Personal identification

Full name

CÁTIA SOFIA RAMOS SILVA SOARES

Citation names

• Silva, Catia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

1A12-6581-ECDD

ORCID iD

0000-0001-7592-5954

Email addresses

• catia.soares@fc.up.pt (Professional)
• catia.sttirso@gmail.com (Personal)

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

	Degree	Classification
2021/01 - 2023/04 Attended	Ciências Farmacêuticas (Doutoramento) Major in Toxicologia Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal	Suspenso a 04/2023
2014 Concluded	Bioquimica Aplicada (Mestrado) Major in Biomedicina Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal "Study of the extracellular vesicle populations in Leishmania infantum" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15
2011 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Modulatory activity of several defined culture media on Leishmania virulence" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	13

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/06 - 2020/03	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/05	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2018/01/10	Research Assistant (Research)	University of Dundee School of Life Sciences, United Kingdom
	University of Dundee Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, United Kingdom
2013/07/01 - 2014/07/08	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2010/09/01 - 2011/08/01	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/02/01 - 2015/06/29	Volunteer	Amina - the Muslim Women's Resource Centre , United Kingdom
2011/06/01 - 2013/03/01	Operator Helper (part-time weekend worker, 16 hours per week) Customer service in several sections of the supermarket (butchery or bakery).	Grupo Sonae - Supermercado Continente Modelo , Portugal
2008/07/01 - 2009/06/01	Saleslady (Learner of Restaurant and Drink sales with +18 years) Customer service in bar and restaurant and opening and closing money cashier.	Estagest, Portugal

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/01 - 2020/09	Development of centrally-active and safe catechol O-methyltransferase inhibitors. PTDC/MED-QUI/29164/2017 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/09 - 2020/03	Mito4ALS - Development of Novel Mitochondria-Targeted Antioxidants for Improving SOD1-Familial Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis Phenotype POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029391 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/03 - 2019/05	“Sustained Advanced Materials”, NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000028 NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000028 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte Concluded
2013/07/05 - 2014/07/08	Cell communication by Leishmania microvesicles PTDC/BIA-MIC/118644/2010 Other Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2010/09 - 2011/07	Implication of sirtuin proteins in the regulation of antigen presenting cells apoptosis during leishmaniasis: a therapeutic approach PTDC/SAU-FCF/100749/2008 Other Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Publications

Book chapter	Silva, Catia; Pinto, Miguel; Fernandes, Carlos; Benfeito, Sofia; Borges, Fernanda. "Antioxidant therapy and neurodegenerative disorders: lessons from clinical trials.". In Systems Medicine: Integrative, Qualitative and Computational Approaches.. Elsevier, 2020. Accepted
Conference poster	Silva, Catia; Soares, Pedro; Filomena SG Silva; Michael Batie; Catarina Oliveira; Fernando Cagide; Paulo J. Oliveira; Sonia Rocha; Borges, Fernanda. "Mitochondriotropic antioxidants as novel therapeutics for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: development of multitarget agents to prevent stress induced motor neurons death.". Paper presented in 4th WG meeting – MuTaLig COST Action Faculty of Pharmacy, Ege University, March 5-6 th 2020, 2020. Silva, Catia; Tiago Silva; Fernandes, C; Pedro Soares; M. Batie; Sonia Rocha; Fernanda Borges. "An atypical catechol O-methyltransferase inhibitor is a remarkable modulator of hypoxia in HeLa cells". Paper presented in 4th WG meeting – Final status of WG activities within the MuTaLig COST Action, 2020, 2020. Nuno Santarem ; Ricardo Silvestre; Catia Silva; Anabela Cordeiro da Silva. "Characterization of Leishmania extracellular vesicles: insights into their immunoregulatory role in the establishment of the infection". Paper presented in ISEV 2014 – International Society for Extracellular Vesicles, 2014. Silva, Catia; Nuno Santarem ; Anabela Cordeiro da Silva. "Study of the Microvesicles populations in Leishmania infantum exoproteome". Paper presented in 7th Meeting of Young Researchers of U.Porto (IJUP 2014), University of Porto Rectory, 2014. Nuno Santarem ; Joana Cunha; Catia Silva; Diana Moreira; Ricardo Silvestre; Anabela Cordeiro da Silva. "The development of a semi-defined medium for growth of Leishmania infantum.". Paper presented in 3rd I3S Scientific Retreat IBMC/INEB/IPATIMUP, AXIS VERMAR – Conference and Beach Hotel, 2012. Catia Silva; Nuno Santarem ; Anabela Cordeiro da Silva; Ricardo Silvestre. "Modulatory activity of several defined culture mediums on Leishmania infantum virulence". Paper presented in 2nd I3S Scientific Retreat IBMC/INEB/IPATIMUP, AXIS VERMAR -Conference and Beach Hotel, 2011. Catia Silva; Ricardo Silvestre; Nuno Santarem ; Anabela Cordeiro da Silva. "Impact of axenic culture conditions in Leishmania infantum virulence". Paper presented in 4th Meeting of Young Researchers of U.Porto (IJUP 2011), University of Porto Rectory, 2011.
Journal article	Pedro Soares; Silva C; Daniel Chavarria; Silva FSG; Oliveira PJ; Borges F. "Drug discovery and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Emerging challenges and therapeutic opportunities.". Ageing research reviews (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2022.101790. 10.1016/j.arr.2022.101790 Vânia Silva; Cátia Silva; Pedro Soares; E. Manuela Garrido; Fernanda Borges; Jorge Garrido. "Isothiazolinone Biocides: Chemistry, Biological, and Toxicity Profiles". Molecules 25 4 (2020): 991-991. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25040991. Published • 10.3390/molecules25040991 Chavarria, Daniel; Fernandes, Carlos; Silva, Vera; Silva, Catia; Gil-Martins, Eva; Soares, Pedro; Silva, Tiago; et al. "Design of novel monoamine oxidase-B inhibitors based on piperine scaffold: Structure-activity-toxicity, drug-likeness and efflux transport studies". European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 185 (2020): 111770. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.111770. Published • 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.111770 Pérez-Cabezas, Begoña; Santarém, Nuno; Cecílio, Pedro; Silva, Cátia; Silvestre, Ricardo; A. M. Catita, José; Cordeiro da Silva, Anabela. "More than just exosomes: distinct Leishmania infantum extracellular products potentiate the establishment of infection". Journal of Extracellular Vesicles 7 1 (2018): 1541708. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20013078.2018.1541708. Published • 10.1080/20013078.2018.1541708 Santarém, N.; Cunha, J.; Silvestre, R.; Silva, C.; Moreira, D.; Ouellette, M.; Cordeiro-Da-Silva, A.; Santarem, N.; Silva, Catia. "The impact of distinct culture media in Leishmania infantum biology and infectivity". Parasitology 141 2 (2014): 192-205. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893953449&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Published • 10.1017/S0031182013001388
Thesis / Dissertation	Soares, Catia. "Study of the extracellular vesicle populations in Leishmania infantum". Master, Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/30270. Soares, Catia. "Modulatory activity of several defined culture media on Leishmania virulence". Degree, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2011.

Award

2020	Prémio melhor comunicação em painel 4th WG meeting – MuTaLig COST Action, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ege University, Turkey