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Rita da Silva Ferreira is a Research Fellow at Compass Research Group (CICECO, University of Aveiro) with an interest in Regenerative Medicine. RSF concluded her MSc in Molecular Biomedicine in 2022, and her BSc in Biomedical Sciences in 2020, both from University of Aveiro. Her master thesis, under supervision of Doctor Sandrina Nóbrega-Pereira (iBiMED), highlighted the role of the metabolism in the transdifferentiation of fibroblasts into induced cardiac-like myocytes as well as the impact of aging. RSF has published 2 reviews and 1 original article.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rita da Silva Ferreira

Citation names

  • Ferreira, Rita
  • Rita da Silva Ferreira
  • Rita S. Ferreira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5013-DFC6-AAE9
ORCID iD
0009-0001-1927-922X

Email addresses

  • ritasferreira@ua.pt (Professional)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/10/15 - 2025/10/14
Ongoing
 Curso Avançado em Investigação Científica (Outros)
Major in Ciências e Engenharia
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020 - 2022
Concluded
 Biomedicina Molecular (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Metabolic barriers in the transdifferentiation of fibroblasts into induced cardiac-like myocytes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2017 - 2020
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura)
Major in Biomedicina Molecular
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/10/15 - 2025/10/14 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/01/15 - 2024/10/14 Estágio Profissional FairJourney Biologics SA, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/01/17 - 2023/07/16 Barreiras metabólicas na transdiferenciação celular: novas oportunidades para a regeneração cardíaca
EXPL/BIA-CEL/0358/2021
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Magda Correia; Rita S. Ferreira; Roberta Criscuolo; Francisco Santos; Manuela Ferreira; Bruno Bernardes de Jesus; Sandrina Nóbrega-Pereira. "Epigenetic and metabolic barriers in direct cardiac conversion". Paper presented in Cell Symposia: Metabolites in Signaling and Disease, 2022.
Journal article
  1. Santos, Francisco; Correia, Magda; Dias, Rafaela; Bola, Bárbara; Noberini, Roberta; Ferreira, Rita S.; Trigo, Diogo; et al. "Age-associated metabolic and epigenetic barriers during direct reprogramming of mouse fibroblasts into induced cardiomyocytes". Aging Cell 24 2 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.14371.
    Published • 10.1111/acel.14371
  2. Correia, Magda; Santos, Francisco; da Silva Ferreira, Rita; Ferreira, Rita; Bernardes de Jesus, Bruno; Nóbrega-Pereira, Sandrina. "Metabolic Determinants in Cardiomyocyte Function and Heart Regenerative Strategies". Metabolites 12 6 (2022): 500. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/metabo12060500.
    Published • 10.3390/metabo12060500
  3. Silva, Inês; Silva, Jéssica; Ferreira, Rita; Trigo, Diogo. "Glymphatic system, AQP4, and their implications in Alzheimer’s disease". Neurological Research and Practice 3 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42466-021-00102-7.
    Published • 10.1186/s42466-021-00102-7
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Metabolic barriers in the transdifferentiation of fibroblasts into induced cardiac-like myocytes". Master, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/35651.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/11/06 Metabolic barriers in direct cardiac conversion INNOVATION Face-To-Face Meeting
INNOVATION (Aveiro, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022 - 2022/05/15 Benção de Finalistas 2022 Responsabilities included: Managing budgets and participants (around 8000), ensuring safety at the event, among others. (2022/05/15 - 2022/05/15)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/03/09 - 2025/03/14 Dividido em 2 partes: o programa científico e o programa de treino em soft skills. Incluiu talks de experts de vários locais do mundo em bioquímica, engenharia biomédica, biomateriais, biotecnologia e biologia.
Symposium
 SupraLife Third School
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024/11/25 - 2024/12/03 Webinares sobre Inteligência Artificial: - "Inteligência Artificial (IA) Generativa: contexto e competências essenciais no ensino superior" - “Ferramentas de Inteligência Artificial (IA) Generativa para a descoberta de informação e revisão da literatura” - “Ferramentas de IA para análise e síntese de texto, imagem e áudio”
Seminar
 Série de Webinares da Biblioteca da Universidade de Aveiro
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/11/09 - 2022/11/09 POSTER. Sandrina Nóbrega-Pereira, Francisco Santos, RITA S. FERREIRA, Magda Correia, Julia Leonardy, Christian Bär, Bruno Bernardes de Jesus. "Metabolic and epigenetic barriers in the direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into induced cardiomyocytes". Scientific Advisory Board Visit to iBiMED
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2022/10/07 - 2022/10/07
Symposium
 Innovation in Cardiac Regeneration Symposium
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2022/06/08 - 2022/06/08 POSTER. RITA S. FERREIRA, Francisco Santos, Magda Correia, Bruno Bernardes de Jesus, Sandrina Nóbrega-Pereira. "Metabolic barriers in direct cardiac conversion".
Call
 Dia dos Mestrados
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2021/11/11 - 2021/11/15 Online course
Workshop
 Introduction to digital bioimage analysis, 3rd Edition
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2021/02/24 - 2021/02/24 Meet the Professor Bruce Alberts, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California
Seminar
 Webinar Series in Biomedicine: Meet the Professor 2021
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/01/24 - 2021/01/24 Meet the Professor Vinay Kumar, Professor of Pathology, University of Chicago
Seminar
 Webinar Series in Biomedicine: Meet the Professor 2021
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/03/16 - 2019/03/19 X Jornadas das Ciências Biomédicas X Jornadas das Ciências Biomédicas
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022 - 2022 Laboratory rotation integrated in the 1st year Master degree in Molecular Biomedicine Undergraduate Students
Distinctions

Award

2022 Best Poster Award - Dia dos Mestrados
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal