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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mariana Reis

Citation names

  • Reis, Mariana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7211-A693-9E30
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8737-2138
Researcher Id
H-8235-2017

Addresses

  • CIIMAR | Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto. Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões Avenida General Norton de Matos, S/N, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015
Concluded
 Farmácia (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Terpenoids as effective compounds for overcoming multidrug resistance in cancer cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Louvor e Distinção
2009
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Mestrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
"Toxocara canis: procura de novos tratamentos na medicina tradicional – estudo in vitro e in vivo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2005
Concluded
 Biologia Celular e Biotecnologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/01 - 2021 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2016/06 - 2018/12 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2010/04 - 2015/03 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2011 - 2015 Visiting Researcher (Research) Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
2010 - 2015 Visiting Researcher (Research) University of Szeged, Hungary
2006 - 2009 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2005 - 2006 Research Trainee (Research) Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Germany
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2011/04/01 - 2015 TERPENOIDS AS EFFECTIVE COMPOUNDS FOR OVERCOMING MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE IN CANCER CELLS
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBD2%F729152%F2010/PT
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022 - Current PROPELLER: INVESTIGATION OF A NEW CLASS OF BETA-PROPELLER ENZYMES
PTDC/BIABQM/5760/2020
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Ongoing
2022 - 2023 BLUEBIOLAB: TRANSBOUNDARY MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
0474_BLUEBIOLAB_1_E
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2020 - 2023 ATLANTIDA - Platform for the monitoring of the North Atlantic ocean and tools for the sustainable exploitation of the marine resources
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000040
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2019 - 2022 ANTIBACFILM: NOVEL MARINE BIOMOLECULE WITH ANTIBIOFILM ACTIVITY
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-042736
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2021/08/31 Novel eco-friendly Antifouling Strategies based on Cyanobacterial bioactivE Metabolites
PTDC/BTA-BTA/31422/2017
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07 - 2021/06 CYANCAN- Uncovering the cyanobacterial chemical diversity: the search for novel anticancer compounds
PTDC/MED-QUI/30944/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Ongoing
2018 - 2021 NASCEM - Novel eco-friendly antifouling strategies based on cyanobacterial bioactive metabolites
PTDC/BTA-BTA/31422/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2018 - 2021 HALVERSITY - Genetic and chemical diversity of a novel halogenase class
PTDC/BIA-BQM/29710/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2018 - 2020 Cyanobesity - Cyanobacteria as a source of bioactive compounds with effects on obesity and obesity-related co-morbidities
ERA-MBT/0001/2015
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Concluded
2016 - 2018 NOMORFILM: Novel marine biomolecules against biofilm. Application to medical devices
634588
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Ongoing
2012 - 2015 Optimization of P-glycoprotein modulators and insights into the efflux mechanism
Provided by PTCRIS: 125629
PTDC/QEQ-MED/0905/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - UI 74 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/SAU/UI0074/2011
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010 - 2011 Diterpenes as lead compounds for overcoming multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer cells: P-glycoprotein modulators and antiproliferative agents
PTDC/QUI-QUI/099815/2008
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
Concluded
2006 - 2008 Plankton*net: An open-access frame-work for developing and supporting distributed knowledge centers for taxonomic data a pilot study targeting EU phytoplankton
026071
Scientific Initiation Fellow

Other

Designation Funders
2023 - Current AquaBakillus Bacillus spp. as source of bioactive compounds for aquaculture bacterial diseases control
AquaBakillus
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023 - Current Type II polyketide Investigation of type II polyketide synthases in cyanobacteria
Type II polyketide
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Duarte, Noélia; Ramalhete, Cátia; Rijo, Patrícia; Reis, Mariana Alves; Ferreira, Maria-José U.. "Stilbenoids in Grapes and Wine". In Handbook of Dietary Phytochemicals, 1-28. Springer Singapore, 2019.
    10.1007/978-981-13-1745-3_21-1
  2. Monico, A.; Paterna, A.; Reis, Mariana; Ferreira, R.; Duarte, N.; Madureira, A. M.; Ferreira, M. J. U.. "1.7. Isolation and Structural Identification of Piperine, the Major Alkaloid of Black Pepper". In Comprehensive Organic Chemistry Experiments for the Laboratory Classroom, 26. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Ferreira, Leonor; Sousa, Maria Ligía; Ribeiro, Tiago; Morais, João; Forero, Abel; Castelo-Branco, Raquel; Leão, Pedro N.; et al. Corresponding author: Reis, Mariana. "Uncovering the Cyanobacterial Chemical Diversity: The Search for Novel Anticancer Compounds". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Congress on Cyanotoxins/3rd Iberoamerican Congress on Cyanotoxins, Ponta Delgada, 2022.
    Accepted • 10.3390/blsf2022014049
  2. Ferreira, Leonor; Morais, João; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Reis, Mariana. Corresponding author: Reis, Mariana. "Discovery of a Novel Potent Cytotoxic Compound from Leptothoe sp.". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Congress on Cyanotoxins/3rd Iberoamerican Congress on Cyanotoxins, Ponta Delgada, 2022.
    Published • 10.3390/blsf2022014046
Conference paper
  1. Pereira, Sandra; Ferreira, Leonor; Gonçalves, Catarina; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Reis, Mariana; Almeida, Joana R.. "Cyanobacteria as a Source of New Antifouling Sustainable Solutions". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Congresso f cyanobactoxins / 3rd Ibero-amercian congresso of cyanotoxins, Ponta Delgada, 2022.
    Published • 10.3390/blsf2022014037
  2. Fonseca, Ana; Moxó, Javier Sanz; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Reis, Mariana; Urbatzka, Ralph. "Exploring the Appetite Inhibition Potential of Bioactive Metabolites from Cyanobacterial Strains". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Congress on Cyanotoxins/3rd Iberoamerican Congress on Cyanotoxins, Ponta Delgada, 2022.
    Published • 10.3390/blsf2022014044
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, Dora; Ferreira, Leonor; Urbatzka, Ralph; Almeida, Joana; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Morais, Rui; Reis, Mariana. Corresponding author: Reis, Mariana. "Revealing the biosynthetic potential of Leptothoe sp. through OSMaC strategies". Paper presented in 16° Edição do Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto, 2023.
  2. Ana C. Fonseca; Javier Sanz Moxó; Vitor Vasconcelos; Reis, Mariana; Ralph Urbatzka. "Cyanobacterial compounds against obesity: Appetite suppression screening, metabolite profiling and molecular mechanisms of action". Paper presented in BIOPROSP, UiT, 2023.
  3. Tiago Ribeiro; Mariana Reis; Vitor Vasconcelos; Ralph Urbatzka. "Zebrafish as Screening tool to evaluate Cyanobacteria bioactivity on the Diabetes disease". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference 2022., 2022.
  4. Tiago Ribeiro; Mariana Reis; Vitor Vasconcelos; Ralph Urbatzka. "Potential of Cyanobacterial Metabolites in Diabetes using Zebrafish as a Screening Model". Paper presented in ZDM 15. Sheffield, England, 2022.
  5. Ana C. Fonseca; Maria F. Carvalho; Vitor Vasconcelos; Reis, Mariana; Ralph Urbatzka. "Cyanobacteria and actinobacteria – a source of novel bioactive molecules with biotechnological applications for obesity and appetite". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference,, 2022.
  6. Ana C. Fonseca; Javier Sanz Moxó; Vitor Vasconcelos; Reis, Mariana; Ralph Urbatzka. "Cyanobacteria as a source of valuable bioactive compounds for appetite suppression". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference, 2022.
  7. Maria Lígia Sousa; Ferreira, Leonor; Abel Forero; Castelo-Branco, Raquel; Gabriella Spengler; Carlos Jiménez; Jaime Rodriguez; et al. Corresponding author: Reis, Mariana. "Discovery and isolation of new cyanobacterial salicyl capped-thiazol(in)e siderophores". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Congress on Cyanotoxins/3rd Iberoamerican Congress on Cyanotoxins, 2022.
  8. Sandra Pereira; Leonor Ferreira; Catarina Gonçalves; Vitor Vasconcelos; Mariana Reis; Joana R. Almeida. "Cyanobacteria potential for New Antifouling Sustainable Solutions". Paper presented in Trends in Natural Products Research: A PSE Young Scientists' Meeting, 2022.
  9. Ana C. Fonseca; Vitor Vasconcelos; Reis, Mariana; Ralph Urbatzka. "Biodiscovery of the Potential of Cyanobacterial Strains to Produce Bioactive Molecules as Appetite Inhibitors". Paper presented in Trends in Natural Products Research: A PSE Young Scientists’ Meeting, 2022.
  10. Sousa, Maria Lígia; Abel Forero; Castelo-Branco, Raquel; Gabriella Spengler; Carlos Jiménez; Jaime Rodriguez; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Leão, Pedro N.; Reis, Mariana. Corresponding author: Reis, Mariana. "Lusichelins: a story of cyanobacterial siderophores unveiled through bioassay guided discovery". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conferences, Ventura, USA,, 2022.
  11. Forero, Abel M. ; Oliveira, Flavio; Reis, Mariana; Leão, Pedro N.; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Jimenez, Carlos; Rodriguez, Jaime. Corresponding author: Forero, Abel M.. "Cyanobacterial Metabolites: Genomic and Configurational Analysis". Paper presented in BlueBiolab, 2022.
  12. Maria Lígia Sousa; Leonor Ferreira; Castelo-Branco, Raquel; Vítor Vasconcelos; Ralph Urbatzka; Leão, Pedro N.; Reis, Mariana. Corresponding author: Reis, Mariana. "Isolation of new cyanobacterial phenolate-type siderophores with activity against cancer spheroids". Paper presented in XII European Conference on Marine Natural Products - ECMNP 2021, 2021.
  13. Leonor Ferreira; João Morais; Maria Lígia Sousa; Marco Preto; Raquel Silva; Ralph Urbatzka; Vitor Vasconcelos; Reis, Mariana. Corresponding author: Reis, Mariana. "Exploring a cyanobacterial fractions library for its anticancer potential using metabolomics". Paper presented in XII European Conference on Marine Natural Products, 2021, 2021.
  14. Sandra Pereira; Leonor Ferreira; Catarina Gonçalves; Vitor Vasconcelos; Mariana Reis; Joana R. Almeida. "A Bioguided Approach on the Discovery of nucleosides with Antifouling Properties". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference 2021 – Share Science, Spread Knowledge, 2021.
  15. Silva, Gonçalves Natália; Reis, Mariana; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Urbatzka, Ralph. "Validation of Bioactivity-based Molecular Networking for Anti-Obesity Natural Products Discovery". Paper presented in XII European Conference on Marine Natural Products, 2021.
  16. Tiago Ribeiro; Mariana Reis; Vitor Vasconcelos; Ralph Urbatzka. "Bioactivity Screening of Cyanobacteria with Potential for Diabetes using Zebrafish". Paper presented in XII European Conference on Marine Natural Products., 2021.
  17. Sandra Pereira; Leonor Ferreira; Catarina Gonçalves; Vitor Vasconcelos; Mariana Reis; Joana R. Almeida. "Antifouling Bioactive Nucleosides from Marine Cyanobacteria". Paper presented in XII European Congress in Marine Natural Products, 2021.
  18. Ana C. Fonseca; Maria F. Carvalho; Vitor Vasconcelos; Reis, Mariana; Ralph Urbatzka. "Appetite reduction as a promising anti-obesity target: bioprospecting cyanobacteria and actinobacteria for the discovery of novel bioactive compounds". Paper presented in XII European Conference on Marine Natural Products, 2021.
  19. Sousa, Maria Lígia; Ferreira, Leonor; Raquel Castelo-Branco; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Ralph Urbatzka; Leão, Pedro N.; Reis, Mariana. Corresponding author: Reis, Mariana. "New cyanobacterial phenolate-type siderophores with anticancer activity against cancer multicellular spheroid cultures". Paper presented in Vanguards of Natural Product Research 2021, 2021.
  20. Ferreira, Leonor; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Marco Preto; João Morais; Raquel Silva; Ralph Urbatzka; Vitor Vasconcelos; Reis, Mariana. Corresponding author: Reis, Mariana. "Evaluation of the Anticancer Potential of a Library of Cyanobacterial Fractions by Combining Metabolomic Tools and Bioactivity Screening". Paper presented in Vanguards of Natural Product Research 2021, 2021.
  21. Beatriz Ramos; João Morais; Urbatzka, Ralph; Reis, Mariana. "Symbiotic chemical signals from plants as inducers of the production of cryptic compounds in Nostoc spp.". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference – Share Science, Spread Knowledge, 2020.
  22. Pereira, Sandra; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Gonçalves, Catarina; Preto, Marco; Reis, Mariana; Campos, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Reis, Joana. "Cyanobacterial bioprospecting for natural marine antifouling agents ¿ the story so far". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference - Share Science, Spread Knowledge, 2020.
  23. Ribeiro, Tiago; Rosa, Filipa; Astrain, Begoña; Reis, Mariana; Urbatzka, Ralph; Ribeiro, Tiago; Reis, Mariana; et al. "Bioactivity screening of marine and freshwater cyanobacteria for the isolation of novel compounds for diabetes type II using in vitro and in vivo approaches". Paper presented in XVI International Symposium on Marine Natural Products and XI European Conference on Marine Natural Products, 2019.
  24. Silva, Gonçalves Natália; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Reis, Mariana; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Urbatzka, Ralph. "Isolation of a novel compound, 13(2)-hydroxypheofarnesin a, with lipid reducing activity". Paper presented in IV Meeting of Medicinal Biotechnology, 2019.
  25. Silva, Natália Gonçalves; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Reis, Mariana; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Urbatzka, Ralph. "A Novel Chlorophyll Derivative, 132 -Hydroxy-Pheofarnesin A, from a Marine Cyanobacteria with Lipid Reducing Activity". Paper presented in XVI International Symposium on Marine Natural Products|XI European Conference on Marine Natural Products, 2019.
  26. Ferreira, Leonor; Scharfenstein, Hugo; Krempel, Tim; Morais, João; Preto, Marco; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Urbatzka, Ralph; Reis, Mariana. "Cyanobacteria as a Source of Anticancer Compounds". Paper presented in XVI International Symposium on Marine Natural Products|XI European Conference on Marine Natural Products, 2019.
  27. Reis, Mariana; Leão, Pedro N.. "Isotope-Guided Discovery of Cyanobacterial Secondary Metabolites". Paper presented in XVI International Symposium on Marine Natural Products|XI European Conference on Marine Natural Products, 2019.
  28. Martins, Teresa; Reis, Mariana; Hassouani, Meryem; Sabour, Brahim; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Leão, Pedro N.. "New Colorless Scytonemins with Strong UV Absorption and Antimicrobial Activity". Paper presented in XVI International Symposium on Marine Natural Products|XI European Conference on Marine Natural Products, 2019.
  29. Ferreira, Leonor; Scharfenstein, Hugo; Krempel, Tim; Morais, João; Preto, Marco; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Urbatzka, Ralph; Reis, Mariana. "Exploiting cyanobacterial chemical diversity for anticancer drug discovery". Paper presented in Natural Products in Drug Discovery and Human Health (NatProdDDH), 2019.
  30. Silva, Natália; Reis, Mariana; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Urbatzka, Ralph. "Isolation of novel compounds from marine cyanobacteria for obesity related co-morbidities". Paper presented in Frontiers Marine Science Conference Abstract: IMMR'18 | International Meeting on Marine Research, 2018.
  31. Matos, A. M.; Reis, M.; Spengler, G.; Molnar, J.; Duarte, N.; Ferreira, M. J. U.. "Exploring epoxylathyrane derivatives to overcome ABCB1-mediated multidrug resistance in human colon adenocarcinoma cells". Paper presented in 63rd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, 2015.
  32. Mariana A. Reis; Omar B. Ahmed; Gabriella Spengler; André, V.; Duarte, M.T.; Joseph Molnár; Hermann Lage; Maria-José U. Ferreira. "P-glycoprotein efflux modulation and selective apoptosis induction by jatrophane diterpenes". Paper presented in 7th iMed.UL Post-Graduate Students Meeting, 2015.
  33. Luo, X.; Ainsa, J. A.; Gracia, B.; Paterna, A.; Reis, M.; Mulhovo, S.; Ferreira, M. J. U.. "Antimycobacterial potential of benzophenanthridine-based derivatives". Paper presented in 62nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, 2014.
  34. Neto, S.; Vieira, C.; Matos, A. M.; Monico, A.; Ferreira, R.; Reis, M.; Pedro, C.; et al. "Lathyrane diterpenes from Euphorbia boetica and Euphorbia pedroi: Promising ABCB1 modulators for overcoming multidrug resistance". Paper presented in 62nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, 2014.
  35. Reis, Mariana; Paterna, A.; Ferreira, R.J.; Lage, H.; Ferreira, M. J. U.. "Jolkinol D and its derivatives: anti-proliferative selectivity towards multi-drug resistant cancer cells". Paper presented in XXIII International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, 2014.
  36. Reis, Mariana A.; Paterna, Angela; Monico, Andreia; Molnar, Joseph; Lage, Hermann; Ferreira, Maria-Jose U.; Reis, Mariana; Mónico, Andreia; Ferreira, Maria-José. "Diterpenes from Euphorbia piscatoria: Synergistic Interaction of Lathyranes with Doxorubicin on Resistant Cancer Cells". Paper presented in 62nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, 2014.
    10.1055/s-0034-1383244
  37. Reis, Mariana; Lage, H.; Ferreira, M. J. U.. "Bioactive diterpenoids: from structural elucidation to antiproliferative activity". Paper presented in Portuguese National Meeting of Organic Chemistry and the 1st Portuguese-Brazilian Organic Chemistry Symposium, 2013.
  38. Reis, M.; Paterna, A.; Ferreira, M. J. U.. "Phytochemical investigations of Euphorbia piscatoria". Paper presented in 8th International Congress on Natural Products Research, 2012.
  39. Ferreira, R. J.; Reis, M.; Santos, M. M. M.; Molnar, J.; dos Santos, D. J. V. A.; Ferreira, M. J. U.. "Modulation of P-Glycoprotein activity: Insights from docking studies". Paper presented in 8th International Congress on Natural Products Research, 2012.
  40. Reis, M.; Ferreira, R. J.; Santos, M. M. M.; dos Santos, D. J. V. A.; Molnar, J.; Ferreira, M. J. U.. "Structure activity-relationships of P-Glycoprotein modulation using a small library of macrocyclic lathyrane diterpenes". Paper presented in 8th International Congress on Natural Products Research, 2012.
  41. Reis, Mariana; Ferreira, R. J.; Vieira, C.; Santos, M. M.; Duarte, N.; Madureira, A. M.; dos Santos, D. J. V. A.; Ferreira, M. J. U.. "Insights on macrocyclic lathyrane diterpenes as multidrug reversers: structure-activity relationships and docking studies". Paper presented in 19thEuroQsar Symposium – Knowledge Enabled Ligand Design, 2012.
  42. Reis, M.; Serly, J.; Madureira, A. M.; Duarte, N.; Molnar, J.; Ferreira, M. U.. "Evaluation of diterpenic compounds as inhibitors of multidrug resistance on human colon adenocarcinoma cells". Paper presented in 59th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, 2011.
  43. Reis, M.; Ferreira, R. J.; Santos, M. M.; Ferreira, M. U.. "Alkanoyl and aroyl derivatives of a lathyrane-type macrocyclic diterpene". Paper presented in 59th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, 2011.
  44. Reis, Mariana; Serly, J.; Angelino, A; Gomes, C ; Madureira, A. M.; Duarte, N.; Molnar, J.; Ferreira, M. J. U.. "Macrocyclic diterpenes as P-glycoprotein modulators on human colon cancer cells". Paper presented in . 2º Encontro Nacional de Química Terapêutica, 2010.
  45. Reis, Mariana; Trinca, A.; Grácio, M.A.A.. "Do ovo à larva: desenvolvimento embrionário de Toxocara canis". Paper presented in XI Congresso Ibérico de Parasitologia, 2009.
  46. Reis, Mariana; Kraberg, A; Amorim, A; Wiltshire, KH. "An investigation into the ecotoxicology of different strains of lingulodinium polyedrum from the portuguese coast". Paper presented in XII International Conference on Harmful Algae, 2006.
  47. Moniz, M; Reis, Mariana; Kraberg, A; Amorim, A; Ardelean, A; Jesus, B; Macario, M; et al. "Plankton*Net – A diversidade microscópica dosOceanos à distância de um clique!". Paper presented in Conferência sobre Conhecimento e Cooperação Internacional – Aagenda de Lisboa e o Diálogo Norte-Sul, 2006.
Journal article
  1. Vitória Ramos; Mariana Reis; Leonor Ferreira; Ana Margarida Silva; Ricardo Ferraz; Mónica Vieira; Vitor Vasconcelos; Rosário Martins. "Stalling the Course of Neurodegenerative Diseases: Could Cyanobacteria Constitute a New Approach toward Therapy?". Biomolecules (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/biom13101444.
    10.3390/biom13101444
  2. Ana Margarida Silva; Marco Preto; Clara Grosso; Mónica Vieira; Cristina Delerue-Matos; Vitor Vasconcelos; Mariana Reis; Lillian Barros; Rosário Martins. "Tracing the Path between Mushrooms and Alzheimer’s Disease—A Literature Review". Molecules (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28145614.
    10.3390/molecules28145614
  3. Ferreira, Ricardo J.; Reis, Mariana A.; Silva, Daniel; Scapin, Elisandra; Dewanjee, Saikat; Carrasco, Marta P.. "Editorial: Inspired by Nature: Towards Novel Anti-Infective Agents". Frontiers in Pharmacology 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.843966.
    Published • 10.3389/fphar.2022.843966 • Editor
  4. Leonor Ferreira; João Morais; Marco Preto; Raquel Silva; Ralph Urbatzka; Vitor Vasconcelos; Mariana Reis. "Uncovering the Bioactive Potential of a Cyanobacterial Natural Products Library Aided by Untargeted Metabolomics". Marine Drugs (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/md19110633.
    10.3390/md19110633
  5. Virginio Cepas Lopez; Ignacio Gutiérrez-del-Río; Yuly López; Saúl Redondo-Blanco; Yaiza Gabasa; María José Iglesias; Raquel G. Soengas; et al. "Microalgae and Cyanobacteria Strains as Producers of Lipids with Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activity". Marine Drugs (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/19/12/675.
    10.3390/md19120675
  6. Gutiérrez-del-Río, Ignacio; Brugerolle de Fraissinette, Nelly; Castelo-Branco, Raquel; Oliveira, Flavio; Morais, João; Redondo-Blanco, Saúl; Villar, Claudio J.; et al. "Chlorosphaerolactylates A-D: Natural Lactylates of Chlorinated Fatty Acids Isolated from the Cyanobacterium Sphaerospermopsis sp. LEGE 00249". Journal of Natural Products (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00072.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00072
  7. Reis, Mariana Alves; Matos, Ana M.; Duarte, Noélia; Ahmed, Omar Bauomy; Ferreira, Ricardo J.; Lage, Hermann; Ferreira, Maria-José U.. "Epoxylathyrane Derivatives as MDR-Selective Compounds for Disabling Multidrug Resistance in Cancer". Frontiers in Pharmacology 11 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2020.00599.
    Open access • 10.3389/fphar.2020.00599
  8. Bel Mabrouk, Sawssen; Reis, Mariana; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Ribeiro, Tiago; Almeida, Joana; Pereira, Sandra; Antunes, Jorge Tiago Vieira Ferreirinha; et al. "The Marine Seagrass Halophila stipulacea as a Source of Bioactive Metabolites against Obesity and Biofouling". Marine Drugs 18 2 (2020): 88. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md18020088.
    10.3390/md18020088
  9. Cepas, Virginio; López, Yuly; Gabasa, Yaiza; Martins, Clara B.; Ferreira, Joana D.; Correia, Maria J.; Santos, Lília M.A.; et al. "Inhibition of Bacterial and Fungal Biofilm Formation by 675 Extracts from Microalgae and Cyanobacteria". Antibiotics 8 2 (2019): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics8020077.
    Open access
  10. Freitas, Sara; Silva, Natália Gonçalves; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Ribeiro, Tiago; Rosa, Filipa; Leão, Pedro N.; Vasconcelos, Vitor; et al. "Chlorophyll Derivatives from Marine Cyanobacteria with Lipid-Reducing Activities". Marine Drugs 17 4 (2019): 229. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md17040229.
    Open access
  11. Martins, Teresa P.; Reis, Mariana A.; Leao, Pedro N.. "4-Oxo-beta-apo-13-carotenone from the Cyanobacterium Anabaena cylindrica PCC 7122". Chemistry & Biodiversity 15 7 (2018): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000437830900004&KeyUID=WOS:000437830900004.
    10.1002/cbdv.201800076
  12. Mariana A. Reis; Omar B. Ahmed; Gabriella Spengler; Joseph Molnár; Hermann Lage; Maria-José U. Ferreira. "Exploring Jolkinol D Derivatives To Overcome Multidrug Resistance in Cancer". Journal of Natural Products 80 5 (2017): 1411-1420. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b01084.
    10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b01084
  13. Reis, M.A.; Ahmed, O.B.; Spengler, G.; Molnár, J.; Lage, H.; Ferreira, M.-J.U.. "Jatrophane diterpenes and cancer multidrug resistance - ABCB1 efflux modulation and selective cell death induction". Phytomedicine 23 9 (2016): 968-978. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84975318127&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.phymed.2016.05.007
  14. Matos, Ana M.; Reis, Mariana; Duarte, Noelia; Spengler, Gabriella; Molnar, Joseph; Ferreira, Maria-Jose U.. "Epoxylathyrol Derivatives: Modulation of ABCB1-Mediated Multidrug Resistance in Human Colon Adenocarcinoma and Mouse T-Lymphoma Cells". Journal of Natural Products 78 9 (2015): 2215-2228. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000362056200009&KeyUID=WOS:000362056200009.
    10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00370
  15. Reis, M.A.; André, V.; Duarte, M.T.; Lage, H.; Ferreira, M.-J.U.. "12,17-Cyclojatrophane and Jatrophane Constituents of Euphorbia welwitschii". Journal of Natural Products 78 11 (2015): 2684-2690. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84948844292&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00631
  16. Reis, M.A.; Paterna, A.; Ferreira, R.J.; Lage, H.; Ferreira, M.-J.U.. "Macrocyclic diterpenes resensitizing multidrug resistant phenotypes". Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 22 14 (2014): 3696-3702. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902551451&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bmc.2014.05.006
  17. Ferreira, Maria-Jose U.; Duarte, Noelia; Reis, Mariana; Madureira, Ana Margarida; Molnar, Joseph. "Euphorbia and Momordica metabolites for overcoming multidrug resistance". Phytochemistry Reviews 13 4 (2014): 915-935. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000344802900012&KeyUID=WOS:000344802900012.
    10.1007/s11101-014-9342-8
  18. Vieira, Catia; Duarte, Noelia; Reis, Mariana A.; Spengler, Gabriella; Madureira, Ana Margarida; Molnar, Joseph; Ferreira, Maria-Jose U.. "Improving the MDR reversal activity of 6,17-epoxylathyrane diterpenes". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 22 22 (2014): 6392-6400. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000344472600010&KeyUID=WOS:000344472600010.
    10.1016/j.bmc.2014.09.041
  19. Reis, M.; Paterna, A.; Ferreira, R. J.; Lage, H.; Ferreira, M. J. U.. "Diterpenic compounds with selective antiproliferative activity in multidrug resistant cancer cells". Planta Medica 80 16 (2014): 1366-1366. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000345550400049&KeyUID=WOS:000345550400049.
  20. Reis, Mariana; Ferreira, Ricardo J.; Santos, Maria M. M.; dos Santos, Daniel J. V. A.; Molnar, Joseph; Ferreira, Maria-Jose U.. "Enhancing Macrocyclic Diterpenes as Multidrug-Resistance Reversers: Structure-Activity Studies on Jolkinol D Derivatives". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 56 3 (2013): 748-760. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000315182100012&KeyUID=WOS:000315182100012.
    10.1021/jm301441w
  21. Valente, Ines; Reis, Mariana; Duarte, Noelia; Serly, Julianna; Molnar, Joseph; Ferreira, Maria-Jose U.. "Jatrophane Diterpenes from Euphorbia mellifera and Their Activity as P-Glycoprotein Modulators on Multidrug-Resistant Mouse Lymphoma and Human Colon Adenocarcinoma Cells". Journal of Natural Products 75 11 (2012): 1915-1921. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000311461300007&KeyUID=WOS:000311461300007.
    10.1021/np3004003
  22. Reis, Mariana; Ferreira, Ricardo J.; Serly, Julianna; Duarte, Noelia; Madureira, Ana M.; Santos, Daniel J. V. A.; Molnar, Joseph; Ferreira, Maria-Jose U.. "Colon Adenocarcinoma Multidrug Resistance Reverted by Euphorbia Diterpenes: Structure-Activity Relationships and Pharmacophore Modeling". Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 12 9 (2012): 1015-1024. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000310055000002&KeyUID=WOS:000310055000002.
  23. Reis, M.; Trinca, A.; Ferreira, M.J.U.; Monsalve-Puello, A.R.; Grácio, M.A.A.. "Toxocara canis: Potential activity of natural products against second-stage larvae in vitro and in vivo". Experimental Parasitology 126 2 (2010): 191-197. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955266446&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.exppara.2010.04.023
Journal issue
  1. Ferreira, Ricardo J; Reis, Mariana. "Chemical Modifications and Applications of Natural Scaffolds". Hindawi - Journal of Chemistry 2019 3278394 (2019): https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jchem/2019/3278394/.
    Published • 10.1155/2019/3278394
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Reis, Mariana. "Terpenoids as effective compounds for overcoming multidrug resistance in cancer cells". PhD, 2015.
  2. Reis, Mariana. "Toxocara canis: procura de novos tratamentos na medicina tradicional – estudo in vitro e in vivo". Master, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, 2008.
Website
  1. Reis, Mariana. Discovery of CYanobacterial ANtiCANcer Compounds. 2019. www.cyancan.wixsite.com/cyancan.
  2. Reis, Mariana. Natural Products in Drug Discovery and Human Health. 2018. https://www.ff.ul.pt/pselisbonmeeting2019/.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Vasconcelos, Vitor; Leão, Pedro N.; Ramos, Vitor; Morais, João; Castelo-Branco, Raquel; Oliveira, Flavio; Reis, Mariana; et al. 2020. "Halogenated compounds, process and uses thereof - nº WO/2021/038506".
    Granted/Issued
Provisional application for patent
  1. 2022. "BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS OBTAINED FROM CYANOBACTERA LEPTOTHOE SP. LEGE 181152".
    Protected
  2. 2020. "Ultra-violet absorbing compounds".
    Protected
  3. 2020. "HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF".
    Protected
  4. 2020. "HYDROXYPHEOPHORBIDE COMPOUNDS, METHODS AND USES THEREOF".
    Protected
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/09 Bioactivity Screening of Cyanobacteria with Anti-Diabetic Potential using Zebrafish as Model Organism Blue Think Conference 2021
CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2022/07 Uncovering the cyanobacterial chemical diversity: the search for novel anticancer compounds 7th Iberian Congress on Cyanotoxins/3rd Iberoamerican Congress on Cyanotoxins
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2022/05 New cytotoxic macrolide-type compound isolated from a cyanobacterium Trends in Natural Products Research: A PSE’S Young Scientist Meeting
PSE (Greece)
2021/08 Cyanobacterial Bioactive Nucleosides with Antifouling Properties 1st International Congress of Biotechnology and Bioengineering / 5th Peruvian Congress of Biotechonology and Bioengineering
(Arequipa, Peru)
2021/08 Discovery of novel biological active metabolites from cyanobacteria and actinobacteria: Cytotoxic, Anti-Obesity and Appetite Reduction Effects 1st International Congress of Biotechnology and Bioengineering/5th Peruvian Congress Biotechnology and Bioengineering
(Arequipa, Peru)
2021 Combination of metabolomic tools and bioactivity screening as a strategy to find hit anticancer compounds from a library of cyanobacterial fractions Blue Think Conference ¿ Share Science, Spread Knowledg
(Matosinhos, Portugal)
2019/09/27 Strategies to explore the chemical diversity of Cyanobacteria I Bio.Natural – Bioactive Natural Products Research Meeting
(li, Portugal)
2019/02/18 Uncovering the cyanobacterial chemical diversity COST Action CM1407 - Challenging organic syntheses inspired by nature - from natural products chemistry to drug discovery
(Brussels, Belgium)
2016/05 Cancer multidrug resistance reversal: the role of macrocyclic diterpenes as ABCB1 modulators and selective cell death inductors 6th International Congress of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants (CIPAM 2016)
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2015/12 Surpassing multidrug resistance in cancer: a study on jolkinol D derivatives. Congresso Química Orgânica e Química Terapêutica
(Porto, Portugal)
2015 Tackling Multidrug Resistance in Cancer I International Summer School on Natural Products
(Naples, Italy)
2015 Can macrocyclic diterpenes reverse cancer multidrug resistance? Multidrug resistance workshop
iMed.ULisboa
2014/09 Diterpenic compounds with selective antiproliferative activity in multidrug resistant cancer cells. 62nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research
(Portugal)
2014/09 Jolkinol D and its derivatives: anti-proliferative selectivity towards multi-drug resistant cancer cells 1st EFMC Young Medicinal Chemist Symposium
2014/07 Diterpenic compounds: tackling multidrug resistant cancer phenotypes 6th iMed.UL Post-Graduate Students Meeting
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2012 Terpenoids as effective compounds for overcoming multidrug resistance in cancer cells. iMed.UL
iMed.UL
2011 Macrocylic lathyrane diterpenoids from Euphorbia piscatoria - Their potential as MDR reversal agents in cancer cells 3rd iMed.UL Post-Graduate Students Meeting
2010 Phytochemicals: its application in vector control and treatment of parasitic diseases Lecture: Medicinal plants in the control of helminths XI Iberian Congress of Parasitology
2009 In vitro and in vivo anthelmintic activity of plant extracts and dietary supplements against Toxocara canis 2º Congresso Iberoamericano de Fitoterapia
2008 Toxocara canis: procura de novos tratamentos na medicina tradicional - estudo in vitro. Congresso Nacional de Doenças Infecciosas / Microbiologia Clínica, SIDA e Parasitologia

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/03/01 - Current Cyanobacteria and drug discovery: advances and novel approaches to exploit the prolific production of anticancer compounds
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023 - Current Awakening the sleeping potential in estuarine, hypersaline and intertidal cyanobacteria for the production of novel bioactive compounds with biotechnological applications
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/02/01 - Current Exploration of microalgae and cyanobacteria for metabolic diseases
Co-supervisor
 Biotecnologia Marinha e Aquacultura (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021 - Current Cyanobacteria as an economically and sustainable base for carotenoids and phycobiliproteins production – employment of multi stress factors for culture optimization and evaluation of the bioactive potential
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019 - Current Zebrafish larvae as a physiologically relevant model system to discover novel cyanobacterial products with human health applications
Co-supervisor
 Marine Biotechnology and Aquaculture (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/09 Exploring Bacillus spp. bioactive compounds as a novel strategy to prevent fish bacterial infections
Co-supervisor
 Applications in Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/11 Alzheimer’s Disease: Assessing the Therapeutic Potential of Marine Cyanobacteria
Co-supervisor
 Bioquímica em Saúde – Ramo em Bioquímica Clínica e Metabólica (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/11 Stalling the course of Alzheimer’s Disease: can cyanobacteria be a new approach toward therapy?
Co-supervisor
 Bioquímica em Saúde – Ramo em Bioquímica Clínica e Metabólica (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/07/01 Chlorophyll derivatives with anti-obesity activity
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022 - 2023 OSMaC strategies for the discovery of new natural products
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Microbiologia Aplicada - ESB-UCP (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
2022/06 - 2022/10 Isolation of new cyanobacterial natural products from Hapalosiphon sp. Jm_013
Co-supervisor
 Máster Universitario en Biotecnología Azul Aplicada (Master)
Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir Facultad de Veterinaria y Ciencias Experimentales, Spain
2021/09/01 - 2022/09/01 Discovery of cyanobacterial anticancer compounds using 3D cell culture models
Supervisor
 Biotechnology with specialization in industrial and environmental biotechnology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/02/01 - 2022/07/01 Isolation of new cyanobacterial natural products from cultured strains
Co-supervisor
 Biotechnology (Master)
Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir Facultad de Veterinaria y Ciencias Experimentales, Spain
2022/01/01 - 2022/07/01 The isolation of cyanobacterial compounds with anticancer potential
Supervisor
 Biotechnology (Master)
Université de La Rochelle, France
2018 - 2019 Discovery of novel compounds from cyanobacteria for the treatment of obesity
Co-supervisor
 Contamination and Environmental Toxicology (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Bioactivity screening of marine cyanobacteria for the isolation of novel compounds for obesity related co-morbidities
Co-supervisor
 Contamination and Environmental Toxicology (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018 - Current CIIMAR seminar series: Neptune (junior researchers), Oceanus (senior researchers) and Nautilus (out-of-the-box) (2018)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023 - 2024 8th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology (2023 - 2024)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Natural Products in Drug Discovery and Human Health (NatProdDDH) conference held in Lisbon, Portugal, on July 28-31, 2019. (2019/07)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/10/14 Exploiting cyanobacterial metabolism to unveil new natural products and inquire about beta-oxidation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Bárbara Rêgo e Pires (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/10/04 Desenvolvimento de novos inibidores da necroptose direcionados à RIPK1
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Beatriz Chaves Cambaio (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/02/25 Development of new alkaloid derivatives as multidrug resistance reversers in cancer cells
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rita Mestre Vieira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/02/26 Síntese e avaliação biológica de novos compostos antitumorais derivados de triazenos
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina Teixeira António (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/02/11 Generation of a library of diterpene derivatives for restoring antibiotic activity against resistant bacterial strains
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Bernardo Manuel Moreira Simões Vieira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/11/05 Bioactivity screening of cyanobacteria for appetite reduction
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Daniela Ferreira (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2020/04/29 Pesquisa de atividade biológica de extratos de seis espécies de Plectranthus: P. cylindraceus, P. petiolaris, P.spicatus, P. swynnertonii, P. welwitchii e P. woodii
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cláudia de Fátima Santos Oliveira (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2020/04/24 Avaliação da Atividade Biológica dos Extratos de Plactranthus mutabilis, P. ciliatus, P. xerophilus, P. crassus e P. lucidus
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carolina Isabel Faustino Pereira de Oliveira (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2019/12/20 ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF THE CHEMICAL CONTITUENTS OF THE AFRICAN MEDICINAL PLANT GREWIA HEXAMITA AGAINST RESISTANT BACTERIA
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sara Filipa Santos do Jogo (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/07/13 Desenvolvimento de moléculas híbridas para o tratamento do melanoma maligno metastático
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Andreia Filipa Alcanena Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/06/26 Manipulation of cyanobacterial culture conditions to increase the production of bioactive compounds for the treatment of obesity and related diseases
(Thesis) Main arguer
 David Duarte Costa Fernandes (Other)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2017/09/07 ISOLAMENTO E CARACTERIZAÇÃO DE COMPOSTOS BIOACTIVOS ORIUNDOS DE CIANOBACTÉRIAS
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Salomé Dias (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020 - Current CIIMAR spin-off commission
Member
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/01/28 - Current Marine Natural Products: from the sea to the shelf Nutraceuticals, Cosmeceuticals and Pharmaceuticals Produtos de Saúde e Suplementos Alimentares (Mestrado) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2017 - 2020 Marine natural products Applied Blue Biotechnology International Master (Master) Université de La Rochelle, France
2019 - 2019 Isolation of natural products -Blue Biotechnology Advanced Tools e-learning course (Outros) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Isolation of natural products and Structural elucidation of natural products (hands-on) Marine Natural Products: Discovery and Structure Elucidation course Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2020 - 2020 BYT PhD Program of CIIMAR: selection of candidates
Evaluator
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current Fronteirs in Pharmacology - Ethnopharmacology
2020/04 - 2020/09 Frontiers in Pharmacology Translational Pharmacology
2019 - 2019 Journal of Chemistry: Medicinal Chemistry Hindawi

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2019 - 2020 Awakening the sleeping beauty: OSMaC strategies for the production of new compounds Beatriz Maria Dias Ramos
Distinctions

Award

2016 Best oral communication. 6th International Congress of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants (CIPAM 2016)
2015 Fellowship for the ISSNP 2015.1st International Summer School in Natural Products (ISSNP) scientific committee
2015 Best poster. iMed.UL Post-Graduate Students Meeting scientific committee
2014 Best poster 62nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research
2011 Full Travel Scholarship to ESPCA on Natural Products, Medicinal Chemistry and Organic Synthesis, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Brazilian Chemical Society, Brazil

São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil

University of Campinas (UNICAMP), the University of São Paulo (USP) and the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil