Curriculum Vitae
Helena M. Figueiredo
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- HELENA MARGARIDA RODRIGUES DE FIGUEIREDO
Citation names
- Figueiredo, Helena M.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- F410-E86C-ACE9
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7354-3231
Email addresses
- pg49120@alunos.uminho.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Telephone
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- (+351) 253604837 (Professional)
Addresses
- Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde (ICVS), Escola de Medicina – Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Gualtar, Braga, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine
- Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Oncology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Gene-based Diagnostics and Therapeutic Interventions
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2022/09/12 - 2024
Ongoing
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Health Sciences (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Clinical value of a WNT6-driven Molecular Signature in Glioblastoma Liquid Biopsies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2019/09/16 - 2022/07/01
Concluded
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Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Resolve the malaria hemozoin formation complex using reverse genetics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 |
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2022 - 2022
Concluded
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Laboratory Animal Science (Outros)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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Projects
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/03/06 - 2025/03/05 | Tracking brain tumors through their exosomes: a WNT6-driven approach
2022.05143.PTDC
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference paper |
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| Conference poster |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/05/25 | Exploiting the Relevance of WNT6 in Extracellular Vesicles of Glioblastoma: Clinical and Molecular Insights | 11th edition of SINAL
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra (FMUC) and EVCA Twinning Project (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2024/04/29 | Exploiting the Relevance of WNT6 in Extracellular Vesicles of Glioblastoma: Clinical and Molecular Insights | 6th ASPIC International Congress
ASPIC (Faro, Portugal)
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| 2024/02/02 | Exploiting the relevance of WNT6 in Extracellular Vesicles of Glioblastoma: Clinical and Molecular Insights | XIV Portuguese Association of Neuro-Oncology National Congress
Portuguese Association for Neuro-Oncology (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27 | Organization of children and youth activities about science at the European Researchers’ Night, Braga (2024)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
| 2024/03/27 - 2024/03/27 | Representing the MSc in Health Sciences from the School of Medicine, University of Minho in speed meetings organized by several portuguese students’ associations - NEBQUM, NEBIOQ UTAD, UBIQuimica and NQB-FCUL, online through Zoom (2024) | |
| 2024/03/19 - 2024/03/19 | Representing the MSc in Health Sciences from the School of Medicine, University of Minho in Unlimited Future - Masters and
Postgraduate Fair (2024)
Exhibition (Other)
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Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
| 2024/03/11 - 2024/03/17 | Organization of children and youth activities about the International Brain Awareness Week (2024)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
| 2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 | I Post-graduate Student Retreat (2023)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal |
| 2022/04/26 - 2022/04/29 | IV Jornadas da Ciência - Todo eu, do átomo ao ser! (2022)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/10/26 - 2023/10/27 | III ASPIC-ASEICA International Meeting – Cancer Immunology, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis
Congress
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III ASPIC-ASEICA International Meeting – Cancer Immunology
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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| 2021/04/08 - 2021/04/10 | III Jornadas da Ciência - O Caminho para o Futuro 2021
Symposium
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III Jornadas da Ciência - O caminho para o futuro, 2021
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2021/04/09 - 2021/04/09 | Workshop - Comunicar na Ciência: Faixas Etárias e Características Reflexivas do Interlocutor
Workshop
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III Jornadas da Ciência - O caminho para o futuro, 2021
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2021/04/08 - 2021/04/08 | Workshop - Comunicar na Ciência: Faixas Etárias e Características Reflexivas do Interlocutor
Workshop
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III Jornadas da Ciência - O caminho para o futuro, 2021
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2024 - Current | European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) | Associate |
| 2024 - Current | Portuguese Network on Extracellular Vesicles (PNEV) | Associate |
| 2023 - Current | Portuguese Association for Cancer Research (ASPIC) | Associate |
| 2021 - 2022 | Nucleus of Biochemistry Students at the University of Minho (NEBQUM) | Secretary |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023 - 2024 | Representative of 2nd-year Master's Students, Health Sciences Master's Course Committee
Member
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Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal |
| 2022 - 2023 | Representative of 1st-year Master's Students, Health Sciences Master's Course Committee
Member
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Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal |
| 2021 - 2022 | Representative of 1st-cycle Students of the School Council of the School of Sciences of the University of Minho
Member
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Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/10/16 - 2024/10/16 | Practical class "Experimental Approaches in Oncobiology: Lab I" | Fundamentals of Genetics, Development and Neoplasia (Pós-Graduação) | Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/03 - 2024/06 | Study of the clinical value of WNT6 in glioma extracellular vesicles | Inês Figueiredo |
| 2024/03 - 2024/06 | Study of the clinical value of WNT6 in glioma extracellular vesicles | Mariana Matos |
Distinctions
Award
| 2024 | Best poster presentation award at the ICVS Retreat 2024
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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| 2024 | Travel grant award to attend the 12th Brain Tumor Meeting 2024 in Berlin, Germany
Max Delbrück Centrum für Molekulare Medizin Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany
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