Ângela da Costa Carapito (5F19-D7F6-B760)

Curriculum Vitae

Ângela da Costa Carapito

I have a BSc degree in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences since 2017 (average 15/20) from Escola Superior de Saúde Dr. Lopes Dias of Castelo Branco and a MSc degree in Analytical, Clinical and Forensic Toxicology from Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto (completed in 2020, average 17/20). I did several internships along this path (from May 2016 until June 2017), one of which in the biochemistry service (from January to February 2017) of the Hospital Center of the University of Coimbra, where I performed pre-analytical and analytical analyses of biological samples, as well as quality control and interpretation of results. At the beginning of 2018, I did a professional internship under the Erasmus + program at the Centre Hospitalier Robert Ballanger Aulnay sous Bois in France (duration of 5 months), where I worked as a Pathological and Cytological Anatomy Technician. My MSc dissertation was focused on the application of a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) based metabolomics approach to identify and validate candidate biomarkers of bladder cancer in urine. In the scope of my MSc, I got expertise in handling and preparation of urine samples for GC-MS analysis, as well as GC-MS acquisition and bioinformatic analysis of data through open-source software (MZmine, Metaboanayst). I had the opportunity to present orally, as first author, the findings of my MSc dissertation at the 15th YES Meeting 2020 (Porto, Portugal), having received the 1st prize in the Parallel Sessions (Prof. Ernesto Morais Foundation Award), and the 2nd prize in the Plenary Sessions (AstraZeneca Foundation Award). On 3rd December 2020, I defended my dissertation with a classification of 20/20 values. The results obtained were published as an article in Metabolites Journal 2021, 11(4), 199 https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11040199 (IF=4.097), in which I am co-author. The skills acquired in the last year, as well as the prospects for continuing this work in the future, motivate me personally and professionally to promote a better way of life to all patients and their families.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ângela da Costa Carapito

Citation names

Carapito, A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 5F19-D7F6-B760
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1396-4485

Email addresses

angela_c_carapito@hotmail.com (Professional)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-carapito-92604a15a/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Toxicology
Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Other Clinical Medicine Subjects
Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry
Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Oncology

Languages

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

Education

	Degree	Classification
2022/01/01 - 2026/01/01 Ongoing	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Doutoramento) Major in Toxicology Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/09/14 - 2020/12/03 Concluded	Analytical, Clinical and Forensic Toxicology (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal "Volatile for the detection of bladder cancer in urine using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2013/09/16 - 2017/07/22 Concluded	Laboratory Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Escola Superior de Saúde Dr Lopes Dias, Portugal "Determinação de vitaminas e iões em atletas e idosos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Affiliation

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/01/02 - Current	PhD student	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

2019/06/22 - 2022/12/30	Customer Relationship	Inter IKEA Holding SA, Portugal

2021/02/15 - 2021/12/31	Clinical analysis technician	Hospital Privado da Boa Nova , Portugal

2018/02/19 - 2018/07/10	Pathological and cytological anatomy technician	Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Robert Ballanger, France

2016/07/15 - 2016/09/18	Cashier	Modelo Continente Hipermercados, S.A, Covilhã - Portugal, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Institute for Health and Bioeconomy LA/P/0140/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0140/2020 PhD Student Fellow Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit UIDB/04378/2020 10.54499/UIDB/04378/2020 PhD Student Fellow Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit UIDP/04378/2020 10.54499/UIDP/04378/2020 PhD Student Fellow Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/09 - 2020/12	Volatilome for the detection of bladder cancer in urine using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030388-PTDC/SAU-SER/30388/2017 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper

Carapito, Angela; Amaro, Filipa; Lima, Ana Rita; Carvalho-Maia, Carina; Jerónimo, Carmen; Henrique, Rui; Bastos, Maria de Lourdes; Guedes de Pinho, Paula; Pinto, Joana. "Urinary volatile signature of bladder cancer as a tool for non-invasive diagnosis". Paper presented in 15th YES Meeting, 2020.
Published • 10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000100

Journal article

Julieta Afonso; Catarina Barbosa-Matos; Ricardo Silvestre; Joana Pereira-Vieira; Samuel Martins Gonçalves; Camille Mendes-Alves; Pier Parpot; et al. "Cisplatin-Resistant Urothelial Bladder Cancer Cells Undergo Metabolic Reprogramming beyond the Warburg Effect". Cancers (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16071418.
10.3390/cancers16071418
Carapito, Ângela; Roque, Ana Cecília A.; Carvalho, Félix; Pinto, Joana; Guedes de Pinho, Paula. "Exploiting volatile fingerprints for bladder cancer diagnosis: A scoping review of metabolomics and sensor-based approaches". Talanta 268 (2024): 125296. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125296.
Published • 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125296
Carapito, Angela; Rodrigues, Francisco José Barbas; Coelho, Patricia. "A importância do humor vítreo em análises post-mortem (The importance of vitreous humor in post-mortem analysis)". Higeia 6 2 (2021): 9-19.
Open access • Published
Pinto, Joana; Carapito, Ângela; Amaro, Filipa; Lima, Ana Rita; Carvalho-Maia, Carina; Martins, Maria Conceição; Jerónimo, Carmen; et al. "Discovery of Volatile Biomarkers for Bladder Cancer Detection and Staging through Urine Metabolomics". Metabolites 11 4 (2021): 199. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/metabo11040199.
10.3390/metabo11040199

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/05/17	Presentation at U.Porto 3MT® – Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) with thesis "A new approach to diagnose bladder cancer based on the urine odour fingerprint"	U.Porto 3MT® – Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2024/05/02	Presentation at III 1H-TOXRUN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 2024 with theme "Urinary volatile metabolomic biomarkers for detection of bladder cancer"	III 1H-TOXRUN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 2024 (Porto, Portugal)
2020/09/10	Presentation at 15th YES - Young European Scientist - Meeting (Plenary Oral Session) with theme "Urinary volatile signature of bladder cancer as a tool for non-invasive diagnosis"	Plenary Oral Session 15th YES - Young European Scientist - Meeting (Portugal)
2020/09/07	Presentation at 15th YES - Young European Scientist - Meeting (Parallel Oral Session) with theme "Urinary volatile signature of bladder cancer as a tool for non-invasive diagnosis"	Parallel Oral Session 15th YES - Young European Scientist - Meeting (Portugal)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/09/19 - 2023/09/20	Workshop in Communication - Public Speaking. Contents were covered such as acquisition and technical practices of confidence and anxiety control, perception of the impact of verbal communication and body language, collection of the basic steps for preparing an oral presentation, discovery of different narrative forms and how to use them, and creation of an oral presentation; give and receive feedback Workshop	Workshop in Communication - Public Speaking Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
2023/05/17 - 2023/05/19	Skills for future researchers. Topics such as perceptions about the responsibility of scientists and researchers and their role in society, scientific writing, science communication, patent fundamentals for scientists, and technology transfer basics were covered. Workshop	Skills for Future Researchers Universidade do Porto, Portugal European University Alliance for Global Health , Portugal
2022/11/30 - 2022/11/30	Precision Medicine Forum in Oncology. The topics covered included themes such as "Precision diagnostics and therapies", "Organizations and strategies in Portugal", "Translational research in oncology", and "Artificial intelligence and digital health" Conference	Fórum Medicina de Precisão em Oncologia Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2024	Best oral communication at the III 1h-TOXRUN International Congress 2024 - CESPU Journal of Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics, United States
2020	Oncology & Molecular Biology Plenary Session Second Prize (AstraZeneca Foundation) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020	Oncology & Molecular Biology Parallel Oral Session First Prize (Prof. Ernesto Morais Foundation) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal