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I am a Veterinary Surgeon with special interest in vector-borne diseases and vector-borne pathogens. Along the years, my fascination and interest have deeply increased with regard to zoonotic diseases and their impact in human and animal health. What drives my interest is the fact that the study of emerging diseases is always challenging in the way that there is always something new to investigate, especially now with the climate changes interfering with the ecological systems.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana Isabel Figueira Ferrolho Gibson
Date of birth
1982/02/11
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Ferrolho J.
  • Ferrolho Joana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F91C-E1F6-F34B
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1300-4487

Email addresses

  • joana.gibson@euvg.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Veterinary Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/01/09
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Parasitologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
"TickProVac: An insight into the Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick salivary gland proteome during Ehrlichia canis infection towards vaccine development" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/07
Concluded
 MSc in Science by Research (Master)
Major in Animal Genomics and Disease Resistance
The University of Edinburgh - The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, United Kingdom
"Effect of co-infection with a virus on Ehrlichia canis kinetics in tick and mammalian cells in vitro" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado com distinção
2010/07
Concluded
 Medicina Veterinária (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Produção Animal
Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, Portugal
"Evaluation of Na+, Cl- and K+ concentration and blood pH before and during abomasal displacement in dairy cattle." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2004/10
Concluded
 Medicina Nuclear (Bacharelato)
Major in Medicina Nuclear
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012 - 2013 Research Trainee (Research) The Pirbright Institute, United Kingdom
The Pirbright Institute, United Kingdom
2011 - 2012 Research Trainee (Research) The University of Edinburgh The Roslin Institute, United Kingdom
The University of Edinburgh The Roslin Institute, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/02/27 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/01/01 - Current Assessor Superior (Pessoal da Saúde - Técnico Superior de Saúde - Veterinária) Consultório Veterinário das Sete Colinas, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013 - 2016 Medicina Veterinária Clínica Veterinária Dr. José Mira, Portugal
Clínica Veterinária Dr. José Mira, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Medicina Veterinária Consultório Veterinário S. Bernardo, Portugal
Consultório Veterinário S. Bernardo, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Internato Cornell University, United States
Cornell University, United States
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/10/04 - 2021/10/03 Explorando o interactoma carraça- hospedeiro para o desenvolvimento de vacinas
PTDC/CVT-CVT/29073/2017
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/04 - 2020/04 TickProVac: An insight into the Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick salivary gland proteome during Ehrlichia canis infection towards vaccine development
SFRH/BD/122894/2016
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
2012/04 - 2013/09 FP7- PEOPLE – ITN programme
EU Grant No. 238511
 Marie Curie Cancer Care
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Sanches, Gustavo Seron; Villar, Margarita; Couto, Joana; Ferrolho, Joana; Fernández de Mera, Isabel G.; André, Marcos Rogério; Barros-Battesti, Darci Moraes; et al. "Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae) Tropical and Temperate Lineages: Uncovering Differences During Ehrlichia canis Infection". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 10 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2020.611113.
    Published • 10.3389/fcimb.2020.611113
  2. Couto, Joana; Villar, Margarita; Mateos-Hernández, Lourdes; Ferrolho, Joana; Sanches, Gustavo; Sofia Santos, Ana; Santos-Silva, Maria; et al. "Quantitative Proteomics Identifies Metabolic Pathways Affected by Babesia Infection and Blood Feeding in the Sialoproteome of the Vector Rhipicephalus bursa". Vaccines 8 1 (2020): 91. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8010091.
    Published • 10.3390/vaccines8010091
  3. Dias, Filipa; Couto, Joana; Ferrolho, Joana; Seron, Gustavo S.; Bell-Sakyi, Lesley; Antunes, Sandra; Domingos, Ana. "Folate pathway modulation in Rhipicephalus ticks in response to infection". Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13231.
    10.1111/tbed.13231
  4. Antunes, Sandra; Couto, Joana; Ferrolho, Joana; Sanches, Gustavo Seron; Merino Charrez, José Octavio; De la Cruz Hernández, Ned; Mazuz, Monica; et al. "Transcriptome and Proteome Response of Rhipicephalus annulatus Tick Vector to Babesia bigemina Infection". Frontiers in Physiology 10 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00318.
    10.3389/fphys.2019.00318
  5. Hector, Elkie; Elelu, Nusirat; Ferrolho, Joana; Couto, Joana; Sanches, Gustavo; Antunes, Sandra; Domingos, Ana; Eisler, Mark. "PCR detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium and Babesia bigemina in cattle from Kwara State, Nigeria: unexpected absence of infection". Parasitology Research 118 3 (2019): 1025-1029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06204-1.
    10.1007/s00436-019-06204-1
  6. Sanches, Gustavo S.; Couto, Joana; Silva-Pedrosa, Rita; Ferrolho, Joana; Santos, Ana Sofia; Santos-Silva, Maria Margarida; Antunes, Sandra; Domingos, Ana. "Molecular heterogeneity of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato and screening for Ehrlichia canis in mainland Portugal". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 9 6 (2018): 1383-1390. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.06.002.
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.06.002
  7. Ferrolho, Joana; Couto, Joana; Sanches, Gustavo Seron; Antunes, Sandra; Domingos, Ana Gonçalves. "The Secret Life Inside Ticks". Frontiers for Young Minds 6 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frym.2018.00035.
    10.3389/frym.2018.00035
  8. Antunes, Sandra; Couto, Joana; Ferrolho, Joana; Rodrigues, Fábio; Nobre, João; Santos, Ana S.; Santos-Silva, M. Margarida; de la Fuente, José; Domingos, Ana. "Rhipicephalus bursa Sialotranscriptomic Response to Blood Feeding and Babesia ovis Infection: Identification of Candidate Protective Antigens". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 8 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2018.00116.
    10.3389/fcimb.2018.00116
  9. Couto, Joana; Tonk, Miray; Ferrolho, Joana; Antunes, Sandra; Vilcinskas, Andreas; de la Fuente, José; Domingos, Ana; Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro. "Antiplasmodial activity of tick defensins in a mouse model of malaria". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 9 4 (2018): 844-849. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.03.011.
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.03.011
  10. Pereira, S.; Pita-Pereira, D.; Araujo-Pereira, T.; Britto, C.; Costa-Rego, T.; Ferrolho, J.; Vilhena, M.; et al. "First molecular detection of Leishmania infantum in Sergentomyia minuta (Diptera, Psychodidae) in Alentejo, southern Portugal". Acta Tropica 174 (2017): 45-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.06.020.
    10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.06.020
  11. Antunes, Sandra; Rosa, Catarina; Couto, Joana; Ferrolho, Joana; Domingos, Ana; Antunes, Sandra; Rosa, Catarina; et al. "Deciphering Babesia-Vector Interactions". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 7 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00429.
    10.3389/fcimb.2017.00429
  12. Gibson, Joana. "Reduction of Mosquito Survival in Mice Vaccinated with Anopheles stephensi Glucose Transporter". BioMed Research International (2017): https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3428186.
    https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3428186
  13. Gibson, Joana; Sanchesseron,, Gustavo S.; Ferrolho, J; Couto, Joana; Antunes, S; Domingos, A; Vector borne diseases and pathogens (VBD); Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM); Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT). "What Makes Your Dog Itch? Maybe It Is the Kennel Tick!". Frontiers for Young Minds (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/36723.
    10.3389/frym.2017.00028
  14. Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT-UNL); Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Universidade Nova de Lisboa (GHTM-IHMT-UNL); Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná. "Ferritin 1 silencing effect in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae) during experimental infection with Ehrlichia canis". (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/11449/173882.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.10.015
  15. Nusirat Elelu; Joana Ferrolho; Joana Couto; Ana Domingos; Mark C. Eisler. "Molecular diagnosis of the tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma marginale in cattle blood samples from Nigeria using qPCR". Experimental and Applied Acarology (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-016-0081-y.
    10.1007/s10493-016-0081-y
  16. Gibson, Joana. "PCR screening of tick-borne agents in sensitive conservation areas, Southeast Portugal". Molecular & Cellular Probes (2016):
    10.1016/j.mcp.2016.11.005
  17. S. Antunes; J. Ferrolho; N. Domingues; A. S. Santos; M. M. Santos-Silva; A. Domingos; Ferrolho J.. "Anaplasma marginale and Theileria annulata in questing ticks from Portugal". Experimental and Applied Acarology 70 1 (2016): 79-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-016-0057-y.
    10.1007/s10493-016-0057-y
  18. Gibson, Joana. "Anopheles gambiae and A. stephensi Immune Response during Plasmodium berghei Infection Uncovered by Sialotranscriptomic Analysis". International Trends in Immunity (2016): http://researchpub.org/journal/iti/number/vol4-no2/vol4-no2-4.pdf.
    10.18281/iti.2016.2.4
  19. Gibson, Joana. "Detection and phylogenetic characterization of Theileria spp. and Anaplasma marginale in Rhipicephalus bursa in Portugal.". Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26797395.
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.01.004
  20. Gibson, Joana. "Cattle Specific Immune Mechanisms used against the Protozoan Theileria annulata". International Trends in Immunity (2016): http://researchpub.org/journal/iti/number/vol4-no2/vol4-no2-2.pdf.
    0.18281/iti.2016.2.2
  21. Gibson, Joana. "Growth of Ehrlichia canis, the causative agent of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis, in vector and non-vector ixodid tick cell lines.". Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26837859.
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.01.013
  22. Gibson, Joana. "Rotation of the external genitalia in male Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) in laboratory conditions and in captured specimens in Algarve, Portugal.". Acta Tropica (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26099682.
    10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.06.016
  23. Gibson, Joana. "The Role of Regulatory CD4+CD25+ T Cell Subset in Host Homeostasis during Protozoan Infection: An Overview". International Trends in Immunity (2015): http://researchpub.org/journal/iti/number/vol3-no1/vol3-no1-3.pdf.
  24. Zweygarth, Erich; Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro; Josemans, Antoinette I.; Oosthuizen, Marinda C.; Matjila, Paul T.; Lis, Katarzyna; Broniszewska, Marzena; et al. "In vitro culture and structural differences in the major immunoreactive protein gp36 of geographically distant Ehrlichia canis isolates". Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 5 4 (2014): 423-431.
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.01.011
  25. Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro; Passos, Lygia M. F.; Lis, Katarzyna; Kenneil, Rachel; Valdes, James J.; Ferrolho, Joana; Tonk, Miray; et al. "Functional and Immunological Relevance of Anaplasma marginale Major Surface Protein 1a Sequence and Structural Analysis". Plos One 8 6 (2013):
    10.1371/journal.pone.0065243
Distinctions

Award

2010 Scholarship to attend the National Mastitis Council 50th annual meeting (Arlington, USA)
National Mastitis Council, United States
2010 Best student in Veterinary Science 2010 at Escola Universitaria Vasco da Gama, Coimbra, Portugal
Pfizer Inc, United States

Other distinction

2014 Scholarship for the Training School 2 (WG3): Geospatial tools, vectors and vector-borne pathogens
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium