ANA REBELO DE CARVALHO ALVES VIEIRA (F416-1E33-0BE8)

Curriculum Vitae

ANA REBELO DE CARVALHO ALVES VIEIRA

Ana Rebelo de Carvalho Alves Vieira concluiu o Mestrado integrado em Microbiologia Aplicada em 2011 pela Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola Superior de Biotecnologia e a Licenciatura em Biociências em 2009 pela mesma universidade. Concluiu o doutoramento (PhD) em Microbiologia Medica em 2018 pela Universidade de Kingston, em Londres. Actualmente, é investigadora junior no Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental. Publicou 7 artigos em revistas especializadas. Orientou 7 alunos, dois dos quais ainda se encontram a desenvolver trabalho e co-orientou um outro. Participou como Bolseiro de Investigação em 2 projeto(s), Investigador Pós-doutorado em 1 projeto(s) e Investigador responsável em 2 projeto(s). Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Microbiologia e Bioquimica (cianobacterias; amoebas; metabolitos secundários).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: ANA REBELO DE CARVALHO ALVES VIEIRA
Date of birth: 1988/10/15
Gender: Female

Citation names

Vieira, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: F416-1E33-0BE8
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4452-3906

Email addresses

avieira@ciimar.up.pt (Professional)
ana.rebelodecarvalho@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone

916686328 (Personal)

Addresses

Rua de Gondarém nr 158 RC, 4150-372, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

https://leaolab.wixsite.com/leaolab (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2014/01/02 - 2018/04/05 Concluded	Microbiologia Medica (Doktor (PhD)) Kingston University - Penrhyn Road Campus, United Kingdom "Acanthamoeba as a model for the investigation of the molecular mechanisms of Campylobacter jejuni pathogenesis and survival in the environment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009 - 2011/11/09 Concluded	Microbiologia Aplicada (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal "Characterization and detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae isolated from wastewater " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2006 - 2009/11/24 Concluded	Biociências (Licenciatura) Major in Microbiologia Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal	13

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/09/01 - Current	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2018/02/15 - 2021/09/01	Science and Technology Management	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2011/10/01 - 2013/12	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/04/01 - 2017/12	Animal caretaker at Animal Facility	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2015/10 - 2016/11	Laboratory demonstrator assistant in microbiology practical classes for undergraduate students and exam invigilator	Kingston University - Penrhyn Road Campus, United Kingdom

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/09/01 - Current	FattyCyanos: Fatty acid incorporation and modification in cyanobacterial natural products 759840 Post-doc Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal	European Research Council Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2024/08/30	Chemical-mediated interactions between cyanobacteria and amoebae 2022.04572.PTDC 10.54499/2022.04572.PTDC 10.54499/2022.04572.PTDC Principal investigator Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/05/01 - 2024/06/30	Investigation of type II polyketide synthases in cyanobacteria TYPEII PKS Principal investigator Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental Ongoing
2011/10/01 - 2013/12/31	LISTRESS. Analysis of the cellular mechanisms underlying the early response of the host to stress induced by Listeria infection: Teichoic acid modifications, surface protein anchoring and virulence. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/116472/PT Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2011/10/01 - 2013/12/31	Characterization of two new Listeria monocytogenes virulence genes up-regulated during in vivo infection: role of cadmium efflux system and teichoic acid decoration in Listeria pathogenicity info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/111581/PT Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2023/02/01 - 2026/03	BlueBio4Future H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020-6 Post-doc Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Journal article

Vieira, Ana. "Alternative dimethylsulfoniopropionate biosynthesis enzymes in diverse and abundant microorganisms". Nature Microbiology (2024):
Published • https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01715-9
Vieira, Ana. "Novel dimethylsulfoniopropionate biosynthesis enzymes in diverse marine bacteria, cyanobacteria and abundant algae". Nature Microbiology (2024): https://europepmc.org/article/ppr/ppr631849.
Accepted
Rita Pombinho; Ana Vieira; Ana Camejo; Cristel Archambaud; Pascale Cossart; Sandra Sousa; Didier Cabanes. "Virulence gene repression promotes Listeria monocytogenes systemic infection". Gut Microbes (2020): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2020.1712983.
Accepted • 10.1080/19490976.2020.1712983
Vieira, Ana. "CmeABC Multidrug Efflux Pump Contributes to Antibiotic Resistance and Promotes Campylobacter jejuni Survival and Multiplication in Acanthamoeba polyphaga". Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.01600-17.
Accepted • 10.1128/aem.01600-17
Vieira, Ana. "Listeria monocytogenes encodes a functional ESX-1 secretion system whose expression is detrimental to in vivo infection". Virulence (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2016.1244589.
Accepted • 10.1080/21505594.2016.1244589
Vieira, Ana. "Listeria monocytogenes CadC Regulates Cadmium Efflux and Fine-tunes Lipoprotein Localization to Escape the Host Immune Response and Promote Infection". The Journal of Infectious Diseases (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jix118.
Accepted • 10.1093/infdis/jix118
Vieira, Ana. "Campylobacter–Acanthamoeba interactions". Microbiology (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.000075.
Accepted • 10.1099/mic.0.000075
Vieira, Ana. "Specific genetic features of Campylobacter jejuni strain G1 revealed by genome sequencing". FEMS Microbiology Letters (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnu064.
Accepted • 10.1093/femsle/fnu064
Vieira, Ana. "Occurrence of mutations impairing sigma factor B (SigB) function upon inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes genes encoding surface proteins". Microbiology (2013): http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.067744-0.
Accepted • 10.1099/mic.0.067744-0

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/10/24	Chemically-mediated interactions between cyanobacteria and amoebae	5th European Conference on Natural Products DECHEMA (Würzburg, Germany)
2024/09/09	Investigation of Type II polyketide synthases in cyanobacteria	CIIMAR Annual Day CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/04/01 - 2024/08/31	Chemical-mediated interactions between cyanobacteria and amoebae Supervisor	biochemistry (Master) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2024/01/15 - 2024/06/28	Investigation of type II polyketide synthases in cyanobacteria Co-supervisor	Marine biotechnology (Master) Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Spain
2023/02/13 - 2023/07/31	Discovery of natural products in cyanobacteria PCC 7122 and exploring the biosynthesis of nocuolin A metabolite in cyanobacteria Nodularia sp. LEGE 06071 Supervisor of Mariana Almeida Gonçalves	Bioquimica (Degree) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/04/20 - 2023/06/15	Isolation, purification and structure elucidation of a metabolite produced by the cyanobacterial strain Pleurocapsales LEGE 10410 Supervisor	Marine Biotechnology from La Rochelle University (Other) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal La Rochelle Université, France
2023/01/09 - 2023/03/30	Chemical interactions between cyanobacteria and amoeba Supervisor	ERASMUS (Other) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
2022/09/01 - 2022/12/30	Test natural competence in filamentous cyanobacterial strains Supervisor	FCT Summer scholarship (Other) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/12/15	Regulation at the gene expression level of nitrogen acquisition in a nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria: implications in ecological interactions Co-supervisor	Toxicologia e contaminação ambientais (Master) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2021/09/30	CRISPR-based techniques for cyanobacteria engineering Supervisor	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2020/07/30	Discovery of new cyanobacterial antibiotics Co-supervisor	Biochemistry (Degree) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/07/24 - Current	Final Meeting on cyanobacteria-amoebae interactions project, consisting in different talks about this topic research work. (2024/07/24) Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	Gathering microbiology experts from CIIMAR and i3s for presenting their work to diverse researchers Seminar	MicroHub Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2016/06 - Current	Poster presentation: The Campylobacter jejuni multidrug efflux pump transporter CmeB is involved in the interaction with Acanthamoeba polyphaga Conference	IhSHA Conference 2016 Kingston University - Penrhyn Road Campus, United Kingdom
2015/06 - Current	Apresentaçao oral: Molecular mechanisms of campylobacter jejuni resistance to antibiotics and survival in the environment Conference	Faculty Research and Enterprise Development Day Conference Kingston University, United Kingdom
2015/06 - Current	Oral presentation: Antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter jejuni resistance and the search for novel antibacterials Conference	IhSHA Conference 2015 Kingston University - Penrhyn Road Campus, United Kingdom
2012/05 - Current	Poster presentation: Lmo0463, a new Listeria monocytogenes virulence factor identified by Targeted Signature Mutagenesis and PCR Screening. I3S Scientific Retreat Meeting	I3S Scientific Retreat Annual Meeting 2012 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2012/05 - Current	Participation in the third I3S Scientific Retreat organized by the Institutes IBMC/INEB/IPATIMUP, in Portugal where several topics in different research fields were presented. Meeting	third I3S Scientific Retreat Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/05/08 - 2029/05/08	Participation in the open day of VWR where we have different seminars on different subjects (chemistry techniques; cell culture; microscopy etc) and we could talk to members of different companies regarding techniques; reagents; equipments; etc Conference	VWR DAY 2019 VWR International, United Kingdom
2024/06/18 - 2024/06/18	Summer School on Synthetic Biology/Biological Production of Green Hydrogen Seminar	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023/06/27 - 2023/06/30	Interaction between the cyanobacterial strain Nodularia sp. LEGE 06071 and protozoa Conference	EMBO \| EMBL Symposium: New approaches and concepts in microbiology European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2023/05/29 - 2023/05/31	Workshop in synthetic biology of cyanobacteria Workshop	Short Course in Synthetic Biology Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2020/06/07 - 2020/06/09	Online participation in the EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON THE BIOLOGY OF CYANOBACTERIA concerning the Evolution and Phylogeny; Ecology and Interactions with the Environment; Gene Regulation; Physiology and Cell Biology; Bioenergetics and Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology of cyanobacteria. Congress	EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON THE BIOLOGY OF CYANOBACTERIA Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2016/04/20 - 2016/04/24	Poster presentation: Molecular mechanisms of campylobacter jejuni pathogenesis and survival in the environment Conference	The Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2016 Microbiology Society, United Kingdom

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2014/12 - 2017	Microbiology Society	Membership

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2013/04 - Current	IELTS English Course	IELTS (Outros)	British Council Porto, Portugal
2012/05 - Current	Course in Laboratory Animal Science - Category C, accredited by FELASA	FELASA - Category C (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2024/05/20 - 2024/05/22	Short Course in Biocatalysis	(Outros)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2022/11/10 - 2022/11/11	Course on Grant Writing and Project Management	(Outros)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2024	MediaPress book: several news about the work published ion Nature Microbiology in several online journals: - Sapo online; - Diário Guardião - Correio da Manhã - Green Savers - Diário do Minho - Noticias de Coimbra - Noticias ao minuto; - Público

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2024/11/15 - Current	Member of the jury for the attribution of 2 PhD scholarships	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2024/04/24 - 2024/05/09	Member of the juri for the attribution of two work contract of a technician within the scope of the Innovation Pact, Project No. C644915664-00000026, known as the “Blue Bioeconomy Pact”	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2016	Third prize for poster presentation Kingston University - Penrhyn Road Campus, United Kingdom
2015	First prize for oral presentation Kingston University - Penrhyn Road Campus, United Kingdom