Vanessa Cristina de Carvalho Luz (0618-6641-6344)

Curriculum Vitae

Vanessa Cristina de Carvalho Luz

Identification

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)
Japanese	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
Korean	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019/09/15 - 2022/03/04 Concluded	Master's degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal "Optimising mRNA integrity and read-through of CFTR bearing PTC mutations" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2019 Concluded	Equivalence - Biology (Licenciatura) Major in Equivalence - Biology Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2018 Concluded	Biological Sciences (Bacharelato) Universidade Potiguar Unidade Salgado Filho, Brazil "Spoan Syndrome - from a deletion to its phenotype" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	9/10

Affiliation

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/09/01 - 2023	Researcher (Research)	REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/09/15 - 2022/03/04	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal

Projects

	Designation	Funders
2022/09/01 - 2023	DCMatters Project LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-047212 Research Fellow Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal	Ongoing

Outputs

Journal article

Patrícia S. Sobral; Vanessa C. C. Luz; João M. G. C. F. Almeida; Paula A. Videira; Florbela Pereira. "Computational Approaches Drive Developments in Immune-Oncology Therapies for PD-1/PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24065908.
10.3390/ijms24065908
Luka A. Clarke; Vanessa Luz; Szymon Targowski; Sofia S. Ramalho; Carlos Farinha; Margarida D. Amaral. "Integrity and Stability of PTC Bearing CFTR mRNA and Relevance to Future Modulator Therapies in Cystic Fibrosis". Genes (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/11/1810.
10.3390/genes12111810

Thesis / Dissertation

"Optimising mRNA integrity and read-through of CFTR bearing PTC mutations". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2023. https://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/53909.

Activities

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/01/16 - 2023/01/18	GLUPOR 14 was an initiative of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group and the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ), bridging together scientists from different areas working on carbohydrate-related research. Discussed scientific advances in carbohydrate research, basic and applied glycoscience topics such as: Carbohydrate synthesis, structure, glycobiology in health and disease; glycomics, glycoproteomics and novel biomarkers; carbohydrates in food and agriculture; carbohydrates in biotechnology and other applications;;carbohydrate-based biomaterials. Meeting	14th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group – GLUPOR 14 Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Distinctions

2018	Laureate Student Universidade Potiguar Unidade Salgado Filho, Brazil