Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Marta Andreia Pais Carrasco
Citation names
- Carrasco, Marta
- Carrasco, Marta P.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 5115-5F8B-11F3
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7775-2919
Email addresses
- mcarrasco@ff.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Avenida Professor Gama Pinto, 1649-003, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Medicinal Chemistry
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2009/11/01 - 2014/05/22
Concluded
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Farmacy (Doutoramento)
Major in Medicinal Chemistry
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Synthesis and computer-assisted design of mitochondrial electron transport-chain inhibitors as antimalarial agents" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Distiction and honours |
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2007/09/01 - 2008/11/30
Concluded
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Chemistry (Mestrado)
Major in Chemistry
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"(Anti)Folate-Hydroxamate and Hydroxypyridinone based compounds: Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 |
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2001/10/01 - 2007/07/31
Concluded
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Chemistry (Licenciatura)
Major in Chemistry
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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14 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/01/07 - 2021/07/06 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal |
| 2017/10/01 - 2018/12/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal |
| 2016/09/01 - 2017/04/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2014/09/01 - 2016/08/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden |
Projects
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/01/07 - Current | MultiTarget4Malaria: a multitarget strategy to hit all stages of the Plasmodium life-cycle
PTDC/MED-QUI/30021/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
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Ongoing
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| 2019/01 - Current | MultiTarget4Malaria: a multitarget strategy to hit all stages of the Plasmodium life-cycle
PTDC/MED-QUI/30021/2017
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N/A |
Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/01/01 - Current | iDrugCF: Identification of New Drugs for Cystic Fibrosis
PTDC/MED-QUI/28800/2017
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Discovery of azaaurones as potent antimycobacterial agents | XXV Encontro Galego-Portugués de Química
(Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
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| 2016 | Synthesis of Photoswitchable RET Kinase Inhibitors | 25th Organikerdagarna
(Umea, Sweden)
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| 2014 | Toward the Structure of Oxidation Site of P. Falciparum bc1 Complex | 1st EFMC Young Medicinal Chemist Symposium
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2013 | Fighting cancer and malaria – computational strategies | 6th Theoretical Biophysics Symposium
(Gothenburg, Sweden)
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| 2010 | Using Computational Chemistry to Find New and More Potent Antimalarial Drugs | 2nd Post-Graduate iMed.UL Students Meeting
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2010 | Computational Screening Over the Yeast bc1 Complex | 2nd National Meeting on Medicinal Chemistry
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2020/09/01 - 2023/08/28 | Molecular photoswitches to target VEGFR2and control angiogenesis
Co-supervisor
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PhD in Pharmacy - Medicinal Chemistry (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
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| 2014/09 - 2015/08 | Synthesis of microRNA-21 inhibitors
Co-supervisor
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Katedra farmaceutické chemie a kontroly léciv (Degree)
Univerzita Karlova v Praze Katedra farmakologie a toxikologie, Czech Republic
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 - 2014 | Organising committee of 1st EFMC Young Medicinal Chemist Symposium
(2014/09/12 - 2014/09/12)
Symposium
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| 2014 - 2014 | Organizing committee of XXIII EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry
(2014/09/07 - 2014/09/11)
Symposium (Other)
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Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/01/01 - 2021/01/31 | Special topic class on Photopharmacology for Master Students (Master Course in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry) in Drug Design Course. | Drug Design (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal |
| 2019/12/01 - 2019/12/31 | Special topic class on Photopharmacology for Master Students (Master Course in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry) in Drug Design Course. | Drug Design (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal |
| 2014/09/01 - 2014/12/20 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory (First Year of Pharmaceuticals Science degree) | (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/05 - 2018/06 | Synthesis of photoswichable kinase inhibitors. | Mariama Djaló |
| 2017/12 - 2018/01 | Synthesis and functionalyzation of PBI with nucleobases. | Shirley Sancha |
| 2016/05 - 2016/08 | Synthesis of organic compounds with potential biological interest. | Sean Toenjes |
| 2012/09 - 2012/12 | Synthesis of organic compounds with potential biological interest. | João Rebelo |
