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Fátima Brandão is currently pursuing her PhD at ICBAS, University of Porto, while also contributing as a researcher in the EPIBOOST project at the University of Aveiro. She holds a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's in applied biology with a focus on Toxicology and Ecotoxicology. Throughout her undergraduate and master's studies, Fátima specialized in studying the effects of drugs on oxidative stress and behavioral biomarkers in aquatic organisms. As a research fellow at the National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, she expanded her expertise in occupational health, genotoxicity, and nanotoxicology. Participation in the NEUTOXMER project further enhanced her skills in aquatic toxicology and interpreting metabolomics data. In her Ph.D., Fátima focuses on assessing the inhalation toxicity of nanomaterials, contributing to their hazard and risk assessment. Over the past years as a Laboratory Research Technician in the Screen&Toxin project, where she has not only reinforced her expertise in aquatic toxicology but also gained additional proficiency in the field of metabolomics. Furthermore, she has delved into research on greener alternatives to traditional sunscreens. In her role, Fátima successfully managed project expenses, underscoring her project management capabilities. Throughout all these stages, Fátima has also had the opportunity to develop the ability to collaborate seamlessly, communicate effectively, pay meticulous attention to detail, and adeptly solve problems.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria de Fátima Pinto Brandão

Citation names

  • Brandão, Fátima

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9B1C-958D-FA34
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2933-8561

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/10/01 - 2025/07/11
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Major in Nanotoxicology
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Establishing grouping strategies according to toxicity and biological effets for silica-based manufactured nanomaterials." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2020/12/21 - 2021/04/14
Concluded
 Digital Commerce - Business Strategy Course _ VA 208-2020 (FaD), (300 horas) (Outros)
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
 Aprovado
2009/09/03 - 2011/07/20
Concluded
 Biologia Aplicada (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Toxicologia e Ecotoxicologia
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Impacto de fármacos em biomarcadores de Lepomis gibbosus" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2006/09/09 - 2009/06/06
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Biologia
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/11/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021 - 2023 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/08/01 - 2025/06/30 Toxicologist Bioceramed - biomaterials for tissue regeneration and Hydrumedical, Portugal
2024/01/01 - 2024/07/31 Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015 - 2019 PhD fellow Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Research Fellow Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge Porto, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Project integrated in the First Degree in Biology Final grade: 19 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/10/01 - 2019/09/30 Establishing grouping strategies according to toxicity and biological effects for silica based manufactured nanomaterials
SFRH/BD/101060/2014
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/07 - 2015/06 Neurotoxicity of mercury in fish and association with morphofunctional brain alterations and behavior shifts
Provided by PTCRIS: 128281
128281
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2008/01 - 2011/12 BiOtoMetal - Multidisciplinary assessment of aquatic environment by anthropogenic contaminants (METALs), using a combined BIOmarker - OTOlith chemical analysis approach in fishes
Provided by PTCRIS: 70431
70431
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - Current BOOSting excellence in environmental EPIgenetics
101078991
Research Fellow
Ongoing
2021/11/14 - 2023/06/30 Screen&Toxin project "Looking for the interference of sunscreen products on the accumulation of marine biotoxins in shellfish (Donax trunculus) and for "green" alternatives: innovation for environmental and socioeconomic sustainability" (MAR2020-P04M03-1475P)
MAR2020-P04M03-1475P
Técnico Superior
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/07/16 - 2022/07/15 Estudo dos mecanismos subjacentes aos efeitos das nanopartículas metálicas nas barreiras biológicas - contribuição para a implementação do conceito "safe-by-design"
PTDC/MED-TOX/31162/2017
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/07/16 - 2022/07/15 Toxicidade humana de nanopartículas de titânio e cério em co-exposição com contaminantes clássicos
PTDC/SAU-PUB/29651/2017
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia - Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto
UID/DTP/04750/2019
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/01/18 - 2019/07/31 Produção segura e uso de nanomateriais na indústria cerâmica
SIINN/0004/2014
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/02/14 - 2013/09/30 GenFA project Occupational Exposure to Formaldehyde. Genotoxic Damage and Susceptibility evaluation in Pathology Anatomy Laboratory workers¿ (PTDC/SAU-ESA/102367/2008
PTDC/SAU-ESA/102367/2008
Research Fellow
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - LA 17 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/MAR/LA0017/2011
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Fernández-Bertólez, N.; Costa, C.; Brandão, F.; Teixeira, J.P.; Pásaro, E.; Valdiglesias, V.; Laffon, B.. Toxicological Aspects of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles. 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-030-88071-2_13
  2. Laffon, B.; Fernández-Bertólez, N.; Costa, C.; Brandão, F.; Teixeira, J.P.; Pásaro, E.; Valdiglesias, V.. Cellular and molecular toxicity of iron oxide nanoparticles. 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-72041-8_12
  3. Kiliç, G.; Fernández-Bertólez, N.; Costa, C.; Brandão, F.; Teixeira, J.P.; Pásaro, E.; Laffon, B.; Valdiglesias, V.. The Application, Neurotoxicity, and Related Mechanism of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles. 2016.
    10.1016/B978-0-12-804598-5.00006-4
Conference paper
  1. Neto, Ana; Brandão, Fátima; Marques, Ana; Pereira, Vitória; Pacheco, Mário; Pereira, Patrícia. "Marine macroalgae dietary supplementation provides genoprotection in fish (Diplodus sargus) against inorganic Mercury"". Paper presented in 68°CONVEGNO GEI-SIBSC Messina (Italy), Messina, 2023.
  2. Bessa, M.J.; Brandão, Fátima; Salmatonidis, A.; Vulpoi, A.; Viana Mar ; ¿Cassee F.R.; Fraga, S.; Teixeira, J.P.. "Toxicity assessment of engineered and airborne ceramic nanoparticles on a human 3D bronchial epithelium". Paper presented in 5th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX 2019), 2019.
  3. Brandão, Fátima; Bessa, Maria João; Fraga, Sónia; Haase, Andrea; Teixeira, João Paulo. "Evaluation of DNA damage in the rat lung after inhalation exposure to TiO2 and SiO2 nanoparticles". Paper presented in 55th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX 2019), 2019.
  4. Patrícia Pereira; Pereira Ricardo; Brandão, Fátima; Guilherme, Sofia; Maria Ana Santos; Pacheco, Mário. "Mercury toxicity in fish eyes disclosed by oxidative stress and acetylcholinesterase profiles: Insights to neurosensory toxicology". Paper presented in 354th OMICS International Conference, 4th Global Summit on Toxicology, Filadélfia, 2015.
  5. Costa, Carla; Brandão, Fátima; Bessa, Maria João; Costa, Solange; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Kiliç, Gozde; Fernández-Bertólez, N.; et al. "In vitro toxicity screening of silica-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in glial cells doi:10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.". Paper presented in 51st Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX), 2015.
    Published
  6. Costa, Carla; Kiliç, Gozde; Brandão, Fátima; Bessa, Maria João; Costa, Solange; Pásaro, Eduardo; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; et al. "Cytotoxicity of iron oxide nanoparticles with different coatings on human neuronal cells". Paper presented in 50th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX), Edimburgo, 2014.
    Published • 10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.06.673
  7. Costa, Solange; Brandão, Fátima; Coelho, Marta; Costa, Carla; Patrícia Coelho; Susana Silva; Beatriz Porto; Teixeira, João Paulo. "Micronucleus Frequencies In Lymphocytes And Buccal Cells In Formaldehyde Exposed Workers". 2013.
    10.2495/EHR130081
  8. Bruno Nunes; Brandão, Fátima; Carina Caldeira; Fernando Gonçalves; Correia, Alberto Teodorico; Nunes, Bruno; Gonçalves, Fernando J.M.. "Should the use of cholinesterase inhibition in environmental analyses be questioned? Studies with metallic compounds on a freshwater fish species Gambusia halbrooki.". Paper presented in Eurotox 47th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology, Paris, Franca, 2011.
    10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.05.282
Conference poster
  1. Brandão, Fátima; Macário, Inês P. E. ; Vidal, Tânia; Santos, Joana I.; Pinto, Albano; Marques, Sérgio; Frankenbach, Silja; et al. "Sub-lethal Effects of Cadmium and Ciprofloxacin in Freshwater Green Microalgae: Epigenetic and Phenotypic Responses". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 35th Annual Meeting, 2025.
  2. Ana Neto; Brandão, Fátima; Marques, Ana; Pereira, Vitória; Pacheco, Mário; Pereira, Patrícia. "Marine macroalgae dietary supplementation provides genoprotection in fish (Diplodus sargus) against inorganic Mercury". Paper presented in 68°CONVEGNO GEI-SIBSC Messina (Italy), Virtual Participation, 2023.
  3. Brandão, Fátima; Maria João Botelho; Cruz Silvia Díaz; Joaquim, Sandra; Candeias, Marta; Marisa Castro; Miguel Gaspar; et al. "Effects of an extensively used UV-filter (oxybenzone) on the elimination of lipophilic toxins in the clam (Donax trunculus)". Paper presented in 68º Convegno GEI-SIBSC Messina, Virtual Participation, 2023.
  4. Ana Neto; Brandão, Fátima; Marques, Ana; Marçal, Ana Raquel; Cesário, Rute; Pacheco, Mário; Patrícia Pereira. "Can marine macroalgae dietary supplementation afford neuroprotection to waterborne inorganic mercury exposure in the fish Diplodus sargus?".". Paper presented in CQEDays, Lisboa (Portugal), 2023.
  5. Toso, Eugenia; Maria João Botelho; Quintana G.; Cruz Silvia Díaz; Joaquim, Sandra; Miguel Gaspar; Pacheco, Mário; Patrícia Pereira; Brandão, Fátima. "Exploring the Interference of a Lipophilic Toxin and an Extensively Used Organic Sunscreen in the Clam (Donax trunculus) by a Biochemical Approach". Paper presented in 32nd New European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. Naples (Italy), 2022.
  6. Brandão, Fátima; Piló, David; Raimundo, Joana; Pacheco, Mário; Patrícia Pereira. "Brain biochemical alterations in wild fish (Chelon auratus) brain pinpointed a higher vulnerability to mercury neurotoxicity in winter than summer at a contaminated coastal lagoon". Paper presented in 32nd New European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. Naples (Italy), 2022.
  7. Giuseppe De Marco; Brandão, Fátima; Barbara Billè; Mariachiara Galati; Pacheco, Mário; Patrícia Pereira; Tiziana Cappello. "Metabolic changes in gills and liver of the white seabream (Diplodus sargus) induced by dietary methylmercury exposure.". Paper presented in 32nd New European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. Naples (Italy), 2022.
  8. Fernández-Bertólez, N.; Rodríguez-Fernández R.; Lema-Arranz C.; Pásaro, Eduardo; Brandão, Fátima; João Paulo Teixeira; Costa, Carla; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Laffon, B.. "Adequacy of the standardised in vitro mammalian cell Micronucleus (MN) test for nanomaterials genotoxicity testing.". Paper presented in 10th International Conference on Nanotoxicology (NanoTox), NanoTox Virtual Confeence, 2021.
  9. Fernández-Bertólez, N.; Brandão, Fátima; Costa, Carla; Lema-Arranz C.; Rodríguez-Fernández R.; Pásaro, E.; Teixeira, João Paulo; Laffon, B.; Valdiglesias, Vanessa. "Genotoxicity assessment of TiO2 nanoparticles in SH-SY5Y cells: suitability of the cytokinesis-block micronucleus test". Paper presented in COST ACTION CA17140 Working Group 2 Online Conference “Characterisation of nanomaterials towards safe and efficient nanodrugs", 2021.
  10. Brandão, Fátima; Costa, Carla; Bessa, Maria João; Fraga, Sónia; Haase, Andrea; Teixeira, João Paulo. "Evaluation of DNA damage in the rat lung after inhalation exposure to TiO2 and SiO2 nanoparticles". Paper presented in 55th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (Eurotox), Helsinki (Finland), 2019.
  11. Brandão, Fátima; Bessa, Maria João; Costa, Carla; Fraga, Sónia; Haase, Andrea; Teixeira, João Paulo. "Assessment of DNA damage in the lung tissue of rats exposed by inhalation to TiO2 and SiO2 nanoparticles". Paper presented in 13rd International Comet Assay Workshops. Pushchino (Russia), 2019.
  12. Brandão, Fátima; Fraga, Sónia; Costa, Carla; Bessa, Maria João; Haase, Andrea; Teixeira, João Paulo. "Cytotoxicity and DNA damage in rat alveolar epithelial RLE-6TN cells exposed to different variants of silica nanoparticles". Paper presented in 43rd Annual Conference of Environmental Mutagen Society of India ( Vellore), 2019.
  13. Brandão, Fátima; Bessa, Maria João; Costa, Carla; Fraga, Sónia; Andrea Haase; Teixeira, João Paulo. "Toxicity of different classes of manufactured nanomaterials in alveolar epithelial cells". Paper presented in 6th International Conference nanoSAFE 2018, Minatec, Grenoble (France), 2018.
  14. Brandão, Fátima; Costa, Carla; Fraga, Sónia; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Fernández-Bertólez, N.; Laffon, Blanca; Eduardo Pásaro; Teixeira, João Paulo. "Effect of Cytochalasin-B on TiO2 Nanoparticles Uptake by Different Cell Lines". Paper presented in . 6th International Conference nanoSAFE 2018, Minatec, Grenoble (France), 2018.
  15. Bessa, Maria João; Fraga, Sónia; Brandão, Fátima; Fokkens, P.; Boere, J.F.; Leseman, D.L.A.C.; Salmatonidis, A.; et al. "Pairwise toxicity evaluation of ceramic nanoparticles in submerged and air-liquid interface cultures of human alveolar epithelial A549 cells". Paper presented in 20th International Congress on In Vitro Toxicology (ESTIV2018), Berlin (Germany), 2018.
  16. Brandão, Fátima; Costa, Carla; Fraga, Sónia; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Fernández-Bertólez, N.; Laffon, Blanca; Eduardo Pásaro; Teixeira, João Paulo. "Study of Genotoxicity of TiO2 Nanoparticles in Four Different Cell Lines (A549, A172, SH-SY5Y and HEPG2)". Paper presented in 4th International Congress on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology, Matosinhos (Portugal), 2018.
  17. Brandão, Fátima; Bessa, Maria João; Costa, Carla; Fraga, Sónia; Andrea Haase; Teixeira, João Paulo; Haase, Andrea; et al. "Insights into the role of the physicochemical properties in the toxicity of SiO2 nanoparticles in rat alveolar epithelial RLE-6TN cells". Paper presented in 54th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX 2018), Brussels (Belgium), 2018.
    10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.06.921
  18. Brandão, Fátima; Bessa, Maria João; Costa, Carla; Fraga, Sónia; Haase, Andrea; João Paulo Teixeira. "Physicochemical properties as drivers for toxicity of SiO2 nanoparticles in rat alveolar epithelial RLE-6TN cells". Paper presented in 1st Meeting of the Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences, Porto (Portugal), 2018.
  19. Natalia Fernández-Bertólez; Costa, Carla; Brandão, Fátima; Fraga, Sónia; Teixeira, João Paulo; Pásaro, Eduardo; Laffon, Blanca; Valdiglesias, Vanessa. "Toxicity assessment of iron oxide nanoparticles with biomedical applications". Paper presented in Pollution in living and working environments and health. Bentivoglio (Italy), 2017.
  20. Fernández-Bertólez, N.; Costa, Carla; Brandão, Fátima; Teixeira, João Paulo; Eduardo Pásaro; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Laffon, Blanca. "Effects of two types of iron oxide nanoparticles on DNA repair competence in human astrocyte". Paper presented in 12th International Comet Assay Workshop (ICAW), Pamplona (Spain), 2017.
  21. Bessa, Maria João; Brandão, Fátima; Querido, Micaela; Costa, Carla; João Paulo Teixeira; Fraga, Sónia. "Freezing procedure optimization of two human cell lines for comet assay analysis". Paper presented in 12th International Comet Assay Workshop (ICAW). Pamplona (Spain), 2017.
  22. Brandão, Fátima; Costa, Carla; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Fernández-Bertólez, N.; Blanca Laffon; Eduardo Pásaro; Teixeira, João Paulo. "Genotoxicity Evaluation of Nanomaterials: What is the most suitable option of in vitro cytokinesis-block micronucleus cytome assay?". Paper presented in SOT (Society of Toxicology) 56th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo. Baltimore (Maryland), 2017.
  23. Costa, Carla; Brandão, Fátima; Bessa, Maria João; Costa, Solange; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Kiliç, Gozde; Fernández-Bertólez, N.; et al. "In vitro toxicity screening of silica-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in glial cells". Paper presented in 51st Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX), Porto (Portugal), 2015.
  24. Brandão, Fátima; Tiziana Cappello; Olívia Albuquerque; Guilherme, Sofia; Maria Ana Santos; Maria Maisano; Mauceri, A.; Pacheco, Mário; Patrícia Pereira. "Effects of mercury bioaccumulation in gills of wild fish (Liza aurata) assessed by 1H NMR metabolomics and oxidative stress endpoints.". Paper presented in 10th Iberian and 7th Iberoamerican Conference on Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Vila Real (Portugal), 2015.
  25. Ricardo Pereira; Guilherme, Sofia; Brandão, Fátima; Maria Ana Santos; Pacheco, Mário; Patrícia Pereira. "Insights to neurosensory toxicity of mercury in fish eyes provided by accumulated levels, oxidative stress and acetylcholinesterase profiles.". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting "Environmental protection in a multi-stressed world: challenges for science, industry and regulators", Barcelona (Spain), 2015.
  26. Brandão, Fátima; Rodrigues, Sara; Castro, Bruno B.; Gonçalves, Fernando J.M.; Antunes, C. Sara; Nunes, Bruno. "Lepomis gibbosus exposed to anticonvulsant drugs (diazepam, carbamazepine and phenytoin): behavioral effects.". Paper presented in ICOETox 2013-International Conference on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology, Porto (Portugal), 2013.
  27. Brandão, Fátima; Rodrigues, Sara; Castro, Bruno B.; Gonçalves, Fernando J.M.; Antunes, C. Sara; Bruno Nunes. "Lepomis gibbosus exposed to the anticonvulsant drug phenytoin: biochemical effects.". Paper presented in ICOETox 2013-International Conference on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology, Porto (Portugal), 2013.
  28. Rodrigues, Sara; Antunes, C. Sara; Brandão, Fátima; Castro, Bruno B.; Gonçalves, Fernando J.M.; Correia, Alberto Teodorico; Nunes, Bruno. "Morphometric and biochemical evaluation in gills of Lepomis gibbosus, after exposure to several xenobiotics (pesticides, detergents and pharmaceuticals)". Paper presented in 6th SETAC World Congress / SETAC Europe 22nd Annual Meeting, Berlim (Germany), 2012.
  29. Brandão, Fátima; Rodrigues, Sara; Sara Cristina Antunes; Castro, Bruno B.; Gonçalves, Fernando J.M.; Nunes, Bruno. "Lepomis gibbosus exposed to anti-epileptical drugs (carbamazepine and diazepam): Biochemical effects.". Paper presented in International Conference in Occupational and Environmental Health (ICOEH), Porto (Portugal), 2011.
  30. Rodrigues, Sara; Antunes, C. Sara; Brandão, Fátima; Castro, Bruno Branco; Gonçalves, Fernando J.M.; Nunes, Bruno. "Evaluation of biochemical and behavioural effects of neostigmine and pyridostigmine (antimyasthenic drugs) in Lepomis gibbosus". Paper presented in International Conference in Occupational and Environmental Health (ICOEH), Porto (Portugal), 2011.
  31. Brandão, Fátima; Pereira, Joana Luísa; Gonçalves, Fernando J.M.; Nunes, Bruno; Brandão, F.P.; Pereira, J.L.; Gonçalves, F.; Nunes, B.. "The impact of paracetamol on biomarkers of the mollusk species Corbicula fluminea.". Paper presented in 14th International Symposium in Toxicity Assessment, Metz, Franca, 2009.
    10.1002/tox.20774
Journal article
  1. Fátima Brandão; Carla Costa; Maria João Bessa; Elise Dumortier; Florence Debacq-Chainiaux; Roland Hubaux; Michel Salmon; et al. "Correction: Brandão et al. Genotoxicity and Gene Expression in the Rat Lung Tissue following Instillation and Inhalation of Different Variants of Amorphous Silica Nanomaterials (aSiO2 NM). Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 1502". Nanomaterials (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14231905.
    10.3390/nano14231905
  2. Pereira, P.; Pereira, J.L.; Marques, A.; Marques, C.; Brandão, F.; Cesário, R.; Frankenbach, S.; et al. "Redox Homeostasis Disclosed in the Saltmarsh Plant Halimione portulacoides upon Short Waterborne Exposure to Inorganic Mercury". Toxics 12 3 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85188953902&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/toxics12030211
  3. Fátima Brandão; Carla Costa; Maria João Bessa; Vanessa Valdiglesias; Bryan Hellack; Andrea Haase; Sónia Fraga; João Paulo Teixeira. "Multiparametric in vitro genotoxicity assessment of different variants of amorphous silica nanomaterials in rat alveolar epithelial cells". Nanotoxicology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/17435390.2023.2265481.
    10.1080/17435390.2023.2265481
  4. Maria João Bessa; Fátima Brandão; Fernanda Rosário; Luciana Moreira; Ana Teresa Reis; Vanessa Valdiglesias; Blanca Laffon; Sónia Fraga; João Paulo Teixeira. "Assessing the in vitro toxicity of airborne (nano)particles to the human respiratory system: from basic to advanced models". Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/10937404.2023.2166638.
    10.1080/10937404.2023.2166638
  5. Giuseppe De Marco; Barbara Billè; Fátima Brandão; Mariachiara Galati; Patrícia Pereira; Tiziana Cappello; Mário Pacheco. "Differential Cell Metabolic Pathways in Gills and Liver of Fish (White Seabream Diplodus sargus) Coping with Dietary Methylmercury Exposure". Toxics (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11020181.
    10.3390/toxics11020181
  6. Maria João Bessa; Fátima Brandão; Paul H. B. Fokkens; Daan L. A. C. Leseman; A. John F. Boere; Flemming R. Cassee; Apostolos Salmatonidis; et al. "Unveiling the Toxicity of Fine and Nano-Sized Airborne Particles Generated from Industrial Thermal Spraying Processes in Human Alveolar Epithelial Cells". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/8/4278.
    10.3390/ijms23084278
  7. Giuseppe De Marco; Fátima Brandão; Patrícia Pereira; Mário Pacheco; Tiziana Cappello. "Organ-Specific Metabolome Deciphering Cell Pathways to Cope with Mercury in Wild Fish (Golden Grey Mullet Chelon auratus)". Animals (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12010079.
    10.3390/ani12010079
  8. Natalia Fernández-Bertólez; Fátima Brandão; Carla Costa; Eduardo Pásaro; João Paulo Teixeira; Blanca Laffon; Vanessa Valdiglesias. "Suitability of the In Vitro Cytokinesis-Block Micronucleus Test for Genotoxicity Assessment of TiO2 Nanoparticles on SH-SY5Y Cells". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 16 (2021): 8558-8558. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22168558.
    10.3390/ijms22168558
  9. Fátima Brandão; Carla Costa; Maria João Bessa; Elise Dumortier; Florence Debacq-Chainiaux; Roland Hubaux; Michel Salmon; et al. "Genotoxicity and Gene Expression in the Rat Lung Tissue following Instillation and Inhalation of Different Variants of Amorphous Silica Nanomaterials (aSiO2 NM)". Nanomaterials 11 6 (2021): 1502-1502. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11061502.
    10.3390/nano11061502
  10. Maria João Bessa; Fátima Brandão; Paul Fokkens; Flemming R. Cassee; Apostolos Salmatonidis; Mar Viana; Adriana Vulpoi; et al. "Toxicity assessment of industrial engineered and airborne process-generated nanoparticles in a 3D human airway epithelial in vitro model". Nanotoxicology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1080/17435390.2021.1897698.
    10.1080/17435390.2021.1897698
  11. Bessa, M.J.; Brandão, F.; Fokkens, P.H.B.; Leseman, D.L.A.C.; Boere, A.J.F.; Cassee, F.R.; Salmatonidis, A.; et al. "In vitro toxicity of industrially relevant engineered nanoparticles in human alveolar epithelial cells: Air-liquid interface versus submerged cultures". Nanomaterials 11 12 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85119973861&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/nano11123225
  12. Fátima Brandão; Natalia Fernández-Bertólez; Fernanda Rosário; Maria João Bessa; Sónia Fraga; Eduardo Pásaro; João Paulo Teixeira; et al. "Genotoxicity of TiO2 Nanoparticles in Four Different Human Cell Lines (A549, HEPG2, A172 and SH-SY5Y)". Nanomaterials 10 3 (2020): 412-412. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030412.
    10.3390/nano10030412
  13. Bessa, M.J.; Brandão, F.; Viana, M.; Gomes, J.F.; Monfort, E.; Cassee, F.R.; Fraga, S.; Teixeira, J.P.. "Nanoparticle exposure and hazard in the ceramic industry: an overview of potential sources, toxicity and health effects". Environmental Research 184 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85080996377&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.envres.2020.109297
  14. Rosário, F.; Bessa, M.J.; Brandão, F.; Costa, C.; Lopes, C.B.; Estrada, A.C.; Tavares, D.S.; Teixeira, J.P.; Reis, A.T.. "Unravelling the potential cytotoxic effects of metal oxide nanoparticles and metal(Loid) mixtures on a549 human cell line". Nanomaterials 10 3 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85081200490&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/nano10030447
  15. Fernández-Bertólez, N.; Costa, C.; Brandão, F.; Duarte, J.A.; Teixeira, J.P.; Pásaro, E.; Valdiglesias, V.; Laffon, B.. "Evaluation of cytotoxicity and genotoxicity induced by oleic acid-coated iron oxide nanoparticles in human astrocytes". Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85071395694&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/em.22323
  16. Maria João Bessa; Fátima Brandão; Micaela Machado Querido; Carla Costa; Cristiana Costa Pereira; Vanessa Valdiglesias; Blanca Laffon; et al. "Optimization of the harvesting and freezing conditions of human cell lines for DNA damage analysis by the alkaline comet assay". Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis (2018): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrgentox.2018.12.002.
    10.1016/j.mrgentox.2018.12.002
  17. Fernández-Bertólez, N.; Costa, C.; Brandão, F.; Kiliç, G.; Duarte, J.A.; Teixeira, J.P.; Pásaro, E.; Valdiglesias, V.; Laffon, B.. "Toxicological assessment of silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles in human astrocytes". Food and Chemical Toxicology 118 (2018): 13-23. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85046666243&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fct.2018.04.058
  18. Dorier, M.; Tisseyre, C.; Dussert, F.; Béal, D.; Arnal, M.-E.; Douki, T.; Valdiglesias, V.; et al. "Toxicological impact of acute exposure to E171 food additive and TiO2 nanoparticles on a co-culture of Caco-2 and HT29-MTX intestinal cells". Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85057114479&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.mrgentox.2018.11.004
  19. Fernández-Bertólez, N.; Costa, C.; Brandão, F.; Kiliç, G.; Teixeira, J.P.; Pásaro, E.; Laffon, B.; Valdiglesias, V.. "Neurotoxicity assessment of oleic acid-coated iron oxide nanoparticles in SH-SY5Y cells". Toxicology 406-407 (2018): 81-91. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048548036&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.tox.2018.06.003
  20. Cardoso, O.; Puga, S.; Brandão, F.; Canário, J.; O'Driscoll, N.J.; Santos, M.A.; Pacheco, M.; Pereira, P.. "Oxidative stress profiles in brain point out a higher susceptibility of fish to waterborne divalent mercury compared to dietary organic mercury". Marine Pollution Bulletin 122 1-2 (2017): 110-121. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85020904750&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.06.029
  21. Costa, C.; Brandão, F.; Bessa, M.J.; Costa, S.; Valdiglesias, V.; Kiliç, G.; Fernández-Bertólez, N.; et al. "In vitro cytotoxicity of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles on neuronal and glial cells. Evaluation of nanoparticle interference with viability tests". Journal of Applied Toxicology 36 3 (2016): 361-372. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84955703748&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jat.3213
  22. Pereira, R.; Guilherme, S.; Brandão, F.; Raimundo, J.; Santos, M.A.; Pacheco, M.; Pereira, P.. "Insights into neurosensory toxicity of mercury in fish eyes stemming from tissue burdens, oxidative stress and synaptic transmission profiles". Marine Environmental Research 113 (2016): 70-79. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84954228028&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.10.015
  23. Cappello, T.; Brandão, F.; Guilherme, S.; Santos, M.A.; Maisano, M.; Mauceri, A.; Canário, J.; Pacheco, M.; Pereira, P.. "Insights into the mechanisms underlying mercury-induced oxidative stress in gills of wild fish (Liza aurata) combining 1H NMR metabolomics and conventional biochemical assays". Science of the Total Environment 548-549 (2016): 13-24. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84954357978&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.008
  24. Brandão, F.; Cappello, T.; Raimundo, J.; Santos, M.A.; Maisano, M.; Mauceri, A.; Pacheco, M.; Pereira, P.. "Unravelling the mechanisms of mercury hepatotoxicity in wild fish (Liza aurata) through a triad approach: Bioaccumulation, metabolomic profiles and oxidative stress". Metallomics 7 9 (2015): 1352-1363. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84940885109&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c5mt00090d
  25. Nunes, B.; Brandão, F.; Sérgio, T.; Rodrigues, S.; Gonçalves, F.; Correia, A.T.. "Effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of metallic compounds on the flatfish Scophthalmus maximus: Biomarkers of neurotoxicity, oxidative stress and metabolism". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 21 12 (2014): 7501-7511. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902532495&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11356-014-2630-4
  26. Brandão, F.; Correia, A.T.; Gonçalves, F.; Nunes, B.. "Effects of anthropogenic metallic contamination on cholinesterases of Gambusia holbrooki". Marine Pollution Bulletin 76 1-2 (2013): 72-76. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84886093081&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.09.029
  27. Brandão, F.P.; Rodrigues, S.; Castro, B.B.; Gonçalves, F.; Antunes, S.C.; Nunes, B.. "Short-term effects of neuroactive pharmaceutical drugs on a fish species: Biochemical and behavioural effects". Aquatic Toxicology 144-145 (2013): 218-229. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887001552&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.10.005
  28. Rodrigues, S.; Antunes, S.C.; Brandão, F.P.; Castro, B.B.; Gonçalves, F.; Nunes, B.. "Effects of anticholinesterase drugs on biomarkers and behavior of pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)". Journal of Environmental Monitoring 14 6 (2012): 1638-1644. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864292263&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c2em30033h
  29. Brandão, Fátima; Marques, Sérgio; Rodrigues, Sara; Santos, Bárbara; Venâncio, Càtia; Pereira, Ruth; Ortiz-Santaliestra, Manuel E.; et al. "Influência da temperatura na toxicidade de cobre em girinos de rã verde Pelophylax perezi". CAPTAR ciência e ambiente para todos 3 1 (2011): https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/captar/article/view/14485.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Brandão, Maria de Fátima Pinto. "Impacto de fármacos em biomarcadores de Lepomis gibbosus". Master, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/7428.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/06 Effects of an extensively used UV-filter (oxybenzone) on the elimination of lipophilic toxins in the clam (Donax trunculus). Pitch Presentation 68º Convegno GEI-SIBSC Messina, Virtual Participation
(Messina)
2023/06 Marine macroalgae dietary supplementation provides genoprotection in fish (Diplodus sargus) against inorganic Mercury". Pitch Presentation, Virtual Participation 68°CONVEGNO GEI-SIBSC Messina (Italy), Virtual Participation
(Messina, Italy)
2022/06 Genotoxicity testing of nanomaterials: adequacy of the standardized in vitro mammalian cell micronucleus test SEMA 2022, XXVI Reunión Científica, (online meeting)
2019/06 Assessment of DNA damage in the lung tissue of rats exposed by inhalation to TiO2 and SiO2 nanoparticles. Pitch Presentation 13rd International Comet Assay Workshops.
(Pushchino , Russia)
2019/02 Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of different classes of manufactured nanomaterials in rat alveolar epithelial cells. XLIX Reunião Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia; XXXVII Reunião Farmacologia Clínica e XVIII Reunião Toxicologia
(Porto, Portugal)
2018/10 Toxicity of different classes of manufactured nanomaterials in rat alveolar epithelial RLE-6TN cells. Awarded with the prize of best presentation by the group Taylor and Francis. 4th International Congress on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology
(Matosinhos, Portugal)
2017/08 Freezing procedure optimization of two human cell lines for comet assay analysis 12th International Comet Assay Workshop (ICAW, 2017)
(Pamplona, Spain)
2013/09 In vitro cytotoxicity assessment of magnetite nanoparticles on neuronal cells. Working Conditions International Congress
(Porto, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/06/26 - 2023/06/26 Final Workshop of the Screen&Toxin Project (2023/06/26 - 2023/06/26)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
2018/10/24 - 2018/10/26 4th International Congress on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (ICOETox2018) (2018/10/24 - 2018/10/26)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/03/27 - 2023/03/31 Metabolomics training, Erasmus+ Vocational Education and Training Program
Other
University of Messina, Italy
2019/04 - 2019/05 Introduction to Biostatistics and its Applications in Clinical and Epidemiological Research Course
Other
Institute of Public Health of University of Porto (ISPUP), Portugal
2018/09/02 - 2018/09/02 Continuing Education Courses (CEC) 3: Application of non-animal (toxico)kinetic data and tools in risk
Other
EUROTOX, Belgium
2018/01/16 - 2018/01/18 DiMoPEx Cost Action CA15129 Training School "Risk Assessment and Communication"
Workshop
National Institute of Health Dr Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2017/09/04 - 2017/09/09 Cell Culture Training Course
Other
Portuguese School of Oncology - Portuguese Oncology Institute, Portugal
2016/11/01 - 2016/11/04 Training School "Drug Discovery" From Target to Lead Compound: Assay Development, High Throughput and ADME- Tox Screening"
Other
Fraunhofer, Germany
2016/04/06 - 2016/04/08 Trends in Nanobioparticles Characterization Course
Workshop
National Institute of Health Dr Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2013/10/15 - 2013/10/15 Digestion and ICP - ICPMS Microwaves
Seminar
UNICAM System Analytical Ltd - Chromatography – Spectrometry, Portugal
2013/10/15 - 2013/10/15 Ionic Chromatography ICP-ICPMS
Seminar
UNICAM System Analytical Ltd – Thermo Scientific, Portugal
2013/05/15 - 2013/05/15 Preventive Maintenance, Diagnostics and Troubleshooting in HPLC
Seminar
Specanalitica , Portugal

National Institute of Health Dr Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2013/05/03 - 2013/05/03 Training in Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Seminar
Technocroma, Innovation in Chromatography, Portugal
2012/09/03 - 2012/09/07 Eurotox, Advanced Toxicology Course
Other
National Institute of Health Dr Ricardo Jorge, Portugal

EUROTOX, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/01 - Current Frontiers in Toxicology Frontiers
Distinctions

Award

2023 IACOBUS award for the best paper "Multiparametric in vitro genotoxicity assessment of different variants of amorphous silica nanomaterials in rat alveolar epithelial cells"
2022 IACOBUS award for the best paper "Suitability of the In Vitro Cytokinesis-Block Micronucleus Test for Genotoxicity Assessment of TiO2 Nanoparticles on SH-SY5Y Cells"
2021 IACOBUS award for the best paper "Genotoxicity of TiO2 Nanoparticles in Four Different Human Cell Lines (A549, HEPG2, A172 and SH-SY5Y)"
2020 IACOBUS award for the best paper "Optimization of the harvesting and freezing conditions of human cell lines for DNA damage analysis by the alkaline comet assay"
2019 Taylor and Francis Group Best Oral communication award with the work "Toxicity of different classes of manufactured nanomaterials in rat alveolar epithelial RLE" at the 4th International Congress on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (ICOETox)
Taylor and Francis Group, United Kingdom
2019 Mutagenesis (Oxford University Press), Best Poster presentation "Assessment of DNA damage in the lung tissue of rats exposed by inhalation to TiO2 and SiO2 nanoparticles" award at the 3rd International Comet Assay Workshop (ICAW)
2016 Cost action Modelling Nanomaterial Toxicity (MODENA) TD1204 grant for participation in the Training School "SaferNanoDesign, European Scientific Institute, Archamps (France)
Cost action Modelling Nanomaterial Toxicity (MODENA) TD1204 and European Scientific Institute, Archamps, France
2016 Cost Action Epigenetic Chemical Biology (EPICHEM) CM1406 grant for participation in the Training School "Drug Discovery - From Target to Lead Compound: Assay Development, High Throughput and ADME-Tox Screening, Hamhurg (Germany)
Cost Action Epigenetic Chemical Biology (EPICHEM) CM1406 , Germany
2015 FCT PhD scholarship SFRH/BD/101060/2014
2013 COST TD1204 MODENA Training School grant, Rome (Italy)