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Mariana Martins Zagalo Fernandes. Completed the master's degree in Applied Microbiology in 2021 and the bachelor's degree in Biology in 2017 from the University of Lisbon. Student of Ph.D. in Biomedicine at the University of Beira Interior since 2021. Is a researcher in Microbiology and Bioinformatics at the Health Sciences Research Centre of the University of Beira Interior. Published 2 articles in journals. Participated as a researcher with scholarship in 2 projects. Works in the areas of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with an emphasis on Microbiology, Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Health Sciences with emphasis on Epidemiology and Exact Sciences with emphasis on Computer and Information Sciences with emphasis on Bioinformatics. In her curriculum from Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are Bioinformatic; Microbiology (medical); Infectious Diseases; General Immunology and Microbiology; Candida albicans; susceptibility; Rhodotorula spp.; vulvovaginal candidosis; Immunology and Allergy; Molecular Biology; Haemophilus influenzae and Epidemiology.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mariana Martins Zagalo Fernandes

Citation names

  • Fernandes, Mariana
  • Fernandes, M. Z.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1818-34F7-E6FB
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7925-2889

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 934372479 (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Epidemiology
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
Danish Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/09 - 2026
Ongoing
 Biomedicina (Doutoramento)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2022/07/18 - 2022/07/28
Concluded
 Hands-on Course from the (Bio)Drug Discovery to Non-Clinical Development (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Major in Drug discovery and development
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
 19
2022/06/27 - 2022/07/01
Concluded
 Advanced Course on Fluorescence Microscopy and Image Analysis (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Major in Fluorescence Microscopy and Image Analysis
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
 16
2022/03/07 - 2022/03/25
Concluded
 From gene to protein: a practical approach (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Major in Gene expression
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
 16
2018 - 2021
Concluded
 Microbiologia Aplicada (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"The role of haemophilus influenzae as a colonizer and its impact on invasive infection" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2014/09/15 - 2017/07/15
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"Calculation of quantitative genetic parameters in old vine varieties" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/02 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/05 - 2020/11 Estágio de mestrado (Microbiologia Aplicada) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/08 - 2020/02 Estágio de mestrado (Microbiologia Aplicada) Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2017/02 - 2017/07 Estágio de licenciatura (Biologia) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/10/02 - 2023/07/30 PAM4Wellness
POCI-01-0246-FEDER-181319
Research Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Concluded
2022/03/22 - 2022/08/22 Bolsa de Incentivo a Doutoramento (BID) UBI-Santander Totta 2021
BID UBI-Santander Totta 2021
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Castro, F. O.; Bastos, F.; Fernandes, M. Z.; Martinez-de-Oliveira, J.; Palmeira-de-Oliveira, A.; Ferrão, A. R.; Pestana, P.G.; Rolo, J.. "Assessment of the virulent potential of yeasts isolated from urine and its relationship with vaginal yeast". Paper presented in XXVII World Congress and Vulvovaginal Disease Update 2024, Ljubljana, 2024.
    Accepted
  2. Fernandes, Mariana; Joana Rolo; José, Martinez-de-Oliveira; Oliveira, Ana Cristina Palmeira de; Emanuel Maldonado. "Mitochondrial Selection And Pathogenicity In Yeast: A Phylogenetic Analysis". Paper presented in XIX Annual CICS-UBI Symposium, Covilhã, 2024.
  3. Filipa Oliveira Castro; Fernandes, Mariana; José, Martinez-de-Oliveira; Ana Sofia Oliveira; Oliveira, Ana Cristina Palmeira de; Ana Ferrão; Paula Pestana; Joana Rolo. "A portrait of the virulent potential of Candida colonization: A comparative study of isolates from different human infection niches". Paper presented in XIX Annual CICS-UBI Symposium, Covilhã, 2024.
Conference poster
  1. Fernandes, Mariana; Rolo, Joana; Emanuel Maldonado; Ana Cristina Palmeira de Oliveira(7317-7078-C83A); José, Martinez-de-Oliveira. "Peeking into Candida albicans evolutionary dynamics using mitochondrial genomes". Paper presented in The 18th Congress of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS 2024), 2024.
    10.3389/978-2-8325-5119-6
  2. Filipa Oliveira Castro; Francisca Bastos; Mariana Z. Fernandes; José Martinz-de-Oliveira; Ana Cristina Palmeira de Oliveira(7317-7078-C83A); Ana Rita Ferrão; Paula Gouveia Pestana; Joana Rolo. "Unequal distribution of antifungal susceptibility among Candida spp. Isolates of the female genital tract". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023, 2023.
  3. Cátia Caetano; Mariana Fernandes; Carlos Gaspar; Ana Sofia Oliveira; Rita Palmeira-de-Oliveira; José, Martinez-de-Oliveira; Ana Cristina Palmeira de Oliveira(7317-7078-C83A); Joana Rolo. "Rhodotorula mucilaginosa: a new player in vulvar infections". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023, 2023.
  4. Fernandes, Mariana; Rolo, J.; Oliveira, Ana Cristina Palmeira de; Martinez-de-Oliveira, José; Palmeira-de-Oliveira, Rita. "Espécies de Candida isoladas de amostras vulvares e vaginais: variações nos perfis de suscetibilidade". Paper presented in VII Jornadas de Educação e Investigação em Saúde, 2023.
  5. Sandra Simões Tomás; Mariana Fernandes; Ana Sofia Oliveira, Ana; Rita Palmeira-de-Oliveira; José Martinez-de-Oliveira; Joana Rolo; Ana Cristina Palmeira de Oliveira(7317-7078-C83A). "Óleos essenciais de erva-príncipe para o tratamento da candidose vulvovaginal". Paper presented in VII Jornadas Educação e Investigação em Saúde 2023, 2023.
  6. Caetano C.F.; Barbosa C.; Linhares D.; Fernandes, M. Z.; Oliveira, A.S.; Rolo, J.; Ana Cristina Palmeira-de-Oliveira. "Adding Value to Aromatic and Medicinal Plants in the Health Value Chain: The Offer and the Demand of AMP in Portugal". Paper presented in XVIII International CICS-UBI Symposium, 2023.
  7. Fernandes, Mariana; Gaspar, Carlos; Breton, Michele Claire; Martinez-de-Oliveira, José; Oliveira, Ana Cristina Palmeira de; Rolo, Joana. "Niche-specific genes of vaginal Candida albicans isolates: an in-silico analysis - Poster". Paper presented in III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, 2022.
  8. Bajanca Lavado, Maria Paula; Cavaco, Luís Filipe; Fernandes, Mariana; Touret, Tiago; Candeias, Catarina. "Characterization of Haemophilus influenzae from healthy children attending day-care centers in the Lisbon región, 2015-2019". Paper presented in European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) 2021, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Fernandes, Mariana Zagalo; Caetano, Cátia Filipa; Gaspar, Carlos; Oliveira, Ana Sofia; Palmeira-de-Oliveira, Rita; Martinez-de-Oliveira, José; Rolo, Joana; Palmeira-de-Oliveira, Ana. "Uncovering the Yeast Diversity in the Female Genital Tract: An Exploration of Spatial Distribution and Antifungal Resistance". Pathogens 12 4 (2023): 595. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12040595.
    Open access • 10.3390/pathogens12040595
  2. Bajanca-Lavado, Maria Paula; Cavaco, Luís; Fernandes, Mariana; Touret, Tiago; Candeias, Catarina; Simões, Alexandra S.; Sá-Leão, Raquel. "Haemophilus influenzae Carriage among Healthy Children in Portugal, 2015-2019". Microorganisms 10 10 (2022): 1964. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10101964.
    10.3390/microorganisms10101964
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "The role of Haemophilus influenzae as a colonizer and its impact on invasive infection". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/48496.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07/17 A Portrait Of The Virulent Potential Of Candida Colonization: A Comparative Study Of Isolates From Different Human Infection Niches XIX Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
CICS-UBI (Covilha, Portugal)
2024/07/16 Mitochondrial Selection and Pathogenicity In Yeast: A Phylogenetic Analysis XIX Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
CICS-UBI (Covilha, Portugal)
2022/10/19 Perfil de distribuição de Candida albicans e Rhodotorula spp na vulva e na vagina na candidose vulvovaginal Congresso Internacional de Microbiologia em Língua Portuguesa - Microbiologia 2022
Sociedade Portuguese de Microbiologia (Portugal)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/03 - 2024/05 Laboratory rotation "Analysis of the distribution of genes associated with virulence in clinical isolates of Candida albicans" 12h Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal