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Catarina Araújo Gomes Rebelo has a MSc in Biochemistry from the University of Coimbra. Catarina recently completed her PhD in Bioengineering System (MIT Portugal Program) and his currently a post-doctoral researcher at CIBB.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Catarina Araújo Gomes Rebelo

Citation names

  • Rebelo, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3315-E9E2-B986
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2677-1124

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2014/01/01 - 2019/12/18
Concluded
 Bio-engineering Systems Doctoral Program (MIT) (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Light-triggerable delivery of a gene edition system." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/05/02 - 2016/05/13
Concluded
 Laboratory Animal Science Course (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2013/03/11 - 2013/03/15
Concluded
 Stem Cells get practical – approaches on stem cell isolation, characterization and differentiation 3rd Edition (Pós-Graduação)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2013/02/25 - 2013/03/08
Concluded
 An integrative approach to cell analysis –cell and tissue culture, flow cytometry, microscopy 5th Edition (Pós-Graduação)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2012
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
""Development of liposomal formulations for drug delivery to breast cancer cells."" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18/20
2010
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16/20 - European equivalent of comparability of cl
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/06/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2019/10/15 - 2020/04/14 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013/08/01 - 2013/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/06 - Current LIghtBRARY .: Uma biblioteca de nanoparticulas activáveis por acção da luz para a libertação de terapias baseadas em RNA
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029414
Post-doc
2021/06 - 2023/08 LABEL - Radio-marcação de vesiculas extracelulares para aplicações em diagnóstico e terapêuticas
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-049268
2018/06/22 - 2021/06/21 BrainEdition: remotely controlling gene edition in neural stem cells
PTDC/NAN-MAT/28060/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/02 - 2020/04 Enhancing Research in Ageing at the University of Coimbra (ERA@UC)
669088
Research Technician Fellow
European Commission
2014/01/01 - 2017/12/31 Nanomedicine to enhance heart regenerative potential
PD/BD/52337/2013
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/08/01 - 2013/12 NANODRUG - NOVEL NANOPARTICLES FOR DRUG DELIVERY TO THE SKIN
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBI2%F519042%F2012/PT
Research Fellow
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Artur Filipe Rodrigues; Catarina Rebelo; Tiago Reis; João André Sousa; Sónia L. C. Pinho; João Sargento-Freitas; João Peça; Lino Ferreira. "Therapeutic Approaches for Stroke: A Biomaterials Perspective". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-030-81400-7_8
  2. Rebelo, Catarina. "Therapeutic Approaches for Stroke: A Biomaterials Perspective". In Engineered Materials for Neural Repair. Springer Nature, 2021.
    In press
Conference abstract
  1. Francisco, Vitor; Josephine, Blersch; Rebelo, Catarina; Ferreira, Lino. "High-throughput screening of nanoparticles to efficiently deliver non-coding RNA". Paper presented in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, Coimbra, 2021.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Francisco, Vitor; Rodrigues, Artur Filipe; Rebelo, Catarina; Paulo, Cristiana; Rita Pereira; Simões, Susana; Pinho, Sonia L. C:; Ferreira, Lino. Corresponding author: Francisco, Vitor. "A nano formulation for targeted mRNA delivery to tackle fibrotic diseases". Paper presented in Ageing Without Borders, 2022.
  2. Rebelo, Catarina. "Coupling Near-infrared Light Triggerable Delivery Of Cre Recombinase With Optogenetics To Control Brain Activity.". Paper presented in 46th Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting & Exposition, 2019.
  3. Rebelo, Catarina. "NIR-light dependent delivery of Cre recombinase: an optogenetic tool for DNA modulation in the brain". Paper presented in 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Artur Filipe Rodrigues; Catarina Rebelo; Susana Simoes; Paulo, Cristiana S. O.; S.L.C. Pinho; Vitor Francisco; Lino Ferreira. "A Polymeric Nanoparticle Formulation for Targeted mRNA Delivery to Fibroblasts". Advanced Science (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202205475.
    10.1002/advs.202205475
  2. Rodrigues, Artur Filipe; Rebelo, Catarina; Reis, Tiago; Simões, Susana; Bernardino, Liliana; Peça, João; Ferreira, Lino. "Engineering optical tools for remotely controlled brain stimulation and regeneration". Biomaterials Science (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2bm02059a.
    10.1039/d2bm02059a
  3. Catarina Rebelo; Tiago Reis; Guedes, JR; Cláudia Saraiva; Artur Filipe Rodrigues; Susana Simões; Liliana Bernardino; et al. "Efficient spatially targeted gene editing using a near-infrared activatable protein-conjugated nanoparticle for brain applications". Nature Communications (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31791-6.
    10.1038/s41467-022-31791-6
  4. Francisco, Vitor; Rebelo, Catarina; Rodrigues, Artur Filipe; Blersch, Josephine; Fernandes, Hugo; Ferreira, Lino. "A high-throughput screening platform to identify nanocarriers for efficient delivery of RNA-based therapies". Methods (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2020.12.002.
    10.1016/j.ymeth.2020.12.002
  5. Blersch, Josephine; Francisco, Vitor; Rebelo, Catarina; Jiménez-Balsa, Adrian; Antunes, Helena; Gonzato, Carlo; Pinto, Sandra; et al. "A Light-Triggerable Nanoparticle Library for the Controlled Release of Non-Coding RNAs". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 5 (2020): 1985-1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201911398.
    10.1002/anie.201911398
  6. Blersch, Josephine; Francisco, Vitor; Rebelo, Catarina; Jiménez, Adrián; Antunes, Helena; Pinto, Sandra; Simoes, Susana MN; Rai, Akhilesh; Ferreira, Lino. "A light-triggerable formulation to control the stability of pro-angiogenic transcription factor hypoxia inducible factor-1A (HIF-1A)". Nanoscale (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9nr10503d.
    10.1039/c9nr10503d
  7. Pinho, Sonia; Macedo, Maria H.; Rebelo, Catarina; Sarmento, Bruno; Ferreira, Lino. "Stem cells as vehicles and targets of nanoparticles". Drug Discovery Today 23 5 (2018): 1071-1078. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2018.01.030.
    10.1016/j.drudis.2018.01.030
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Rebelo, Catarina. "Light-triggerable delivery of a gene edition system.". PhD, 2019.
  2. Rebelo, Catarina. "Development of liposomal formulations for drug delivery to breast cancer cells.". Master, 2012.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Rebelo, Catarina. 2020. "Light triggerable gene editing formulation, in vivo editing method, and uses thereof".
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/07/08 Coupling gene edition with optogenetics by a near-infrared activatable protein-conjugated nanoparticle Neuroscience & Disease CIBB Retreat
Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/09/11 Modulating neural stem cells activity by nanoparticle light-activation 29th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Biomaterials
European Society for Biomaterials ( Maastricht, Netherlands)
2017/10/13 Modulating neural stem cells activity by opto-nanomedicine 10th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies
Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies (Covilhã, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/06/28 - 2019/06/29 "Ageing: models, mechanisms and therapies" (2019/06/28 - 2029/06/29)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2017/10/04 - 2017/10/04 Festival de Ciência de Oliveira do Bairro (FeCiOB)
2017/09/29 - 2017/09/29 European Researchers Night - Coimbra
2016/11/28 - 2016/12/02 II Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy Course (one-week intensive microscopy course)
Workshop
 II Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy Course
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2016/01/26 - 2016/01/27 Show me your mouse and I will show you your phenotype – histopathology in biomedical | CAML Advanced Course
Workshop
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
2015/09/25 - 2015/09/25 European Researchers Night- Coimbra

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/10/07 - 2020/12/09 Regenerative Medicine (02034764) Engenharia Biomédica Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2017 SPCE-TC registration grant for the 10th International Meeting of SPCE-TC
Sociedade Portuguesa de Células Estaminais e Terapia Celular, Portugal
2009 “The 3% Best Students Award in the year 2008/2009”
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2008 “The 3% Best Students Award in the year 2007/2008”
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal