Curriculum Vitae
Ricardo Bruno da Costa Oliveira
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ricardo Bruno da Costa Oliveira
Citation names
- Oliveira, Ricardo
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 441A-683A-40E8
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-9175-4278
- Scopus Author Id
- 58942469000
Email addresses
- ricardo.oliveira@iniav.pt (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - Diagnostics
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
- Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2018/10 - 2023/10
Concluded
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Chemical and Biological Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Application of nucleic acid mimics (NAM) in the selection of aptamers against staphylococcal
enterotoxins" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Approved unanimously |
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2023/05/08 - 2023/06/12
Concluded
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Transferable skills for engineering: basic teaching skills (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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18 |
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2016 - 2017
Concluded
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Biotechnology (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Design and validation of an alternative molecular method using peptide nucleic acid
fluorescence in situ hybridization (PNA FISH) for the detection of Campylobacter spp.
in food samples" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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19 |
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2012/10 - 2015/10
Concluded
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Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal "Identification of multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by padlock probes
and lateral flow nucleic acid biosensors" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 (ECTS Grading scale: Class A - Top Student) |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2025/09/01 - Current | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal |
| 2023/12 - 2025/07 | Postdoc (Research) | Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I. P. , Portugal |
| Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I. P. , Portugal | ||
| 2023/05 - 2023/11 | Researcher (Research) | Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I. P. , Portugal |
| Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I. P. , Portugal | ||
| 2023/02 - 2023/05 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | ||
| 2019/05 - 2019/07 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
| University of Maryland at College Park Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, United States | ||
| 2018/02 - 2018/09 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal |
| Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal | ||
| 2015/02 - 2015/07 | Research Trainee (Research) | Stockholms Universitet, Sweden |
| Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Sweden | ||
| 2013/11 - 2014/06 | Research Trainee (Research) | REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2018/10 - 2023/02 | PhD student | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal (...) |
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| 2016/09 - 2017/11 | Master Student | Biomode SA, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022/01/01 - 2025/09/30 | APTAcoli: NAM-aptameros para bloqueio de enterotoxinas na colibacilose em porcos
PTDC/CVT-CVT/4620/2021
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária, Portugal International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2018/10 - 2022/10 | Locked nucleic acid (LNA) aptamers for the detection of Staphylococcal Enterotoxins
SFRH/BD/138883/2018
PhD Student Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2018/02 - 2018/09 | Development of a novel colour-coded RING FISH method: an innovative tool for the detection of antibiotic resistant clinical pathogens | Stichting Weten |
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2025/09/01 - Current | APTA4shiga: Aptâmeros para o bloqueio de toxinas tipo shiga de Escherichia coli
COMPETE2030-FEDER-00838600
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2025/09/01 - Current | FutureFoodS - European partnership for a sustainable Future of Food Systems
101136361
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
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Ongoing
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| 2025/12/01 - 2028/11/28 | HOPE - Targeting B-MyB oncogene via Aptamer conjugates: a promising strategy against
lung cancer
COMPETE2030-FEDER-00878200
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2026/02/02 - 2027/08/01 | Rapid (RT)-RAA Lateral Flow Biosensor for On-Site Detection of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia
coli and Rotavirus in Post-Weaning Diarrhea in Piglets
2024.13640.PEX
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2026/02/01 - 2027/07/31 | ApTAsense - Development of an aptamer-based biosensor for the detection of tropane
alkaloids
2024.13912.PEX
Principal investigator
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2023/02 - 2023/05 | FLUDS - Desenvolvimento de sistemas baseados em espectroscopia de fluorescência para
deteção microbiana
NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-046970
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2018/10 - 2023/02 | NAM4toxins - De novo selection of toxin-specific aptamers using nucleic acid mimics
POCI-01-0145-FEDER- 028659
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2018/02 - 2018/09 | Coded-FISH: Development of a novel colour-coded RING FISH method: an innovative tool
for the detection of antibiotic resistant clinical pathogens
PTDC/DTP-PIC/4562/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/09 - Current | BeSafeBeeHoney - BEekeeping products valorization and biomonitoring for the SAFEty
of BEEs and HONEY
CA22105
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
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European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
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| 2022/09 - Current | EURESTOP - European Network for diagnosis and treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacterial
infections
CA21145
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
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European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
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| 2022/05 - Current | BETTER - Biosecurity Enhanced Through Training Evaluation and Raising Awareness
CA20103
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
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European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
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| 2022/01 - 2023/06 | NAMShield - Controlo de Salmonella spp, na indústria pecuária, através de aptâmeros
nanoensapsulados
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-069756
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2020/05 - 2020/12 | NAM4Covid19 - Nucleic acid mimic lateral flow assay (NAM-LFA) for the detection of
Covid19
19128_596771122
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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| Conference paper |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Magazine article |
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Artistic / Performance
| Visual artwork |
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Intellectual property
| Provisional application for patent |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2025/12/05 | Aptamer-based strategies to control foodborne toxins | Microbiotec’25 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Azores,
4-6th December
University of Azores (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
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| 2025/06/16 | Exploring aptamer-based biosensors for the detection of foodborne bacterial toxins | FEMS MICRO 2025
(Milão, Italy)
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| 2025/04/16 | Aptamers as therapeutic alternative for swine colibacillosis | Sustainable Agrifood Production Seminars
GreenUPorto (Vairão, Portugal)
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| 2025/02/15 | Monitoring antimicrobial resistance mechanisms using whole genome sequencing | Young Researchers & Innovators Forum - Challenges and possibilities in the fight against
antibiotic-resistant bacteria
EURESTOP COST Action / University Hospital Regensburg (Regensburg, Germany)
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| 2024/10/23 | Action Tank "Food Security" | BIN@PORTO 2024 ‘Innovation for Resilience"
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2022/11/08 | Selection of DNA aptamers for the detection of foodborne toxins | 36th EFFoST International Conference 2022
European Federation of Food Science and Technology (Dublin, Ireland)
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| 2022/10/18 | Prevalence and diversity of Staphylococcus aureus and staphylococcal enterotoxins in raw milk in the northern region of Portugal | Microbiologia 2022
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia (Portugal)
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| 2022/01/20 | Staphylococcal enterotoxins and mycotoxins in raw milk: a combined risk? | SciMonday
National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research (INIAV) (Vairão, Portugal)
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| 2021/11/25 | Surveillance study of Staphylococcus aureus in raw milk from Northern Portugal: Enterotoxins and resistance genetic profiles. | Microbiotec'21
NOVA University of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2021/06/28 | In silico prediction of three-dimensional structure and docking of aptamers containing nucleic acid mimics (NAMs) | 4th Doctoral Congress in Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2020/06/26 | NAM4Covid19 – What if you could know the test results in less than 1 hour? | LEPABE talks
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2019/12/06 | Application of nucleic acid mimics in the selection of aptamers against staphylococcal enterotoxins | Microbiotec'19 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2019
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2025/05/22 - 2025/08/31 | Optimization and validation of the real-time PCR method for the detection of DNA from
toxic plants of the Solanaceae family
Supervisor
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Ciências Biomédicas Laboratoriais (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
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| 2025/04/22 - 2025/06/30 | Characterisation of Escherichia coli strains isolated from pets
Supervisor
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Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2025/04/22 - 2025/06/30 | Targeting enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infections through a Cymbopogon citratus-based
therapy
Supervisor
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Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2025/04/07 - 2025/06/27 | Selection of DNA aptamers using the Cell-SELEX methodology for detection and control
of infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus
Supervisor
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Ciências Biomédicas Laboratoriais (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
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| 2025/02/01 - 2025/02/28 | Swine colibacillosis: from diagnosis to treatment
Co-supervisor of Miguel Melo Mendonça
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Medicina Veterinária (Degree)
Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, Portugal
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| 2024/09/09 - 2024/09/27 | Characterisation of Staphylococcus sp. isolates from animals in the INIAV collection
using culturomics methods.
Supervisor
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Ciências Biomédicas Laboratoriais (Scientific initiation)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
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| 2024/04/29 - 2024/06/17 | Portuguese propolis and bacterial infections in domestic animals: what potential?
Co-supervisor of Rui Francisco Sousa Almeida
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Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
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| 2024/01/08 - 2024/01/27 | Selection and characterization of aptamers against enterotoxigenic E. coli
Supervisor of Denise Marques
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Ciências Biomédicas Laboratoriais (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
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| 2021/01 - 2021/07 | Aptamers for Staphylococcal enterotoxin A: effects on incorporating nucleic acid mimics
Co-supervisor of Roberto Pinto
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Biotecnologia Medicinal (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024/11/27 - 2024/11/27 | 2nd INIAV Symposium for Food Security - “Sustainable and Safe Food Systems (2024/11/27)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária - Polo de Vairão, Portugal |
| 2024/04/03 - 2024/04/03 | Co-organisation of the study visit to INIAV, students of the Bachelor of Biomedical
Sciences (Vasco da Gama University School, Coimbra), 3 April 2024. Total of 15 students.
Activities: visit to food safety and animal health laboratories; toxicity assessment
in animal model. (2024/04/03)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária - Polo de Vairão, Portugal |
| 2023/07/13 - 2023/07/13 | Co-organisation of the study visit to INIAV for primary and preschool students from
Vairão and Fornelo School, 13th July 2023, with the organisation of 4 scientific activities
dedicated to children aged 4 to 11. Total of 51 students. Scientific activities organised:
(1) The life cycle of larvae; (2) Morphology of bacteria and fungi; (3) The volcano:
concept of chemical reaction; (4) The coronavirus family. (2023/07/13)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária - Polo de Vairão, Portugal |
| 2023/04/04 - 2023/04/04 | Co-organisation of the study visit to INIAV, dedicated to primary school students
(1st to 4th grade) from the parishes of Vairão and Fornelo (Vila do Conde), 4 April
2023. A total of 20 students. Visit to the centre with scientific activities dedicated
to children: rainbow formation with saline solutions, growth of larvae, morphology
of bacteria under the microscope, forming the morphology of bacteria with dough. (2024/04/04)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária - Polo de Vairão, Portugal |
| 2023/03/17 - 2023/03/17 | Co-organisation of a study visit to INIAV for high school students (secondary schools
in Viana do Castelo and Galícia) on the subject of "The role of the CAP in promoting
innovation", 17 March 2023. A total of 40 students. Short seminar followed by laboratory
activities: identification of pathogens in food samples; research on antibiotics in
food; larval model for cytotoxicity study. (2023/03/17)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária - Polo de Vairão, Portugal |
| 2023/02/01 - 2023/02/01 | Co-organisation of the study visit to INIAV, secondary school students (Professional
Course in Laboratory Analysis), from Oliveira Júnior School, S. João da Madeira, 1
February 2023. Total of 13 students. Activities: analysis of contaminants by fine
chromatography; detection of pathogens by real-time PCR, toxicity assessment in animal
model. (2023/02/01)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária - Polo de Vairão, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2024/09/02 - 2024/09/10 | Climate Change: Challenges and Influence on Microbial Safety of Water and Food
Meeting
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FEMS Summer School for Postdocs 2024
Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences, Croatia
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| 2024/05/28 - 2024/05/29 | BEekeeping products valorization and biomonitoring for the SAFEty of BEEs and HONEY
Conference
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1st International Conference - BeSafeBeeHoney
Panepistemio Thessalias - Larisa, Greece
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| 2024/04/09 - 2024/04/24 | e.Biofilm Training School - Fundamentals of Biofilm Engineering
Workshop
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e.Biofilm Training School - Fundamentals of Biofilm Engineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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| 2023/09/06 - 2023/09/07 | COST Academy Leadership Workshop
Workshop
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European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
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| 2020/08/27 - 2020/08/28 | Antimicrobial drugs, drug delivery vectors, bio-barriers and characterization assays.
Workshop
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DelNAM’s Workshop 3 - “Drug Delivery meets Bacteria"
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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| 2019/05 - 2019/06 | Radiation Protection Training for Use of Radiation-Producing Materials
Workshop
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University of Maryland at College Park, United States
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| 2019/03/21 - 2019/03/22 | Design and Synthesis of Nucleic Acids Mimics
Workshop
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Syddansk Universitet, Denmark
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| 2018/11/21 - 2018/11/23 | XXIV Encontro Luso-Galego de Química
Meeting
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XXIV Encontro Luso-Galego de Química
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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| 2025/11/27 | Development of a Bioinformatics Approach to Predict Candidiasis-Related microRNAs
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Tiago Pereira de Miranda (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2024/12/09 | Evaluating Essential Oils for Treating Skin Infections Caused by Staphylococcus pseudintermedius
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Taísa Cebotari (Other)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
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| 2024/07/12 | Characterization of pathogenicity and virulence factors of Staphylococcus spp. recovered
from company animals
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Rodrigo Miranda Magalhães (Other)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
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| 2022 | Development and optimization of a PCR methodology for the detection of the main virulence
factors (i.e., toxins and fimbriae) of enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
Supervisor
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Ana Campos (Other)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
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Ad Hoc journal article review
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026/01 - Current | Talanta | ELSEVIER |
| 2025 - Current | Discover Bacteria (3004-9768) | Springer Nature |
| 2025 - Current | Molecular Biology Reports (1573-4978) | Springer Nature |
| 2025 - Current | World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (1573-0972) | Springer Nature |
| 2025 - Current | Microbial Pathogenesis (08824010) | Academic Press |
| 2025 - Current | The FEBS Journal (1742464X) | John Wiley and Sons Inc |
| 2025 - Current | Total Environment Microbiology (3050-6417) | Elsevier |
| 2024/06 - Current | PloS one (1932-6203) | PLOS |
| 2024 - Current | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (22352988) | Frontiers Media SA |
| 2024 - Current | Frontiers in Microbiology (1664302X) | Frontiers Media SA |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2024/01/19 - Current | Gonditrilhos - Associação de Ciclismo de Gondifelos | President |
| 2019 - Current | Portuguese Society of Microbiology | Member |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024/09 - Current | Topic Coordinator for the Research Topic ‘Perspectives in Clinical Infectious Diseases:
2024’ in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Coordinator
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Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025/12/12 - 2025/12/19 | Structural insights from nucleic acids - the case of aptamers | Engenharia Metabólica e Biomolecular (Mestrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
| 2025/04 - 2025/04 | Protein Engineering | Mestrado em Biotecnologia; Mestrado em Engenharia Química e Biológica (Mestrado) | Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal |
| 2024/12 - 2024/12 | Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering | Mestrado em Bioengenharia (Mestrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
| 2024/07/22 - 2024/07/22 | Application of methods for the detection of pathogenicity factors of Escherichia coli and their relevance in a public health context | (Outros) | Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária - Polo de Vairão, Portugal |
| 2018/11 - 2018/12 | Metabolic and Cellular Engineering | Bioengenharia (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Evaluation committee
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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| 2025 - Current | Review grant proposals for the National Science Center, Poland
Evaluator
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Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Poland | Narodowe Centrum Nauki |
| 2024/11/27 - 2034/11/27 | Evaluation/selection of the best poster presentations at the 2º Simpósio INIAV para
a Segurança Alimentar
Evaluator
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Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária - Polo de Vairão, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/07 - Current | Frontiers in Microbiology (1664-302X) | Frontiers Media |
| 2024/06 - Current | Molecular and cellular probes (0890-8508) | Elsevier Editorial |
| 2024/02 - Current | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (2235-2988) | Frontiers Media |
| 2023/08 - Current | Frontiers in Antibiotics (2813-2467) | Frontiers Media |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2024/01 - Current | Aptamers for blocking Escherichia coli Shiga-toxins | Ana Campos |
| 2022/07 - Current | Aptamers to control colibacillosis in piglets | Maria Margarida Barros |
| 2022/09 - 2024/11 | Aptamers for blocking enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli | Ana Campos |
| 2023/07/03 - 2023/07/23 | Previsão da afinidade de aptâmeros para a enterotoxina A de Staphylococcus aureus | Catarina Machado Rebelo |
| 2022/04/26 - 2022/07/14 | Desenvolvimento de uma metodologia molecular para deteção de fatores de virulência de Escherichia coli enterotoxigénica em suínos de explorações portuguesas. | Ana Maria da Silva Campos |
| 2022/04 - 2022/05 | Development and optimization of a PCR methodology for the detection of the main virulence factors (i.e., toxins and fimbriae) of enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) | Ana Ferraz |
| 2021/09/06 - 2021/09/24 | Characterization of resistance/virulence genes by PCR of Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained from raw milk samples. | Ana Campos |
| 2021/01 - 2021/07 | Aptamers for Staphylococcal enterotoxin A: effects on incorporating nucleic acid mimics | Roberto Miguel Pais Pinto |
Distinctions
Award
| 2024 | Best Project Proposal at 5th FEMS Summer School for Postdocs 2024
Federation Of European Microbiological Societies, Netherlands
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| 2023 | FEMS Early Career Scientist Meeting Grant - Microbiotec'23
Federation Of European Microbiological Societies, Netherlands
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| 2023 | 5ª edição do concurso comunicação de ciência em microbiologia - Vencedor na categorial
geral
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia, Portugal
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| 2021 | Best Oral Presentation Award - LEPABE Talks
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia
e Energia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
| 2017 | 2nd Best Scientific Poster Award - V AEICBAS Biomedical Congress
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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| 2015 | Prize Prof. Doutor Fernando Serrão
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Other distinction
| 2025 | ITC Grant to participate in the FEMS Micro 2025 - COST Action CA21145 (EURESTOP) |
| 2024 | Invitation to FEMS Summer School for Postdocs 2024 - Top 20 of the most talented and
promising researchers from across the world
Federation Of European Microbiological Societies, Netherlands
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| 2015 | Erasmus+ Scholarship - Stockholm University, Sweden
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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