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Nuno Silva completed his BSc in Applied Biology (2007) and received is PhD in Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells from the University of Minho in 2012. His PhD work consisted on the development of novel approaches for Spinal Cord Injury Repair based on biodegradable materials and stem cells. His PhD was carried out in the 3Bs Research Group and in the Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research of the University of Toronto. In 2012 he started a post-doc at ICVS dedicated to study the best therapeutic combination to treat the injured spinal cord. In 2014 he was able to capture national competitive funding and started his own lab. In 2019 his position as Principal Investigator was reinforced through a FCT CEEC grant (Assistant Researcher). Recently, Nuno Silva achieved the top ranking in the CEEC 2023 call, the most competitive scientific employment call in Portugal. His team is presently constituted by 1 post-doctoral researcher, 5 PhD students, 2 MSc students and 3 technicians. He is currently an author of 48 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals and is an author of two patents. Nuno Silva has currently more than 2900 citations and an h-index of 24. Additionally he is author of 7 book chapters and has more than 60 communications in national and international conferences. He supervises/supervised 25 post-graduation students. Parallel to his research activity his has been acting as referee for several international journals and for 4 international scientific agencies. He is the guest editor of 2 special issues for Pharmaceuticals and is in the editorial board of four international journals. He was part of the scientific and organizing committees of the Spinal Cord Iberian Symposium (SCiS 2015) and was the meeting chair of the first Minho Spinal Cord Injury Meeting (MiSCI-2019). Finally, during his research career, Nuno Silva was able to capture more than two and a half million euros of competitive funding, either in research projects (1.8M) or salary grants (716K). Notably, his international recognition includes funding from prestigious entities such as the Wings For Life Foundation and the La Caixa Foundation.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Nuno André Martins Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Nuno A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
431C-19BA-8C2C
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1061-1716
Google Scholar ID
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Researcher Id
K-4077-2012
Scopus Author Id
56014904300

Email addresses

  • nunosilva@med.uminho.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 253604875 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS). School of Medicine, Universidade do Minho - Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2012
Concluded
 PhD in Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
"3D Functionalized Multi-Supportive Structures (FMSS) – A Novel Route for SCI Regeneration" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 n/a
2007
Concluded
 BSc in Applied Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"Desenvolvimento de um modelo baseado em engenharia de tecidos para a regeneração de lesões da espinal-medula" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/04/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2012/11/01 - 2019/03/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2007/02/01 - 2007/08/31 Research Trainee (Research) Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2008/01/01 - 2012/10/01 PhD Student Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal
2010/06/01 - 2011/09/30 Phd Student University of Toronto, Canada
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025 - Current A Multidisciplinary Therapeutic Approach for Spinal Cord Injury Repair (Salary grant, 273K)
2023.09247.CEECIND
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Ongoing
2019 - 2025 Combining Stem Cells, Biomaterials and Pharmacology: The Path for Spinal Cord Injury Repair (Salary grant, 273K)
CEECIND/04794/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2014/02/01 - 2019/02/19 A Poly-pharmacological Therapy to Repair the Injured Spinal Cord (Salary Grant, 177K)
SFRH/BPD/97701/2013
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2011/12/31 3D Functionalized Multi-Supportive Structures (FMSS) - A Novel Route dor SCI Regeneration (Salary Grant, 53K)
SFRH/BD/40684/2007
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/12/01 - Current Wireless Neural Guidance Device for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration (1M)
HR23-00484
Principal investigator
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
 Obra Social La Caixa
Ongoing
2023/07/01 - Current Activated Macrophages and Spinal Cord Injury Repair: The Secretome Effect (200K)
WFL-PT-14/23
Principal investigator
Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation
Ongoing
2023/04/01 - Current Adipose tissue-derived stem cells secretome as a new cell-free based therapeutic for spinal cord injury (7K)
SEC4SCI
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 SECRET4SCI - Stem Cells Secretome as a Therapeutic Tool in Spinal Cord Injury Regenerative Medicine (200K)
na
Principal investigator
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
 Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2023/07/31 The peripheral sympathetic system as a target for immunomodulation in spinal cord injury pathophysiology
EXPL/MED-PAT/0931/2021
Researcher
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2018/07/02 - 2022/07/01 A Multidisciplinary Therapy to Repair the Injured Spinal Cord: Time to Move (239K)
02/SAICT/2017 - Project: 29968
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-029968
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 CCDR-N (NORTE 2020)
Concluded
2018/01/01 - 2021/12/31 CombiCORD - Inducing Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration through the combinatory action of pharmacotherapies, tissue engineering and epidural stimulation (200K)
MC-004/17
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
Concluded
2018/09/01 - 2019/08/31 Wi-NERVED - Development of a Wireless device for NEural Repair Via Electric and Drug delivery (20k)
na
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde
Concluded
2016/01/07 - 2019/06/30 Combining Pharmacotherapy and Stem Cells to Repair the Injured Spinal Cord: Is it the whole greater than the sum of its parts? (194K)
PTDC/DTP-FTO/5109/2014
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2014/01/01 - 2016/12/31 Development of an Integrative Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration based on Inductive Biodegradable Biomaterials, Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Neuro-Protective Agents (200K)
MC_001
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Rui Lima; Inês, M. Pereira; Silva, Nuno A.. "Neuroprotection in the Injured Spinal Cord". In Handbook of Innovations in Central Nervous System Regenerative Medicine, edited by António J. Salgado. United States: Elsevier, 2020.
  2. Eduardo Gomes; Sandra Barata-Antunes; Andreia Teixeira-Castro; Rita C. Assunção-Silva; Cláudia R. Marques; Susana Monteiro; Fábio G. Teixeira; Aline M. Fernandes; Silva, Nuno A.. "Animal Models of CNS Disorders". In Handbook of Innovations in Central Nervous System Regenerative Medicine 1st Edition, edited by António J. Salgado. United States: Elsevier, 2020.
  3. Gomes, E.D.; Rocha, L.A.; Assunção-Silva, R.C.; Lima, R.; Silva, N.A.; Salgado, A.J.. "Cell therapies for spinal cord injury regeneration". 157-186. 2019.
  4. Assunção-Silva, R.C.; Gomes, E.D.; Silva, N.A.; Salgado, A.J.. "Nanoengineered biomaterials for spinal cord regeneration". 167-185. 2018.
  5. Gomes, Eduardo D.; Assunção-Silva, Rita C.; Sousa, Nuno; Silva, Nuno A.; Salgado, António J.. "Modulation of Stem Cells Behavior Through Bioactive Surfaces". In Advanced Surfaces for Stem Cell Research, 67-86. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.
    10.1002/9781119242642.ch4
  6. Salgado, António J.; Oliveira, Joaquim M.; Martins, Albino; Teixeira, Fábio G.; Silva, Nuno A.; Neves, Nuno M.; Sousa, Nuno; Reis, Rui L.. "Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: Past, Present, and Future". In Tissue Engineering of the Peripheral Nerve: Stem Cells and Regeneration Promoting Factors, 1-33. Elsevier, 2013.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-410499-0.00001-0
  7. SALGADO, A.J.; SOUSA, N.; SILVA, N.A.; NEVES, N.M.; REIS, R.L.. "Hydrogels for spinal cord injury regeneration". In Natural-Based Polymers for Biomedical Applications, 570-594. Elsevier, 2008.
    10.1533/9781845694814.4.570
Conference poster
  1. Lentilhas-Graça, José ; Santos, Diogo J; Afonso, João L.; Andreia Monteiro; Vidinha-Mira, André; Marta Ferreira; Mendes, Vera M; et al. "Activated Macrophages and Spinal Cord Injury Repair: The Secretome Effect". Paper presented in Wings For Life Scientific Meeting, Salzburg, Austria., 2024.
  2. M. Moura, Maria; Pinho, A.G; Monteiro, Susana; Miranda, Alice; Silva, Nuno A.; António Salgado. Corresponding author: Monteiro, Susana. "The impact of Spinal Cord Injury in the spleen-innervating sympathetic neurons". Paper presented in 23rd Spinal Research Network Meeting, 2023.
  3. Pinho, A.G; Monteiro, Susana; Silva, Nuno A.; Salgado, António J. "Region-specific morphology and behavior of microglia". Paper presented in EMBO Workshop Microglia 2021, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Lentilhas-Graça, José; Santos, Diogo J.; Afonso, João; Monteiro, Andreia; Pinho, Andreia G.; Mendes, Vera M.; Dias, Marta S.; et al. Corresponding author: Silva, Nuno A.. "The secretome of macrophages has a differential impact on spinal cord injury recovery according to the polarization protocol". Frontiers in Immunology 15 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1354479.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1354479
  2. Assunção-Silva, Rita C; Pinho, Andreia; Cibrão, Jorge R; Pereira, Inês M; Monteiro, Susana; Silva, Nuno A; Campos, Jonas; et al. "Adipose tissue derived stem cell secretome induces motor and histological gains after complete spinal cord injury in Xenopus laevis and mice". Journal of Tissue Engineering 15 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20417314231203824.
    10.1177/20417314231203824
  3. M. Moura, Maria; Andreia Monteiro; António Salgado; Silva, Nuno A.; Monteiro, Susana. "Disrupted Autonomic Pathways in Spinal Cord Injury: Implications for the Immune Regulation". Neurobiology of Disease (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2024.106500.
    In press
  4. Carla S. Sousa; Rui Lima; Jorge R. Cibrão; Eduardo D. Gomes; Luís S. Fernandes; Tiffany S. Pinho; Deolinda Silva; et al. "Pre-Clinical Assessment of Roflumilast Therapy in a Thoracic Model of Spinal Cord Injury". Pharmaceutics (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15051556.
    10.3390/pharmaceutics15051556
  5. Andreia G. Pinho; Andreia Monteiro; Sara Fernandes; Nídia de Sousa; António J. Salgado; Nuno A. Silva; Susana Monteiro. "The Central Nervous System Source Modulates Microglia Function and Morphology In Vitro". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24097685.
    10.3390/ijms24097685
  6. Nídia de Sousa; Andreia G. Pinho; Susana Monteiro; Valentina Liberato; Diogo J. Santos; Jonas Campos; Jorge R. Cibrão; et al. "Acute baclofen administration promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury". The Spine Journal (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2022.09.007.
    10.1016/j.spinee.2022.09.007
  7. Nidia de Sousa; Diego Robledo; Laura González-Llera; Andreia G. Pinho; Diogo J. Santos; Susana Monteiro; Jonas Campos; et al. "Spinal cord RNA-seq data after a baclofen treatment in mice with a spinal cord injury". Data in Brief (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108809.
    10.1016/j.dib.2022.108809
  8. Rui Lima; Andreia Monteiro; António J. Salgado; Susana Monteiro; Nuno A. Silva. "Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approaches for Spinal Cord Injury". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232213833.
    10.3390/ijms232213833
  9. Aline M. Fernandes; Jonas Campos; Deolinda Silva; Sandra Barata Antunes; Rui Augusto Ribeiro Lima; Claudio Coelho; Ana M. Marote; et al. "Cerebral Organoids to Study Central Mechanisms of Pain: The Effect of Stem Cell Secretome on Opioid Receptors and Neuroplasticity". Stem Cells and Development 31 19-20 (2022): 641-657. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/scd.2022.0116.
    10.1089/scd.2022.0116
  10. Pinho, Andreia G.; Cibrão, Jorge R.; Lima, Rui; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Serra, Sofia C.; Lentilhas-Graça, José; Ribeiro, C.; et al. "Immunomodulatory and regenerative effects of the full and fractioned adipose tissue derived stem cells secretome in spinal cord injury". Experimental Neurology 351 (2022): 113989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.113989.
    Accepted • 10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.113989
  11. Rui Lima; Eduardo D. Gomes; Jorge R. Cibrão; Luís A. Rocha; Rita C. Assunção-Silva; Cláudia S. Rodrigues; Andreia Neves-Carvalho; et al. "Levetiracetam treatment leads to functional recovery after thoracic or cervical injuries of the spinal cord". npj Regenerative Medicine (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41536-021-00121-7.
    10.1038/s41536-021-00121-7
  12. Joana Sofia Correia; Andreia Neves-Carvalho; Bárbara Mendes-Pinheiro; Joel Pires; Fábio Gabriel Teixeira; Rui Lima; Susana Monteiro; et al. "Preclinical Assessment of Mesenchymal-Stem-Cell-Based Therapies in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3". Biomedicines (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9121754.
    10.3390/biomedicines9121754
  13. Campos, Jonas; Silva, Nuno A; Salgado, António J. "Nutritional interventions for spinal cord injury: preclinical efficacy and molecular mechanisms". Nutrition Reviews (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuab068.
    Published • 10.1093/nutrit/nuab068
  14. de Sousa, Nídia; Santos, Diogo; Monteiro, Susana; Silva, Nuno; Barreiro-Iglesias, Antón; Salgado, António J. "Role of Baclofen in Modulating Spasticity and Neuroprotection in Spinal Cord Injury". Journal of Neurotrauma (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2020.7591.
    10.1089/neu.2020.7591
  15. Monteiro, Susana; Pinho, Andreia G.; Macieira, Mara; Serre-Miranda, Cláudia; Cibrão, Jorge R.; Lima, Rui; Soares-Cunha, Carina; et al. "Splenic sympathetic signaling contributes to acute neutrophil infiltration of the injured spinal cord". Journal of Neuroinflammation 17 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12974-020-01945-8.
    10.1186/s12974-020-01945-8
  16. Gomes, Eduardo D.; Ghosh, Biswarup; Lima, Rui; Goulão, Miguel; Moreira-Gomes, Tiago; Martins-Macedo, Joana; Urban, Mark W.; et al. "Combination of a Gellan Gum-Based Hydrogel With Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 8 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00984.
    10.3389/fbioe.2020.00984
  17. Rui Lima; Susana Monteiro; Eduardo D. Gomes; Natália L. Vasconcelos; Rita Assunção-Silva; Mónica Morais; António J. Salgado; Nuno A. Silva. "Citalopram Administration Does Not Promote Function or Histological Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 14 (2020): 5062-5062. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21145062.
    10.3390/ijms21145062
  18. Rocha, Luís A.; Gomes, Eduardo D.; Afonso, João L.; Granja, Sara; Baltazar, Fatima; Silva, Nuno A.; Shoichet, Molly S.; et al. "In vitro Evaluation of ASCs and HUVECs Co-cultures in 3D Biodegradable Hydrogels on Neurite Outgrowth and Vascular Organization". Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 8 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2020.00489.
    10.3389/fcell.2020.00489
  19. Andreia G. Pinho; Jorge R. Cibrão; Nuno A. Silva; Susana Monteiro; António J. Salgado. "Cell Secretome: Basic Insights and Therapeutic Opportunities for CNS Disorders". Pharmaceuticals 13 2 (2020): 31-31. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph13020031.
    10.3390/ph13020031
  20. Rocha, L.A.; Silva, D.; Barata-Antunes, S.; Cavaleiro, H.; Gomes, E.D.; Silva, N.A.; Salgado, A.J.. "Cell and Tissue Instructive Materials for Central Nervous System Repair". Advanced Functional Materials (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85079649660&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/adfm.201909083
  21. Neves-Carvalho, Andreia; Mendes-Pinheiro, Bárbara; Correia, Joana Sofia; Pires, Joel; Teixeira, Fábio Gabriel; Silva, Nuno; Lima, Rui; et al. "Pre-Clinical Assessment of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Based Therapies in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3". SSRN Electronic Journal (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3475576.
    10.2139/ssrn.3475576
  22. Inês M. Pereira; Ana Marote; António J. Salgado; Nuno A. Silva. "Filling the Gap: Neural Stem Cells as A Promising Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury". Pharmaceuticals 12 2 (2019): 65-65. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph12020065.
    10.3390/ph12020065
  23. Costa, M.M.; Lima, R.; Melo-Fonseca, F.; Bartolomeu, F.; Alves, N.; Miranda, A.; Gasik, M.; et al. "Development of ß-TCP-Ti6Al4V structures: Driving cellular response by modulating physical and chemical properties". Materials Science and Engineering C 98 (2019): 705-716. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85059872382&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.msec.2019.01.016
  24. Gomes, E.; Silva, N.; Salgado, A.. "Combinatorial therapies for spinal cord injury: Strategies to induce regeneration". Neural Regeneration Research 14 1 (2019): 69-71. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85060811778&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.4103/1673-5374.243705
  25. Monteiro, S.; Salgado, A.J.; Silva, N.A.. "Immunomodulation as a neuroprotective strategy after spinal cord injury". Neural Regeneration Research 13 3 (2018): 423-424. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85051961574&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.4103/1673-5374.228722
  26. Serra, S.C.; Costa, J.C.; Assunção-Silva, R.C.; Teixeira, F.G.; Silva, N.A.; Anjo, S.I.; Manadas, B.; et al. "Influence of passage number on the impact of the secretome of adipose tissue stem cells on neural survival, neurodifferentiation and axonal growth". Biochimie 155 (2018): 119-128. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85056374456&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biochi.2018.09.012
  27. Gomes, E.D.; Mendes, S.S.; Assunção-Silva, R.C.; Teixeira, F.G.; Pires, A.O.; Anjo, S.I.; Manadas, B.; et al. "Co-Transplantation of Adipose Tissue-Derived Stromal Cells and Olfactory Ensheathing Cells for Spinal Cord Injury Repair". Stem Cells 36 5 (2018): 696-708. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85045933218&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/stem.2785
  28. Melo-Fonseca, F.; Lima, R.; Costa, M.M.; Bartolomeu, F.; Alves, N.; Miranda, A.; Gasik, M.; et al. "45S5 BAG-Ti6Al4V structures: The influence of the design on some of the physical and chemical interactions that drive cellular response". Materials and Design 160 (2018): 95-105. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85052955202&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.matdes.2018.08.056
  29. Silva, Nuno. "Systemic Interleukin-4 Administration after Spinal Cord Injury Modulates Inflammation and Promotes Neuroprotection". Pharmaceuticals (2017): http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/10/4/83.
    10.3390/ph10040083
  30. E. Oliveira; R. C. Assunção-Silva; O. Ziv-Polat; E. D. Gomes; F. G. Teixeira; N. A. Silva; A. Shahar; A. J. Salgado. "Influence of Different ECM-Like Hydrogels on Neurite Outgrowth Induced by Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells". Stem Cells International 2017 (2017): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/6319129.
    10.1155/2017/6319129
  31. Vasconcelos, N.L.; Gomes, E.D.; Oliveira, E.P.; Silva, C.J.; Lima, R.; Sousa, N.; Salgado, A.J.; Silva, N.A.. "Combining neuroprotective agents: effect of riluzole and magnesium in a rat model of thoracic spinal cord injury". Spine Journal 16 8 (2016): 1015-1024. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84965002844&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.spinee.2016.04.013
  32. Teixeira, F.G.; Vasconcelos, N.L.; Gomes, E.D.; Marques, F.; Sousa, J.C.; Sousa, N.; Silva, N.A.; et al. "Bioengineered cell culture systems of central nervous system injury and disease". Drug Discovery Today (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84975780622&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.drudis.2016.04.020
  33. Gomes, E.D.; Mendes, S.S.; Leite-Almeida, H.; Gimble, J.M.; Tam, R.Y.; Shoichet, M.S.; Sousa, N.; Silva, N.A.; Salgado, A.J.. "Combination of a peptide-modified gellan gum hydrogel with cell therapy in a lumbar spinal cord injury animal model". Biomaterials 105 (2016): 38-51. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84982786577&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.07.019
  34. Pires, A.O.; Mendes-Pinheiro, B.; Teixeira, F.G.; Anjo, S.I.; Ribeiro-Samy, S.; Gomes, E.D.; Serra, S.C.; et al. "Unveiling the Differences of Secretome of Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells, and Human Umbilical Cord Perivascular Cells: A Proteomic Analysis". Stem Cells and Development 25 14 (2016): 1073-1083. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84978401618&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/scd.2016.0048
  35. Sevivas, N.; Serra, S.C.; Portugal, R.; Teixeira, F.G.; Carvalho, M.M.; Silva, N.; Espregueira-Mendes, J.; Sousa, N.; Salgado, A.J.. "Animal model for chronic massive rotator cuff tear: behavioural and histologic analysis". Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 23 2 (2015): 608-618. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925535480&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00167-014-3441-3
  36. Assunção-Silva, R.C.; Oliveira, C.C.; Ziv-Polat, O.; Gomes, E.D.; Sahar, A.; Sousa, N.; Silva, N.A.; Salgado, A.J.. "Induction of neurite outgrowth in 3D hydrogel-based environments". Biomedical materials (Bristol, England) 10 5 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84971414782&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1748-6041/10/5/051001
  37. Assunção-Silva, R.C.; Gomes, E.D.; Sousa, N.; Silva, N.A.; Salgado, A.J.. "Hydrogels and Cell Based Therapies in Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration". Stem Cells International 2015 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84935023445&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1155/2015/948040
  38. Canha-Gouveia, A.; Rita Costa-Pinto, A.; Martins, A.M.; Silva, N.A.; Faria, S.; Sousa, R.A.; Salgado, A.J.; et al. "Hierarchical scaffolds enhance osteogenic differentiation of human Wharton's jelly derived stem cells". Biofabrication 7 3 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84944706341&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1758-5090/7/3/035009
  39. Silva, N.A.; Sousa, N.; Reis, R.L.; Salgado, A.J.. "From basics to clinical: A comprehensive review on spinal cord injury". Progress in Neurobiology 114 (2014): 25-57. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84896390606&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.pneurobio.2013.11.002
  40. Silva, N.A.; Moreira, J.; Ribeiro-Samy, S.; Gomes, E.D.; Tam, R.Y.; Shoichet, M.S.; Reis, R.L.; Sousa, N.; Salgado, A.J.. "Modulation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell secretome by ECM-like hydrogels". Biochimie 95 12 (2013): 2314-2319. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887825247&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biochi.2013.08.016
  41. Fraga, J.S.; Silva, N.A.; Lourenço, A.S.; Gonçalves, V.; Neves, N.M.; Reis, R.L.; Rodrigues, A.J.; et al. "Unveiling the effects of the secretome of mesenchymal progenitors from the umbilical cord in different neuronal cell populations". Biochimie 95 12 (2013): 2297-2303. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887824472&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biochi.2013.06.028
  42. Ribeiro-Samy, S.; Silva, N.A.; Correlo, V.M.; Fraga, J.S.; Pinto, L.; Teixeira-Castro, A.; Leite-Almeida, H.; et al. "Development and Characterization of a PHB-HV-based 3D Scaffold for a Tissue Engineering and Cell-therapy Combinatorial Approach for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration". Macromolecular Bioscience (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84882374090&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/mabi.201300178
  43. Silva, N.A.; Gimble, J.M.; Sousa, N.; Reis, R.L.; Salgado, A.J.. "Combining adult stem cells and olfactory ensheathing cells: The secretome effect". Stem Cells and Development 22 8 (2013): 1232-1240. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876109990&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/scd.2012.0524
  44. Cerqueira, S.R.; Oliveira, J.M.; Silva, N.A.; Leite-Almeida, H.; Ribeiro-Samy, S.; Almeida, A.; Mano, J.F.; et al. "Microglia response and in vivo therapeutic potential of methylprednisolone-loaded dendrimer nanoparticles in spinal cord injury". Small 9 5 (2013): 738-749. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874681851&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/smll.201201888
  45. Silva, N.A.; Sousa, R.A.; Fraga, J.S.; Fontes, M.; Leite-Almeida, H.; Cerqueira, R.; Almeida, A.; et al. "Benefits of spine stabilization with biodegradable scaffolds in spinal cord injured rats". Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods 19 2 (2013): 101-108. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871331439&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/ten.tec.2012.0264
  46. Oliveira, A.L.; Sousa, E.C.; Silva, N.A.; Sousa, N.; Salgado, A.J.; Reis, R.L.. "Peripheral mineralization of a 3D biodegradable tubular construct as a way to enhance guidance stabilization in spinal cord injury regeneration". Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 23 11 (2012): 2821-2830. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871268594&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10856-012-4741-0
  47. Silva, N.A.; Cooke, M.J.; Tam, R.Y.; Sousa, N.; Salgado, A.J.; Reis, R.L.; Shoichet, M.S.. "The effects of peptide modified gellan gum and olfactory ensheathing glia cells on neural stem/progenitor cell fate". Biomaterials 33 27 (2012): 6345-6354. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863581418&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.05.050
  48. Silva, N.A.; Sousa, R.A.; Pires, A.O.; Sousa, N.; Salgado, A.J.; Reis, R.L.. "Interactions between Schwann and olfactory ensheathing cells with a starch/polycaprolactone scaffold aimed at spinal cord injury repair". Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A 100 A 2 (2012): 470-476. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84655175084&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jbm.a.33289
  49. Ribeiro, C.A.; Salgado, A.J.; Fraga, J.S.; Silva, N.A.; Reis, R.L.; Sousa, N.. "The secretome of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells-conditioned media varies with time and drives a distinct effect on mature neurons and glial cells (primary cultures)". Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 5 8 (2011): 668-672. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960554011&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/term.365
  50. Silva, N.A.; Salgado, A.J.; Sousa, R.A.; Oliveira, J.T.; Pedro, A.J.; Leite-Almeida, H.; Cerqueira, R.; et al. "Development and characterization of a novel hybrid tissue engineering-based scaffold for spinal cord injury repair". Tissue Engineering - Part A 16 1 (2010): 45-54. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77049084341&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0559

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Silva, Nuno A.. 2023. "Dispositivo de estimulação elétrica direta para cultura de células, método e aplicações do mesmo". Portugal.
    Granted/Issued
  2. Silva, Nuno A.. 2021. "Compositions for treatment of spinal cord injury, methods and uses thereof (International, WO2021/108909A1)".
    Granted/Issued
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/06/22 Exploring the Role of Splenic Macrophages on Spinal Cord Injury Repair: The Secretome Effect 3rd Meeting of the Portuguese Network Spinal Cord Injury Research
Centro de Reabilitação do Norte (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
2023/06/15 Molecular Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury Repair (Invited Speaker) 6th Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry of the University of Minho
university of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2023/03/23 Physiopathology and Therapeutic Approaches for Spinal Cord Injury Repair (Invited Speaker) Master in Biopharmaceutical Sciences - Module Physiopathology of Neuroinflammation
Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/05/24 Splenic Macrophages on Spinal Cord Injury Repair: The Secretome Effect (Invited Speaker) International Online SCI Research Seminars
I-OSCIRS
2020/03/01 Spinal Cord Injuries: Where We Stand? (Keynote Speaker) IX In4Med
NEM/AAC (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/02/17 Molecular Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury (Invited Speaker) III Encontro sobre Lesões Medulares
Associação Salvador/CRN MAR (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
2019/10/15 Animals Models in Spinal Cord Injury Regenerative Medicine TERMIS-AP 2019
TERMIS (Brisbane, Australia)
2019/05/15 Lesões Medulares e Terapias Moleculares (Invited Speaker) Encontro Sobre Lesões Vertebro Medulares
Associação Salvador (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/02/26 Lesões Vertebro-Medulares: Onde Estamos e Para Onde Caminhamos? (Invited Speaker) 7as Jornadas de Biotecnologia - Semana das Ciências da Vida e da Terra
Escola Superior Agrária de Ponte de Lima (Ponte de Lima, Portugal)
2017/09/17 Multidisciplinary Therapies to Repair the Injured Spinal Cord (Invited Speaker) YES Meeting
FMUP (Porto, Portugal)
2015 NeuroProtectção Após Lesões Vertebro-Medulares: Será o Todo Maior Que a Soma Das Suas Partes? (Invited Speaker) Santa Casa Neurociências Conferências
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015 Molecular therapies to repair the injured spinal cord: going solo or in need of a friend? (Invited Speaker) 1st Spinal Cord Injury Iberian Symposium
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa / Associação Salvador (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/05 Challenges in Tissue Engineering Approaches for Spinal Cord Injury Repair (Invited Speaker) III Jornadas de Bioengenharia
University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2014/01 Peptide grafted gellan gum based hydrogels and mesenchymal stem cells in peripheral nerve regeneration 2nd international Symposium on Peripheral Nerve Regeneration (ISPNR)
ISPNR (Turin, Italy)
2014 Do Básico ao Aplicado Brain Awareness Week
Escola Vale S.Cosme - Didáxis (Vila Nova Famalicão, Portugal)
2013 É Possível Regenerar o Sistema Nervoso Central? (Invited Speaker) Rede dos Pequenos Cientistas
Escola Secundária de Barcelos (Barcelos, Portugal)
2012 Tissue Engineering and Spinal Cord Injury: The Multidisciplinary Approach (Invited Speaker) III Conference on Science and Medicine – Regenerative Medicine
School of Medicine, University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2010 Characterization and In Vitro Biological Assessment of a Novel Hybrid 3D Scaffold for Spinal Cord Injury Repair TERMIS-EU
TERMIS (Galway, Ireland)
2010 In Vivo Assessment of the Regenerative Potential of Two Biodegradable Polymers for Spinal Cord Injury Repair TERMIS-EU
TERMIS (Galway, Ireland)
2009 Novel Starch/Gellan Gum Tubular Scaffolds for Spinal Cord Injury: From the Development to the Physical and Biological Assessment 5th European Symposium on Biopolymers
(Funchal, Portugal)
2008 Starch/Gellan Gum Hybrid 3D Guidance Systems for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration: Scaffolds Processing, Characterization and Biological Evaluation TERMIS-EU
TERMIS (Porto, Portugal)
2008 Development of a Novel Hybrid Tissue Engineering Based Therapy For Spinal Cord Injury Repair Third International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies
Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies (Faro, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Activated Macrophages and Spinal Cord Injury Repair
Supervisor of André Mira
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2024 - Current Alternative Activated Macrophages and Spinal Cord Injury Repair: The Role of the Secretome
Supervisor of Marta Ferreira
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2023/08/01 - Current Precision Medicine in Spinal Cord Injury: How Biological Sex Affects the Response to Immunomodulation
Supervisor of Andreia Monteiro
 PhD in Health Sciences (PhD)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2023 - Current Compound Library Screening for Neural Repair: Finding New Drugs for Old Problems
Supervisor of Luis Fernandes
 Master in Heath Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2023 - Current Sex differences in the sympathetic regulation of the immune response after Spinal Cord Injury
Supervisor of Sara Fernandes
 Master in Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - Current Microglia-neutrophil interaction in spinal cord injury
Supervisor of Andreia Pinho
 PhD in Health Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - Current Reestablishment of the Neurovascular Unit as a Novel Approach to Induce Regeneration of the Injured Spinal Cord
Co-supervisor of João Afonso
 PhD in Health Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - Current Finding the Best Molecular Therapy Combination for Spinal Cord Injury Repair
Supervisor of Carla Sousa
PhD in Medicine (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2017 - Current Understanding the Interplay Between the Autonomic and Immune Systems after a Spinal Cord Injury
Supervisor of José Graça
 Inter-University Doctoral Program in Aging and Chronic diseases (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2016 - Current Neuroimmune interactions after Spinal Cord Injury
Supervisor of Susana Monteiro
 Post-Doc (Other)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2016 - Current Spinal Cord Injury: can recovery be achieved through the Spleen?
Supervisor
 Chronic Diseases (PhD)
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2020 - 2024 Inducing Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration through the Combinatory Use of Stem Cells Secretome and Electrical Epidural Stimulation
Co-supervisor of Jorge Cibrão
 PhD in Health Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/07/10 Electrically Stimulated Neural Stem Cells Encapsulated in Gellan Gum Hydrogel for Spinal Cord Injury Repair
Supervisor of Miguel Armada
 Master in Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020 - 2021/12/31 Development of a wireless device for neural repair via electric and drug delivery
Supervisor of Eduardo Gomes
 Post-Doc (Other)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2015 - 2021/12/31 Exploring neuroprotective approaches for Spinal Cord Injury Repair
Supervisor of Rui Lima
 Doctoral Program in Applied Health Science (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2021 Assessing the role of mesenchymal stem cells and macrophages on endothelial and axonal regeneration after spinal cord injury
Co-supervisor of João Afonso
 Master in Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2018 - 2020 Protection and Regeneration: A Two Fold Strategy for Spinal Cord Injury Repair
Supervisor of Natália Luisa Vasconcelos Pereira
 PhD in Health Sciences (Other)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Neural Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Injury Repair
Supervisor of Inês Pereira
 Researcher (Other)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Assessment of the Therapeutic Effects of Adipose Mesenchymal Stem Cells Secretome on a Mouse Spinal Cord Injury Model
Co-supervisor of Jorge Cibrão
 Master in Heath Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2015 - 2017 Combining Neuroprotection and Neuroregeneration: A Multidisciplinary Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury Repair
Co-supervisor of Eduardo Gomes
 PhD in Health Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Functional recovery, cellular regeneration and inflammatory response after IL-4 injection in an animal model of spinal cord injury
Supervisor of José Pedro Lopes
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Finding the best drug combination for Spinal Cord Injury Repair
Supervisor of Pedro Barradas
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Combining Neuroprotective agents: Effect of Riluzole and Magnesium in a Rat Model of Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury
Supervisor of Natália Luisa Vasconcelos Pereira
 Master in Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Understanding the role of the different fractions of human umbilical cord perivascular cells secretome in spinal cord injury repair
Co-supervisor of Carlos Silva
 Master in Heath Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Using Adipose-Derived Stem Cells and Olfactory Ensheathing Cells as a Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury
Supervisor of Sofia Mendes
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Functionalized Hydrogels and Cell based Therapies – A Tissue Engineering Approach for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration
Co-supervisor of Eduardo Gomes
 Master in Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Gellan Gum based Hydrogels for Spinal Cord Injury Repair: In vitro and In vivo studies
Supervisor of Joana Moreira
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Aplicação de Biomateriais para a Regeneração da Medula Espinal
Supervisor of Marco Fortes
 Integrated Masters in Medicine (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/10/15 - 2019/10/15 Chair of the Symposium "Preclinical Animal Models in Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine", TERMIS-AP 2019, Brisbane, Australia. (2019/10/15 - 2019/10/15)
Symposium (Other)
 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society, United States
2019/07/15 - 2019/07/15 Meeting Chair of MiSCI 2019 - Minho Spinal Cord Injury Meeting (2019)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2015 - 2015 1st Spinal Cord Injury Iberian Symposium (2015 - 2015)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal
2006/11/09 - 2006/11/11 Organizing Committee of the VIII Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada, 2006, Braga, Portugal. (2006/11/09 - 2006/11/11)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/07/06 Intranasal Administration of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Rat Model of Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Alexandre Martins Carvalho (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/12/16 Developing a novel CNS injury model and a strategy to improve central axonal regeneration after glial scar formation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Gonçalo Valentim André da Costa (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/12/06 Probing the putative role of imprinted Begain in the modulation of neuropathic pain
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Inês Alves Faria (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/10/12 New molecules and mechanisms enhancing axon growth after spinal cord injury
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Carolina Sousa Monteiro (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/10/11 The Structure and Plasticity of the Proximal Axon of Hippocampal and Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Isabel Delgado Cravo Lopes Nascimento (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/11/02 Combining neuroprotective agents: effect of riluzole and magnesium in a rat model of thoracic spinal cord injury
Supervisor
 Natália Luisa Vasconcelos Pereira (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/03/29 - 2022/01/01 Crowdfight COVID-19 - a volunteer initiative from the world scientific community to put all available resources at the service of the fight against COVID-19.

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2013 - Current Multidisplinary Strategies in CNS Regenerative Medicine Fundamentals in Neuroscience (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2020/03/02 - 2020/03/17 Molecular Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury Repair Recent trends in CNS Regenerative Medicine (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2017/03/27 - 2017/03/31 Spinal Cord Injury: Pathophysiology and Therapeutics Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Diseases (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2012 - 2016 Stem cells and in vivo models for Spinal Cord Injury Research Stem Cells Get Pratical (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2024/03/06 - Current Expert Panel for EIC PATHFINDER OPEN 2024 call
Evaluator
 Horizon 2020, Belgium European Union
2024/02/26 - Current Reviewer for Graduate Women in Science (GWIS)
Evaluator
 Graduate Women in Science, United States
2023/12/04 - Current Reviewer for Wings for Life Foundation Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation, United Kingdom
2023/03/08 - Current Reviewer for National Science Centre (Poland)
Evaluator
 Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Poland
2023/01/20 - Current Pharmaceuticals 2023 Travel Award
Evaluator
 MDPI AG, Switzerland
2022/06/15 - Current Reviewer for The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
Evaluator
 Fonds National de la Recherche, Luxembourg
2019/02/19 - Current Reviewer for The Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Evaluator
 Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen, Belgium
2019 - Current Research Grant Evaluator for European Science Foundation
Evaluator
 European Science Foundation, France

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2021/03/03 Investigador português descobre medicamento promissor no tratamento de lesões medulares Sapo Lifestyle Saúde
2020/08/04 Mapeamento público de risco de covid-19: uma prioridade nacional Público

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021/12/17 - 2021/12/17 E=MC2 - Radio Observador Santa Casa Neurosciences Awards
2020/02/18 - 2020/02/18 Consultório - Porto Canal Spinal Cord Injuries
2019/07/09 - 2019/07/09 5 minutos de ciência Radio Observador
2018/09/25 - 2018/09/25 Ponto de Partida Oficina dos Neurónios
2017/11/30 - 2017/11/30 SIC Notícias Prêmios Santa Casa Neurociências
2017/11/30 - 2017/11/30 Noticiário RTP Prémios Santa Casa Neurociências

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/10/11 - Current PeerJ (Editorial Board Member) (2167-8359) PeerJ
2023/09/12 - Current Frontiers in Transplantation (Associate Editor) (2813-2440) Frontiers
2023 - Current Nature Communications (Reviewer) Nature
2022/04/15 - Current Biomedicines (Guest Editor) (2227-9059) MDPI
2022/01/10 - Current Journal of Integrative Neuroscience (Editorial Board) (0219-6352) IMR Press
2021/03/26 - Current Frontiers in Pain Research (Editorial Board) (2673-561X) Frontiers
2020/09/17 - Current Trauma Care (Editorial Board) (2673-866X) MDPI
2020/05/19 - Current Pharmaceuticals (Editorial Board) (1424-8247) MDPI AG
2020/03/03 - Current Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy (1744-7682) Informa UK (Ashley Publications)
2020/02/26 - Current Epigenomics (1750-192X) Future Medicine
2019 - Current Cells (2073-4409) MDPI
2019 - Current Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (1932-7005) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2018 - Current Cytotherapy (1477-2566) Elsevier
2018 - Current Journal of Neurophysiology (1522-1598) American Physiological Society
2017 - Current Acta Biomaterialia (1742-7061) Elsevier
2017 - Current Brain Research (0006-8993) Elsevier
2017 - Current International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067) MDPI AG
2017 - Current Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A (1552-4965) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2017 - Current Pharmaceuticals (1424-8247) MDPI AG
2017 - Current Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience (1878-3627) IOS Press
2016 - Current BioMed Research International (2314-6141) Hindawi Limited
2015 - Current Biomaterials (0142-9612) Elsevier

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/07/13 - 2023/07/13 Jury of the Master in Neurobiology, Projects Presentation. Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/07/11 - 2022/07/11 Jury of the Master in Neurobiology, Projects Presentation. Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/06/22 - 2021/06/22 Jury of the Master in Neurobiology, Projects Presentation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto. Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 Grünenthal DOR Prize 2022
Fundação Grünenthal, Portugal
2022 Scientific Merit Award
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2021 Melo e Castro Award (66K)
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal
2017 Melo e Castro Award (60k)
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal
2013 Melo e Castro Award (66k)
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal

Other distinction

2016 Travel Grant to attend the 12th Symposium of the International Neurotrauma Society, Cape Town, South Africa.
2014 Travel Fellowship to attend the 32nd Annual Symposium of the National Neurotrauma Society, San Francisco, USA.
2012 Travel grant award, FENS, Barcelona, Spain.
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2012 Post-doctoral Fellowship under the European Project Biohybrid
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 Travel grant award, Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Lisbon, Portugal.
2010 Best Poster Presentation (2nd Meeting of the Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering)
Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Portugal
2009 Best Poster Presentation (11th Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience)