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Claudia finished her PhD in Biochemistry, specialty in Biotechnology in 2017 at Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. As a researcher, Claudia has been involved in diverse scientific research projects in the areas of microbiology, biochemistry, biotechnology and medical & health sciences. Currently, she is exploring new fields in pre-award, project management and science communication.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cláudia Mourato

Citation names

  • Mourato, Cláudia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2D17-6370-AA84
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7805-4346
Researcher Id
A-4524-2019

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bioprocessing Technologies
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Fermentation
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Biocatalysis
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/01/01 - 2017/03/20
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Doutoramento)
Major in specialty in Biotechnology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
"New biological catalysts for the conversion of formate to hydrogen" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with unanimity
2009/10/01 - 2012/03/14
Concluded
 Medical Microbiology (Mestrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
"Contribution of QacA and Smr efflux pumps for Staphyloccocus aureus multiresistance" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2006/09 - 2009/07/21
Concluded
 Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
"Leishmaniasis as an opportunistic infecction: Leishmania/HIV co-infection" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/08/16 - Current Science and Technology Management Associação da Faculdade de Farmácia para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Associação da Faculdade de Farmácia para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2018/09/17 - 2021/01/21 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
2017/08/15 - 2018/09/15 Postdoc (Research) Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2017/03/20 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2017/03/20 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016/06/06 - 2016/07/01 Research Trainee (Research) Universität Potsdam Institut für Biochemie und Biologie, Germany
2012/05/01 - 2012/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2010/09/14 - 2012/03/14 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/09/17 - 2021/01 POINT4PAC – Precision Oncology by Innovative Therapies and Technologies (03/SAICT/2015 – Programas de Atividades Conjuntas)
03/SAICT/2015 – Programas de Atividades Conjuntas
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
 European Structural & Investment Funds

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/08/15 - 2018/09/15 Evaluation of the Impact of Hydrogen as an Energy Vector - National Technological Potential (POSEUR-01-1001-FC-000005)
POSEUR-01-1001-FC-000005
Post-doc Fellow
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
 European comission
Ongoing
2013/01/01 - 2017/03/20 New biological catalysts for the conversion of formate to hydrogen (SFRH/BD/86442/2012)
SFRH/BD/86442/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/05 - 2017/03 Engineering a highly active NiFeSe hydrogenase for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic applications (PTDC/BBB-BEP/2885/2014)
PTDC/BBB-BEP/2885/2014
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/04 - 2017/03 Reduction of CO2 for sustainable biofuel production (PTDC/BBB-EBB/2723/2014)
PTDC/BBB-EBB/2723/2014
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/04 - 2017/03 Targetting inhibition of microbial sulfidogenesis: biochemical and structural characterization of DsrD (PTDC/BIA-MIC/6512/2014)
PTDC/BIA-MIC/6512/2014
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/01 - 2015/12 Structural determinants of oxygen tolerance in a NiFeSe hydrogenase (PTDC/BBB-BEP/0934/2012)
PTDC/BBB-BEP/0934/2012
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/05 - 2012/12 Metabolic engineering of an anaerobic bacterium for biological hydrogen production (PTDC/BIA-MIC/104030/2008)
PTDC/BIA-MIC/104030/2008
Research Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Mourato, Cláudia; Ourô, Suaana; Cardador, André; Castro, Rui; Albergaria, Rui; Maio, Rui; Rodrigues, Cecilia. "miRNAs as molecular predictors of response to chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer". Paper presented in UEG week 2019, 2019.
  2. Oliveira, Ana Rita; Mota, Cristiano; Mourato, Cláudia; Silva, Teresa Santos; Romão, Maria João; Pereira, Inês A.C.. "A highly active oxygen-tolerant w-formate dehydrogenase for CO2 reduction". Paper presented in 12th International conference on hydrogenases and other redox (bio)catalysts for energy conservation, 2019.
  3. Ourô, Susana; Albergaria, Diogo; Maio, Rui; Mourato, Cláudia; Castro, Rui; Rodrigues, Cecilia. "Response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer. Study on molecular predictors of response.". Paper presented in 9th European Multidisciplinary Colorectal Cancer Congress, 2019.
  4. Oliveira, Ana Rita; Mourato, Cláudia; Pereira, Inês A.C.. "A high-activity w-containing formate dehydrogenase for biocatalytic reduction of CO2". Paper presented in Bacterial Electron Transfer Processes and their Regulation, 2018.
  5. Mourato, Cláudia; Martins, Mónica; Morais-Silva, Fabio O.; Rodrigues-Pousada, Claudina; Voordouw, Gerrit; Wall, Judy D.; Pereira, Inês A.C.. "Electron transfer pathways of formate-driven H2 production in Desulfovibrio". Paper presented in The 2016 GREEN-IT General Meeting, 2016.
  6. Oliveira, Ana Rita; Mourato, Cláudia; Pereira, Inês A.C.. "Reduction of CO2 for sustainable biofuel production". Paper presented in The 2016 GREEN-IT General Meeting, 2016.
  7. Martins, Mónica; Mourato, Cláudia; Pereira, Inês A.C.. "Formate-driven H2 production by Desulfovibrio vulgaris". Paper presented in 6th National Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology (MicroBiotec), 2015.
  8. Mourato, Cláudia; Martins, Mónica; Voordouw, Johanna; Voordouw, Gerrit; Wall, Judy D.; Pereira, Inês A.C.. "Metabolic pathway involved in H2 production from formate by Desulfovibrio vulgaris". Paper presented in 6th Congress of European Microbiologists (FEMS), 2015.
  9. Martins, Mónica; Mourato, Cláudia; Pereira, Inês A.C.. "Sulfate-reducing bacteria as whole-cell biocatalysts for hydrogen production". Paper presented in 6th Congress of European Microbiologists (FEMS), 2015.
  10. Martins, Mónica; Mourato, Cláudia; Voordouw, Johanna; Voordouw, Gerrit; Pereira, Inês A.C.. "Electron transfer system used for H2 production by Desulfovibrio vulgaris". Paper presented in Bacterial Electron Transfer Processes and their Regulation, 2015.
    10.1142/9789812837554_0119
  11. Mourato, Cláudia; Martins, Mónica; Wall, Judy D.; Pereira, Inês A.C.. "Role of formate-hydrogen lyase complex in hydrogen metabolism of sulfate-reducing bacteria". Paper presented in 5th PhD meeting of ITQB, 2014.
  12. Mourato, Cláudia; Costa, Sofia Santos; Viveiros, Miguel; Amaral, Leonard; Melo-Cristino, José; Couto, Isabel. "Co-resistance to biocides and beta-lactams in a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical isolate". Paper presented in 15th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections (ISSSI), 2012.
  13. Costa, Sofia Santos; Mourato, Cláudia; Viveiros, Miguel; Melo-Cristino, José; Amaral, Leonard; Couto, Isabel. "Resistance to biocides in clinical MRSA isolates conveyed by efflux pumps". Paper presented in 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2012.
  14. Mourato, Cláudia; Costa, Sofia Santos; Viveiros, Miguel; Falcão, Celeste; Melo-Cristino, José; Amaral, Leonard; Couto, Isabel. "Multidrug resistance in a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical isolate mediated by efflux pump QacA". Paper presented in 4th National Congress of Microbiology and Biotecnology (MicroBiotec), 2011.
  15. Costa, Sofia Santos; Mourato, Cláudia; Viveiros, Miguel; Melo-Cristino, José; Amaral, Leonard; Couto, Isabel. "Description of a novel staphylococcal pC194-family plasmid carrying the smr efflux pump gene". Paper presented in 4th National Congress of Microbiology and Biotecnology (MicroBiotec), 2011.
    10.1109/pesc.2007.4342481
  16. Costa, Sofia Santos; Mourato, Cláudia; Viveiros, Miguel; Melo-Cristino, José; Amaral, Leonard; Couto, Isabel. "Description of a novel pC194-family plasmid carrying the smr efflux pump gene". Paper presented in 51st Intersci. Conf. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother (ICAAC), 2011.
Journal article
  1. Ourô, Susana; Mourato, Cláudia; Velho, Sónia; Cardador, André; Ferreira, Marisa P.; Albergaria, Diogo; Castro, Rui E.; Maio, Rui; Rodrigues, Cecília M. P.. "Potential of miR-21 to Predict Incomplete Response to Chemoradiotherapy in Rectal Adenocarcinoma". Frontiers in Oncology 10 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2020.577653.
    10.3389/fonc.2020.577653
  2. Ourô, Susana; Mourato, Cláudia; Ferreira, Marisa P.; Albergaria, Diogo; Cardador, André; Castro, Rui E.; Maio, Rui; Rodrigues, Cecília M. P.. "Evaluation of Tissue and Circulating miR-21 as Potential Biomarker of Response to Chemoradiotherapy in Rectal Cancer". Pharmaceuticals 13 9 (2020): 246. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph13090246.
    Published • 10.3390/ph13090246
  3. Mota, Cristiano; Mourato, Cláudia; Domingos, Renato M.; Santos, Marino F. A.; Gesto, Diana; Guigliarelli, Bruno; Santos-Silva, Teresa; Romão, Maria João; Pereira, Inês Antunes Cardoso. "Towards the mechanistic understanding of enzymatic CO2 reduction". ACS Catalysis (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c00086.
    10.1021/acscatal.0c00086
  4. Mourato, Cláudia; Martins, Mónica; da Silva, Sofia M.; Pereira, Inês A.C.. "A continuous system for biocatalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to formate". Bioresource Technology 235 (2017): 149-156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.03.091.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.03.091
  5. Martins, Mónica; Mourato, Cláudia; Sanches, Sandra; Noronha, João Paulo; Crespo, M.T. Barreto; Pereira, Inês A.C.. "Biogenic platinum and palladium nanoparticles as new catalysts for the removal of pharmaceutical compounds". Water Research 108 (2017): 160-168. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.10.071.
    Published • 10.1016/j.watres.2016.10.071
  6. Martins, Mónica; Mourato, Cláudia; Morais-Silva, Fabio O.; Rodrigues-Pousada, Claudina; Voordouw, Gerrit; Wall, Judy D.; Pereira, Inês A. C.. "Electron transfer pathways of formate-driven H2 production in Desulfovibrio". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 100 18 (2016): 8135-8146. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-016-7649-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s00253-016-7649-7
  7. Martins, Mónica; Mourato, Cláudia; Pereira, Inês A. C.. "Desulfovibrio vulgaris growth coupled to formate-driven H2 production". Environmental Science & Technology 49 24 (2015): 14655-14662. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b02251.
    Published
  8. Costa, Sofia Santos; Mourato, Cláudia; Viveiros, Miguel; Melo-Cristino, José; Amaral, Leonard; Couto, Isabel. "Description of plasmid pSM52, harbouring the gene for the Smr efflux pump, and its involvement in resistance to biocides in a meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain". International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 41 5 (2013): 490-492. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2013.01.003.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Mourato, Cláudia. "New biological catalysts for the conversion of formate to hydrogen". PhD, 2017.
  2. Mourato, Cláudia Alhinho. "A contribuição das bombas de efluxo QacA e Smr para a multirresistência em Staphylococcus aureus". Master, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/7718.
  3. Mourato, Cláudia. "Leishmaniasis as an opportunistic infecction: Leishmania/HIV co-infection". Degree, Universidade do Algarve, 2009.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018/11/22 Resposta à quimioradioterapia neoadjuvante no cancro do recto. Estudo de marcadores moleculares preditivos de resposta. XXVIII Congresso Nacional de Coloproctologia
(Porto, Portugal)
2017/06/18 Formate metabolism in sulfate reducing bacteria Molybdenum and tungsten enzymes conference
(Santa Fe, United States)
2016/11/23 Interconversion of H2 and formate 7th PhD meeting of ITQB/NOVA
(Oeiras, Portugal)
2016/07/07 Biocatalytic interconversion of H2 and formate The 2016 GREEN-IT General Meeting
(Oeiras, Portugal)
2016/07/07 New biocatalysts for anaerobic removal of pharmaceutical compounds The 2016 GREEN-IT General Meeting
(Oeiras, Portugal)
2013/08/03 Can sulfate reducing bacteria be used for biological hydrogen production BioH2 meeting
(Montreal, Canada)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/05 - 2018/09 Workshop "Challenges for the Implementation of Hydrogen as an Energy Vector in Portugal - Towards a RoadMap for Research, Development and Technology Innovation" (2018/11/21 - 2018/11/21)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
2009/01 - 2009/04 Member of Organizing committee of 1st Symposium of Biomedical Sciences (2009/04 - 2009/04)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/01/30 - 2019/01/30 Participation in “Exposição - Descobre a ULisboa 2019”- lecture on human gut microbiota, aiming to motivate young student’s interest in research and pursuit higher education
Meeting
 Exposição - Descobre a ULisboa 2019
Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/01/09 - 2019/01/09 Participation in “Programa Cientificamente Provável”, contributing to the approximation between primary and secondary education and higher education
Meeting
 Programa Cientificamente Provável
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/11/15 - 2018/11/15 Participation in “Programa Cientificamente Provável”, contributing to the approximation between primary and secondary education and higher education
Meeting
 Programa Cientificamente Provável
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/10/20 - 2017/10/20 Workshop "Impact of Hydrogen on Mobility Challenges to Decarbonising the Transport Sector"
Workshop
 Impact of Hydrogen on Mobility Challenges to Decarbonising the Transport Sector
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
2016/10/15 - 2016/10/15 Workshop "Science Careers"
Workshop
 Workshop Science Careers
Centro Champalimaud, Portugal
2015/10/26 - 2015/11/06 Bioentrepreneurship course
Other
 Bioentrepreneurship course
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2014/03/20 - 2014/03/22 Visual Science Comunication course
Other
 Visual Science Comunication course
Nova Doctoral School, Portugal
2013/11 - 2013/11 Workshop "Scientific Writing"
Workshop
 Workshop Scientific Writing
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2013/05/28 - 2013/05/31 Research Skills Development course
Other
 Research Skills Development course
Nova Doctoral School, Portugal
2011/06/21 - 2011/06/21 Seminar "Phage and Mycobacterial Molecular Biology"
Seminar
 Phage and Mycobacterial Molecular Biology
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2010/12/01 - 2010/12/03 Workshop "Multi-disciplinary consortium for the development of effective, but non-toxic drugs against MDR-TB and XDR-TB"
Workshop
 Multi-disciplinary consortium for the development of effective, but non-toxic drugs against MDR-TB and XDR-TB
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/07/04 - 2019/07/06 UEG Basic Science Course: Epithelial ion transport in the GI tract Pécsi Tudományegyetem, Hungary

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2015/11 - 2017/03 Supervision of a research fellow Ana Rita Oliveira
Distinctions

Award

2019 Member of awarded project grant "Targeting miR-21 in PSC-IBD patients” awarded by GEDII
GEDII - Grupo de Estudos da Doença Inflamatória Intestinal, Portugal