Idália Almeida (0613-BB53-184A)

Curriculum Vitae

Idália Almeida

I hold a BSc in Clinical Physiology from Coimbra Health School (2016) and an MSc in Molecular Biomedicine from the University of Aveiro (2019). During my master’s research, I used ATR-FTIR spectroscopy to investigate lipid profiles associated with aging and to identify potential biomarkers of healthy aging and longevity. My work also contributed to the characterization of age-related spectroscopic profiles in mouse models. In 2020, I joined the COVID-19 screening team as a diagnostic technician under the MAREESS program at iBiMED, University of Aveiro. Our main objective was to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection in elderly populations and the University of Aveiro community. In 2021, I was awarded a competitive PhD Research Scholarship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), and I am currently enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Biomedicine at the Biomedicine Institute of the University of Aveiro. Throughout my MSc and PhD, I have collaborated with multiple iBiMED research groups, contributing to interdisciplinary projects, training students in FTIR spectroscopy and multivariate analysis, and supporting diverse research initiatives. My collaborative work has resulted in five publications in international peer-reviewed journals. Within the scope of my doctoral research on the impact of Optineurin mutations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, I published a first-author research article. I have also authored two first-author publications based on my master’s research on aging. More recently, I was awarded an international grant from Instruct-ERIC international consortium as part of my doctoral project. Overall, I have developed a strong background in Molecular Biomedicine, with solid expertise in a range of laboratory techniques and interdisciplinary biomedical research.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Idália Almeida

Citation names

Almeida, Idália

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 0613-BB53-184A
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0639-0666

Email addresses

idalia24@ua.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone

960384590 (Personal)

Addresses

Rua Engenheiro Carlos Bóia, Nº 21, 4R, 3810-702, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry
Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021/10/01 - 2025/09/30 Ongoing	Biomedicina (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2017/10/17 - 2019/12/17 Concluded	Biomedicina Molecular (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal "Estudo das alterações lipídicas no plasma ao longo da idade por FTIR" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2011/10/25 - 2016/03/08 Concluded	Fisiologia Clínica (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal "Proporção de SAS, Fatores de Risco e Sintomas nos Funcionários da ESTESC" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	13

Affiliation

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/03/01 - 2018/03/31	Técnico Principal (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Técnico de Cardiopneumologia)	Fernando Albergaria LDA, Portugal

2017/01/02 - 2017/09/30	Técnico Principal (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Técnico de Cardiopneumologia)	BYS Serviços de Saúde LDA, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/08/07 - 2021/06/30	Técnica de Diagnóstico na equipa de Rastreio ao COVID-19	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/10/01 - 2025/01/27	PhD Student (FCT Scholarship)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal (...)
2020/03 - 2020/08	Voluntary Internship in Molecular Biomedicine	Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal

2015/03 - 2015/12	Curricular Internship in Clinical Physiology	Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal (...)

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/10/01 - 2025/01/27	Unravelling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis protein aggregates and metabolic profiles using innovative human cell models 2021.07230.BD PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2021/10 - 2025/01	Unravelling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis protein aggregates and metabolic profiles using innovative human cell models 2021.07230.BD	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2025/09/01 - Current	Exploring novel functions of Optineurin in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis through proteomic and interactome approaches PID: 39832 Researcher Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal University of Leeds, United Kingdom	Instruct-ERIC Ongoing
2025 - Current	BIOMARK@DM1 - Unravelling non-invasive Biomarkers for Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 COMPETE2030-FEDER-00838100 (Refª FCT: 17081) Researcher Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal Institut de Myologie, France	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2024/02/01 - 2024/12/31	CICECO-Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro UIDB/50011/2020 10.54499/UIDB/50011/2020 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31	CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials UIDP/50011/2020 10.54499/UIDP/50011/2020 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31	Aveiro Institute of Biomedicine UIDB/04501/2020 10.54499/UIDB/04501/2020 Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020/08/07 - 2021/06/30	Medida de Apoio ao Reforço de Emergência de Equipamentos Sociais e de Saúde (MAREESS) 049/XE/20 Técnico de Diagnóstico Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal	Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Almeida, Idália; Martins, Filipa; Goodfellow, BJ; Rebelo, S.; Nunes, Alexandra. Corresponding author: Nunes, Alexandra. "Spectroscopic Profile of Proteome Alterations in Neuronal Development". Paper presented in Research Summit 2025, Aveiro, 2024. Published Almeida, Idália; Filipa Martins; Cátia D. Pereira; Brian James Goodfellow; Rebelo, S.; Nunes, Alexandra. "Optineurin as a potencial target to understand neuronal development and neurodegenerative diseases". Paper presented in Research Summit 2023 - Research Forum of the University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 2023. Published Adriana Costa; Diana Viegas; Tiago Mateus; Ana Basílio; Almeida, Idália; Odete A. B. da Cruz e Silva; Alexandra Nunes; et al. "Two novel molecular approaches towards deciphering Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1". Paper presented in 16th International Congress of Neuromuscular Diseases, Valencia, 2021. Published
Conference poster	Almeida, Idália; Martins, Filipa; Goodfellow, BJ; Nunes, Alexandra; Rebelo, S.. "Spectroscopic Characterization of Metabolomic Changes During Rat Cortical Neuronal Differentiation". 2025. Almeida, Idália; Martins, Filipa; Goodfellow, BJ; Rebelo, S.; Nunes, Alexandra. "Exploring Proteome Modifications in Neuronal Differentiation and Optineurin Mutations in ALS Through Spectroscopy". 2025. Almeida, Idália; Martins, Filipa; Goodfellow, BJ; Rebelo, S.; Nunes, Alexandra. "Spectroscopic Analysis of Proteome Changes in Neuronal Differentiation and Optineurin Mutations". 2025. Almeida, Idália; Martins, Filipa; Cátia D. Pereira; Goodfellow, BJ; Nunes, Alexandra; Rebelo, S.. "Optineurin: A Target to Decipher Neuronal Development and Neurodegenerative Mechanisms". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência Viva, 2023. Almeida, Idália; Martins, Filipa; Cátia D. Pereira; Goodfellow, BJ; Nunes, Alexandra; Rebelo, S.. "The role of optineurin in neuronal development and differentiation". Paper presented in VI Postgrad Symposium in Biomedicine, 2023. Martins, Cláudia; Almeida, Idália; Rebelo, Sandra; Magalhães, S.; Nunes, Alexandra. "FTIR Spectroscopy: A Tool to Study Age Related Changes in Protein Conformation in Human Fibroblasts". Paper presented in VI iBiMED Symposium, 2023. Adriana Costa; Diana Viegas; Tiago Mateus; Ana Basílio; Almeida, Idália; Odete A. B. da Cruz e Silva; Alexandra Nunes; et al. "Two novel molecular approaches towards deciphering Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1". Paper presented in 16th International Congress of Neuromuscular Diseases, 2021. Almeida, Idália; Sandra Magalhães; Tânia Martins; Ilka Rosa; Ivonne Delgadillo; Odete A. B. da Cruz e Silva; Ana G. Henriques; Alexandra Nunes. "ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy Detects Changes in Lipid Profile During Aging". Paper presented in V Post-Graduation Symposium in Biomedicine, 2019.
Journal article	Idália Almeida; Filipa Martins; Brian J. Goodfellow; Alexandra Nunes; Sandra Rebelo. "Spectroscopic Profile of Metabolome Dynamics During Rat Cortical Neuronal Differentiation". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26168027. 10.3390/ijms26168027 Martins, Claudia; Magalhães, Sandra; Almeida, Idália; Neto, Vanessa; Rebelo, Sandra; Nunes, Alexandra. "Metabolomics to Study Human Aging: A Review". Current Molecular Medicine 23 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1566524023666230407123727. Published • 10.2174/1566524023666230407123727 Cláudia Martins; Idália Almeida; Sandra Rebelo; Sandra Magalhães; Alexandra Nunes. "Age-Related Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Changes in Protein Conformation in an Aging Model of Human Dermal Fibroblasts". Spectroscopy Journal (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2813-446X/1/1/4. 10.3390/spectroscj1010004 Sandra Magalhães; Idália Almeida; Cátia D. Pereira; Sandra Rebelo; Brian J. Goodfellow; Alexandra Nunes. "The Long-Term Culture of Human Fibroblasts Reveals a Spectroscopic Signature of Senescence". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/10/5830. 10.3390/ijms23105830 Vanessa Neto; Sara Esteves-Ferreira; Isabel Inacio; Márcia Alves; Rosa Dantas; Idália Almeida; Joana Guimarães; Teresa Azevedo; Alexandra Nunes. "Metabolic Profile Characterization of Different Thyroid Nodules Using FTIR Spectroscopy: A Review". Metabolites (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/12/1/53. 10.3390/metabo12010053 Sandra Magalhães; Idália Almeida; Filipa Martins; Fátima Camões; Ana Raquel Soares; Brian J. Goodfellow; Sandra Rebelo; Alexandra Nunes. "FTIR Spectroscopy as a Tool to Study Age-Related Changes in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle of Female C57BL/6J Mice". Molecules (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/21/6410. 10.3390/molecules26216410 Almeida, I.; Magalhães, S.; Nunes, A.. "Lipids: biomarkers of healthy aging". Biogerontology 22 3 (2021): 273-295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10522-021-09921-2. 10.1007/s10522-021-09921-2 Mateus, Tiago; Almeida, Idália; Costa, Adriana; Viegas, Diana; Magalhães, Sandra; Martins, Filipa; Herdeiro, Maria Teresa; et al. "Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy as a Discriminatory Tool for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Metabolism: A Pilot Study". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 7 (2021): 3800. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073800. Published • 10.3390/ijerph18073800
Thesis / Dissertation	Almeida, Idália. "Estudo das alterações lipídicas no plasma ao longo da idade por FTIR". Master, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, 2019. Almeida, Idália. "Proporção de SAS, fatores de risco e sintomas nos funcionários da ESTESC". Degree, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, 2016.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/07/12	Spectroscopic Profile of Proteome Alterations in Neuronal Development	Research Summit 2024 Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/07/12	Optineurin as a potencial target to understand neuronal development and neurodegenerative diseases	Research Summit 2023 - Research Forum of the University of Aveiro Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2018/09/30 - 2018/11/13	Signaling Afternoon (2018/11/13 - 2018/11/13) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/10/12 - Current	Jornadas 2023: Crossing Borders Conference	Jornadas 2023: Crossing Borders Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2022/10/12 - Current	Jornadas CICECO 2022: CICECO hand in hand with the society Conference	Jornadas CICECO 2022: CICECO hand in hand with the society Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2025/12/12 - 2025/12/13	Health Congress: Bridging Research and Clinical Practice Congress	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2025/05/28 - 2025/05/30	XIX Meeting of Portuguese Society for Neuroscience Congress	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2025/05/22 - 2025/05/23	VIII iBiMED Symposium: Biomedicine Beyond Boundaries Symposium	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2023/05/25 - 2023/05/26	VI iBiMED Symposium: From Fundamental Research to Clinical Practice Conference	Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2021/10/06 - 2021/10/07	Jornadas CICECO 2021: ADVANCING SCIENCE SHAPING SOCIETY Congress	Jornadas CICECO 2021: ADVANCING SCIENCE SHAPING SOCIETY Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2020/11/19 - 2020/11/20	Jornadas CICECO 2020: The future of science and CICECO Congress	Jornadas CICECO 2020: The future of science and CICECO Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2019/09/11 - 2019/09/11	1st Iberian Seminar on NMR Metabolomics in Clinical Research Seminar	1st Iberian Seminar on NMR Metabolomics in Clinical Research Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/06/27 - 2019/06/27	V Postgraduation Symposium in Biomedicine Symposium	V Postgraduation Symposium in Biomedicine Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2019/06/11 - 2019/06/12	Jornadas CICECO 2019: Where science meets society Congress	Jornadas CICECO 2019: Where science meets society Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2018/10/26 - 2018/10/26	Colorectal cancer in Portugal: From research to prevention and treatment Seminar	Colorectal cancer in Portugal: From research to prevention and treatment Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018/01/04 - 2018/01/04	Fenilcetonúria - contributos para o controlo desta doença metabólica rara através de uma "dieta para a vida" Workshop	Fenilcetonúria - contributos para o controlo desta doença metabólica rara através de uma "dieta para a vida" Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
2016/03/11 - 2016/03/13	21º Congresso Português de Cardiopneumologia Congress	21º Congresso Português de Cardiopneumologia APTEC - Associação Portuguesa de Cardiopneumologistas, Portugal
2015/10/09 - 2015/10/10	Coração ao Centro: Arritmias Cardíacas - Estado da Arte 2015 Conference	Coração ao Centro: Arritmias Cardíacas - Estado da Arte 2015 Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2012 - 2014	Semana das Ciências Aplicadas à Saúde Other	Semana das Ciências Aplicadas à Saúde Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal