
Curriculum Vitae
Solange Martins
I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Biology and my Master degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology, both at the University
of Coimbra. During my bachelor's I joined the Centre for Functional Ecology for a 6-month voluntary internship in the project
"Diversity of fungal species in ancient parchments collections of the Archive of the University of Coimbra", under the supervision
of professor António Portugal, where I first gained experience in molecular biology techniques. During my Master thesis I
joined the Neuronal Circuits and Behaviour group to study the impact of early-life stress on microglia and inhibitory neurons
in the medial prefrontal cortex, under the supervision of Doctor Ana Luísa Cardoso. Throughout this period, I gained experience
in numerous techniques including immunohistochemistry and confocal imaging, animal behaviour assays, cellular morphology
analysis and 3D reconstruction, qRT-PCRs, as well as whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology. After finishing my Master degree,
I took a 3-month course on "Scientific Research Methodologies", with a FCT scholarship, where I had the opportunity to continue
the investigation started in my Master thesis. After spending 8 months working as a laboratory technician at the COVID-19
laboratory of University of Coimbra, I was given the opportunity to go back to the NCBL group to work as a research technician
in a very innovative and interesting project employing patient-derived immunocompetent brain organoids to study the disease
mechanisms of frontotemporal dementia. This far I have been able to improve my electrophysiology skills, being now able to
perform this technique both in acute animal brain slices and in human brain organoids. Additionally, I have acquired several
new skills, including the isolation of human fibroblasts from human skin biopsies, reprogram and culture induced pluripotent
stem cells (iPSC), differentiate these cells into human brain organoids and microglial cells that can be combined to originate
immunocompetent brain organoids, and perform analysis of these organoids employing western blot, flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry.
Identificação
Identificação pessoal
- Nome completo
- Solange Martins
Nomes de citação
- Martins, Solange
Identificadores de autor
- Ciência ID
- 301E-7BDB-B351
Telefones
- Telemóvel
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- 924346415 (Pessoal)
Moradas
- Rua Larga, 2º Piso do Edifício FMUC, 3004-504, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Profissional)
Idiomas
Idioma | Conversação | Leitura | Escrita | Compreensão | Peer-review |
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Inglês | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) |
Espanhol; Castelhano | Utilizador independente (B2) | Utilizador independente (B2) | Utilizador independente (B2) | Utilizador independente (B2) | Utilizador independente (B2) |
Formação
Grau | Classificação | |
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2018/08/22 - 2020/10/29
Concluído
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Cellular and Molecular Biology (Mestrado)
Especialização em Neurobiology
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Impact of early life stress on microglia: neuron dynamic in the medial prefrontal cortex" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
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18 |
2014/09/09 - 2018/01/10
Concluído
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Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
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16 |
Percurso profissional
Ciência
Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento |
Empregador | |
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2020/08/01 - 2020/10/31 | Investigador (Investigação) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Outros
Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento |
Empregador | |
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2022/10/10 - Atual | PhD Student | Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal | ||
2021/10/01 - 2022/10/01 | Research Technician | Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Portugal |
Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Portugal | ||
2021/01 - 2021/09/30 | Laboratory technitian | Laboratório de Análises Clínicas da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal | ||
2020/08/01 - 2020/10/30 | Summer Course - Scientific Research Methodologies | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal | ||
2019/02/01 - 2019/03/01 | Laboratory Rotation in the project "Roles of SNAP29 in neuronal function and animal behaviour" | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal | ||
2019/01/01 - 2019/02/01 | Laboratory Rotation in the project "Understanding the contribution of miRNAs to neuroinflammation in Alzheime's disease" | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal | ||
2018/01/15 - 2018/06/15 | Voluntary internship in the project “Diversity of fungal species in ancient parchments collections of the Archive of the University of Coimbra” | Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal |
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal |
Projetos
Bolsa
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2020/08/01 - 2020/10/31 | Impact of early life stress in the neuroimmune system and maturation of neuronal circuits
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Bolseiro de Investigação
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
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Produções
Publicações
Artigo em revista |
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Poster em conferência |
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Atividades
Participação em evento
Descrição da atividade Tipo de evento |
Nome do evento Instituição / Organização |
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2021/02/01 - 2021/10/05 | Python Core - Course
Outro
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Python Core
SoloLearn, Estados Unidos
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2020/01/23 - 2020/01/24 | Mini-symposium "The Neurobiology of Socio-Sexual Behavior"
Simpósio
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The neurobiology of socio-sexual behavior
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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2019/05/13 - 2019/05/24 | Drug Development - Course
Outro
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Drug Development
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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2019/01/03 - 2019/02/08 | Laboratory Rotation in the project "The neuroinflammatory reaction to acute systemic inflammation during delirium and its
impact in the cognitive trajectory and progression to dementia: a casecontrol longitudinal study using imaging and molecular
biomarkers"
Outro
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Laboratory Rotation in the project "The neuroinflammatory reaction to acute systemic inflammation during delirium and its
impact in the cognitive trajectory and progression to dementia: a casecontrol longitudinal study using imaging and molecular
biomarkers"
Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Portugal
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2018/03/03 - 2018/03/03 | II Encontro de Laboratório - meet.Lab
Encontro
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II Encontro de Laboratório - meet.Lab
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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2017/04/07 - 2017/04/11 | XX ENEB - Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia
Encontro
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XX ENEB - Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2016/03/18 - 2016/03/22 | IXI ENEB - Encontro Nacional Estudantes de Biologia
Encontro
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IXI ENEB - Encontro Nacional Estudantes de Biologia
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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