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Sérgio Filipe Sousa graduated in Chemistry (FCUP) in 2003 with first-class honors and completed a PhD in Computational Chemistry (FCUP, 2007), before pursuing a Post-Doc on biomembrane simulations (2008). From 2008-2017 worked as Assistant Researcher in the Theoretical Chemistry group (FCUP-REQUIMTE), and as FCT Researcher (IF) since 2015. In late 2018, he moved to FMUP and created the BioSIM group (www.biosim.pt), which presently comprises 18 people. Published 142 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 11 book chapters and 14 proceedings. These articles account > 4450 citations, an h-index of 30 and an average number of citations of 30. Received the academic awards Eng Antonio de Almeida and Dr Mendonca Monteiro. Was awarded the "Premio Estimulo a Investigacao Gulbenkian 2009". Was the principal investigator (PI) of four projects funded by FCT, and was awarded an FCT starting grant (IF2014) and a very competitive FCT CEEC Individual Research Grant (CEEC2020 - Level 2). He presently collaborated in 12 other FCT projects as team member. Has been involved in teaching activities as Lecturer and Professor Auxiliar Convidado at Univ. of Porto (2007- 2018) and Univ. Católica Portuguesa (2009-2010), in several courses on the field of Bioinformatics and Computational Biochemistry (FCUP: B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics; UCatolica: B.Sc. in Bioinformatics) and Escola Superior de Saúde (Lic Biotecnologia Medicinal; Msc Bioquímica da Saúde). Was an invited lecturer in several editions of the European Master in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling (2010, 2011, 2014 and 2017). He is a member of the editorial board of 4 journals and is guest editing 5 special issues. He has supervised 5 PhD students as supervisor/co-supervisor, > 13 M.Sc students, and > 15 undergraduates. Presently, he is the supervisor or co-supervisor of 11 Ph.D. students and 6 M.Sc. Students. He reviewed articles for ca. 72 different journals (total of 293 confirmed reviews in publons, including 172 revisions just in 2020-2022) and acted as handling editor for 57 articles (source publons). He also participated as an evaluator in project calls for NSF (USA), ANR (France), and ANPCyT (Argentina), NSC (Poland), Slovenia and EU. In addition, he participated as main examiner in the juris of 6 PhD Thesis, 5 MSc Thesis and 8 graduation projects discussions. Organized several scientific events and headed the organization of the EJIBCE2018 (December 2018, FMUP). He is member of the scientific committee of the IJUP ¿ Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Univ Porto (2019-2024), acting as the representative for Chemistry. In 2022, he was listed among the world's top 2% most cited researchers by the Stanford University Ranking. 
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sérgio Filipe Maia de Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, Sérgio F.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2D13-FC03-3173
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6560-5284
Researcher Id
A-5062-2008
Scopus Author Id
35300847400

Email addresses

  • sergiofsousa@med.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • BioSIM - LAQV/REQUIMTE, BioSIM - Departamento de BioMedicina Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto Portugal, 4169-007 , Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
German Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2008
Concluded
 Pos Doutoramento (Pós-doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Drug Permeation through Biomembranes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 n/a
2007
Concluded
 Química (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Theoretical Studies on the Catalytic and Inhibition Mechanisms of the Farnesyltransferase Enzyme" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2003
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Química (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Theoretical Studies on Cythocromes P450" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015 - 2021/02/28 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
2014/05/01 - 2014/12/31 Postdoc (Research) REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquimica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2008/05/01 - 2014/04/30 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
2007/11/01 - 2008/04/30 Postdoc (Research) Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/01/01 - 2018/07/01 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009/01/01 - 2010/07/01 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2009/01/01 - 2010/06/01 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/03/01 - Current CEEC 2020 - Investigador Auxiliar (Ref 2020.01423.CEECIND) LAQV/REQUIMTE - Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
LAQV/REQUIMTE - Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018 - Current Group Leader - BioSIM LAQV/REQUIMTE - Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2014/12/31 - Current FCT Researcher IF2014 UCIBIO@REQUIMTE, Departamento de Biomedicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2015/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Investigador FCT REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
2008/05/01 - 2014/12/31 Associate Researcher (Investigador Auxiliar) REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquimica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2003/10/01 - 2007/10/30 PhD Student REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquimica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/01 - Current Application of Molecular Dynamics Simulations in the Study of Biomolecular Interactions for the Identification of New Drug Candidates
CPCA/A00/7145/2020
CPCA/A00/7145/2020
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021 - Current Application of QM/MM Methods in the Development of Biocatalysts
CPCA/A00/7140/2020
CPCA/A00/7140/2020
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2024/01/01 - 2027/12/31 Simulations for aptamer design (AptaSims)
359266
Researcher
Suomen Akatemia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Instituto para a Saúde e a Bioeconomia - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy
LA/P/0140/2020
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2024/06/30 Engaging Libraries of Promising Oxindoles as Tyrosine-Kinase InhibitorS in Cancer Target Therapy
2022.02910.PTDC
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/06/01 - 2024/03/31 Refining Antimicrobial Peptides with cutting-edge strategies to tackle infections by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
PTDC/BIA-MIC/3458/2020
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/04 - 2024/03 Otimizar Péptidos Antimicrobianos usando estratégias de ponta para combater infeções causadas por micobactérias não-tuberculosas
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/BIA-MIC/3458/2020
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas - Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit
UIDP/04378/2020
UIDB/04378/2020
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/03/01 - 2023 Optimization of Validated SARS-CoV-2 Antivirals against the New Emerging Variants
2021.09752.CPCA
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/03/01 - 2023 Understanding non-B mTDNA Conformations using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
2021.09782.CPCA
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/02/01 - 2023 Cutting-edge QM/MM MD implementation for the study of enzymatic mechanisms
CPCA/A1/422043/2021
CPCA/A1/422043/2021
Co-Principal Investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Ongoing
2018/10 - 2022 New Biocatalysts for Green Crude Oil Desulfurization
PTDC/QUI-QFI/28714/2017
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/07 - 2022 Biopesticides and Food Preservatives from Nanoencapsulated Plant Extracts: Biological Evaluation, Molecular Modelling and Synthesis
PTDC/ASP-AGR/30154/2017
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/07 - 2022 RDB-TS - A reaction database for transition state information from quantum chemical calculation
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-031689
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/07 - 2022 Dipeptide Crystals as Biomaterials for Gas Purification
PTDC/QUI-QFI/29914/2017
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017 - 2019 Assessment of natural compounds as novel anti-diabetic drugs
UID/Multi/04378/2019
 REQUIMTE
2016 - 2019 New Technologies for three Health Challenges of Modern Societies: Diabetes, Drug Abuse and Kidney Diseases.
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-00002
Researcher
CCDRN
Concluded
2013/01 - 2015/12 ENZYMATIC CATALYSIS - seeking a global picture
128544
Provided by PTCRIS: 128544
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2012/08 - 2015/08 New drugs to prevent Herpes Simplex virus type 1 infections
122916
Provided by PTCRIS: 122916
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2014/03 - 2015/02 Consensus Scoring - An Innovative Method to Find Leads for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Provided by PTCRIS: 134150
134150
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/06 - 2013/09 New Biomolecular Force Field
Provided by PTCRIS: 103118
103118
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/06 - 2013/05 An innovative methodology to calculate drug-receptor binding free energies
100372
Provided by PTCRIS: 100372
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2003/10 - 2007/09 STUDY OF CATALYTIC MECHANISM AND INHIBITION OF THE PROTEIN FARNESYLTRANSFERASE
Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BD/12848/2003
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/03/01 - Current CEEC2020 - Development of Biocatalysts for Industrial Applications: From plastic degradation to the pharmaceutical chemistry
2020.01423.CEECIND
CEEC2020 Researcher
UCIBIO@REQUIMTE, Departamento de Biomedicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Institute for Health and Bioeconomy
10.54499/LA/P/0140/2020
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal

Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2014 - 2015 Consensus Scoring – A new methodology to identify lead compounds for the pharmaceutical industry
EXPL/QEQ-COM/1125/2013
EXPL/QEQ-COM/1125/2013
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Strategic Project - LA 6 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/EQB/LA0006/2011
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Structural Characterization of Membrane Protein Dimers". 2019.
    10.1007/978-1-4939-9161-7_21
  2. Teixeira, C. S. S.; Fernandes, H. S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.. "Enzymatic Amino Acid Deprivation Therapies Targeting Cancer". In Pharmaceutical Biocatalysis: Fundamentals, Enzyme Inhibitors, and Enzymes in Health and Diseases, edited by Grunwald, P., 311-347. Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd., 2019.
    Published
  3. Sousa, Sergio F.; Coimbra, Joao T. S.; Fernandes, Pedro A.; Marino, Tiziana; Ramos, Maria J.; Russo, Nino; Nascimento, MAC; et al. "Molecular Dynamics Analysis of FAAH Complexed with Anandamide". 114-130. 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-14397-2_7
  4. Brás, Natércia .F.; Coimbra, João T. S.; Neves, Rui P. P.; Cerqueira, Nuno M. F. S. A.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, Pedro A.; Ramos, Maria J.. "Computational Biochemistry". In Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering. -: Elsevier, 2015.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-409547-2.10833-9
  5. Brás, N.F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.; Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Protein ligand docking in drug discovery". 2014.
    10.1007/978-3-319-09976-7_11
  6. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Martins, S.; Fernandes, P. A.. "A Quimica Computacional e os Medicamentos". In Quimica do Dia-a-Dia, edited by Sotomayor, J.. Gradiva, 2014.
  7. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Computational Studies on the Mechanism of Farnesyltransferase". In Computational studies of enzyme mechanisms, edited by Mullholand, A.. Springer, 2012.
    Published
  8. Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Computational proteomics: from methodological developments to biological applications". 2011.
    10.14195/978-989-26-0240-0_8
  9. Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Virtual Screening of Compound Libraries". 2010.
    10.1007/978-1-60761-244-5_4
  10. Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Difficulties, Solutions and Strategies for Treating Metalloenzymes". 2010.
    10.1007/978-90-481-3034-4_11
  11. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Ramos, M.J. "The Ins and Outs of QM/MM Calculations: Current Status and Future Challenges". In Computational Proteomics, edited by Ramos, M.J. Kerala, India: Transworld Research Network, 2008.
Conference abstract
  1. Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Creation of a Structural Database for Inhibition of Biofilm Formation". 2018.
    10.3390/mol2net-04-06079
  2. Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Is the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate cofactor synthesized through a non-enzymatic or enzymatic mechanism?". 2018.
    10.3390/mol2net-04-06004
  3. Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Development of computational tools to enhance the study of catalytic mechanisms". 2017.
    10.3390/mol2net-03-05073
Conference paper
  1. José Ricardo A. Coelho; Tatiana F. Vieira; Renato B. Pereira; David M. Pereira; Elisabete M. S. Castanheira; António Gil Fortes; Sérgio F. Sousa; Maria José G. Fernandes; Maria Sameiro T. Gonçalves. "Synthesis, Insecticidal Activity and Computational Studies of Eugenol-Based Insecticides". 2022.
    10.3390/ecsoc-26-13649
  2. Miguel A. F. Ribeiro; Tatiana F. Vieira; Maria José G. Fernandes; Renato B. Pereira; David M. Pereira; Elisabete M. S. Castanheira; A. Gil Fortes; Sérgio F. Sousa; M. Sameiro T. Gonçalves. "Synthesis and In Silico Evaluation of Potential Insecticide Activity of Benzamides". 2021.
    10.3390/ecsoc-25-11770
  3. Tatiana Vieira; Rita Magalhães; Sérgio F. Sousa. "Development and Validation of a Multi-Level Computational Protocol for Drug Repurposing in the Treatment of Bacterial Infections". 2021.
    10.3390/ecsoc-25-11728
  4. José R. A. Coelho; Tatiana F. Vieira; Renato B. Pereira; David M. Pereira; Elisabete M. S. Castanheira; A. Gil Fortes; Sérgio F. Sousa; Maria José G. Fernandes; M. Sameiro T. Gonçalves. "Eugenol Ester Derivatives: Synthesis, Insecticidal Activity and Computational Studies". 2021.
    10.3390/ecsoc-25-11787
  5. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Silva Teixeira, C.S.; Sousa, S.F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.. "Molecular dynamic simulations and QM/MM studies addressed to build an active Tryptophan Synthase model. A critical enzyme to treat tuberculosis". 2019.
    10.1109/enbeng.2019.8692492
  6. Fernandes, P. A.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.; Ramos, M. J.. "What a Computer can do in Biological Chemistry?". Paper presented in Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Chemistry for Life Sciences, Wroclaw, 2007.
Conference poster
  1. Sousa, Sofia M.; Proença, Fernanda; Costa, Marta; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Virtual screening of potential KDM4C inhibitors for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer". Paper presented in XXVII Encontro Luso-Galego de Química, 2023.
  2. Sousa, Sofia M.; Proença, Fernanda; Costa, Marta; Sousa, Sérgio F.. Corresponding author: Sousa, Sofia M.. "Development of virtual screening protocols for the design of novel KDM4C inhibitors for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer". Paper presented in III ASPIC-ASEICA International Meeting – Cancer Immunology, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis, 2023.
  3. Sousa, Sofia M.; Proença, Fernanda; Costa, Marta; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Optimization of specialized virtual screening protocols for the design of new KDM4C inhibitor molecules for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer". Paper presented in 5th National Meeting for Young Researchers in Oncology, 2023.
  4. Sousa, Sofia M.; Proença, Fernanda; Costa, Marta; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Otimização de protocolos especializados de virtual screening para o design de novas moléculas inibidoras da KDM4C para o tratamento do cancro da mama triplo negativo". Paper presented in 5º Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia, 2023.
  5. Martins, Fábio G.; Fernandes, Henrique; Magalhães, Rita P.; Vieira, Tatiana F.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Computer-Guided Development of New Drugs Against COVID-19". Paper presented in 3D-BioInfo-PT Meeting, 2022.
  6. Martins, Fábio G.; Fernandes, Henrique; Magalhães, Rita P.; Vieira, Tatiana F.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Computer-Guided Development of Novel Drugs Against SARS-CoV-2". Paper presented in Medicinal Biotechnology // 5th Meeting and 2nd Iberian Congress, 2022.
  7. Shiraishi, C. S. H.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Miguel Angel Prieto; Barros, Lillian; Abreu, Rui M.V.. "Virtual screening of a livrary of natural compounds against COX-2 protein". Paper presented in Biovia Conference, 2022.
  8. Martins, Fábio G.; Vieira, Tatiana F.; Moreira, Joel P.; Barbosa, Tiago; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Specialized Multi-Level Computational Protocol for the Identification of Potential New Drugs". Paper presented in Encontro de Jovens Investigadores em Biologia Computacional Estrutural 2021, 2021.
  9. Pina, André F.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Cerqueira, Nuno. Corresponding author: Pina, André F.. "A computational study on the catalytic mechanism of Pdx2: a glutaminase containing the Cys-His-Glu triad". Paper presented in 8º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural (EJIBCE), 2021.
  10. Rita P. Magalhães; Victor de La Oliva; Carneiro, João; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Optimization of Classification Models for Identification of Ligand-Target Inhibition Pairs in Biofilm Formation in P. aeruginosa". Paper presented in Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural (EJIBCE), 2021.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.26841.39526
  11. Martins, Fábio; Melo, André; Sousa, Sérgio F.. Corresponding author: Martins, Fábio. "Specialised Multi-Level Computational Approach For The Identification of Novel Quorum Sensing Inhibitors". Paper presented in EMBO: Advances and Challenges in Biomolecular Simulations Workshop, 2021.
  12. Vieira, Tatiana F.; Magalhães, Rita P.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "In silico methodology for the identification of new drugs against biofilm formation in P. aeruginosa". Paper presented in The 24th meeting of the International Society for Molecular Recognition, Affinity 2021, 2021.
  13. Vieira, Tatiana F.; Sousa, Cristina E. A.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "A Multi-Level Computational Approach in the Discovery of New Quorum Sensing Inhibitors for P. aeruginosa". Paper presented in Affinity 2021 Meeting, 2021.
  14. Dulce Quelhas; M. Martins; Carneiro, João; Jaeken, J.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Azevedo, Luísa. "Effects of PMM2 single and double variants on protein stability and substrate interaction". Paper presented in Scientific CDG Symposium - Virtual Symposium 23-24 June 2021, 2021.
  15. Rita P. Magalhães; Tatiana F. Vieira; André Melo; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Large Scale Virtual Screening for the Identification of new Drugs Against P.aeruginosa". Paper presented in BioExcel’s Remote Winter School on Biomolecular Simulations, 2020.
  16. Pina, André F; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Carneiro, J. "3D prediction of non-B DNA conformations associated with mtDNA genomic instability". Paper presented in 19th Portugaliæ Genetica (Porto, Portugal), 2020.
  17. Vieira, Cláudia Tatiana Freitas; Magalhães, Rita P.; Fernandes, Henrique; Simões, Manuel; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Development of a structural database to inhibit biofilm formation". Paper presented in 7º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural (EJIBCE), 2019.
  18. Fernandes, Henrique S.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Using a computational approach to enhance enzymes as industrial biocatalysts". Paper presented in 7º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, FCUL (Lisbon, Portugal), 2019.
  19. Magalhães, Rita P.; Vieira, Cláudia Tatiana Freitas; Melo, André S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Comparing Different Scoring Functions for Docking and Virtual Screening against bacterial Quorum-Sensing Receptors". Paper presented in 7º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, FCUL (Lisbon, Portugal), 2019.
  20. Vieira, T. F.; Magalhães, Rita P.; Fernandes, Henrique S.; Simões, M.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Development of a structural database to inhibit bio¿lm formation". Paper presented in 7º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, FCUL (Lisbon, Portugal), 2019.
  21. Sousa, Cristina E. A.; Pereira, C.; Fernandes, Henrique S.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "RDB-TS: Development of a Database for Storage of Transition State Structures for Organic Reactions". Paper presented in 7º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, FCUL (Lisbon, Portugal), 2019.
  22. Rocha, Juliana F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Improving the Threonine Aldolase activity to produce beta-hydroxy-alpha-amino acids by computational means". Paper presented in 7º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, FCUL (Lisbon, Portugal), 2019.
  23. Veloso, Andreia D.; Fernandes, A. J. S.; Ferraria, A. M.; Botelho do Rego, A. M.; Oliveira, M. C.; Videira, R. A.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Computational approach to the structural elucidation of an Electrogenerated Hydrophilic Carbon Nanomaterial". Paper presented in 7º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, FCUL (Lisbon, Portugal), 2019.
  24. Santos-Pereira, C.; Rodrigues, L. R.; Corte-Real, M.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Computational approach to study the interaction between the milk protein lactoferrin and V-ATPase". Paper presented in 7º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, FCUL (Lisbon, Portugal), 2019.
  25. Pina, André F.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Cerqueira, Nuno M. F. S. A.. "Pyridoxine/pyridoxamine 5'-phosphate oxidase: a computational study". Paper presented in 7º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, 2019.
  26. Vieira, Tatiana F.; Magalhães, Rita P.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Looking into Protein Targets from the Perspective of the Ligand". Paper presented in Target Validation using Genomics and Informatics (EMBL - Heidelberg, Germany), 2019.
  27. Magalhães, Rita P.; Vieira, T. F.; Melo, André S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Optimization of an in silico Virtual Screening Protocol for the Identification of Biofilm Formation Inhibitors in LasR". Paper presented in XXV Encontro Galego-Português de Química (Santiago de Compostela, Spain), 2019.
  28. Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Simulating Enzymatic Mechanisms by QM/MM Methods". Paper presented in CECAM Workshop – Protein Simulations – Current State of the Art (Tel Aviv, Israel), 2019.
  29. Vieira, Tatiana F.; Magalhães, Rita P.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Discovery of Quorum Sensing Inhibitors against P. aeruginosa using Docking and Virtual Screening Strategies". Paper presented in BImBS 2019 – BioInformatics meets BioSimulations in protein and DNA studies: from theory to practice (Lugano, Switzerlanda), 2019.
  30. Pina, André S.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Application of Molecular Dynamics Simulations in the Study of the PLP synthase Macrocomplex". Paper presented in BImBS 2019 – BioInformatics meets BioSimulations in protein and DNA studies: from theory to practice, 2019.
  31. Biernacki, K.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Gales, L.; Ramos, M. J.; Magalhaes, A.L.. "Dipeptide Nanopores. A Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Study". Paper presented in XXVI Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa da Química (Porto, Portugal), 2019.
  32. Sousa, J. P. M.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "QM/MM study of DszB reaction mechanism for the biodesulphurization of crude oil". Paper presented in XXVI Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa da Química (Porto, Portugal), 2019.
  33. Vieira, Tatiana F.; Magalhães, Rita P.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Docking and Virtual Screening strategies for the identification of new drugs against biofilm formation and developmen". Paper presented in XI Summer Course in Medicinal Chemistry, FFUP (Porto, Portugal), 2019.
  34. Fernandes, Henrique S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.. "Enhancing the catalytic power of Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase to produce commercially valuable compounds". Paper presented in The 44th FEBS Congress (Krakow, Poland), 2019.
  35. Fernandes, Henrique S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.. "Enhancing the catalytic power of Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase to produce commercially valuable compounds". Paper presented in 19th FEBS Young Scientists’ Forum (Krakow, Poland), 2019.
  36. Vieira, Tatiana F.; Magalhães, Rita P.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Docking and Virtual Screening strategies for the identification of new drugs against biofilm formation and development". Paper presented in XI Summer Course in Medicinal Chemistry, FFUP (Porto, Portugal), 2019.
  37. Teixeira, Carla S. S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.. "Molecular dynamic simulations and QM/MM studies addressed to build an active Tryptophan Synthase model. A critical enzyme to treat tuberculosis". Paper presented in 6th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG 2019), ISEL (Lisbon, Portugal), 2019.
    10.1063/1.3108362
  38. Magalhães, Rita P.; Vieira, Tatiana F.; Melo, André S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Development of Specialized Virtual Screening Protocols for Inhibition of Quorum Sensing". Paper presented in IJUP - Encontro de Investigação Jovem, Reitoria da Universidade do Porto, (Porto, Portugal), 2019.
  39. Teixeira, Carla S. S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.. "Unraveling the catalytic mechanism of Tryptophan synthase, a drug target against Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Paper presented in 6º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal), 2018.
  40. Fernandes, Henrique S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.. "Is the 5,10methylenetetrahydrofolate cofactor synthesized through a non-enzymatic or enzymatic mechanism?". Paper presented in 6º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal), 2018.
  41. Sousa, João; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Single vs Multi Conformational QM/MM approach for enzymatic catalysis: The case of study of the HBP Sdesulfinase from the 4S pathway". Paper presented in 6º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal), 2018.
  42. Rocha, Juliana F.; Freitas, David S.; Noro, Jennifer; Teixeira, Carla S. S.; Sousa, Cristina E. A.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Alves, Maria J.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.. "Combined experimental and computational studies devoted to the synthesis of 1,4-lactones". Paper presented in 6º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal), 2018.
  43. Paiva, Pedro; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Exploring the Catalytic Mechanism of the Malonyl-Acetyl Transferase Domain of Human Fatty Acid Synthase". Paper presented in 6º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal), 2018.
  44. Magalhães, Rita P.; Vieira, Cláudia Tatiana Freitas; Fernandes, Henrique S.; Melo, André S.; Simões, Manuel; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Creation of a Structural Database for Inhibition of Biofilm Formation". Paper presented in 6º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal), 2018.
  45. Pina, André F.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.. "Application of QM/MM Methods in the Study of PNPOx". Paper presented in 6º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal), 2018.
  46. Teixeira, Carla S. S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.. "Unraveling the catalytic mechanism of Tryptophan synthase, a drug target against Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Paper presented in 6º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal), 2018.
  47. Vieira, Cláudia Tatiana Freitas; Magalhães, Rita P.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Evaluation of Different Scoring Functions for Docking and Virtual Screening against GPCR Drug Targets". Paper presented in 6º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal), 2018.
  48. Pina, André F; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Cerqueira, Nuno M. F. S. A.. "Computational studies addressed to the catalytic mechanism of PNPOx". Paper presented in UCIBIO Annual Meeting (Lisbon, Portugal), 2018.
  49. Teixeira, Carla S. S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Ramos, M. J.; Cerqueira, Nuno M. F. S. A.. "Computational studies addressed to the catalytic mechanism of Tryptophan Synthase. An emergent target for the treatment of tuberculosis". Paper presented in UCIBIO Annual Meeting (Lisbon, Portugal), 2018.
  50. Fernandes, Henrique S.; Ramos, M. J.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.. "The catalytic mechanism of Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase: a drug target against Malaria". Paper presented in UCIBIO Annual Meeting (Lisbon, Portugal), 2018.
  51. Makurat, Samanta; Chomicz-Manka, Lidia; Neves, Rui P. P.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Wityk, P.; Wieczor, M.; Czub, J.; Rak, J.. "QM/MM ONIOM calculations for DNA damage by solvated electrons. Optimizing a methodology for the modeling of radiotherapy-induced lesions". Paper presented in 3rd Congress of Polish Biosciences BIO 2018 – Through interdisciplinary approach into new solutions, Gdansk, Poland, 2018.
    10.1109/ppid.2003.1200949
  52. Vieira, T.F.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Peres, J.; Coelho, M.. "PEGylation of Temozolomide (TMZ): A Molecular Dynamics study". Paper presented in WATOC 2017 (Munich, Germany), 2017.
  53. Soares, Susana; García-Estévez, Ignacio; Ferrer-Galego, Raúl; Brás, Natércia F.; Brandão, Elsa; Silva, Mafalda Santos; Teixeira, Natércia; et al. "Interaction of human salivary proteins with food polyphenols". Paper presented in ARBRE-MOBIEU 2017, 2017.
  54. Paiva, P.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Ramos, M. J.; Fernandes, P. A.. "A QM/MM study of human Malonyl-Acetyl Transferase". Paper presented in Dynapeutics (Donostia, Spain), 2016.
  55. Biernacki, K.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Gales, L; Ramos, M. J.; Magalhaes, A.L.. "Gas Diffusion inside L-Leucine-L-Serine Dipeptide Nanopores. A non-equilibrium MD study". Paper presented in DSL2016-12th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids (Split, Croatia), 2016.
  56. Biernacki, K.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Gales, L.; Ramos, M. J.; Magalhaes, A.L.. "Diffusion of small gases inside dipeptide nanotubes. A Non Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics study". Paper presented in XXIV Encontro Nacional da Sociedade de Portuguesa de Química (Coimbra, Portugal), 2015.
  57. Vieira, T.F.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Strategies for Improved Ligand/Decoy Discrimination in Virtual Screening of Large Databases for Drug Discovery". Paper presented in IJUP 2015 (Porto, Portugal), 2015.
  58. Vieira, Tatiana F.; Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Development of New Consensus Scoring Functions for Virtual Screening in Metalloproteins". Paper presented in 2º Simpósio de Química Medicinal da Universidade do Minho, 2015.
  59. Biernacki, K.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Gales, L.; Ramos, M. J.; Magalhaes, A.L.. "Modelling L-leucyl-L-serine (LS) dipeptide nanotubes: a molecular dynamics study". Paper presented in 11.º Encontro Nacional de Química Fisica (Porto, Portugal), 2013.
  60. Neves, R. P. P; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "A Parameterization Scheme on Manganese Metalloproteins for Biomolecular Force-Fields". Paper presented in X Girona Seminar on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry for the Modeling of Biochemical Systems: From Theory to Application (Girona, Spain), 2012.
  61. Coimbra, J. T. S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Rangel, M.; Ramos, M. J.. "Drug interaction with hydrated glycerophospholipid bilayers". Paper presented in EBSA Biophysics Course on: Membrane Biophysics & Lipid/Protein Interaction (Bordeaux-Lacanau, France), 2012.
  62. Coimbra, J. T. S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Rangel, M.; Ramos, M. J.. "Conception of Glycerophospholipid Hydrated Bilayer Models through Computational Modeling". Paper presented in 3PYCheM, 3rd Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (Porto, Portugal), 2012.
  63. Neves, R.P.P.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Setting a New Biomolecular Force-Field: Parameterizing Manganese First Coordination Spheres from Metalloproteins". Paper presented in 3PYCheM, 3rd Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (Porto, Portugal), 2012.
  64. Coimbra, J. T. S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Rangel, M.; Ramos, M. J.. "New biomolecular force field: lipid components". Paper presented in IJUP 2012 (Porto, Portugal), 2012.
  65. Martins, S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Ramos, M. J.; Fernandes, P. A.. "Development of New Methods for the Calculation of Solvation Free Energies in Computer-Aided Drug Design". Paper presented in 2.º Encontro Nacional de Química Terapêutica (Coimbra, Portugal), 2011.
  66. Coimbra, J. T. S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Rangel, M.; Ramos, M. J.. "Parameterization of Lipidic Components for Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Biomembranes". Paper presented in Theobio 2011 (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal), 2011.
  67. Pinto, J. G.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Comparative Assessment of Theoretical Methods for the Determination of Geometrical Properties in Biological Copper Coordination Spheres". Paper presented in Theobio 2011 (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal), 2011.
  68. Coimbra, J. T. S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.; Rangel, M.. "New Architectures to Fight Infectious Diseases under a Computational Themed Perspective". Paper presented in Second Iberic Meeting on Medicinal Chemistry: G Protein-coupled Receptors and Enzymes in Drug Discovery (Porto, Portugal), 2011.
  69. Pinto, J. G.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Characterization of Nickel Complexes for Biomolecular Simulations". Paper presented in IJUP 2011 – 4th meeting of young researchers at UP (Porto, Portugal), 2011.
  70. Coimbra, J.T.S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Rangel, M.; Ramos, M. J.. "Computational studies of the interaction between phospholipid bilayers and potential New Drugs". Paper presented in IJUP 2011 – 4th meeting of young researchers at UP (Porto, Portugal), 2011.
  71. Hari Narayana Moorthy, N.S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Ramos, M. J.; Fernandes, P. A.. "Computer Aided Structural analysis for FTase inhibition, hERG and Toxicity of Arylthiophene derivatives as anticancer agents". Paper presented in 18th European Symposium on Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships (Rhodes, Greece), 2010.
  72. Martins, S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Ramos, M. J.; Fernandes, P. A.. "New Computational Methods to Calculate Drug-Receptor Binding Free Energies". Paper presented in IJUP 2010 - 3rd meeting of young researchers at UP (Porto, Portugal), 2010.
  73. Pinto, J. R.; Fonseca, A.; Encarnação, I. C.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Systematic Development of Molecular Dynamics Parameters for the Computational Modelling of Farnesyltransferase Inhibitors". Paper presented in IJUP 2010 - 3rd meeting of young researchers at UP (Porto, Portugal), 2010.
  74. Encarnação, I. C.; Pinto, J. R.; Fonseca, A.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Determination of Molecular Mechanical Parameters for the Description of Ribonucleotide Reductase Inhibitors in Molecular Dynamics Simulations". Paper presented in IJUP 2010 - 3rd meeting of young researchers at UP (Porto, Portugal), 2010.
  75. Fonseca, A.; Pinto, J. R.; Ribeiro, D.; Encarnação, I. C.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Computational Parameterization of Cytochrome P450 inhibitors for Molecular Dynamics Simulations". Paper presented in IJUP 2010 - 3rd meeting of young researchers at UP (Porto, Portugal), 2010.
  76. Hari Narayana Moorthy, N.S.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M. J.. "In silico Structural Feature Study of Piperidine Analogs as FTase Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy". Paper presented in Biovalley Life Sciences Week 2009 (Basel, Switzerland), 2009.
  77. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "First-Principles Computational Enzymology and QM/MM Insights into the Study of the Farnesyltransferase Enzyme". Paper presented in Introduction to Gaussian 09 Workshop: Theory and Practice (Ulm, Germany), 2009.
  78. Valente, M.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Magalhães, A.L.; Freire, C.. "Complexation of alkali metal cations by a poly-ethylene-glycol type podand in dichloromethane. A MD study". Paper presented in 9.º Encontro Nacional de Química-Física (Aveiro, Portugal), 2009.
  79. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Theoretical Studies on the Catalytic Mechanism of the Farnesyltransferase Enzyme". Paper presented in Quantum Pharmacology – 30 years on. A Special Conference in Honor of Professor W. Graham Richards (Oxford, UK), 2006.
  80. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.; Fernandes, P.A.. "Protein Farnesyltransferase: Catalytic Portrait of a Zn Enzyme – A Computational Approach". Paper presented in 8th European Biological Chemistry Conference (EUROBIC 8) (Aveiro, Portugal), 2006.
  81. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.. "Theoretical Studies on Farnesyltransferase: A Paradoxical Zinc Enzyme". Paper presented in 4.º Encontro REQUIMTE (Fátima, Portugal), 2006.
  82. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Solving the Catalytic Mechanism of the Puzzling Metallo-Enzyme Farnesyl transferase: DFT, ONIOM, and AMBER Studies". Paper presented in FEBS Advanced Course: Theoretical Modelling of Ligand Binding and Enzymatic Catalysis (Tromso, Norway), 2005.
  83. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Computational Studies on Zinc Enzymes: The Farnesyltransferase Case". Paper presented in Biomolecular Simulations, Satellite Meeting of the International Biophysics Congress (Bordeaux, France), 2005.
  84. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Farnesyltransferase – Unveiling the Catalytic Mechanism of a Puzzling Enzyme: A Theoretical Study". Paper presented in Biomolecular Simulations: From Prediction to Practice (Dublin, Ireland), 2005.
  85. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M. J.. "The Carboxylate-Shift in FTase – Analysing an Intriguing Mechanistic Feature in a Puzzling Enzyme". Paper presented in The World of Biophysics, Joint 15th IUPAB and 5th EBSA International Biophysics Congress (Montpellier, France), 2005.
  86. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Determination of 3 Sets of Parameters for the Molecular Modelling of the Farnesyltransferase Enzyme". Paper presented in The World of Biophysics, Joint 15th IUPAB and 5th EBSA International Biophysics Congress (Montpellier, France), 2005.
  87. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J. "Molecular Modeling of Protein Farnesyltransferase – Analyzing a Critical Mechanistic Paradox". Paper presented in Bio-Image Summer School (Paris, France), 2005.
  88. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Farnesyltransferase – Theoretical Study of an Enigmatic Enzyme". Paper presented in Quantum Chemistry Applied: From H3 to Catalysis. A Special Conference in Honor of Professor Per E. M. Siegbahn (Stockholm, Sweden), 2005.
  89. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Protein Farnesyltransferase - Mechanistic Portrait of a Puzzling Enzyme". Paper presented in VIth European Symposium of the Protein Society (Barcelona, Spain), 2005.
  90. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Farnesiltransferase: Modelação Molecular no Combate ao Cancro". Paper presented in 7.º Encontro Nacional de Química-Fisica (Porto, Portugal), 2005.
  91. Tamames, B.; Tamames, J; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Análise de Comprimentos de Ligação Atípicos Zinco-Oxigénio em Proteínas". Paper presented in 7.º Encontro Nacional de Química-Fisica (Porto, Portugal), 2005.
  92. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Farnesyltransferase: Theoretical Studies on Substrate Peptide Entrance: Thiol or Thiolate Coordination?". Paper presented in 3rd Portuguese-Spanish Biophysics Congress (Lisbon, Portugal), 2004.
  93. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P. A.; Ramos, M. J.. "Farnesiltransferase: Estudo Teórico da Esfera de Coordenação do Zinco: Evidências para um Mecanismo de Carboxylate-Shift". Paper presented in QUITEL 2004 - XXX Congresso Internacional de Químicos Teóricos de Expressão Latina (Porto, Portugal), 2004.
  94. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Theoretical Studies on Farnesyltransferase - A New Anti-cancer Target". Paper presented in 3.º Encontro REQUIMTE (Fátima, Portugal), 2004.
  95. Fonseca, R.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Ramos, M. J.. "Theoretical Studies on Cytochromes P450". Paper presented in Modelling chemical reactivity: from gas-phase to solution and enzymes (Nancy, France), 2003.
  96. Ramos, M. J.; Fonseca, R.; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Melo, A. S.. "Theoretical Studies on Cytochrome P450 1A2". Paper presented in 17th Symposium of The Protein Society (Boston, USA), 2003.
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  2. Tatiana F. Vieira; Nuno M. F. S. A. Cerqueira; Manuel Simões; Sérgio F. Sousa. "In silico identification of novel PqsD inhibitors: promising molecules for quorum sensing interference in Pseudomonas aeruginosa". Molecular Systems Design & Engineering (2024): https://doi.org/10.1039/D3ME00107E.
    10.1039/D3ME00107E
  3. Teixeira, Carla S. S.; Biltes, Rita; Villa, Caterina; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Costa, Joana; Ferreira, Isabel M. P. L. V. O.; Mafra, Isabel. "Exploiting Locusta migratoria as a source of bioactive peptides with anti-fibrosis properties using an in silico approach". Food & Function 15 2 (2024): 493-502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3fo04246d.
    10.1039/d3fo04246d
  4. Fábio G. Martins; Chanchal Kiran Thakur; Chandrabose Karthikeyan; N.S. Hari Narayana Moorthy; Sérgio F. Sousa. "Use of lysinated multiwalled carbon nanotubes with carbohydrate ligands as a doxorubicin nanocarrier: A molecular dynamics analysis". Carbon Trends (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cartre.2023.100280.
    10.1016/j.cartre.2023.100280
  5. Teixeira, Carla S.S.; Villa, Caterina; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Costa, J; Ferreira, Isabel M.P.L.V.O.; Mafra, Isabel. "An in silico approach to unveil peptides from Acheta domesticus with potential bioactivity against hypertension, diabetes, cardiac and pulmonary fibrosis". Food Research International 169 (2023): 112847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2023.112847.
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  6. E. Mauro; D. Lapaillerie; C. Tumiotto; C. Charlier; F. Martins; S. F. Sousa; M. Métifiot; et al. "Modulation of the functional interfaces between retroviral intasomes and the human nucleosome". mBio (2023): https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01083-23.
    10.1128/mbio.01083-23
  7. Jovana B. Araškov; Natalia Maciejewska; Mateusz Olszewski; Aleksandar Višnjevac; Vladimir Blagojevic; Henrique S. Fernandes; Sérgio F. Sousa; et al. "Structural, physicochemical and anticancer study of Zn complexes with pyridyl-based thiazolyl-hydrazones". Journal of Molecular Structure (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.135157.
    10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.135157
  8. João Carneiro; Rita P. Magalhães; Victor M. de la Oliva Roque; Manuel Simões; Diogo Pratas; Sérgio F. Sousa. "TargIDe: a machine-learning workflow for target identification of molecules with antibiofilm activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa". Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10822-023-00505-5.
    10.1007/s10822-023-00505-5
  9. Caroline R. C. Costa; Mariana N. Belchor; Airam Roggero; Laila L. Moraes; Ricardo Samelo; Isabelly Annunciato; Camila R. Bonturi; et al. "The First Anti-Snakebite and Hepatoprotective Characterization of a Trypsin Kunitz-like Inhibitor (EcTI) from the Plant Enterolobium contortisiliquum; A Case of Two Soul Mates Meeting". Pharmaceuticals (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ph16040632.
    10.3390/ph16040632
  10. Maria F. Araújo; Elisabete M. S. Castanheira; Sérgio F. Sousa. "The Buzz on Insecticides: A Review of Uses, Molecular Structures, Targets, Adverse Effects, and Alternatives". Molecules (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28083641.
    10.3390/molecules28083641
  11. Mariana Novo Belchor; Caroline Ramos da Cruz Costa; Airam Roggero; Laila L. F. Moraes; Ricardo Samelo; Isabelly Annunciato; Marcos Antonio de Oliveira; Sergio F. Sousa; Marcos Hikari Toyama. "In Silico Evaluation of Quercetin Methylated Derivatives on the Interaction with Secretory Phospholipases A2 from Crotalus durissus terrificus and Bothrops jararacussu". Pharmaceuticals (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ph16040597.
    10.3390/ph16040597
  12. Sérgio F. Sousa. "Special Issue on “Enzymes as Biocatalysts: Current Research Trends and Applications”". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232416209.
    10.3390/ijms232416209
  13. Maria José G. Fernandes; Renato B. Pereira; Ana Rita O. Rodrigues; Tatiana F. Vieira; A. Gil Fortes; David M. Pereira; Sérgio F. Sousa; M. Sameiro T. Gonçalves; Elisabete M. S. Castanheira. "Liposomal Formulations Loaded with a Eugenol Derivative for Application as Insecticides: Encapsulation Studies and In Silico Identification of Protein Targets". Nanomaterials (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12203583.
    10.3390/nano12203583
  14. Henrique S. Fernandes; Nuno M. F. S. A. Cerqueira; Sérgio F. Sousa; André Melo. "A Molecular Mechanics Energy Partitioning Software for Biomolecular Systems". Molecules (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27175524.
    10.3390/molecules27175524
  15. Sanja B. Markovic; Natalia Maciejewska; Mateusz Olszewski; Aleksandar Višnjevac; Adrián Puerta; José M. Padrón; Irena Novakovic; et al. "Study of the anticancer potential of Cd complexes of selenazoyl-hydrazones and their sulfur isosters". European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114449.
    10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114449
  16. Lapaillerie, Delphine ; Charlier, Cathy ; Guyonnet-Dupérat, Véronique ; Murigneux, Emilie; Fernandes, Henrique; Martins, Fábio G.; Magalhães, Rita P.; et al. "Selection of Bis-Indolyl Pyridines and Triphenylamines as New Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Cellular Entry by Modulating the Spike Protein/ACE2 Interfaces.". Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (2022): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC9380551.
    10.1128/aac.00083-22
  17. Juliana F. Rocha; Sérgio F. Sousa; Nuno M. F. Sousa A. Cerqueira. "Computational Studies Devoted to the Catalytic Mechanism of Threonine Aldolase, a Critical Enzyme in the Pharmaceutical Industry to Synthesize ß-Hydroxy-a-amino Acids". ACS Catalysis (2022): 4990-4999. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c05567.
    10.1021/acscatal.1c05567
  18. Sara Silva; Joana Marto; Lídia M. Gonçalves; Henrique S. Fernandes; Sérgio F. Sousa; António J. Almeida; Nuno Vale. "Development of Neuropeptide Y and Cell-Penetrating Peptide MAP Adsorbed onto Lipid Nanoparticle Surface". Molecules (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27092734.
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    10.1021/ct500346y
  85. Moorthy, N. S. Hari Narayana; Martins, Silvia A.; Sousa, Sergio F.; Ramos, Maria J.; Fernandes, Pedro A.. "Classification study of solvation free energies of organic molecules using machine learning techniques". Rsc Advances 4 106 (2014): 61624-61630. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000345656600051&KeyUID=WOS:000345656600051.
    10.1039/c4ra07961b
  86. Marcial, B.L.; Sousa, S.F.; Santos, H.F.D.; Ramos, M.J.. "Structural and dynamics analysis of matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2 complexed with chemically modified tetracyclines (CMTs)". Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 32 12 (2014): 1907-1918. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906302907&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/07391102.2013.842186
  87. Coimbra, J.T.S.; Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Rangel, M.; Ramos, M.J.. "Biomembrane simulations of 12 lipid types using the general amber force field in a tensionless ensemble". Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 32 1 (2014): 88-103. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84889680410&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/07391102.2012.750250
  88. Sergio Sousa; Nuno M. F. S. A. Cerqueira; Natércia F. Brás; Pedro A. Fernandes; Maria J. Ramos. "Enzymatic "Tricks": Carboxylate Shift and Sulfur Shift". International Journal of Quantum Chemistry (2014): https://publons.com/publon/1616008/.
    10.1002/QUA.24689
  89. Sérgio Filipe Sousa. "DNA (Química Biológica)". Revista de Ciência Elementar 1 1 (2013): https://doi.org/10.24927/rce2013.050.
    10.24927/rce2013.050
  90. Sousa, S.F.; Ribeiro, A.J.M.; Coimbra, J.T.S.; Neves, R.P.P.; Martins, S.A.; Moorthy, N.S.H.N.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Protein-ligand docking in the new millennium - A retrospective of 10 years in the field". Current Medicinal Chemistry 20 18 (2013): 2296-2314. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84877933286&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2174/0929867311320180002
  91. Neves, R.P.P.; Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Parameters for molecular dynamics simulations of manganese-containing metalloproteins". Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 9 6 (2013): 2718-2732. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879120460&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/ct400055v
  92. Moorthy, N.S.H.N.; Sousa, S.F.; Ramos, M.J.; Fernandes, P.A.. "Farnesyltransferase inhibitors: A comprehensive review based on quantitative structural analysis". Current Medicinal Chemistry 20 38 (2013): 4888-4923. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84889569673&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2174/09298673113206660262
  93. Sílvia A. Martins; Marta A. S. Perez; Irina S. Moreira; Sergio Sousa; M. J. Ramos; P. A. Fernandes; Martins, S.A.; et al. "Computational Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis: MM-PBSA vs TI". Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 9 3 (2013): 1311-1319. https://publons.com/publon/1616011/.
    10.1021/CT4000372
  94. Silvia A. Martins; Sergio Sousa; Martins, S.A.; Sousa, S.F.. "Comparative assessment of computational methods for the determination of solvation free energies in alcohol-based molecules". Journal of Computational Chemistry 34 15 (2013): 1354-1362. https://publons.com/publon/1616010/.
    10.1002/JCC.23264
  95. Sousa, Sergio F.; Coimbra, Joao T. S.; Paramos, Diogo; Pinto, Rita; Guimares, Rodrigo S.; Teixeira, Vitor; Fernandes, Pedro A.; et al. "Molecular dynamics analysis of a series of 22 potential farnesyltransferase substrates containing a CaaX-motif". Journal of Molecular Modeling 19 2 (2013): 673-688. https://publons.com/publon/1616012/.
    10.1007/S00894-012-1590-1
  96. Sousa, S.F.; Pinto, G.R.P.; Ribeiro, A.J.M.; Coimbra, J.T.S.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Comparative analysis of the performance of commonly available density functionals in the determination of geometrical parameters for copper complexes". Journal of Computational Chemistry 34 24 (2013): 2079-2090. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84885957406&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jcc.23349
  97. Valente, M.; Sousa, S.F.; Magalhães, A.L.; Freire, C.; Valente, Mario; Sousa, Sergio Filipe; Magalhaes, Alexandre L.; Freire, Cristina. "Dehydration of a polyether type extraction agent and of the corresponding K+ complex: Insights into liquid-liquid extraction mechanisms by quantum chemical methods". Journal of Molecular Modeling 18 11 (2012): 4909-4915. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870546403&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00894-012-1491-3
  98. Moorthy, N.S.H.N.; Sousa, S.F.; Ramos, M.J.; Fernandes, P.A.. "In silico based structural analysis of some piperidine analogs as farnesyltransferase inhibitors". Medicinal Chemistry 8 5 (2012): 853-864. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84865803335&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2174/157340612802084171
  99. Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.; Sergio Sousa; Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes; Maria João Ramos. "Computational enzymatic catalysis - Clarifying enzymatic mechanisms with the help of computers". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 14 36 (2012): 12431-12441. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84865477079&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c2cp41180f
  100. Valente, Mario; Sousa, Sergio Filipe; Magalhaes, A. L.; Freire, Cristina; Valente, M.; Sousa, S.F.; Magalhães, A.L.; Freire, C.. "Decomplexation and complexation of alkali metal cations by a crown-ether-type podand in dichloromethane: a steered molecular dynamics study". Theoretica Chimica Acta 131 3 (2012): 1-7. https://publons.com/publon/1616017/.
    10.1007/S00214-012-1171-5
  101. Mário Valente; Sergio Sousa; A. L. Magalhães; Cristina Freire. "Transfer of the K + Cation Across a Water/Dichloromethane Interface: A Steered Molecular Dynamics Study with Implications in Cation Extraction". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2012): https://publons.com/publon/1616021/.
    10.1021/JP210786J
  102. Bruna L. Marcial; Sergio Sousa; Ingrid L. Barbosa; Helio F. Dos Santos; Maria J. Ramos; Marcial, B.L.; Sousa, S.F.; et al. "Chemically Modified Tetracyclines as Inhibitors of MMP-2 Matrix Metalloproteinase: A Molecular and Structural Study". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 116 46 (2012): 13644-13654. https://publons.com/publon/1616015/.
    10.1021/JP3079748
  103. Valente, M.; Sousa, S.F.; Magalhaes, A.L.; Freire, C.; Valente, Mario; Sousa, Sergio Filipe; Magalhaes, Alexandre L.; Freire, Cristina. "Complexation of alkali metal cations by crown-ether type podands with applications in solvent extraction: Insights from quantum chemical calculations". Journal of Molecular Modeling 17 12 (2011): 3275-3288. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855676892&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00894-011-1004-9
  104. Narayana Moorthy, N.S.H.; Sousa, S.F.; Ramos, M.J.; Fernandes, P.A.. "In silico-based structural analysis of arylthiophene derivatives for FTase inhibitory activity, hERG, and other toxic effects". Journal of Biomolecular Screening 16 9 (2011): 1037-1046. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80053498208&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/1087057111414899
  105. Hari Narayana Moorthy, N.S.; Sousa, S.F.; Ramos, M.J.; Fernandes, P.A.. "Structural feature study of benzofuran derivatives as farnesyltransferase inhibitors". Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry 26 6 (2011): 777-791. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-81355138323&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3109/14756366.2011.552885
  106. Marta A. S. Perez; Sergio Sousa; Eduardo F. T. Oliveira; Pedro A. Fernandes; Maria J. Ramos. "Detection of Farnesyltransferase Interface Hot Spots through Computational Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2011): https://publons.com/publon/1616024/.
    10.1021/JP205481Y
  107. Sergio Sousa; Bruno Tamames; Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes; Maria Joa~o Ramos. "Detailed Atomistic Analysis of the HIV-1 Protease Interface". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2011): https://publons.com/publon/1616023/.
    10.1021/JP200075S
  108. Sergio F. Sousa. "COMPUTATIONAL PROTEOMICS - FROM METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS TO BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS". Quantal Aspects in Chemistry and Physics: a Tribute to the Memory of Professor Couceiro da Costa (2011): https://publons.com/publon/14216410/.
  109. Valente, M.; Sousa, S.F.; Magalhães, A.L.; Freire, C.; Valente, Mario; Sousa, Sergio Filipe; Magalhaes, A. L.; Freire, Cristina. "Factors influencing the binding of a potassium cation to a polyethylene glycol type podand in liquid-liquid extraction-a molecular dynamics study". Theoretical Chemistry Accounts 127 5 (2010): 681-687. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78149429191&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00214-010-0778-7
  110. Sousa, S.F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Virtual screening in drug design and development". Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening 13 5 (2010): 442-453. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955767207&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2174/138620710791293001
  111. Valente, Mario; Sousa, Sergio Filipe; Magalhaes, Alexandre Lopes; Freire, Cristina. "Crown-Ether Type Podands as Alkali Metal Cation Extractants: Influence of the Number of Oxygens in the Chain". Journal of Solution Chemistry (2010): https://publons.com/publon/1616028/.
    10.1007/S10953-010-9579-9
  112. Mário Valente; Sergio Sousa; A.L. Magalhães; Cristina Freire; Valente, M.; Sousa, S.F.; Magalhães, A.L.; Freire, C.. "A comparative molecular dynamics study on the complexation of alkali metal cations by a poly-ethylene-glycol type podand in water and in dichloromethane". Computational and Theoretical Chemistry 946 1-3 (2010): 77-82. https://publons.com/publon/1616026/.
    10.1016/J.THEOCHEM.2009.10.025
  113. Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Recent Advances On Computational Proteomics". Proceedings of the WASET Conference, Singapore (2009): https://zenodo.org/record/1085107.
    10.5281/zenodo.1085107
  114. Sousa, S.F.; Cerqueira, N.M.F.S.A.; Perez, M.A.S.; Moreira, I.S.; Ribeiro, A.J.M.; Neves, A.R.A.P.; Ramos, M.J.; Fernandes, P.A.. "Recent advances on computational proteomics". World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology 56 (2009): 376-386. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78651571830&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  115. Cerqueira, N.M.; Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Virtual screening of compound libraries.". Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 572 (2009): 57-70. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952110876&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  116. Sousa, S.F.; Carvalho, E.S.; Ferreira, D.M.; Tavares, I.S.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.; Gomes, J.A.N.F.. "Comparative analysis of the performance of commonly available density functionals in the determination of geometrical parameters for zinc complexes". Journal of Computational Chemistry 30 16 (2009): 2752-2763. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349932424&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jcc.21304
  117. Pande, V.; Sousa, S.F.; Ramos, M.J.. "Direct covalent modification as a strategy to inhibit Nuclear Factor-Kappa B". Current Medicinal Chemistry 16 32 (2009): 4261-4273. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70450198853&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2174/092986709789578222
  118. Sergio Sousa; Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes; Maria João Ramos. "The Search for the Mechanism of the Reaction Catalyzed by Farnesyltransferase". Chemistry - A European Journal (2009): https://publons.com/publon/1616035/.
    10.1002/CHEM.200802745
  119. Sergio Sousa; Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes; Maria Joa~o Ramos. "Gas-Phase Geometry Optimization of Biological Molecules as a Reasonable Alternative to a Continuum Environment Description: Fact, Myth, or Fiction?". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2009): https://publons.com/publon/1616033/.
    10.1021/JP902213T
  120. Sergio Sousa; Ana Branca Lopes; Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes; Maria João Ramos; Sousa, S.F.; Lopes, A.B.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "The Zinc proteome: a tale of stability and functionality". Dalton Transactions 38 (2009): 7946-7956. https://publons.com/publon/1616036/.
    10.1039/B904404C
  121. Sergio Sousa; Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes; Maria João Ramos; Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Molecular dynamics simulations on the critical states of the farnesyltransferase enzyme". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 17 9 (2009): 3369-3378. https://publons.com/publon/1616034/.
    10.1016/J.BMC.2009.03.055
  122. Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Farnesyltransferase inhibitors: A detailed chemical view on an elusive biological problem". Current Medicinal Chemistry 15 15 (2008): 1478-1492. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-47349089381&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2174/092986708784638825
  123. Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.; Sergio Sousa; Pedro A. Fernandes; Maria Joa~o Ramos. "Enzyme flexibility and the catalytic mechanism of farnesyltransferase: Targeting the relation". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112 29 (2008): 8681-8691. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-49149110925&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp711214j
  124. Sergio Sousa; Pedro A. Fernandes; Maria João Ramos; Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Molecular dynamics analysis of farnesyltransferase: A closer look into the amino acid behavior". International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 108 11 (2008): 1939-1950. https://publons.com/publon/1616040/.
    10.1002/QUA.21713
  125. Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.; Sergio Sousa; Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes; Maria João Ramos. "Theoretical studies on farnesyltransferase: The distances paradox explained". Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics 66 1 (2007): 205-218. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33845671721&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/prot.21219
  126. Sergio Sousa; Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes; Maria João Ramos; Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "General performance of density functionals". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111 42 (2007): 10439-10452. https://publons.com/publon/1616044/.
    10.1021/JP0734474
  127. Sergio Sousa; Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes; Maria João Ramos; Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Theoretical studies on farnesyl transferase: Evidence for thioether product coordination to the active-site zinc sphere". Journal of Computational Chemistry 28 7 (2007): 1160-1168. https://publons.com/publon/1616047/.
    10.1002/JCC.20577
  128. Sergio Sousa; Pedro A. Fernandes; Maria João Ramos; Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "The Carboxylate Shift in Zinc Enzymes: A Computational Study". Journal of the American Chemical Society 129 5 (2007): 1378-1385. https://publons.com/publon/1616045/.
    10.1021/JA067103N
  129. Sousa, Sergio Filipe; Fernandes, Pedro Alexandrino; Ramos, Maria Joao; Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Effective tailor-made force field parameterization of the several Zn coordination environments in the puzzling FTase enzyme: opening the door to the full understanding of its elusive catalytic mechanism". Theoretica Chimica Acta 117 1 (2007): 171-181. https://publons.com/publon/1616043/.
    10.1007/S00214-006-0170-9
  130. Sergio Sousa; Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes; Maria João Ramos. "Comparative Assessment of Theoretical Methods for the Determination of Geometrical Properties in Biological Zinc Complexes". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2007): https://publons.com/publon/1616041/.
    10.1021/JP072538Y
  131. Sergio Sousa; Bruno Tamames; Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes; Maria João Ramos; Tamames, B.; Sousa, S.F.; Tamames, J.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Analysis of zinc-ligand bond lengths in metalloproteins: Trends and patterns". Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 69 3 (2007): 466-475. https://publons.com/publon/1616042/.
    10.1002/PROT.21536
  132. Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.; Sergio Sousa; Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes; Maria João Ramos. "Protein-ligand docking: Current status and future challenges". Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics 65 1 (2006): 15-26. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33748276474&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/prot.21082
  133. Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Farnesyltransferase: Theoretical studies on peptide substrate entrance - Thiol or thiolate coordination?". Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM 729 1-2 SPEC. (2005): 125-129. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-24344434552&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.theochem.2005.03.022
  134. Sousa, SF; Fernandes, PA; Ramos, MJ; Sousa, S.F.; Fernandes, P.A.; Ramos, M.J.. "Unraveling the mechanism of the farnesyltransferase enzyme". Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 10 1 (2005): 3-10. https://publons.com/publon/1616052/.
    10.1007/S00775-004-0612-6
  135. Sergio Sousa; Pedro A. Fernandes; Maria João Ramos. "Farnesyltransferase—New Insights into the Zinc-Coordination Sphere Paradigm: Evidence for a Carboxylate-Shift Mechanism". Biophysical Journal (2005): https://publons.com/publon/1616050/.
    10.1529/BIOPHYSJ.104.048207
  136. Fernandes, P.A.; Carvalho, A.T.P.; Marques, A.T.; Pereira, A.L.F.; Madeira, A.P.S.; Ribeiro, A.S.P.; Carvalho, A.F.R.; et al. "New designs for MRI contrast agents". Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design 17 7 (2003): 463-473. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0344271775&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1023/A:1027347527385
Journal issue
  1. Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Modeling and Simulation of Enzymatic Catalysis Processes". Processes (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/special_issues/enzymatic_catalysis.
    Accepted • Invited editor
  2. Sousa, Sérgio F.. "Structure and Function of Metalloenzymes". Molecules (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/special_issues/structure_metalloenzymes.
    In press • Invited editor
  3. Sousa, Sérgio F.. "The Application of Quantum Mechanics in the Reactivity of Molecules". Applied Sciences (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/Appl_Quantum_Mechanics.
    Accepted • Invited editor
  4. Simoes, Manuel; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Giaouris, Efstathios. "Biofilm Control". Molecules (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/special_issues/Biofilm_Control.
    In press • Invited editor
  5. Sousa, Sérgio F.; Simoes, Manuel; Filipovic, Nenad. "The Chemistry of Biofilms and Their Inhibitors". Frontiers in Chemistry (2020): https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/9949/the-chemistry-of-biofilms-and-their-inhibitors.
    In press • Invited editor

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent
  1. 2021. "Vincent Parissi, Sérgio F. Sousa, D. Lapaillere, O. Delelis, L. Meertens, S. Gallois-Montbrun, S. Routier - Pharmaceutical composition, its use as a drug and new compounds, especially for treating SARS-CoV-2 infection (submitted)".
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  2. 2021. "Vincent Parissi, Sérgio F. Sousa, D. Lapaillere, O. Delelis, L. Meertens, S. Gallois-Montbrun, M. Teulade-Fichou, R. Lartia, G. Bordeau - Pharmaceutical composition, its use as a drug and new compounds, especially for treating SARS-CoV-2 infection (submitted)".
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Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/01/06 Computational Biochemistry Approaches in the Study of the Biophysics of Proteins and Enzymes (Presenter: Sérgio F. Sousa) Temas Atuais em Biofísica e Bionanosistemas
Universidade do Minho (Braga (Online), Portugal)
2021/12/21 Developed of Inverted Virtual Screening Approaches for the Identification of Protein Targets Associated to the Biological Activity of Specific Molecules (Presenter: Tatiana F. Vieira) VIII EJIBCE (Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural)
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/12/07 Applying Computational Biochemistry Methods to Understand Nature: Going for the Atomic Level Perspective (Presenter: Sérgio F. Sousa) Cycle of seminars of the M. Sc. in Medicinal Biotechnology
Escola Superior de Saúde (Porto, Portugal)
2021/12/06 A multidisciplinary approach to untangle the mechanisms behind the antifungal activity of lactoferrin (Presenter: Cátia Santos-Pereira) 15th International Conference on Lactoferrin: Structure, Function and Applications
(Beijing (Online), China)
2021/10/14 The Nitrate and Nitrite Reductase Activity of Xanthine Oxidase: a Computational Study (Presenter Henrique S. Fernandes) XXI SPB National Congress of Biochemistry
Universidade de Évora (Évora (Online), Portugal)
2021/10/07 Identification of potential quorum sensing inhibitors through structure-based virtual screening, molecular dynamics, and free energy calculations (Presenter: Fábio G. Martins) e-Conference on Innovation in Microbial Control
Univ Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/10/07 Targeting the PQS system: Discovery of New Quorum Sensing Inhibitors for P. aeruginosa through an in silico methodology (Presenter: Tatiana F. Vieira) e-Conference on Innovation in Microbial Control
Univ Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/10/07 Machine Learning Classification Models for Identification of Ligand-Target Inhibition Pairs in Biofilm Formation in P.aeruginosa (Presenter: Rita P. Magalhaes) e-Conference on Innovation in Microbial Control
Univ Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/10/07 Structure-based computational approaches targeting the inhibition of biofilm formation (Presenter: Sérgio F. Sousa) 1st E-Conference on Innovation in Microbial Control
FEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2021/10/01 Exploring the Nitrate and Nitrite Reductase Activity of Xanthine Oxidase – a QM/MM study (Presenter: Henrique S. Fernandes) 12th Molybdenum and Tungsten Enzymes Conference (MoTEC 2021)
(Marseille, France)
2021/07/21 Using Biomolecular Simulations to¿ Understand the Enzymatic Activity of Xanthine Oxidase (Presenter: Henrique S. Fernandes) BioSeminars@UCIBIO
UCIBIO (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/06/22 Specialized multi-level computational approach for the identification of novel quorum sensing inhibitors (Presenter: Fábio G. Martins) 24th meeting of the International Society for Molecular Recognition, Affinity 2021
Univ Nova de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/05/07 Structure-based Virtual Screening,Molecular Dynamics and Free Energy calculations for the identification of New Quorum Sensing Inhibitors (Presenter: Fábio G. Martins) Encontro de jovens investigadores da Universidade do Porto (IJUP)
Univ Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/05/07 Integrating Bioinformatics and Computational Chemistry in the search for Inhibitors of Bacterial Biofilm Formation (Presenter: Sérgio F. Sousa) First Webinar Series on Medicinal Chemistry - Designing Tomorrow’s Therapeutics
FCUP (Porto, Portugal)
2021/05/06 Deciphering the interaction of lactoferrin with V-ATPase towards a deeper understanding of its mechanisms of action (Presenter Cátia Santos-Pereira) X Bioinformatics Open Days
Univ Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2021/05/06 Structure-based Virtual Screening, Molecular Dynamics and Free Energy calculations for the identification of novel inhibitors against biofilm formation by C.violaceum (Presenter: Fábio Martins) X Bioinformatics Open Days
Univ Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2021/01/05 Computational Biochemistry Approaches in the Study of the Biophysics of Proteins and Enzymes (Presenter: Sérgio F. Sousa) Temas Atuais em Biofísica e Bionanosistemas
Universidade do Minho (M.Sc. in Biophysics and Bionanosystems) (Braga, Portugal)
2020/11/25 The Application of Computational Simulations in Teaching and Research in Chemistry (Presenter: Sérgio F. Sousa & Henrique S. Fernandes) Semana Acadêmica de Ciência e Tecnologia | V Semana Acadêmica de Química
Instituto Federal da Rondônia, Brazil (Rondônia, Brazil)
2020/11/17 Computational Chemistry in Drug Discovery (Presenter: Sérgio F. Sousa) Drug Research Webinar Series - Doctoral Programme in Drug Research
FinPharmaNet, University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland)
2020/09/30 Large Database Screening for the Identification of New Drugs Against Biofilm Formation in P.aeruginosa: a Computational Approach (Presenter Rita P. Magalhaes) Virtual EUGLOH Annual Students Research Conference on “Global Health Challenges: Diseases of Modern Life”
University of Szeged (Szeged, Hungary)
2020/03/05 Lead to Target: A Computational Approach to Identify Possible Protein Targets of Molecules with Known Experimental Biological Activity (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) MuTaLig COST Action CA15135
(Izmir, Turkey)
2020/01/15 Lead to Target: A Computational Approach to Identify the Protein Targets of Molecules with Known Experimental Biological Activity (Presenter: Sergio F Sousa) 13º Encontro Nacional de Química Orgânica / 6º Encontro Nacional de Química Terapêutica
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/12/16 Simulating Biomolecules with MD and QM/MM models with Fixed Point-Charges vs Polarizable Charges: Evolve or Wait? (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) CECAM Workshop “Beyond point charges: novel electrostatic developments in force fields”
CECAM (Lausanne, Switzerland)
2019/12/08 Looking into Protein Targets from the Perspective of the Ligand (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) Target Validation using Genomics and Informatics
EMBL (Heidelberg, Germany)
2019/11/22 Application of Quantum Mechanics in The Study of Enzymatic Mechanisms (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) 2nd Quantum International Frontiers Meeting
University of Shanghai (Shanghai, China)
2019/11/15 BioSIM AR – Desenvolvimento de um Software Gratuito de Realidade Aumentada para o Ensino da Química (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) Encontro do Ensino e Divulgação da Química 2019
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/10/22 Simulating Enzymatic Mechanisms by QM/MM Methods (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) CECAM Workshop – Protein Simulations – Current State of the Art
CECAM - Israel Node (Tel Aviv, Israel)
2019/09/05 Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Modeling Biomolecular Systems (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) 2019 International Summer School in Computational Biology
CNC, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/07/02 BioSIM - Employing Biomolecular Simulations in a Multidisciplinar Perspective (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) 6th BiotechHealth Symposium
Biotech Health Annual Symposium , I3S (Porto, Portugal)
2019/05/22 Da Mecanica Quantica às Simulações Atomísticas: Utilização do Computador no Estudo de Alvos Terapéuticos e da Reactividade Enzimática (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) Seminários FMUP
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019/05/19 Docking and Virtual Screening Application in Drug Development (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) Ciclo de Seminários, M.Sc. in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Course: Bioinformatics
Prof. André S. Melo, FCUP (Porto, Portugal)
2019/02/25 Docking and virtual screening application for drug development (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) PDBEB Courses 2018/2019 - Computational biology
CNC, University of Coimbra (Cantenhede, Portugal)
2018/05 Biomolecular Simulations at the Interface of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Medicine (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) FMUP Seminars
FMUP (Portugal, Portugal)
2017/05 Making the Use of Protein-Ligand Docking in Drug Discovery More Effective (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) 3rd Symposium em Química Medicinal
(Braga, Portugal)
2016/06 How Enzymes Work: A Computational Approach (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) XII Encontro Nacional de Química-Física - Simpósio de Química Computacional
(Évora, Portugal)
2015/06 Improving Receptor-Ligand Scoring for Virtual Screening (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) XXIV Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2015/05 Comparison of the Performance of AutoDock, Vina and GOLD in discriminating between Active Compounds and Decoys in Virtual Screening (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) 2.º Simposium em Química Medicinal
(Braga, Portugal)
2012/12 Comparative Assesment of Computational Methods for the Determination of Solvation Free Energies in Alcohol-based Molecules (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) XXXVIII Congresso of Theoretical Chemists of Latin Expression - Quitel
(Natal-RN, Brazil)
2012/05 Application of Computational Methods in the Clarification of Metal Coordination Spheres of Zinc Enzymes (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) CODECS COST Meeting Porto
(Porto, Portugal)
2011/07 Application of Computational Methods in the Determination of Physical Chemical Properties for Biomolecular Systems (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) XXII Encontro Nacional SPQ
(Braga, Portugal)
2011/06 Molecular Dynamics Applications on the Enzyme Farnesyltransferase (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) 5th Symposium on Theoretical Biophysics (TheoBio 2011)
(Madeira, Portugal)
2011/02 O uso de métodos de DFT no estudo de Metaloenzimas de Zn e os recentes progressos nesta área: uma perspectiva da química computacional (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) DFT@Portugal
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2011/01 Farnesyltransferase: a puzzling enzyme explained (Research Highlight) (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) 4.º Encontro REQUIMTE 2011
(Fátima, Portugal)
2010/10 Modelação Molecular de Novos Fármacos – O computador como ferramenta na procura de novos inibidores (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) 4.º Congresso Científico da Associação Portuguesa de Estudantes de Farmácia (APEF)
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2010/03 Computational Strategies for the Study of Membrane Translocation of Metal Atoms and of Metal Function and Reactivity Inside the cell (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) COST Meeting Action CM0902: Molecular machineries for ion translocation across biomembranes
(Hofheim am Taunus, Frankfurt, Germany)
2009/10 The Zinc Proteome – A Bioinformatics and Computational Chemistry View (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) 8th Inorganic Chemistry Conference (SPQ)
(Curia, Portugal)
2009/06 The Search for the Mechanism in the Reaction Catalyzed by the Enzyme Farnesyltransferase (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) 4th Symposium on Theoretical Biophysics (TheoBio-09)
(Roscoff, France)
2009/06 Computational Studies on Farnesyltransferase - Atomic Level Portrait of a Puzzling Enzyme (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) 9.º Encontro Nacional de Química-Física (SPQ)
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2007/06 The Search for the Mechanism in the Reaction Catalyzed by the Enzyme Farnesyltransferase (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) 3rd Symposium on Theoretical Biophysics (TheoBio-07)
(Cetraro, Italy)
2006/07 Protein Farnesyltransferase: Catalytic Portrait of a Zn Enzyme – A Computational Approach (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) 8th European Biological Chemistry Conference (EUROBIC 8)
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2005/10 Solving the Catalytic Mechanism of the Puzzling Metallo-Enzyme Farnesyl transferase: DFT, ONIOM, and AMBER Studies (Presenter: Sergio F. Sousa) FEBS Advanced Course: Theoretical Modelling of Ligand Binding and Enzymatic Catalysis
(Tromso, Norway)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/12/01 - Current Epidemiological, Molecular and Biochemical aspects of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
Co-supervisor of Vanda Patrícia Pinto Peixoto
 Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2022/10/01 - Current Avaliação da toxicidade hepática aguda e inflamação induzida por nitrosaminas em Mus musculus e Danio rerio
Co-supervisor of Isabelly Annunciato
 Biodiversidade Costeira (Master)
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Câmpus do Litoral Paulista, Brazil
2022/09/01 - Current Novel KDM4C inhibitors for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer: rational design, synthesis and biological validation
Co-supervisor of Sofia Isabel Martins de Sousa
 Health Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/01/01 - Current LFcin Refinery – Transforming a crude peptide sequence into valuable antimycobacterial products
Co-supervisor of Jorge Gabriel de Sousa Oliveira
 Biotecnologia Molecular e Celular Aplicada às Ciências da Saúde (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2021/11/01 - Current Rational Development of Nanomedicines for Cardiovascular Diseases
Supervisor of Fábio António Gouveia Ferreira Martins
 Programa Doutoral em Biomedicina (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/04 - Current Development of machine learning algorithms for rational protein engineering [Interrupted]
Supervisor of Carlos Pereira
 Programa Doutoral em Química Sustentável (PhD)
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
2020/10/01 - Current Development of new Heterocycle Structures inspired on Clozapine (Main Supervisor: Fernanda Proença, Univ Minho)
Co-supervisor of Rodrigo Andrade
 M.Sc. in Medicinal Chemistry (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/10/01 - Current Molecular modelling of natural compounds extracted from plants as new insecticide agents
Supervisor of Maria Francisca Araújo
 Biofísica e Bionanossistemas (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019 - Current Development of biocidal formulations for effective biofouling control (Main Supervisor: Manuel Simoes; Other Supervisor: Fernanda Borges)
Co-supervisor of Susana Maria da Fonseca Fernandes
Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Química e Biológica (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/12/01 - Current New Drugs Against Biofilm Formation and Development: a Computational and Experimental Approach
Supervisor of Cláudia Tatiana Vieira
 Programa Doutoral em Biomedicina (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/10/01 - Current Innovative approach to fight tuberculosis and malaria targeting the extraordinary PLP synthase macromolecular complex
Co-supervisor of André Pina
 Programa Doutoral em Biomedicina (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/10 - Current Rational development of new biocatalysts for the production of Parkinson Disease drugs
Co-supervisor of Juliana Rocha
 Programa Doutoral em Biomedicina (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/10/01 - 2023/07/24 Improving a Database of Cyanobacterial Bioactive Compounds  for Therapeutic Approaches in Human Diseases 
Co-supervisor of Renato Soares
 Bioinformática e Biologia Computacional (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2022/06/30 Computational Optimization of Biocatalysts for Plastic Biodegradation
Supervisor of Rita P. Magalhães
 Biomedicina (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2022/02/09 Application of QM/MM for the study of enzymes involved in plastic degradation
Supervisor of Jorge Cunha
 Biofísica e Bionanossistemas (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/09 - 2021/07/27 Computational studies addressed to PLP-dependent enzymes
Co-supervisor of Henrique Silva Fernandes
 Programa Doutoral em Química (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2018/09 - 2021/07/26 Computational Studies addressed to multi-functional enzyme complexes
Co-supervisor of Carla Silvia Silva Teixeira
 Programa Doutoral em Química (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/10 - 2020/07/21 Improving the efficiency of the energy split approach to compute the energy of a very large molecular system (Main Supervisor: Alberto Proenca, UMinho - Eng Informatics)
Co-supervisor of Sara Alexandra da Silva Pereira
 Master in Informatics Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Minho - Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 - 2018 The Mechanism of Reduction of HMG-CoA Catalyzed by Human HMG-CoA Reductase (Main Supervisor: Sérgio F. Sousa)
Supervisor of Paula Mihaljevic-Juric
 Master in Chemistry (Master)
UCIBIO@REQUIMTE, Departamento de Biomedicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/06/06 - 2019/06/07 Workshop de “Simulação Computacional de Biomoléculas” - a two-day workshop on biomolecular simulations, including molecular dynamics, molecular docking & virtual screening, and quantum chemistry calculations. (2019/06/06 - 2019/06/07)
Workshop (Other)
 Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2018/12/21 - 2018/12/21 6º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural - EJIBCE2018 (2018/12/21 - 2018/12/21)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/07/10 - 2018/07/10 Workshop: “The Use of Molecular Simulation Software”, V International Meeting Casa das Ciências (2018/07/10 - 2018/07/10)
Workshop (Other)
 Casa das Ciencias, Portugal
2012/05/04 - 2012/05/08 COnvergent Distributed Environment for Computational Spectroscopy – European Cooperation in Science and Technology (CoDECS-COST) (2012/05/04 - 2012/05/08)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011/06/08 - 2011/06/12 5th Symposium on Theoretical Biophysics - TheoBio 2011 (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal) (2011/06/08 - 2011/06/12)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011/06 - 2011/06 5th Symposium on Theoretical Biophysics (TheoBio 2011) (2011/06 - 2011/06)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/09/02 - 2019/09/12 Lecturer of the Module: “Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Modelling Biomolecular Systems"
Other
 2019 Summer School in Computational Biology
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/02/25 - 2019/03/01 Lecturer of the Module: “Docking and virtual screening application for drug development”
Other
 PDBEB Courses 2018/2019 - Computational biology
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2011/09 - 2011/09 Lecturer of the Module "Molecular Dynamics Simulation in Modelling Biochemical Processes" - 6th Intensive Course – Master in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling, Valencia, Spain
Workshop
 6th Intensive Course – Master in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling
Universitat de València, Spain
2010/07/01 - 2010/07/31 Lecturer of the Module "Molecular Dynamics Simulation in Modelling Biochemical Processes"
Workshop
 5th Intensive Course – Master in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling, Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2007/12/10 - 2007/12/11 V E-Learning Workshop of the University of Porto - A 2-days Workshop organizded by the Gabinete de Apoio às Novas Tecnologias na Educação da Universidade do Porto (GATIUP), FADEUP - University of Porto, Porto
Workshop
 V E-Learning Workshop of the University of Porto
Universidade do Porto - Gabinete de Apoio às Novas Tecnologias (GATIUP), Portugal
2006/04 - 2006/06 Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, 24-hours Course Organised by the Instituto de Recursos e Iniciativas Comuns da UP (IRICUP) in Collaboration with Clarke, Modet & Co., Rectory of the University of Porto
Workshop
 Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2005/02 - 2005/11 Entrepreneurship Course, 102-hours Course Organised by the EGP and Instituto de Recursos e Iniciativas Comuns da UP (IRICUP). Porto School of Management (EGP), University of Porto. Porto, Portugal
Workshop
 Curso de Empreendedorismo
Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal
2005/10/16 - 2005/10/21 FEBS Advanced Course: Theoretical Modelling of Ligand Binding and Enzymatic Catalysis 6-Days Advanced Course, Norwegian Structural Biology Centre (NorStruct). Tromso, Norway
Workshop
 FEBS Advanced Course:
Universitetet i Tromsø Nasjonalt senter for strukturbiologi, Norway
2005/07/11 - 2005/07/22 Bio-Image Summer School - Paris2005, 2-Weeks Summer School on Manipulation, Visualization and Modeling of Single Molecules, École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, France Bio-Image Summer School
École Normale Supérieure, France
2005/02/17 - 2005/02/17 Forensic Chemistry, 1-Day Workshop Organized by the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto
Workshop
 Forensic Chemistry
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2005/01/22 - 2005/01/26 Second European School on Bioinformatics, 5-Days Course Organized by the Biosapiens Networks of Excellence. CMBI, Faculty of Science of the Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Workshop
 Second European School on Bioinformatics
Radboud Universiteit Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Netherlands
2004/09/09 - 2004/09/11 Solvation Methods in Quantum Chemistry, 3-hours Advanced Course presented by V. Barone, in QUITEL 2004, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Workshop
 Solvation Methods in Quantum Chemistry
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/04 Targeting Neuroinflammation: From target validation to rational design of selective modulators
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Pedro dos Reis Luís (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/03/04 Novel chromene and imidazole derivatives: Synthesis, biological evaluation and computational studies
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Fábio Daniel Pedroso de Lima da Conceição (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/02/09 Computational Development of New Biocatalyst for Plastic Degradation through QM/MM Methods
Supervisor
 Jorge Miguel Fernandes da Cunha (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/11/18 Development of an antidote for Russell's viper (Daboia russelii russelii) venom factor X activating enzyme (RVV-X)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Juliana Amorim (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/11/02 Development of a new pharmacokinetic model usin in silico studies, drug delivery systems and analytical methods
(Thesis) Arguer
 Abigail Filipe Ferreira (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2019/07 In Silico Identification and Characterization of 4 Novel Families of Potential Toxins in the Octocorallian Eunicella Singularis
(Thesis) Arguer
 Marco Oliveira (Other)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2015 Development of a computational protocol to study passive diffusion through biological membranes
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rui Pedro Fernandes Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 New Computational Methods to Calculate Drug-Receptor Binding Free Energies
Thesis Member
 Silvia Alexandra Pinto Martins (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014/07 The Van Der Waals Interactions in Graphitic Systems
(Thesis) Arguer
 Karol Strutynski (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012/09 Determinação computacional dos efeitos da mutagénese em interfaces proteína-DNA
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rui Miguel De Castro e Ramos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 Fractalidade em moléculas informacionais
(Thesis) Arguer
 Juan António Casas Tamames (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 Estudo Teórico do Mecanismo de Catálise Assistida pela Enzima ß-Hesosaminidase A
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Óscar Abílio Leal Ferreira Passos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010/12/21 Computer-Aided Drug Design - Lead Discovery
(Thesis) Arguer
 João Rui Vieira Ribeiro (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 Estudo Teórico do Mecanismo de Catálise Assistida pela Enzima Beta-Hexosaminidase A
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diana Sofia Gesto Da Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020/02/12 - 2020/02/14 IJUP2020 - Investigação Jovem na Universidade do Porto (Representative for Chemistry) University of Porto
2019/02/13 - 2019/02/15 IJUP2019 - Investigação Jovem na Universidade do Porto (Representative for Chemistry) University of Porto

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2017 - 2017 Worked as Evaluator for the Agence Nationale de la recherche (ANR, France) as external expert Agence nationale de la recherche, France
2014 - 2014 Worked as Evaluator for the National Science Foundation (NSF / USA) as external expert National Science Foundation, United States
2014 - 2014 Worked as Evaluator for the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT, Argentina) as external expert Agencia Nacional De Promoción Científica Y Tecnológica, Argentina
2009 - 2009 Worked as Evaluator for the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT, Argentina) as external expert Agencia Nacional De Promoción Científica Y Tecnológica, Argentina
Distinctions

Other distinction

2020 CEEC2020 Grant Award
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2009 Prémio Estímulo à Investigação da Gulbenkian 2009
2007 2nd Most Acessed Paper - Journal of Physical Chemistry A
American Chemical Society, United States
2005 2nd in the Best Poster Contest - 7ENQF (SPQ)
2003 Academic Award Eng. António de Almeida 2002/2003 - Highest Final Classification in the Chemistry Degree
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2001 Academic Award Dr. Mendonça Monteiro 2000 / 2001 - Highest final average classification in the set of chairs of the Physical Chemistry Area in the Chemistry Degree
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal