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Maria Inês Cristo. Completed the Mestrado in Bioquímica in 2020/07/15 by Universidade de Coimbra and Licenciatura in Biologia in 2018/06/10 by Universidade de Coimbra. Attends the doctoral program in Experimental Biology and Biomedice by Universidade of Coimbra since 2021/10, as PhD Student Fellow. Published 4 articles in journals. Organized 1 event(s). Participated in 14 event(s). Has participated in several outreach activity, such as, the "European Researchers' Night" with the activity "De onde vêm os bébés?" in Universidade de Coimbra, in the Ciência viva initiative at Exploratório de Coimbra with the activity (hands on) "De onde vêm os bébés?", in the "Semana Para a ciência e tecnologia" at Escola Basica Norton de Matos (2 classes 1st grade, 1 classe 3rd grade) and in the "European Researchers' Night" with the activity "Posso contar-te uma história?". Is a member of the ANDRONET (COST action) in European Cooperation in Science and Technology. Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Reproductive Biology and Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Clinical Medicine with emphasis on Andrology.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Inês Cristo

Citation names

  • Cristo, Maria I.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F015-1527-773A
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1084-0703

Email addresses

  • mcristo@cnc.uc.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Reproductive Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Andrology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/10 - 2026/07
Ongoing
 Biologia Experimental e Biomedicina (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2021/09/24
Concluded
 4a Edição do Curso Pós-Graduado de Atualização de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório - Categoria B (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/09/10 - 2020/07/15
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Mestrado)
Major in Biologia da reprodução
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Sperm quality in patients with infertility of unknown origin " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2019/09/26 - 2019/09/26
Concluded
 Gestão de Hospitalares Perigosos - Triagem e Acondicionamento, organized by Ambiwaste, Portugal (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2019/09/16 - 2019/09/16
Concluded
 Introduction to Laboratory Safety, organized by Lab Safety Workplace (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2015/09/10 - 2018/06/10
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/29 - Current Outreach activity: Participation in the "European Researchers' Night" with the activity "Posso contar-te uma história?" Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2023/01/11 - Current Outreach activity: Participation in the "Semana Para a ciência e tecnologia" at Escola Basica Norton de Matos (2 classes 1st grade, 1 classe 3rd grade) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2022/11/23 - Current Outreach activity: Participation in the Ciência viva initiative at Exploratório de Coimbra with the activity (hands on) "De onde vêm os bébés?" Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2022/09/30 - Current Outreach activity: Participation in the "European Researchers' Night" with the activity "De onde vêm os bébés?" Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2021 - Current ANDRONET (COST action) member European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - Current Do sperm need to sleep? An integrated approach on the effects of sleep disturbances on male fertility
2021.05170.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/09/20 - 2021/12/31 HEALTHYAGING 2020
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000012
Research Fellow
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020 - 2021/02 BioBlock COVID
53456
Researcher
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Cristo, Maria I.; Pacheco, Rita; Anjo, Sandra I.; Silva, Andreia F; Sousa A.P.; Almeida-Santos, Teresa: AT Santos; Ramalho-Santos, João; Amaral, Sandra. "Proteomic approach to the characterization of unknown origin male infertility". Paper presented in 56th European Society for Clinical investigation (ESCI) 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting, Bari, 2022.
    Published
  2. Silva, Andreia F; Cristo, Maria I.; Sousa A.P.; Almeida-Santos, Teresa: AT Santos; Stefan Schlatt; Ramalho-Santos, João; Amaral, Sandra. "The functionality of the sperm cell in the presence of antisperm antibodies". Paper presented in Andrology 2020 12th International/11th European/ 32nd German Congress of Andrology, Münster, 2020.
  3. Silva, Andreia F; Cristo, Maria I.; Sousa A.P.; Almeida-Santos, Teresa: AT Santos; Stefan Schlatt; Ramalho-Santos, João; Amaral, Sandra. "The functionality of the sperm cell in the presence of antisperm antibodies". Paper presented in International Congress of Andrology 2020, Münster, 2020.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Cristo, Maria I.; Freitas-Martins, Artur; Sousa, Maria Inês; Ramalho-Santos, João; Amaral, Sandra. "Metabolic characterization of human sperm cells using the Seahorse metabolic flux analyzer". Paper presented in 22nd European Testis Workshop, 2023.
  2. Pacheco, Rita; Cristo, Maria I.; Anjo, Sandra I.; Silva, Andreia F; Sousa A.P.; Almeida-Santos, Teresa: AT Santos; Ramalho-Santos, João; Amaral, Sandra. Corresponding author: Cristo, Maria I.. "PROTEOMIC APPROACH TO THE CHARACTERIZATION OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN MALE INFERTILITY". Paper presented in 56th ESCI 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting, 2022.
  3. Cristo, Maria I.; Silva, Andreia F; Tavares, Renata S.; Sousa A.P.; Moura-Ramos, Mariana; Almeida-Santos, Teresa: AT Santos; Ramalho-Santos, João; Amaral, Sandra. "Functional sperm characterization in patients with Infertility of unknown origin.". Paper presented in ETW, 2021 European Testis Workshop. - Virtual Edition, 2021.
  4. Silva, Andreia F; Cristo, Maria I.; Sousa AP; Almeida-Santos, Teresa: AT Santos; Stefan Schlatt; Ramalho-Santos, João; Amaral, Sandra. "The impact of antisperm antibodies on sperm functionality.". Paper presented in ETW, 2021 European Testis Workshop. - Virtual Edition, 2021.
  5. Silva, Andreia F; Cristo, Maria I.; Sousa A.P.; Almeida-Santos, Teresa: AT Santos; Stefan Schlatt; Ramalho-Santos, João; Amaral, Sandra. "The functionality of the sperm cell in the presence of antisperm antibodies". Paper presented in International Congress of Andrology 2020, 2020.
  6. Cristo, Maria I; Silva, Andreia; Tavares, Renata S.; Ana Paula Sousa; Moura-Ramos, Mariana; Almeida-Santos, Teresa: AT Santos; Ramalho-Santos, João; et al. "Is sperm functionality affected in patients with male infertility of unknown origin?". Paper presented in SSR Meeting (Ontario, Canada), 2020.
  7. Cristo, Maria I.; Silva, Andreia F; Tavares, Renata S.; Sousa A.P.; Moura-Ramos, Mariana; Almeida-Santos, Teresa: AT Santos; Ramalho-Santos, João; Amaral, Sandra. "Is sperm functionality affected in patients with unknown origin infertility?". Paper presented in SSR Virtual meeting, 2020, 2020.
  8. Cristo, Maria I.; Silva, Andreia F.; Tavares, Renata S.; Sousa, Ana P.; Moura-Ramos, Mariana; Almeida-Santos, Teresa: AT Santos; Ramalho-Santos, João; Amaral, S.. "Is sperm functionality affected in patients with unknown origin male inferility?". Paper presented in Society for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Virtual 2020, 2020.
  9. Cristo, Maria I.; Silva, Andreia F; Tavares, Renata S.; Sousa A.P.; Almeida-Santos, Teresa: AT Santos; Ramalho-Santos, João; Amaral, Sandra. ""Sperm quality in patients with infertility of unknown origin".". Paper presented in CIBB (Center for Inovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology) meeting (Coimbra, Portugal), 2019.
  10. Silva, Andreia F; Cristo, Maria I.; Ana Paula Sousa; Almeida-Santos, Teresa: AT Santos; Schlatt, Stefan; Ramalho-Santos, João; Amaral, Sandra. "How does the presence of antisperm antibodies influence sperm functionality?". Paper presented in CIBB meeting 2019, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Amaral, Sandra; Escada-Rebelo, S.; Cristo, Maria I.; Ramalho-Santos, João; Varela Amaral, Sara; Silva, Andreia. "Why can¿t all couples have a biological child?". Frontiers for young minds (2023):
    Published
  2. Pacheco, Rita I. ; Cristo, Maria I.; Anjo, Sandra I.; Silva, Andreia F.; Sousa, Maria Inês; Tavares, Renata S.; Sousa, Ana Paula; et al. "New Insights on Sperm Function in Male Infertility of Unknown Origin: A Multimodal Approach". Biomolecules 13 10 (2023): 1462. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom13101462.
    10.3390/biom13101462
  3. Freitas-Martins, Artur; Sousa, Maria Inês; Cristo, Maria I.; Ramalho-Santos, João; Amaral, Sandra. "Metabolic characterization of human sperm cells using the Seahorse metabolic flux analyzer". Andrology (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/andr.13486.
    10.1111/andr.13486
  4. Escada-Rebelo, Sara; Cristo, Maria Inês; Ramalho-Santos, Joao; Amaral, Sandra. "MITOCHONDRIA-TARGETED COMPOUNDS TO ASSESS AND IMPROVE HUMAN SPERM FUNCTION". Antioxidants & Redox Signaling (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ars.2021.0238.
    10.1089/ars.2021.0238
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Cristo, Maria I.. "Sperm quality in patients with infertility of unknown origin". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, 2020.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/06/18 Metabolic characterization of human sperm cells using the Seahorse metabolic flux analyzer 22nd European Testis Workshop
(Montreux, Switzerland)
2021/05 The impact of antisperm antibodies on sperm functionality. XXI European Testis Workshop (ETW)
(Barcelona, Spain)
2021/05 Functional sperm characterization in patients with Infertility of unknown origin. XXI European Testis Workshop (ETW)
(Barcelona, Spain)
2020/12 The functionality of the sperm cell in the presence of antisperm antibodies. 12th International/11th European Congress of Andrology (ICA/ECA)
(Münster, Germany)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/09/25 - 2023/10/06 "Workshop de Reprodução e Fertilidade" - course for high school Biology professors certified by the Portuguese association of biology and geology professors (accreditation: CCPFC/ACC -121036/23) (2023/09/25 - 2023/10/06)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2023/02/07 - 2023/02/08 17th edition of the PDBEB symposium, from the Doctoral Program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB), from the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Coimbra, under the theme "Science Challenges: This Fight of Ours!" (2023/02/07 - 2023/02/08)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/06/18 - 2023/06/22 22nd European Testis Workshop
Congress
 22nd European Testis Workshop
2022/06/08 - 2022/06/10 56th European Society for Clinical investigation (ESCI) 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting
Congress
 56th ESCI 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting
2021/05/30 - 2021/06/03 ETW, 2021 European Testis Workshop. - Virtual Edition
Congress
 ETW, 2021 European Testis Workshop. - Virtual Edition
2020/07/08 - 2020/07/12 2020 Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) Virtual meeting
Congress
 2020 SSR Virtual Meeting
2019/12 - 2019/12 CIBB meeting 2019
Meeting
 CIBB meeting 2019
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2019/10/30 - 2019/10/30 “Como comunicar uma invenção – reforço de competências para a comunicação pública de resultados de investigação”, organized by ClarkeModet
Workshop
 Como comunicar uma invenção – reforço de competências para a comunicação pública de resultados de investigação
2019/10/04 - 2019/10/04 “How to Get Published”, organized by Elsevier and CNC
Workshop
 “How to Get Published”, organized by Elsevier and CNC
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Science dissemination activitie "Noite Europeia dos Investigadores"
Exhibition
2018/05 - 2018/06 Volunteer internship in the Medical Microbiology group (CNC|UC)
Other
2018/03 - 2018/04 Volunteer internship in the Retinal Dysfunction & Neuroinflammation Lab (IBILI)
Other
2018/03 - 2018/03 II Encontro de Laboratório - meet.Lab Coimbra NEB/AAC
Meeting
 II Encontro de Laboratório - meet.Lab Coimbra NEB/AAC
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2017/11 - 2017/11 16o Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses/ 1o Reunião da Rede de Serviços Médico-Legais de Língua Portuguesa.
Congress
 16o Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses/ 1o Reunião da Rede de Serviços Médico-Legais de Língua Portuguesa.
2017/03 - 2017/03 II Workshop em Antropologia Forense, University of Coimbra. March, 2017, Coimbra, Portugal.
Workshop
 II Workshop em Antropologia Forense, University of Coimbra.
2017 - 2017 21o edição do Workshop prático de recuperação de Animais Silvestres. December 2017, Gouveia\Seia, Portugal.
Workshop
 21o edição do Workshop prático de recuperação de Animais Silvestres.
Distinctions

Other distinction

2023 Reimbursement of ETW2023 attendance and travel expenses
COST Action CA20119, Belgium