Identificação pessoal

Nome completo

Maria Godinho Alves Vieira Duarte Soares

Nomes de citação

• V. Soares, Maria

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID

F019-DCC5-CBF0

ORCID iD

0000-0002-6492-2931

Endereços de correio eletrónico

• msoares@medicina.ulisboa.pt (Profissional)
• maria.soares@gimm.pt (Profissional)
• mariasoares100@yahoo.co.uk (Pessoal)

Telefones

Telefone

• 217 999 41 (Profissional)

Moradas

• João Lacerda Lab, Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Edifício Egas Moniz - Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 , Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Profissional)

Domínios de atuação

• Ciências Médicas e da Saúde - Medicina Básica - Imunologia

Idiomas

Idioma	Conversação	Leitura	Escrita	Compreensão	Peer-review
Inglês	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Português (Idioma materno)

	Grau	Classificação
2002 Concluído	Immunology (Doctor of Philosophy) Especialização em Clinical Immunology University College London Faculty of Medical Sciences, Reino Unido "Regulation of Naïve and Memory T Cell Populations by Apoptosis and Replicative Senescence" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	Not applicable
1997 Concluído	Mestrado de Imunologia(Master in Immunology) (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal "Characterisation of Apoptosis in Cord Blood T Lymphocytes" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
1994 Concluído	Bioquímica (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Frequencia Genotípica e alélica do polimorfismo do gene CYP2D6 do citocromo P450 numa populacao de doentes de Parkinson" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)

Ciência

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2014/01/01 - Atual	Investigador Contratado (Investigação)	Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal
2008 - 2009	Investigador Contratado (Investigação)	Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2007/10/01 - 2008/02/29	Pós-doutorado (Investigação)	Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2004/10/01 - 2007/09/30	Pós-doutorado (Investigação)	Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2002/10/01 - 2004/09/30	Investigador Contratado (Investigação)	University College London, Reino Unido

Docência no Ensino Superior

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2022/09/01 - Atual	Professor Auxiliar Convidado (Docente Universitário)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Outros

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2009/07/01 - 2013/12/31	Flow Cytometry Unit Director (Ciência 2007 contract)	Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal

Bolsa

	Designação	Financiadores
2008/05 - 2011/05	Immune Reconstitution after Unrelated and Haplotype-Mismatched Stem Cell Transplantation PTDC/SAU-MII/67662/2006 Investigador responsável Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Concluído
2004 - 2007	Efeitos da IL-7 em subpopulações de linfócitos T CD4+ em HIV SFRH/BPD/14927/2004 Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
1996 - 2000	Regulation of Human naive and memory T cell populations by apoptosis and replicative senescence PRAXIS XXI/BD/9254/96 Bolseiro de Doutoramento University College London Medical School, Reino Unido Royal Free Hospital, Reino Unido	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
1994 - 1996	Mestrado de Imunologia PRAXIS XXI/BM/2444/94 Bolseiro de Mestrado Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal Royal Free Hospital, Reino Unido	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído

Projeto

	Designação	Financiadores
2020/04 - Atual	CMV infection and CMV-specific T-cell reconstitution in unrelated donor allo-HSCT after in vivo T-cell depletion with ATG: a comparative study of prophlylaxis with letermovir versus standard of care preemptive treatment #59510 Lacerda Investigador Pós-doutorado Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal	MSD Portugal Em curso
2015/01/01 - Atual	Repair of tissue and organ damage in refractory chronic GVHD after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by the infusion of purified allogeneic donor regulatory T lymphocytes Grant agreement ID: 643776 Investigador Pós-doutorado Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal	European Commission Em curso
2014 - 2015	Induction of Immune Tolerance in Human Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation HMSP-ICT/0001/2011 Investigador Pós-doutorado Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2011/04/01 - 2014/03/31	HIV/AIDS: contribute of naïve CD4 T cell homeostasis PTDC/SAU-MIC/109786/2009 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2007/11/01 - 2011/04/30	HIV-2 infection and thymus PTDC/SAU-MII/66248/2006 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2007 - 2010	Clinical implications of activation of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in primary adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia PIC/IC/83023/2007 Investigador Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2007 - 2010	Long-term impact of thymectomy performed in early infancy PIC/IC/83068/2007 Investigador Pós-doutorado Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2005/06 - 2008/11	The role of IL-7 in the homeostatic regulation of CD4+ T lymphocyte populations in humans POCI/BIA-BCM/61079/2004 Investigador responsável Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Concluído
2007 - 2008	Mechanisms involved in the reconstitution of the T cell pool after unrelated and haplotype mismatched stem cell transplantation. SFRH/BPD/34588/2007 Investigador Pós-doutorado Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Concluído
2005/06/01 - 2007/12/31	T cell production in HIV immunodeficiency POCI/SAU-MMO/60333/2004 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2004 - 2007	HIV2 specific T cells POCI/SAU-IMI/55368/2004 Investigador Pós-doutorado Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído

Publicações

Artigo em conferência	Arne N. Akbar; V. Soares, Maria; Fiona Plunkett. "Differential regulation of CD8+ T cell senescence in mice and men". Trabalho apresentado em First Conference of the EU Thematic Network Immunology and Ageing in Europe (ImAginE), Tubingen, 2000. Publicado
Artigo em revista	Pacini, C. P.; V. Soares, Maria; Lacerda, JF. Autor correspondente: Lacerda, JF. "The impact of regulatory T cells on the graft-versus-leukemia effect". Frontiers in Immunology 15 1339318 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1339318. Publicado • 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1339318 Soares, Maria VD; Escamilla Gomez, Virginia; Azevedo, Rita I; Pereira, Paulo N.G.; Velázquez, Teresa Caballero; Garcia-Calderón, Clara B.; Tharmaratnam, Kukatharmini; et al. "Phase I/II Clinical Trials of Donor-Derived Purified Regulatory T Cells for the Treatment of Steroid-Refractory Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease". Blood 140 Supplement (2022): 880-882. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2022-163394. 10.1182/blood-2022-163394 Eduardo Espada; Matthew P. Cheng; Haesook T. Kim; Ann E. Woolley; Jason I. Avigan; Edouard Forcade; Maria V. D. Soares; et al. "BK virus–specific T-cell immune reconstitution after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation". Blood Advances 4 9 (2020): 1881-1893. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2019001120. 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019001120 Soares, Maria V.; Azevedo, Rita I.; Ferreira, Inês A.; Bucar, Sara; Ribeiro, Ana C.; Vieira, Ana; Pereira, Paulo N. G.; et al. "Naive and Stem Cell Memory T Cell Subset Recovery Reveals Opposing Reconstitution Patterns in CD4 and CD8 T Cells in Chronic Graft vs. Host Disease". Frontiers in Immunology 10 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2019.00334. 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00334 Minskaia, Ekaterina; Saraiva, Barbara C.; Soares, Maria M. V.; Azevedo, Rita I.; Ribeiro, Ruy M.; Kumar, Saumya D.; Vieira, Ana I. S.; Lacerda, João F.. "Molecular Markers Distinguishing T Cell Subtypes With TSDR Strand-Bias Methylation". Frontiers in Immunology 9 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02540. 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02540 Gomes, A. M.; Soares, M. V. D.; Ribeiro, P.; Caldas, J.; Povoa, V.; Martins, L. R.; Melao, A.; et al. "Adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells display decreased PTEN activity and constitutive hyperactivation of PI3K/Akt pathway despite high PTEN protein levels". Haematologica 99 6 (2014): 1062-1068. http://dx.doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2013.096438. 10.3324/haematol.2013.096438 Azevedo, R.I.; Soares, M.V.D.; Albuquerque, A.S.; Tendeiro, R.; Soares, R.S.; Martins, M.; Ligeiro, D.; et al. "Long-term immune reconstitution of naive and memory t cell pools after haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation". Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 19 5 (2013): 703-712. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876308178&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.bbmt.2013.01.017 Tendeiro, R.; Albuquerque, A.S.; Foxall, R.B.; Cavaleiro, R.; Soares, R.S.; Baptista, A.P.; Soares, M.V.D.; Gomes, P.; Sousa, A.E.. "Preserved CD4 T-cell telomere length during long-lasting HIV-2 infection". AIDS 27 2 (2013): 289-292. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872416149&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32835ab234 Di Mitri, D.; Azevedo, R.I.; Henson, S.M.; Libri, V.; Riddell, N.E.; Macaulay, R.; Kipling, D.; et al. "Reversible senescence in human CD4 +CD45RA +CD27 - memory T cells". Journal of Immunology 187 5 (2011): 2093-2100. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052682032&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.4049/jimmunol.1100978 Libri, V.; Azevedo, R.I.; Jackson, S.E.; Di Mitri, D.; Lachmann, R.; Fuhrmann, S.; Vukmanovic-Stejic, M.; et al. "Cytomegalovirus infection induces the accumulation of short-lived, multifunctional CD4 +CD45RA +CD27 - T cells: The potential involvement of interleukin-7 in this process". Immunology 132 3 (2011): 326-339. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79251641161&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2010.03386.x Henson, S.M.; Franzese, O.; Macaulay, R.; Libri, V.; Azevedo, R.I.; Kiani-Alikhan, S.; Plunkett, F.J.; et al. "KLRG1 signaling induces defective Akt (ser473) phosphorylation and proliferative dysfunction of highly differentiated CD8+ T cells". Blood 113 26 (2009): 6619-6628. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-69249238113&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1182/blood-2009-01-199588 Azevedo, R.I.; Soares, M.V.D.; Barata, J.T.; Tendeiro, R.; Serra-Caetano, A.; Victorino, R.M.M.; Sousa, A.E.. "IL-7 sustains CD31 expression in human naive CD4+ T cells and preferentially expands the CD31+ subset in a PI3K-dependent manner". Blood 113 13 (2009): 2999-3007. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-64049104988&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1182/blood-2008-07-166223 Wallace, D.L.; Bérard, M.; Soares, M.V.D.; Oldham, J.; Cook, J.E.; Akbar, A.N.; Tough, D.F.; Beverley, P.C.L.. "Prolonged exposure of naïve CD8+ T cells to interleukin-7 or interleukin-15 stimulates proliferation without differentiation or loss of telomere length". Immunology 119 2 (2006): 243-253. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33748750775&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2006.02429.x Dunne, P.J.; Belaramani, L.; Fletcher, J.M.; Fernandez De Mattos, S.; Lawrenz, M.; Soares, M.V.D.; Rustin, M.H.A.; et al. "Quiescence and functional reprogramming of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-specific CD8+ T cells during persistent infection". Blood 106 2 (2005): 558-565. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-22144447518&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1182/blood-2004-11-4469 Reed, J.R.; Vukmanovic-Stejic, M.; Fletcher, J.M.; Soares, M.V.D.; Cook, J.E.; Orteu, C.H.; Jackson, S.E.; et al. "Telomere erosion in memory T cells induced by telomerase inhibition at the site of antigenic challenge in vivo". Journal of Experimental Medicine 199 10 (2004): 1433-1443. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2542481852&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1084/jem.20040178 Soares, M.V.D.; Plunkett, F.J.; Verbeke, C.S.; Cook, J.E.; Faint, J.M.; Belaramani, L.L.; Fletcher, J.M.; et al. "Integration of apoptosis and telomere erosion in virus-specific CD8 + T cells from blood and tonsils during primary infection". Blood 103 1 (2004): 162-167. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-9144236356&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1182/blood-2003-06-1791 Dunne, P.J.; Faint, J.M.; Gudgeon, N.H.; Fletcher, J.M.; Plunkett, F.J.; Soares, M.V.D.; Hislop, A.D.; et al. "Epstein-Barr virus-specific CD8+ T cells that re-express CD45RA are apoptosis-resistant memory cells that retain replicative potential". Blood 100 3 (2002): 933-940. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036682492&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1182/blood-2002-01-0160 Akbar, Arne N; Soares, Maria Vieira D; Plunkett, Fiona J; Salmon, Mike. "Differential regulation of CD8+ T cell senescence in mice and men". Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 121 1-3 (2001): 69-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0047-6374(00)00198-6. 10.1016/s0047-6374(00)00198-6 Plunkett, F.J.; Soares, M.V.D.; Annels, N.; Hislop, A.; Ivory, K.; Lowdell, M.; Salmon, M.; Rickinson, A.; Akbar, A.N.. "The flow cytometric analysis of telomere length in antigen-specific CD8+ T cells during acute Epstein-Barr virus infection". Blood 97 3 (2001): 700-707. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035253867&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1182/blood.V97.3.700 Soares, M.V.D.; Maini, M.K.; Beverley, P.C.L.; Salmon, M.; Akbar, A.N.. "Regulation of apoptosis and replicative senescence in CD8+ T cells from patients with viral infections". Biochemical Society Transactions 28 2 (2000): 255-258. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033964431&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Plunkett, F.J.; Soares, M.V.D.; Salmon, M.; Akbar, A.N.. "Regulation of apoptosis and replicative senescence in CD8+ T cell following acute viral infection". Apoptosis 5 5 (2000): 431-434. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034467258&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1023/A:1009672331030 Plunkett, F. J.; Soares, M. V. D.; Akbar, A. N.. "Regulation of apoptosis and replicative senescence in CD8+ T cell following acute viral infection". APOPTOSIS 5 5 (2000): 431-734. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1009672331030. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009672331030 Maini, M.K.; Soares, M.V.D.; Zilch, C.F.; Akbar, A.N.; Beverley, P.C.L.. "Virus-induced CD8+ T cell clonal expansion is associated with telomerase up-regulation and telomere length preservation: A mechanism for rescue from replicative senescence". Journal of Immunology 162 8 (1999): 4521-4526. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033561672&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Soares, M.V.D.; Borthwick, N.J.; Maini, M.K.; Janossy, G.; Salmon, M.; Akbar, A.N.. "IL-7-dependent extrathymic expansion of CD45RA+ T cells enables preservation of a naive repertoire". Journal of Immunology 161 11 (1998): 5909-5917. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032402257&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Poster em conferência	Warnatz, Hans-Jörg; Azevedo, Rita I; Soares, Maria G.D; Alho, Ana C; Ward, Laura C; Ribeiro, Ana C; Juncal, Clara; et al. "Profiling T Cell Receptor Repertoires in Phase I/II Clinical Trials of Donor Treg Infusion for the Treatment of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease". Trabalho apresentado em 60th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition, 2018. 10.1182/blood-2018-99-111866 Ekaterina Minskaia; Barbara C. Saraiva; Maria V. D. Soares; Ana I. S. Vieira; João F Lacerda. "Epigenetic Control of Foxp3, CAMTA1 and FUT7 Genes in Human Regulatory T Cells". Trabalho apresentado em 59th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH), 2017. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.V130.Suppl_1.1004.1004 Maria V. D. Soares; Rita I Azevedo; Inês Ferreira; Sara V Bucar; Dário Ligeiro; Ana C. Ribeiro; Paulo N.G. Pereira; et al. "Increased Naive, Stem Cell Memory and Terminally Differentiated CD8+ T Cells in Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease". Trabalho apresentado em 59th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH), 2017. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.V130.Suppl_1.3260.3260 Azevedo, R. I; V. Soares, Maria; Vaz, C. P; Edinger, M; Baron, F; Arpinati, M; Warnatz, H; et al. "TREGeneration: Repair of tissue and organ damage in refractory chronic graft versus host disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by the infusion of purified allogenic donor regulatory T lymphocytes". Trabalho apresentado em 43rd Annual Meeting of the European Group for Marrow Transplantation, 2017. Espada, Eduardo; Woolley, Ann E.; Avigan, Jason; Forcade, Edouard; Soares, Maria V.D.; Nikiforow, Sarah; Ho, Vincent T.; et al. "BK Virus-Specific T Cell Immune Reconstitution after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation". Trabalho apresentado em 58th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH), 2016. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.V128.22.3425.3425 Soares, Maria V.D.; Azevedo, Rita I; Ferreira, Ines A; Bucar, Sara Ventura; Alho, Ana Cristina; Espada, Eduardo L; Clara, Juncal; et al. "TREG and Tcon Dynamics after Allo-HSCT: Cgvhd Is Associated to Decreased NaïVe and Stem Cell Memory Subsets with a Concomitant Increase in Terminally Differentiated T Cell Subsets". Trabalho apresentado em 58th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH), 2016. 10.1182/blood.v128.22.2229.2229 Soares, Maria; Rita I Azevedo; Inês Ferreira; Sara V Bucar; Ana C. Alho; Eduardo L. Espada; Clara Juncal; et al. "Imbalances in the reconstitution of naïve and memory T cell subsets in chronic graft versus host disease". Trabalho apresentado em 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2016. Di Mitri, D.; Henson, S.; Riddell, N.E.; Kipling, D.; V. Soares, Maria; Battistini, L.; Akbar, A.N.. "Reversible senescence in human CD4(+) CD45RA(+)CD27(-) memory T cells". Trabalho apresentado em Annual Congress of the British-Society-for-Immunology, 2011. Libri, Valentina; Jackson, Sarah; Azevedo, Rita I; Cook, J.; V. Soares, Maria; Beverley, P. C. L.; Akbar, Arne N. "IL-7-driven homeostatic proliferation induces the generation of short-lived functionally distinct memory CD4+ T cells re-expressing CD45RA". Trabalho apresentado em 2nd European Congress of Immunology., 2009. Azevedo, R.I.; V. Soares, Maria; Barata, J. T.; Tendeiro, R.; Serra-Caetano, A.; Victorino, R.M.M.; Sousa, A. E.. "IL-7 sustains CD31 expression in human naive CD4+ T cells and preferentially expands the CD31+ subset in a PI3K-dependent manner". Trabalho apresentado em 2nd European Congress of Immunology., 2009. Soares, Maria; Azevedo, Rita I.; Tendeiro, R.; Soares, RS; Victorino, R.M.M.; Lacerda, João F.; Sousa, A.E.. "Evidence of a Significant Contribution of Thymic Output to T Cell Reconstitution Following Full Haplotype Mismatched. Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) Leading to a Predominantly Naive Phenotype.". Trabalho apresentado em 50th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Hematology, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.V112.11.2212.2212 Rita I Azevedo; Soares, Maria; Rui M.M. Victorino; João F. Lacerda; Ana E. Sousa. "Human naive CD4+CD45RA+CD31+ recent thymic emigrants can be maintained by IL-7". Trabalho apresentado em 13th International Congress of Immunology, 2007. Soares, Maria; Rita I Azevedo; Rui Soares; Adriana Albuquerque; Catarina Cortesão; Russell Foxall; Ana Cristina Gomes Espada de Sousa. "IL-7 AND MAINTENANCE OF NAÏVE CD4+T CELL POOLS: INSIGHTS FROM HIV-1 AND HIV-2 INFECTIONS". Trabalho apresentado em 1st Joint Meeting of European National Societies of Immunology - 16th European Congress of Immunology, 2006. Fiona Plunkett; V. Soares, Maria; Nicola Annels; Mike Salmon; Alan Rickinson; Arne N. Akbar. "Analysis of telomere length in antigen specific CD8+ T cells by fluorescent in situ hybridisation". Trabalho apresentado em Annual Scientific Meeting of the BSRA held in London on 14 July 2000, 2000.
Tese / Dissertação	Soares, Maria. "Regulation of Naive and Memory T cell populations by apoptosis and replicative senescence.". Doutoramento, University College London Medical School, 2002. https://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b2014343~S24. Soares, Maria. "Frequencia Genotípica e alélica do polimorfismo do gene CYP2D6 do citocromo P450 numa populacao de doentes de Parkinson". Licenciatura, 1994. Soares, Maria. "Characterisation of Apoptosis in Cord Blood T Lymphocytes". Licenciatura, Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 1994.

Prémio

2019	Prémio Nacional de Hematologia Sociedade Portuguesa de Hematologia, Portugal

Outra distinção

2000	Travel award to attend the the FEBS International Summer School on Immunology British Society for Immunology, Reino Unido
1997	Travel award to participate in the 13th European Immunolgy Meeting, Amsterdam, Holland