Curriculum Vitae
João Fernando Machado Alves
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- João Fernando Machado Alves
Citation names
- Alves, João
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 1914-3A49-2264
Education
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2020/02/01 - 2024/11/21
Concluded
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Biologia Molecular e Ambiental (Doutoramento)
Major in Biotecnologia Molecular
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Yeast as a model system for the study of carboxylic acid transporters" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2017/06/20 - 2019/08/07
Concluded
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Genética Molecular (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Development of a molecular biology platform for the production of antimicrobial peptides" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 |
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2014/09/09 - 2017/07/10
Concluded
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Biologia Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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15 |
Outputs
Publications
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/02/02 | Examining the Role of Specific Amino Acid Residues of CexA from Aspergillus niger on Citrate Transport. | I CBMA OPEN DAY & II PhD|Bio SYMPOSIUM
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
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| 2023/12/08 | Functional and Structural Aspects of the Citrate Transporter CexA from Aspergillus niger | Microbiotec23
Portuguese Society of Microbiology and the Portuguese Society of Biotechnology (Covilhã, Portugal)
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| 2023/10/20 | Functional and Structural Insights into the Aspergillus niger Citrate Transporter | IV International Enconter of the Portuguese Society of Genetics
Portuguese Society of Genetics (Braga, Portugal)
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| 2023/09/18 | Exploring the Role of Specific Amino Acid Residues of CexA from Aspergillus niger on Citrate Transport | COST Open Meeting EuroMicropH
COST Action 18113 (Viena, Austria)
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| 2022/12/16 | Uncovering the Structural Features of Plasma membrane Transporters through Phylogenetic Analysis, Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Structural Studies | XVIII ENBE Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology
Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology (Braga, Portugal)
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| 2021/12/17 | Engineering Ato1 transporter from Saccharomyces cerevisiae enables higher range of carboxylic acid uptake | Structural Biology Finland Conference 2021
Instruct-ERIC Centre Finland (Helsinki, Finland)
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| 2021/11/24 | Engineering Ato1 transporter from Saccharomyces cerevisiae enables higher range of carboxylic acids uptake | MicroBiotec21
Portuguese Society of Microbiology and the Portuguese Society of Biotechnology (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2021/10/15 | Characterization of Cyberlindnera jadinii carboxylate transporters for the improvement of microbial cell factories | XXI SPB
Portuguese Biochemistry Society (Évora, Portugal)
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| 2021/07/01 | Bioinformatics tools reveal structural-functional features of the yeast acetate transporter Ato1 | IMPSG 2021
Portuguese Society of Genetics (Vila Real, Portugal)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2024/01/30 - 2024/01/30 | Title: Analyzing the Role of Key Amino Acid Residues in Aspergillus niger Dct-02 On
Dicarboxylate Transport.
Authors: Alves J, Rendulic T, Casal M, Soares-Silva I.
Symposium
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UMinho Research & Innovation Open Days
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2023/12/07 - 2023/12/09 | Poster
Title: Structure-function studies of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe dicarboxylic acid transporter Mae1.
Authors: Fontes T, Alves J, Kuhlmann F, Soares P, Paiva S, Casal M, Soares-Silva I.
Congress
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Microbiotec23
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2023/12/05 - 2023/12/05 | Seminary of the Biology Department of University of Minho
Oral presentation
Title: Functional and structural analysis of carboxylate transporters: in vivo and in silico approaches
Seminar
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Seminary of the Biology Department of University of Minho
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2023/10/19 - 2023/10/20 | Poster
Title: Structure-function studies of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe dicarboxylic acid transporter Mae1.
Authors: Fontes T, Alves J, Kuhlmann F, Soares P, Paiva S, Casal M, Soares-Silva I.
Congress
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IV International Enconter of the Portuguese Society of Genetics (1
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2023/08/23 - 2023/08/27 | Poster
Title: Identification of Critical residues for Citrate Export in the Aspergillus niger CexA
Authors: Alves J, Sousa-Silva M, Sauer M, Casal M, Soares-Silva I.
Congress
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EMBO Workshop - Membrane transporters as essential elements of cellular function and homeostasis
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2023/06/01 - 2023/06/08 | Poster
Title: Uncovering amino acid residues of CexA from Aspergillus niger associated with the import and the export of citrate.
Authors: Alves J, Sousa-Silva M, Sauer M, Casal M, Soares-Silva I.
Congress
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Physiology of Yeast and Filamentous Fungi 8
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2021/11/23 - 2021/11/26 | Poster
Title: Uncovering novel Cyberlindnera jadinii carboxylate transporters for the improvement of microbial cell factories
Authors: Sousa-Silva, M., Alves, J., Vieira, D., Soares, P., Casal, M., Soares-Silva, I.
Congress
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Microbiotec21
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2020/09/25 - 2020/09/27 | Science Communication Stand
Exhibition
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GreenFest
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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Scientific expedition
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2022/05/05 - 2022/07/29 | Short term scientific mission to BOKU at the Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |