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Ângela Sofia Alves. Concluiu o(a) Mestrado em Microbiologia Aplicada em 2018/04/27 pelo(a) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia e Licenciatura em Microbiologia em 2015/07/14 pelo(a) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia. Publicou 2 artigos em revistas especializadas. Possui 1 capítulo(s) de livros. Participa e/ou participou como Bolseiro de Investigação em 1 projeto(s). Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Microbiologia.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ângela Sofia Alves

Citation names

  • Alves, Ângela

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6A1F-DF46-5C88
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8136-2913

Email addresses

  • angelaa@i3s.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • R. Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021 - 2025
Ongoing
 Molecular and Celular Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2021/09
Concluded
 FELASA C (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018
Concluded
 Microbiologia Aplicada (Mestrado)
Major in Microbiologia
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
"Impact of prolonged exposure to food-associated stress on the virulence potential of Listeria monocytogenes strains" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 valores
2015
Concluded
 Microbiologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Microbiologia
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
"Microbiological and antioxidant quality of aromatic plants used as spices and / or infusions" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/04/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2020/05/01 - 2021/02/28 Contracted Researcher (Research) CoLab4Food, Portugal
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2020/04/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/07 - 2015/09 Estágio Extra-Curricular Super Bock Group, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/10/01 - 2020 SafeConsumE: Safer food through changed consumer behaviour: Effective tools and products, communication strategies, education and a food safety policy reducing health burden from food borne illnesses.
Project 727580
Researcher
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/04/01 - Current GeneTrack: Single-cell spatiotemporal analysis of Listeria monocytogenes virulence gene expression during infection
PTDC/BIA-MIC/3385/2021
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Alves, Ângela. "The impact of environmental stresses in the virulence traits of Listeria monocytogenes relevant to food safety.". United Kingdom, 2018.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.76287
Conference poster
  1. Alves, Ângela; Pombinho, R; Sousa, Sandra; Cabanes, Didier. "The Listeria monocytogenes adenylosuccinate synthetase PurA is required for entry into eukaryotic cells". Paper presented in 10th i3S annual meeting, 2023.
  2. Alves, Ângela; Pombinho, R; Sousa, Sandra; Cabanes, Didier. "PurA is Listeria monocytogenes adenylosuccinate synthetase required for entry into eukaryotic cells". Paper presented in Brilliant PhDs, brighter future: Shaping Science together!, 2023.
  3. Alves, Ângela; Pombinho R.; Sousa, Sandra; Cabanes, Didier. "PurA, an adenylosuccinate synthetase required for Listeria monocytogenes intracellular lifecycle". Paper presented in EMBO | EMBL Symposium: New approaches and concepts in microbiology, 2023.
  4. Alves, Ângela; Pombinho, R; Sousa, Sandra; Cabanes, Didier. "The Listeria monocytogenes adenylosuccinate synthetase PurA is required for entry into eukaryotic cells". Paper presented in 34th ECCMID, 2023.
  5. Alves, Ângela; Pombinho, R; Sousa, Sandra; Cabanes, Didier. "PurA, an adenylosuccinate synthetase from Listeria monocytogenes required for internalization into eukaryotic cells". Paper presented in 9th McBiology Symposium, 2023.
  6. Santos-Ferreira, Nânci; Alves, Ângela; Cardoso, Maria João; Ferreira, Vânia; Teixeira, Paula Cristina Maia. "Table salt as vehicle for Campylobacter cross-contamination". Paper presented in MICROBIOTEC’19, Coimbra, Portugal., 2019.
  7. Alves, Ângela; Santos-Ferreira, Nânci; Ferreira, Vânia; Teixeira, Paula Cristina Maia. "Table salt vehicle for Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes cross-contamination". Paper presented in MICROBIOTEC’19, Coimbra, Portugal., 2019.
  8. Alves, Ângela; Santos-Ferreira, Nânci; Ferreira, Vânia; Teixeira, Paula Cristina Maia. "Efficacy of different consumer-friendly produce washing (lemon and vinegar) solutions in reducing Listeria monocytogenes on lettuce". Paper presented in 32nd EFFoST International Conference, Rotterdam, The Netherlands., 2019.
  9. Carvalho, Marta; Alves, Ângela; Ferreira, Vânia; Teixeira, Paula Cristina Maia. "Growth of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella spp. on ready to eat fresh-cut lettuce: microbiological counts and ComBase predictor". Paper presented in 11th International Conference on Predictive Modelling in Food, Bragança, Portugal., 2019.
  10. Alves, Ângela; Magalhaes, Rui; Ferreira, Vânia; Teixeira, Paula Cristina Maia. "Listeria monocytogenes outbreak strain shows enhanced virulence after growth under cold-osmotic stress and passage through an in-vitro gastrointestinal model". Paper presented in MICROBIOTEC’17, Porto, Portugal., 2017.
  11. Alves, Ângela; Ferreira, Vânia; Magalhaes, Rui; Teixeira, Paula Cristina Maia. "Impact of cold and salt stress responses in virulence of Listeria monocytogenes". Paper presented in 31st EFFoST International Conference, Sitges, Spain., 2017.
  12. Campos, Ana; Sequeira, Maria; Carvalheira, Ana; Alves, Ângela; Barbosa, J.; Teixeira, Paula Cristina Maia. "Survival of clinical and food Acinetobacter spp. isolates to different stress conditions". Paper presented in 31st EFFoST International Conference, Sitges, Spain, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Ângela Alves; Nânci Santos-Ferreira; Rui Magalhães; Vânia Ferreira; Paula Texeira. "From chicken to salad: cooking salt as a potential vehicle of Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes cross-contamination". Food Control (2022):
    Under revision
  2. Nânci Santos-Ferreira; Ângela Alves; Maria João Cardoso; Solveig Langsrud; Ana Rita Malheiro; Rui Fernandes; Alexandra Lianou; Vânia Ferreira; Paula Teixeira. "Cross-contamination of lettuce with Campylobacter spp. via cooking salt during handling raw poultry". PLOS ONE 16 5 (2021): e0250980-e0250980. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250980.
    Published
  3. Alves, Ângela; Magalhães, Rui; Brandão, Teresa R.S.; Pimentel, Lígia; Rodríguez-Alcalá, Luis M.; Teixeira, Paula; Ferreira, Vânia. "Impact of exposure to cold and cold-osmotic stresses on virulence-associated characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes strains". Food Microbiology 87 (2019): 103351. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2019.103351.
    10.1016/j.fm.2019.103351
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/03/04 - Current Member of the organization committee for 8th Molecular and Cell Biology Symposium. (2022/03/04)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/04/04 - 2019/04/04 Member of the organization committee for Safeconsume Workpackage 2, 2nd workshop. (2019/04/04 - 2019/04/04) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2019/04/02 - 2019/04/03 Member of the organization committee for the SafeConsume General Assembly. (2019/04/02 - 2019/04/03) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2017/12/07 - 2017/12/09 Member of the organization committee for Microbiotec'17. (2017/12/07 - 2017/12/09)
Congress
 Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2015 - 2020 Team member of “Semana Aberta” (www.esb.ucp.pt/semanaaberta) - during three days students of the Secondary School, Scientific-Humanistic Courses of Sciences and Technologies, have the possibility to visit the laboratories and carry out activities in the field of Biotechnology and Health Sciences. Semana Aberta
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2015 - 2020 Team member of “Olimpíadas de Biotecnologia” (www.esb.ucp.pt/olimpiadasbio) – held for students of the Secondary School. Olimpíadas de Biotecnologia
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal