusetts Medical School Department of Medicine, United States
2010/11/15 - 2010/12/15 Visiting Researcher (Research) Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Germany
2008/01/01 - 2009/08/31 Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2008/10/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Germany
2007/11/01 - 2007/12/15 Visiting Researcher (Research) Institute for Advanced Research, University of Nagoya, Japan, Japan
2002/01/01 - 2006/04/30 Researcher (Research) Universidad de Cantabria Facultad de Medicina, Spain
2001/11/01 - 2001/12/20 Visiting Researcher (Research) Duke University, United States
2000/08/01 - 2000/08/31 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
1999/09/01 - 2000/07/31 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/02 - 2020/09 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/03 - 2021/02 Scientific Coordinator Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/02 - Current Plasmodium Iron regulatory Network: the need to sense, acquire and detoxify
PTDC/BIA-MOL/30112/2017
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/02 - Current Plasmodium Iron regulatory Network: the need to sense, acquire and detoxify
PTDC/BIA-MOL/30112/2017
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018/11 - 2021/10 Plasmodium Exploitation of Liver-specific Methionine Metabolism
HR17-00264
Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Obra Social La Caixa
Ongoing
2018/06 - 2021/05 Hepatic metabolism driving Plasmodium replication
02/SAICT/2017- 30751
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018 - 2019 Plasmodium exploitation of methionine metabolism
FPJ001109 Big2017
Other
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
Concluded
2012/12 - 2017/11 Nutrient sensing by parasites
311502
Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 European Research Council
Concluded
2013/01 - 2015/12 Host-Plasmodium interactions: a tale of sensing and being sensed
Provided by PTCRIS: 124777
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2011/01 - 2014/06 Mechanisms of Plasmodium liver infection: Subverting the host ubiquitin-proteasome pathway towards an immune evasion strategy
Provided by PTCRIS: 113697
Principal investigator
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2005/12 - 2009/10 Caracterización de las propiedades adhesivas de las capas germinales en embrión del pez cebra.
A751
Researcher
Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia
2004 - 2006 A multidisciplinary computational and experimental approach to morphogenesis in the vertebrate limb bud
FBBVA - Biomedicina y Salud
Researcher
Universidad de Cantabria Facultad de Medicina, Spain
 Fundación BBVA
Concluded
2002 - 2005 Identificación y caracterización funcional de nuevos genes implicados en el control de la muerte celular programada durante el desarrollo de las extremidades.
BMC2002-02346
Researcher
Universidad de Cantabria Facultad de Medicina, Spain
 Dirección General de Investigación Científica
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Anton Götz; Maureen Ty; Angelo Ferreira Chora; Vanessa Zuzarte-Luís; Maria M. Mota; Ana Rodriguez. "Innate Immunity to Malaria.". In Malaria Immune Response to Infection and Vaccination., 3-25. Springer, Cham, 2017.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-45210-4_1
  2. Zuzarte-Luis, Vanessa; Hurlé, J.M.. "Apoptosis in fins and limb development.". In Fins Into Limbs: Evolution, Development, and Transformation, 103-108. Chicago, United States: The University of Chicago Press, 2007.
    Published
Journal article
  1. João Mello-Vieira; Francisco J. Enguita; Tania F. de Koning-Ward; Vanessa Zuzarte-Luís; Maria M. Mota. "Plasmodium translocon component EXP2 facilitates hepatocyte invasion". Nature Communications (2020): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19492-4.
    10.1038/s41467-020-19492-4
  2. Balasubramanian, Lakshmi; Zuzarte-Luís, Vanessa; Syed, Tabish; Mullick, Debakshi; Deb, Saptarathi; Ranga-Prasad, Harish; Meissner, Jana; et al. "Association of Plasmodium berghei With the Apical Domain of Hepatocytes Is Necessary for the Parasite's Liver Stage Development". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 9 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00451.
    10.3389/fcimb.2019.00451
  3. Maria Nogueira de Menezes; Érika Machado Salles; Flávia Vieira; Eduardo Pinheiro Amaral; Vanessa Zuzarte-Luís; Alexandra Cassado; Sabrina Epiphanio; et al. "IL-1a promotes liver inflammation and necrosis during blood-stage Plasmodium chabaudi malaria". Scientific Reports (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44125-2.
    10.1038/s41598-019-44125-2
  4. Zuzarte-Luis, Vanessa. "¿d-T cells promote IFN-¿-dependent Plasmodium pathogenesis upon liver-stage infection.". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2019): https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1814440116.
    10.1073/pnas.1814440116
  5. Vanessa Zuzarte-Luís; Maria M. Mota. "Parasite Sensing of Host Nutrients and Environmental Cues". Cell Host & Microbe 23 6 (2018): 749-758. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.chom.2018.05.018.
    10.1016/j.chom.2018.05.018
  6. Vanessa Zuzarte-Luis; Maria M. Mota. "Fighting for Resources: Who Started the Battle? Who Is Winning It?". Cell Metabolism 27 4 (2018): 708-709. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.cmet.2018.03.007.
    10.1016/j.cmet.2018.03.007
  7. Eliana Real; Lénia Rodrigues; Ghislain G. Cabal; Francisco J. Enguita; Liliana Mancio-Silva; João Mello-Vieira; Wandy Beatty; et al. "Plasmodium UIS3 sequesters host LC3 to avoid elimination by autophagy in hepatocytes". Nature Microbiology 3 1 (2018): 17-25. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-017-0054-x.
    10.1038/s41564-017-0054-x
  8. Vanessa Zuzarte-Luís; João Mello-Vieira; Inês M. Marreiros; Peter Liehl; Ângelo F. Chora; Céline K. Carret; Tânia Carvalho; Maria M. Mota. "Dietary alterations modulate susceptibility to Plasmodium infection". Nature Microbiology 2 12 (2017): 1600-1607. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-017-0025-2.
    10.1038/s41564-017-0025-2
  9. Santos, Jorge M; Egarter, Saskia; Zuzarte-Luís, Vanessa; Kumar, Hirdesh; Moreau, Catherine A; Kehrer, Jessica; Pinto, Andreia; et al. "Malaria parasite LIMP protein regulates sporozoite gliding motility and infectivity in mosquito and mammalian hosts". eLife 6 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.24109.
    10.7554/elife.24109
  10. Thieleke-Matos, C.; Lopes da Silva, M.; Cabrita-Santos, L.; Portal, M.D.; Rodrigues, I.P.; Zuzarte-Luis, V.; Ramalho, J.S.; et al. "Host cell autophagy contributes to Plasmodium liver development". Cellular Microbiology 18 3 (2016): 437-450. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84958112950&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/cmi.12524
  11. Liehl, P.; Zuzarte-Luis, V.; Mota, M.M.. "Unveiling the pathogen behind the vacuole". Nature Reviews Microbiology 13 9 (2015): 589-598. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84939563169&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/nrmicro3504
  12. Inácio, P.; Zuzarte-Luís, V.; Ruivo, M.T.G.; Falkard, B.; Nagaraj, N.; Rooijers, K.; Mann, M.; et al. "Parasite-induced ER stress response in hepatocytes facilitates Plasmodium liver stage infection". EMBO Reports 16 8 (2015): 955-964. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84938576451&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.15252/embr.201439979
  13. Herman, J.D.; Pepper, L.R.; Cortese, J.F.; Estiu, G.; Galinsky, K.; Zuzarte-Luis, V.; Derbyshire, E.R.; et al. "The cytoplasmic prolyl-tRNA synthetase of the malaria parasite is a dual-stage target of febrifugine and its analogs". Science Translational Medicine 7 288 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84929815768&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa3575
  14. Itoe, M.A.; Sampaio, J.L.; Cabal, G.G.; Real, E.; Zuzarte-Luis, V.; March, S.; Bhatia, S.N.; et al. "Host cell phosphatidylcholine is a key mediator of malaria parasite survival during liver stage infection". Cell Host and Microbe 16 6 (2014): 778-786. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84920623179&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.chom.2014.11.006
  15. Zuzarte-Luis, V.; Sales-Dias, J.; Mota, M.M.. "Simple, sensitive and quantitative bioluminescence assay for determination of malaria pre-patent period". Malaria Journal 13 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892167814&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1475-2875-13-15
  16. Zuzarte-Luis, V.; Mota, M.M.; Vigário, A.M.. "Malaria infections: What and how can mice teach us". Journal of Immunological Methods 410 (2014): 113-122. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908508169&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jim.2014.05.001
  17. Liehl, P.; Zuzarte-Luís, V.; Chan, J.; Zillinger, T.; Baptista, F.; Carapau, D.; Konert, M.; et al. "Host-cell sensors for Plasmodium activate innate immunity against liver-stage infection". Nature Medicine 20 1 (2014): 47-53. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84891874162&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/nm.3424
  18. Derbyshire, E.R.; Zuzarte-Luís, V.; Magalhães, A.D.; Kato, N.; Sanschagrin, P.C.; Wang, J.; Zhou, W.; et al. "Chemical interrogation of the malaria kinome". ChemBioChem 15 13 (2014): 1920-1930. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906831669&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/cbic.201400025
  19. Pais de Azevedo, T.; Zuzarte-Luís, V.; Gonçalves, L.; Marques, C.; Palmeirim, I.. "Tissue regulation of somitic colloid-like1 gene expression". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 424 2 (2012): 295-300. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864311076&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.06.110
  20. Eaton, P.; Zuzarte-Luis, V.; Mota, M.M.; Santos, N.C.; Prudêncio, M.. "Infection by Plasmodium changes shape and stiffness of hepatic cells". Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 8 1 (2012): 17-19. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855332785&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.nano.2011.10.004
  21. Torre-Pérez, N.; Montero, J.A.; Zuzarte-Luis, V.; García-Porrero, J.A.; Rubio, N.; Blanco, J.; Nistal, J.F.; Hurlé, J.M.. "Migration and differentiation of human umbilical cord stem cells after heart injury in chicken embryos". Stem Cells and Development 18 1 (2009): 27-36. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-60149094675&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/scd.2007.0239
  22. Zuzarte-Luis, V.; Montero, J.A.; Kawakami, Y.; Izpisua-Belmonte, J.C.; Hurle, J.M.. "Lysosomal cathepsins in embryonic programmed cell death". Developmental Biology 301 1 (2007): 205-217. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33845669080&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.08.008
  23. Montero, J.A.; Zuzarte-Luis, V.; Garcia-Martinez, V.; Hurle, J.M.. "Role of RhoC in digit morphogenesis during limb development". Developmental Biology 303 1 (2007): 325-335. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33846919356&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.11.019
  24. Zuzarte-Luis, V.; Montero, J.A.; Torre-Perez, N.; Garcia-Porrero, J.A.; Hurle, J.M.. "Cathepsin D gene expression outlines the areas of physiological cell death during embryonic development". Developmental Dynamics 236 3 (2007): 880-885. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33947396061&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/dvdy.21076
  25. Zuzarte-Luis, V.; Berciano, M.T.; Lafarga, M.; Hurlé, J.M.. "Caspase redundancy and release of mitochondrial apoptotic factors characterize interdigital apoptosis". Apoptosis 11 5 (2006): 701-715. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33745048075&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10495-006-5481-8
  26. Zuzarte-Luis, V.; Hurle, J.M.. "Programmed cell death in the embryonic vertebrate limb". Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 16 2 (2005): 261-269. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-15944364455&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.semcdb.2004.12.004
  27. Zuzarte-Luís, V.; Montero, J.A.; Rodriguez-León, J.; Merino, R.; Rodríguez-Rey, J.C.; Hurlé, J.M.. "A new role for BMP5 during limb development acting through the synergic activation of Smad and MAPK pathways". Developmental Biology 272 1 (2004): 39-52. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-3042778695&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.04.015
  28. Zuzarte-Luís, V.; Hurlé, J.M.. "Programmed cell death in the developing limb". International Journal of Developmental Biology 46 7 (2002): 871-876. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036435354&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Zuzarte-Luis, Vanessa. "Identification and functional characterization of new genes involved in interdigital apoptosis". PhD, Universidad de Cantabria Facultad de Medicina, 2006.
  2. Zuzarte-Luis, Vanessa. "Cellular and molecular aspects of vertebrates segmentation - New insights into colloid-like1 gene function during somitogenesis". Degree, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2001.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018 Diet-Induced Oxidative Stress Impair Plasmodium Liver Infection. Gordon Research Conference - Biology of Host-Parasite Interactions
Gordon Research Conference (RI, United States)
2017 Dietary alterations dictate susceptibility to Plasmodium infection Malaria Gordon Research Conference
Gordon Research Conference (Les Diableters, Switzerland)
2015 Malaria: Understanding the biology of infection to intervene. IV Encontro Nacional de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2014 Understanding the biology of Plasmodium infection to intervene. V Jornadas Nacionais de Ciências Biomédicas
(Covilhã, Portugal)
2013 miRNA fingerprinting of P. falciparum liver- infection. 6th MIM Pan-African Malaria Conference
(Durban, South Africa)
2012 Lipid metabolism and malaria liver infection. EMBO fellows meeting
(Heidelberg, Germany)
2011 Innate Immunity and the Malaria liver infection. Immunology Club
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2011 Host response mechanisms to malaria liver infection. Seminar
University of Massachusetts (Worcester, United States)
2010 Host response mechanisms to malaria liver infection. Gulbenkian Alumni Meeting – GAMEETS
(Curia, Portugal)
2010 The role of ubiquitin during Plasmodium intra-hepatic development. Ubiquitin and SUMO EMBO practical course
(Split, Croatia)
2009 A proteomic approach to study host response mechanisms to malaria infection. II Malaria Retreat
(Berlin, Germany)
2008 A role for the elastic matrix in limb skeletogenesis. Elastin meeting 2008
(Madrid, Spain)
2004 The role of elastic matrix during limb morphogenesis”. Limb development & regeneration meeting
(Dundee, United Kingdom)
2004 A role for BMP5 during limb apoptosis. 4th European Workshop on Cell Death
(Istambul, Turkey)
2003 Biología celular y molecular de la muerte interdigital. X Congresso da Sociedade Espanhola de Biología Celular
(Santander, Spain)
2002 Regulación de la muerte celular programada. V Apo-reunión
(Valladolid, Spain)
2001 Colloid-like1 gene function during somite differentiation. 27th FEBS meeting
(Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2018/09 - Current Plasmodium exploitation of host methionine metabolism.
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Micobiologia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/09 - Current Establishing a blood-stage infection: the role of SAM in Plasmodium development.
Supervisor
 Programa doutoral GABBA (SFRH/BD/133933/2017) (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2015/09 - Current Identification and characterization of novel malaria liver stage antigens.
Co-supervisor
 Programa Pós-Graduação Ciência para o Desenvolvimento (SFRH/BD/114464/2016) (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2014/01 - Current Dissecting the late liver stage of Plasmodium infection.
Co-supervisor
 Programa doutoral - Lisbon BioMed (SFRH/BD/52226/2013) (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2015/11 - 2018/01 Novel autophagy- evasion mechanism mediated by Plasmodium liver-specific protein UIS3.
Co-supervisor
 Pós-doutoramento (SFRH/BPD/111323/2015) (Other)
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2015/09 - 2016/10 Characterization of Plasmodium methionine metabolism key enzyme
Supervisor of Maria Inês Moreira Oliveira Leite Marreiros
 Mestrado Biologia Molecular e Genética (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/09 - 2014/12 Uncovering the role of host Cullin 3 during Plasmodium berghei liver stage infection
Supervisor of Gabriela Stephanie Peres Cristo
 Mestrado em Biologia Molecular e Genética (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011/01 - 2012/09 Host response mechanisms to malaria infection: The role of Cullin- RING ligases during Plasmodium infection.
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Biologia Celular e Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017/07/02 - 2017/07/07 Malaria Gordon Research Conference. Role: Scientific program and fundraising (2017/07/02 - 2017/07/07)
Congress (Co-organisor)
2017/07/01 - 2017/07/02 Malaria Gordon Research Seminars. Role: Conference Chair. (2017/07/01 - 2017/07/02)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2016/12 Understanding chromatin dynamics during antigenic variation in trypanosoma brucei
Thesis Member
 Francisco Maria dos Santos e Silva Aresta Branco (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016 Characterization of Plasmodium methionine metabolism key enzyme
Supervisor
 Maria Inês Moreira Oliveira Leite Marreiros (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014 Uncovering the role of host Cullin 3 during Plasmodium berghei liver stage infection
Supervisor
 Gabriela Stephanie Peres Cristo (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 Host response mechanisms to malaria infection: the role of Cullin-RING ligases during Plasmodium infection.
Supervisor
 Host response mechanisms to malaria infection: the role of cullin-ring ligases during plasmodium inf (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2016/02 - 2017/01 IMM Post-doctoral Association Membro da direcção
2007 - 2010 SiW - Scientists in the World / Associação Cientistas no Mundo Founding Member / Membro Fundador

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2019 - Current PhD Thesis Committee - Raquel Alves de Azevedo. FCT Fellow
2017 - Current PhD Thesis Committee - Francisca Maria de Andrade Terras Arez. ITQB-NOVA.
Advisor / Consultant
2015 - Current PhD Thesis Committee - Maria Inês de Sousa Albuquerque. FCT fellow.
2016 - 2020 PhD Thesis Committee - Sofia Mensurado Santos. Lisbon BioMed PhD program.
2016 - 2019 PhD Thesis Committee - Annabel Katharina Kitowski. Marie Curie ITN fellow.
2015 - 2019 PhD Thesis Committee - Ana Margarida Roque Sanches Vaz. Lisbon BioMed PhD program.
2013 - 2017 PhD Thesis Committee - Maria Sousa Rebelo. FCT fellow.

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2009/09 - 2010/09 Academic Year - Masters in Microbiology Mariana Justino de Almeida
Distinctions

Other distinction

2011 Post-doctoral fellowship
2010 BDCC - Bolsa de Desenvolvimento de Carreira Científica
2009 Short-term fellowship for research period in Germany
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2009 EMBO long-term fellowship
2008 Post-doctoral fellowship
2007 Research fellowship
Institute for Advanced Research, University of Nagoya, Japan, Japan
2001 PhD fellowship
2000 Fellowship