Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Rita Mafalda dos Santos Rocha do Rosário
Citation names
- Rocha, Rita
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 0D18-5B08-2B80
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-1193-8320
Email addresses
- rita.rocha@nms.unl.pt (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2011
Concluded
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Bioquímica (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Structural impact of ambiguous CUG decoding in Candida albicans" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovada com distinção e louvor - approved |
2003
Concluded
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Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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15 (0-20) |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/07/01 - Current | Science and Technology Management | Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal |
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal | ||
2015/12/01 - 2022/06/30 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
2020 - 2021 | Science and Technology Management | YourBiome Therapeutics, Portugal |
2011 - 2015 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2013 - 2020 | Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) | Escola Superior Saúde Santa Maria, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2015 - Current | Structural and functional characterization of K+ transport in bacteria
SFRH/BPD/111525/2015
Post-doc Fellow
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Ongoing
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2011 - 2015 | Unveiling the molecular basis of the echinocandins resistance - the first-line antifungals
Pfizer, Inc (USA) | WS814116.
Post-doc Fellow
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2013 - 2013 | ASPIRE - Translational research project for development of a novel protein affinity tag
IBMC
Principal investigator
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2005 - 2010 | Determination of the 3D-structure of the translational factors that mediate a genetic code change in Candida albicans
SFRH/BD/15233/2004
PhD Student Fellow
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2018/07/26 - 2022/07/25 | Characterization of the molecular properties of the K+ homeostasis machinery in a bacterium
PTDC/BIA-BQM/29863/2017
Principal investigator
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2017 - 2021 | Bacterial K+ transporters are potential antimicrobial targets: mechanisms of transport and regulation
FLAD LIFE SCIENCE 2020
Post-doc
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2011 - 2015 | Unveiling the molecular basis of echinocandins resistance - the first-line antifungals.
WS814116
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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Pfizer Inc
Concluded
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2011 - 2012 | Clinical efficacy of a novel technology for microbial load decontamination in hospital intensive care units
ASP - Johnson & Johnson, Inc.|Tracking number: 11-ASP-001
Researcher
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2010 - 2011 | In vitro effect of antifungal combinations against Candida species
Pfizer Tracking Number WS718413
Researcher
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2010 - 2011 | QUITORAL: development of new prototypes with applications on oral medicine having chitosan as antimicrobial agent
QREN-ADI Project 3474
Researcher
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2005/07/01 - 2008/12/30 | Molecular study of the virulence mechanism of Candida albicans
POCI/SAU-IMI/61598/2004
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2005/06/01 - 2008/05/31 | Determination of the 3D-structure of the translational factors that mediate a genetic code change in Candida albicans.
POCI/BIA-PRO/55472/2004
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2005/02/01 - 2008/04/30 | Understanding morphogenesis and sexual reproduction induced by an alteration to the genetic code in Candida albicans
POCI/BIA-MIC/55466/2004
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Preprint |
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Intellectual property
Patent |
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Distinctions
Award
2007 | Best innovation project in food biotechnology |
2007 | Best poster presentation in the international |