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Carina completed her Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry in 2013 from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Beira Interior and then her Master's degree, also in Biochemistry, in 2015 from the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Coimbra, conducting research in environmental microbiology and bioremediation. Published 5 articles in different journals, 2 have been submitted (one of them in a high-impact journal). The area of scientific activity is more focused on environments (mines, soils or water) contaminated with heavy metals, which in turn are considered toxic to their environment and consequently to the population that surrounds them. The creation of a biological tool (biotool), more resistant and economical, in the removal of metal from contaminated sites (bioremediation), is my main objective. Over the years Carina has gained experience in different molecular biology techniques (like cloning, directed mutagenesis, RAPD, 16S, inverted PCR, real-time PCR and qPCR), extraction of genomic DNA, plasmid DNA, total environmental DNA, and RNA. User-independent of gene sequencing data analysis software (Sanger and NGS), and experienced in bioinformatics analysis. Carina was included as a "staff" in organizing 2 different workshops and 7 different activities. She also organized the Microbiotec21 congress as a "staff" member. She also guided internal students of the University of Coimbra (master thesis, bachelor project and laboratory rotation), foreign students (Erasmus program) as well as students of the 12th year (Leiria Secondary school) to carry out the Biology discipline (Resources and Sustainability Unit).
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
CARINA GOMES COIMBRA

Citation names

  • Coimbra, C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7512-05A2-9D1B
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9089-3492

Email addresses

  • ccoimbra@student.uc.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Bioremediation
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/01/01 - 2024/01/31
Ongoing
Doctoral Program in Bioscience (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbiology
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013 - 2015
Concluded
Biochemistry (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Demonstration of Functionality of a tungsten (W) Uptake Bacterial System" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Very Good
2010 - 2013
Concluded
Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Síntese de Indocarbocianinas por Micro-ondas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Good
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2016/02/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2014 - Current Researcher member Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
2014/08/01 - 2014/08/31 Summer Internship Termalistur, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/05 - 2025/05 MSSHBioCem - Auto- Reparação de Superfícies de Argamassa usando um Biocimento de Elevado Desempenho
2022.03631.PTDC
Researcher
Ongoing
2020/01 - 2024/02 Unravelling Biological Interactions of Yttrium for Developing Recovery Strategies Contributing to a Circular Economy Concept
SFRH/BD/147292/2019
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/05 - 2019/04 ERA-MIN - Recognition of microbial functional communities and assessment of the mineralizing potential (bioleaching) for hightech critical metals
ERA-MIN/0002/2015
Researcher
Concluded
2017/09 - 2017/10 CRUP- Geomicrobiological tools for the recovery of resources from industrial residual fluxes
A-02/17
Researcher
Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Germany
Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas
Concluded
2016/11 - 2017/04 PTW - Biotools for a sustainable supply of tungsten from biodetection to bioleaching and biorecovery
PTDC/AAGREC/3839/2014
Researcher
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/02 - 2023/07 Bioreactores membranares para remediação e rentabilização de águas de portos
P04M03
Member
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Coimbra, C.; Branco, Rita; Paula Maria Vasconcelos Morais. "Heterologous expression of a LanM homologous from strain Mesorhizobium qingshengii J19 involved in yttrium immobilization". Paper presented in Microbiotec23, 2023.
  2. Beatriz Rito; Francisco, Romeu; Coimbra, C.; Branco, Rita; Paula Maria Vasconcelos Morais. "Effect of growth conditions on Ochrobactrum tritici 5bvl1 strain Rare Earth Elements immobilization capacit". Paper presented in FEMS2023, 2023.
  3. Coimbra, C.; Branco, Rita; Paula Maria Vasconcelos Morais. "Genome transcriptional analysis of yttrium stress in strain Mesorhizobium quingshengii J19". Paper presented in Ciência2023, 2023.
  4. Coimbra, C.; Branco, Rita; Martins, Jean; F313-B890-9B46. "Interaction of Mesorhizobium quingshengii J19 with high concentrations of yttrium". Paper presented in Ciência2022, 2022.
  5. Francisco, Romeu; Coimbra, C.; Luís Carlos Iuñes Oliveira Filho; Janaína Mattge Bröring; Sousa, José Paulo; Osmar Klauberg-Filho ; Morais, P. V.. "Rainfall impact on soils subjected to no-tillage and crop-livestock integration treatments: insights on the microbial community succession following drought or flood using PLFA". Paper presented in Microbiotec21, 2021.
  6. Coimbra, C.; Branco, Rita; Morais, P. V.. "Yttrium removal by alfa-proteobacteria". Paper presented in Ciência2021, 2021.
  7. Coimbra, C.; Branco, Rita; Morais, Paula V.. "Organization of tupBCA gene cluster of Sulfitobacter species: adapting to the environment". Paper presented in IMPSG-2020, 2020.
  8. Coimbra, C.; Branco, Rita; Morais, P. V.. "Expression of TupBCA from Sulfitobcter dubius for a better W accumulation in Escherichia coli cells". Paper presented in Microbiotec19, 2019.
  9. Coimbra, C.; Saavedra, V.; Romano, E.; Longar, B.; Morais, P. V.. "Diversity of isolates tolerant to multi-metals from mina Los Cóndores, Argentina". Paper presented in Microbiotec19, 2019.
  10. Silva, S. P.; Coimbra, C.; Farias, Pedro; Francisco, Romeu; Morais, P. V.. "Innovative methodology to track bioleaching potential". Paper presented in Microbiotec17, 2017.
  11. Coimbra, C.; Branco, Rita; Chung, A. P.; Francisco, Romeu; Morais, P. V.. "Bioleaching potential of nonacidophilic bacteria from Panasqueira mine in Fundão-Portugal". Paper presented in Microbiotec17, 2017.
  12. Coimbra, C.; Francisco, Romeu; Morais, P. V.. "Diversity of Tungsten resistant non-acidophilic bacterial strains from Tungsten mine tailings". Paper presented in BioMicroWorld2017, 2017.
  13. Branco, Rita; Coimbra, C.; Chung, A.P.; Morais, Paula V.. "Bioleaching potential of non-acidophilic bacteria from Panasqueira mine in Fundao – Portugal". Paper presented in MicroBiotec17, 2017.
  14. Coimbra, C.; Farias, Pedro; Branco, Rita; Morais, P. V.. "Characterization of tungsten uptake in marine bacteria from hydrothermal vents". Paper presented in Microbiotec15, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Coimbra, Carina; Branco, Rita; da Silva, Pedro S P; Paixão, José A; Martins, Jean M F; Spadini, Lorenzo; Morais, Paula V. "Yttrium immobilization through biomineralization with phosphate by the resistant strain Mesorhizobium qingshengii J19". Journal of Applied Microbiology 135 7 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxae156.
    Published • 10.1093/jambio/lxae156
  2. Rito, Beatriz; Almeida, Diogo; Coimbra, Carina; Vicente, Diogo; Francisco, Romeu; Branco, Rita; Weigand, Harald; Morais, Paula Vasconcelos. "Post-measurement compressed calibration for ICP-MS-based metal quantification in mine residues bioleaching". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19620-8.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-022-19620-8
  3. Ana Paula Kuan Yon Chung; Coimbra, C.; Farias, Pedro; Francisco, Romeu; Branco, Rita; Simão, Francisco V.; Gomes, Elsa; et al. "In depth microbial community structural and functional dynamics in basins of tungsten mine tailings". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55706-6.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-019-55706-6
  4. Coimbra, C.; Branco, R.; Morais, P.V.. "Efficient bioaccumulation of tungsten by Escherichia coli cells expressing the Sulfitobacter dubius TupBCA system". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 42 5 (2019): 126001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2019.126001.
    Published • 10.1016/j.syapm.2019.126001
  5. Coimbra, Carina; Farias, Pedro; Branco, Rita; Morais, Paula V.. "Tungsten accumulation by highly tolerant marine hydrothermal Sulfitobacter dubius strains carrying a tupBCA cluster". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 40 6 (2017): 388-395. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2017.06.005.
    Published • 10.1016/j.syapm.2017.06.005
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024 Synergistic Membrane-Bio System for Efficient Yttrium Removal from Acid Mine Drainage Solutions Symposium organized by the Department of Life Sciences, named DCV Talks
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2023 Donnan dialytic transport and biological removal of yttrium from synthetic AMD solutions CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MAKE IT HAPPEN
Smart Waste Young Professionals (Portugal)
2023 Whole-genome transcriptional analysis of yttrium stress in strain Mesorhizobium quingshengii J19 FEMS2023
(Hamburg, Germany)
2021 Interaction of Mesorhizobium quingshengii J19 with high concentrations of yttrium Microbiotec21
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2019 Microbial community structural and functional dynamics in basins of tungsten mine tailings: a vertical profile analysis Microbiotec19
(Coimbra, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2022/09/30 - 2022/09/30 European Researchers' Night - Coimbra (2022)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE Centro de Simulação Biomédica dos Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09/17 - 2022/09/17 International Microorganism Day "O Dia Internacional do Microrganismo vai à radio!” (Coimbra University Radio, Coimbra, Portugal) (2022)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09/17 - 2021/09/17 International Microorganism Day "Microorganismo de Estimação" (Ciência Viva Exploratory, Coimbra, Portugal) (2021)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/09/17 - 2020/09/17 International Microorganism Day "Microorganismo de Estimação" (Ciência Viva Exploratory, Coimbra, Portugal) (2020)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/12/05 - 2019/12/07 Congress Microbiotec19 (2019)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/09/17 - 2019/09/17 International Microorganism Day (Ciência Viva Exploratory, Coimbra, Portugal) (2019)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/05/03 - 2018/05/04 Workshop "Environmentally sustainable processes in critical metals recovery: Bio(micro)technologies to support a circular economy of raw materials" (2018)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/06/06 - 2016/06/06 Workshop "Environmentally sustainable processes in critical metals recovery linked to the project BIOCriticalMetals". (2016)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010/06 - 2010/06 Scientific exposition associated to "Laboratório Aberto" in Biology sarea (12th grade) for elementary school students (2010)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
Escola Secundária de Tondela, Portugal
2008/06 - 2008/06 Scientific exposition associated to "Laboratório Aberto" in Biology and Geology area (10th grade) for elementary school students (2008)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
Escola Secundária de Tondela, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/06/12 - 2024/06/12 Workshop
Workshop
XRD Insights – Explorando a difração de raios-X e as suas aplicações
Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal
2024/03/21 - 2024/03/21 Online webinar
Other
Exploring the Microbial World: A Journey through Sequencing Applications
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2024/02/09 - 2024/02/09 Scientific workshop entitled "As bactérias podem encontrar valor no lixo que descartamos: Vamos fazer bio-extração" for elementary school students (Escola Secundária Artur Gonçalves, Torres Novas, Portugal)
Workshop
Semana da Ciência UC
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/12/07 - 2023/12/09 Congress
Congress
Microbiotec23
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/10/25 - 2023/10/25 Online conference
Conference
Circular Economy: Make it Happen | SWYP
2023/07/09 - 2023/07/13 Congress
Congress
FEMS2023
Centro de Congressos de Hamburgo, Germany
2023/07/05 - 2023/07/07 Conference
Conference
Ciência2023
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/02/10 - 2023/02/10 International Day of Women for elementary school students (Escola Secundária Cristina Torres, Figueira da Foz, Portugal)
Other
International Day of Women in Science 2023
2022/10/20 - 2022/10/20 Online webinar
Other
A Beginner's Guide to DNA Sequencing: Recent Advances
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2022/05/16 - 2022/05/18 Conference
Conference
Ciência2022
Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/02/17 - 2022/02/17 Online webinar
Other
RNA-seq Results Explained: what you can expect from the analysis
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2022/01/20 - 2022/01/20 Online webinar
Other
A Beginner's Guide to RNA-seq
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2021/06/28 - 2021/11/30 Conference
Conference
Ciência2021
Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/11/23 - 2021/11/26 Congress
Congress
Microbiotec21
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/10/22 - 2021/10/22 Workshop
Workshop
Breve introdução ao uso do software PLINK para estudos de associação genética
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021 - 2021 3rd edition of the science communication competition in microbiology, with the work "A super bactéria e o salvamento dos pequenos metais"
Other
Comunicação de Ciência em Microbiologia
2020/07 - 2020/07 Online advanced course by Coursera
Other
Biology Meets Programming: Bioinformatics for Beginners
Universidade da Califórnia, United States
2020/06 - 2020/06 Online advanced course by Coursera
Other
The R Programming Environment
Universidade Johns Hopkins, United States
2020/05 - 2020/05 Online advanced course by Coursera
Other
Basic Statistics
Universidade de Amsterdão, Netherlands
2020/05 - 2020/05 Online advanced course by Coursera How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper
Escola Politécnica de Paris, France
2020/02/24 - 2020/02/28 Advanced course
Other
Computational Biology
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/01/23 - 2020/01/24 Conference
Conference
IMPSG-2020
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020 - 2020 2nd edition of the science communication competition in microbiology, with the work "O tempo das bactérias estranhas"
Other
Comunicação de Ciência em Microbiologia
2019/12/05 - 2019/12/07 Congress
Congress
Microbiotec19
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/12/07 - 2017/12/09 Congress
Congress
Microbiotec17
Universidade Católica do Porto, Portugal
2017/11/04 - 2017/11/04 Scientific exposition with the work “Soil, the support of life”
Exhibition
World soil day
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/10/17 - 2017/10/19 Conference
Conference
BioMicroWorld2017
Universidade Complutense, Spain
2016/11/04 - 2016/11/04 Scientific exposition with the work “Soil, the support of life”
Exhibition
World Soil Day
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014/04/11 - 2014/04/14 Workshop "Best of Christalography in 180 minutes"
Workshop
VII ENEBIOQ
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2014/04/11 - 2014/04/14 Biochemistry student meeting
Conference
VII ENEBIOQ
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2013/05/08 - 2013/05/09 Biochemistry journey
Conference
Chemistry and Biochemistry Journeys
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2013/03/22 - 2013/03/24 Biochemistry student meeting
Conference
VI ENEBIOQ
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017/09 - Current Portuguese Society of Microbiology Member
2017 - Current Portuguese Society of Microbiology Member

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2019/09 - 2020/07 Mestrado em Bioquímica Beatriz Fidalgo Gonçalves Pereira Rito
Distinctions

Award

2023 2nd Prize of best oral presentation in Circular Economy: Make it Happen Conference

Other distinction

2020 Erasmus+ grant for PhD student at University of Grenoble Alpes (Grenoble, France)
2017 CRUP grant as a researcher at Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (Gießen, Germany)
2014 Intern at Termalistur (São Pedro do Sul, Portugal)