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Helena Soares (HS) is a group leader at Nova Medical School (NMS) in Lisbon, where she currently leads a team of 4 researchers: 1 post-doc, 2 PhD students (both medical doctors) and 1 MSc student. HS graduated in Pharmacy from University of Coimbra in 2001 and completed her PhD in Immune Physiology at The Rockefeller University in 2006 with the support of a Gulbenkian PhD Program in Biomedicine fellowship. Next, she obtained a Long-term EMBO fellowship to develop her post-doctoral research at Institut Pasteur in Paris. In 2014, HS returned to Portugal through the competitive FCT Investigator Program first as a visiting scientist at Gulbenkian Institute for Science and in 2015 she started her lab at NMS. HS has secured Funding for the Institution of 9.5 M€ as Executive Board Director and Thematic Line Coordinator of iNOVA4Health research Unit (2025-29) and lab funding from Horizon Europe (EVCA and MPS Twinnings, as team member), and from FCT, ESCMID, Gilead and Pfizer as PI. Her lab’s mission is to understand how the tissue environment regulates the immune response in humans and how it is affected by biological variables (sex, age and temperature). Since the start of her lab, HS has published 16 articles in prestigious journals, supervised to completion 11 Master dissertations and 6 PhD thesis. These 10 years of experience as a PI in a medical school has enabled her to establish an ambitious, disruptive and cross-disciplinary program bridging clinical (10 hospitals) and fundamental research, which has provided her with consolidated experience in all aspects of research and development, the design, and the coordination of multiple projects. HS provision of scientific advice at International level includes being a co-coordinator of the EFIS-study group on Immune Sex Differences, an expert and collaborator of the European Commission JRC CIAO project. HS regularly acts as reviewer for several important Immunology- related International Funding Agencies and scientific journals. HS has established several links with the industry including Memorandums of understanding (Medinfar and Pfizer), industry sponsored projects (Gilead, Pfizer and MSD) and the coordination of Masterclasses (Janssen and Sanofi) for health professionals. Recently, HS was invited to be a consultant for Merck Sharp and Dohme program on vaccine literacy. She has conceptualized and coordinate a PhD-course on Sex Differential Health in Clinical Practice and Biomedical Research, translating emerging evidence into clinical and experimental design competencies. In parallel, she coordinates an advanced course on¿Vaccine Hesitancy¿that integrates social and biological sciences to equip healthcare professionals with evidence-based tools. HS has received international awards/honors, including by the European Federation of Immunologycal Societies and EMBO. She is invited to give lectures at international conferences (USA, Spain) and international courses organized by both academia (10) and by the pharmaceutic industry (4) and has participated in multiple outreach and science communication activities with the media (more than 30). HS is currently Member of the Executive Board and coordinator of a Thematic Line of iNOVA4Health Research Unit. Between 2021-2024, she was the General Secretary of the Portuguese Society of Immunology (SPI) and she is currently member of the SPI Fiscal Board.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Helena Isabel Martins Soares

Citation names

  • Soares, Helena

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B817-409D-3D26
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5881-3843
Education
Degree Classification
2023/09 - 2024/07
Concluded
 Postgraduation in Fundamentals of Medicine (Pós-Graduação)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
 17 out of 20
2006/11/29
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas Supervisor: Ralph Steinman (Doutoramento)
The Rockefeller University, United States

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Modulation of the CD4+ T cell response to a dominant L. major antigen through dendritic cell targeting" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Supervisor: Ralph Steinman, Rockefeller University
2001/05/28
Concluded
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
 17 out of 20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2015/07/01 - 2029/09/30 Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2014/06/01 - 2015/06/30 Visiting Researcher (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2011/01/01 - 2014/05/31 Researcher (Research) Institut Pasteur, France
2008/01/07 - 2010/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Institut Pasteur, France
2006/12/01 - 2007/12/31 Postdoc (Research) The Rockefeller Universtity, United States

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2016/09/01 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2025 - Current Executive Board iNOVA4Health, Portugal
iNOVA4Health, Portugal
2025 - Current Coordinator of Thematic Line iNOVA4Health, Portugal
2024/10 - Current Co-coordination of the EFIS-Immune Sex Differences Study Group European Federation of Immunological Societies, Netherlands
2024/04 - Current Member of the Fiscal Board Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2022 - Current Coordinator of the Nova Health Group Infection and Chronic Diseases Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/01/01 - Current NOVA Medical School representative at NOVA University Infection and Chronic Diseases Work Group Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2021/04 - 2024/03 Secretary General Board of Directors Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
2020/05/22 - 2023 Expert and collaborator on the project “Modelling the pathogenesis of Covid-19, based on the Adverse Outcome Pathway paradigm” coordinated by. Clemens Wittwehr and Brigitte Landesmann European Comission, Joint Research Centre, Italy
2020/04/01 - 2022/03/31 Scientifc Coordinator of the Serology4Covid platform Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2021/01 - 2021/12 Scientific Advisor on COVID-19 vaccine awareness national campaign Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/04 - Current LS4Future Seed Funding- 2025 Edition; €20 000
na
Principal investigator
2025 - Current iNOVA4Health I&D Research Unit (9,5 M€)
UID/4462/2025
Institutional Funding (9.5 M€): Executive Board and Thematic Line Coordinator of the Research Unit
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2025 - Current Educational sponsorship for the advanced course on "Vaccine Hesitancy" conferred by MSD €10000
CURSO 25-E15
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2024 - Current MPS-NOVA: Advanced Microphysiological Systems and Pluripotent Stem Cell Technologies to Unveil Chronic Disease Mechanisms and Host-Microbe Interactions, funded by the European Commission in 1.3 M€
MPS-NOVA
Researcher
Ongoing
2025 - 2029 COST Action European “Initiative to Enhance the Current Sex as Biological Variable Policy in Preclinical Biomedical Research (EU-SABV)”, CA24168. Team Member.
CA24168
Researcher
Ongoing
2025 - 2029 COST Action “Enabling Translation of Retinal Disease Diagnosis and Therapies: A Roadmap for Future (Retina4Future)”, CA 24105. Team Member
CA24105
Researcher
Ongoing
2025 - 2027 MPS-NOVA Twinning pilot project "Exploring the implications of sex differential immunity in Long COVID brain fog using neurospheroids" €10000
n.a.
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Translation and Innovation towards Global Health
LA/P/0117/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0117/2020
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Saúde Global e Medicina Tropical, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Comprehensive Health Research Centre, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Matemática Aplicações Fundamentais e Investigação Operacional, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2024 - 2025 EVCA pilot project €5000
n.a.
Principal investigator
Concluded
2022 - 2025 “EVCA: Diagnostic and Advanced Therapeutics based on Extracellular Vesicles” Funded by the European Commission in 1.4M€
EVCA
Researcher
Ongoing
2021 - 2025 LS4Future-Life Sciences for a healthy and sustainable future”, FCT associated laboratory. Total awarded funds: ~€8.5 million
LS4Future
Researcher
Ongoing
2023/04/01 - 2024 Tackling infection through modulation of the hormonal-immune axis (20,000€)
ESMID 2023
Supervisor
iNOVA4Health, Portugal
 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023 iNOVA4Health - Programme in Translational Medicine (iBET, CEDOC/FCM, IPOLFG and ITQB)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/147260/PT
Amount: €2,579,000
Amount: 2,579,000
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020 - 2023 Science4COVID Grant funded by the FCT in €299¿875
02/SAITC/2020/072552
Researcher
Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2022/09/30 Reprogramming inflammatory follicular T cells (Tfhi): from the clinic to precision immunotherapies
PTDC/MEC-REU/29520/2017
Amount: €239 975,11
Amount: 239 975,11
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019 - 2022 Decoding immunometabolism to thwart HIV-1 follicular reservoir
Amount: 20 000€
Supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Lysosome dysfunction in age-related diseases
PTDC/MED-PAT/30385/2017
€239,875.12
239,875.12
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/02/20 - 2020/05/19 "Generating SARS-CoV2 seroconversion assay"
231_596873172
29 692,00 €
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/04/04 - 2020/03/31 Impact of HIV-1 genetic diversity in immunodeficiency
PGG/009/2017
Amount: €35 500
Amount: 35 500
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
 Gilead Genese
Ongoing
2017/04/23 - 2019/12/31 HIV-1 Replication in Follicular Sanctuaries
PGG/009/2016
Amount: €31 200
Amount: 31 200
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
 Gilead Genese
Ongoing
2017/09/01 - 2018/08/31 Development of Novel AZT derivatives Based on Triazoles
NH_AZT_2017
Amount: €12 000
Amount: 12 000
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Concluded
2017/06/01 - 2018/05/31 Bridging adaptive and innate immunity through JAK signalling
SPR-Jakie 2017
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
 Pfizer Portugal
Concluded
2016/04/01 - 2018/03/31 Rewired T cells: New Therapeutic Opportunities for Rheumatoid Arthritis
201601- 02-015
Amount: €59 000
Amount: 59 000
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal

iNOVA4Health, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
 iNOVA4Health
Ongoing
2011/12/01 - 2015/11/30 Coordinating signaling, cytoskeleton and intracellular traffic to control major leukocyte effector function
NR-11-BSV3-0025
Amount: €500 000
Amount: 500 000
Researcher
Institut Pasteur, France
 Association nationale de la recherche technique
Concluded
2013/06 - 2015/05 HIV-1 subversion of T cell life and death signals at the immunological synapse and in a endosomal signaling compartment
ANRS-AO2013-2-No1125
Amount: €75 920
Amount: 75 920
Principal investigator
ANRS (French AIDS Research Foundation)

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/10/01 - Current Work contract as Principal Investigator
project
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2026 - 2029 CEEC work contract (2024.08602.CEECIND) junior research level, awarded by the FCT to lab post doc Juliana Gonçalves €100000 (sucess rate 7%)
2024.08602.CEECIND
Supervisor
Ongoing
2021/06/01 - 2023/09/30 6-year work contract sponsored. by FCT obtained in the 2020 CEEC call "In vitro Human Lymphoid Organ: a high-throughput model for vaccine design"
CEC
Principal investigator
Cancelled
2019/06 - 2021/05 Invited Assistant Researcher
work contract
Other
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 iNOVA4Health - Programa de Medicina Translacional iBET, CEDOC/FCM, IPOLFG e ITQB
UID/Multi/04462/2019
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/06/01 - 2019/05/31 Defining the 3D-topography of signaling territories in CD4 T cell function and in HIV-1-induced immunodeficiency
IF/01722/2013
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
 Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Chantre, Tiago; Gonçalves, Juliana; Cerqueira, Sofia A.; Nascimento, João; Soares, Helena; Moreira, Inês Alpoim; Sousa, Herédio. "Immunophenotyping of palatine tonsils in children with OSAS versus Recurrent Tonsillitis". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional da SPORL-CCP, 2023.
    Accepted
Conference poster
  1. Sara Dias Rodrigues; Ana Catarina Moniz; Fátima Pereira; Gonçalves, Juliana; Bruna F. Correia; Neves, Maria Inês; Soares, Helena; et al. "Ovarian reserve in rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and spondyloarthritis: a link to subfertility?". Paper presented in Rheumatology 2025, 2025.
  2. Gonçalves, Juliana; Neves, Maria Ines; Soares, Helena. "Improving vaccine response through modulation of the hormonal-immune axis". Paper presented in SPI Annual Meeting, 2025.
  3. Soares, Helena. "EFIS-IL Study Group Immune Sex Differences". Paper presented in Women's Health: Genes, Data and Advancing Approaches, 2025.
  4. Gonçalves, Juliana; Neves, Maria Inês; Soares, Helena. "Improving vaccine response through manipulation of the hormonal-immune axis". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology, 2025.
  5. Cabedo, Carolina; Gonçalves, Juliana; Beatriz Nicolau; Herédio de Sousa; Soares, Helena. "Thermal Regulation of the Human Immune Response". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology, 2025.
  6. FELIZ, JOSÉ; Gonçalves, Juliana; Soares, Helena. "Exploring the Implications of Sex Differential Immunity in Persistent Long Covid". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology, 2025.
  7. Cabedo, Carolina; Soares, Helena. "Thermal regulation of immune response in human lymphoid organs". Paper presented in NOVAHealth Conference: Tackling Pandemics: Strategies for Prevention, Preparedness and Response, 2024.
  8. Gonçalves, Juliana; Melro, Magda; Alenquer, Marta; Araújo, Catarina; Castro-Neves, Júlia; Amaral-Silva, Daniela; Ferreira, Filipe; et al. Corresponding author: Soares, Helena. "Immune responses in lactating and pregnant women: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic". Paper presented in Sex Differences in the Immune System, 2024.
  9. Soares, Helena. "Secretory IgA and T cells targeting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein are transferred to the breastmilk upon mRNA vaccination". Paper presented in 2nd biennial Sex Differences in the Immune Systems conference, 2022.
  10. Soares, Helena. "Balance between maternal antiviral response and placental transfer of protection in gestational SARS-CoV-2 infection". Paper presented in 2nd biennial Sex Differences in the Immune Systems conference, 2022.
  11. Soares, Helena. "Joint-tissue sensing drives TLR4+ Tfh-like cells cytotoxic activity". Paper presented in 10th International Conference on Autoimmunity: Mechanisms and Novel Treatments, 2022.
  12. Laure-Alix Clerbaux; Julija Fillipovska; Lucia Grenga; Amalia Muñoz Pineiro; Mauro Petrillo; Helena Soares; Sally Mayasich; Maria-Joao Amorim. "Pathways leading to intestinal adverse outcomes in COVID-19: current evidence and uncertainties using a knowledge framework well-established in toxicology". Paper presented in International Liver Conference, 2022.
  13. Amaral-Silva, Daniela; Helena Soares. "TLR4+ Tfh-like cells display a cytotoxic profile in the joints of RA patients". Paper presented in 15th ENII EFIS EJI Immunology Summer School, Italy, 2022.
  14. Gonçalves, Juliana; Helena Soares. Corresponding author: Helena Soares. "Secretory IgA and T cells targeting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein are transferred to the breastmilk upon mRNA vaccination". Paper presented in XLVII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology: At the Crossroads of Human Immunology, 2022.
  15. Soares, Helena. "T cell-Neutrophil Crosstalk in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus". Paper presented in XLVII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology: At the Crossroads of Human Immunology, 2022.
  16. Gonçalves, Juliana; Juliano, A. Margarida; Nádia Charepe; Marta Alenquer ; Athayde, Diogo; Filipe Ferreira; Margarida Archer; et al. Corresponding author: Helena Soares. "Secretory IgA and T cells targeting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein are transferred to the breastmilk upon mRNA vaccination". Paper presented in Nature Conference "Understanding COVID-19 to prepare the next pandemic", 2022.
  17. Gonçalves, Juliana; Juliano, A. Margarida; Charepe, Nádia; Alenquer, Marta; Athayde, Diogo; Ferreira, Filipe; Archer, Margarida; et al. "Secretory IgA and T cells targeting SARS-COV-2 spike protei are transferred to the breastmilk upon mRNA vaccination". Paper presented in Nature Conference: Understanding COVID-19 to prepare for the nex pandemic, 2022.
  18. Juliana Gonçalves; Soares, Helena. "Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and by vaccinated breastfeeding HCW". Paper presented in XLVI Annual Meeting of Portuguese Society for Immunology: Current challenges and emerging topics in immunology, 2021.
  19. Gonçalves, Juliana; Soares, Helena. "Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine in breastfeeding health care workers". Paper presented in XLVI Annual Meeting of Portuguese Society for Immunology: Current challenges and emerging topics in immunology, 2021.
  20. Soares, Helena. "Creating value in health sciences at NOVA – implementation of biobanks in Infectious and Chronic Diseases". Paper presented in III International Conference on Chronic Disease and Infection: Infection, Cancer and Gobal Health, 2020.
  21. Soares, Helena. ""Senescent follicular T cell population expanded in the peripheral blood of rheumatoid arthritis patients"". Paper presented in 2nd Human and Translational Immunology Conference 2019, Kos Island, Greece, 2019.
  22. Daniela Silva; Rita Torrão; Fernando Pimentel-Santos; Ana F Mourão; Jaime C Branco; Soares, Helena. "Rewired T Cells: New Therapeutic Opportunities for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (selected for a flash-talk)". Paper presented in XLIV Annual Meeting of Portuguese Society for Immunology- Immune System Shaped by the Environment. Lisbon, Portugal, 2018.
  23. Sofia Cerqueira; Raquel Sousa; Juliana Gonçalves; Soares, Helena. "Eradicating HIV-1 follicular Sanctuaries through Immunotherapy". Paper presented in Champalimaud Research Symposium 2017, Physiology from development to disease. Lisbon, Portugal, 2017.
  24. Daniela Silva; Rita Torrão; Fernando Pimentel-Santos; Ana F Mourão; Jaime C Branco; Soares, Helena. "Rewired T cells: New Therapeutic Opportunities for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis". Paper presented in Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology 2017 National Meeting, 2017.
  25. Rute Gonçalves; Soares, Helena. "Bridging Innate and Adaptive Immunity". Paper presented in 8th Meeting on Signal Transduction SINAL. Lisbon, Portugal, 2017.
  26. Daniela Silva; Rita C Torrão; Fernando Pimentel-Santos; Ana F Mourão; Jaime C Branco; Soares, Helena. "Rewired T cells: New Therapeutic Opportunities for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis". Paper presented in 8th Meeting on Signal Transduction, 2017.
  27. Gonçalves, Juliana; Soares, Helena. "Sex-based differences in HIV-T cell interaction". 2017.
  28. Cerqueira, Sofia A.; Sousa, Raquel; Gonçalves, Juliana; Soares, Helena. "Eradicating HIV-1 follicular Sanctuaires through Immunotherapy". Paper presented in Champalimaud Research Symposium, Physiology from development to disease, 2017.
  29. Joana Silva; Soares, Helena. "T cell signaling and the effect of HIV-1 infection". Paper presented in Super-Resolution in Infection and Immunity Symposium. Lisbon, Portugal, 2015.
  30. Soares, Helena; Andres Alcover. "HIV-1 modulates TCR signaling territories". Paper presented in EMBO Conference in Lymphocyte Signaling. Sienna, Italy, 2014.
  31. Soares, Helena; Andres Alcover. "HIV unveils: regulated vesicle traffic conveys T cell receptor signalling". Paper presented in Cell Symposia: Human Immunity. Lisbon, Portugal, 2012.
  32. Soares, Helena; Andres Alcover. "HIV unveils: regulated vesicle fusion conveys T cell receptor signaling". Paper presented in EMBO Meeting. Marseille, France, 2011.
  33. Soares, Helena; Andres Alcover. "HIV and T cell synapses: vesicle fusion keeps cells signaling". Paper presented in EMBO Fellows Meeting. Heidelberg, Germany, 2011.
  34. Soares, Helena; Andres Alcover. "HIV-1 Impairs vesicle traffic in immunological synapse formation". Paper presented in EMBO Workshop: Visualizing Immune System Complexity, 2009.
  35. Soares, Helena; Andres Alcover. "HIV-1 impairs vesicle traffic in immunological synapse formation". Paper presented in EMBO Conferences Series: At the joint edge of Cellular Microbiology and Cell Biology. Villars-sur-Orlon, Swiitzerland, 2008.
Journal article
  1. Feliz, José; Gonçalves, Juliana; Cabedo, Carolina; Brito, José; Gamas, Maria; Neves, Maria Inês; Soares, Helena. "Long-term sex differences in symptoms and immune profile in long COVID". Biology of Sex Differences (2026): https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-026-00825-9.
    Published • 10.1186/s13293-026-00825-9
  2. Altfeld, Marcus; Consiglio, Camila; Duffy, Darragh; Ingersoll, Molly; O'Farrelly, Cliona; Pecht, Tal; Shay, Tal; Soares, Helena. "The essential integration of sex and gender in immunological research". Immunology Letters 277 (2025): 107097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imlet.2025.107097.
    Published • 10.1016/j.imlet.2025.107097
  3. Gonçalves, Juliana; Melro, Magda; Alenquer, Marta; Araújo, Catarina; Castro-Neves, Júlia; Amaral-Silva, Daniela; Ferreira, Filipe; et al. "Balance between maternal antiviral response and placental transfer of protection in gestational SARS-CoV-2 infection". JCI Insight 8 17 (2023): https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.167140.
    10.1172/jci.insight.167140
  4. Clerbaux, Laure-Alix; Mayasich, Sally A.; Muñoz, Amalia; Soares, Helena; Petrillo, Mauro; Albertini, Maria Cristina; Lanthier, Nicolas; Grenga, Lucia; Amorim, Maria-Joao. "Gut as an Alternative Entry Route for SARS-CoV-2: Current Evidence and Uncertainties of Productive Enteric Infection in COVID-19". Journal of Clinical Medicine 11 19 (2022): 5691. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11195691.
    Published • 10.3390/jcm11195691
  5. Clerbaux, Laure-Alix; Grenga, Lucia; Parissis, Nikolaos; Petrillo, Mauro; Saarimäki, Laura A.; Soares, Helena; Sullivan, Kristie; Landesmann, Brigitte. "Factors Modulating COVID-19: A Mechanistic Understanding Based on the Adverse Outcome Pathway Framework". Journal of Clinical Medicine 11 15 (2022): 4464. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11154464.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/jcm11154464
  6. Francesca, Pistollato; Mauro, Petrillo; Clerbaux, Laure-Alix; Querci, Maddalena; Soares, Helena; Munoz Pineiro, Amalia; Whelan, Maurice; Van de Eede, Guy. "Effects of spike protein and toxin-like peptides found in COVID-19 patients on human 3D neuronal/glial model undergoing differentiation: possible implications for SARS-CoV-2 impact on brain development". Reproductive Toxicology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.reprotox.2022.04.011.
    Published • 10.1016/j.reprotox.2022.04.011
  7. Gonçalves, Juliana; Juliano, A. Margarida; Alenquer, Marta; Athayde, Diogo; Ferreira, Filipe; Archer, Margarida; Amorim, Maria João; Soares, Helena. "Secretory IgA and T cells targeting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein are transferred to the breastmilk upon mRNA vaccination". Cell Reports Medicine 2 12 (2021): 100468. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100468.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100468
  8. Daniel Alencar; Juliana Gonçalves; Sofia A. Cerqueira; Cruz S. Sebastião; Francescato, Giulia; Paola Antenori; Soares, Helena; Ana Petronilho. Corresponding author: Soares, Helena. "Development of Triazoles and Triazolium Salts Based on AZT and Their Anti-Viral Activity against HIV-1". Molecules 26 2§ (2021): 6720. https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/21/6720/htm.
    Open access • Published
  9. Amaral-Silva, Daniela; Gonçalves, Rute; Torrão, Rita C.; Costa, Manuela; Pimentel-Santos, Fernando M.; Mourão, Ana Filipa; Branco, Jaime C.; Soares, Helena. "Direct tissue-sensing reprograms TLR4+ Tfh-like cells inflammatory profile in the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients". Communications Biology 4 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02659-0.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s42003-021-02659-0
  10. Charepe, Nadia; Gonçalves, Juliana; Juliano, A. Margarida; Lopes, David G.; Canhão, Helena; Soares, Helena; Serrano, e Fátima. "COVID-19 mRNA vaccine and antibody response in lactating women: a prospective cohort study". BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 21 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-04051-6.
    Published • 10.1186/s12884-021-04051-6
  11. Alenquer, Marta; Ferreira, Filipe; Gonçalves, Juliana; Demengeot, Jocelyne; Penha-Gonçalves, Carlos; Soares, Helena; Soares, Cláudio M.; Amorim, Maria João. "Signatures in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein conferring escape to neutralizing antibodies". PLOS Pathogens 17 8 (2021): e1009772. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009772.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009772
  12. Lopes, David G.; Abdulghani, Saba; Eletério, Jair; Braga, Sofia Jacinto; Soares, Helena; Branco, Jaime C.; Canhão, Helena; Rodrigues, Ana M.. "Staff SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence and Mental Health as Key Factors in University Response to COVID-19 Pandemic". Frontiers in Public Health 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.689919.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fpubh.2021.689919
  13. Santos-Pereira, Ana; Triunfante, Vera; Araújo, Pedro M. M.; Martins, Joana; Soares, Helena; Poveda, Eva; Souto, Bernardino; Osório, Nuno S.. "Nationwide Study of Drug Resistance Mutations in HIV-1 Infected Individuals under Antiretroviral Therapy in Brazil". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 10 (2021): 5304. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22105304.
    Published • 10.3390/ijms22105304
  14. Gonçalves, Juliana; Sousa, Rita L.; Silva, Daniela A.; Paula, Filipe; Costa, Manuela; Branco, Jaime C.; Alves, José D.; Soares, Helena. "Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 Seroconversion Following Relieve of Confinement Measures". Frontiers in Medicine 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.603996.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmed.2020.603996
  15. Sebastião, Cruz S.; Neto, Zoraima; Jandondo, Domingos; Mirandela, Marinela; Morais, Joana; Brito, Miguel. "HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and syphilis among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Luanda, Angola: Seroprevalence and risk factors". Journal of Medical Virology 92 12 (2020): 3265-3270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26148.
    Published • 10.1002/jmv.26148
  16. Silva, Zélia; Ferro, Tiago; Almeida, Danielle; Soares, Helena; Ferreira, José Alexandre; Deschepper, Fanny M.; Hensbergen, Paul J.; et al. "MHC Class I Stability is Modulated by Cell Surface Sialylation in Human Dendritic Cells". Pharmaceutics 12 3 (2020): 249. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12030249.
    10.3390/pharmaceutics12030249
  17. Neto, Zoraima; de Jesus, Carlos S.; Mirandela, Marinela; Jandondo, Domingos; Couto-Fernandez, José C.; Tanuri, Amilcar; Morais, Joana; Brito, Miguel. "Genetic diversity and drug resistance of HIV-1 among infected pregnant women newly diagnosed in Luanda, Angola". PLOS ONE 14 11 (2019): e0225251. *Co-supervised PhD student by H Soares (publication affiliated to H Soares lab).
    Open access • 10.1371/journal.pone.0225251
  18. Silva, Joana G.; Martins, Nuno P.; Henriques, Ricardo; Soares, Helena. "HIV-1 Nef Impairs the Formation of Calcium Membrane Territories Controlling the Signaling Nanoarchitecture at the Immunological Synapse". The Journal of Immunology 197 10 (2016): 4042-4052 IF: 4.539, C:12. http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1601132.
    Open access • Published • 10.4049/jimmunol.1601132
  19. Soares, Helena. "HIV-1 Intersection with CD4 T Cell Vesicle Exocytosis: Intercellular Communication Goes Viral". Frontiers in Immunology 5 (2014): IF: 5.511-C: 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00454.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00454
  20. Soares, Helena; Lasserre, Rémi; Alcover, Andrés. "Orchestrating cytoskeleton and intracellular vesicle traffic to build functional immunological synapses". Immunological Reviews 256 1 (2013): 118-32 IF: 9.217; C:54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imr.12110.
    Open access • 10.1111/imr.12110
  21. Soares, Helena; Henriques, Ricardo; Sachse, Martin; Ventimiglia, Leandro; Alonso, Miguel A.; Zimmer, Christophe; Thoulouze, Maria-Isabel; Alcover, Andrés. "Regulated vesicle fusion generates signaling nanoterritories that control T cell activation at the immunological synapse". The Journal of Experimental Medicine 210 11 (2013): 2415-IF: 11.991; C:105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20130150.
    10.1084/jem.20130150
  22. Herbert, Sébastien; Soares, Helena; Zimmer, Christophe; Henriques, Ricardo. "Single-Molecule Localization Super-Resolution Microscopy: Deeper and Faster". Microscopy and Microanalysis 18 06 (2012): 1419-29 IF:2.495; C:47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927612013347.
    10.1017/s1431927612013347
  23. Soares, Helena; Waechter, HaeNa; Glaichenhaus, Nicholas; Mougneau, Evelyne; Yagita, Hideo; Mizenina, Olga; Dudziak, Diana; Nussenzweig, Michel C.; Steinman, Ralph M.. "A subset of dendritic cells induces CD4+T cells to produce IFN-¿ by an IL-12–independent but CD70-dependent mechanism in vivo". The Journal of Experimental Medicine 204 5 (2007): 1095-06 IF: 11.911; C:306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20070176.
    Open access • 10.1084/jem.20070176
  24. Trumpfheller, Christine; Finke, Jennifer S.; López, Carolina B.; Moran, Thomas M.; Moltedo, Bruno; Soares, Helena; Huang, Yaoxing; et al. "Intensified and protective CD4+T cell immunity in mice with anti–dendritic cell HIV gag fusion antibody vaccine". The Journal of Experimental Medicine 203 3 (2006): 607-17 IF: 11.911; C:272. http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20052005.
    10.1084/jem.20052005
  25. Bonifaz, Laura C.; Bonnyay, David P.; Charalambous, Anna; Darguste, Dara I.; Fujii, Shin-Ichiro; Soares, Helena; Brimnes, Marie K.; et al. "In Vivo Targeting of Antigens to Maturing Dendritic Cells via the DEC-205 Receptor Improves T Cell Vaccination". The Journal of Experimental Medicine 199 6 (2004): 815-24 IF: 11.911; C:960. http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20032220.
    10.1084/jem.20032220
  26. Andrade LC; Paixão JA; de Almeida MJ; Martins RM; Soares HI; Morais GJ; Moreno MJ; Sá e Melo ML; Campos Neves AS. "16alpha,17alpha-Epoxy-20-oxopregn-5-en-3beta-yl acetate.". (2001): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/11353261.
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Preprint
  1. Feliz, José; Gonçalves, Juliana; Cabedo, Carolina; Gamas, Maria; Neves, Maria Inês; Soares, Helena. Corresponding author: Soares, Helena. "Long-term sex differences in symptoms and immune profile in Long COVID". 2025. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7642874/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-7642874/v1
Working paper
  1. Juliana Gonçalves; A. Margarida Juliano; Nádia Charepe; Marta Alenquer; Diogo Athayde; Filipe Ferreira; Margarida Archer; Maria João Amorim; Soares, Helena. 2021. "Non-neutralizing secretory IgA and T cells targeting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein are transferred to the breastmilk upon BNT162b2 vaccination". https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.03.21256416v1.
  2. Marta Alenquer; Filipe Ferreira; Diana Lousa; Mariana Valério; Mónica Medina-Lopes; Marie-Louise Bergman; Juliana Gonçalves; et al. 2021. "Amino acids 484 and 494 of SARS-CoV-2 spike are hotspots of immune evasion affecting antibody but not ACE2 binding". https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.22.441007v1.
  3. Daniela Amaral-Silva; Rita C. Torrão; Fernando Pimentel-Santos; Ana Filipa Mourão; Manuela Costa; Sandra Falcão; Maria Paula Araújo; et al. 2021. "Direct tissue sensing reprograms TLR4+ Tfh-like cells inflammatory profile in the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients". https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.19.431679v1.
  4. Daniel Alencar; Juliana Gonçalves; Sofia Cerqueira; Soares, Helena; Ana Petronilho. 2019. "Development of Triazoles based on AZT and their Anti-Viral Activity Against HIV-1". https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/523225v1.
    10.1101/523225

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent
  1. 2016. "Methods of characterizing E-Syt2 inhibitors, E-syt2 inhibitors, and methods of use".
    Disclosed
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025 Invited Seminar, iBET- Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal
2023/05/12 Invited Talk at the Spanish Society of Immunology 2023 Meeting entitled "Tissue reprogramming of TLR4+ T cells in human inflammatory Diseases" Spanish Society of Immunology 2023 Meeting
(Bilbao, Spain)
2023/03/23 Institutional talk at LS4Future Meeting: How to foment trans-Institutional collaborative networks: COVID-19 pandemic as the study case"
LS4Future (Portugal)
2023/02/08 Speaker at the final workshop of the Joint Commission Research CIAO workgroup: "Sex Differences in SARS-CoV-2 Infection: the Case of Pregnancy"
(Italy)
2022/11/22 Combining a human 3D neuronal/glial model with KE-anchored in vitro assay to evaluate the possible SARS-CoV-2 implications on brain development. 21st International Congress of the European Society of Toxicology In Vitro
(Barcelona, Spain)
2022/06/23 Speaker at the CIAO Summer Seminars "Variants and Maternal Immunity" CIAO Summer Seminars
European Commisson- JRC (Italy)
2022/06 TLR4+ Tfh-like cells display a cytotoxic profile in the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients 15th ENII EFIS EJI Immunology Summer School, Italy
(Italy)
2022/04/20 TLR4+ Tfh-like cells display a cytotoxic profile in the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients XLVII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology: At the Crossroads of Human Immunology
Portuguese Society of Immunolgy
2022/04/04 Secretory IgA and T cells targeting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein are transferred to the breastmilk upon mRNA vaccination Nature Conference "Understanding COVID-19 to prepare the next pandemic"
Nature (United States)
2021/10/12 Non-neutralizing secretory IgA and T cells targeting sars-cov-2 spike protein are transferred to the breastmilk upon BNT162b2 vaccination 3rd NMS Symposium "Chronic Diseases and Translational Science"
2021/05/20 Direct tissue sensing reprograms TLR4+ Tfh-like cells inflammatory profile in the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients XLVI Annual Meeting of Portuguese Society for Immunology: current challenges and emerging topics in immunology
2020/10/30 Studying HIV-1 drug resistance prevalence and epidemiology in a Brazilian cohort PhDOC Annual Meeting
CEDOC
2020/10/29 Rewired T Cells: New Therapeutic Opportunities for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis PhDOC Annual Meeting
CEDOC
2020/09/30 Human and Translational Research done at CEDOC|NMS Meeting between pharmaceutical Pfizer and NOVA Health Chronic Disease and Infection Workgroup
Rectory of NOVA University of Lisbon
2019/11/15 HIV-1 infection in Lymphoid Organs Microbiology, Immunology and Oncology: Interdisciplinary approaches to control infectious diseases and cancer
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019/09/16 Sex, infection and autoimmunity Invited Seminar at Universidade de Aveiro
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/03/02 Sex, Infection and Autoimmunity: T cells in chronic inflammatory disease Invited Talk at 12 topics in Rheumatology Symposium
2019/01/11 Harnessing tonsillar T cells for vaccination Translational Research Course at Hospital D Estefânia
Hospital D Estefênia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/09/21 Mapping HIV-1 drug resistance in newborns in Angola Ninth EDCTP Forum
Faculdade Ciências Médicas - Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/06/01 T cell signaling in Health and Autoimmunity Invited Talk at SINAL-8th Meeting on Signal Transduction
(Portugal)
2017/03/17 T cell signaling in Health and in Autoimmunity Invited Talk at iNOVA4Health Inflammation Symposium
(Portugal)
2017 Reprogramming Human Arthritogenic T cells Selected Institutional Representative at Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology 2017 National Meeting
(Portugal)
2016 Rewired T cells: New Therapeutic Opportunities for Rheumatoid Arthritis Selected Institutional Representative at iNOVA4Health Symposium
2015 HIV-1 alters the nano-architecture of TCR signaling Super-Resolution in Infection and Immunity Symposium
(Portugal)
2014 Regulated vesicle fusion generates signaling nanoterritories that control T cell activation at the immunological synapse Selected Talk at EMBO Conference series in Lymphocyte Signaling
(Italy)
2014 HIV-1 disables the oligomerization imprint of TCR signaling to desensitize activation-induced cell death Selected Talk at XL Annual Meeting of Portuguese Society for Immunology
(Portugal)
2013 Spatial Regulation of Lymphocyte Activation: in Health and upon HIV-infection Invited Seminar at Centre for Molecular and Structural Medicine, Faro
(Portugal)
2013 HIV-1 Nef modulates TCR signal nanoterritories Selected Talk at 14th IUBMB Conference on "Host-Microbe Interactions"
(Morocco)
2012 Immunological Synapse taught by HIV-1 Invited Seminar at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras
(Portugal)
2012 HIV-1 disrupts signal amplification at Immunological Synapse Invited Seminar at Instituto Medicina Molecular, Lisbon
(Portugal)
2011 HIV-1 disrupts signal amplification at Immunological Synapse Selected Talk at Todai Forum
(France)
2011 HIV and T cell synapses: vesicle fusion keeps cells signaling EMBO Fellows Meeting
(Germany)
2010 HIV-1 dissects immunological synapse hierarchic formation Invited Talk at Gulbenkian Institute for Science Alumni Meeting
(Portugal)
2010 Hierarchically regulated exocytosis controls signaling at Immune Synapse and is targeted by HIV-1 Invited Talk at Club Exo-Endo Meeting, Institut Curie, Paris
(France)
2010 Polarized molecular traffic in immune synapse formation: a feedback loop targeted by HIV-1 Selected Talk at XXXVI Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology: Fighting Intracellular Pathogens: from bench to bedside
(Portugal)
2008 A subset of dendritic cells induces CD4+ T cells to produce IFN-g by an IL-12-independent but CD70-dependent mechanism in vivo Invited Seminar at Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto
(Portugal)
2007 A subset of dendritic cells induces CD4+ T cells to produce IFN-g by an IL-12-independent but CD70-dependent mechanism in vivo Job Talk at Institut Pasteur
(France)
2007 A subset of dendritic cells induces CD4+ T cells to produce IFN-g by an IL-12-independent but CD70-dependent mechanism in vivo Job Talk at Institut Curie, Paris
(France)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role		 Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Miasthenia Gravis after Thymectomy – clinical importance of patient selection and biological pathways
Supervisor of João Maciel
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2023 - Current Metallonucleosides as ICD inducers
Co-supervisor
2021/10 - Current Implications of sex differential immunity in Long COVID.
Supervisor
2024 - 2025 Thermal Regulation of Human Immune Responses
Supervisor
2020 - 2024 GLYCOVID-19 – in vitro and in vivo evaluation of a glycan-based therapeutic approach to counteract SARS-CoV-2 infection
Co-supervisor of Daniela Barreira
2022/10 - 2023/09 "Unveilling Cytotoxic T cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis!
Supervisor of Julia Castro-Neves
2022/10 - 2023/09 "Building a Tonsil-on-a-chip"
Supervisor of João Nascimento
2019/01/01 - 2023/04/05 Reprogramming Human Arthritogenic T cells
Supervisor of Daniela Silva
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2021 - 2022/11/17 "Regulation of gd17 T cell homeostasis by stress-derived signals"
Co-supervisor of Vicente Almeida
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2021/09/20 - 2022/09/30 T cell-neutrophil crosstalk in SLE
Supervisor of Tomás Machado
2021/09/01 - 2022/08/31 Regulation of meningeal ¿d17 T cell homeostasis by stress-mediated signals
Co-supervisor of Vicente Almeida
2019/01/01 - 2022/07/04 Regulation of pulmonary CD4 T cell responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Co-supervisor of Catarina Ferreira
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2022/02/14 Sex differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection
Supervisor of Ana Margarida Juliano
2020 - 2022/02/04 Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on human pregnancy
Supervisor of Magda Melro
2018/07/11 - 2022/01/25 Impact of HIV-1 genetic diversity on the interaction with host cells
Co-supervisor of Ana Pereira
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2020 - 2022 Exploring serology and sex differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection
Supervisor of Carina Carvalhinho
2017/03/01 - 2021/10/29 Sex-based differences in Immune Responses
Supervisor of Juliana Gonçalves
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2017/05/01 - 2021/07/23 HIV-1 INFECTION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN ANGOLA: MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND TEST OF NOVEL AZT TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVES
Co-supervisor of Cruz Santos
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2019/12/16 The influence of Toll-Like Receptor 4 activation in human CD4 T cell function
Supervisor of Ana Tomé
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2019/12/13 Expansion of Tfh-like cell populations from human blood
Co-supervisor of Inês Pais
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2018/07/31 Functional Characterization of Arthritogenic T cells
Supervisor of Daniela Silva
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2017/12/18 HIV-1 Infection on Follicular T cells
Supervisor of Ana Raquel Sousa
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2017/10/24 Pathways for Inflammation versus Tissue Tolerance in CD4 T cells
Supervisor of Rute Gonçalves
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)		 Institution / Organization
2026/10/09 - 2026/10/10 Co-Organizer of the International Conference EFIS-Sex Differences in Immunity, Hamburg, Germany (2026/10/09 - 2026/10/10)
Conference (Co-organisor)
2025/11/04 - 2025/11/04 Organizer of the NOVA Health Conference "Sex Differences in Health: From Clinical practice to Biomedical Research and Drug Design" (2025/11/04 - 2025/11/04)
2025/10/23 - 2025/10/23 Co-organizer of the "EFIS Sex Differences in Immunity" Congress in Paris, France (2025/10/23 - 2025/10/23)
Congress (Co-organisor)
2024 - 2024 Co-Organizer of the NOVA Health Conference "Tackling Pandemics: Strategies for Prevention, Preparedness and Response" (2024 - 2024)
Conference (Co-organisor)
2023 - 2023 Organizer of the VI International Conference of the Nova Health Chronic Disease and Infection workgroup entitled "Challenges of vaccination throughout life" (2023/10/20)
Conference (Co-organisor)
2022/04/20 - 2022/04/22 Organizer of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology (2022/04/20 - 2022/04/22)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
2021/05/20 - 2021/05/21 Co-Organizer of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology (2021/05/20 - 2021/05/21)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2021/04/20 - 2021/04/30 Co-organizer and scientific content curator of the National Vaccine Awareness Campaign "Conversation with scientists: Decades of Science for Days of vaccination" link https://www.cienciaviva.pt/divulgacao-cientifica/vacinas-palestras/index.php (2021/04/20 - 2021/04/30)
2020/10/09 - 2020/10/09 Co-organizer of NOVA Saúde Annual Meeting in Infection and Cancer https://novahealth-chronicdiseaseandinfection.unl.pt (2020/10/09 - 2020/10/09)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2019/09/01 Organizer of the Institutional Immuno Journal Club (2018/09/01 - 2019/09/01)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2018/12/03 - 2018/12/03 "Antibiotic Resistance: from prevention to infection control in One Health"- I co-organized this one day conference open to the general public with the objective of bringing science to the population in order to promote related health care solutions through science and evidence based knowledge and awareness. (2018/12/03 - 2018/12/03)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2016/09 Co-organizer of CEDOC external seminars (2015/10/01 - 2016/09/30)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2015/10/21 - 2015/10/22 Super Resolution Microscopy in Infection and Immunity Symposium I co-organized a 2 day symposium that gathered the world experts in the field (2015/10/21 - 2015/10/22)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event		 Event name
Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Panelist at conference “Know better the 2025 Nobel Prize Awardees” at the Lisbon Academy for Science
2024/10/29 - Current Invited speaker @ the American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology
Conference
 American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology Meeting- Invited Oral Presentation
2024/10/29 - Current Chair @ the American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology Meeting
Conference
 American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology Meeting- Conference Chair
2023/05/12 - Current Invited Speaker @ the Spanish Society of Immunology 2023 Meeting
Conference
 he Spanish Society of Immunology 2023 Meeting
2023/03/23 - Current Invited Speaker @ Gulbenkian Institute for Science
Seminar
2021/10/14 - Current Panel member on the round table "Let's talk about vaccines" sponsored by CoLife at the International Science Communication Festival (FIC.A)
Round table
2019/04 - Current Invited debater in Gulbenkian Institute for Science sponsored commemorations of International Immunology day in the public open session “How do we defend ourselves from cancer and infection?”.
Round table
2017 - Current Participant in discussion groups sharing translational medical research projects with clinicians from Lisbon hospitals
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role		 Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2026/01/08 Immunological Mechanisms of Malaria Vaccine Candidates
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sónia Guerra (PhD)
2025/12/18 TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING OF GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY LINKING PRETERM BIRTH AND PERIODONTITIS
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Couceiro da Costa (PhD)
2025/01 Reduction of Immunogenicity of monoclonal antibodies and immunosenescence in COVID-19 patients
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rodrigo Balsinha Pedroso (PhD)
2025/01 A targeted approach to control Streptococcus pneumoniae infection
(Thesis) Arguer
 Catarina Candeias (PhD)
2023 Main Arguer on the MSc Thesis "Efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with chronic liver diseases"
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Francisco Marques (Master)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2023 Arguer in the PhD thesis "Type I IFN response of Brain Endothelial Cells in Cerebral Malaria: Antigen Presentation, Immunoproteosome Activation, Endothelial Integrity, and Glucose Metabolism"
(Thesis) Arguer
 Abdul Shafi (PhD)
2023 Arguer on the PhD thesis "Toward Therapeutic Approaches for Human Glycosilation Disorders"
(Thesis) Arguer
 Carlota Smith (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/07/15 “The role of high-density lipoproteins in the activation of T lymphocytes and regulation of immune response”
(Thesis) Arguer
 Marisa Neves (PhD)
2022/05/13 Full-thicknessskin-on-a-chip model for in vitro drug testing – Combining tissue engineering with organ-on-a-chip technology to produce advanced skin models
(Thesis) Arguer
 Patrícia Zoio (PhD)
2021/05/25 Arguer in PhD Thesis Defense of Carolina Alves Ferreira (supervisor Ricardo Silvestre) on "Immunometabolic crosstalk between host and pathogen: unveiling novel therapeutic approaches for visceral leishmaniasis"
(Thesis) Arguer
 Carolina Alves Ferreira (PhD)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2021/05/02 Arguer in PhD Thesis Defense (PI Maria João Amorim, IGC) "Interplay between DAF and viral proteins HA and NA regulates viral pathogenesis"
(Thesis) Arguer
 Nuno Santos (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2019/12/04 Main Arguer in PhD Thesis Defense of Raquel Freitas (PI Luís Graça)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Raquel Freitas (PhD)
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2019/03/25 Main Arguer in the PhD Thesis Defense "Deciphering the microbiome and metabolic factors contributing to protection against ulcerative colitis"
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Gaifem (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2019/01/22 Main Arguer in the PhD thesis defense "Is the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) a good animal model to study HIV-1 pathogenesis and virus-host interactions?"
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Patrícia Pereira (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/10/18 Main Arguer in the PhD Thesis Defense "Exploring the Immunomodulatory Role of Sialic Acids to Improve Dendritic Cell-Based Vaccines"
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago Ferro (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017/11/29 Arguer in Master Thesis Defense "Immunological aspects of glycosylation: from aberrant to defective glycosylation"
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carlota Pascoal (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/09/08 Arguer in Master Thesis Defense "Influenza A Virus Modulation of Cytokines Release from Macrophages"
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Perdigão (Master)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017 - Current EMEUNET- Emerging European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) NETwork
2016 - Current European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2009 - Current Portuguese Society for Immunology

Committee member

Activity description
Role		 Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Executive Board
Member
 iNOVA4Health, Portugal
2022 - Current Coordinator of NOVA Health Infectious and Chronic Diseases Group
Coordinator
2017 - Current Member of the management committee of NOVAHealth Chronic and Infectious Diseases
Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/10/28 - 2024/10/30 American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology Meeting- Conference Chair
2024 - 2024 Scientific committee of the Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology: "Immunology One Health"
2023 - 2024 49th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology i3S
2021/10/11 - 2021/10/13 3rd NMS Symposium "Chronic Diseases and Translational Science" CEDOC|NMS

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Consultant for Merck Sharp and Dohme on their program to increase vaccine literacy

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Coordinator of the PhD course on "Sex Differential Health in Clinical Practice and Biomedical Research" co-jointly held by the PhD Programs in Health Sciences, in Biomedicine, and in Medicine (Doutoramento)
2025 - Current Coordinator of the PhD course on Sex Differential Health in Clinical Practice and Biomedical Research co-jointly for the PhD Programs in Health Sciences, in Biomedicine, and in Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal (Doutoramento)
2025 - Current Coordinator of the Advanced Course on Vaccine Hesitancy, sponsored by MSD, NMS, Lisbon, Portugal (Pós-Graduação)
2024/11 - Current Postgraduate course in Innovative in vitro models: alternatives to animal models in research- Lecturer (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2024 - Current Coordinator of the Postgraduate Course on Vaccine Hesitancy (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2023/02/25 - Current Co-Coordinator of the Janssen Course “Deep dive in Immune mediated Inflammatory Psoriatic Disease”
2022/10/19 - Current Coordinator of the Masterclass The 3Is: Immunology, Immunity and Immunization for Sanofi On-Immunization Academy
2022/09/21 - Current Coordinator of the Masterclass “Past, Present and Future of Immunization” for Sanofi On-Immunization Academy
2019/11 - Current Cell Regulation Course for the Masters in Biomedical Research (NBR) (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2019/09/01 - Current Immunology course for Nutritional Sciences undergrads at NOVA Medical School Nutritional Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2019 - Current Lecturer, Translational Medicine course for the PhD program in Biomedicine (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2019 - Current Lecturer, Translational Medicine for the Doctoral Program Mechanism of Disease and Regenerative Medicine (ProRegM) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2019 - Current Course Coordinator, Translational Medicine for the Masters in Biomedical Research (NBR) (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2018/12/10 - Current Course Organizer, Cardiometabolic and Inflammatory Diseases Course for the PhD Program in Biomedicine (CEDOC|NMS) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2018/04/30 - Current Course Co-organizer, Translational Medicine Course for the Bioengineering, Cell Therapies and Regenerative Medicine Program (Instituto Superior Técnico & CEDOC|NMS) (Curso de mestrado (conclusão do curso de especialização)) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - Current Lecturer, Integrative Biomedicine Course for the PhD Program in Biomedicine (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2017 - Current Invited Assistant Professor, Tissues, Cells and Molecules (1st year discipline for Medical undergrad students) (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2017 - Current Invited Assistant Professor, Molecular Mechanisms of Disease (5th year discipline for Medical students undergrads) (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2017 - Current Lecturer, From Cells to Organisms Course for the Gulbenkian PhD Program, (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2017 - Current Lecturer, Immunology Course for the Graduate Program in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology (GABBA) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017 - Current Lecturer, Chronic and Degenerative Diseases Course for the PhD Program on Mechanisms of Disease and Regenerative Medicine (ProRegeM) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2016 - Current Invited Assistant Professor, Innovative Immunotherapies (4th year discipline for Medical undergrads) (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2016 - Current Lecturer, Stem Cell Biology Course for the PhD Program in BioEngineering Cell Therapies and Regenerative Medicine (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2022/04/28 - 2022/04/29 Invited Lecturer on "6th course in therapeutic actualization in immune mediated systemic diseases", held at Hospital Fernando Fonseca (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca EPE, Portugal
2014/06/01 - 2017/06/30 Course Organizer, Immune Chronic Diseases Course for the Graduate Program Science for the Development, Cape Verde (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Research Methodologies and Techniques Course co-jointly for the Doctoral Program in Health Sciences and for the Inter-University Doctoral Programme in Ageing and Chronic Disease (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Lecturer, Cell Biology Course for the Gulbenkian PhD Program (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Lecturer, Immunobiology/Host Microbe Interaction Course for the Gulbenkian PhD Program Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Lecturer, Immunology Course for the Graduate Program Science for the Development (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Lecturer, Introduction to Immunology Course for the Experimental Biology and Biomedicine Graduate Program (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role		 Institution / Organization Funding entity
2026/01/05 - Current PhD evaluation committee of João Serôdio
2024 - Current Grant evaluator for Agence International de Recherche (ANR)
Evaluator
2024 - Current PhD Committee of Ana Fonseca
Member
2022 - Current Ad-hoc reviewer for the journal of "Bioengineering & Translational Medicine"
2021 - Current Evaluator for Czech Grant Foundation
Evaluator
2021 - Current Ad-hoc reviewer for "Frontiers in Medicine"
2020 - Current Evaluation Committee to recognize the Masters of Science degree of Mostafa Ejtehadifar attributed by Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Evaluator
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2020 - Current Evaluator for ERC Starting Grants
Evaluator
 European Research Council, Belgium European Research Council
2019/12/16 - Current Part of the poster evaluation committee designed to evaluate medical undergrads rotations in research labs
2016 - Current Evaluator for University of Coimbra Grants
Evaluator
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016 - Current Evaluator on Pfizer Clinical Research Awards: yearly award bestowed on the best clinical work performed (mostly) at a Portuguese Research Institution by portuguese or foreign nationals scientists.
Evaluator
2016 - Current Evaluator on Pfizer Basic Research Awards: yearly award bestowed on the best basic science work performed (mostly) at a Portuguese Research Institution by portuguese or foreign nationals scientists.
Evaluator
2014 - 2017 Evaluator on the Pre-Selection Committee for the PhD Program Science for Development, Cape Vert. I evaluated PhD candidates coming from Portuguese Speaking African Countries (PALOP) and East Timor. The objective was to train new generation of excellent university professors and scientists, in order to help the PALOP and East Timor break free from their poverty trap. During this time I was also the organizer of the "Immune chronic diseases" course.
Evaluator
 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2025/03/08 News report on the national daily newspaper Público to mark the 5 years since COVID-19 being declared a pandemic, where I commented on the lessons learned and what can be implemented to prevent a next pandemic. Público
2021/12/03 Interview with national daily newspaper Público on ou work reporting that breastmilk from COVID-19 vaccinated lactating women contains memory T cells for SARS-CoV-2 https://www.publico.pt/2021/12/03/ciencia/noticia/leite-maes-vacinadas-celulas-memoria-sarscov2-1984782
2021/10 Interview with weekly national news magazine Visão on Fact checking Whether COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous for fetus and breastfed infants
2021/08/25 Interim report on anti-spike antibodies 6 months after vaccination in health care workers in national daily newspaper "Público"
2021/08/15 Analysis piece at the bequest of the science editor of the national newspaper "Público" on what changed in covid disease since 2020. Available in print and on-line
2021/08/12 Interview for the daily national newspaper "Público" on the eventual requirement of a covid vaccine 3rd dose. Available both in printed and in on-line formats.
2021/08/11 Interview for the weekly national newspaper "Visão" on the eventual need of a covid vaccine 3rd dose. On-line only
2021/08/06 Interview for daily national newspaper "Publico" concerning the results on our Plos Pathogens 2021 (Alencar et al) publication,
2021/04/17 Interview by the daily national newspaper Diário de Notícias on COVID-19 vaccines Diário de Notícias
2020/12/10 In-depth featured article for national newspaper "Público" on "What we have to know about COVID-19 vaccines" Público
2020/04/25 Interview with weekly national newspaper Expresso on COVID-19 serological testing on the portuguese population- paper format only Expresso
2020/04/19 Interview for National News Agency Lusa concerning my involvement in the creation of SARS-Cov2 serological testing to screen the portuguese population Lusa
2020/04/19 Interview for National Weekly Newspaper Expresso concerning my involvement in the creation of SARS-Cov2 serological testing to screen the portuguese population Expresso
2020/04/18 Interview for National Daily Newspaper Público concerning my involvement in the creation of SARS-Cov2 serological testing to screen the portuguese population
2020/04/04 Interview published National daily newspaper Correio da Manhã on the possible role of BCG vaccine on COVID-19
2020/04/04 Interview published by French news site on the possible role of BCG vaccine on COVID-19
2020/03/31 Interview for weekly National Newspaper Expresso on the development of serological testing for SARS-Cov2 to be applied to the portuguese population Expresso
2020/03/31 Interview for news wesbsite Sapo on the development of serological testing for SARS-Cov2 to be applied to the portuguese population
2020/03/31 Interview published on national daily newspaper Diário de Notícias on on the possible role of BCG vaccine on COVID-19 https://www.dn.pt/vida-e-futuro/vacina-contra-a-tuberculose-pode-dar-alguma-protecao-12030508.html?fbclid=IwAR0VIrLCRShxfDOT6JWm2dkVWg5ngsv_JqzXB2deg0wIZJPNG4wb2Ecvz_o
2018 Interview for the National magazine "Visão" where I explained the relevance of the research performed by 2018's Nobel Prize Awardees on checkpoint inhibitors Visão

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021/12/10 - Current Interview with national radio broadcaster Observador on our work reporting that breastmilk from COVID-19 vaccinated lactating women contains T cells specific for SARS-CoV-2
2021/12/05 - Current Interview with national TV channel RTP1 on our work reporting that breastmilk from COVID-19 vaccinated lactating women contains T cells specific for SARS-CoV-2
2021/03/25 - Current Interview with National radio Observador on the sex differences of the immune response to COVID-19
2021/03/25 - Current Interview for the program "90 seconds of science" by the portuguese national radio broadcaster Antena 1 Sex differences in immune responses do COVID-19
2021/01/27 - Current Webinar "Vaccines for SARS-CoV-2: what we should know"
2020/09/25 - Current Interview for the national daily newspaper "Observador" concerning the perspectives of COVID-19 vaccines. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 vaccines
2020/04/23 - Current "Bom Dia Portugal! Daily morning informative show broadcasted by National TV station RTP Implementation of SARS-CoV2 serological testing
2020/04/17 - Current Sexta às Nove, weekly informative news program broadcasted by the national TV station RTP Doubts and controversies in the fight of SARS-Cov2
2020/04/04 - Current Interview broacasted by radio station TSF on the possible role of BCG vaccine on COVID-19
2020/03/31 - Current Interview broadcasted by portuguese national television network RTP on the development of serological testing for SARS-Cov2 to be applied to the portuguese population

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/11/02 - Current Post-Doctoral Associate Juliana Gonçalves Juliana Gonçalves (post-doc
2017/03/01 - 2020/02/29 Post-Doctoral Felow Sofia Cerqueira Sofia Arriaga Cerqueira
2019/02/15 - 2020/02/28 Post-Doctoral Fellow Rafael Gonzalez Rafael Gonzalez
2016/07/01 - 2017/06/30 Post-Doctoral Fellow Rita Torrão Rita Torrão
2015/07/01 - 2016/06/30 HIV-1 subversion of the signalling nanoarchitecture controlling T cell activation Joana Silva
2010/03/01 - 2014/05/31 Identification and characterization of a new component of the TCR signalosome Nassima Messali
2007/07/01 - 2007/12/31 In vivo targeting of Leishmania major antigens to induce dendritic cell subsets Courtney Kluger
2004/06/01 - 2007/06/30 Modulation of T helper responses through antigen targeting to specific dendritic cell subsets HaeNa Waechter
Distinctions

Award

2025 Travel Award by Portuguese Immunology Society to Juliana Gonçalves (role: supervisor)
2023 Best European Campaign 2021-2023 Award granted by the European Federation of Immunological Societies and by the International Union of Immunological Societies
2022 Best Poster Award at the NovaHealth Conference to Júlia Castro-Neves (role: supervisor)
2022 Travel Award by Portuguese Immunology Society to Daniela Amaral-Silva (role: supervisor)
2020 Scientific employment contract sponsored by FCT under CEEC program
2013 Association Nationale de Recherche sur le SIDA (AIDS Research Foundation) Post-doctoral fellowship
2013 Investigador FCT research contract-Starting
2010 French AIDS Foundation (Sidaction) Post-doctoral Fellowship
2008 European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Long-Term Post-Doctoral Fellowship
2001 Portuguese Pharmaceutical Speciality College best Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Award
2001 Portuguese National Pharmaceutical Association (ANF), best Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Award
2000 Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Student Honors
Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal
1999 Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Student Honors
Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal
1998 Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Honors
Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal

Other distinction

2024 Memorandum of Understanding between Pfizer and the Nova Health workgroup on Chronic Diseases and Infection
2024 Co-coordinator of the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) workgroup on Sex Differences in Immunity
2023 Member of the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) T cell group
European Federation of Immunological Societies, Netherlands
2022 Coordinator of Infectious and Chronic Diseases Workgroup at NOVA University
2021 Secretary General in the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Society for Immunologt
2021 Expert and collaborator of JCR Ispra (Italy) on the project “Modelling the pathogenesis of Covid-19, based on the Adverse Outcome Pathway paradigm” coordinated by. Clemens Wittwehr and Brigitte Landesmann.
2020 Institutional Representative at Serology4Covid Consortium
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2020 Scientific Coordinator of Serology4Covid Task-Force at CEDOC|NMS
2019 Institutional Contact point for Portuguese Society of Immunology
2002 Awarded PhD fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2001 Selected for the Gulbenkian PhD Program in Biomedicine
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal