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I have a PhD in Biomedical Sciences, specializing in Genetics (Faculty of Medicine from University of Lisbon), and 15 years of experience in disease genetics research. My journey has been fueled by a passion for unraveling the mysteries of genetic inheritance and its impact on human health. Throughout my career, I have been actively engaged in groundbreaking research, which has led to significant contributions to the scientific community. As a co-inventor of two pending patents, I have demonstrated my ability to develop innovative solutions that address critical challenges in the field of genetics. As a Principal Investigator, I have successfully secured €300K in research funding, empowering me to lead and execute impactful projects that have the potential to transform lives. Furthermore, I possess extensive expertise in both wet lab techniques and bioinformatics big data analysis. My dual proficiency allows me to bridge the gap between cutting-edge laboratory experimentation and leveraging data-driven insights to gain a comprehensive understanding of complex biological processes. In 2022, I co-founded expressTEC, where I actively contribute to the company's success by overseeing the implementation of our scientific strategy. My role also involves managing the daily internal R&D activities, ensuring that our projects are at the forefront of innovation and technology.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana Gonçalves de Gouveia Maia Xavier

Citation names

  • Xavier, Joana M

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
EE13-176A-5613
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0702-6700

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Human Genetics
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Gene-based Diagnostics and Therapeutic Interventions

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/12/20
Concluded
Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Genética
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
"Identification of genetic risk factors for Behcet´s disease" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Distinção e Louvor
2008
Concluded
Mestrado em Biologia Humana e Ambiente (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
"Estudo de linkage e pesquisa de mutações numa família com doença de Behçet e espondilite anquilosante" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
19
2006
Concluded
Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Not applicable" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/03/17 - Current Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2021/03/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) RISE - Health Research Network: From Lab to Community Health, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/03/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019/05/30 - 2021/02/28 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2014/03/15 - 2019/05/29 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina, Portugal
2008/04/01 - 2013/08/30 Researcher (Research) Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
2007/01/01 - 2007/09/30 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2017/11/01 - 2019/05/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/07/01 - Current Coordinator of CINTESIS – UAlg Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/05/01 - Current FMCB representative at the coordination committee of UAlg V+ (Volunteers) Group Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2023/11/30 Member of the Coordination Committee of the Master in Oncobiology Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/03/21 - Current Founder and CTO EXPRESSTEC - INVESTIGAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM BIOTECNOLOGIA, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/11 - 2019/05 Unveiling cis-regulatory variants role in breast cancer aetiology
Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BPD/99502/2014
Post-doc
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/03/15 - 2015/10/31 Cis-regulation of somatic mutations in breast and ovarian cancers
PTDC/BIM-ONC/1338/2012
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)
Concluded
2013/04/01 - 2013/06/30 Genetics of Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate NSCLP
PTDC/SAU-GMG/101537/2008
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Hospital de São João, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/01 - 2012/12 IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC RISK FACTORS FOR BEHÇETS DISEASE
Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BD/43895/2008
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/04/01 - 2008/09/30 microRnómica e proteómica da doença de Parkinson
PTDC/SAU-GMG/64428/2006
Research Fellow
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01/01 - 2028/12/31 expressCDx -Identification of RNA Biomarkers for the Development of New Personalized Cancer Diagnostic Methods
ALGARVE-FEDER-01203900 n.º 17474
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

EXPRESSTEC - INVESTIGAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM BIOTECNOLOGIA, Portugal
Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Algarve
Ongoing
2019/05/30 - 2025/05/29 Unveiling cis-regulatory variants role in breast cancer aetiology
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/02/20 - 2025/02/19 Exploring the shared regulatory genetic basis in cancer risk
2022.02380.PTDC
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/03/28 - 2023/03/27 INnovating breast cancer GWAS through inTEgRation of functional GENomics
PTDC/MED-GEN/30895/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/06/01 - 2022/05/31 DEvoCancer: Decoding breast cancer evolution through mutant allele differential expression signatures
PTDC/MED-ONC/31477/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)
Concluded
2013/05 - 2015/10 Patients as Health Care Innovators: An Empirical Investigation of Treatment, Therapies and Medical Devices (TT&MD) developed by Patients of Chronic Diseases
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01/01 - 2013/04/30 BEDGET: decifrar a genética da doença de Behçet
PTDC/SAU-GMG/098937/2008
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Xavier, J.; Almeida, B.; Sun, C.; Silva, J.; Marreiros, A.; Eldridge, M.; Bernards, R.; et al. "PIK3CA mutant allele differential expression (MADE) associates with breast cancer clinical features". Paper presented in EACR24: From basic research to precision medicine, Manchester, 2016.
    Published • 10.1016/s0959-8049(16)61723-9
Conference paper
  1. Matias, A.T.; Jacinta-Fernandes, A.; Magno, R.; Xavier, J.; Cabral, M.G.; Jacinto, A.; Maia, A.T.; Braga, S.. "Differential molecular signature in patients from African origin with triple-negative breast cancer". 2018.
    Published • 10.1093/annonc/mdy272.290
  2. Xavier, Joana; Russell, Roslin; Almeida, Bernardo P.; Rosli, Nordiana; Rocha, Catia; Samarajiwa, Shamith; Chin, Suet-Feung; et al. "Integrative differential allelic expression analysis efficiently reveals the biology underlying risk to breast cancer". Paper presented in Advances in Breast Cancer Research, AACR Special Meeting, Washington DC, 2015.
    Published • 10.1158/1557-3125.advbc15-a31
Conference poster
  1. Ghezzo, Marinella N; Magno, Ramiro; Xavier, Joana M; Maia, Ana-Teresa. "Redesigned case-control study using allelic expression as a quantitative phenotype identifies new risk loci for breast cancer". Paper presented in 5th ASPIC International Congress, 2022.
  2. Xavier, Joana; Magno, Ramiro; Russel, Roslin; de Almeida, Bernardo P.; Jacinta-Fernandes, Ana; Duarte, André; BARBOSA-MORAIS, NUNO; Maia, Ana-Teresa. "Mapping of cis-regulatory variants by differential allelic expression analysis identifies regulatory variants and target genes of 31 breast cancer risk loci". Paper presented in EACR - Bioinformatics in Cancer. Virtual Event, Worldwide, 2021.
  3. Magno, Ramiro; Martel, Paulo; Ghezzo, Marinella; Xavier, Joana M; Maia, Ana-Teresa. "Exploring the role of alternative splicing in breast cancer risk.". Paper presented in Cancer Biology: From Basic To Translational Research., 2020.
  4. Esteves, Filipa; Xavier, Joana M; Maia, Ana-Teresa. "DAE identifies COX11 and TOM1L1 as target genes in breast cancer risk locus 17q22". Paper presented in EMBL Conference: Cancer Genomics, 2019.
  5. Xavier, Joana M; Magno, Ramiro; Rocha, Cátia L; Dunning, M; Russell, Roslin; Maia, Ana-Teresa. "Mapping cis-regulatory variants pinpoints target genes of breast cancer risk loci". Paper presented in EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Systems Genetics: From Genomes to Complex Traits., 2019.
  6. Esteves, Filipa; Magno, Ramiro; Xavier, Joana M (EE13-176A-5613); Maia, Ana-Teresa. "A comprehensive analysis of RNA-Seq data to identify risk variants for breast cancer using allelic expression". Paper presented in EMBL Conference: From Functional Genomics to Systems Biology, 2018.
  7. Machado, J; Magno, R; Xavier, JM; Maia, AT. "Uncovering the role of alternative splicing in Breast Cancer susceptibility". Paper presented in EMBL conference - Transcription and Chromatin, 2018.
  8. Esteves, Filipa; Magno, Ramiro; Xavier, Joana M (EE13-176A-5613); Maia, Ana-Teresa. "Identification of risk variants for breast cancer: a comprehensive analysis of RNA-Seq data". Paper presented in 3rd ASPIC International Congress, 2018.
  9. Jacinta-Fernandes, A; Xavier, Joana M; Magno, Ramiro; Jerónimo, Carmen; Maia, Ana-Teresa. "Revealing the role of allele- specific miRNA regulation in prostate cancer susceptibility". Paper presented in 3rd ASPIC International Congress., 2018.
  10. Xavier, Joana M; Magno, Ramiro; Almeida, Bernardo P.; Maia, Ana-Teresa. "Integrative genomic approach elucidates the risk mechanism for breast cancer associated 5q14.1 locus". Paper presented in 3rd ASPIC International Congress, 2018.
  11. Martins, Catarina; Xavier, Joana; Magno, Ramiro; Maia, Ana-Teresa. "Identifying novel genes associated with Breast Cancer susceptibility using Allelic Expression Ratios". Paper presented in 3rd ASPIC International Congress, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Xavier JM; Magno R; Russell R; de Almeida BP; Jacinta-Fernandes A; Besouro-Duarte A; Dunning M; et al. "Identification of candidate causal variants and target genes at 41 breast cancer risk loci through differential allelic expression analysis.". Scientific reports (2024): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/39341862.
    10.1038/s41598-024-72163-y
  2. Besouro-Duarte A; Carrasqueiro B; Sousa S; Xavier JM; Maia AT. "Colocalised Genetic Associations Reveal Alternative Splicing Variants as Candidate Causal Links for Breast Cancer Risk in 10 Loci.". Cancers (2024): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/39272878.
    10.3390/cancers16173020
  3. Esteves, Filipa; Xavier, Joana M.; Ford, Anthony M.; Rocha, Cátia; Pharoah, Paul D.P.; Caldas, Carlos; Chin, Suet-Feung; Maia, Ana-Teresa. "Germline allelic expression of genes at 17q22 locus associates with risk of breast cancer". European Journal of Cancer 172 (2022): 146-157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2022.05.034.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.05.034
  4. Correia, Lizelle; Magno, Ramiro; Xavier, Joana M.; de Almeida, Bernardo P.; Duarte, Isabel; Esteves, Filipa; Ghezzo, Marinella; et al. "Allelic expression imbalance of PIK3CA mutations is frequent in breast cancer and prognostically significant". npj Breast Cancer 8 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41523-022-00435-9.
    Published • 10.1038/s41523-022-00435-9
  5. Jacinta-Fernandes, Ana; Xavier, Joana M.; Magno, Ramiro; Lage, Joel G.; Maia, Ana-Teresa. "Allele-specific miRNA-binding analysis identifies candidate target genes for breast cancer risk". npj Genomic Medicine 5 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41525-019-0112-9.
    Published • 10.1038/s41525-019-0112-9
  6. Matos, Mafalda; Xavier, Joana M.; Abrantes, Patrícia; Sousa, Inês; Rei, Nádia; Davatchi, Fereydoun; Shahram, Farhad; et al. "IL10 low-frequency variants in Behçet's disease patients". International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases 20 5 (2017): 622-627. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1756-185x.12369.
    Published • 10.1111/1756-185x.12369
  7. Abrantes, Patrícia; Rosa, Alexandra; Francisco, Vânia; Sousa, Inês; Xavier, Joana M.; Oliveira, Sofia A.. "Mitochondrial genome association study with peripheral arterial disease and venous thromboembolism". Atherosclerosis 252 (2016): 97-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.07.920.
    Published • 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.07.920
  8. Rosa, A.; Abrantes, P.; Sousa, I.; Francisco, V.; Santos, P.; Francisco, D.; Xavier, J.M.; Oliveira, S.A.. "Ulcerative colitis is under dual (Mitochondrial and Nuclear) genetic control". Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 22 4 (2016): 774-781. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84962271148&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000694
  9. Sousa, Inês; Shahram, Farhad; Francisco, David; Davatchi, Fereydoun; Abdollahi, Bahar Sadeghi; Ghaderibarmi, Fahmida; Nadji, Abdolhadi; et al. "Brief Report: Association ofCCR1,KLRC4,IL12A-AS1,STAT4, andERAP1With Behçet's Disease in Iranians". Arthritis & Rheumatology 67 10 (2015): 2742-2748. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.39240.
    Published • 10.1002/art.39240
  10. Abrantes, Patrícia; Santos, Maria M.; Sousa, Inês; Xavier, Joana M.; Francisco, Vânia; Krug, Tiago; Sobral, João; et al. "Genetic Variants Underlying Risk of Intracranial Aneurysms: Insights from a GWAS in Portugal". PLOS ONE 10 7 (2015): e0133422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133422.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0133422
  11. Xavier, Joana M; Davatchi, Fereydoun; Abade, Olga; Shahram, Farhad; Francisco, Vânia; Abdollahi, Bahar Sadeghi; Trindade, Hélder; et al. "Characterization of the major histocompatibility complex locus association with Behçet’s disease in Iran". Arthritis Research & Therapy 17 1 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-015-0585-6.
    Published • 10.1186/s13075-015-0585-6
  12. Xavier, J.M.; Shahram, F.; Sousa, I.; Davatchi, F.; Matos, M.; Abdollahi, B.S.; Sobral, J.; et al. "FUT2: Filling the gap between genes and environment in Behçet's disease?". Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 74 3 (2015): 618-624. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84922356203&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204475
  13. Machado, Rui S. R.; Xavier, Joana M.; Futschik, Matthias E.. "Targeting molecular networks for drug research". Frontiers in Genetics 5 (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2014.00160.
    Published • 10.3389/fgene.2014.00160
  14. Pinto, José P.; Reddy Kalathur, Ravi Kiran; Machado, Rui S. R.; Xavier, Joana M.; Bragança, José; Futschik, Matthias E.. "StemCellNet: an interactive platform for network-oriented investigations in stem cell biology". Nucleic Acids Research 42 W1 (2014): W154-W160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku455.
    Published • 10.1093/nar/gku455
  15. Xavier, J.M.; Krug, T.; Davatchi, F.; Shahram, F.; Fonseca, B.V.; Jesus, G.; Barcelos, F.; et al. "Gene expression profiling and association studies implicate the neuregulin signaling pathway in Behçet's disease susceptibility". Journal of Molecular Medicine 91 8 (2013): 1013-1023. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881262414&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1007/s00109-013-1022-4
  16. Xavier, Joana M.; Shahram, Farhad; Davatchi, Fereydoun; Rosa, Alexandra; Crespo, Jorge; Abdollahi, Bahar Sadeghi; Nadji, Abdolhadi; et al. "Association study of IL10 and IL23R-IL12RB2 in Iranian patients with Behçet's disease". Arthritis & Rheumatism 64 8 (2012): 2761-2772. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.34437.
    Published • 10.1002/art.34437
  17. Xavier, J.M.; Shafiee, N.M.; Ghaderi, F.; Rosa, A.; Abdollahi, B.S.; Nadji, A.; Shahram, F.; Davatchi, F.; Oliveira, S.A.. "Association of mitochondrial polymorphism m.709GA with Behçet's disease". Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 70 8 (2011): 1514-1516. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79959773434&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1136/ard.2010.143537
  18. Krug, T.; Manso, H.; Gouveia, L.; Sobral, J.; Xavier, J.M.; Albergaria, I.; Gaspar, G.; et al. "Kalirin: A novel genetic risk factor for ischemic stroke". Human Genetics 127 5 (2010): 513-523. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77951649504&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1007/s00439-010-0790-y
Online resource
  1. Xavier, Joana M.. List of daeGenes and daeQTLs in normal breast tissue. 2023. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11438911/#Sec27.
  2. Pinto et al. Nucleic Acids Res . 2014 Jul;42(Web Server issue):W154-60.. StemCellNet. 2014. http://stemcellnet.sysbiolab.eu.
Preprint
  1. Machado, Juliana; Magno, Ramiro; Xavier, Joana M; Maia, Ana-Teresa. "Alternative splicing regulation by GWAS risk loci for breast cancer". 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/766394.
    10.1101/766394
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Xavier, Joana Gonçalves de Gouveia Maia, 1984-. "Identification of genetic risk factors for Behçet’s disease". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/10517.
  2. Xavier, Joana Gonçalves de Gouveia Maia. "Estudo de linkage e pesquisa de mutações numa família portuguesa com doença de behçet e espondilite anquilosante". Master, 2008. http://catalogo.ul.pt/F/?func=item-global&doc_library=ULB01&type=03&doc_number=000579887.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Gonçalves De Gouveia Maia Xavier Joana; Luís Lopes Maia Ana Teresa; Oleiro Esteves Ribeiros Filipa Alexandra. 2024. "METHODS OF ANALYSIS OF 17Q22 POLYMORPHISMS ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER AND USES THEREOF".
  2. Gonçalves De Gouveia Maia Xavier Joana; Luís Lopes Maia Ana Teresa; Oleiro Esteves Ribeiros Filipa Alexandra. 2024. "METHODS OF ANALYSIS OF 17Q22 POLYMORPHISMS ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER AND USES THEREOF". United States.
  3. Luís Lopes Maia Ana Teresa; Gonçalves De Gouveia Maia Xavier Joana; Winkelströter Correia Lizelle; Magno Morgado Ramiro Emanuel. 2024. "METHODS OF ANALYSIS OF ALLELIC EXPRESSION OF PIK3CA IN CANCER AND USES THEREOF". United States.
  4. Luís Lopes Maia Ana Teresa; Gonçalves De Gouveia Maia Xavier Joana; Winkelströter Correia Lizelle; Magno Morgado Ramiro Emanuel. 2024. "METHODS OF ANALYSIS OF ALLELIC EXPRESSION OF PIK3CA IN CANCER AND USES THEREOF".
  5. Ana Teresa Luís Lopes Maia; Joana Gonçalves De Gouveia Maia Xavier; Lizelle Winkelströter Correia; Ramiro Emanuel Magno Morgado. 2023. "Métodos de análise da expressão alélica de pik3ca em câncer e seus usos". Brazil.
  6. Gonçalves De Gouveia Maia Xavier Joana; Luís Lopes Maia Ana Teresa; Oleiro Esteves Ribeiros Filipa Alexandra. 2023. "METHODS OF ANALYSIS OF 17Q22 POLYMORPHISMS ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER AND USES THEREOF".
  7. Luís Lopes Maia Ana Teresa; Gonçalves De Gouveia Maia Xavier Joana; Winkelströter Correia Lizelle; Magno Morgado Ramiro Emanuel. 2022. "METHODS OF ANALYSIS OF ALLELIC EXPRESSION OF PIK3CA IN CANCER AND USES THEREOF".
  8. Luis Lopes Maia Ana Teresa; Goncalves De Gouveia Maia Xavier Joana; Winkelstroter Correia Lizelle; Magno Morgado Ramiro Emanuel. 2022. "METHODS OF ANALYSIS OF ALLELIC EXPRESSION OF PIK3CA IN CANCER AND USES THEREOF". Canada.

Other

Spin-off company
  1. 2022. expressTEC. R&D. https://expresstec.pt.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/01/26 Genetic Risk for Breast Cancer and the Role of Gene Expression Regulatory Variants Sessions “Geneticamente falando”
Portuguese Society of Genetics (SPG) (Portugal)
2021/08/06 Allelic expression imbalance of PIK3CA mutations in breast cancer is frequent and prognostically significant Worldwide PI3K Zoom seminar series
Host Lab: CellSig (Prof B. Vanhaesebroeck), UCL, Cancer Institute, London
2021/07/12 A capacitação para o voluntariado: a experiência do Grupo de Voluntariado UAlg” V+ 7º Congresso Nacional de Práticas Pedagógicas no Ensino Superior (CNaPPES.21)
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/07/30 Innovating breast cancer GWAS through integration of functional Genomics. CBMR scientific meeting
CBMR (Loulé, Portugal)
2018/01/26 Uncovering miRNA-mediated cis-regulation in common cancers. CIMAGO Scientific Meeting
CIMAGO (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/11/17 Mapping of cis-regulatory variants helps dissecting the risk mechanism for breast cancer associated 5q14.1 locus 21ª Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana (SPGH)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana (SPGH) (Costa da Caparica, Portugal)
2017/11/17 miRNA-mediated cis-regulation in breast cancer susceptibility 21ª Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genetica Humana (SPGH)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genetica Humana (SPGH) (Costa da Caparica, Portugal)
2014/11/20 Identification of 4 novel susceptibility loci for intracranial aneurysms in Portuguese using a pooling-based GWAS. 18ª Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genetica Humana (SPGH)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genetica Humana (SPGH) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/11/22 FUT2: filling the gap between genes and environment in Behçet’s disease? 17th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana (SPGH) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2013/06/12 Genome-wide association study identifies FUT2 as a novel genetic risk factor for Behçet’s disease XXXVIII Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética.
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genetica (Porto, Portugal)
2013/04/04 Identification of FUT2 as a risk factor for Behçet's disease in a genome-wide association study Joint Conference of HGM and 21st International Congress of Genetics
(Singapore)
2012/05/28 Gene expression and disease association analyses implicate EREG-AREG and NRG1 in susceptibility to Behçet’s Disease XXXVII Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2008/05/06 Searching for a common genetic factor for Behçet’s disease and Ankylosing Spondylitis. Marie Curie - Genome Architecture in Relation to Disease, Interplay among genetics, epigenetics and non-coding RNA's,
(Madrid, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/01/01 - Current Unveiling the clinical significance of allelic expression imbalance of PIK3CA mutations in treatment response in colorectal cancer
Co-supervisor of André Alexandre Rodrigues Besouro Duarte
Ciências Biomédicas (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

EXPRESSTEC - INVESTIGAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM BIOTECNOLOGIA, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/09/30 PLCy1: Tumor supressor or oncogene in triple negative breast cancer.
Co-supervisor of Andreia Cordeiro
Oncobiologia - Mecanismos Moleculares do Cancro (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/03/15 - 2023/06/30 Analysis of Allele-Specific Gene Expression Regulation at breast cancer risk loci
Supervisor of Márcio Thomas
Ciências Biomédicas (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/03/01 - 2023/06/30 Analysis of Allele-Specific Gene Expression Regulation at breast cancer risk loci.
Supervisor of Márcio Thomas
Ciências Biomédicas (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2020/09/06 - 2023/03/08 Study of the association of Allelic Expression (AE) ratios with BC clinical features
Supervisor of António Góis
Oncobiologia - Mecanismos Moleculares do Cancro (Master)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2023 - 2023 STUDY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF DIFFERENTIAL ALLELIC EXPRESSION WITH BREAST CANCER CLINICAL FEATURES
Supervisor of ANTÓNIO MANUEL LOURENÇO DE GÓIS
Oncobiologia - Mecanismos Moleculares do Cancro (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/05/01 - 2022/06/30 Avaliação de moduladores genéticos de splicing associados a risco de cancro da mama
Co-supervisor of Sofia Viegas de Sousa
Ciências Biomédicas (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2022/05/01 - 2022/06/30 Análise Funcional de variantes de risco para cancro da mama associadas ao splicing alternativo
Co-supervisor of Beatriz Fernandes Carrasqueiro
Ciências Biomédicas (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2022/03/15 - 2022/06/30 Evaluation of genetic modulators of splicing associated with breast cancer risk.
Co-supervisor of Sofia Viegas de Sousa
Ciências Biomédicas (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/03/15 - 2022/06/30 Functional analysis of breast cancer risk variants associated with alternative splicing
Co-supervisor of Beatriz Fernandes Carrasqueiro
Ciências Biomédicas (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/04/01 - 2022/05/07 Identification and characterization of new loci involved in breast cancer risk
Co-supervisor of Tomás Saraiva da Ponte
Mestrado Integrado em Medicina da UAlg (5-weeks laboratory internships) (Other)
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2022/04/01 - 2022/05/07 Identification and Characterisation of Cis-Regulatory Loci involved in Breast Cancer Risk
Co-supervisor of Ana Filipa Gaudêncio Silva
Mestrado Integrado em Medicina da UAlg (5-weeks laboratory internships) (Other)
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2017/09/03 - 2018/08/15 Identifying novel genes associated with breast cancer susceptibility using differential allelic expression ratios
Co-supervisor of Catarina Martins
Oncobiologia - Mecanismos Moleculares do Cancro (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2016/09/03 - 2017/08/15 The role of miRNA-mediated cis-regulation in breast cancer susceptibility
Co-supervisor of Ana Catarina Jacinta Fernandes
Oncobiologia - Mecanismos Moleculares do Cancro (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2015/02/01 - 2016/07/31 Functional Characterisation of Putative Cis-Regulatory Risk Loci for Breast Cancer
Co-supervisor of Noordiana Rosli
EMQAL Erasmus Mundus (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2016/05/01 - 2016/06/30 Estudo da influência de polimorfismos de risco para cancro da mama na regulação por miRNAs
Co-supervisor of Pedro Conceição
Ciências Biomédicas (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2016/03/15 - 2016/06/30 Estudo da influência de polimorfismos de risco para cancro da mama na regulação por miRNAs.
Co-supervisor of Pedro Conceição
Ciências Biomédicas (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2015/05/01 - 2015/06/30 Identificação de novos marcadores genéticos de risco para o cancro da mama
Co-supervisor of Rita Simão
Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2015/05/01 - 2015/06/30 Identificação de novos marcadores genéticos de risco para cancro da mama
Co-supervisor of Bernardo P Almeida
Ciências Biomédicas (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2015/03/15 - 2015/06/30 Identificação de novos marcadores genéticos de risco para o cancro da mama.
Co-supervisor of Rita Simão
Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2015/03/01 - 2015/06/30 Identificação de novos marcadores genéticos de risco para cancro da mama.
Co-supervisor of Bernardo P. Almeida
Ciências Biomédicas (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2014/05/01 - 2014/06/30 Influência da variação genética na expressão de mutações em cancro
Co-supervisor of Inês Gomes
Ciências Biomédicas (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2014/03/15 - 2014/06/30 Influência da variação genética na expressão de mutações em cancro.
Co-supervisor of Inês Gomes
Ciências Biomédicas (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2024/02/01 - 2024/12/07 Organization of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics (SPGH) (2024/12/05 - 2024/12/05)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, Portugal
2023/05/01 - 2024/04/30 Organization of the 6th ASPIC International Congress, Faro, Portugal (2024/04/29 - 2024/04/30)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Associação Portuguesa de Investigação em Cancro, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal
2020/02/20 - 2020/02/20 Organization of an activity entitled “Extraction of DNA from fruit” for middle school and high school students at the Open Day (Dia Aberto) from the University of Algarve (2020/02/20 - 2020/02/20)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/02/17 - 2033/02/18 Participation in Women in Tech Algarve Summit as expressTEC co-founder. expressTEC won the startups pitch competition.
Symposium
Women in Tech Algarve Summit
2024/12/05 - 2024/12/07 Participation in the 28th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics as chair and attendee
Conference
28th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, Portugal
2024/11/11 - 2024/11/14 Participation in the Web Summit as Startup exhibitor
Exhibition
Web Summit
2024/10/23 - 2024/10/23 Participated in RISE Day 2024 as integrated member of RISE, Coordinator of CINTESIS-UAlg, and Q&A Moderator for the Clinical and Translational Research in Oncology session.
Meeting
RISE Day - The Societal Impact of Clinical Research
RISE - Rede de Investigação em Saúde, Portugal

Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil Centro de Investigação, Portugal
2024/10/18 - 2024/10/19 Participation in Algarve Tech Hub Summit as speaker in the Startup Showcase
Exhibition
Algarve Tech Hub Summit
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/04/29 - 2024/04/30 Participation in the 6th Portuguese Society of Cancer Researchers (ASPIC) International Congress as attendee and chair of the Tumour Genomics & Evolution Symposium
Congress
6th ASPIC International Congress, Faro, Portugal
Associação Portuguesa de Investigação em Cancro, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal
2023/11/15 - 2023/11/17 Participation in the EMBL Conference: Cancer Genomics as attendee
Conference
EMBL Conference: Cancer Genomics
European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2023/10/25 - 2023/10/25 Participation in the RISE Day (2023) as integrated member of RISE and CINTESIS
Meeting
RISE Day - The Societal Impact of Clinical Research
RISE - Health Research Network: From Lab to Community Health, Portugal
2023/03/29 - 2023/03/29 Participation as an exhibitor (representative of expressTEC) in TECH4INNOV: the Present and the Future of Innovation, promoted by ANI.
Exhibition
TECH4INNOV: the Present and the Future of Innovation
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal
2023/03/22 - 2023/03/22 Participation IN TECH Algarve - Conversation with Technology, dedicated to the topic of Knowledge Transfer, at UAlg TEC CAMPUS. IN TECH Algarve - Conversation with Technology, dedicated to the topic of Knowledge Transfer.
UAlg Tec Campus, Portugal
2022/11/09 - 2023/02/16 Participation in Born from Knowledge (Bfk)-RISE (Science and Technology Acceleration Program to enhance the results of Research & Development (R&D) and existing technologies in the National Scientific and Technological System with commercialization potential, through monitoring and intensive training of teams)
Call
Born from Knowledge (Bfk)-RISE
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal
2022/10/01 - 2023/02/01 Participation in Go-SME project (Programme that selects the most promising early-stage innovation projects of start-ups and highly innovative SMEs with international ambitions to turn strong, innovative business ideas into winners on the market)
Call
Go-SME project
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal
2023/01/20 - 2023/01/20 Scientific Meeting between researchers of RISE to strength colaborations
Meeting
1st Scientific Meeting of RISE
RISE - Rede de Investigação em Saúde, Portugal

Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal
2022/06/30 - 2022/07/01 Participation in the 5th (Portuguese Association of Cancer Researcher's) ASPIC International Congress as attendee
Congress
5th ASPIC International Congress
Associação Portuguesa de Investigação em Cancro, Portugal
2022/05/03 - 2022/05/04 Participation in an activity entitled “ET hereditariety” for middle school and high school students at the Open Day (Dia Aberto) from the University of Algarve
Exhibition
Open Day (Dia Aberto) from the University of Algarve
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2022/05/03 - 2022/05/04 Organization and participation in an activity entitled “Extraction of DNA from fruit” for middle school and high school students at the Open Day (Dia Aberto) from the University of Algarve.
Exhibition
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2021/10/14 - 2021/10/15 Attendance to the II ASPIC-ASEICA International Meeting - Current Trends in Precision Medicine in Cancer
Meeting
II ASPIC-ASEICA International Meeting – Current Trends in Precision Medicine in Cancer
Associação Portuguesa de Investigação em Cancro, Portugal
2021/10/08 - 2021/10/08 Invited lecture entitled An Introduction to Breast Cancer
Symposium
Outubro Rosa Liga Portuguesa (Breast Cancer awareness initiative)
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal
2021/07/08 - 2021/07/15 Participation in BfK (Born from Knowledge) Ideas 2020. Development of a business idea: expressPIK - the RNA test specific to identify patients with breast cancer eligible for an innovative treatment. Team: Ana Teresa Maia and Joana Xavier.
Call
BfK (Born from Knowledge) Ideas Contest 2020
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal
2021/05/20 - 2021/05/21 Attendance to the Meeting - Stemness & Metastasis: Advances in Research and Clinical Translation
Meeting
Porto Cancer Meeting - Stemness & Metastasis: Advances in Research and Clinical Translation
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021/05/20 - 2021/05/21 Attendance of the 27th Porto Cancer Meeting - Stemness & Metastasis: Advances in Research and Clinical Translation.
Meeting
27th Porto Cancer Meeting - Stemness & Metastasis: Advances in Research and Clinical Translation.
2021/05/18 - 2021/05/19 Attendance to the Virtual Conference on Bioinformatics in Cancer
Conference
The European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) Virtual Conference on Bioinformatics in Cancer
European Association For Cancer Research, United Kingdom
2021/05/18 - 2021/05/19 Attendance to the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) Virtual Conference on Bioinformatics in Cancer
Conference
European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) Virtual Conference on Bioinformatics in Cancer
European Association For Cancer Research, United Kingdom
2021/02/08 - 2021/02/10 Attendance to the Genomic Regulation 2021: Focus on Cancer
Meeting
Genomic Regulation 2021: Focus on Cancer, Swiss Institute on Bioinformatics (SIB)
2021/01/26 - 2021/01/28 Ensembl Browser Workshop
Workshop
Ensembl Browser Workshop
European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
2020/09/20 - 2020/09/20 Attendance to Cancer Biology: From Basic To Translational Research
Symposium
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal
2020/06/22 - 2020/06/24 Attendance to the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting II
Meeting
2020 Virtual Annual Meeting II
American Association for Cancer Research, United States
2019/09/29 - 2019/10/02 Attendance to the EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Systems Genetics: From Genomes to Complex Traits
Symposium
EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Systems Genetics: From Genomes to Complex Traits
2015/11/29 - 2015/12/02 Course on Analysis of High-throughput sequencing data with Bioconductor
Workshop
Analysis of High-throughput sequencing data with Bioconductor
University of Cambridge Centre for Applied Medical Statistics, United Kingdom
2012/11/11 - 2012/11/14 Course on Automated and Reproducible Analysis of NGS data
Workshop
Automated and Reproducible Analysis of NGS data
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2012/09/14 - 2012/09/16 Course on Programming for Scientists
Workshop
Programming for Scientists
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/12/02 Evaluator of PhD Thesis Project Proposal: Immune profiling of sentinel lymph node microenvironment using transcriptomic data in Luminal A breast cancer
(Thesis) Arguer
Joana Maria Martins Ribeiro (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2024/04/05 PhD dissertation: THE PRIMARY GENETIC CAUSE AND BEYOND: LIFETIME RISK AND PHENOTYPE MODIFERS IN HDGC
(Thesis) Main arguer
Ana Rita Barbosa Matos (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2023/07/20 BSc Project: Methylation Changes of Complement Genes during Neuronal Differentiation - a Data Mining Approach
(Thesis) Main arguer
Ana Lúcia Leal (Other)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023 MSc Dissertation: Penetrance estimation and clinical, demographic and genetic characterization of HDGC families sharing a founder variant followed at Centro Hospitalar Universitario São João (CHUSJ)
(Thesis) Main arguer
João Abel Rainho Fonseca (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023 MSc Dissertation: Engineering immunotherapies for thyroid cancer
President of the jury
FRANCISCA BORGES DIAS MONTEIRO DA SILVA (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/07/21 BSc project: Influência do ferro na doença de Alzheimer
(Thesis) Main arguer
André Fialho Ferreira (Other)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2017/07/28 BSc Project: Análise transcriptómica e epigenómica do cancro da mama
(Thesis) Main arguer
André Filipe Vieira da Conceição (Other)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2021/05/01 - Current Member of the coordination committee of the UAlg V+ Group (Volunteering Group from the University of Algarve) as Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMCB) representative
Member
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/02/01 - 2028/01/31 Member of the Scientific committee of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics
Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2023/11/30 Member of the Master in Oncobiology coordinator committee
Member
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023/11/17 - Current 3rd Symposium GenomePT, Lisbon, Portugal GenomePT
2024/04/29 - 2024/04/30 6th ASPIC International Congress, Faro, Portugal Associação Portuguesa de Investigadores em Cancro (ASPIC)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/10/30 - Current Lecture on Genes and Gene Transcription Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2023/03/28 - Current Lecture of Genetics of Cystic Fibrosis Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2020/10/06 - Current Oncogenética e Oncogenómica Oncobiologia - Mecanismos Moleculares do Cancro (Mestrado) Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2017/11/01 - Current Genética Humana Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2024/04/22 - 2024/05/28 Oncologia Clínica Oncobiologia - Mecanismos Moleculares do Cancro (Mestrado) Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2023/09/18 - 2023/09/18 Lecture on DNA|Estrutura Cromossómica Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization Funding entity
2019/09/01 - 2020 Juri panel member (vogal efectivo) of a research fellowship for the recruitment of a doctorate under the research project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022184 GenomePT
Member
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)
2019/06/01 - 2020 Juri panel member (President) of an international tender for the recruitment of a post-doctoral associate researcher under the research project INTERGEN - INnovating breast cancer GWAS through inTEgRation of functional GENomics
President
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021/08/31 - 2021/08/31 RTP dias do Futuro (Antena 1) Investigation currently developed and the BfK Ideas price achieved
2017/01/08 - 2017/01/08 Dias do Futuro, Antena1, RTP, Portugal Investigação em cancro da mama na UAlg

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019/12/09 - Current BMC Bioinformatics (1471-2105) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2017/01/06 - 2017/02/10 Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/09/15 - 2025/02/19 Research fellow with MSc hired under project 2022.02380.PTDC - PLEIREG - Exploring the shared regulatory genetic basis in cancer risk Letícia Leite
2024/03/01 - 2024/07/31 Research fellow with MSc hired under project 2022.02380.PTDC - PLEIREG - Exploring the shared regulatory genetic basis in cancer risk Nélson Martins
2023/05/03 - 2023/12/31 Research fellow with MSc hired under project 2022.02380.PTDC - PLEIREG - Exploring the shared regulatory genetic basis in cancer risk André Besouro-Duarte
2020/07/01 - 2023/06/30 PhD Investigator hired by INTERGEN project - Innovating breast cancer GWAS through inTEgRation of functional GENomics Marinella Ghezzo
2022/07/25 - 2023/03/27 MSc Researcher hired by INTERGEN project - Innovating breast cancer GWAS through inTEgRation of functional GENomics André Duarte
2023/01/23 - 2023/02/03 Analysis of regulation of alternative transcription by candidate risk regulatory variants at breast cancer risk loci Beatriz Fernandes Carrasqueiro

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/12/15 - 2023/12/16 Evaluator of PhD Student's in Biomedical Sciences Presentations at the Annual Presentations of the PhD student's Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 Women TechEU 2023
European Innovation Council and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Executive Agency, Belgium
2023 Sandander X Portugal in the Academia Category
Banco Santander Portugal, Portugal
2023 Altice International Innovation Award in the Startup Category
Altice Labs, Portugal
2023 Sandander X Global Award in the Academia Category
Banco Santander International, United States
2022 Winner of the Tech2Market - University of Algarve Technological Enhancement Award
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021 Winner of BfK (Born from Knowledge) Ideas in the Health category (team: Joana Xavier and Ana Teresa Maia)
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal
2017 Innovate Oral Award (Translational Research) to Ana Fernandes (student supervised) at iMED 9.0 (3000 euros)
2012 NEDAI Prize for Clinical Research in Auto-Immunity to Joana Xavier (10,000 euros)
2011 Young Investigator Award to Joana Xavier, International Society for Behçet’s disease