Curriculum Vitae
Ana Margarida Santos de Almeida
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Margarida Santos de Almeida
Citation names
- Almeida, Ana S.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- FB1E-CB70-29A8
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8997-2639
- Google Scholar ID
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tkt0TvoAAAAJ&hl=en
Email addresses
- anasalmeida@medicina.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
- ana.almeida@gimm.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Telephone
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- (+353) 217999411 Ext.: 47329 (Professional)
Addresses
- Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.microbiomehdlab.pt/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Oncology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
| French | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2023/11/09 - 2023/11/10
Attended
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The art of supervising students - Skills for effective and empowering supervision course (Outros)
hfp consulting, Germany
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2020/06/01 - 2020/08/09
Attended
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Scientists Teaching Science Course (Postgraduate Certificate)
The New York Academy of Sciences, United States
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2019/12/02 - 2019/12/04
Attended
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Laboratory Leadership Course for Postdocs (Outros)
Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Lebenswissenschaften Heidelberg GmbH, Germany
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2019/10/17 - 2019/10/17
Attended
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ICH Good Clinical Practice for Investigators Refresher Training Course (Outros)
Health Research Board (HRB) Clinical Research Facility Cork, Ireland
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2019/07/19 - 2019/07/19
Attended
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Workshop “Data management” (Outros)
University College Cork, Ireland
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2017/02/03 - 2017/02/03
Attended
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Laboratory Animal and Science Training - Animal Surgery Certification Course (Postgraduate Certificate)
LAST Ireland, Ireland
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2016/09/07 - 2016/09/08
Attended
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Laboratory Animal and Science Training - Animal Certification Course (Postgraduate Certificate)
LAST Ireland, Ireland
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2016/07/20 - 2016/07/20
Attended
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ICH Good Clinical Practice for Investigators Training Course (license renewed in 2019) (Postgraduate Certificate)
Health Research Board, Ireland
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2016/06 - 2016/06
Attended
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Statistics for Researchers Course (Outros)
University College Cork, Ireland
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2016/05/27 - 2016/05/27
Attended
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Workshop “Teaching and Learning Skills Presentation” (Outros)
University College Cork, Ireland
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2016/05/19 - 2016/05/19
Attended
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Workshop “Editing and Proofreading for Academics” (Outros)
University College Cork, Ireland
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2008/11/01 - 2012/07/13
Concluded
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Ph.D. in Health Sciences (Microbiology and Immunology) in the Lab of Prof. Philippe Sansonetti (Doctor of Philosophy)
Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, France
Institut Pasteur Département Biologie cellulaire et Infection, France "The molecular and cellular characterisation of rhinoscleroma, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovada com Distincao e Louvor por Unanimidade |
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2004/09 - 2008/07
Concluded
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Microbiologia (Graduated in The top 3) (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"The Influence of Bile Acids on Liver-Stage Malaria Infection" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16.4 (out of 20) |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/10 - Current | Principal Investigator (Research) | Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal |
| Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal | ||
| 2023/05 - 2024/09 | Principal Investigator (Research) | Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal |
| Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal | ||
| 2016/04 - 2021 | Postdoc (Research) | University College Cork APC Microbiome Institute, Ireland |
| 2013/05 - 2015/12 | Postdoc (Research) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States |
| 2012/08 - 2013/05 | Postdoc (Research) | Institut Pasteur, France |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/01/02 - Current | Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2022 - 2023 | Director of Research and Development, Principal Investigator | Tiny Health, United States |
| 2018/04/17 - 2019/02/15 | Sick leave | University College Cork APC Microbiome Institute, Ireland |
| 2017/10/18 - 2018/04/16 | Maternity Leave | University College Cork APC Microbiome Institute, Ireland |
| 2007/09 - 2008/07 | Undergraduate student - BSc. final year. Supervisor Prof Maria Mota and Dr Miguel Prudencio | Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal |
| 2006/09 - 2007/08 | Undergraduate student (part-time). Supervisor Prof Adriano Henriques | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
| Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/10/01 - Current | Fostering Excellent Research, Training and Innovation in Biomedical Data Science (1,500,000 EUR)
101159926
Team member
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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| 2023 - Current | Dissecting the role of breast cancer-resident microbiota: identification of novel biomarkers of clinical outcome and putative
therapeutic target
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Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
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Gilead Sciences Inc
Ongoing
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| 2023 - 2028 | iMM-CARE: Boosting Clinical Research For The Benefit Of Society (15,000,000 EUR)
Team member
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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| 2021/02/01 - 2021/04/30 | Microbiota-immune interaction in colorectal cancer (15,500 EUR, salary for 3 months)
COVID-19 Research Extension Grant
Principal investigator
University College Cork APC Microbiome Institute, Ireland
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Higher Education Authority
Concluded
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| 2017/04/01 - 2020/07/31 | Microbiota-Immune Interaction in Colorectal Cancer (187,866 EUR)
Principal investigator
University College Cork APC Microbiome Institute, Ireland
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EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Concluded
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| 2017/07 - 2017/08 | Microbiota-immune interaction in colorectal cancer (1,750 EUR)
PARSUK2017
Supervisor
University College Cork APC Microbiome Institute, Ireland
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Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the UK
Concluded
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| 2008/11 - 2012/07 | The molecular and cellular characterization of rhinoscleroma, a neglected disease caused by Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis (137,000
EUR)
SFRH/BD/44873/2008
PhD Student Fellow
Sorbonne Université - Campus Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Institut Pasteur, France |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2007/09 - 2008/09 | The influence of bile acids on liver-stage malaria infection (2,500 EUR)
200800012
Undergraduate student (final year BSc in Microbiologia)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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Gabinete de Apoio à Investigação Científica, Tecnológica e Inovação (GAPIC) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2023/03/01 - 2028/02/28 | Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus - 4th edition - Assistant Researcher (344,000 EUR)
Principal investigator
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2024/10 - 2026/03 | AGEWISE: Unravelling the Gut-Hormone Axis in Women's Aging
Principal investigator
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal
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Biocodex Microbiota Foundation
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Online resource |
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| Preprint |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/06 | Microbial Beginnings: Shaping Childhood Health and Future Wellness | Research Center Session from the Núcleo de Formação e Investigação - Departamento de Pediatria HSM
Núcleo de Formação e Investigação - Departamento de Pediatria HSM (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2024/06 | The connection between the human microbiome and its potential therapeutic role in cancer treatment | Sustainable Health towards Cancer Prevention Panel - Cascais International Health Forum - Fórum Saúde XXI
Fórum Saúde XXI (Cascais, Portugal)
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| 2024/04 | Recent advancements in understanding the gut microbiota’s impact on tumor progression and immune modulation | Annual International (bio)Medical Students (AIMS) Meetings
Faculty of Medicine of the Lisbon Students’ Local Committee (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2024/04 | The role of the gut microbiome in nutrition and inflammation | APNEP Annual Meeting
APNEP - Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição Entérica e Parentérica (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2023/10 | Gut microbiota’s impact on tumor progression and immune modulation | 2nd Microbiome PT Summit
Biodata.pt; ELIXIR PT; SymbNET (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2023/10 | Satellite Working Groups - Digestive | 1st IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY, SPO-SPI joint meeting
Sociedade Portuguesa de Oncologia and Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2021/12/17 | (xxxx) | Center for Integrative Biology Webinar Series 2021 (online)
Universidad Mayor (Chile)
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| 2021/05/09 | Microbiota-immune interactions in colorectal cancer | The National and International Seminar Series - Umea University
Invited by Dr Andrea Puhar, Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Umea University (Umea, Sweden)
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| 2021/05 | (xxxx) | Portuguese Society for Immunology Annual Meeting 2021 – Current challenges and emerging topics in immunology (online)
Portuguese Society for Immunology (Portugal)
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| 2020/12/09 | Role of the gut microbiome in causing, detecting and treating colorectal cancer - Invited speaker | Immunotherapies and Innovations for Infectious Diseases, 4th Congress
MabDesign (Lyon, France)
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| 2020/11/19 | Post-Docing during the Pandemic - Invited speaker | PhD Summit
(Online)
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| 2020/11/10 | Fibre-associated Lachnospiraceae reduce colon tumorigenesis by modulation of the tumour-immune microenvironment | The Significance of Microbial Metabolomics in Human and Health Symposium - Abstract selected for short talk
New York Academy of Sciences (Online, United States)
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| 2020/10/08 | Fibre-associated Lachnospiraceae reduce colon tumorigenesis by modulation of the tumour-immune microenvironment | Young Immunologists DGfI Conference 2020 - Abstract selected for short talk
DGfI
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| 2018/04/13 | The power of the microbiota to modulate the immune response in cancer | Seminars of the Department of Bioengineering at IST
Invited by Prof Leonilde Moreira, Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2016/03 | Imaging and modifying tumor-immune cell interactions in tumor rejection | IGC Seminar Series Invited Speakers
Invited by Dr Miguel Ferreira, Instituto Gulbenkian da Ciência (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2016/02 | Imaging and modifying tumor-immune cell interactions in tumor rejection | Postdoc Candidate Seminar
Invited by Prof. Paul O'Toole, APC Microbiome Institute (Cork, Ireland)
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| 2013/01/25 | Towards the characterisation of Mikulicz cells, a signature of rhinoscleroma | Postdoc Candidate Seminar
Invited by Dr Mikala Egeblad, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (New York, United States)
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| 2011/12/03 | A murine model of human rhinoscleroma identifies specific Mikulicz cells as atypical inflammatory monocytes | MicroBiotec11 Congress of the Portuguese Society of Microbiology and Portuguese Society of Biotechnology - Abstract selected
for short talk
Portuguese Society of Microbiology (Braga, Portugal)
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| 2009/10/12 | Towards the characterisation of Mikulicz cells, a signature of rhinoscleroma | Annual Retreat Cellular Biology and Infection Department of Institut Pasteur
Institut Pasteur (La Colle sur Loup, France)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2023 - Current | The role of the Mediterranean Diet and its constituents in gut microbiota and colorectal cancer progression
Supervisor of Joana Serpa
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Clinical Nutrition (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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| 2024 - 2028 | Enhancing Colorectal Cancer Risk Prediction: Integrating Microbiome Data and Clinical Information with Advanced Machine Learning
Pipelines
Supervisor of André Filipe Cisneiros Ferreira Salgado
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Ciências de Engenharia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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| 2024 - 2027 | Unravelling the Gut-Joint Axis: Implications for Autoimmunity
Co-supervisor of Inês Correia Almada
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Programa Doutoral do Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (ramo de Medicina; ramo de Ciências Biomédicas; ramo de Ciências
e Tecnologias da Saúde) (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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| 2019 - 2019/10 | Characterisation of Paired Oral and Gut Bacterial Isolates Identified in Colorectal Cancer Patients
Co-supervisor of Ms. Jill O'Sullivan
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MSc. student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (Awarded a Quercus Academic Scholarship) (Master)
University College Cork, Ireland
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| 2019/01 - 2019/04 | Characterisation of oral bacteria isolated from colorectal tumours
Co-supervisor of Ms. Shannon Lucey
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BSc. Final Year student in Microbiology, University College Cork (Degree)
University College Cork, Ireland
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| 2018/02 - 2018/11 | Deciphering the identity of oral and gut bacteria in colorectal cancer
Co-supervisor of Ms. Lisa A. Azevedo
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MSc. student in Biological Engineering (Awarded a PARSUK Xperience fellowship and an ERASMUS+ grant) (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019 - Current | Organizer and moderator of the Coffee with the PI seminar series at APC Microbiome Ireland, Cork. Leaders in the microbiome
field are interviewed in a Q&A format. PIs invited to date: Prof Colin Hill, Prof Douwe Van Sinderen, Dr Pauline Scalan (2019)
Round table (President of the Organising Committee)
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University College Cork APC Microbiome Institute, Ireland |
| 2017 - Current | Project coordinator and organizer of the Native Scientist Portuguese Workshops in Cork, for children 6 to 12 years old (2017)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
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Native Scientist, United Kingdom |
| 2020/09/23 - 2020/09/23 | Organizer and moderator of the Panel Discussion: How to Land a Position in Academia, Sept 23rd, 2020 (online)
Guest speakers: Dr. Ines Sequeira (Queen Mary University, UK), Dr. Pamela Schnupf (Institut Necker Enfants Malades, France),
Dr Jacob Allen (University of Illinois, USA) and Dr Alison Twelvetrees (University of Sheffield, UK)
(2020/09/23 - 2020/09/23)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
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University College Cork APC Microbiome Institute, Ireland |
| 2020/05 - 2020/05 | Organization of the first APC Microbiome Ireland Postdoctoral Scientific Conference. Responsible for inviting prominent scientists
from across Europe to give seminars and discuss career options with postdocs, securing funding, and event planning (postponed
due to the COVID-19 pandemic) (2020/05 - 2020/05)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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University College Cork APC Microbiome Institute, Ireland |
| 2014 - 2015 | Co-organisation of PAPSummer 2015, a fully-funded summer research program in the USA for undergraduate Portuguese students.
It included fundraising (28,000EUR) and revision of over 500 applications (2014 - 2014)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Portuguese American Postgraduate Society, United States |
| 2014/11 - 2014/11 | Co-organisation of the Public Lecture: Ebola: Fact and Fiction: Demystifying the Ebola Virus, 50-70 attendees. Demystifying
Sciences Series (2014/11 - 2014/11)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2019/12/02 - 2019/12/04 | EMBO Laboratory Leadership Course for Postdocs, Heidelberg, Germany.
Workshop
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EMBO Laboratory Leadership Course for Postdocs |
| 2019/10/17 - 2019/10/17 | ICH Good Clinical Practice for Investigators Refresher Training Course, facilitated by the Health Research Board (HRB) Clinical
Research Facility Cork
Workshop
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ICH Good Clinical Practice for Investigators Refresher Training Course
University College Cork, Ireland
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| 2019/07/26 - 2019/07/26 | Workshop “Data management”
Workshop
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Data management
University College Cork, Ireland
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| 2019/07/19 - 2019/07/19 | Workshop “New Horizons: Sourcing and Accessing Non-Academic Career Opportunities”
Workshop
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New Horizons: Sourcing and Accessing Non-Academic Career Opportunities
University College Cork, Ireland
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| 2019/02/20 - 2019/02/20 | Masterclass: Research Supervision, by Dr Hugh Kearns (Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia)
Workshop
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Masterclass: Research Supervision
University College Cork, Ireland
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| 2017/01/13 - 2017/01/13 | Famelab Training Course in Science Communication
Workshop
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Famelab Training Course in Science Communication
Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
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| 2016/06/10 - 2016/06/10 | Workshop “Supervising and Working with PhD students”, Postdoc Development Hub
Workshop
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Supervising and Working with PhD students
University College Cork, Ireland
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| 2016/06 - 2016/06 | Statistics for Researchers Course
Workshop
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Statistics for Researchers Course
University College Cork, Ireland
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| 2016/05/27 - 2016/05/27 | “Teaching and Learning Skills Presentation”
Workshop
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Teaching and Learning Skills Presentation
University College Cork, Ireland
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| 2016/05/19 - 2016/05/19 | “Editing and Proofreading for Academics”
Workshop
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Editing and Proofreading for Academics
University College Cork, Ireland
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| 2016/05 - 2016/05 | Participation at the UCC Spring Open Day, Alimentary Adventures
Exhibition
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Public Outreach Event: Alimentary Adventures
University College Cork, Ireland
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| 2014/10/26 - 2014/10/26 | “Conflict Resolution Skills: In and Out of the Lab”
Workshop
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Conflict Resolution Skills: In and Out of the Lab
The New York Academy of Sciences, United States
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| 2014/10/09 - 2014/10/09 | Training course “How to Work with Advocates”, webinar by Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research, USA.
Workshop
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How to Work with Advocates |
| 2014/06 - 2014/06 | Public Lecture: How did I become a Scientist? for 40 Portuguese senior high school students from Escola Secundária Emídio
Navarro, Almada, Portugal.
Seminar
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Outreach event for high school students |
| 2014/05/12 - 2014/05/13 | Software Carpentry Bootcamp
Workshop
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Software Carpentry Bootcamp
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
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| 2014/04 - 2014/04 | Teaching Class, Professor for a Day - 20 junior high school students
Other
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Outreach event - Teaching Class, Professor for a Day
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
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| 2014/02 - 2014/02 | Public Lecture: Fighting cancer with our own body, 50-70 attendees. Demystifying Science Series
Seminar
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Fighting cancer with our own body
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
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| 2013/11/14 - 2013/11/14 | Grant Writing Workshop
Workshop
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Grant Writing Workshop
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
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| 2013/10/02 - 2013/10/04 | Fundamentals of Cancer Biology workshop organized by the National Institute of Health (NIH)
Workshop
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Fundamentals of Cancer Biology
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2023/06/22 | Doctoral exams for Master Ana Catarina Pires Martins
(Thesis) Arguer
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Ana Catarina Pires Martins (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2021 - Current | American Association of Immunologists | |
| 2020 - Current | European Association for Cancer Research | |
| 2020 - Current | Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer | |
| 2020 - Current | Portuguese Association of Immunology | |
| 2014 - Current | American Association for Cancer Research | |
| 2014 - Current | New York Academy of Sciences | |
| 2013 - 2017 | Portuguese Association of Microbiology |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 - 2021 | Member of the HR Excellence in Research Focus Group at University College Cork
Member
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University College Cork, Ireland |
| 2017 - 2021 | Native Scientist Coordinator and Project Manager for Portuguese in Ireland.
Native Scientist is a non-profit organization that connects migrant pupils and scientists to promote science and language
literacy and celebrate diversity in science, education and society.
Coordinator
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Native Scientist, United Kingdom |
| 2019 - 2020 | APC Microbiome Ireland Postdoctoral Association. Co-founder and Chair. As chair of the association, I was responsible to
manage and supervise all areas of action, including the organization of career events and workshops, and liaison between postdocs
and APC director and management team.
President / Vice-president
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| 2015 - 2015 | Chair and member of the Review Committee of the PAPSummer 2015 Award, funded by the Portuguese-American Postgraduate Society (PAPS) | |
| 2013 - 2015 | Member of the Demystifying Science Group at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Organisation of bi-annual seminars for a general
public audience to promote the understanding and impact of the scientific work to the public
Member
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States |
| 2013 - 2013 | Co-founder of AGRAFr - Association des Diplomes Portugais en France - created by a group of Portuguese researchers in Paris,
AGRAFr aims to develop multidisciplinary synergy covering all areas of knowledge and to foster exchange experiences and contacts
between Portugal and France
Member
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Association des Diplomes Portugais en France, France |
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/10/26 - 2023/10/27 | 2nd Microbiome PT Summit | Biodata.pt; ELIXIR PT; SymbNET |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/02/20 - 2024/02/20 | Microbiome | (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
| 2023/10/20 - 2023/10/20 | Guest Lecturer, MSc. in Clinical Nutrition, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal | Clinical Nutrition (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
| 2020/11/24 - 2020/11/24 | Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Module (30 students) | 4th-year Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology BSc. (Bachelor) | Munster Technological University Cork, Ireland |
| 2020/01 - 2020/04 | Lecturer, Immunology - Host Response to Pathogens (150 students) | Immunology - Host Response to Pathogens (Bachelor) | University College Cork, Ireland |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/07/16 | Research Highlight for Fein et al, Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2020 | eCancer |
| 2020/07/15 | Research Highlight for Fein et al, Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2020 | Science Magazine |
| 2020/07/15 | Research Highlight for Fein et al, Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2020 | Eureka Alert |
| 2019/07/15 | Research highlight for Ohlund et al, Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2017 | TheScientist |
| 2017/02/24 | Research highlight for Ohlund et al, Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2017 | ecancer |
| 2017/02/23 | Research highlight for Ohlund et al, Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2017 | EurekAlert |
| 2016/10/22 | Research highlight for Park J et al, Science Translational Medicine, 2016 | International Business Times |
| 2016/10/19 | Research highlight for Park J et al, Science Translational Medicine, 2016 | EurekAlert |
| 2013/02/16 | Newspaper article (Publico) about the foundation of Association des Diplomes Portugais en France (AGRAFr) | Publico |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014/09 - 2015/07 | Using our natural defenses to fight cancer | Ms. Seungmin Yi (senior high school student) CSHL Partners for the Future Program |
| 2015 - 2015 | Visualizing T-cell, macrophage and cancer cell interactions in vivo and in vitro | Ms. Devinn Lambert. PhD student (lab rotation), Watson School in Biological Sciences, CSHL |
| 2014 - 2014 | EPCR promotes breast cancer progression by altering SPOCK1-mediated 3D growth - Training in polychromatic flow cytometry | Ms. Naiara Perurena (PhD visiting student, 3 months) |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 - Current | Peer Review Board of Bio-Protocol | |
| 2020/07 - 2020/07 | Reviewer for the Luxembourg National Research fund (FNR) CORE Multi-annual thematic research programme | |
| 2015 - 2015 | Chair and member of the Review Committee of the PAPSummer 2015 Award, funded by the Portuguese-American Postgraduate Society (PAPS) | Portuguese American Postgraduate Society, United States |
| 2014 - 2014 | Member of the Review Committee of the FLAD Life Science 2014 Award: Cancer & Cell Biology |
Distinctions
Award
| 2021 | Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award
Life Science Editors Foundation, United States
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| 2021 | American Association of Immunologists Trainee Award
American Association of Immunologists Inc, United States
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| 2020 | Award for Best Talk at the Young Immunologists DGfI Conference |
| 2004 | Outstanding Academic Merit Award - Prémio Dr. Teixeira de Matos, Lyons Club
Lyons Club , Portugal
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Other distinction
| 2022 | Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus - 4th Edition - Assistant Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2021 | COVID-19 Research Extension Grant by the Irish Higher Education Authority
Higher Education Authority, Ireland
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| 2020 | Training Grant, Erasmus+ Funding for Staff Training Visit
European Commission, Belgium
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| 2017 | Postdoctoral Fellowship, H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (Reintegration Panel)
European Commission, Belgium
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| 2017 | Research Grant, Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the UK (PARSUK) Xperience 2017
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the UK , United Kingdom |
| 2008 | FCT Doctoral Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2007 | Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Gabinete de Apoio à Investigação Científica, Tecnológica e Inovação (GAPIC), Portugal |