Idália Almeida (0613-BB53-184A)

Curriculum Vitae

Idália Almeida

Idália Duarte de Almeida holds a BSc in Clinical Physiology, which comprises the old degrees in Cardiopneumology and Neurophysiology, in 2016 at Coimbra Health School. She concluded MSc in Molecular Biomedicine in 2019, at University of Aveiro. At the time she was doing her BSc, when she had direct contact with the clinical and hospital environment and with patients with the most diverse pathologies, she realized that her main interest was clinical research. She developed a special interest in neuromuscular degenerative diseases. For her dissertation, she worked with ATR-FTIR spectroscopy to study the lipid profile associated with aging and characterize some possible biomarkers of healthy aging and longevity. Her work also supported the study age-related spectroscopic profile of mice. She is the author of a review article on lipids and aging published in Biogerontology. During her dissertation and after finishing her master's degree, she had the opportunity to cooperate with other iBiMED research groups. She trained other students on the use of FTIR spectroscopy and multivariate analysis and contributed with her work to other projects, namely in the study of Myotonic Dystrophy. The work resulting from this collaboration was already been published. With this work, she learned how to work in a team, to seek solutions to face daily challenges and e to help other students. Her constant need to acquire new knowledge and be aware of the cutting-edge research is demonstrated by the participation in different workshops, congresses, conferences, and seminars. Her main attributes are her autonomy, criticism, sharped opinion, and perspicacity that never fulfills the curiosity. In2020, she joined the COVID-19 screening team as a diagnostic technician, under the MAREESS program. This team worked at iBiMED under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Manuel Santos and the principal aim was to screen SARS-CoV-2 virus in the elderly and UA community. In the year 2021 I won a PhD Research Scholarship from FCT, and I am currently attending the Doctoral program in Biomedicine, at the Biomedicine Institute of the University of Aveiro.

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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 - Current	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

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; Filipa Martins; Cátia D. Pereira; Brian James Goodfellow; Carla Alexandra Pina da Cruz Nunes; Rebelo, Sandra. Corresponding author: Carla Alexandra Pina da Cruz Nunes. "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; Filipa Martins; Cátia D. Pereira; Brian James Goodfellow; Carla Alexandra Pina da Cruz Nunes; Rebelo, Sandra. Corresponding author: Rebelo, Sandra. "Optineurin: A Target to Decipher Neuronal Development and Neurodegenerative Mechanisms". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência Viva, 2023. Almeida, Idália; Filipa Martins; Cátia D. Pereira; Brian James Goodfellow; Carla Alexandra Pina da Cruz Nunes; Rebelo, Sandra. "The role of optineurin in neuronal development and differentiation". 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	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)
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	In a pedagogical afternoon, which focuses on signaling pathways, we intend to show the importance of them in the most diverse areas of biomedicine and how they contribute to some pathologies. (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	The 2023 edition of CICECO jornadas will embrace topics that overcome the usual boundaries of a scientific meeting, including: career development and opportunities, stress management, national and international networking, and science policies. Together with a PhD. student pitch competition, poster presentations, invited talks, and a musical performance, a very full day is planned. Conference	Jornadas 2023: Crossing Borders Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2022/10/12 - Current	In Jornadas CICECO 22 all CICECO members are actively encouraged to share their research through poster communications, videos, and photos. Conference	Jornadas CICECO 2022: CICECO hand in hand with the society Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2023/05/25 - 2023/05/26	This edition of the symposium focuses on the five major areas of ongoing work at the institute and aims to promote the research work conducted in our institute (specially by the PhD students). As sharing knowledge is vital in science, we also invited external speakers to come and share their work with us. Conference	Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2021/10/06 - 2021/10/07	The programme of Jornadas 2021 comprises six scientific talks where senior and junior researchers from each CICECO group will jointly present their research work. They will tell us about different problems in the field of materials science and engineering, share their approaches to those problems and discuss the implications of their work in economic, technological and/or societal dimensions. PhD students are once again invited to tell us the story of their projects, while all CICECO members are encouraged to share their latest research. Congress	Jornadas CICECO 2021: ADVANCING SCIENCE SHAPING SOCIETY Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2020/11/19 - 2020/11/20	This event is an occasion when several researchers meet to discuss science and everyday issues. The "Jornadas do CICECO" program covered the views of different stakeholders on some of today's most important topics of science, focused in the future. Congress	Jornadas CICECO 2020: The future of science and CICECO Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2019/09/11 - 2019/09/11	This meeting aimed to share and discuss recent developments in NMR metabolomics applied to different areas of clinical research, covering both technological advances and the investigation of specific diseases, such as cancer, metabolic syndrome or neurological disorders. Seminar	1st Iberian Seminar on NMR Metabolomics in Clinical Research Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/06/27 - 2019/06/27	The graduate symposium was organized by graduate students and offered an opportunity for doctoral students, postdocs and young researchers to share their work with the entire iBiMED research community. Students and young researchers have the opportunity to present their work orally or in poster format. Symposium	V Postgraduation Symposium in Biomedicine Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2019/06/11 - 2019/06/12	The main objective of the congress are to provide an organised display of CICECO’s activities and to discuss the Challenges and Future Trends to research, always seeking to stimulate interactions and collaborations within CICECO and invited researchers coming from other National and International Institutions. Congress	Jornadas CICECO 2019: Where science meets society Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2018/10/26 - 2018/10/26	Provided a platform for multidisciplinary interaction among the various clinical research fields, including medical oncology, radiotherapy, pathology, imaging, gastroenterology and genetics. 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	Workshop in which several students presented the work they developed in the study of the Phenylcetenuria disease 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	Congress in which the news and advances in the fields of medicine in cardiology and pulmonology were discussed. Clinical cases and developments in diagnostic and therapeutic methods have been presented. Congress	21º Congresso Português de Cardiopneumologia APTEC - Associação Portuguesa de Cardiopneumologistas, Portugal
2015/10/09 - 2015/10/10	Scientific meeting on the state of the art in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. 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	Initiative of the Student Association of the Coimbra Health School. This initiative allows to make known the professions associated with the courses given at this School, promoting an approach to Health Technologies, through free screening of the population. It happens every year in April, since 2005. I participated in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Other	Semana das Ciências Aplicadas à Saúde Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal