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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Luís André Lima da Gama Mendes

Citation names

  • Mendes, Luís
  • Mendes, LA

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0B1C-EC40-5E49
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4573-8290
Google Scholar ID
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Researcher Id
D-7990-2014
Scopus Author Id
56900723200

Websites

  • https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4573-8290 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/10/30
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Ecotoxicologia e Biologia Ambiental
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Nanofeatures: Focus nas características de Nanopartículas: modelação de exposição e toxicidade" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/07/10 - 2017/07/14
Concluded
 Scientific Writing and Communication (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2017/01/30 - 2017/02/03
Concluded
 Experimental Design and Analysis of Multivariate Data (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2014/09/05
Concluded
 Toxicogenomics, highthroughput data & network analysis in NANO: concepts and practical approach using environment and human case studies (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2011
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"The Role of Senescent Fibroblasts on Epithelial Cells Malignant Transformation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16,45
2009
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Bioquímica" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Science

2020/11/01 - Current Postdoc (Research)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa - Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Saúde de Lisboa - Health and Technology Research Center, Portugal
2019/04/12 - 2020/09/30 Postdoc (Research)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2020/01/20 - 2020/02/07 Visiting Researcher (Research)
Wageningen University and Research Wageningen Environmental Research, Netherlands
2013/05/20 - 2013/12/20 Research Assistant (Research)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2013/05/17 Research Assistant (Research)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Microbiologia Molecular Estrutural e Celular, Portugal

Others

2018/04 - 2019/04 Private Tutoring
Self-Employed Private Tutoring, Portugal
2014/04/01 - 2018/03/31 PhD Student
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2014/10 - 2017/11 Visiting PhD Student
Aarhus Universitet Institut for Bioscience, Denmark
2011/10/01 - 2012/06/01 Trainee - Laboratory Technician Research Technician on R&D project "Rastreio de Infecção de HPV na População de São Tomé & Príncipe"
Infogene Lda., Portugal
2009/09/01 - 2011/09/11 Master degree Research Project
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2009/02/01 - 2009/07/24 Graduation Research Project
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2008/11/01 Summer Scientific Project
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019 - Current NoWaste - Management Of Biomass Ash And Organic Waste In The Recovery Of Degraded Soils: A Pilot Project Set In Portugal
LIFE14 ENV/PT/000369
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2014 - 2018/03 NANOfeatures- Focus on NANOparticle characteristics: Modelling exposure and toxicity
SFRH/BD/93596/2013
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013 - 2013/12/20 FUBIA: Soil Function-Biodiversity relationship And regional variation
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/103719/PT
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2012 - 2013/05/17 Unravelling pneumococcal interactions in the nasopharyngeal niche
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/98289/PT
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Other

Designation Funders
2014 - 2018/03/31 SUSTAINABLE NANOTECHNOLOGIES
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/604305/EU
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Mendes, LA. "Microplastics effects in the terrestrial environment". In Handbook of Microplastics in the Environment. Springer, 2021.
    Accepted
Conference poster
  1. Mendes, Luís André; Ribeiro, MJ; Maria, Vera L.; Scott-Fordsmand, Janeck J.; Amorim, Mónica J. B.. "Oxidative stress of silver nanomaterials to soft- and hard- bodied soil living invertebrates". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 2015.
  2. Val, Mariana Monteiro; Mendes, Luís; Chanson, M; Carreira, Isabel; Carvalho, Lina; Ladeirinha, AF; Rodrigues, Carlos Fernando D.; Alpoim, Maria Carmen Martins de Carvalho. "Contribution of an altered microenvironment to epithelial cells' transformation". Paper presented in 27ª Reunião de Atualizações em Oncologia / 2º Congresso do CIMAGO, Coimbra, Portugal, 2013.
  3. Val, Mariana Monteiro; Mendes, Luís; Chanson, M; Carreira, Isabel; Carvalho, Lina; Ladeirinha, AF; Rodrigues, Carlos Fernando D.; Alpoim, Maria Carmen Martins de Carvalho. "Acquisition of premalignant features by bronchial epithelial cells promoted by bronchial senescent fibroblasts: the dark side of senescence". Paper presented in X CNC Annual Meeting, Coimbra, Portugal, 2012.
  4. Val, Mariana Monteiro; Mendes, Luís; Chanson, M; Carreira, Isabel; Carvalho, Lina; Ladeirinha, AF; Rodrigues, Carlos Fernando D.; Alpoim, Maria Carmen Martins de Carvalho. "Senescent bronchial fibroblasts drive bronchial epithelial cells metaplastic transformation following exposure to hexavalent chromium". Paper presented in One Day Symposium, sponsored by EARC, Porto, Portugal, 2012.
  5. Val, Mariana Monteiro; Mendes, Luís André; Chanson, M; Carreira, Isabel; Carvalho, Lina; Ladeirinha, AF; Rodrigues, Carlos Fernando D.; Alpoim, Maria Carmen Martins de Carvalho. "Senescent bronchial fibroblasts drive bronchial epithelial cells metaplastic transformation following exposure to hexavalent chromium". Paper presented in 37th FEBS Congress, From Single Molecules to System Biology, Sevilla, Spain, 2012.
  6. Mendes, Luís André; Rodrigues, Carlos Fernando D.; Chanson, M; Carreira, Isabel; Alpoim, Maria Carmen Martins de Carvalho. "Cr(VI)-induced senescence-associated secretory phenotype in normal human bronchial fibroblasts". Paper presented in 36th FEBS Congress, Biochemistry for Tomorrow's Medicine, Torino, Italy, 2011.
  7. Sampaio, A; Mendes, Luís; Rodrigues, Carlos Fernando D.; Gonçalves, AC; Abrantes, M; Sarmento, AB; Botelho, F; et al. "Cr(VI)-induced malignant transformation of a bronchial epithelial cell line association with altered mitochondria and bioenergetic phenotypes". Paper presented in 16th International Charles Heidelberger Symposium on Cancer Research, Coimbra, Portugal, 2010.
  8. Mendes, Luís; Sampaio, A; Gonçalves, AC; Abrantes, M; Sarmento, AB; Botelho, F; Oliveira, P; et al. "Malignant transformation of human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B) by Cr(VI) is associated with altered mitochondria and bioenergetic phenotype". Paper presented in 35th FEBS Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2010.
Journal article
  1. Mendes, LA. "Biomass ash formulations as sustainable strategies for mining soil health recovery: linking soil properties and ecotoxicity". Environmental Pollution (2021):
    Under revision
  2. Mendes, L.A.; Amorim, M.J.B.; Scott-Fordsmand, J.J.. "Assessing the toxicity of safer by design CuO surface-modifications using terrestrial multispecies assays". Science of The Total Environment 678 (2019): 457-465. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.444.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.444
  3. Mendes, L.A.; Maria, V.L.; Scott-Fordsmand, J.J.; Amorim, M.J.B.. "Multigenerational exposure of Folsomia candida to silver: Effect of different contamination scenarios (continuous versus pulsed and recovery)". Science of The Total Environment 631-632 (2018): 326-333. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.332.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.332
  4. Mendes, Luís A.; Amorim, Mónica J. B.; Scott-Fordsmand, Janeck J.. "Interactions of Soil Species Exposed to CuO NMs are Different From Cu Salt: A Multispecies Test". Environmental Science & Technology 52 7 (2018): 4413-4421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b00535.
    10.1021/acs.est.8b00535
  5. Valente, C.; Dawid, S.; Pinto, F.R.; Hinds, J.; Simões, A.S.; Gould, K.A.; Mendes, L.A.; de Lencastre, H.; Sá-Leão, R.. "The blp locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae plays a limited role in the selection of strains that can cocolonize the human nasopharynx". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82 17 (2016): 5206-5215. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84987912459&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/AEM.01048-16
  6. Val, Mariana Monteiro; Mendes, Luis Andre; Alarcao, Ana; Carvalho, Lina; Carreira, Isabel; Rodrigues, Carlos Fernando D.; Alpoim, Maria Carmen. "Senescent bronchial fibroblasts induced to senescence by Cr(VI) promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition when co-cultured with bronchial epithelial cells in the presence of Cr(VI)". Mutagenesis 30 2 (2015): 277-86. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=MEDLINE&KeyUT=MEDLINE:25406472&KeyUID=MEDLINE:25406472.
    10.1093/mutage/geu070
  7. Mendes, L.A.; Maria, V.L.; Scott-Fordsmand, J.J.; Amorim, M.J.B.; Mendes, Luís André; Maria, Vera L.; Scott-Fordsmand, Janeck J.; Amorim, Mónica J. B.. "Ag nanoparticles (Ag NM300K) in the terrestrial environment: Effects at population and cellular level in Folsomia Candida (Collembola)". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 12 10 (2015): 12530-12542. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84944128833&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/ijerph121012530
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Mendes, Luís. "NANOfeatures, focus on NANOparticles characteristics : modelling exposure and toxicity". PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/25922.
  2. Alpoim, Maria Carmen Martins de Carvalho. "The role of senescent fibroblasts on epithelial cells malignant transformation". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/25804.
Website
  1. Mendes, LA. H&TRC Website. 2021. https://www.htrcenter.wordpress.com/.

Other

Other output
  1. Mendes, LA. 2020. Digital Quiz for 2020 Ecology Day - LIFE No_Waste Project. Development of the digital quiz on recycling and repurposing of materials, under the scope of the LIFE No_Waste Project, for the 2020 Ecology Day. https://www.ecologyday.eu/pt/programa/quiz-sobre-solos-degradados-e-reciclagem-de-materiais-no-ambito-do-projeto-life-no-waste.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019/04/15 - 2019/08/31 Management of Biomass Ash and Organic Waste in the Recovery of Degraded Soils: an Ecotoxicological Assessment using model organisms
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Biologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2015/03/30 - 2015/04/02 IV Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Aveiro (2015/03/30 - 2015/04/02)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2012/11/01 - 2014/03/31 125º Aniversário da Tuna Académica da Universidade de Coimbra (2012/11/01 - 2014/03/31)
Concert (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009/04/18 - 2009/04/19 Jornadas Científicas de Comemoração dos 30 anos de Bioquímica na Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra (2009/04/18 - 2009/04/19)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/09/12 - 2020/09/16 Ecology Day 2020 - digital quiz on LIFE No_Waste Project
Other
 Ecology Day 2020
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
2019/10/10 - 2019/10/12 Techdays: building our future
Exhibition
 Techdays: building our future
Câmara Municipal de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015/05/03 - 2015/05/07 SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, Environmental protection in a multi-stressed world: challenges for science, industry and regulators, Barcelona
Congress
2011/06/25 - 2011/06/30 36th FEBS Congress, Biochemistry for tomorrow's Medicine, Torino
Congress
2010/09/26 - 2010/09/28 16th International Charles Heidelberger Symposium on cancer research, Coimbra
Congress
2009/05/20 - 2009/05/20 1st Champalimaud Cancer Research Symposium, Lisbon
Symposium

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020/09 - Current Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (1552-8618)
2020/02 - Current Chemosphere (0045-6535) Elsevier
Distinctions

Award

2018 2º lugar no II Concurso de Ideias de Negócios Agriempreende
InovCluster – Associação do Cluster Agroindustrial do Centro, Portugal