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Maria Carolina Matos earned a BSc in Biology, in July 2020, and a MSc in Applications in Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology, in November 2022, both in the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP). During her master's degree, she worked part-time as a Clinical Trial Assistant and as a Clinical Trial Coordinator in BlueClinical. From September 2022 to September 2023, she was a research fellow in IMED at the Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (CIBIO), in the field of virology. Currently, she is enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution, in FCUP. She published two papers as first author and presented a poster in Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto (IJUP). During her academic career, she was engaged in several volunteering activities: the Biology Student Nucleus (NEBUP), the Faculty of Science of University of Porto Student Association (AEFCUP) and Associação de Voluntariado Universitário (VO.U.).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Carolina Freire Matos

Citation names

  • Matos, Maria Carolina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5912-B164-16D4

Email addresses

  • mcarolinafm@cibio.up.pt (Professional)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/09 - 2027
Ongoing
 Programa Doutoral em Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/09 - 2022/11/03
Concluded
 Aplicações em Biotecnologia e Biologia Sintética (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Insights in the evolution of Fc Receptor-like genes in mammals" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2017/09 - 2020/07/29
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/09 - 2023/09 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/01 - 2022/05 Coordenadora de Ensaios Clínicos BlueClinical, Portugal
2021/05 - 2022/01 Assistente de Ensaios Clínicos BlueClinical, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/09/08 - 2023/08/31 LAGMED - Melhoria das acções preventivas contra LAGovírus emergentes na bacia do MEDiterrâneo: desenvolvimento e optimização de metodologias para detecção e controlo de agentes patogénicos
PRIMA/0003/2018
Master Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Matos, Maria Carolina; Pedro José de Castro Esteves; Ana Maria Pinheiro Rombert Pinhão. "Evolution of Fc Receptor-like Scavenger (Fcrls) in Mammals: An unusual history of presence and absence". Paper presented in Encontro de Jovens Investigadores da U.PORTO - IJUP 2020, 2020.
Journal article
  1. Matos, Maria Carolina; Pinheiro, Ana; Davis, Randall S.; Esteves, Pedro J.. "Evidence for Extensive Duplication and Subfunctionalization of FCRL6 in Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 5 (2023): 4531. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24054531.
    10.3390/ijms24054531
  2. Matos, Maria Carolina; Pinheiro, Ana; Melo-Ferreira, José; Davis, Randall S.; Esteves, Pedro José. "Evolution of Fc Receptor-Like Scavenger in Mammals". Frontiers in Immunology 11 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.590280.
    Published • 10.3389/fimmu.2020.590280
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Insights in the evolution of Fc Receptor-like genes in mammals". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2022.