Maria João Ferreira Canas dos Santos (B411-7F7F-AE32)

Curriculum Vitae

Maria João Ferreira Canas dos Santos

Maria João Santos is a superior laboratory technician, since June 2007, at Laboratory of Mitochondrial BioMedicine and Theranostics (LBioMiT), Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, which is recognized as an entity certified since 2011 by NP EN ISO 9001: 2008, with registration number 2011 / CEP.3971 (entity certifying APCER). She performs genetic analyzes, integrated in the diagnostic tests of mitochondrial cytopathies, using up-to-date techniques, such as Next Generation Sequence. She has a degree in Biochemistry and a master's degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology, both in the University of Coimbra. She is a PhD student of the Doctoral Program in Health Sciences, at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra. In May 2009, she did a scientific internship abroad, to learn how to perform the quantification analysis of the mitochondrial genome, at the Medical Genetics Laboratories, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. Then, she implemented this technique at the LBioMiT, allowing the identification of a syndrome characterized by a decrease of the mitochondrial DNA copy number, the depletion syndrome. She is particularly interested in this syndrome, especially in the genetic causes associated with it, many of which are still unknown. In February 2015 she took part in the Global Action Against Dementia European Young Leaders in London, where she represented Portugal. Since 2017 she has been working in her PhD projet entitled "Unravelling the mitochondrial genomics, proteomics and metabolomics impairments occurring in Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy". Maria João Santos is co-author of 11 publications in peer reviewed journals and 42 papers in conference proceedings. She has 163 scientific communications, 115 of which are posters and 48 are oral presentations. In the last few years she has also participated in 3 research projects approved by the Foundation for Science and Technology and other 8 projects. h-index: 7; Citations: 180. [(Scopus) - 23/02/2025].

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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo: Maria João Ferreira Canas dos Santos

Nomes de citação

Santos, Maria João
Santos, M.J.

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID: B411-7F7F-AE32
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4018-8787

Domínios de atuação

Ciências Médicas e da Saúde - Biotecnologia Médica - Diagnóstico e Terapias de Base Genética
Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Biologia Molecular
Ciências Médicas e da Saúde - Medicina Básica - Genética Humana

Idiomas

Idioma	Conversação	Leitura	Escrita	Compreensão	Peer-review
Inglês	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Francês	Utilizador elementar (A1)	Utilizador elementar (A1)	Utilizador elementar (A1)	Utilizador elementar (A1)

Formação

	Grau	Classificação
2014/09 - 2023 Em curso	Doctoral Program in Health Sciences (Doutoramento) Especialização em Biomedical Sciences Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal "Unraveling the mitochondrial impairments and organelle stress occurring in Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2006/10 - 2010/06/24 Concluído	Master's degree in Cellular Biology (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Monitoring Kidney Transplantation using Real-Time PCR for Relative Gene Expression Analysis" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	Very Good
2001/09 - 2006/07 Concluído	Biochemistry (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Monitoring Kidney Transplantation using Real-Time PCR for Relative Gene Expression Analysis" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	14 (out of 20)

Percurso profissional

Outros

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2007/06/01 - Atual	Superior Research Technician	CNC - Center for neuroscience and cell biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
	CNC - Center for neuroscience and cell biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2009/05/25 - 2009/06/10	Training in mtDNA copy number quantification by real-time PCR	Baylor College of Medicine, Estados Unidos

2006/11/01 - 2007/05/31	Scholarship technician	CNC - Center for neuroscience and cell biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal

2006/08/01 - 2006/10/31	Volunteer	Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Histocompatibilidade do Centro, Portugal
	Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Histocompatibilidade do Centro, Portugal

Projetos

Projeto

	Designação	Financiadores
2017/09 - Atual	MITOBESI - From obesity to adiposopathy: role of mitochondria. Epigenetics study n/a Team Member	Em curso
2022/03/20 - 2023/12/31	Mit.OnOff - malfunctions of the energy factory br_oc2_01_universidade de coimbra Team Member Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal	EEA Grants Concluído
2018/07/15 - 2019/12/09	Providing free of charge complete genetic tests to all Portuguese patients with a clinical and instrumental diagnosis of Optic Nerve Atrophy n/a Team Member Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal	Santhera Pharmaceuticals Schweiz AG Concluído
2015/04/01 - 2016/03/31	Unveiling intracellular organelle interaction with mitochondria in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: functional genomics approach. n/a Team member Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal	Sociedade Portuguesa de Doenças Metabólicas Concluído
2013/04/01 - 2015/08/31	Translational Bigenomics Investigation in Leber´s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: Genotype-Phenotype Correlation PTDC/DTP-EPI/0929/2012 Investigador Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2012/01/01 - 2015/06/30	Neuropsychological Assessment and Dual Genome Investigation in Frontotemporal Dementia PTDC/SAUEPI/121811/2010 Investigador Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2010/02/05 - 2013/02/04	Analysis of transcription deregulation in brain and peripheral Huntington’s disease models - influence of modulating histone deacetylases PTDC/SAU-FCF/108056/2008 Investigador Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2007/01/05 - 2008/01/04	Research of changes in MTND1 gene in Frontotemporal Dementia / Investigação de alterações no gene MTND1 na demência frontotemporal Projecto GAI nº 19/07 Investigador Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal	Universidade de Coimbra Concluído

Outro

	Designação	Financiadores
2024/06/06 - Atual	Mythabolism: a boardgame to demystify metabolism n/a Team member Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal	European Society for Clinical Investigation Em curso
2024/05/13 - Atual	Mythabolism: a boardgame to demystify metabolism n/a Team Member Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal	Universidade de Coimbra Em curso
2023/03/01 - Atual	Podcast Mitocôndria Irrequieta (Restless Mitochondria Podcast) n/a Team Member Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal	Em curso

Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista	Martins, S.; Santos, M.J.; Teixeira, M.; Diogo, L.; do Carmo Macário, M.; Marques, J.P.; Fonseca, P.; Grazina, M.. "GenEye24: Novel rapid screening test for the top-3 Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy pathogenic sequence variants". Mitochondrion 69 (2023): 64-70. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85147667721&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.mito.2023.01.006 Jacinto, Sandra; Guerreiro, Patrícia; de Oliveira, Rita Machado; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa; Santos, Maria João; Grazina, Manuela; Rego, Ana Cristina; Outeiro, Tiago F.. "MPV17 Mutations Are Associated With a Quiescent Energetic Metabolic Profile". Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 15 641264 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2021.641264. Publicado • 10.3389/fncel.2021.641264 Bacalhau, M.; Simões, M.; Rocha, M.C.; Hardy, S.A.; Vincent, A.E.; Durães, J.; Macário, M.C.; et al. "Disclosing the functional changes of two genetic alterations in a patient with Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia: Report of the novel mtDNA m.7486G>A variant". Neuromuscular Disorders 28 4 (2018): 350-360. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85041560601&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Publicado • 10.1016/j.nmd.2017.11.006 Santos, D.; Santos, M.J.; Alves-Ferreira, M.; Coelho, T.; Sequeiros, J.; Alonso, I.; Oliveira, P.; et al. "MtDNA copy number associated with age of onset in familial amyloid polyneuropathy". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 89 3 (2018): 300-304. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042883375&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Publicado • 10.1136/jnnp-2017-316657 Bacalhau, M.; Pratas, J.; Simões, M.; Mendes, C.; Ribeiro, C.; Santos, M.J.; Diogo, L.; Macário, M.C.; Grazina, M.. "Response to "In silico prediction is insufficient to assess pathogenicity of mtDNA variants"". European Journal of Medical Genetics (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85027531111&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Publicado • 10.1016/j.ejmg.2017.08.008 Bacalhau, M.; Pratas, J.; Simões, M.; Mendes, C.; Ribeiro, C.; Santos, M.J.; Diogo, L.; Macário, M.C.; Grazina, M.. "In silico analysis for predicting pathogenicity of five unclassified mitochondrial DNA mutations associated with mitochondrial cytopathies' phenotypes". European Journal of Medical Genetics 60 3 (2017): 172-177. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85008450521&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Publicado • 10.1016/j.ejmg.2016.12.009 Ribeiro, C.; do Carmo Macário, M.; Viegas, A.T.; Pratas, J.; Santos, M.J.; Simões, M.; Mendes, C.; et al. "Identification of a novel deletion in SURF1 gene: Heterogeneity in Leigh syndrome with COX deficiency". Mitochondrion 31 (2016): 84-88. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994711178&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Publicado • 10.1016/j.mito.2016.10.004 Gaspar, R.; Santana, I.; Mendes, C.; Fernandes, A.S.; Duro, D.; Simões, M.; Luís, D.; Santos, M.J.; Grazina, M.. "Genetic variation of MT-ND genes in frontotemporal lobar degeneration: Biochemical phenotype-genotype correlation". Neurodegenerative Diseases 15 2 (2015): 70-80. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84928938610&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Publicado • 10.1159/000380766 Montero, Raquel; Grazina, Manuela; López-Gallardo, Ester; Montoya, Julio; Briones, Paz; Navarro-Sastre, Aleix; Land, John M.; et al. "Coenzyme Q10 deficiency in mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes". Mitochondrion 13 4 (2013): 337-341. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mito.2013.04.001. Publicado • 10.1016/j.mito.2013.04.001 Tavares, M.V.; Santos, M.J.; Domingues, A.P.; Pratas, J.; Mendes, C.; Simões, M.; Moura, P.; Diogo, L.; Grazina, M.. "Antenatal manifestations of mitochondrial disorders". Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease 36 5 (2013): 805-811. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884350140&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Publicado • 10.1007/s10545-012-9567-x Ferreira, I.L.; Nascimento, M.V.; Ribeiro, M.; Almeida, S.; Cardoso, S.M.; Grazina, M.; Pratas, J.; et al. "Mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis in Huntington's disease human cybrids". Experimental Neurology 222 2 (2010): 243-255. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77549084450&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Publicado • 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.01.002
Livro	Grazina, M. As Avarias na Fábrica de Energia/Malfunctions of the energy factory. Coimbra, Portugal: Self-Published. 2023. Publicado • Pessoal de suporte
Poster em conferência	Santos, Maria João; Simões, Marta; Martins, Sara; José Carlos Ferreira; Grazina, Manuela. "Biochemical genetics connection: a rare case of LYRM7 variant with complex III deficiency". Trabalho apresentado em V MAD meeting - Metabolism, Aging and Disease Meeting 2025, 2025. Santos, Maria João; Simões, Marta; Martins, Sara; José Carlos Ferreira; Grazina, Manuela. "Biochemical clues to solve the genetic puzzle of mitochondrial diseases: case-report of a LYRM7-associated Complex III deficiency". Trabalho apresentado em Annual Symposium of the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism SSIEM 2024, 2024. Martins, Sara; Santos, Maria João; Simões, Marta; Gomes, Célia; Varela Amaral, Sara; Grazina, Manuela. "19 years of rare SinEnergies: Science, Communication, Awareness, Fundraising". Trabalho apresentado em IV MAD - Metabolism, Aging and Disease Meeting 2024, 2024. Martins, Sara; Santos, Maria João; Simões, Marta; António Friande Pereira; Cristina Almeida; meira, dalia; Resendes, Gil; et al. "The Road So Far and beyond: 28 years of Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy at LBioMiT - past, present and future". Trabalho apresentado em MitoPorto 2023, 2023. Martins, Sara; Santos, Maria João; Teixeira, Márcia; Diogo, Luisa; maria carmo macario; João Pedro Marques; Pedro Fonseca; Grazina, Manuela. "A 24h screening test for TOP-3 LHON pathogenic sequence variants to be used in clinical setting and treatment assessment". Trabalho apresentado em CIBB meeting, 2019. Santos, Maria João. "Mitochondrial protein import genes involvement in Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON)". Trabalho apresentado em 15th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM), 2019. Simões, M.; Bacalhau, Mafalda; Fonseca, M.I.; Ribeiro, C.; Santos, Maria João; Macário, M.C.; Diogo, L.; Grazina, M. "Assembly of OXPHOS system in patients with respiratory chain disease". Trabalho apresentado em 15th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM), 2019. Bacalhau, Mafalda; Simões, M.; Pratas, J.; Diogo, L.; Garcia, P.; Vaz, M.; Santos, Maria João; et al. "Mitochondrial dysfunction in a lysosomal storage disorder: a case of spinocerebellar ataxia". Trabalho apresentado em International Symposium MitoPorto: advances in mitochondrial research, 2017. Fonseca, M.I.; Bacalhau, Mafalda; Ribeiro, C.; Santos, Maria João; Macário, M.C.; Fonseca, P.; Diogo, L.; Simões, M.; Grazina, M. "Investigation of OXPHOS complexes' assembly in four LHON patients: Heterogeneity of genetic background". Trabalho apresentado em 20th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics (SPGH – Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana), 2016. Santos, D.; Santos, Maria João; Coelho, T.; Alves-Ferreira, M.; Sequeiros, J.; Alonso, I.; Sousa, A.; Grazina, M; Lemos, C.. "Mitochondrial DNA copy number and new insights on biological mechanisms of Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy". Trabalho apresentado em XV International Symposium on Amyloidosis, 2016. Gomes, C.A.; Simões, M.; Ribeiro, C.; Macário, M.C.; Mendes, C.; Pratas, J.; Santos, Maria João; et al. "Investigation of TFAM gene involvement in LHON-plus: the phantom deletion story". Trabalho apresentado em XII International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM), 2016. Ramos, A.; Ribeiro, C.; Simões, M.; Santos, Maria João; Grazina, M. "The challenges of bioinformatics for NGS genetic data analysis and Sanger sequencing remaining: laboratory implications and clinical significance of mutations". Trabalho apresentado em XII International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM), 2016. Ribeiro, C.; Pratas, J.; Santos, Maria João; Simões, M.; Mendes, C.; Macario, M.C.; Diogo, L.; et al. "Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: biochemical and genetic investigation in 10 portuguese patients.". Trabalho apresentado em XI International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM), 2015. Barreto, P.; Pratas, J.; Mendes, C.; Santos, Maria João; Simões, M.; Martins, C.; Duarte, J.; et al. "Hearing loss: mitochondrial genetics etiology and implications in aminoglycosids use". Trabalho apresentado em 4th In4med - Congresso médico-científico organizado pelo núcleo de estudantes de Medicina da Associação Académica de Coimbra (NEM/AAC) - "Viver (d)a Medicina", 2015. Gomes, C.A.; Ribeiro, C.; Simões, M.; Mendes, C.; Pratas, J.; Santos, Maria João; Silva, E.; et al. "Genetic investigation of mitochondrial transcription factor a (TFAM) in an unusual Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON-plus case)". Trabalho apresentado em XII CNC Annual Meeting, 2014. Domingues, A.P.; Ribeiro, C.; Santos, Maria João; Pratas, J.; Belo, A.; Moura, P.; Grazina, M. "The role of DEFB1 polymorphisms in premature rupture of membranes before 34 weeks". Trabalho apresentado em XII CNC Annual Meeting, 2014. Bacalhau, Mafalda; Pratas, J.; Santos, Maria João; Vaz, M.; Simões, M.; Mendes, C.; Rego, C.; et al. "Establishing the pathogenicity of mitochondrial DNA mutations: a cell and molecular biology approach". Trabalho apresentado em XII CNC Annual Meeting, 2014. Monteiro, N.; Ribeiro, J.C.; Santos, Maria João; Grazina, M; Pereira, P.; Girao, Henrique; Silva, E.; Silva, F.. "MYO7A transcript analysis in an Usher syndrome type 1 patient with heterozygous compound mutations". Trabalho apresentado em VI Annual Meeting of IBILI, 2014. Simões, M.; Mendes, C.; Pratas, J.; Ribeiro, C.; Veríssimo, C.; Santos, Maria João; Diogo, L.; et al. "Biochemical genetics heterogeneity in Leigh Syndrome: a case series of 40 patients". Trabalho apresentado em X International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM), 2014. Guiomar, P.; Vaz, M.; Bacalhau, Mafalda; Mendes, C.; Simões, M.; Pratas, J.; Santos, Maria João; et al. "Functional genomics analysis of an unusual LHON case - preliminary results". Trabalho apresentado em X International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM), 2014. Bacalhau, Mafalda; Pratas, J.; Santos, Maria João; Ribeiro, C.; Vaz, M.; Mendes, C.; Simões, M.; et al. "Establishing the pathogenecity of a novel mitochondrial DNA mutation". Trabalho apresentado em X International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM), 2014. 10.1063/1.4904621
Resumo em conferência	Santos, Maria João; Simões, Marta; Martins, Sara; José Carlos Ferreira; Grazina, Manuela. "Biochemical clues to solve the genetic puzzle of mitochondrial diseases: case-report of a LYRM7-associated Complex III deficiency". Trabalho apresentado em Annual Symposium of the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism SSIEM 2024, Porto, 2024. No prelo Simões, Marta; Santos, Maria João; Martins, Sara; maria carmo macario; Durães, João; Diogo, Luisa; João Paulo F S Oliveira; José Carlos Ferreira; Grazina, Manuela. "Challenges in genetic diagnosis of mitochondrial diseases: what can functional genomics' studies do?". Trabalho apresentado em 19th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM), Figueira da Foz, 2024. No prelo Martins, Sara; Santos, Maria João; Simões, Marta; Jacinto, Sandra; Cristina Martins Halpern; Dupont, Juliette; Diogo, Luisa; Grazina, Manuela. "Diversities in Leigh syndrome associated to MT-ATP6 gene variants". Trabalho apresentado em 19th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM), Figueira da Foz, 2024. No prelo Manuela Grazina; Sara Martins; Santos, Maria João; Marta Simões; Carolina Caetano; Beatriz Neves; Sara Varela Amaral; Laurence A. Bindoff. "Mit.OnOff: A Science Communication Project for Public Awareness about Mitochondrial Cytopathies". Trabalho apresentado em 19th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM), Figueira da Foz, 2023. No prelo • 10.2174/1871530323666230914114434 Simões, Marta; Santos, Maria João; Martins, Sara; Gomes, Célia; Durães, João; João Paulo F S Oliveira; José Carlos Ferreira; Grazina, Manuela. "57ASM - 179 \| AddFun: Adding functional genomics to genetics in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation diseases". Trabalho apresentado em 57TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING ESCI, Prague, 2023. Publicado Santos, Maria João; Simões, Marta; Martins, Sara; Durães, João; Sara Ferreira; Constança Santos; Diogo, Luisa; maria carmo macario; Grazina, Manuela. "57ASM - 177 \| Mitochondrial genome deletions screening: Does next-generation sequencing solve it all?". Trabalho apresentado em 57TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING ESCI,, Prague, 2023. Publicado Santos, Maria João; Martins, Sara; Simões, Marta; António Friande Pereira; Cristina Almeida; meira, dalia; Resendes, Gil; et al. "28 years of genetic screening for Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy at LBioMiT". Trabalho apresentado em 55th European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) Conference, Glasgow, 2023. Publicado Martins, Sara; Santos, Maria João; Simões, Marta; Teixeira, Márcia; Diogo, Luisa; maria carmo macario; LHON Task Force; Grazina, Manuela. ""Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Pathogenic Sequence Variants At LBioMiT: 27 Years Of Screening And GenEye24". Trabalho apresentado em 65th Portuguese Congress of Ophthalmology (65 Congresso Portugues de Oftalmologia), Coimbra, 2022. Publicado Grazina, M; Simões, M.; Bacalhau, M.; Ribeiro, C.; Santos, Maria João; Macário, M.C.; Diogo, L.; et al. "Functional genomics' studies are mandatory for clarifying pathogenicity of novel genetic variants detected by NGS in OXPHOS disorders.". Trabalho apresentado em 52nd European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) Conference, Gothenburg, 2018. Publicado Domingues, A.P.; Ribeiro, C.; Santos, Maria João; Pratas, J.; Belo, A.; Moura, P.; Grazina, M. "The role of DEFB1 polymorphisms in premature rupture of membranes before 34 weeks". Trabalho apresentado em Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 2015. Publicado Ribeiro, C.; Pratas, J.; Santos, Maria João; Simões, M.; Mendes, C.; Macário, M.C.; Diogo, L.; et al. "Dual genome investigation in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy". Trabalho apresentado em European Journal of Human Genetics, 2015. Publicado Tavares, R.; Santana, I.; Gaspar, R.; Santos, Maria João; Mendes, C.; Duro, D.; Simões, M.; Luís, D.; Grazina, M. "MT-RNRs genes sequencing: genotype correlation with biochemical and clinical phenotypes.". Trabalho apresentado em Sinapse, 2015. Publicado Ribeiro, C.; Guiomar, P.; Pratas, J.; Bacalhau, M.; Vaz, M.; Simões, M.; Mendes, C.; et al. "Leber hereditary optic neuropathy plus - more than just a mitochondrial DNA mutation". Trabalho apresentado em Sinapse, 2015. Publicado Gaspar, R.; Santana, I.; Abrantes, J.; Mendes, C.; Monteiro, R.; Santos, Maria João; Duro, D.; et al. "Complex V investigation in frontotemporal lobar degeneration: molecular and biochemical analysis". Trabalho apresentado em J Inherit Metab Dis, 2014. Publicado Guiomar, P.; Vaz, M.; Bacalhau, Mafalda; Mendes, C.; Simões, M.; Pratas, J.; Santos, Maria João; et al. "Molecular and cellular analysis in an unusual LHON case". Trabalho apresentado em J Inherit Metab Dis, 2014. Publicado Macario, M.C.; Duque, C.; Topuz, S.; Tomas, J.; Gouveia, A.R.; Rebelo, O.; Ribeiro, C.; et al. "Mitochondrial disorders associated with mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma mutations in a neurologic adult population.". Trabalho apresentado em J Inherit Metab Dis, 2014. Publicado Oliveira, I.; Santana, I.; Santos, Maria João; Duro, D.; Gaspar, R.; Luís, D.; Grazina, M. "Mitochondrial genome encoding tRNAs sequence in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration". Trabalho apresentado em European Journal of Human Genetics, 2014. Publicado Gaspar, R.; Santana, I.; Abrantes, J.; Mendes, C.; Santos, Maria João; Duro, D.; Simões, M.; Luís, D.; Grazina, M.. "Mitochondrial DNA variants coding for Complex V contributing to frontotemporal lobar degeneration". Trabalho apresentado em Sinapse, 2014. Publicado
Tese / Dissertação	Santos, Maria João. "Monitoring Kidney Transplantation using Real-Time PCR for Relative Gene Expression Analysis". Mestrado, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2010. Santos, Maria João. "Monitoring Kidney Transplantation using Real-Time PCR for Relative Gene Expression Analysis". Licenciatura, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2006.

Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

	Título da apresentação	Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2023/06/12	Mitochondrial genome deletions screening – Does next- generation sequencing solve it all?	57TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING ESCI European Society of Clinical Investigation (Prague, República Checa)
2023/05/12	Selected Flashtalks: The Road So Far and beyond: 28 years of Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy at LBioMiT - past, present and future	MitoPorto 2023 ICBAS, FFUP (Porto, Portugal)
2023/05/05	Read all about it: Mit.OnOff – Alerta para as avarias das fábricas de energia!	SciComPt 2023 Rede SciComPt (Bragança, Portugal)
2023/05/05	18 anos de (Sin)Energias raras: ciência, comunicação, sensibilização, angariação	SciComPt 2023 Rede SciComPt (Bragança, Portugal)
2023/03/31	The hole in the Whole: Mitochondrial DNA deletions screening	19th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) (Figueira da Foz, Portugal)
2022/12/02	Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Pathogenic Sequence Variants at LBioMiT: 27 Years of Screening And GenEye24	65th Portuguese Congress of Ophthalmology (65 Congresso Portugues de Oftalmologia) Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/05/05	Evaluation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-mediated apoptosis in LHON patient primary fibroblasts cells	18th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) (Peniche, Portugal)
2022/05/05	Genetic testing in LHON: classic approaches vs. a novel 24h test for top-3 variants	18th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) (Peniche, Portugal)
2021/02/28	Rare Energies: See Beyond / Energias Raras: Ver Mais Além	Rare Energies: See Beyond / Energias Raras: Ver Mais Além Laboratory of Mitochondrial BioMedicine and Theranostics, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/11/06	Challenges in LHON diagnostics / Desafios no diagnóstico genético de LHON	VIII Neurogenetics Meeting: Mitochondrial Diseases: and when power fails? IBMC Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (Online, Portugal)
2019/03/16	Mitochondrial protein import genes involvement in Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON)	XV International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) SPDM (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/03/16	Assembly of OXPHOS system in patients with respiratory chain disease.	XV International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) SPDM (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/10/22	Mitochondrial DNA: When the Circle Goes Bad	MEETING MITOCHONDRIAL DNA AND DERIVED PEPTIDES IN HEALTH AND DISEASE (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/09/26	Advanced Functional Genomics Studies: a step forward in genetics.	5th meeting of users of NGS ILLUMINA platforms ILC (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/10/03	Challenges of NGS implementation for genetic screening of MRC disorders.	4th meeting of users of NGS ILLUMINA platforms ILC (Porto, Portugal)
2017/06/08	Investigation of OPA1 gene in Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy	XLI Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética (Aveiro, Portugal)
2017/03/17	Report of a novel mitochondrial ATP8 gene mutation in a patient with severe optic neuropathy: functional demonstration of pathogenicity	XIII International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) SPDM (Évora, Portugal)
2016/03/18	Investigation of TFAM gene involvement in LHON-plus: the phantom deletion story	XII International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) SPDM (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/03/18	Evaluation of m.7486G>A pathogenicity using a functional genomics’ approach.	XII International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) SPDM (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015/12/18	Functional genomics analysis to gathering evidence for m.7486G>A mutation pathogenicity	XIII CNC Annual Meeting CNC (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015/05/30	MT-RNRs genes sequencing: genotype correlation with biochemical and clinical phenotypes	29ª Reunião do Grupo de Estudo de Envelhecimento Cerebral e Demências (GEECD) GEECD (Aveiro, Portugal)
2015/05/21	Leber hereditary optic neuropathy plus - more than just a mitochondrial DNA mutation	Fórum de Neurologia (Aveiro, Portugal)
2015/04/19	Genética e Doença Cardiovascular - Quando é útil o teste genético para o diagnóstico e estratificação de risco?	XXXVI Congresso Português de Cardiologia Sociedade Portuguesa de Caridologia (Albufeira, Portugal)
2015/03/20	Mitochondrial diseases linked to mutations of the POLG gene	XI International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) SPDM (Porto, Portugal)
2015/01/22	Establishing the pathogenicity of mitochondrial DNA mutations: a cell and molecular biology approach	Annual Meeting PhD Program in Health Sciences Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/06/27	Analysis of MTRNR genes in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration	28ª Reunião do Grupo de Estudo de Envelhecimento Cerebral e Demências (GEECD) GEECD (Aveiro, Portugal)
2014/06/27	Mitochondrial genome variants influencing protein translation in frontotemporal lobar degeneration	28ª Reunião do Grupo de Estudo de Envelhecimento Cerebral e Demências (GEECD) GEECD (Aveiro, Portugal)
2014/05/15	Mitochondrial DNA variants coding for Complex V contributing to frontotemporal lobar degeneration	Fórum de Neurologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/03/20	Identification of a novel SURF1 gene mutation in Leigh syndrome	X International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) SPDM (Cascais, Portugal)

Organização de evento

	Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)	Instituição / Organização
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27	Spot in Europeans Research Night Coimbra. Preparing the events of our lab (2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27) (2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27) Festival (Coorganizador)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2023/09 - 2023/09	Spot inPicNic com Saúde (SciComm event at FMUC) Preparing the events of our lab. (2023/09/30) (2023/09/30 - 2023/09/30) Festival (Outra)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/05 - 2023/09	Spot in Europeans Research Night Coimbra. Preparing the events of our lab (2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29) (2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29) Festival (Coorganizador)	CNC - Center for neuroscience and cell biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2022/03 - 2023/05	Book release event. Visitation of partner from Norway to Coimbra. (2023/05/08 - 2023/05/08) (2023/05/08 - 2023/05/08) Outro	CNC - Center for neuroscience and cell biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2023/01 - 2023/02	Rare Disease Day 2023. Spot at Faculty of Medicine at UC to raise awareness. (2023/02/28 - 2023/02/28) (2023/02/28 - 2023/02/28) Outro (Coorganizador)	CNC - Center for neuroscience and cell biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2021/02/28 - 2021/02/28	Rare Energies: See Beyond / Energias Raras: Ver Mais Além Online Lecturers: Professor Manuela Grazina, Dr Dália Meira, Maria João Santos. With testimonies of rare disease patients. (2021/02/28 - 2021/02/28) (2021/02/28 - 2021/02/28) Mesa-redonda (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	CNC - Center for neuroscience and cell biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2020/10/11 - 2020/10/11	The blindness of a composer and the vision of science in rare disease / A cegueira de um compositor e a visão na ciência de uma doença rara (event of UC730 Prize) Event for LHON awareness with commented concert; experience for audience with LHON glasses (vision loss simulation); lecturers Professor Manuela Grazina, Dr Miguel Raimundo, Sara Martins, patient testemony (2020/10/08 - 2020/10/08) (2020/10/11 - 2020/10/11) Conferência (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	CNC - Center for neuroscience and cell biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2019/09 - 2019/10	COLMusic "Food VS Environment" - event partnership LBioMiT/OCC. Lecturers: Emeritus Prof Jorge Paiva; Commentators: Prof. Dr Manuela Grazina, Full Prof Helena Freitas. https://orquestraclassicadocentro.org/comusic-encontros-musica-eciencia/ (2019/10/25 - 2019/10/25) (2019/10/25 - 2019/10/25) Conferência (Coorganizador)	CNC - Center for neuroscience and cell biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2019/06 - 2019/07	COLMusic "Science and Economy" - event partnership LBioMiT/OCC. Lecturers: Ana Corte-Real; Óscar Lourenço; Vitor Raposo; Fernando Catarino; Manuela Grazina. https://orquestraclassicadocentro.org/colmusic/ (2019/07/12 - 2019/07/12) (2019/07/12 - 2019/07/12) Conferência (Coorganizador)	CNC - Center for neuroscience and cell biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Participação em evento

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de evento	Nome do evento Instituição / Organização
2025/02/04 - 2025/02/04	Meeting of CNC's research area (Metabolism, Aging and Disease). Encontro	V MAD meeting - Metabolism, Aging and Disease Meeting 2025 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2024/11/18 - 2024/11/18	LHON Forum 2024 Encontro	LHON Forum 2024 - LHON: Expert Update from around the world
2024/09/26 - 2024/09/26	Conversa Improvável, Mitocôndrias à solta - onde está a energia? Seminário	Conversa Improvável, Mitocôndrias à solta - onde está a energia? Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2024/09/17 - 2024/09/17	Diagnóstico laboratorial das Doenças Mitocondriais Seminário	Diagnóstico laboratorial das Doenças Mitocondriais Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge Porto, Portugal
2024/09/03 - 2024/09/06	Annual Symposium of the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism, SSIEM 2024 Conference about metabolic diseases Simpósio	Annual Symposium of the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism, SSIEM 2024 Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Reino Unido
2024/07/19 - 2024/07/19	Webinar on LHON: updates on LHON Seminário	Webinar on LHON 2024 edition
2024/06/19 - 2024/06/19	CIBB Seminar - Pharmacogenetic analyses and healthy aging (by Prof Zoraida Verde Rello) Seminário	CIBB Seminar Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2024/05/23 - 2024/05/23	Potencie os ensaios de qPCR e dPCR: Expanda o poder do Multiplex no seu laboratório Seminário	Potencie os ensaios de qPCR e dPCR: Expanda o poder do Multiplex no seu laboratório Thermo Fisher Scientific, Reino Unido
2024/04/05 - 2024/04/05	20th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) Conference about metabolic diseases Simpósio	20th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) Sociedade Portuguesa de Doenças Metabólicas, Portugal
2024/03/13 - 2024/03/13	Training Course in First Aid covered the topics covered: Integrated Emergency Medical System; Survival chain; Basic Life Support Algorithm; Acting in special situations: bleeding; poisoning; burns (cold and hot); fractures; airway obstruction; spinal cord and vertebral column trauma/traumatic brain injury. Seminário	Training Course in First Aid CNC - Center for neuroscience and cell biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2024/02/01 - 2024/02/01	Getting Started with Genomics: Next Generation Sequencing Essentials for 2024 Seminário	Getting Started with Genomics: Next Generation Sequencing Essentials for 2024 Novogene Co Ltd, China
2024/01/29 - 2024/01/30	Meeting of CNC's research area (Metabolism, Aging and Disease). Encontro	IV MAD - Metabolism, Aging and Disease Meeting 2024 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2023/12/18 - 2023/12/18	LHON, The Update from Optic Nerve Network Seminário	LHON Forum 2023 Chiesi España SA, Espanha
2023/06/10 - 2023/06/13	Conference of ESHG, Hybrid Conference Congresso	European Human Genetics Conference 2023 European Society of Human Genetics, Áustria
2023/01/19 - 2023/01/19	A Beginner's Guide to Next Generation Sequencing: Principles & Recent Developments Seminário	A Beginner's Guide to Next Generation Sequencing: Principles & Recent Developments Novogene Co Ltd, China
2023/01/17 - 2023/01/17	A Twist of NGS, Powered by SeqOne Oficina (workshop)	A Twist of NGS, Powered by SeqOne
2023/01/12 - 2023/01/13	3rd Retreat of CIBB's Metabolism, Aging and Disease Area Encontro	3rd Retreat of CIBB's Metabolism, Aging and Disease Area Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2022/12/19 - 2022/12/19	CIBB Meeting 2022 Encontro	CIBB Meeting 2022 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2022/11/28 - 2022/11/28	LHON forum 2022 from Optic Nerve Network Seminário	LHON forum 2022 Chiesi España SA, Espanha
2022/11/17 - 2022/11/19	Conference about genetics Encontro	26th Annual Meeting of SPGH Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, Portugal
2022/10/20 - 2022/10/20	A Beginner's guide to DNA Sequencing: Recent advances Seminário	A Beginner's guide to DNA Sequencing: Recent advances Novogene Co Ltd, China
2022/09/05 - 2022/09/05	Workshop on technical and best practices for preparing EIC Pathfinder applications Oficina (workshop)	Workshop on technical and best practices for preparing EIC Pathfinder applications Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/07/22 - 2022/07/22	This webinar is an international initiative designed to spread the knowledge and awareness regarding the pathology, the diagnosis (especially early diagnosis), and therapy of Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON). Seminário	Webinar on LHON 2022 Edition
2022/05/12 - 2022/05/13	The main objective of the course is to provide trainees with the latest knowledge in the fields of ethics, standards, good practices in genetic counseling, Portuguese legislation and regulations in the field of clinical and laboratory genetics, including ethical, regulatory and societal aspects of biobanks. Outro	Training Course on Ethical and Social Aspects in Clinical Laboratory Genetics \| Curso de Formação em Aspetos Éticos e Sociais em Genética Clínica Laboratorial Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/05/05 - 2022/05/06	18th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) Simpósio	18th International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) Sociedade Portuguesa de Doenças Metabólicas, Portugal
2022/04/21 - 2022/04/21	WEBINAR on Bioinformatic Analysis of DNA-seq results by Novogene Seminário	A Begineer's Guide to DNA-seq Bioinformatic Analysis Novogene Co Ltd, China
2021/12/20 - 2021/12/20	CIBB Meeting 2021 Encontro	CIBB Meeting 2021 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2021/12/09 - 2021/12/09	LHON Forum 2021 Seminário	LHON Forum 2021 Chiesi España SA, Espanha
2021/11/17 - 2021/11/18	2nd MAD Retreat Encontro	Science Out of the Box - MAD (Metabolism, aging and Disease) Group Retreat 2021 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2021/08/28 - 2021/08/31	European Human Genetics Virtual Conference 2021 Congresso	European Human Genetics Virtual Conference 2021 European Society of Human Genetics, Áustria
2021/07/02 - 2021/07/23	VIII Cell Culture and Tissue Training Course 2021 Outro	VIII Cell Culture and Tissue Training Course 2021 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/06/06 - 2020/06/09	European Human Genetics Conference 2020 (Online event) Congresso	European Human Genetics Conference 2020
2019/12/19 - 2019/12/20	CIBB Meeting 2019 Congresso	CIBB Meeting 2019 Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Portugal
2019/11/08 - 2019/11/08	NGS/WES – Genomic revolution in the clinical practice Oficina (workshop)	NGS/WES – Genomic revolution in the clinical practice
2019/10/09 - 2019/10/09	6ª Reunião de Utilizadores de Plataformas NGS / 6th meeting of users of NGS ILLUMINA platforms Encontro	6th meeting of users of NGS ILLUMINA platforms
2019/05/21 - 2019/05/21	EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR/RGPD) - training session Seminário	EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR/RGPD) - training session Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2019/03/20 - 2019/03/22	S5 System training Oficina (workshop)	S5 System training Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/03/14 - 2019/03/16	XV International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) Congresso	XV International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM)
2018/10/12 - 2018/10/12	How to write a winning abstract Oficina (workshop)	How to write a winning abstract Santhera Pharmaceuticals Schweiz AG, Suiça
2018/09/27 - 2018/09/27	Genomics Day Encontro	Genomics Day
2018/09/26 - 2018/09/27	5ª Reunião de Utilizadores de Plataformas NGS / 5th meeting of users of NGS ILLUMINA platforms Encontro	5th meeting of users of NGS ILLUMINA platforms
2018/05/22 - 2018/05/22	Gestão de Resíduos Hospitalares Perigosos - Triagem e Acondicionamento / Management of Hazardous Hospital Waste - Sorting and Packaging Seminário	Management of Hazardous Hospital Waste - Sorting and Packaging
2017/12/21 - 2017/12/21	2nd Meeting on Biomedical Research @UC Encontro	2nd Meeting on Biomedical Research @UC Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2017/09/20 - 2017/12/13	Plataforma de Gestão da Qualidade UeBe.Q / Quality Management Platform UeBe.Q Oficina (workshop)	Quality Management Platform UeBe.Q
2017/10/02 - 2017/10/03	4ª Reunião de Utilizadores de Plataformas NGS / 4th meeting of users of NGS ILLUMINA platforms Encontro	4th meeting of users of NGS ILLUMINA platforms
2017/09/27 - 2017/09/27	Ação de Formação sobre Gestão Integrada de Resíduos Hospitalares / Training on Integrated Management of Hospital Waste Seminário	Training on Integrated Management of Hospital Waste
2017/09/21 - 2017/09/22	Bring Your Own Data To Link Rare Disease Registries Oficina (workshop)	Bring Your Own Data To Link Rare Disease Registries
2017/09/18 - 2017/09/20	5th International Summer School on Rare Disease and Orphan Drug Registries Oficina (workshop)	5th International Summer School on Rare Disease and Orphan Drug Registries
2017/04/28 - 2017/04/29	I Congresso de Investigação em Medicina da Escolas Médicas Portuguesas / I Congress of the Portuguese Medical Schools Congresso	I Congress of the Portuguese Medical Schools Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/12/19 - 2016/12/20	1st Meeting on Biomedical Research @UC Encontro	1st Meeting on Biomedical Research @UC Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2016/11/29 - 2016/11/30	3ª Reunião de utilizadores Illumina / 3rd meeting of users of NGS ILLUMINA platforms Encontro	3rd meeting of users of NGS ILLUMINA platforms
2016/06/14 - 2016/06/14	Formação para a realização de ensaios de NGS / Training to perform NGS tests Oficina (workshop)	Training to perform NGS tests
2016/06/07 - 2016/06/07	Simpósio sobre genética e proteção de dados pessoais / Symposium on genetics and personal data protection Simpósio	Symposium on genetics and personal data protection
2016/04/21 - 2016/05/10	Requisitos da Norma NP EN ISO 9001:2015 / Requirements of NP EN ISO 9001:2015 Standard Seminário	Requirements of NP EN ISO 9001:2015 Standard Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2016/04/07 - 2016/04/07	Let's talk about CRISP Seminário	Let's talk about CRISP
2016/03/17 - 2016/03/18	XII International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM) Congresso	XII International Symposium of the Portuguese Society for Metabolic Disorders (SPDM)
2015/12/17 - 2015/12/18	XIII CNC Annual Meeting Encontro	XIII CNC Annual Meeting Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2015/10/23 - 2015/10/23	Formação de Saúde e Segurança no trabalho (SST) / Health and Safety Training Seminário	Health and Safety Training
2015/02/27 - 2015/02/27	Young Leaders Event - Global Action Against Dementia Encontro	Young Leaders Event - Global Action Against Dementia
2014/12/15 - 2014/12/16	XII CNC Annual Meeting Encontro	XII CNC Annual Meeting
2014/11/20 - 2014/11/20	Info Day Nacional – Oportunidades e Desafios à Investigação & Inovação em Saúde, Alterações Demográficas e Bem-estar Simpósio	Info Day Nacional – Oportunidades e Desafios à Investigação & Inovação em Saúde, Alterações Demográficas e Bem-estar
2014/05/31 - 2014/06/03	European Human Genetics Conference 2014 Congresso	European Human Genetics Conference 2014
2013/12/17 - 2013/12/17	Neuropatia Ótica Hereditária de Leber - update / Leber hereditary optic neuropathy - update Seminário	Leber hereditary optic neuropathy - update

Membro de associação

	Nome da associação	Tipo de participação
2023/12 - Atual	European Society of Clinical Investigation (ESCI)	ESCI member

Tutoria

	Tópico	Nome do aluno
2025/02/03 - Atual	[Laboratorial technical support] BSc Biology Project	Érica Durão
2024/07/15 - 2024/07/19	[Laboratorial technical support] Week Ciência Viva no Laboratório	Highschool student - 2 students
2024/02/05 - 2024/06/30	[Laboratorial technical support] BSc Biochemistry Project	Francisco Cardoso
2023/07 - 2023/09	[Laboratorial technical support] Summer Internship	Francisco C.
2023/07/17 - 2023/07/28	[Laboratorial technical support] Observatory lab rotation	Miriam C.
2023/07/17 - 2023/07/21	[Laboratorial technical support] Week Ciência Viva no Laboratório	Highschool student - 2
2021/01/01 - 2021/06/30	[Laboratorial technical support] BSc Project - Genotyping of CYP2C19 gene	Juliana Esgueirão
2019/09/02 - 2019/09/06	Project Ciência Viva	Highschool student
2019/07/01 - 2019/07/31	Mentoring of LORE student (4 weeks long Research Exchange of Med Student)	Nirmala
2018/09/03 - 2018/09/28	Mentoring of LORE student (4 weeks long Research Exchange of Med Student)	Emilijia Welker
2018/07/02 - 2018/07/27	Mentoring of LORE student (4 weeks long Research Exchange of Med Student)	Mireia Santamaría Sáez-Torres
2017/07/03 - 2017/07/28	Mentoring of LORE student (4 weeks long Research Exchange of Med Student)	Julia Armengol
2017/07/03 - 2017/07/28	Mentoring of LORE student (4 weeks long Research Exchange of Med Student)	Andrea Castillo
2016/09/05 - 2016/09/30	Mentoring of LORE student (4 weeks long Research Exchange of Med Student)	Christina Noceti
2016/07/04 - 2016/07/27	Mentoring of LORE student (4 weeks long Research Exchange of Med Student)	Man Wong

Distinções

Prémio

2023	2023 ESCI - POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD European Society for Clinical Investigation, Países Baixos

Outra distinção

2017	Honorable Mention for Best Oral Presentation Sociedade Portuguesa de Doenças Metabólicas, Portugal
2008	Best presentation (clinics)