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I am a curious and ambitious young scientist who graduated in Biochemistry at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FC/ULisboa), which provided me with fundamental knowledge and skills and incited my curiosity and interest in scientific findings and teamwork. I recently completed my master's degree in Biopharmaceutical Sciences from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon (FF/ULisboa). Where, under the tutelage of Prof. João Gonçalves, I developed my Thesis project who aimed to characterize the immune responses triggered by SARS-CoV-2 and find patterns associated with the quality and amplitude of the immune response in severe COVID-19 patients. The results from my Thesis have already been submitted to publication. Currently, I am working as a Research Assistant in the Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology group at the Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), the R&D Unit of FF/ULisboa that promotes pharmaceutical research to improve human health through disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. I consider myself an organized, responsible, and dedicated person, who loves a good challenge.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Carolina Santos Palma

Citation names

  • Palma, Carolina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
381E-624A-390A

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 962269882 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Praça Afrânio Peixoto, nr 11, 3º Direito, 1000-009, Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (Personal)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/01/01 - 2025/12/31
Ongoing
 Pharmacy (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/09/19 - 2021/02/25
Concluded
 Ciências Biofarmacêuticas (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Evaluation of the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in ICU patients with COVID-19" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2014/06/14 - 2018/07/06
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/03/01 - 2022/12/31 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa - Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Ensino e Investigação da Microbiologia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020 - Current Fat2LiverTGR5 - Targeting the adipose tissue to treat fatty liver: role of TGR5
HR17-00601
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
 Obra Social La Caixa
Ongoing
2020 - Current Exosomal Fat-Liver Axis in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Function and Modulation
PTDC/MED-PAT/31882/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020 - Current MicroRNAs como biomarcadores diagnósticos de la evolución del daño hepático y papel en la enfermedad en pacientes ancianos (OLD-HEPAMARKER
CENIE
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
European Commission
Ongoing
2020 - Current "Testar com Ciência e Solidariedade"
02/SAICT/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020 - Current "Teste rápido, de baixo custo e reduzida complexidade para deteção do RNA do SARS-Cov-2"
009_595764409
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. André Lopes Simão; Palma, Carolina; Laura Izquierdo-Sanchez; Antonella Putignano; Angela Carvalho-Gomes; Andreas Posch; Paola Zanaga; et al. Corresponding author: Rui E Castro. "Cirrhosis associates with lower immune response to COVID-19 vaccines in patients with chronic liver disease: a multicenter European study". JHEP Reports (2022):
    Submitted
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Palma, Carolina. "Evaluation of the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in ICU patients with COVID-19". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, 2021.
Activities

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/01/01 - Current Research Assistant João Gonçalves Lab and Rui Castro Lab, iMed.ULisboa, FFULisboa
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
2021 - Current Webinar "Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Role of Serologic Testing in Diagnosis and Assessment of Viral Immunity" by David M. Engman, MD, Ph.D.
2021 - Current Webinar "Role of serology in the next phase of COVID-19 investigation and response" by Linfa Wang, Ph.D.
2021 - Current Webinar "Immune profiling of hospitalized COVID-19 patients" by Josephine Giles Ph.D.
2021 - Current Webinar "COVID-19 RNA and DNA vaccines" by Deborah Fuller, Ph.D.
2021 - Current Webinar "COVID-19: A Clinical Lab's Response to a Pandemic" by Omai Garner, Ph.D., D (ABMM)
2021 - Current E-Learning Course "SARS-COV-2 & COVID-19"- https://lisbonph.pt/curso-e-learning virologia/#Sobre - LisbonPH
2021 - Current Webinar Liver transplantation and COVID-19: a joint ESOT-ELITA, ILTS, and EASL project. https://easl.eu/covid-19-and-the-liver/
2021 - Current Webinar "COVID-19 and the liver"
2021 - Current Webinar "COVID-19, Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease" - https://easlcampus.eu/videos/covid-19-and-liver-obesity-and-fatty-liver-disease
2020 - Current Webinar "Putting the Cart Before the Horse: SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Tests" by David G. Grenache, Ph.D., MT(ASCP), D(ABCC)
2020 - Current Webinar "COVID-19 Serology Assays and Cell Therapy Strategies" by Fatima Amanat, Dean Lee, and Lior Raviv.
2020 - Current E-Learning Course UEG online course on "Biomarkers of Liver Disease" Authors: Rui E. Castro, Frank Tacke, Jesús M. Bañales https://ueg.eu/p/119
2019/03/01 - Current Volunteer COVID-19 Diagnostic center, iMed.ULisboa | FFULisboa
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
2019 - Current Cancer Talks
Seminar
 "Serendipities of Acquired Immunity" by Dr. Tasuku Honjo, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.
2019 - Current 33rd European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference
Conference
 "Functional Immunogenetics: The Historical Challenge", Lisbon, Portugal.
2019 - Current Seminar Parkinson by APDPk - Associação Portuguesa de Doentes de Parkinson, Lisbon, Portugal.
2019 - Current Biochemistry Masterclass Seminar, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal. "Biology of membrane transport" by Graça Soveral
2019 - Current Webinar "Innovative Approaches in Integrated Therapies" | Brain, Cancer and Infections, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
2019 - Current Volunteer ANBIOQ - Associação nacional de Bioquímicos - Organization, Reception and provision of information in 33rd European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility conference.
2018 - Current Biochemistry Masterclass Seminar, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal. "Cancer Immunology" by Bruno Silva-Santos
2020 - 2020 Webinar "All antibodies are NOT created equal: Comprehensive profiling of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies" by Tuomas Knowles

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/01/01 - Current Vacinação COVID-19: Resposta Imunitária Matilde Gambito
2021/06/01 - 2022/06/28 Characterization of Immunogenicity produced by COVID-19 Vaccines in Autoimmune Arthritic Diseases Igor Casado