Mariana Godinho Bexiga (1C1F-C9F9-5372)

Curriculum Vitae

Mariana Godinho Bexiga

Mariana G. Bexiga is an experienced Project Manager and Researcher in the field of Life and Health Sciences, with experience in molecular cardiology, membrane trafficking, and nanotoxicoloty. Mariana graduated in Biochemistry from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in 2005. She obtained her PhD in Biochemistry, speciality of Molecular Biology, in 2012 from the same University. Her PhD project was developed in University College Dublin, Ireland, and focussed on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of toxicity induced by positively-charged nanoparticles. Mariana has extensive experience in Genome-wide (GW) RNAi screening applied to different fields, in particular membrane trafficking, nanoparticle uptake and toxicity and molecular cardiology. She was the Science Manager for the MIRACLE project, a EU-funded project in the area of photonics and supported management for the RESTORE project. Her roles included managing the communication within and outside of the consortium and managing the exploitation of the products that will arise from the project. Additionally, she supported grant writing for several H2020 calls, with her work contributing to raising close to 9M euro. Mariana has been very successful in procuring individual fellowships. Of note are the highly competitive and prestigious Assistant Researcher contract in the remit of CEEC-Ind 2017 and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual fellowship she secured in 2018 and 2016, respectively. She has also received a PhD fellowship from the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT) and an exchange grant from the European Science Foundation (ESF). Over the years she has also received several awards recognising both her scientific merit as well as her communication skills, of note is the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Fellow award by the Irish Research Council (IRC), which allowed her to represent Ireland in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. Alongside her research activities, Mariana has extensive experience teaching both at undergraduate and MSc/PhD level. Throughout the years she has also supervised six undergraduate student research projects, one master student project and mentored three PhD students. Mariana also actively participates in Science Communication and Outreach. Mariana has published her work in 12 international peer-reviewed articles and has presented her work in national and international meetings, including 7 oral communications. Over the years, Mariana has been integrated in the team of several research projects funded by European Commission, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and FCT.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Mariana Godinho Bexiga

Citation names

G. Bexiga, Mariana
Bexiga, Mariana G.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 1C1F-C9F9-5372
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2906-4975

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-materials

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian	Upper intermediate (B2)	Proficiency (C2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021/10/01 - 2022/04/27 Concluded	Executive MBA (Outros) Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal
2016/05 - 2016/05 Concluded	Laboratory Animal Science FELASA Category C - Design and direction of animal experiments (Diploma de especialização) Major in Laboratory Animal Science Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Concluded	Project Management Certificate (Diploma de especialização) Major in Project Management Quality Qualifications Ireland, Ireland
2012/02/22 Concluded	Bioquímica - Especialidade Biologia Molecular (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Cationic nanoparticles: friend or foe? – Deciphering the mechanisms of cell death induced by cationic nanoparticles" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aprovado com distincao e louvor por unanimidade
2012/02/22 Concluded	Bioquímica (Doutoramento) Major in Especialidade: Biologia Molecular Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Cationic Nanoparticles: Friend or Foe? Deciphering the mechanisms of cell death induced by cationic nanoparticles" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aprovada com Distinção e Louvor por Unanimidade
2012 - 2012 Concluded	Certificado de Competências Pedagógicas (Outros) Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Concluded	Diplôme d’Études en Langue Française B1 (Outros) Gouvernement francais Ministere de l'education nationale, France	17.5
2005/07/08 Concluded	Bioquímica (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Optimising the Minicircle plasmid for Bioplex targeting to Liver cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16/20
2001 - 2001 Concluded	Certificate of Proficiency in English (Outros) University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/12/01 - Current	Science and Technology Management	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal

2021/03/16 - 2023/11/30	Science and Technology Management	Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal

2019/05/01 - 2021/03/15	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	CNC.IBILI, Portugal

2018/03/01 - 2019/04/30	Science and Technology Management	Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal

2016/03/01 - 2018/02/28	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

2015/11/01 - 2016/02/29	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

2013/03/01 - 2015/08/31	Postdoc (Research)	University College Dublin School of Biology and Environmental Science, Ireland

2011/06/01 - 2012/03/01	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Université de Bordeaux, France

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2009/01/01 - 2011/06/01	PhD Student Project: Cationic nanoparticles: friend or foe? – Deciphering the mechanisms of cell death induced by cationic nanoparticles	University College Dublin School of Biology and Environmental Science, Ireland

2006/08/15 - 2008/12/31	Researcher Project: Metabolic changes induced by HIV-1 infection of Primary Macrophages. The case of Neurotoxicity	University College Dublin, Ireland

2008/09/01 - 2008/11/30	Visiting Researcher. Project: Metabolic changes induced by HIV-1 infection of Primary Macrophages. The case of Neurotoxicity	University of Massachusetts Medical School Program in Molecular Medicine, United States

2004/09/01 - 2005/06/01	Visiting student Project: Optimising the Minicircle plasmid for Bioplex targeting to Liver cells	Karolinska institutet Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin, Sweden

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2011/06 - 2012/04	Investigating the effect of cationic nanoparticles on Endoplasmic Reticulum homeostasis 3636	European Science Foundation

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/03/01 - Current	Recreation of the blood-brain barrier microvasculature network by integrating innovative molecular engineering approaches and 3D printing technologies 2022.01690.PTDC Researcher Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal	Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT Ongoing
2022/01/01 - Current	Role of mitochondrial-thiol homeostasis in neurodegeneration: implication for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis EXPL/BTM-TEC/1407/2021 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT Ongoing
2021/03/16 - 2023/11/30	Molecular Bioengineering in health ERA chair 951723 Project Manager Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2018/07/26 - 2021/07/25	Caracterização do papel de microRNAs na fibrose cardíaca através de abordagens de genómica funcional PTDC/BTM-TEC/29894/2017 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/05/01 - 2021/03/15	Functional high-throughput analysis of the role of non-coding RNAs in cardiovascular diseases CEECIND/02895/2017/CP1390/CT0004 10.54499/CEECIND/02895/2017/CP1390/CT0004 Principal investigator Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2016/10/01 - 2020/06/30	Staphylococcus aureus intracelular: identificação de factores bacterianos e celulares envolvidos na invasão do hospedeiro por estirpes clinicamente relevantes para definição de novas abordagens terapêuticas Infect-ERA/0001/2015 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal CNC.IBILI, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2016/04/01 - 2019/12/31	Identificação e caracterização funcional de microRNAs reguladores de dano cardíaco por isquemia-reperfusão PTDC/BIM-MEC/2968/2014 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/04/30	RESTORE – User-centred smart nanobiomaterial-based 3D matrices for chondral repair 814558 Other Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2018/03/01 - 2019/04/30	MIRACLE – Mid-infrared arthroscopy innovative imaging system for real-time clinical in depth examination and diagnosis of degenerative joint diseases 780598 Other Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2015/11/01 - 2018/02/28	Combinação de high-throughput screening e análise single-cell para o estudo de RNA regulatórios envolvidos nas etapas iniciais de infecção por Campylobacter Infect-ERA/0001/2014 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal CNC.IBILI, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2016/03 - 2018/02	Functional high-throughput analysis of the role of microRNAs in cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury 701096 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Concluded
2010/03 - 2016/02	Dissecting plasma membrane to endoplasmic reticulum trafficking pathways in mammalian cells – potential new avenues for improved drug delivery 09/IN.1/B2604 Researcher	Science Foundation Ireland Concluded
2007/12 - 2012/11	BioNanoInteract SRC SFI/SRC/B1155 Researcher	Science Foundation Ireland Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Bexiga, Mariana. "Advances in biomarker detection: Alternative approaches for blood-based biomarker detection". 2019. 10.1016/bs.acc.2019.04.003 Bexiga, Mariana. "Genome-Wide siRNA Screening Using Forward Transfection: Identification of Modulators of Membrane Trafficking in Mammalian Cells.". United States, 2016. 10.1007/978-1-4939-6337-9_4
Journal article	Panarella, A.; Bexiga, M.G.; Galea, G.; O'Neill, E.D.; Salvati, A.; Dawson, K.A.; Simpson, J.C.. "A systematic High-Content Screening microscopy approach reveals key roles for Rab33b, OATL1 and Myo6 in nanoparticle trafficking in HeLa cells". Scientific Reports 6 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84977555667&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/srep28865 G. Bexiga, Mariana. "Poster Sessions". FEBS Journal 282 (2015): 55-422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/febs.13339. 10.1111/febs.13339 Galea, G.; Bexiga, M.G.; Panarella, A.; O'Neill, E.D.; Simpson, J.C.. "A high-content screening microscopy approach to dissect the role of Rab proteins in Golgi-to-ER retrograde trafficking". Journal of Cell Science 128 13 (2015): 2339-2349. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84935496100&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1242/jcs.167973 G. Bexiga, Mariana. "Poster Sessions". FEBS Journal 281 (2014): 65-784. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/febs.12919. 10.1111/febs.12919 Bexiga, M.G.; Kelly, C.; Dawson, K.A.; Simpson, J.C.. "RNAi-mediated inhibition of apoptosis fails to prevent cationic nanoparticle-induced cell death in cultured cells". Nanomedicine 9 11 (2014): 1651-1664. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908880951&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.2217/nnm.13.151 Wang, F.; Bexiga, M.G.; Anguissola, S.; Boya, P.; Simpson, J.C.; Salvati, A.; Dawson, K.A.. "Time resolved study of cell death mechanisms induced by amine-modified polystyrene nanoparticles". Nanoscale 5 22 (2013): 10868-10876. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84886682963&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1039/c3nr03249c Bexiga, M.G.; Simpson, J.C.. "Human diseases associated with form and function of the Golgi complex". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 14 9 (2013): 18670-18681. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884192614&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3390/ijms140918670 Simpson, J.C.; Joggerst, B.; Laketa, V.; Verissimo, F.; Cetin, C.; Erfle, H.; Bexiga, M.G.; et al. "Genome-wide RNAi screening identifies human proteins with a regulatory function in the early secretory pathway". Nature Cell Biology 14 7 (2012): 764-774. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863205689&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/ncb2510 Yi, P.; Higa, A.; Taouji, S.; Bexiga, M.G.; Marza, E.; Arma, D.; Castain, C.; et al. "Sorafenib-mediated targeting of the AAA+ ATPase p97/VCP leads to disruption of the secretory pathway, endoplasmic reticulum stress, and hepatocellular cancer cell death". Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 11 12 (2012): 2610-2620. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871382622&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-12-0516 Varela, J.A.; Bexiga, M.G.; Åberg, C.; Simpson, J.C.; Dawson, K.A.. "Quantifying size-dependent interactions between fluorescently labeled polystyrene nanoparticles and mammalian cells". Journal of Nanobiotechnology 10 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866517033&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1186/1477-3155-10-39 Bexiga, M.G.; Varela, J.A.; Wang, F.; Fenaroli, F.; Salvati, A.; Lynch, I.; Simpson, J.C.; Dawson, K.A.. "Cationic nanoparticles induce caspase 3-, 7-and 9-mediated cytotoxicity in a human astrocytoma cell line". Nanotoxicology 5 4 (2011): 557-567. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80655125242&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3109/17435390.2010.539713 Fletcher, N.F.; Bexiga, M.G.; Brayden, D.J.; Brankin, B.; Willett, B.J.; Hosie, M.J.; Jacque, J.-M.; Callanan, J.J.. "Lymphocyte migration through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in feline immunodeficiency virus infection is significantly influenced by the pre-existence of virus and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-a within the central nervous system (CNS): Studies using an in vitro feline BBB model". Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 35 6 (2009): 592-602. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70449701529&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2009.01031.x O'Connor, Clare; Meerschaut, Sofie; Corbett, Danielle; Nemeth, Eszter; Decker, Yann; Batti, Laura; Lukasz, Bartlomiej; et al. "Abstracts of the international neuroimmunology symposium University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 13th–14th March, 2008". Journal of Neuroimmunology 197 2 (2008): 159-176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.04.005. 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.04.005
Thesis / Dissertation	Bexiga, Mariana Godinho. "Cationic Nanoparticles: Friend or Foe? Deciphering the mechanisms of cell death induced by cationic nanoparticles". PhD, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/18398.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2015	A genome-wide RNAi screen to dissect retrograde membrane traffic to the Golgi complex.	40th FEBS Congress FEBS (Berlin, Germany)
2012	Cationic nanoparticles: friend or foe? – Deciphering the mechanisms of cell death induced by cationic nanoparticles.	Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, Université Bordeaux 2 (Bordeaux, France)
2011	Cationic nanoparticles: friend or foe? – Deciphering the mechanisms of cell death induced by cationic nanoparticles.	EMBL (Grenoble, France)
2010/12	Cationic nanoparticles: friend or foe? – Deciphering the mechanisms of cell death induced by cationic nanoparticles. Won Carmel Humphries Memorial Medal for the Best Presentation.	UCD SBES Postgraduate Symposium School of Biology and Environmental Science - University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
2009	Investigation of the molecular mechanism of cytotoxicity induced by polystyrene nanoparticles in astrocytes. Won Travel grant (400€).	MAC’09 Mitochondria, Apoptosis & Cancer – EMBO Workshop (Prague, Czech Republic)
2009	Nanotoxicity: Human Brain under attack. Won Registration Grant (950€) and prize for the Best Contribution for Scientific Discussion	2nd ESF/UB European Summer School in Nanomedicine (Cascais, Portugal)
2008	Nanoparticles as possible delivery system to the Brain.	VI Annual Meeting of the PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (Cantanhede, Portugal)
2008	Neurodegeneration in HIV-1 infection: role of CXC chemokines.	International Neuroimmunology Symposium (Dublin, Ireland)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2013 - 2014	Dissecting the Retrograde Pathway using Cholera Toxin: A methodological approach to investigate the subcellular trafficking of cholera toxin Co-supervisor	Molecular and Cell Biology (Degree) University College Dublin, Ireland
2013 - 2014	Localisation of GFP-tagged urea transporters in human intestinal Caco-2 cells Co-supervisor	University College Dublin, Ireland
2010 - 2011	Microscopy based analysis of the secretory pathway Co-supervisor	Molecular and Cell Biology (Degree) University College Dublin, Ireland
2010 - 2011	Functional analysis of microtubule associated protein SPATA7 Co-supervisor	Cell and Molecular Biology (Degree) University College Dublin, Ireland

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/01/27 - 2023/01/27	Organisation of the MOBILIsE Launch Event: Molecular Bioengineering: Challenges in Industrial and Clinical Translation - Porto, Portugal https://mobilise.i3s.up.pt/news-events/events/molecular-bioengineering-challenges-in-industrial-and-clinical-translation/ (2023/01/27 - 2023/01/27) Symposium	Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
2019/07 - 2019/07	"Como reparar um coração partido”, Ocupação Científica de Jovens nas Férias, Ciência Viva – Cantanhede, Portugal. Conception, organisation and implementation of the activity. (2019/09) Other (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2018/03 - 2019/07	Organisation of the first project meeting for the MIRACLE project in Porto, Portugal (2018/06 - 2018/06) Other (Co-organisor)	Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
2015/01 - 2015	"Cellular Light Show¿, University College Dublin - Ireland. Conception, organisation and implementation of the outreach activity which focussed on the use of microscopy to understand the world around us. It was integrated on the Light & Shadow event organised by UCD's College of Science in the remit of the 2015 Year of Light. (2015/05/23 - 2015/05/23) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)	University College Dublin, Ireland
2003 - 2003	Member of the Organisation of 1st National Biochemistry Students Meeting in Coimbra (2003 - 2003) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/09 - 2019/09	European Researcher’s Night “Speed dating” and hands-on exhibitions – Coimbra, Portugal Festival	European Researcher's Night
2019 - 2019	Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia, hands-on exhibitions to 150 5th and 6th grade students - Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal Other	Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia
2018/09 - 2018/09	Course - Transferência de Conhecimento e Estratégias de Valorização da PI, INPI, Portugal Other	Transferência de Conhecimento e Estratégias de Valorização da PI Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial, Portugal
2018/09 - 2018/09	Course: Curso Geral de PI, INPI, Portugal Other	Curso Geral de PI Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial, Portugal
2017/09 - 2017/09	European Researcher's Night "Speed dating" and hands-on exhibitions - Coimbra, Portugal Festival	European Researcher's Night
2017/02 - 2017/02	High-content screening identifies microRNAs modulating cardiac fibrosis. Poster presentation at the Keystone Symposia - RNA-Based Approaches in Cardiovascular Disease (X8), Keystone, CO - USA Conference	Keystone Symposia – RNA-Based Approaches in Cardiovascular Disease (X8)
2017 - 2017	"A volta ao mundo com a ciência", Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia - Coimbra, Portugal. Oral presentation and hands-on exhibition Other	Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia
2016/05 - 2016/05	Course: Laboratory Animal Science FELASA Category C – Design and direction of animal experiments, Portugal Other	Laboratory Animal Science FELASA Category C – Design and direction of animal experiments Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2015 - 2015	Participation in the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Lindau - Germany Conference	65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
2015 - 2015	A genome-wide RNAi screen to dissect retrograde membrane traffic to the Golgi complex. Poster presentation at the 40th FEBS Congress, Berlin - Germany Conference	40th FEBS Congress
2015 - 2015	Managing Your First Research Group Workshop	Managing Your First Research Group University College Dublin, Ireland
2015 - 2015	Design Of Teaching Materials Workshop	Design Of Teaching Materials University College Dublin, Ireland
2015 - 2015	Design & Management Of Classes Workshop	Design & Management Of Classes University College Dublin, Ireland
2015 - 2015	Building Research Leaders Workshop	Building Research Leaders University College Dublin, Ireland
2015 - 2015	Project Management Certificate - FETAC level 6 Other	Project Management Certificate Quality Qualifications Ireland, Ireland
2014 - 2014	Dissecting the retrograde membrane trafficking pathway using bacterial toxins and nanoparticles: A tale of two genome-wide RNAi screens. Poster presentation at the 2014 UCD Conway Festival of Research & Innovation, Dublin - Ireland Symposium	2014 UCD Conway Festival of Research & Innovation
2014 - 2014	Dissecting the retrograde membrane trafficking pathway using bacterial toxins and nanoparticles: A tale of two genome-wide RNAi screens. Poster presentation at the FEBS EMBO 2014 Conference, Paris - France Conference	FEBS EMBO 2014 Conference
2013 - 2013	EMBL Introductory Course on Fundamentals of Widefield and Confocal Microscopy and Imaging, EMBL, Heidelberg – Germany Workshop	EMBL Introductory Course on Fundamentals of Widefield and Confocal Microscopy and Imaging, EMBL European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2012 - 2012	Certificado de Competências Pedagógicas Other	Certificado de Competências Pedagógicas
2009/06 - 2009/06	Nanotoxicity: Human Brain under attack. Oral and Poster presentation at the 2nd ESF/UB European Summer School in Nanomedicine, Cascais - Portugal Conference	2nd ESF/UB European Summer School in Nanomedicine
2008 - 2008	A systematic study of nanoparticle uptake by human brain cells. Poster presentation at the 2nd International Symposium Cellular Delivery of Therapeutics Macromolecules, Cardiff - UK Conference	2nd International Symposium “Cellular Delivery of Therapeutics Macromolecules”
2008 - 2008	Neurodegeneration in HIV-1 infection: role of CXC chemokines. Oral and Poster presentation at the International Neuroimmunology Symposium, Dublin - Ireland Symposium	International Neuroimmunology Symposium
2007 - 2007	Neurodegeneration in HIV-1 infection: role of CXC chemokines. Poster presentation at the V Annual Meeting of the PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, Coimbra - Portugal Symposium	V Annual Meeting of the PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine”
2007 - 2007	Virology and Nanobiology: The case of lentiviruses (HIV, SIV, FIV). Poster presentation at the UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, Dublin - Ireland Symposium	UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research
2007 - 2007	Course: “Immunobiology”, Dublin Molecular Medicine Centre, Dublin – Ireland Other	Immunobiology
2005/10 - 2006/05	BEB PhD Programme advanced courses (http://beb.cnbc.pt/courses.asp?c=4), Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Coimbra – Portugal Other	BEB PhD Programme Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2019/09/16	Allele-specific silencing of Machado-Joseph disease (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Carolina Pinheiro da Silva (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2005 - Current	Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquimica / Society for Biochemistry	Member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2020/02 - Current	Reviewing Editor for the journal Experimental Results (ISSN: 2516-712X), published by Cambridge University Press, for the Life Science and Biomedicine area. Member	Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom
2014/01 - 2015/09	Deputy member of the School of Biology and Environmental Science Advisory Board Member	University College Dublin School of Biology and Environmental Science, Ireland
2001/10 - 2004/09	Member of the Pedagogic Committee - Biochemistry Department Member	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2002 - 2003	Member of the Biochemistry students’ nucleus of Coimbra's Academic Association Member	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2016 - 2016	Case studies: RNAi screenings for gene and microRNA function	BEB PhD Programme (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))	CNC.IBILI, Portugal
2014/02 - 2015/03	Advanced Cell Biology (CELB30090)	Advanced Cell Biology (Bachelor)	University College Dublin, Ireland
2014 - 2015	Scientific Enquiry (SCI10010)	Scientific Enquiry (Bachelor)	University College Dublin, Ireland
2014 - 2015	Biological Systems (BIOL20030)	Biological Systems (Bachelor)	University College Dublin, Ireland
2014 - 2014	High-content screening microscopy (CELB40160)	High-content screening microscopy (Master)	University College Dublin, Ireland
2014 - 2014	Advanced Biological Imaging (CNWY40120)	Advanced Biological Imaging (Master)	University College Dublin, Ireland
2011 - 2011	Research Methods in Cell Biology (CELB30080)	Research Methods in Cell Biology	University College Dublin, Ireland
2011 - 2011	Practical Fluorescence Microscopy (CELB40100)	Practical Fluorescence Microscopy (Master)	University College Dublin, Ireland
2009 - 2010	Advanced Cell Biology (CELB30070)	Advanced Cell Biology (Bachelor)	University College Dublin, Ireland
2009 - 2009	Medical Zoology (ZOOL10010)	Medical Zoology (Bachelor)	University College Dublin, Ireland

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2020/03 - 2020/05	Expert evaluator of 4 applications to the AIAS-COFUND II FELLOWSHIPS 2020/2021. Evaluator	Aarhus University Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Denmark	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
2019/09 - 2019/11	Expert Evaluator for 4 applications to the MSCA-IF scheme. Evaluator		EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2020 - 2021	European Journal of Clinical Investigation (1365-2362)	John Wiley & Sons Ltd
2020/02 - 2020/02	Methods (10462023)	Elsevier
2016 - 2016	Theranostics (1838-7640)	Ivyspring International Publisher
2014 - 2014	Particle and Fibre Toxicology (1743-8977)	Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2015 - 2015		Niamh Morgan
2011 - 2015		George Galea
2011 - 2015		Angela Panarella
2013 - 2013		Anais Tatry
2013 - 2013		Steven Culligan
2006 - 2007		Stephen Kearney

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2014/08/01 - 2014/09/30	Participation in the Selection Committee for a Postdoctoral Fellow position at the School of Biology and Environmental Science, UCD, Ireland.	University College Dublin School of Biology and Environmental Science, Ireland

Distinctions

Award

2010	Carmel Humphries Memorial Medal University College Dublin School of Biology and Environmental Science, Ireland
2009	Best Contribution for Scientific Discussion

Other distinction

2018	Assistant Researcher contract - Scientific employment stimulus call (CEECIND/02895/2017; 344,060€) 10/10; top 0.4% of 1270 applicants Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2016	Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (148,635.50€) European Commission, Belgium
2015	Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Fellow Award (5,500€) Irish Research Council, Ireland
2015	FEBS Bursary to attend the 40th FEBS congress in Berlin (200€) Federation of European Biochemical Societies, United Kingdom
2014	UCD Seed Funding – Dissemination and Outputs – Publications (280€) University College Dublin, Ireland
2011	EpitopeMap exchange grant (Grant number: 3636) (11,400€) European Science Foundation, France
2009	Travel grant (400€)
2009	Registration grant (950€)
2005	PhD Fellowship (SFRH/BD/15892/2005) (146,000€) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2004	Erasmus Programme Fellowship Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal European Commission, Belgium