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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sandra Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Sandra C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9A10-9756-78D0
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6692-3620

Email addresses

  • scsilva@ualg.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 289800051 Ext.: 7366 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro de Ciências do Mar, Universidade do Algarve, Campus Gambelas, Edifício 7, Laboratório 2.28, 8005-139, Gambelas, Faro, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/04/01 - 2025/03/31
Ongoing
 Ciências Biológicas (Doutoramento)
Major in Genética, Genómica e Evolução
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
"Unravelling mechanisms that control immune system development in Senegalese sole larvae to enhance health for aquaculture sustainability " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009/10/01 - 2012/06/18
Concluded
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (Mestrado)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
"Efeito do extracto de folhas de Ginkgo biloba em células HepG2 tratadas com Paraquato. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2006/09/11 - 2009/09/21
Concluded
 Biotecnologia (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
"Efeito dos reguladores de crescimento e das vitaminas na micropropagaão de Mentha x piperita (Hortelã-pimenta)." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/06/01 - 2020/03/31 Bolsa de Investigação CCMAR/SC/BI/22/2019 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2016/06/01 - 2019/05/31 Bolsa de Investigação PTDC/BIA­ANM/3484/2014 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2016/04/01 Bolsa de Investigação PTDC/BIA-ANM/4225/2012 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2014/06/16 - 2014/07/16 Training under supervision of Professor J. L. Renfro University of Connecticut Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, United States
2011/01/03 - 2013/09/30 Training Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2012/10/01 - 2012/11/01 Training Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-montes e Alto Douro EPE, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/06/01 - Current SARDINOMICS: Transcriptome sequencing, assembly and annotation of the European sardine
CCMAR/SC/BI/22/2019
Research Technician Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Ongoing
2016/06/01 - 2019/05/31 NOTOTENIA: Physiological and molecular plasticity to thermal and osmoregulatory challenges in Antarctic fishes
PTDC/BIA-ANM/3484/2014
Research Technician Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/09/01 - 2016/03/31 Phos-fate in fish: Through guts, bones and kidneys
PTDC/BIA-ANM/4225/2012
PTDC/BIA-ANM/4225/2012
Research Technician Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Alves, Alexandra; Silva, Sandra C.; Canario, A. V. M.; Power, Deborah Mary; Fuentes, Juan; Guerreiro, Pedro M. "Dietary Pi restriction in sea bass and modulation of phosphorus and calcium intestinal absorption.". Paper presented in 10º Congreso de la Asociación Ibérica de Endocrinologia Comparada, Castellon, 2015.
    Published
  2. Guerreiro, Pedro M; Silva, Sandra C.; Alves, Alexandra; Becker, Alexssandro G.; Power, Deborah Mary; Canario, A. V. M.; Parker, Sonda; Renfro, JL. "Krogh’s principle or a multiple fish model approach to phosphate balance: is there a centrally regulated intestinal-skeletal-renal axis?". Paper presented in Frontiers in Marine Science, 2015.
    10.3389/conf.FMARS.2015.03.00027
Conference paper
  1. Silva, Sandra C.; Alves, Alexandra; Canario, A. V. M.; Power, Deborah Mary; Guerreiro, Pedro Miguel. "Expression of FGF23/Klotho system in the sea bass: tissue distribution and regulation by dietary Pi.". Paper presented in 10º Congreso de la Asociación Ibérica de Endocrinologia Comparada, Castellon, 2015.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Silva, Sandra C.; Correia, Teresa; Félix, Rute; Manchado, Manuel; Power, Deborah Mary. "Gene expression profiles and 3D imaging of Senegalese sole larvae links the HPT-axis with immune system maturation". Paper presented in Ciência 2023, 2023.
  2. Silva, Sandra C.; Guerreiro, Pedro M; Louro, Bruno; Canario, A.. "Expression of stress related genes in the hpi-axis of the antarctic fish notothenia rossii at different thermal regimes.". Paper presented in 12th Congress of the Iberian Association of Comparative Endocrinology (AIEC), 2019.
  3. Silva, Sandra C.; Guerreiro, Pedro M; Louro, Bruno; Canario, A.. "Can water temperature acclimation modulate the stress response in Antarctic fish? Gene expression in Notothenia rossi as a case study.". Paper presented in Stress and immune responses in relation to adaptation in antarctic fish, 2019.
  4. Guerreiro, Pedro Miguel ; Alves, Alexandra; Silva, Sandra C.; Becker, Alexssandro G.; Canario, A. V. M.; Wilson, JM; Fuentes, Juan. "Does the urinary bladder play a role in fish renal function? Some hints from phosphate and calcium transport studies.". Paper presented in 10º Congreso de la Asociación Ibérica de Endocrinologia Comparada, 2015.
  5. Silva, Sandra C.; Alves, Alexandra; Becker, Alexssandro G.; Guerreiro, Pedro Miguel. "Is there a role for the fish urinary bladder in renal function? Preliminary studies on phosphate balance.". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, 2015.
  6. Pedro Miguel Guerreiro Costa Guerreiro; Becker, Alexssandro G.; Louro, Bruno; Couto, Elsa; Silva, Sandra C.; Canario, A. V. M.. "It’s getting warm and watery!! The stress endocrine axis of Notothenia rossii and N. coriiceps in response to environmental challenges.". Paper presented in 11th International Congress on the Biology of Fish, 2014.
  7. Silva, Sandra C.; Soares, Jorge; Silva, Amélia Maria; Fernanda Maria Madaleno Rei Tomás Leal Santos; Gaivão, Isabel O´Neil Mascaranhas. "Effect of Ginkgo biloba L. leaves extract in HepG2 cells treated with Paraquat". Paper presented in IV Jornadas Nacionais de Genética e Biotecnologia, 2012.
Journal article
  1. Marquet, Nathalie; Cardoso, João C. R.; Louro, Bruno; Fernandes, Stefan A.; Silva, Sandra C.; Canário, Adelino V. M.. "Holothurians have a reduced GPCR and odorant receptor-like repertoire compared to other echinoderms". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60167-3.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-020-60167-3
  2. Silva, Amélia M.; Silva, Sandra C.; Soares, Jorge P.; Martins-Gomes, Carlos; Teixeira, João Paulo; Leal, Fernanda; Gaivão, Isabel. "Ginkgo biloba L. Leaf Extract Protects HepG2 Cells Against Paraquat-Induced Oxidative DNA Damage". Plants 8 12 (2019): 556. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants8120556.
    Open access • 10.3390/plants8120556
  3. Sánchez-Nuño, Sergio; Silva, Sandra C.; Guerreiro, Pedro M.; Ordóñez-Grande, Borja; Sanahuja, Ignasi; Fernández-Alacid, Laura; Ibarz, Antoni. "Modulation of Pituitary Response by Dietary Lipids and Throughout a Temperature Fluctuation Challenge in Gilthead Sea Bream". Fishes 4 4 (2019): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fishes4040055.
    10.3390/fishes4040055
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Silva, Sandra C.. "Efeito do extracto de folhas de Ginkgo biloba em células HepG2 tratadas com Paraquato.". Master, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, 2012.
  2. Silva, Sandra C.. "Efeito dos reguladores de crescimento e das vitaminas na micropropagação de Mentha x piperita (Hortelã-pimenta).". Degree, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 2009.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/10/26 Transcriptomics and Lightsheet Imaging of Senegalese sole Juveniles Links the HPT-axis with Immune System Maturation Spanish & Portuguese Advanced Optical Microscopy 2023 meeting
(Faro, Portugal)
2023/10/25 EMBRC Workshop of Microscopy Applied to Marine Biology: Shedding light on marine organisms Spanish & Portuguese Advanced Optical Microscopy 2023 meeting
(Faro, Portugal)
2022/09/07 Transcriptomics points to an association between the HPT-axis and immune system maturation before and during Senegalensis sole larvae metamorphosis 30th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists
(Faro, Portugal)
2022/04/27 Um retrato do mundo invisível: o microbioma e a sua importância na vida Programa Cientificamente Provável 2021/2022
Escola Secundária de Loulé (Faro, Portugal)
2017/11/06 Expression of stress and osmotic related genes in the Antarctic fish Notothenia rossii upon thermal and haline challenges. 9th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences
(Covilhã, Portugal)
2017/07/10 Osmoregulating without filters – Notothenia rossii ’s renal and branchial responses to salinity and temperature changes. SCAR Biology
(Leuven, Belgium)
2016/09/04 Modulation of pituitary activity and thyroidal axis of gilthead sea bream throughout thermal fluctuations: effects of dietary energy. 30th Meeting of the New European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
(Barcelona, Spain)
2016/06/22 Physiological and molecular responses to phosphate disturbances in the sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax. 6th Conference of the Iberian Society of Ichthyology
(Murcia, Spain)
2015/09/07 Krogh’s principle or a multiple fish model approach to phosphate balance: is there a centrally regulated intestinal-skeletal-renal axis? XV European Congress of Ichthyology
(Porto, Portugal)
2012/11/14 Efeitos do extrato de Gingko biloba no DNA de células HepG2. Unidade Curricular Perspetivas em Química Medicinal, Licenciatura em Química Medicinal
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
2012/10/18 Ginkgo biloba: amiga ou inimiga da saúde? Efeitos no DNA nuclear. VI Jornadas de Biologia
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
2011/04/27 O cancro pode ser uma doença prevenível?, Cancro, a doença do século XXI. Dia da Prevenção do Cancro na ESCCB
Escola Secundária Camilo Castelo Branco (Vila Real, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2014/11/28 - 2014/11/29 1a Mostra de Projectos de Ciência e Tecnologia em Tavira. Projeto Fisiologia "no frost". (2014/11/28 - 2014/11/29)
Exhibition (Other)
 Ciência Viva, Portugal
2013/11/01 - 2013/11/01 5a Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares (2013/11/01 - 2013/11/01)
Conference (Other)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2013/10/31 - 2013/10/31 IV Workshop APECS Portugal: Como ser um cientista polar para principiantes! (2013/10/31 - 2013/10/31)
Workshop (Other)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2013/10/28 - 2013/10/30 3a Conferência Internacional em Fisiologia da Conservação de Peixes Marinhos (2013/10/28 - 2013/10/30)
Conference (Other)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/11/27 - 2023/12/07 Communication courses: Concepts, Strategies, and Tools; Public Speaking for Different Audiences
Workshop
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2023/05/24 - 2023/05/25 Theoretical-practical event on the dissemination of BestBrood project results
Workshop
Instituto Andaluz de Investigación y Formación Agraria Pesquera Alimentaria y de la Producción Ecológica Centro de Investigación y Formación Pesquera, Spain
2022/07/01 - 2022/07/09 3D Developmental Imaging EMBO Course
Workshop
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2021/12/09 - 2021/12/10 Lightsheet Microscopy Training Session
Workshop
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2021/05/24 - 2021/05/28 The CRISPR Revolution: a workshop on gene editing, from cells to animal models
Workshop
Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute, Portugal
2021/03/18 - 2021/03/18 Basic training for Cybio Felix - pipetting robots
Workshop
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2018/07/02 - 2018/07/06 Professional Training: Laboratory Aquatic Animal Sciences Course (CAL-AQUA) according to the Food and Veterinary Department of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA) for Laboratory Animal Science -Category B (Directive 2010/63/EU).
Other
 Laboratory Aquatic Animal Sciences Course (CAL-AQUA)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2018/03/13 - 2018/03/14 The European Fist Aid Course aims to prepare people for emergencies providing knowledge about adequate first aid techniques to stabilize a victim of accident or sudden illness, until the arrival of the Emergency Medical Service. Certificate number: 1292/2018 valid until 13/3/2021.
Other
 European Fist Aid Course
Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2015/11/08 - 2015/11/10 Workshop focused on electrophysiological techniques to give a mix of theoretical lectures on the physical basics of electricity, their applications on biological systems with practical exercises to study electrical properties of cell membranes and epithelia with focus on cellular inner and outer membrane potential measures and epithelial diffusion chamber techniques using live epithelia.
Workshop
 CACHE Technical Workshop on Electrophysiology in Biological Systems
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2014/01/27 - 2014/01/28 II Introductory Workshop on Light Microscopy
Workshop
 II Introductory Workshop on Light Microscopy
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2012/04/28 - 2012/04/28 FameLab - international science communication competition. Supported by the British Council and Ciência Viva. "A Origem do Cancro" presentation in the Semi-final.
Call
 FameLab - international science communication competition
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2012/02/01 - 2012/03/20 Initial Pedagogical Formation of Trainers recognized by IEFP
Other
 Initial Pedagogical Formation of Trainers
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 XXII Premio Jacumar de Investigación en Acuicultura
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación de España, Spain