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Rita Faísca completed her Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry in 2021 and her Master's in Biochemistry for Health in 2023, both from NOVA University of Lisbon (School of Science and Technology). In her bachelor's final project she studied Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilm formation at the Control of gene Expression lab from ITQB NOVA (2021). Her master thesis, titled "The role of JAK-STAT signaling pathway in early arthritis" was part of a translational research project at the Rheumatology Research Unit (João Eurico Fonseca Lab) from IMM, and it focused on flow cytometry analysis of arthritis patients' peripheral blood leukocyte populations. From january 2024 to april 2025, she was a Research fellow at the Biomolecular Engineering Lab, from UCIBIO (Applied Molecular Biociences Unit, NOVA School of Science and Technology) in Almada, working in the PURE project: "Scalable biotechnology for preciselly patterned bioseparations", as well as other smaller projects in the lab, gaining a vast experience in chemical functionalzation of solid supports, protein production and affinity chromatography. After gaining experience and skills in such diverse fields, she is now interested in pursuing a PhD in fundamental research, particularly in the field of neurobiology and regulation of stem cell proliferation, something she has always been interested in.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Rita Faísca Mariano
Date of birth
2000/04/24

Citation names

  • Faísca, Rita
  • Faísca, R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3118-1D8D-F1DE
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1221-5247

Email addresses

  • anarita.fm00@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 967023252 (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021 - 2023
Concluded
 Biochemistry for Health (Mestrado)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
"The role of JAK-STAT signaling pathway in early arthritis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2018 - 2021
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Ribonuclease R impact on Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilm formation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/01/29 - 2025/03/31 Research Assistant (Research) Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/09 - 2023/12 Master Thesis "The role of JAK-STAT signaling pathway in early arthritis" - Rheumatology Research Unit/João Eurico Fonseca Lab, iMM Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal
2021/01 - 2021/07 Individual project (BSC in Biochemistry): "Ribonuclease R impact on Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilm formation" - Control of Gene Expression Lab , ITQB NOVA Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/02 Voluntary Research Internship at Neuronal Trafficking in Aging Lab, CEDOC - Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/01/29 - 2025/03/31 Precisely Patterned Nanofibers for High Performance Bioseparations
899732
10.3030/899732
Research Fellow
Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/01/29 - 2025/03/31 Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit
UIDB/04378/2020
10.54499/UIDB/04378/2020
Research Fellow
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal

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

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Rui Lourenço Teixeira; Faísca, Rita; João Eurico Fonseca. Corresponding author: Rui Lourenço Teixeira. "Alterations in JAK-STAT signaling pathway are found in peripheral blood leukocytes from untreated early arthritis patients". Paper presented in European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2024, Vienna, 2024.
Conference poster
  1. Faísca, Rita; Ana Margarida Dias; ROQUE, CECÍLIA. "Production and characterization of peptide-based flexible materials". Paper presented in PepperSchool 2024 - Peptide and protein engineering: from concepts to biotechnological applications, 2024.
  2. Rui Lourenço Teixeira; Faísca, Rita; João Eurico Fonseca. "Is JAK-STAT key to disease progression in early arthritis?". Paper presented in XXV Congresso Português de Reumatologia, 2023.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "The role of JAK-STAT signaling pathway in early arthritis (grade: 19/20)". Master, Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, 2023.
  2. "Ribonuclease R impact on Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilm formation (grade: 20/20)". Degree, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, 2021.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/10/07 Flash presentation: Production and characterization of peptide-based flexible materials (at PepperSchool 2024, Costa da Caparica, Almada, Portugal) PepperSchool 2024 - Peptide and protein engineering: from concepts to biotechnological applications
UCIBIO - NOVA FCT (Almada , Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/08 - 2019/08 Biochemistry students' nucleus Summer School 2019 - Organisation (2019/08 - 2019/08)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/10/07 - 2024/10/11 Pepper School 2024 - Peptide and protein engineering: from concepts to biotechnological applications
Conference
 Peptide and protein engineering: from concepts to biotechnological applications
Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal

Aix-Marseille Université, France
2023/05/08 - 2023/05/12 FLxFlow Course: Principles and Applications of Flow Cytometry (Basic and Advanced Modules); Lisbon, Portugal
Workshop
 FLxFlow Course: Principles and Applications of Flow Cytometry 4th Edition - Basic and Advanced modules
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2019/02/08 - 2019/02/09 JorTec Biochemistry (Jornadas Tecnológicas) 2019
Symposium
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/02/03 - 2019/02/03 Workshop in Bionanotechnology
Workshop
 JorTec Biochemistry
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019 - 2021 NOVA FCT Biochemistry students' nucleus (NuBioq) Coordinator of the education department/area

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2024/04/10 - 2024/04/10 Presenter of the research done at Biomolecular Engineering lab at EXPO FCT 2024 - Open Day; Science communication for the public
Member
 Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/04/24 - 2018/04/24 Voluntary member of EXPO FCT 2018 - Open Day
Member
 Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal