Patricia Alexandra Teles Martins (5416-7933-D99F)

Curriculum Vitae

Patricia Alexandra Teles Martins

Patrícia A. T. Martins was born in 1983 in Lisbon, Portugal. Completed her PhD in Chemistry - Biological Chemistry in 2013 by Universidade de Coimbra, approved with honors and distinction after a BSc in Biochemistry in 2005 by Universidade de Lisboa. She is currently a Researcher in Universidade de Coimbra, after a 3-year period abroad at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. “My main scientific interests have been related to the quantitative assessment of the permeation kinetics and thermodynamics of drugs across biological membranes. I have been studying the interaction of small molecules and ions with serum proteins, lipoproteins, liposomes, and lipid monolayers, using several techniques, from spectroscopic to chromatographic and calorimetric. For the latest years, I have been interested in the development of new biomimetic vectors to increase bioavailability and efficiency of small drugs and genetic material at the target tissues. A biophysical approach allows a deep understanding of the interactions at the molecular level and leads to a rational development of improved therapeutic delivery platforms.” She was awarded the Young Biophysicist Award from the Portuguese Biophysical Society in 2014 for her PhD paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Patrícia has participated in several projects, guiding students, and managing laboratory facilities and resources together with the organization of several scientific events. Currently co-supervising a PhD thesis. By the numbers: 12 papers in peer reviewed international journals // 1 book section // 4 oral communications // 6 conference proceedings // 12 poster communications // h-index: 8 // 258 citations // Organized 4 events // Co-supervised 2 internships // Mentored 10 students // Received 7 awards and/or honours // Interacted with 119 collaborators/co-authors. Interests: Amyloidosis // Biochemistry // Biological Chemistry // Biological membranes // Biomimetic soft materials // Biophysics // Drug delivery // Extracellular Vesicles // Gene therapy // Kinetics // Liposomes // Membrane biophysics // Model membranes // Protein-lipid interaction // Protein misfolding // Thermodynamics // Transfection. Technical skills: ATR-FTIR // Blood handling // Cell Culture // Circular Dichroism // Differential Scanning Calorimetry // Dynamic Light Scattering // Electrophoresis // Enzyme kinetics // High Pressure Liquid Chromatography // Isolation of extracellular vesicles // Isothermal Titration Calorimetry // Langmuir-Blodgett with PM-IRRAS // Patch Clamp // Protein extraction // Protein purification // Spectroscopy // Steady-state Fluorescence // Stopped-Flow Fluorescence // UV-Visible spectroscopy.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Patricia Alexandra Teles Martins

Citation names

Martins, Patricia
Patricia A. T. Martins

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 5416-7933-D99F
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2264-4451
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ks3pJCUAAAAJ

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Physical Chemistry
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
French	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2013/05/29 Concluded	Chemistry - Biological Chemistry (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Passive Permeation Across The Blood-Brain Barrier - Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Chlorpromazine Interaction with Lipid Bilayers Representative of Endothelial Cell Membranes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved unanimously with Distinction and Honours
2005 Concluded	Biochemistry (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal ""Caracterização preliminar de uma proteína de reserva em raízes de framboesa remontante ‘Autumn Bliss’ em cultura protegida"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15/20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/08/15 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

2018/03/01 - 2020/03	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal

2015/03/01 - 2018/01/15	Postdoc (Research)	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

2014/04/01 - 2014/09/30	Postdoc (Research)	Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal

2013 - 2013	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação de Química Orgânica Produtos Naturais e Agroalimentares, Portugal

2007/01/01 - 2008/02/28	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal

2006/06/15 - 2006/12/31	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/03/01 - 2020/03	Postdoctoral Fellow at Biological Chemistry Group, working in several research projects and mentoring/co-supervising students	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal

2008/03/01 - 2013/05/29	PhD Student	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

2008/12/01 - 2011/12/23	PhD student - Visitor	Universidad Zaragoza - Instituto Universitario de Investigatión Biocomputatión y Física de Sistemas Complejos, Spain

2006/01/02 - 2006/06/14	Technical Sales Representative	Joinlab, Lda, Portugal

2004/10/01 - 2005/09/18	Trainee (Undergraduated student)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2018/03/01 - 2020/03/31	MATIS – Materiais e Tecnologias Industriais Sustentáveis CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000014 Post-doc Fellow Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014/04/01 - 2014/09/30	POLARIS BPD_PD5_March_2014_POLARIS. Post-doc Fellow Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal
2012/12/01 - 2013/05/31	OPTICAL SENSORS AND NANOMATERIALS FOR ANION RECOGNITION PTDC/CTM/101538/2008 Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020/08/15 - Current	BrainEdition: remotely controlling gene edition in neural stem cells CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-028060 Researcher	Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2018/03/01 - 2019/02/28	Unraveling the Rules of Passive Permeation Through the Blood-Brain Barrier PTDC/DTP-FTO/2784/2014 Post-doc Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2013/12/31	Strategic Project – UI 62, 2013-2014 Pest-C/QUI/UI0062/2013 Researcher	Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31	Strategic Project – UI 313, 2011-2012 Pest-C/QUI/UI0313/2011 Researcher
2007/06/01 - 2010/04/29	Molecular Crowding effects on the kinetics and thermodynamics of the interaction of amphiphilic molecules with proteins and with biological membranes PTDC/QUI/64565/2006 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal	Concluded
2007/04/01 - 2009/12/14	Quantitative modelling of passive transcytotic diffusion of amphiphilic molecules across the Blood-Brain Barrier PTDC/SAU-FCF/69072/2006 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Martins, Patrícia; Moreno, Maria. "Kinetics of the Interaction of Amphiphiles with Lipid Bilayers Using ITC". In Biocalorimetry, edited by Margarida Bastos, 191-205. CRC Press, 2016. 10.1201/b20161-13
Conference abstract	Cardoso, R. M. S.; Coreta-Gomes, Filipe M.; Martins, P. A. T.; Vaz, W.L.C.; Moreno, M.J.. "Effect of the acyl chain length on the translocation rate of amphiphilic molecules in liquid disordered and liquid ordered lipid bilayers". Paper presented in 53th Biophysical Society’s Annual Meeting - Biophysical Journal, Boston, 2009. Published
Conference paper	Martins, Patricia; Vaz, Winchil L. C.; Moreno, Maria João. "Binding of phospholipids to ß-lactoglobulin". Paper presented in 2nd Iberic Meeting of Colloids and Interfaces - RICI2, Coimbra, 2007. Published
Conference poster	Arnaut, L. G.; Silva, A. D. ; Pereira, D. A.; Cunha, J.; Martins, Patricia; Cortes, L.; Moreno, M. J.; Serpa, C.. "High-intensity, high-frequency photoacoustic waves in gene transfection". Paper presented in 20th International Conference on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena, 2019. Alves, A. M.; Cardoso, R. M. S.; Martins, P. A. T.; Moreno, M. J.. "Molecular Crowding Effects on the Solubility of Amphiphilic Molecules and their Partition to Biological Membranes". Paper presented in International Workshop on biological Membranes, 2018. Alamoudi, Kholod; Martins, Patricia; Deng, Lin; Khashab, Niveen M.. "Bubble-liposomal nanocarriers as an advanced gene delivery model". Paper presented in 4th Nano Today Conference, 2015. Martins, Patricia; Velazquez-Campoy, Adrian; Vaz, Winchil L. C.; Cardoso, Renato M. S.; Valério, Joana; Moreno, Maria João. "Kinetics and thermodynamics of Chlorpromazine interaction with lipid bilayers: Effect of charge and cholesterol". Paper presented in 10th European Biophysics Congress, 2015. Ribeiro, S.; Silva, S. S.; Martins, Patricia; Pirraco, R. P.; Leonor, I. B.; Reis, R. L.. "Biomimetic silk fibroin membrane for periosteum regeneration". Paper presented in TermStem 2014, 2014. Moreno, Maria João; Martins, Patricia; Velazquez-Campoy, Adrián. "Applications of Isothermal Titration Calorimetry on the characterization of the energetics and kinetics of the interaction of amphiphiles with lipid bilayers". Paper presented in Biophysical Society 57th Meeting, 2013. Martins, Patricia; Velazquez-Campoy, Adrián; Vaz, Winchil L. C.; Moreno, Maria João. "Thermodynamics of Chlorpromazine association with lipid bilayers". Paper presented in Biophysical Society 55th Meeting, 2011. Martins, Patricia; Velazquez-Campoy, Adrián; Vaz, Winchil L. C.; Moreno, Maria João. "Thermodynamics of Chlorpromazine association with lipid bilayers". Paper presented in IV Spanish Portuguese Biophysical Congress, 2010. Martins, Patricia; Gomes, Filipe; Vaz, Winchil L. C.; Moreno, Maria João. "Binding of phospholipids to ß-lactoglobulin and their transfer to lipid bilayers". Paper presented in 1st Portuguese-Spanish-British Joint Biophysics Congress, 2008. Martins, Patricia; Vaz, Winchil L. C.; Moreno, Maria João. "Binding of phospholipids to ß-lactoglobulin". Paper presented in 2nd Iberic Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces, 2007. Martins, Patricia; Oliveira, Pedro B.; Ricardo Manuel de Seixas Boavida Ferreira. "Characterization of a storage protein from primocane-fruiting red raspberry ‘Autumn Bliss’ roots". Paper presented in 9th International Rubus and Ribes Symposium, 2005.
Journal article	Brito, Catarina; Bertotti, Taciana; João Primitivo, Maria; Neves, Marta; Pires, Cristiana L.; Cruz, Pedro F.; Martins, Patricia; et al. "Corema album spp: Edible wild crowberries with a high content in minerals and organic acids". Food Chemistry 345 (2021): 128732. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128732. 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128732 Pereira, Diogo A.; Silva, Alexandre D.; Martins, Patricia A. T.; Piedade, Ana P.; Martynowych, Dmitro; Veysset, David; Moreno, Maria João; et al. "Imaging of photoacoustic-mediated permeabilization of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs)". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82140-4. Published • 10.1038/s41598-021-82140-4 Cunha, Susana V.; Filipe, Hugo L.; Ramos, Cristiana V.; Martins, Patricia A.; Abel, Biebele; Ambudkar, Suresh V.; Loura, Luis M.; Joao Moreno, Maria. "Interaction of a Homologous Series of Amphiphiles with P-Glycoprotein Containing Membranes". Biophysical Journal 120 3 (2021): 43a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.508. Published • 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.508 Ricardo Abreu; Cristiana Videira Ramos; Clarissa Becher; Carlos Jesus; P. da C. Martins; Patricia A. T. Martins; Maria João Pedrosa Moreno Silvestre; Hugo Fernandes; Lino Ferreira. "Post-isolation enrichment of small extracellular vesicles with microRNAs". Journal of Extracellular Vesicles (2021): Under revision Cristiana L. Pires; Patricia A. T. Martins; A.L.M., Batista de Carvalho; Lino Ferreira; M. P. M. Marques; Maria João Pedrosa Moreno Silvestre. "Re-use of Caco-2 monolayers in permeability assays – validation regarding cell monolayer integrity". Biochemical Pharmacology (2021): Submitted Maria João Moreno; Patricia A. T. Martins; Eva Bernardino; Biebele Abel; Suresh Ambudkar. "Characterization of the Lipidome and Biophysical Properties of Membranes from High Five Insect Cells Expressing Mouse P-Glycoprotein". Biomolecules (2021): Under revision • 10.20944/preprints202102.0204.v1 Cardoso, Renato M.S.; Patricia A. T. Martins; Ramos, Cristiana V.; Cordeiro, Margarida M.; Leote, Ricardo J.B.; Razi Naqvi, Kalbe; Vaz, Winchil L.C.. "Effect of dipole moment on amphiphile solubility and partition into liquid ordered and liquid disordered phases in lipid bilayers". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes 1862 3 (2020): 183157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.183157. 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.183157 Patricia A. T. Martins; Maria João Pedrosa Moreno Silvestre; Cardoso, Renato M. S.; Leote, Ricardo J.B.; KalbeRazi Naqvi; Vaz, Winchil L. C.. "Effect of Dipole Moment on Amphiphile Solubility and Partition into Liquid Ordered and Liquid Disordered Phases in Lipid Bilayers". Biophysical Journal 118 3 (2020): 78a. Published • 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.11.597 Martins, Patrícia A.T.; Domingues, Neuza; Pires, Cristiana; Alves, Ana Maria; Palmeira, Tiago; Samelo, Jaime; Cardoso, Renato; Velazquez-Campoy, Adrian; Moreno, Maria João. "Molecular crowding effects on the distribution of amphiphiles in biological media". Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 180 (2019): 319-325. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.04.065. 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.04.065 Omar, Haneen; Croissant, Jonas G.; Alamoudi, Kholod; Alsaiari, Shahad; Alradwan, Ibrahim; Majrashi, Majed A.; Anjum, Dalaver H.; et al. "Biodegradable Magnetic Silica@Iron Oxide Nanovectors with Ultra-Large Mesopores for High Protein Loading, Magnetothermal Release, and Delivery". Journal of Controlled Release 259 (2017): 187-194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.11.032. 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.11.032 Alamoudi, Kholod; Martins, Patricia; Croissant, Jonas G; Patil, Sachin; Omar, Haneen; Khashab, Niveen M. "Thermoresponsive pegylated bubble liposome nanovectors for efficient siRNA delivery via endosomal escape". Nanomedicine 12 12 (2017): 1421-1433. http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/nnm-2017-0021. 10.2217/nnm-2017-0021 Martins, Patricia; Alsaiari, S.; Julfakyan, K.; Nie, Z.; Khashab, N. M.. "Self-assembled lipoprotein based gold nanoparticles for detection and photothermal disaggregation of ß-amyloid aggregates". Chemical Communications 53 13 (2017): 2102-2105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cc09085k. 10.1039/C6CC09085K Martins, Patricia; Inácio, Ângela S.; Domingues, Neuza S.; Nunes, Alexandra; Martins, Patrícia T.; Moreno, Maria J.; Estronca, Luís M.; et al. "Quaternary ammonium surfactant structure determines selective toxicity towards bacteria: mechanisms of action and clinical implications in anti-bacterial prophylaxis". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 71 3 (2016): 641-654. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv405. DOI:10.1093/jac/dkv405 Coreta-Gomes, Filipe M.; Martins, Patrícia A. T.; Velazquez-Campoy, Adrián; Vaz, Winchil L. C.; Geraldes, Carlos F. G.; Moreno, Maria João. "Interaction of Bile Salts with Model Membranes Mimicking the Gastrointestinal Epithelium: A Study by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry". Langmuir 31 33 (2015): 9097-9104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01810. 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01810 Martins, P. A. T.; Velazquez-Campoy, A.; Vaz, W.L.C.; Cardoso, R. M. S.; Valério, J.; Moreno, M. J.. "Thermodynamics of Chlorpromazine Association with Lipid Bilayers". European Biophysics Journal 44 S1 (2015): 43-248. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00249-015-1045-6. 10.1007/s00249-015-1045-6 Moreno, M.J.; Martins, Patrícia T.; Velazquez-Campoy, A.. "Application of Isothermal Titration Calorimetry in the characterization of the energetics and kinetics of the interaction of amphiphiles with lipid bilayers". Biophysical Journal 104 2 (2013): 86a. Published Martins, Patrícia T.; Velazquez-Campoy, Adrian; Vaz, Winchil L. C.; Cardoso, Renato M. S.; Valério, Joana; Moreno, Maria João. "Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Chlorpromazine Interaction with Lipid Bilayers: Effect of Charge and Cholesterol". Journal of the American Chemical Society 134 9 (2012): 4184-4195. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja209917q. 10.1021/ja209917q Cardoso, Renato M. S.; Martins, Patricia A. T.; Gomes, Filipe; Doktorovova, Slavomira; Vaz, Winchil L. C.; Moreno, Maria Joa~o. "Chain-Length Dependence of Insertion, Desorption, and Translocation of a Homologous Series of 7-Nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl-Labeled Aliphatic Amines in Membranes". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115 33 (2011): 10098-10108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp203429s. 10.1021/jp203429s Martins, Patrícia A.T.; Velazquez-Campoy, Adrián; Vaz, Winchil L.C.; Moreno, Maria João. "Thermodynamics of Chlorpromazine Association with Lipid Bilayers". Biophysical Journal 100 3 (2011): 505a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2010.12.2959. 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.12.2959 Cardoso, Renato; Gomes, Filipe M.C.; Martins, Patrícia T.; Vaz, Winchil L.C.; Moreno, Maria J.. "Effect of the acyl chain length on the translocation rate of amphiphilic molecules in liquid disordered and liquid ordered lipid bilayers". Biophysical Journal (2009): 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.12.1768 Martins, P.A.T.; Gomes, F.; Vaz, W.L.C.; Moreno, M.J.. "Binding of phospholipids to ß-Lactoglobulin and their transfer to lipid bilayers". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes 1778 5 (2008): 1308-1315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.02.011. 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.02.011

Other

Dataset

Martins, Patricia. Rubusin, the storage protein present in raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) roots. UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entry P85096.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2016	Molecular crowding effects on the solubility of amphiphilic molecules and their partition to biological membranes	International Conference on Physics and Chemistries of Hydrophobic Interfaces (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia)
2015	Kinetics and thermodynamics of Chlorpromazine interaction with lipid bilayers: Effect of charge and cholesterol	10th European Biophysics Congress EBSA (Dresden, Germany)
2008	Binding of phospholipids to ß-lactoglobulin and their transfer to lipid bilayers	1st Portuguese-Spanish-British Joint Biophysics Congress (Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/03/01 - Current	Biophysical characterization of the mechanisms of transfection agents for the use of exosomes in gene therapy PhD Fellowship awarded by FCT (REF: 2020.04545.BD) Co-supervisor	Química - Ramo Química Biológica (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/04/01 - 2019/04/30	Interação de sondas fluorescentes com bicamadas lipídicas Co-supervisor of Ariana Santos	Rotação Laboratorial I (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/03/01 - 2019/03/30	Synthesis of a BSA fluorescent derivative and interaction of Taxol with lipid membranes using FRET (Taxol-TAMRA) Co-supervisor of Diogo Roque	Rotação Laboratorial I (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2020/02/01 - Current	7th International Iberian Biophysics Congress. This meeting is a joint organization of the Portuguese and Spanish Biophysical Societies and gathers together Researchers and Students from the area of Biophysics. (https://iibc2020.organideia.pt/home/welcome/) (2020/06/17 - 2020/06/19) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
2019/09/01 - 2019/10/15	Workshop on Biological Chemistry 2019 - Lipids & Proteins - Interactions for Life (https://www.uc.pt/fctuc/dquimica/Investigacao/CQC/Linha_E/ResearchEvents/wbc/wbc2019) (2019/10/11 - 2019/10/13)
2018/09 - 2018/11/25	Workshop on Biological Chemistry 2018 (https://www.uc.pt/fctuc/dquimica/Investigacao/CQC/Linha_E/ResearchEvents/wbc/wbc2018) (2018/11/16 - 2018/11/18) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
2018/05/01 - 2018/05/30	Mini symposium on the occasion of Professor Carlos Geraldes Jubilee (https://www.uc.pt/fctuc/dquimica/Investigacao/CQC/Linha_E/ResearchEvents/minisymlic) (2018/05/30 - 2018/05/30) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/10/11 - 2019/10/13	Workshop on Biological Chemistry, covering: Recent scientific developments on Lipid/Protein interactions and their importance for Life (https://www.uc.pt/fctuc/dquimica/Investigacao/CQC/Linha_E/ResearchEvents/wbc/wbc2019) Workshop	Lipids & Proteins - Interactions for Life Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/11/16 - 2018/11/19	Workshop on Biological Chemistry, covering: Recent scientific developments on computational tools to predict drug bioavailability (https://www.uc.pt/fctuc/dquimica/Investigacao/CQC/Linha_E/ResearchEvents/wbc/wbc2018) Workshop	Computational tools to predict drug bioavailability – from molecules to cells Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/09/13 - 2018/09/14	User meeting covering: broad applications, best practices, advanced data analysis and latest developments in isothermal titration and differential scanning calorimetry (ITC and DSC) Meeting	3rd European MicroCal User Meeting Malvern Panalytical Ltd, United Kingdom
2018/08/19 - 2018/08/22	An intensive course with a focus on lipids and their function in biomembranes. Presented a poster communication. Workshop	International workshop on biological membranes Helsingin Yliopisto, Finland
2018/05/30 - 2018/05/30	Mini-symposium on the occasion of Professor Carlos Geraldes Jubilee (https://www.uc.pt/fctuc/dquimica/Investigacao/CQC/Linha_E/ResearchEvents/minisymlic) Symposium	The life of Inorganic Chemistry: from molecules to imaging Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/02/16 - 2018/02/17	Symposium, with invited researchers to discuss the state of the art about P-glycoprotein (https://www.uc.pt/fctuc/dquimica/Investigacao/CQC/Linha_E/ResearchEvents/minSymPgp) Symposium	Mini-symposium on P-glycoprotein Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2015/10/31	An intensive 25 hours course on scientific writing, covering: Scientific reading, manuscript writing and revising. Other	Scientific Writing Course King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
2015/10/11 - 2015/10/15	A workshop covering: Grammar structures for scientific communication Workshop	Grammar Fall Workshops King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
2015/07/18 - 2015/07/22	International Congress on several topics of the biophysical field. Presented oral communication. Awarded the Young Biophysicist Award from the Portuguese Biophysical Society (ceremony). Congress	10th European Biophysics Congress European Biophysical Societies' Association, Belgium
2014/03/10 - 2014/03/14	Mandatory formation covering: Specific operating procedures and rules when working in a cleanroom environment and with cell culture facilities. Other	Cell Culture Laboratory Course Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011/03/05 - 2011/03/09	International Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Community. Presented one poster communication. Congress	Biophysical Society 55th Meeting Biophysical Society, United States
2010/07/07 - 2010/07/10	International congress about biophysics. Presented a poster communication. Won best poster presentation. Congress	IV Spanish Portuguese Biophysical Congress Sociedad de Biofísica de España, Spain Sociedade Portuguesa de Biofísica, Portugal
2010/06/06 - 2010/06/11	Advanced course in biophysics, covering: Membrane biophysics using most methodologies as applied to membranes Workshop	Membrane Biophysics and Lipid/Protein Interaction European Biophysical Societies' Association, Belgium
2009/10/30 - 2009/11/01	A workshop covering: Computational and mathematical modeling of complex biological systems Workshop	8th Short Course of SPBf on: Systems Biology Portuguese Biophysical Society, Portugal
2009/02/28 - 2009/03/04	International Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Community. Presented one poster communication. Congress	Biophysical Society 53th Meeting Biophysical Society, United States
2008/07/10 - 2008/07/13	International Congress on biophysics. Presented one poster and one oral communication. Congress	1st Portuguese-Spanish-British Joint Biophysics Congress Sociedad de Biofísica de España, Spain Sociedade Portuguesa de Biofísica, Portugal British Biophysical Society, United Kingdom
2007/10/19 - 2007/10/21	Workshop covering: Main spectroscopic and imaging techniques applied to the study of biological systems (Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Microscopy, IR and Raman, AFM and related microscopies, Electron Cryo-microscopy, NMR and MR imaging) Workshop	7th Short Course of SPBf on: Biospectroscopy and Imaging Portuguese Biophysical Society, Portugal
2007/07/11 - 2007/07/13	International Conference about Colloids and Interfaces. Presented a poster communication. Conference	2nd Iberic Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2018/01/01 - Current	Minibioqs - Associação Ciência para Todos (science outreach association for children in need)	Founding and Board member
2008 - Current	Biophysical Society (USA)	Member
2007 - Current	Portuguese Biochemistry Society	Member
2007 - Current	Portuguese Biophysical Society	Member

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2019/02/20 - 2019/02/21	IV Encontro Científico NEQ/AAC (Chemistry Students Annual Scientific Meeting)	Students Association Chemistry Department (University of Coimbra)

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2020/11/19 - 2020/11/19	Workshop "How to Write a Scientific Paper and Scientific Communication"	(Mestrado)	Students Association of Chemistry Department (University of Coimbra), Portugal
2020/04/25 - 2020/04/25	One workshop inserted in the Molecular School promoted by Molecular Junior Enterprize, to allow students from High School to gain contact with the Chemistry degree, theoretical and practical courses. I will be responsible for the Chapter about solutions and solubility.	(Ensino secundário)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/04/08 - 2020/04/08	Workshop "How to Write your Thesis"	(Mestrado)
2019/10/23 - 2019/10/23	Workshop "How to Write a Scientific Paper"	(Mestrado)	Students Association of Chemistry Department (University of Coimbra), Portugal
2018/04/04 - 2018/04/04	Workshop "How to Write your Thesis"	(Mestrado)	Students Association of Chemistry Department (University of Coimbra), Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2018/09/01 - Current	Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces (0927-7765)	Elsevier

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2018/11/01 - Current	Modulation of small Extracellular Vesicle microRNA cargo	Cristiana Ramos
2018/09 - 2019/11	Formation of lipid nanodiscs through SMALPs to extract membrane proteins in their native lipid environment	Inês Figueiredo Garrido
2018/09 - 2019/09	Permeabilization of Biological Membranes by High Frequency Ultrasounds	Diogo Pereira
2015/03/01 - 2018/11	Design and Synthesis of Porous Smart Materials for Biomedical Applications	Haneen Omar
2015/03/01 - 2018/10	Nanobots: Smart Systems to Improve Therapeutics Delivery	Shahad Alsaiari
2018/03/01 - 2018/09/27	Development of Methodologies for Permeability and Vesicle Fusion Evaluation	Joana Cunha
2018/03/01 - 2018/06	Characterization of Hi5 cells lipid membranes	Eva Bernardino
2018/03/01 - 2018/06	Interaction of chlorpromazine with biological membranes	Diogo Roque
2015/03 - 2017/10	Membrane-Mimic Nanoparticles for Drug and Gene Delivery Applications	Kholod Alamoudi

Distinctions

Award

2014	Young Biophysicist 2014 Sociedade Portuguesa de Biofísica, Portugal
2011	International Travel Award Biophysical Society, United States
2010	Best Poster Award Sociedad de Biofísica de España, Spain
2009	International Travel Award Biophysical Society, United States
2008	PhD Fellowship - SFRH/BD/38951/2007 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Other distinction

2018	Attendance Grant - International Workshop on Biological Membranes European Biophysical Societies' Association, Belgium
2010	Travel Fellowship Sociedade Portuguesa de Biofísica, Portugal