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Sara Vanessa Abreu Barbosa completed her Master in Health Sciences in 2022/11/23 by the University of Minho at Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS) and her Bachelor in Biochemistry in 2020/07/28 by the University of Minho at School of Sciences. She is a Tutor in a Tutoring Center (Centro de Explicações). Published 3 articles in journals. Organized 1 event and participated in 7 events. She works in the areas of Medical and Health Sciences and Natural sciences with an emphasis on Biochemistry and Health Sciences. In her curriculum, Ciência Vitae, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: macrophages; symbiosis; monocarboxylate transporters; immune-oncology; microenvironment; oncology; immune system; metabolism.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sara Vanessa Abreu Barbosa
Date of birth
1999/08/23

Citation names

  • Abreu, Sara

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
431D-FAD8-34C5

Email addresses

  • saravabreu@outlook.com (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
German Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/01 - 2024
Ongoing
 German course (Outros)
Instituto Britânico de Braga, Portugal
 18
2020/09/03 - 2022/11/23
Concluded
 Health Sciences (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
"Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs): key players in the metabolic symbiosis between tumour cells and macrophages" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2021/04/02 - 2021/04/12
Concluded
 Flow Cytometry Course (Outros)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 19
2021/02/15 - 2021/03/01
Concluded
 Laboratory Animal Sciences Course (Outros)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 18
2017/09/12 - 2020/07/28
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
 17
2014/09 - 2017/07
Concluded
 Science and Technology (Ensino secundário)
Escola Secundária Carlos Amarante, Portugal
 18
2013/09 - 2017/06
Concluded
 English Proficiency Course (Outros)
Instituto Britânico de Braga, Portugal
 C2
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/01 - 2023/06 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2021/07 - 2022/10 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2021/01/03 - 2021/09/01 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2020/10 - 2020/12 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09 - Current Tutor Tutoring Center (Centro de Explicações), Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Abreu, Sara; Granja, Sara; Baltazar, Fátima. Corresponding author: Abreu, Sara. "Transportadores de monocarboxilatos (MCTs) e simbiose metabólica entre células tumorais e macrófagos". Paper presented in 4º Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia, Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, 2022.
  2. Abreu, Sara; Granja, Sara; Mazzone, Max; Sonveaux, Pierre; Baltazar, Fátima. Corresponding author: Abreu, Sara. "Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs): key players in the metabolic symbiosis between tumour cells and macrophages". Paper presented in Recent insights into Immuno-Oncology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium, 2022.
  3. Abreu, Sara; Granja, Sara; Baltazar, Fátima. Corresponding author: Abreu, Sara. "Transportadores de monocarboxilatos (MCTs) e interação entre células tumorais e macrófagos". Paper presented in 3º Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia, Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Abreu, Sara; Silva, Margarida; Costa, Sara; Baltazar, Fátima; Granja, Sara. Corresponding author: Granja, Sara. "Targeting lactate in innate immune system to treat cancer - in final phase of preparation". (2024):
  2. Abreu, Sara; Martins, Eduarda P.; Granja, Sara; Costa, Bruno M.. Corresponding author: Costa, Bruno M.. "Metabolic symbioses between glioblastoma and immune cells: a special focus on microglia and macrophages - in final phase of preparation". (2024):
  3. Pereira-Nunes, Andreia; Helena Ferreira; Abreu, Sara; Marta Guedes ; Nuno M Neves; Baltazar, Fátima; Granja, Sara. Corresponding author: Granja, Sara. "Combination therapy with CD147-targeted nanoparticles carrying phenformin decreases lung cancer growth". Advanced Biology (2023): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37303292/.
    Published • 10.1002/adbi.202300080
Report
  1. Abreu, Sara. 2020. Metabolic regulation of the immune response to fungal infection.
  2. Abreu, Sara; Sampaio, Paula. 2020. Structure of macrophage's extracellular traps in contact with Candida albicans.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs): key players in the metabolic symbiosis between tumour cells and macrophages". Master, Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, 2022.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/09/24 Transportadores de monocarboxilatos (MCTs) e simbiose metabólica entre células tumorais e macrófagos 4º Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro (Porto, Portugal)
2022/06/16 Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs): key players in the metabolic symbiosis between tumour cells and macrophages Recent insights into Immuno-Oncology
VIB Conferences (Leuven, Belgium)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/10 - 2023/05 Organization of the festival "PINT of Science" in the Image/Video and Communication department. (2023/05 - 2023/05)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
2019/12/01 - 2020/02/10 Organization of the "II Jornadas da Ciência (Science Symposium)". Series of lectures and workshops on different topics regarding the courses offered by the School of Sciences at the University of Minho. (2020/02/05)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/09/01 - 2019/10/25 Volunteer as "Embaixador UMinho" on the first edition of the program. This consisted in aiding the new students of the University of Minho during the enrollment and reception weeks as well as their integration into the university.
Other
 Embaixadores UMinho
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2019/09/30 Volunteer in the organization and activities of "European Researchers Night (Noite Europeia de Investigadores)" of 2019.
Festival
 Noite Europeia de Investigadores (NEI)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2019/05/01 - 2019/05/27 Volunteer in the activity "Universidade de Portas Abertas (UPA)". This consisted in aiding in the reception and clarification of doubts of the visitors during the activities developed by the School of Sciences. Presentation of a small scientific activity with the participants building molecular models of several molecules.
Exhibition
 Universidade de Portas Abertas (UPA)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2019/04/11 - 2019/04/13 Participated in the seminars and workshops at the "XII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica".
Meeting
 XII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica.
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/03/01 - 2019/03/31 Volunteer in the activity "Ciência p'ra que te quero" developed by the University of Minho, with the aim of introducing scientific concepts to children until the age of 12.
Other
 Ciência p'ra que te quero
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/04/10 - 2018/04/14 Participated in the "I Jornadas da Ciência (Science Symposium)". Series of lectures and workshops on different topics regarding the courses offered by the School of Sciences at the University of Minho.
Symposium
 I Jornadas da Ciência
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2017/04/11 - 2017/04/14 Participated in the "Jornadas de Bioquímica (Biochemistry Symposium)" 2017. Series of lectures and workshops on different topics regarding the Biochemistry course by the School of Sciences at the University of Minho.
Symposium
 Jornadas de Bioquímica
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2019/09/07 - 2021/07/20 Tutor in "Tutorias e Mentorias" by Universidade do Minho Students of different courses enrolled for the first time at the University of Minho