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Catarina Gonçalves Pimpão is a PhD student in Pharmacy, Biochemistry, since January 2021 at the Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa. She completed her Master's degree in Biochemistry for Health in 2019 at the NOVA School of Science and Technology | FCT NOVA and a Bachelor´s Degree in Biochemistry in 2017 at the Faculty of Sciences of Universidade de Lisboa. She has published eight publications in peer-review journals, presented eight oral communications and eighteen poster communications in national and international conferences. She participated from 2019 to 2020 as a Research Fellow in one research project (PTDC/BTM-SAL/28977/2017) at the Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa. C. Pimpão has also organized three scientific events and participated in several worskhops directed to young researchers such as young scientific forums and summer schools but also in bioimaging courses. She also did a 3-month internship in Lene Nejsum's Lab at the Department of Clinical Medicine at Aarhus University to investigate the influence of aquaporins on the expression of adhesion proteins. Her areas of interest are focused on studying aquaporins as potential therapeutic targets in cancer by identifying modulators with application for cancer diagnostic and treatment but also by investigating the impact of these proteins in biological processes and signaling pathways on this disease.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Catarina Gonçalves Pimpão

Citation names

  • Pimpão, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0418-D67F-AA5D
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2356-1105

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/01/01 - 2024
Ongoing
 Farmácia (Doutoramento)
Major in Bioquímica
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017 - 2019
Concluded
 Bioquímica para a Saúde (Mestrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Screening and Validation of Aquaporin Inhibitors for Cancer Therapeutics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2014 - 2017
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 15
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/12 - 2020/12 Targeting aquaporin-3 as a novel therapeutic approach for melanoma (AQUA3-4MEL)
PTDC/BTM-SAL/28977/2017
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Pimpão, Catarina; Paccetti-Alves, I.; Batista, Marta S. P.; Victor, Bruno L.; Soveral, Graça. "Biophysical assessment of aquaporin-3 inhibition by the natural compound Rottlerin". Paper presented in EBSA Congress 2023, 2023.
  2. da Silva, Inês V.; Paccetti-Alves, I.; Pimpão, Catarina; Thomas, Sophie R.; Casini, Angela; Soveral, Graça. "Blockage of aquaporin-3 by gold compounds affects H2O2 permeation, impairing melanoma progression". Paper presented in 14th iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting, 2023.
  3. Pimpão, Catarina; Wragg, Darren; Bonsignore, Riccardo; Aikman, Brech; Pedersen, Per Amstrup; Leoni, Stefano; Casini, Angela; Soveral, Graça. "Irreversible inhibition of human AQP10 glycerol permeability by a gold compound". Paper presented in Benzon Symposium No. 66 - Aquaporin 2022: Aquaporins in Health and Disease, 2022.
  4. Paccetti-Alves, I.; Marques, Jéssica; Pimpão, Catarina; Victor, Bruno L.; Soveral, Graça. "A natural compound as an aquaporin modulator with promising anti-cancer properties". Paper presented in 13th iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting, 2022.
  5. Paccetti-Alves, I.; Marques, Jéssica; Pimpão, Catarina; Victor, Bruno L.; Soveral, Graça. "On the quest for new aquaporin modulators for therapeutic applications". Paper presented in The Biochemistry Global Summit, 2022.
  6. Pimpão, Catarina; da Silva, Inês V.; Paccetti-Alves, I.; Mósca, Andreia F.; Casini, Angela; Soveral, Graça. "Gold compounds inhibitory effect on aquaporin-3 impairs melanoma cell migration". Paper presented in The Biochemistry Global Summit, 2022.
    10.1002/2211-5463.13440
  7. Pimpão, Catarina; da Silva, Inês V.; Paccetti-Alves, I.; Mósca, Andreia F.; Casini, Angela; Soveral, Graça. "Gold compounds inhibition of aquaporin-3 permeability with impact on melanoma cell migration". Paper presented in 8th International Iberian Biophysics Congress, 2022.
  8. Paccetti-Alves, I.; Marques, Jéssica; Pimpão, Catarina; Victor, Bruno L.; Soveral, Graça. "A natural polyphenol as a promising compound for cancer treatment". Paper presented in Biophysics Festival 2022 - 2nd Meeting of Young Biophysicists, 2022.
  9. Marques, Jéssica; Pimpão, Catarina; Victor, Bruno; Soveral, Graça. "Development of new computational workflow for the identification of hAQP5 modulators". Paper presented in VIII EJIBCE, 2021.
  10. Pimpão, Catarina; Wragg, Darren; Bonsignore, Riccardo; Aikman, Brech; Pedersen, Per Amstrup; Leoni, Stefano; Soveral, G.; Casini, Angela. "Unveiling the mechanism of irreversible inhibition of aquaporin-10 by organogold compounds by biophysical methods and metadynamics". Paper presented in 20th IUPAB Congress, 45th Annual SBBF Meeting and 50th Annual SBBq Meeting, 2021.
  11. Pimpão, Catarina; Wragg, Darren; Bonsignore, Riccardo; Aikman, Brech; Pedersen, Per Amstrup; Leoni, Stefano; Casini, Angela; Soveral, G.. "Unraveling the mechanism of aquaporin-10 irreversible inhibition by organogold compounds". Paper presented in XXI SPB - National Congress of Biochemistry, 2021.
  12. da Silva, Inês V.; Pimpão, Catarina; Mósca, Andreia F; Pinho, Jacinta O.; Gaspar, Maria Manuela; Gumerova, Nadiia I.; Rompel, Annette; Aureliano, Manuel; Soveral, G.. "Polyoxotungstates inhibit aquaporin-3 and impair melanoma cell migration". Paper presented in 45th FEBS Congress: Molecules of Life: Towards New Horizons, 2021.
  13. Pimpão, Catarina; Wragg, Darren; Bonsignore, Riccardo; Aikman, Brech; Pedersen, Per Amstrup; Leoni, Stefano; Soveral, Graça; Casini, Angela. "Mechanism of irreversible inhibition of aquaporin-10 by gold-based compounds". Paper presented in iMed.ULisboa Meeting 2021, 2021.
  14. Marques, Jéssica; Pimpão, Catarina; Victor, Bruno; Soveral, G.. "Identification of new human AQP5 inhibitors using computational and experimental approaches". Paper presented in iMed.ULisboa Meeting 2021, 2021.
  15. Pimpão, Catarina; Vieira da Silva, I.; Mósca, Andreia F; Pinho, Jacinta O.; Gaspar, Manuela; Rompel, Annette; Aureliano, Manuel; Soveral, Graça. "Biophysical evaluation of polyoxotungstates on aquaporin-3 permeability and melanoma cell migration". Paper presented in 7th International Iberian Biophysics Congress, 2021.
  16. Serrano, Ana; Pimpão, Catarina (0418-D67F-AA5D); Coxixo, Ana Sofia; Fraqueza, Gil; Rompel, Annette; Soveral, Graça; Aureliano, Manuel. "Polyoxotungstates with anticancer activity: Are membrane proteins attractive targets?". Paper presented in SINAL 2019: 10th Meeting in Signal Transduction, Olhão, Algarve, Portugal, 2019.
  17. Pimpão, Catarina; Coxixo, Ana Sofia; Aureliano, Manuel; Rompel, Annette; Soveral, Graça. "Polyoxometalates as aquaporin inhibitors with potential anticancer properties". Paper presented in 11th iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting & 4th i3DU Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019.
  18. Pimpão, Catarina; Coxixo, Ana Sofia; Aureliano, Manuel; Rompel, Annette; Soveral, Graça. "Screening polyoxometalates as aquaporin inhibitors for cancer therapeutics". Paper presented in FEBS Congress 2019: From Molecules To Living Systems, 2019.
    10.1002/2211-5463.12675
Journal article
  1. Catarina Pimpão; Inês V. da Silva; Graça Soveral. "The Expanding Role of Aquaporin-1, Aquaporin-3 and Aquaporin-5 as Transceptors: Involvement in Cancer Development and Potential Druggability". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26031330.
    10.3390/ijms26031330
  2. Jacinta O. Pinho; Mariana Coelho; Catarina Pimpão; Jahnobi Konwar; Ana Godinho-Santos; Rute M. Noiva; Sophie R. Thomas; et al. "Liposomal Formulation of an Organogold Complex Enhancing Its Activity as Antimelanoma Agent—In Vitro and In Vivo Studies". Pharmaceutics (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16121566.
    10.3390/pharmaceutics16121566
  3. da Silva, Inês V.; Pimpão, Catarina; Paccetti-Alves, Inês; Thomas, Sophie R.; Barateiro, Andreia; Casini, Angela; Soveral, Graça. "Blockage of aquaporin-3 peroxiporin activity by organogold compounds affects melanoma cell adhesion, proliferation and migration". The Journal of Physiology (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jp284155.
    Open access • Published • 10.1113/jp284155
  4. Inês Paccetti-Alves; Marta S. P. Batista; Catarina Pimpão; Bruno L. Victor; Graça Soveral. "Unraveling the Aquaporin-3 Inhibitory Effect of Rottlerin by Experimental and Computational Approaches". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24066004.
    10.3390/ijms24066004
  5. Pimpão, Catarina; Wragg, Darren; da Silva, Inês V.; Casini, Angela; Soveral, Graça. "Aquaglyceroporin Modulators as Emergent Pharmacological Molecules for Human Diseases". Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2022.845237.
    10.3389/fmolb.2022.845237
  6. Pimpão, Catarina; Wragg, Darren; Bonsignore, Riccardo; Aikman, Brech; Pedersen, Per Amstrup; Leoni, Stefano; Soveral, Graça; Casini, Angela. "Mechanisms of irreversible aquaporin-10 inhibition by organogold compounds studied by combined biophysical methods and atomistic simulations". Metallomics (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mtomcs/mfab053.
    10.1093/mtomcs/mfab053
  7. da Silva, Inês V.; Silva, Andreia G.; Pimpão, Catarina; Soveral, Graça. "Skin aquaporins as druggable targets: Promoting health by addressing the disease". Biochimie (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biochi.2021.05.019.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.05.019
  8. Inês Vieira da Silva; Miriam Echevarría; Bárbara P. Soares; Catarina Pimpão; Rui M. A. Pinto; Teresa Costa; João P. B. Freire; et al. "Glutamine and cystine-enriched diets modulate aquaporins gene expression in the small intestine of piglets". PLOS ONE (2021): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245739.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0245739
  9. Pimpão, Catarina; da Silva, Inês V.; Mósca, Andreia F.; Pinho, Jacinta O.; Gaspar, Maria Manuela; Gumerova, Nadiia I.; Rompel, Annette; Aureliano, Manuel; Soveral, Graça. "The Aquaporin-3-Inhibiting Potential of Polyoxotungstates". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 7 (2020): 2467. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21072467.
    Published • 10.3390/ijms21072467
  10. Rodrigues, Claudia; Pimpão, Catarina; Mósca, Andreia F.; Coxixo, Ana S.; Lopes, Duarte; da Silva, Inês Vieira; Pedersen, Per Amstrup; Antunes, Fernando; Soveral, Graça. "Human Aquaporin-5 Facilitates Hydrogen Peroxide Permeation Affecting Adaption to Oxidative Stress and Cancer Cell Migration". Cancers 11 7 (2019): 932. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers11070932.
    Published • 10.3390/cancers11070932
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Pimpão, Catarina. "Screening and Validation of Aquaporin Inhibitors for Cancer Therapeutics". Master, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/86723.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/02 A polyphenolic compound as an aquaporin-3 inhibitor with potential anticancer activity 53rd Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/02 A cell-based platform to unveil aquaporin inhibitors with potential anticancer properties 53rd Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/11 Investigating the role of aquaporins as transceptors in cancer FEBS-IUBMB-ENABLE, 1st International Molecular Biosciences PhD and Postdoc Conference
FEBS-IUBMB-ENABLE (Seville, Spain)
2022/09 Irreversible inhibition of human AQP10 glycerol permeability by a gold compound Benzon Symposium No. 66 - Aquaporin 2022: Aquaporins in Health and Disease
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
2022/07/04 A novel approach to investigate the role of aquaporins as transceptors in cancer 13th iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting
iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Commission (iPSC) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/07 Human aquaporin-5 selectivity and peroxiporin activity modulate cell survival and cancer cell migration 45th FEBS Congress: Molecules of Life: Towards New Horizons
FEBS
2021/02/17 Aquaporin inhibition with gold compounds impairs melanoma cell migration 51.ª Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021 Downregulation of aquaporins gene expression by glutamine or cystine-enriched diets in the small intestine of piglets XXI SPB - National Congress of Biochemistry
Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica (Évora, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/06/26 - 2023/06/26 14th iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Meeting, by being part of the iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Commission (iPSC) (2023/06/26 - 2023/06/26)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
2023/06/01 - 2023/06/02 Biophysics Festival – 3rd Meeting of Young Biophysicists, , by being part of the Portuguese Young Biophysicists Group (2023/06/01 - 2023/06/02)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022/06/03 - 2022/06/03 Biophysics Festival – 2nd Meeting of Young Biophysicists, by being part of the Portuguese Young Biophysicists Group (2022/06/03 - 2022/06/03)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/02/07 - Current TIMB3 Workshop Imaging in Biosciences
Workshop
 TIMB3 Workshop Imaging in Biosciences
TIMB3, Portugal
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 European Researchers’ Night 2023 by being part of the iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Commission (iPSC)
Exhibition
 European Researchers’ Night 2023
Museu Nacional de História Natural e Ciência, Portugal
2023/07/29 - 2023/07/31 EBSA 2023 Summer Biophysics School
Workshop
 EBSA 2023 Summer Biophysics School
Stockholms universitet Institutionen för analytisk kemi Arrheniuslaboratoriet, Sweden
2023/06/19 - 2023/06/22 Principles and approaches to digital image processing and analysis - FIJI Image Processing & Analysis
Workshop
 Principles and approaches to digital image processing and analysis
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
2022/06/23 - 2022/06/24 International Course on Drug Development in Oncology
Workshop
 International Course on Drug Development in Oncology
Institut Marie Curie, France
2021/06/15 - 2021/06/18 20th FEBS Young Scientists Forum (YSF)
Workshop
 20th FEBS Young Scientists Forum (YSF)

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/05/01 - 2023/07/31 3 months internship in Lene Nejsum’s lab at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
Distinctions

Award

2021 Best flash poster communication at the Symposium of Structural Biology and Molecular Modelling/ Membranes and Cell Biophysics