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Pedro E. C. Nunes received his BSc. degree in Biochemistry (14 out of 20) from Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, in 2015. He then moved to ICBAS, University of Porto, as a master's student in Oncology. He started his master's work in 2016, supervised by Professor Doctor M. Helena Vasconcelos and co-supervised by Professor Doctor Manuel A. Sobrinho-Simões and Doctor Hugo R. Caires, at the Cancer Drug Resistance group of IPATIMUP/i3S. Pedro's work explored the viability of liquid biopsies as an alternative to the traditional (and painful) bone marrow aspiration on Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) diagnosis and monitorization. Here, he isolated extracellular vesicles from AML patients' blood and analysed in terms of concentrations, size, morphology and content. Pedro has developed a promising EV-based liquid biopsy approach for the monitoring of minimal residual disease AML patients¿ peripheral blood, which has already been submitted as Provisional Patent Proposal. His master's thesis was evaluated with a 19 mark out of 20, resulting in a final result of 18 out of 20 in his master's degree. Since November of 2020, Pedro joined to PolySyc group, led by Professor Doctor Jorge Coelho at CEMMPRE/UC. At the moment, Pedro is a PhD student with a FCT grant and he aims to develop a novel generation of biomimetic wound dressings based on cationic poly(ester amide)s during his PhD work.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Emanuel Cardoso Nunes

Citation names

  • PC Nunes

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5B1B-5D17-13E9
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6463-4382

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 914486258 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Rua do Areeiro, nº2, Venda Nova, 3130-388, Soure, Soure, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Oncology
  • Medical and Health Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Polymer Science
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bio-derived Novel Materials

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/09/01 - 2025/12/31
Ongoing
Engenharia Química (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/11
Concluded
Oncologia (Mestrado)
Major in Área de especialização: Oncologia Molecular
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Establishing a protocol for the detection of acute myeloid leukaemia markers in liquid biopsies based on extracellular vesicles" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
18
2011/09 - 2015/07
Concluded
Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
14
2014/07 - 2014/07
Concluded
Curso de Cultura Celular e Tecidos (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/11/11 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
2018/08 - 2019/04 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/11 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2014/07 - 2015/08 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - 2025/12/31 FCT Grant
2021.05501.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/11/11 - 2021/10/10 PSE Greenpack
PSE Greenpack
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Ongoing
2018/08 - 2019/04 CTEVs .: Vesículas Extracelulares tumorais circulantes para deteção minimamente invasiva de doença residual mínima em doentes com leucemia mielóide aguda
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030457
Research Technician Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
Ongoing
2016/09 - 2019/04 Identification of biomarkers and molecular targets for multidrug resistant tumors.
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000029
Other
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. PC Nunes; Arménio C. Serra; Jorge F. J. Coelho; Paula V. Morais; Ana C. Fonseca. "Development of a new generation of biomimetic wound dressings based on cationic poly(ester amide)s - an update". Paper presented in CEMMPRE meeting, 2023.
  2. Hugo F. Gonçalves; PC Nunes; Rui Peneda; Ana C. Fonseca; Arménio C. Serra. "New Compatibilizers from PET Residues". Paper presented in 9th IUPAC International Conference on Green Chemistry, 2022.
  3. PC Nunes; Arménio C. Serra; Paula V. Morais; Jorge F. J. Coelho; Ana C. Fonseca. Corresponding author: Ana C. Fonseca. "Development of a new generation of biomimetic wound dressings based on cationic poly(ester amide)s". Paper presented in CEMMPRE meeting, 2021.
  4. HR Caires; PC Nunes; A Teixeira; JE Guimarães; MA Sobrinho-Simões; MH Vasconcelos. "Exploring circulating Extracellular Vesicles to predict early relapse in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia patients". Paper presented in CANCER BIOLOGY: FROM BASIC TO TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH, 2020.
  5. HR Caires; PC Nunes; A Teixeira; JE Guimarães; MA Sobrinho-Simões; MH Vasconcelos. "Extracellular Vesicle-based liquid biopsy in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia: a reliable source of residual disease biomarkers". Paper presented in International Society for Extracellular Vesicles 2020 Annual Meeting, 2020.
  6. HR, Caires; PC Nunes; JE Guimarães; MA Sobrinho-Simões; MH Vasconcelos. "Towards a CLEVER minimal residual disease profile in AML: exploring Circulating Leukemic EVs to Evaluate Remission/Relapse". Paper presented in 25th Porto Cancer Meeting, 2018.
  7. PC Nunes; HR, Caires; MA, Sobrinho-Simões; MH, Vasconcelos. "Circulating EVs for AML minimal residual disease biomarkers detection". Paper presented in 12th Young European Scientist Meeting, 2017.
  8. PC Nunes; HR, Caires; MA, Sobrinho-Simões; MH, Vasconcelos. "Ev-based liquid biopsies: paving the way towards detection of minimal residual disease in blood samples from acute myeloid leukemia patients". Paper presented in 24th Porto Cancer Meeting, 2017.
  9. PC Nunes; HR, Caires; MA, Sobrinho-Simões; MH, Vasconcelos. "Comparison of Extracellular Vesicles Isolated from Paired Diagnostic and Complete Remission Samples of Peripheral Blood of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients". Paper presented in 10º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores da Universidade do Porto, 2017.
  10. PC Nunes; Abrante A. M.; Encarnação J. C.; Pires A. S.; Gonçalves A. C.; Botelho M. F.. "Can Hypoxia Have An Effect On The Chemoresistance¿ Of Colorectal Cancer?". Paper presented in 10th Young European Scientist Meeting, 2015.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Pedro Emanuel Cardoso Nunes. "Establishing a protocol for the detection of acute myeloid leukaemia markers in liquid biopsies based on extracellular vesicles". Master, Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/109193.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/11 HR Caires (presenter), PC Nunes, A Teixeira, JE Guimarães, MA Sobrinho-Simões, MH Vasconcelos. "Circulating Extracellular Vesicles of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Patients: a source of biomarkers to Evaluate Residual Disease and Drug Resistance" 5 th GEIVEX Symposium
GEIVEX Granada (Granada, Spain)
2019/10 HR Caires (presenter), PC Nunes, A Teixeira, JE Guimarães, MA Sobrinho-Simões, MH Vasconcelos. "Circulating Extracellular Vesicles of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Patients: a source of biomarkers to Evaluate Residual Disease and Drug Resistance" 5th International Conference on Acute Myeloid Leukemia “Molecular And Translational”: Advances In Biology And Treatment
Sociedade Portuguesa de Hematologia (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/04 PC Nunes (presenter), HR Caires, A Teixeira, MA Sobrinho-Simões, MH Vasconcelos. "Comparison of Extracellular Vesicles isolated from paired diagnostic and complete remission samples of peripheral blood of Acute Myeloid Leukemia patients" 1st Symposium of Master in Oncology
(Porto, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2022/06/01 - 2022/07/31 Moderator on presentation session. Staff member. (2022/07/19 - 2022/07/22)
Congress (Other)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/02/01 - Current Tutoring on Laboratory Maria Eduarda
2023/02/01 - Current Tutoring on Laboratory Henrique
2022/07/01 - 2022/08/31 Summer trainee Ricardo Pinho
2022/07/01 - 2022/08/31 Summer trainee Barbara Carvalho
2022/01/01 - 2022/06/30 Hugo F. Gonçalves
2019/03/01 - 2019/04/30 Tutoring on Laboratory Rita Rebelo
2019/02/01 - 2019/04/30 Tutoring on Laboratory Catarina Rodrigues
2018/10/01 - 2019/04/30 Tutoring on Laboratory Catarina Antunes
2018/09/01 - 2019/04/30 Tutoring on Laboratory Bruna Silva
2018/08/01 - 2019/04/30 Tutoring on Laboratory Mariana Natalino
2019/02/01 - 2019/02/28 Tutoring on Laboratory Joana Carreira
2016/11/14 - 2016/11/18 Tutoring on Laboratory Biochemestry students of University of Leiden
2015/02/01 - 2015/04/30 Tutoring on Laboratory Jessica Lisboa