Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Marta Daniela Araújo Costa
Citation names
- Costa, Marta Daniela
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 8517-D97B-5879
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6247-0548
Email addresses
- martabiologia@gmail.com (Personal)
Telephones
- Telephone
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- 253604839 (Professional)
Addresses
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, 4705-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Genetics and Heredity
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Gene-based Diagnostics and Therapeutic Interventions
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Human Genetics
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
French | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2015/10/01 - 2019/03/13
Concluded
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Genetic modifiers of polyglutamine diseases (Pós-doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2009/02/01 - 2013/06/17
Concluded
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Genetics (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Human evolutionary genetics
University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences, United Kingdom
"Genetic characterisation of the Early Upper Palaeolithic settlement of Europe by modern humans" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Pass with minor deficiencies |
2006/09/15 - 2008/12/15
Concluded
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Environmental Sciences (Mestrado)
Major in Environmental quality; microbiology
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
"Microbiological characterization of wastewater and Phragmites australis rizhosphere in a constructed wetland from Parada
de Bouro, Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Muito Bom (Bom, Bom com distinção, Muito Bom) |
2002/09/01 - 2006/07/31
Concluded
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Biology (Licenciatura)
Major in Scientific
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Toxoplasma gondi: seroprevalência em ovinos e gatos de Portugal; serotipagem com recurso a péptidos sintéticos (GRA6)." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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15 (0-20) |
1999 - 2002
Concluded
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High School Diploma (Ensino secundário)
Externato Infante D. Henrique/Alfacoop, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/03/14 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal | ||
2013/08/01 - 2019/03/13 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal | ||
2007/08/01 - 2013/01/31 | Research Assistant (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal | ||
2006/02/01 - 2006/07/31 | Research Trainee (Research) | Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal |
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2009/09/15 - 2010/02/28 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences, United Kingdom |
University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences, United Kingdom |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2018/07/01 - Current | Technician of the genetic diagnostic service | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2015/10/01 - 2019/03/13 | Genetic modifiers of Machado-Joseph disease
SFRH/BPD/101925/2014
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2009/02/01 - 2013/01/31 | Genetic characterisation of the Early Upper Palaeolithic settlement of Europe by modern humans
SFRH/BD/48372/2008
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2019 - Current | Genetic screening for identification of novel therapeutic targets in Machado-Joseph disease
N/A
Post-doc
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National Ataxia Foundation |
2018 - 2022 | Whole-exome sequencing of discordant and concordant affected sib pairs in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3): a tool to
identify novel modifier genes and highlight disrupted molecular pathways
PTDC/DTP-PIC/2638/2014
Other
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2013/08/01 - 2015/09/30 | Proteostasis as a link between longevity pathways and neurodegenerative diseases
PTDC/NEU-BEN/0125/2012
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2011/03/01 - 2013/01/31 | Genetic and chronological characterization of the European settlement of Europe by modern humans during the Early Upper Palaeolithic
PTDC/CS-ANT/113832/2009
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2007/07/01 - 2009/01/31 | Longevity in humans with an african origin - a genetic perspective
PTDC/AFR/71422/2006
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2018/03/03 | Anti-aging genetic mutations impact diferentially in Machado-Joseph disease | SPDMov (Portuguese Society of Movement Disorder) – Genetics of Movement Disorders
Portuguese Society of Movement Disorder (Curia, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2023/09/01 - Current | Neuroprotective activities of macroalgae extracts and phytochemicals
Co-supervisor
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Master Degree (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2022/05/01 - 2022/10/31 | Evaluation of neuroprotective capacity of macroalgae extracts, in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Caenorhabditis elegans models.
Supervisor
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Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2021/05/03 - 2021/06/14 | Anti-aging mutations in the C. elegans model of Machado-Joseph Disease (MJD).
Supervisor of João Belmiro Baptista Martins
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Medicina (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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2021/05/03 - 2021/06/11 | Motor phenotype of a C. elegans proteostasis sensor strain: Optimization steps for a future drug screening.
Supervisor of Joana Maria Marques Lopes
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Medicina (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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2020/10/01 - 2021/03/31 | Estudo do efeito terapêutico de compostos com ligandos multi-alvo num modelo C. elegans de tauopatia.
Co-supervisor
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Bioquimica, UTAD, Portugal (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2020/10/01 - 2021/03/31 | Estudo dos efeitos terapêuticos de derivados de piridinas e cromenos em modelos C. elegans de doenças neurodegenerativas
Co-supervisor
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Bioquimica, UTAD, Portugal (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2019/05/01 - 2019/12/20 | Linking autophagy to feeding status: the function of egli-1 in the Caenorhabditis elegans nervous system
Supervisor of Jorge Diogo Cruz Ramos da Silva
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Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Projecto de Opção- Estágio Final) (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2017/05 - 2017/05 | XV Meeting Portuguese Society of Neurosciences - member of staff (2017/05 - 2017/05)
Congress (Other)
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Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2013 - Current | Event participation: Neurosciencies scientific retreat - ICVS
Meeting
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2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 | "Noite Europeia dos Investigadores"
Exhibition
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"Noite Europeia dos Investigadores"
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2023/03/13 - 2023/03/17 | "International Brain Awareness week"
Workshop
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"International Brain Awareness week"
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2021/06/21 - 2021/06/24 | Event participation: 23rd International C. elegans Conference
Conference
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23rd International C. elegans Conference - online
Genetics Society of America, United States
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2021/05/24 - 2021/05/27 | Event Participation: Ataxia Investigators Meeting | Ataxia Investigators Meeting (AIM2021 - online)
National Ataxia Foundation, United States
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2020/09/30 - 2020/09/30 | Online course: Misfolding of a-synuclein and tau protein: from basic mechanisms to therapeutic development |
International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, United States
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2020/09/12 - 2020/09/16 | MDS Virtual Congress |
International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, United States
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2019/03 - 2019/03 | Workshop: Strategies and tools for modulating pathologic protein self-assembly in proteinopathies |
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | Advanced course: "Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" |
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
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2018/03 - 2018/03 | Event participation: SPDmov 2018 congress
Congress
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2017/11 - 2017/11 | Event participation: 11st Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics.
Congress
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2017/05 - 2017/05 | Event participation: Portuguese Society of Neurosciences (SPN) congress
Congress
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2016 - 2016 | Event participation: Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society
Congress
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2015/06 - 2015/06 | Advanced course: High content screening and image analysis for biosciences |
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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2015/04 - 2015/04 | Advanced course: Pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases |
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2014/02 - 2014/02 | Advanced course: A hands-on approach to cell and tissue culture |
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2014 - 2014 | Event participation: Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society
Congress
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2013/07 - 2013/07 | Advanved course: C. elegans course |
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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2010 - 2013 | Event participation: I3S scientific retreat
Meeting
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2012/06 - 2012/06 | Event participation: SMBE 2012
Congress
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2012 - 2012 | Practical course: Genotyping techniques of Y-chromosome - University of Oxford
Workshop
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2010/05 - 2010/05 | Event participation: XXXV Portuguese Genetics Conference
Congress
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2010 - 2010 | Workshop: Working effectively with your supervisor
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2010 - 2010 | Workshop: Excel 2007 for Research 'Analysing & Manipulating Data
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2010 - 2010 | Workshop: Speed reading
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2010 - 2010 | Workshop: Finding PhD thesis
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2010 - 2010 | Workshop: Being a Post-Doc Abroad
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2010 - 2010 | Workshop: Overview of Graphics and mapping Software
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2010 - 2010 | Workshop: Time management
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2010 - 2010 | Workshop: A Balancing Act: dealing with the stress of doing a research degree
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2010 - 2010 | Workshop: Pathways to Impact
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2010 - 2010 | Workshop: RRS and publication alerts for research
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2010 - 2010 | Workshop: SDDU Marking Training
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2010 - 2010 | Workshop: Writing workshop
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2010 - 2010 | Workshop: Researcher@Leeds
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2010 - 2010 | Workshop: Adope Photoshop
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2009 - 2009 | Workshop: The Transfer Viva
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2009 - 2009 | Workshop: Creative thinking techniques
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2009 - 2009 | Workshop: How to get your paper written and published
Workshop
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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2007/11 - 2007/11 | Event participation: Link-age Meeting
Congress
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2006 - 2006 | Event participation: "Dia do Jovem Investigador"
Conference
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Dia do Jovem Investigador
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2021/12/21 | Doctoral Examinations in Health Sciences.
Thesis title: Assessing the therapeutic role of the
secretome from mesenchymal stromal cells
in genetic models of Parkinson's Disease
based on the overexpression of
alpha-synuclein
Thesis Member
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Claúdia Raquel Ferreira Marques (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2018/09/22 - 2024/01/29 | Course: Fundamentals in Neurosciences (2018 edition)- "Motor behavior in C. elegans" | Fundamentals in Neuroscience (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) | Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
2009/09 - 2010/02 | Practical lectures: Human population genetics and evolution | Human population genetics and evolution | University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences, United Kingdom |
2009/09 - 2010/02 | Practical lectures: Molecular evolution; level 2 | University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences, United Kingdom |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2019 - Current | Tutor of the laboratorial work of Jorge Fernandes | Jorge Fernandes |
2021/09/15 - 2021/11/30 | Tutor of the laboratorial work of Laura Blaikie (Erasmus program) - Student from Dr. Paul Kong lab. | Laura Blaikie |
2019/03 - 2019/07 | Tutor of the laboratorial work of Laura Blaikie (Erasmus program) - Student from Dr. Paul Kong lab. | Laura Blaikie |
2017 - 2019 | Tutor of the laboratorial work of the Phd Student Jorge Diogo da Silva, from the Medicine PhD program. | Jorge Diogo Cruz Ramos da Silva |
2018/04 - 2018/07 | Tutor of the laboratorial work of Victoria Lindsay (Erasmus program) - student from Dr. Paul Kong lab | Victoria Linday |
2018 - 2018 | Tutor of the laboratorial work of Maira Fonseca in the project “Phytochemistry analysis and bioactivities evaluation applied to medicinal plants and functional food”, from the company EPAMIG: Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais – Brasil | Maira Fonseca |
2017 - 2018 | Tutor of the master student Daniela Campos, from the master program “Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship in Plants” (School of Sciences, University of Minho) | Daniela Campos |
2013 - 2013 | Tutor in a laboratorial rotation of the Phd student Teresa Rodrigues, from the PhD program PHDOC | Teresa Rodrigues |
Distinctions
Award
2023 | Brain Living Lab - RESOLVE-Health 2.0 Acceleration Program |
2020 | National Ataxia Foundation travel stipend award to attend conference in Denver |
2019 | Seed-Money Grant from National Ataxia Foundation
National Ataxia Foundation, United States
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2018 | Portuguese Society of Movement Disorders - award to attend SPDmov 2018 |
2012 | Best poster presentation in the III I3S retreat
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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2001 | Honor board of excellent students
Externato Infante D. Henrique/Alfacoop, Portugal
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