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Pedro Curto graduated in Biochemistry in 2009 from the University of Coimbra and completed his Master's in Biochemistry in 2011 at the University of Coimbra. In 2013, he joined the laboratory of Dr. Juan J. Martinez at Louisiana State University (LSU, USA) to work as a research assistant on an NIH-funded project. In 2018, he completed his doctoral studies in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine at the University of Coimbra and pursued his scientific activities as a post-doc in the laboratory of Dr. Isaura Simões at CNC, Portugal. In 2021, he moved to the laboratory of Dr. Anabela Cordeiro-Silva (Parasite Disease Research Group) at i3S (University of Porto) to work as a research assistant on an MSD-funded project. In 2022, he joined the Immune Sensing & Signaling Dynamics Research Group at i3S led by Dr. Pedro Moura Alves to work as a post-doctoral researcher. Since 2013, Pedro Curto has been focused on understanding the molecular determinants involved in the pathogenicity of rickettsial species. He has developed a deep understanding of host-pathogen interactions in rickettsioses and he has gained an extensive experience in the manipulation of rickettsial species under biosafety level-2/3 laboratories (BSL-2/3). Pedro Curto is starting to establish himself in the area of host-pathogen interactions having published 8 peer-reviewed original papers in this scientific area (6 of which as first author). Pedro Curto has also participated in several national and international conferences contributing with 25 oral (7 as a speaker) and 8 posters (3 as a presenter) presentations. His merit and competence have been recognized through several prizes, both at the national and international levels. Of note are the two travel awards granted to attend and present his work at the American Society for Rickettsiology meetings at Big Sky (Montana) and Milwaukee (Wisconsin), a 2020 ESCMID Research Grant Awardee as PI (ESCMID), and a 2020 Short-Term Research Grant Awardee (DAAD). Pedro Curto is currently the principal investigator of an FCT-funded project (50K) to understand the role of cellular crosstalk for the development of rickettsial pathogenesis. He has been actively participating in mentoring/co-supervision (1 PhD candidate, 2 MSc and 2 BSc students) and lecturing in several Master's and doctoral courses as well as to science outreach activities including in the European Researcher's Night.
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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Pedro Tiago Cardoso Curto

Nomes de citação

  • Curto, Pedro

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
A31B-CBF1-F260
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4997-1759
Google Scholar ID
VpV1qJwAAAAJ

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • pedrocurtobioq@gmail.com (Profissional)
  • pcurto@i3s.up.pt (Profissional)

Moradas

  • R. Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Profissional)

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Médicas e da Saúde - Ciências da Saúde - Doenças Infeciosas

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Português Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2023/09/25 - 2023/10/24
Concluído
 Course Building and Leading Research Teams (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 N/A
2014/12/02 - 2018/12/05
Concluído
 Experimental Biology and Biomedicine - Biotechnology and Health (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Rickettsia-Macrophage Tropism: A Link To Rickettsial Pathogenicity" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 Approved with praise and distinction
2009/09/17 - 2011/07/18
Concluído
 Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Production of phytase(s) in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: a proof-of-concept study" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 18
2006/09/16 - 2009/07/21
Concluído
 Biochemistry (Bachelor)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Isolation, purification and partial characterization of a protease present in a soluble extracts of Acacia caven" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 15
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2022/11/16 - Atual Pós-doutorado (Investigação) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2021/11/16 - 2022/11/15 Assistente de Investigação (carreira) (Investigação) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/01/09 - 2021/11/09 Pós-doutorado (Investigação) Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia , Portugal
2020/07/01 - 2020/09/30 Investigador visitante (Investigação) Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Alemanha
2014/12/01 - 2018/12/01 Investigador (Investigação) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015/10/15 - 2017/10/15 Investigador visitante (Investigação) Louisiana State University, Estados Unidos
2015/09/28 - 2015/10/02 Investigador visitante (Investigação) Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, França
2013/12/02 - 2014/11/30 Assistente de Investigação (carreira) (Investigação) Louisiana State University, Estados Unidos
2011/07/19 - 2013/07/19 Assistente de Investigação (carreira) (Investigação) Biocant Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia, Portugal
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2023/03/01 - Atual The role of cell-to-cell communication in rickettsial pathogenesis: an approach to unravel new virulence factors
2022.02702.PTDC
Investigador responsável
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
2022/11/15 - Atual ImmunoHub: An Immunological Hub of Excellence in Porto
WIDESPREAD-2020-06-ERA Chairs
Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 European Research Executive Agency
Em curso
2021/11/16 - Atual Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine 23-valent (PPV23) boost in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
MISP#61355
Investigador
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Merck Investigator Studies Program (MISP)
Em curso
2018/07/26 - 2022/07/25 Hijack the host or get killed: delineating Rickettsia survival strategies for development of targeted therapeutic strategies
PTDC/SAU-INF/29592/2017
Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento
Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia , Portugal
 FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
2020/04/01 - 2021/12/31 Deciphering the Rickettsia toolbox to hijack the host
ESCMID Research Grant 2020
Investigador responsável
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Concluído
2015/05/01 - 2017/10/15 The retropepsin-like enzyme RC1339/APRc from Rickettsiae as a potential therapeutic target for rickettsial diseases
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/NIH/NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES/5R21AI111086-02/US
Bolseiro de Investigação
Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Estados Unidos
 National Institutes of Health
Concluído
2011/07/19 - 2013/07/19 RECOMBINANT PLANT-DERIVED RENNETS FOR CHEESE INDUSTRY
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/102540/PT
Bolseiro de Investigação
Biocant Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
2009/01/01 - 2009/07/31 Pollen proteases, role in allergic disorders
PTDC/SAU-ESA/72571/2006
Investigador
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Matos, Ana Luísa; Curto, Pedro; Simões, Isaura. "Moonlighting in Rickettsiales: Expanding Virulence Landscape". Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 7 2 (2022): 32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7020032.
    Publicado • 10.3390/tropicalmed7020032
  2. Curto, Pedro; Santa, Cátia; Cortes, Luísa; Manadas, Bruno; Simões, Isaura. "Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Trigger Species-Specific Alterations in Macrophage Proteome Signatures with Different Impacts in Host Innate Inflammatory Responses". Microbiology Spectrum 9 3 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00814-21.
    Publicado • 10.1128/spectrum.00814-21
  3. Curto, Pedro; Barro, Andreia; Almeida, Carla; Vieira-Pires, Ricardo S.; Simões, Isaura. "The Retropepsin-Type Protease APRc as a Novel Ig-Binding Protein and Moonlighting Immune Evasion Factor of Rickettsia". mBio 12 6 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03059-21.
    Publicado • 10.1128/mbio.03059-21
  4. Curto, Pedro; Riley, Sean P.; Simões, Isaura; Martinez, Juan J.. "Macrophages Infected by a Pathogen and a Non-pathogen Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Reveal Differential Reprogramming Signatures Early in Infection". Front Cell Infect Microbiol 9 97 (2019): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00097/full.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00097
  5. Curto, Pedro; Santa, Cátia; Allen, Paige; Manadas, Bruno; Simões, Isaura; Martinez, Juan J.. "A Pathogen and a Non-pathogen Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Trigger Differential Proteome Signatures in Macrophages". Front Cell Infect Microbiol 9 43 (2019): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00043/full.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00043
  6. Curto, Pedro; Simões, Isaura; Riley, Sean P.; Martinez, Juan J.. "Differences in Intracellular Fate of Two Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in Macrophage-Like Cells.". Front Cell Infect Microbiol 6 80 (2016): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2016.00080/full.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3389/fcimb.2016.00080
  7. Li, Mi; Gustchina, Alla; Cruz, Rui; Simões, Marisa; Curto, Pedro; Martinez, Juan J.; Faro, Carlos; Simões, Isaura; Wlodawer, Alexander. "Structure of RC1339/APRc from Rickettsia conorii, a retropepsin-like aspartic protease.". Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography 71 10 (2015): 2109-2118. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4601372/pdf/d-71-02109.pdf.
    Publicado • 10.1107/S1399004715013905
  8. Curto, Pedro; Lufrano, Daniela; Pinto, Cátia; Custódio, Valéria; Gomes, Ana Catarina; Trejo, Sebastián A.; Bakás, Laura; et al. "Establishing the yeast kluyveromyces lactis as an expression host for production of the saposin-like domain of the aspartic protease cirsin". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80 1 (2014): 86-96. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3910990/pdf/zam86.pdf.
    Publicado • 10.1128/AEM.03151-13
Poster em conferência
  1. Pinto, Isabel Ana; Pinto-Silva, André; Curto, Pedro; Ribeiro, Joana; Cordeiro-da-Silva, Anabela. Autor correspondente: Cordeiro-da-Silva, Anabela. "Evaluation of cellular immunogenicity toward Streptococcus pneumoniae following vaccination in haematopoietic stem-cell transplant recipients". Trabalho apresentado em I ImmunoHUB Annual Meeting / Infection & Immunity, 2023.
  2. Curto, Pedro; Santa, Cátia; Manadas, Bruno; Martinez, Juan J.; Simões, Isaura. "A pathogen and a non-pathogen SFG Rickettsia trigger differential metabolic signatures in macrophage-like cells". Trabalho apresentado em 53rd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI), 2019.
  3. Cruz, Rui; Li, Mi; Gustchina, Alla; Curto, Pedro; Simões, Marisa; Huesgen, Pitter; Overall, Christopher M.; et al. "Retropepsin-Like Enzymes in Bacteria: Lessons from Rickettsiae". Trabalho apresentado em Microbiotec17, 2017.
  4. Curto, Pedro; Santa, Cátia; Manadas, Bruno; Simões, Isaura; Martinez, Juan J.. "New Insights on the Routes of Entry of Two Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in Macrophage-Like Cells". Trabalho apresentado em Microbiotec17, 2017.
  5. Curto, Pedro; Santa, Cátia; Manadas, Bruno; Simões, Isaura; Martinez, Juan J.. "Host players involved in the Interaction between Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia and Macrophage-like cells". Trabalho apresentado em EMBO Conference on Hijacking host signalling and epigenetic mimicry during infections, 2017.
  6. Curto, Pedro; Santa, Cátia; Manadas, Bruno; Martinez, Juan J.; Simões, Isaura. "Interaction between Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia and macrophage-like cells: Glimpse into global host responses triggered by a pathogenic and a non-pathogenic species". Trabalho apresentado em 10th General Meeting of the International Proteolysis Society, 2017.
  7. Lufrano, Daniela; Curto, Pedro; Simões, Isaura; Trejo, Sebastián A.; Lorenzo, J; Vairo-Cavalli, Sandra; Bakás, Laura; Faro, Carlos. "Análisis de la expresión del dominio inserto específico de planta en el sistema no convencional Kluveromyces lactis". Trabalho apresentado em XXXV Congreso, 2012.
  8. Curto, Pedro; Pinto, Cátia; Custódio, Valéria; Lufrano, Daniela; Vairo-Cavalli, Sandra; Gomes, Ana Catarina; Faro, Carlos; Simões, Isaura. "Antifungal activity of the plant specific insert domain against phytopathogenic fungi". Trabalho apresentado em 22nd IUBMB & 37th FEBS Congress, 2012.
Resumo em conferência
  1. Simões, Isaura; Curto, Pedro; Santa, Cátia; Manadas, Bruno; Martinez, Juan J.. "A pathogen and a non-pathogen SFG Rickettsia trigger differential metabolic signatures in macrophage-like cells". Trabalho apresentado em EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, Coimbra, 2019.
    Publicado
  2. Li, Mi; Gustchina, Alla; Cruz, Rui; Simões, Marisa; Curto, Pedro; Martinez, Juan J.; Faro, Carlos; Simões, Isaura; Wlodawer, Alexander. "Crystal structure of the soluble domain of RC1339/APRc from Rickettsia conorii, a retropepsin-like aspartic protease". Trabalho apresentado em Acta Cryst., 2017.
    Publicado
  3. Gustchina, Alla; Li, Mi; Cruz, Rui; Simões, Marisa; Curto, Pedro; Martinez, Juan J.; Faro, Carlos; Simões, Isaura; Wlodawer, Alexander. "MS7-P4 Crystal structure of the soluble domain of RC1339/APRc from Rickettsia conorii, a retropepsin-like aspartic protease". Trabalho apresentado em 30th European Crystallographic Meeting, Basel, 2016.
    Publicado
  4. Curto, Pedro; Lufrano, Daniela; Pinto, Cátia; Custódio, Valéria; Gomes, Ana Catarina; Vairo-Cavalli, Sandra; Faro, Carlos; Simões, Isaura. "Kluyveromyces lactis as an attractive expression platform for production of PSI-like antimicrobial peptides". Trabalho apresentado em YEAST, 2013.
    Publicado
  5. Lufrano, Daniela; Curto, Pedro; Simões, Isaura; Trejo, Sebastián A.; Lorenzo, J.; Vairo-Cavalli, Sandra; Bakás, Laura; Faro, Carlos. "Analysis of the expression of plant specific insert (PSI) domain in the non conventional system Kluveromyces lactis: P03-59". Trabalho apresentado em The Febs Journal, Seville, 2012.
    Publicado
  6. Curto, Pedro; Pinto, Cátia; Custódio, Valéria; Lufrano, Daniela; Vairo-Cavalli, Sandra; Gomes, Ana Catarina; Faro, Carlos; Simões, Isaura. "Antifungal activity of the plant specific insert domain against phytopathogenic fungi: P14-40". Trabalho apresentado em The Febs Journal, Seville, 2012.
    Publicado
Tese / Dissertação
  1. Curto, Pedro. "Rickettsia-Macrophage Tropism: a link to rickettsial phatogenicity?". Doutoramento, Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/87632.
  2. Curto, Pedro. "Production of phytase(s) in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: a proof-of-concept study". Mestrado, Universidade de Coimbra, 2011.

Outros

Técnica de investigação
  1. Extensive experience working under biosafety level-3 laboratories (more than 200 entries) as well as under biosafety level-2. Curto, Pedro.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2024 Sensing and responding to rickettsial infections Zebrafish Interest Meeting
Leidein University (Leiden, Países Baixos)
2023 Cellular immune response to pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) after conjugated vaccine (PCV13) in haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
33rd ECCMID (Copenhagen, Dinamarca)
2022 The retropepsin-type protease APRc as a novel Ig-binding protein and moonlighting immune evasion factor of Rickettsia 32nd ECCMID
European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022 SFG Rickettsia trigger species-specific alterations in macrophage proteome signatures with different impact in host innate inflammatory responses 32nd ECCMID
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022 How pathogenic SFG Rickettsia modulate macrophages: new insignts into rickettsial pathogenesis Advanced Course on Bioinformatics for Microbiologists
2022 Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Trigger Alterations in Macrophage Proteome Signatures with Different Impacts in Host Inflammatory Responses Department of Parasitology Institute of Biomedical Sciences
University of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brasil)
2022 Cellular Immunological responses in the establishment of immunogenicity following the protocol of vaccination for haematopoietic stem-cell transplant recipients DIA DO LABORATÓRIO DE MICROBIOLOGIA 2022
Faculty of Pharmacy University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021 Rickettsial subversion strategies to escape host immune defenses. Seminar Series - Spotlight on Rickettsia
American Society for Rickettsiology (Estados Unidos)
2021 Elucidating how pathogenic spotted fever group Rickettsia modulate proteome signatures in host cells: new insights into rickettsial pathogenesis 7th International Caparica Conference on Analytical Proteomics 2021
(Caparica, Portugal)
2021 Rickettsial subversion tactics to escape host immune defenses XIII ENEBIOQ 21, XIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica
ENEBIOQ (Vila Real, Portugal)
2020 Rickettsial subversion tactics to evade host innate immunity. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
São Paulo State University. UNESP (São Paulo, Brasil)
2019 An "omics" approach to understand rickettsial pathogenesis Microbiotec'19
Portuguese Society for Microbiology (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019 Understanding the molecular determinants of autoprocessing of APRc, the retropepsin-type protease from rickettsiae 30th Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology
American Society for Rickettsiology (Santa Fe, Estados Unidos)
2018 Global transcriptomic analysis of macrophages infected by a pathogen and a non-pathogen SFG Rickettsia reveals differential reprogramming of host signaling pathways. 28th ECCMID
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Madrid, Espanha)
2018 Challenges and (Some Successes) in Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Genetic Manipulation. 29th Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology
American Society for Rickettsiology (Milwaukee, Estados Unidos)
2018 Global transcriptomic analysis of macrophages infected by a pathogen and a non-pathogen SFG Rickettsia reveals differential reprogramming of host signaling pathways 29th Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology
American Society for Rickettsiology (Milwaukee, Estados Unidos)
2018 A pathogen and a non-pathogen SFG Rickettsia trigger differential metabolic signatures in macrophage-like cells 29th Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology
American Society for Rickettsiology (Milwaukee, Estados Unidos)
2017 Host players involved in the Interaction between Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia and Macrophage-like cells ESCCAR 2017 - International Congress on Rickettsia and other Intracellular Bacteria
European Study group on Chlamydiales, Coxiella, Anaplasma, Rickettsia and other intracellular bacteria (Marseille, França)
2017 Differences in the Intracellular Fate of Two Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in Macrophage-Like Cells MICROBIOTEC'17
Portuguese Society for Microbiology (Porto, Portugal)
2016 Differences in the Intracellular Fate of Two Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in Macrophage-Like Cells 28th Meeting of the American Society for Ricketsiology
American Society for Ricketsiology (Big Sky, Estados Unidos)
2016 The first crystal structure of the soluble domain of RC1339/APRc from R. conorii reveals a striking conservation with the typical fold of retropepsins 28th Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology
American Society for Rickettsiology (Big Sky, Estados Unidos)
2015 Crystal structure of the soluble domain of RC1339/APRc from Rickettsia conorii, a retropepsin-like aspartic protease 9th General Meeting of the International Proteolysis Society
International Proteolysis Society (Penang, Malásia)
2013 Optimization of Protein Expression in K. lactis: A Case Study of a Difficult Expression Problem Solved 5th Annual PEGS EUROPE
Protein & Antibody Engineering Summit (Lisbon, Portugal)
2013 The path to new synthetic plant-derived rennet(s): Optimizing heterologous protein secretion in Kluyveromyces lactis by manipulating protein sorting. 4th P4EU Meeting
Protein Production and Purification Partnership in Europe (Porto, Portugal)
2013 Kluyveromyces lactis as an attractive expression platform for production of PSI-like antimicrobial peptides Yeast 2013, 26th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology
International Yeast Conferences (Frankfurt, Alemanha)

Orientação

Título / Tema
Papel desempenhado 		Curso (Tipo)
Instituição / Organização
2022/03/01 - Atual Deciphering the role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in host-bacteria interkingdom crosstalk during Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection
Orientador de Thales Viana Labourdette Costa
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/05/02 - 2019/12/04 Autoprocessing Activity of APRc in soluble extracts of E. coli
Coorientador de Marisa Mateus Lopes
 Relatório de Estágio (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/05/02 - 2019/12/04 Evaluation of the auto-processing activity of the retropepsin-like enzyme APRc in E. coli extracts
Coorientador de Andreia Filipa Aido Marques Ferreira
 Relatório de Estágio (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação) 		Instituição / Organização
2023 - 2023 Chair of the session "Infection & Immunity" of the "I ImmunoHUB Annual Meeting" (2023/03/17)
Encontro (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Chair of the session "Immune Crosstalk" of the ImmunoHUB Internal Immunology forum (2022/12/06)
Encontro (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento 		Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2023/03/16 - 2023/03/16 Workshop: Mentoring session with Prof. Alan Sher, NIH Distinguished Investigator, to get career guidance advice.
Oficina (workshop)
 Mentoring Session Prof. Alan Sher / ImmunoHUB ERA Chair
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023/02/03 - 2023/02/03 Science Outreach: Science communication activities to advertise i3S scientific activities to master students
Exposição
 II MSc Open Day
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023/01/10 - 2023/01/10 Science Outreach: "CIENCIA ET AL" Science communication activities to high school students in the event "Genetics, Infection, and Immunity", Escola Secundária de Santa Comba Dão. Contributions: Lecturer of the workshop
Exposição
 Science Outreach Event
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/12/09 - 2019/12/10 Science Outreach: Participation in a promotional video of the PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB) to explain my vision of the different professional paths in the field of science. The event aims to promote a broad and critical view of scientific employment and challenge the participants to think beyond borders, breaking the paradigm of the academic path.
Simpósio
 BEBDAY 2019
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2019/09/13 - 2019/09/13 Science Outreach: A brief demonstration of how Rickettsia establishes an infection
Exposição
 European Researchers' Night
Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia , Portugal
2018/12/11 - 2018/12/11 Workshop: Learn the in´s and out´s about European grants such as H2020, SME Instrument, Eurostars, and ERC from the market leader in funding for life sciences. Tips and tricks on how to actually write a proposal.
Oficina (workshop)
 Grant Writing Workshop: "Do’s and don’ts - Internationalization series"
Catalyze, Países Baixos
2015/08/23 - 2015/08/26 One of the 12 participants selected at national level to participate in the Novartis BioCamp, a pioneering seminar that brings the biotechnology sector closer to talented students from top universities around the world.
Seminário
 Novartis Biotechnology Leadership Camp 2015
Novartis Farma SA, Portugal

Júri de grau académico

Tema
Tipo de participação 		Nome do candidato (Tipo de grau)
Instituição / Organização
2023 Integrated Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering
Arguente
 Carolina Pagaimo Faim (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

Disciplina Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização
2024/03/18 - 2024/03/18 Lecturer in the 2024 Infection and Immunity Course in the PhD Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology 2024 Infection and Immunity course Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2023/11/15 - 2023/11/15 Lecturer in the 2023 "Applications of Bioinformatics: Proteomics" in the Masters of Pharmacy 2023 Applications of Bioinformatics: Proteomics School of Health - Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
2023/04/17 - 2023/04/21 Lecturer in the 2023 Proteomics Approaches in Life Sciences course in the PhD Program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB, CNC). 2023 Proteomics Approaches in Life Sciences Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2022/12/14 - 2022/12/14 Lecturer in the 2022 "Applications of Bioinformatics: Proteomics" in the Masters of Pharmacy 2022 Applications of Bioinformatics: Proteomics School of Health - Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
2022/05/02 - 2022/05/06 Lecturer in the 2022 Proteomics Approaches in Life Sciences course in the PhD Program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB, CNC). 2022 Proteomics Approaches in Life Sciences Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2021/05/03 - 2021/05/07 Lecturer in the 2021 Proteomics Approaches in Life Sciences course in the PhD Program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB, CNC). 2021 Proteomics Approaches in Life Sciences Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2021/03/15 - 2021/03/19 Lecturer in the 2021 Fighting infection course in the PhD Program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB, CNC). 2021 Fighting Infection Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2021/01/18 - 2021/01/28 Lecturer in the 2021 Core Technologies course in PhD Program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB, CNC). 2021 Core Technologies course Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2020/01/20 - 2020/01/31 Lecturer in the 2020 Core Technologies course in the PhD Program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB, CNC). 2020 Core Technologies course Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Entrevista (jornal / revista)

Descrição da atividade Jornal / Forum
2021/12/14 Press release associated with the the work "APRc as a novel Ig-binding protein and a novel moonlighting immune evasion factor of Rickettsia" (https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03059-21) Estimated metrics: Number of news: 40 People reached: 879 550 Adversing value: 58 315,80 Euros E.g., Público, rtp, notícias UC, Visão-Sapo.
2021 Press release associated with the publication "The Retropepsin-Type Protease APRc as a Novel Ig-Binding Protein and Moonlighting Immune Evasion Factor of Rickettsia" Público - https://www.publico.pt/2021/12/14/ciencia/noticia/bacteria-febre-carraca-escapa-sistema-imunitario-1988593
2021 Press release associated with the publication "The Retropepsin-Type Protease APRc as a Novel Ig-Binding Protein and Moonlighting Immune Evasion Factor of Rickettsia" CNN Portugal - https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/doencas-infecciosas/universidade-de-coimbra/investigadores-portugueses-descobrem-como-bacteria-da-febre-da-carraca-escapa-ao-sistema-imunitario/20271231/61b8a6d70cf21a10a4141ce0
2021 Press release associated with the research activities performed under the project "Hijack the host or get killed: delineating Rickettsia survival strategies for development of targeted therapeutic strategies" Observador - https://observador.pt/2021/12/14/cientistas-descobrem-como-bacteria-da-febre-da-carraca-escapa-ao-sistema-imunitario/
2021 Press release associated with the research activities performed under the project "Hijack the host or get killed: delineating Rickettsia survival strategies for development of targeted therapeutic strategies" Expresso - https://expresso.pt/sociedade/2021-12-14-Cientistas-da-Universidade-de-Coimbra-descobrem-como-bacter

Membro de associação

Nome da associação Tipo de participação
2023/02/17 - Atual Portuguese Society for Immunology Member
2019/08/19 - Atual ESCMID - European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Young Scientist Member
2016/06 - Atual American Society for Rickettsiology Member
2017/11 - 2019/11 Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia (SPM) Member
2009/09 - 2010/07 NEBIOQ/ACC (Núcleo de Estudantes de Bioquímica da Associação Académica de Coimbra) Member

Outro júri / avaliação

Descrição da atividade Instituição / Organização
2022/07/26 - 2022/07/26 Main arguer of the PhD seminar (Pharmaceutical Sciences, Microbiology Specialty), "Coronaviruses breaking boundaries: from common cold to a global pandemic". PhD candidate: Ricardo Paulo Senra Monteiro Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/12/10 - 2019/12/10 Member of the jury of the 3rd BEB/Bluepharma award – Invitation to be member of the jury in a context for master and PhD students at CNC to win the opportunity to attend and present their research at a chosen European conference. Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Bluepharma, Portugal

Tutoria

Tópico Nome do aluno
2019/09/01 - 2020/12/31 Characterization of APRc as an immune evasion factor of Rickettsia Andreia Margarida Silva Barro
2019/09/01 - 2020/11/09 Elucidating autoprocessing activity and function of the rickettsial retropepsin APRc in mammalian cells Bárbara Daniela Araújo Pinheiro Teixeira
Distinções

Prémio

2023 FEMS Research & Training Grant
Federation Of European Microbiological Societies, Países Baixos
2023 ID MOSBRI-2023-222: T(AHR)get 2.0- Upgrading an MST-based assay to unveil ligand binding to the AHR
MOlecular-Scale Biophysics Research Infrastructure, Dinamarca
2020 2020 DAAD Short-Term Research Grant
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Alemanha
2019 2020 ESCMID Research Grant
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Suiça
2018 Professional Society Travel Award to attend the 29th Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
American Society for Rickettsiology, Portugal
2016 Professional Society Travel Award to attend the 28th Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology at Big Sky, Montana.
American Society for Rickettsiology, Portugal
2013 PhD fellowship award "SFRH/BD/96769/2013"
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal