Personal identification

Full name

Alejandra Nunez Torres

Citation names

• Torres N. Alejandra

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

F418-40D3-7FDC

ORCID iD

0000-0003-1387-915X

Email addresses

• atorres@cnc.uc.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

• Medical and Health Sciences
• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemical Research Methods
• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)

	Degree	Classification
2022/10/01 - 2026/10/01 Ongoing	PHD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Multidisciplinary Institute of Ageing, Portugal
2017/09/19 - 2018/11/26 Concluded	MRes in Biomedical Sciences (Magister) Major in Biomedical Sciences with specialization in Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Glasgow, United Kingdom "2nd dissertation: Effect of 2-bromopalmitate on the insulin signalling pathway in adipocytes. 1st dissertation: Primary antibody optimization as the first step for the characterization of the tumour microenvironment in bladder cancer with novel 7-colour" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Merit

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/03/07 - Current	Uncovering the molecular machinery responsible for cargo sorting in neuronal polarization PTDC/BIA-CEL/2286/2020 PhD Student Fellow	Ongoing

Publications

Conference poster	Torres N. Alejandra; João Machado; Kamil K Gebis; Jeannette Schmidt; Beatriz Ribeiro; Diogo Tomé; Ramiro D Almeida; et al. Corresponding author: Luís F. Ribeiro. "Uncovering the molecular machinery involved in axonal cargo sorting". Paper presented in 2nd MIA-Portugal Ageing Spring School, 2024. Torres, Alejandra; Belew, Getachew ; Di Nunzio, Giada; Tavares, Ludgero; Jones, John. Corresponding author: Jones, John. "Quantifying the contributions of the fructose and glucose components of high-fructose corn syrup formulation (HFCS-55) to hepatic glycogen synthesis". Paper presented in 56th Anual Meeting for the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, 2020. Alejandra N. Torres; Getachew D. Belew; Giada Di Nunzio; Ludgero Tavares; John Jones . Corresponding author: John Jones. "Determining the Contribution of Exogenous Fructose to Hepatic Glycogen Synthesis by Integration of 2H2O and [U-13C]Fructose Tracers.". Paper presented in 16th Portuguese Congress of Diabetes 2020,, 2020. Costa, Ana; Giada di Nunzio; Belew, Getachew Debas; Torres, Alejandra; Ludgero Tavares; Jones, John. "Alterações na lipogénese de novo hepática em murganhos submetidos ao xarope HFCS-55 rico em frutose". Paper presented in 16º Congresso Português de Diabetes, 2020. Alejandra Nunez Torres; Jason C. Baker. "Discovery of Antimicrobial Activity from Marine Bacteria.". Paper presented in PORTAL Showcase at Missouri Western State University, 2015. Goodroad, Samuel L.; Alejandra Nunez Torres; McFarlin, Shane; Melissa Daggett. Corresponding author: Melissa Daggett. "Monitoring the effect of diet on lipid accumulation in Drosophila melanogaster larvae". Paper presented in Missouri Academy of Science,, 2015.
Journal article	Margarida Coelho; Rohit Mahar; Getachew D. Belew; Alejandra Torres; Cristina Barosa; Fernando Cabral; Ivan Viegas; et al. "Enrichment of Hepatic Glycogen and Plasma Glucose from H2¹ 8 O Informs Gluconeogenic and Indirect Pathway Fluxes in Naturally-feeding Mice". NMR in Biomedicine (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.4837. 10.1002/nbm.4837 Torres, Alejandra N.; Tavares, Ludgero; Pereira, Maria J.; Eriksson, Jan W.; Jones, John G.. Corresponding author: Jones, John G.. "Positional and compositional analysis of saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids in human adipose tissue triglyceride by 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance". NMR in Biomedicine (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nbm.4632. Published • 10.1002/nbm.4632 DiNunzio, Giada; Belew, Getachew D.; Torres, Alejandra N.; Silva, João Gabriel; Silva, Luis P.; Barosa, Cristina; Tavares, Ludgero; Jones, John G.. "Determining the contribution of a high-fructose corn syrup formulation to hepatic glycogen synthesis during ad-libitum feeding in mice". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69820-3. Published • 10.1038/s41598-020-69820-3 Belew, Getachew D.; Di Nunzio, Giada; Tavares, Ludgero; Silva, Joao G.; Torres, Alejandra N.; Jones, John G.. Corresponding author: Jones, John G.. "Estimating pentose phosphate pathway activity from the analysis of hepatic glycogen 13 C-isotopomers derived from [U- 13 C]fructose and [U- 13 C]glucose". Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 84 5 (2020): 2765-2771. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28286. 10.1002/mrm.28286 Goodroad, Samuel L.; Torres, Alejandra Nunez; McFarlin, Shane; Chevalier, Cary; Daggett, Melissa. Corresponding author: Daggett, Melissa. "A bioassay for monitoring the effect of diet on lipid accumulation in Drosophila melanogaster larvae". BIOS 89 1 (2018): 9-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1893/0005-3155-89.1.9. 10.1893/0005-3155-89.1.9
Newspaper article	Viegas, Ivan; Di Nunzio, Giada; Belew, Getachew Debas; Torres N. Alejandra; João G. Silva; Perpétuo, Luís; Cristina Barosa; Ludgero C. Tavares; Jones, John. "Integration of Liver Glycogen and Triglyceride NMR Isotopomer Analyses Provides a Comprehensive Coverage of Hepatic Glucose and Fructose Metabolism", Metabolites, 2023, https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo12111142.