Curriculum Vitae
Henrique Pedro Pereira da Silva Amaral Machado
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Henrique Pedro Pereira da Silva Amaral Machado
Citation names
- Machado, Henrique
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 0918-3F5F-D194
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6188-2535
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2017 - 2022
Concluded
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Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbiologia e Parasitologia
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal "Impact of adipose tissue colonization by Trypanosoma brucei during infection" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2013 - 2015
Concluded
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Ciências da Saúde (Mestrado)
Major in Microbiologia e Infeção
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"The mechanisms underlying Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Virulence granted by the NRP gene" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
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2010 - 2013
Concluded
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Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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15 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2024/11/04 - Current | Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
| Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal | ||
| 2023/01 - 2023/10 | Postdoc (Research) | Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal |
| 2021/01 - 2022/12 | Researcher (Research) | Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal |
| 2017/01 - 2020/12 | Researcher (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal (...) |
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| 2016/07 - 2016/12 | Researcher (Research) | Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal |
| 2015/11 - 2016/05 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/11 - Current | In vitro screening-based selection and in vivo efficacy evaluation of bacteriophages as potential new assets in the topical
treatment of Buruli Ulcer disease.
TC309
Researcher
GlaxoSmithKline España, Spain
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GlaxoSmithKline España |
| 2021/01 - 2023/10 | Exploring the hidden life of African trypanosomes: parasite fat tropism and implications for disease
FatTryp
Researcher
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal
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European Research Council
Ongoing
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| 2023/06 - 2023/09 | Mechanism and function of epitranscriptomic poly(A) tail modifications in African trypanosomes (TrypM6A)
LA CAIXA - TRYPM6A - HR20-00361 - LFIGUEIREDO
Researcher
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal
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Caixabank SA |
| 2017/01 - 2020/12 | Impact of adipose tissue colonization by Trypanosoma brucei during infection
PD/BD/128286/ 2017
PhD Student Fellow
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2015/11 - 2016/05 | Prevention and control of tuberculosis in vulnerable populations of an urban centre in Northern Portugal
000138DT1
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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EEA Grants
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2022 | How trypanosomes tell fat to get lost | 9th Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology Meeting
(Woods Hole, United States)
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| 2021 | Impact of adipose tissue lipolysis during Trypanosoma brucei infection | XIV CAML · IV NeurULisboa PhD Students Virtual Meeting
Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2017 | Impact of adipose tissue colonization by Trypanosoma brucei during infection | CAML XI PhD Students Annual Meeting
Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2015 | The Mycobacterium tuberculosis non-ribosomal peptide synthase nrp modulates the host immune response and is required for optimal colonization | UMIB summit 2015
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (Porto, Portugal)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2020/09 - 2022/01 | Adipocyte metabolic response to Trypanosoma brucei In a co-culture setting
Co-supervisor
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Masters Degree in Medical Microbiology (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2018 - 2019 | Organizing Committee of "XIII CAML PhD Students' Meeting, an annual meeting" where PhD students affiliated to the Faculty
of Medicine of the University of Lisbon present their work and attend lecture from renowned invited speakers. (2019)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
| 2017 - 2017 | Organizing Committee of the "10th iMM/CAML PhD retreat", an informal out of campus gathering of PhD students and other members
of the local academic community to foster friendly relations and share ideas. (2017)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
| 2015 - 2015 | "XLI annual meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology" (2015)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2022/03 - 2022/04 | EMBO YIP Annual PhD Course - Two week course on scientific communication, manuscript writing, manuscript review, time management,
research integrity.
Workshop
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European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
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| 2014/01/06 - 2014/01/17 | 4th edition Biostatistics in Health Sciences
Workshop
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Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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| 2013/11/11 - 2013/11/29 | 9th edition Laboratory Animal Science course (FELASA C)
Workshop
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Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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| 2013/10/28 - 2013/11/08 | 5th edition of Research Methodologies
Workshop
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Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2021/11/01 - 2021/11/30 | Initiation to Research Internship | Mariana Malveiro Marianito |
Distinctions
Award
| 2023 | João Lobo Antunes Merit PhD Thesis Award |
| 2022 | Outstanding Speaker Award in the 9th Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology Meeting |
| 2021 | Merit Award - 2nd best talk in XIV CAML · IV NeurULisboa PhD Students Virtual Meeting |