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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Sofia Carvalho Marques

Citation names

  • Carvalho-Marques, Sofia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8A10-487C-AD83
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8983-0531

Email addresses

  • asofiamarques.6@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

  • Av. Brasília, 1400-038, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/10/01 - 2026/10/01
Ongoing
International Cancer Programe (Doutoramento)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
"Uncovering the similarities and differences in metastasis formation in adult and paediatric skin cancer" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2024/03/18 - 2024/03/23
Concluded
Luminy Advance Course in Immunology (Postgraduate Certificate)
Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, France
2023/11/20 - 2023/11/24
Concluded
Analysis of RNA-sequencing data (Outros)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2022/02/17 - 2022/02/17
Concluded
Necropsy Workshop (Outros)
COLife, Portugal
2021/02
Concluded
Laboratory Animal Science - Functions A + D (Outros)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
Approved
2020/10/19 - 2020/10/23
Concluded
Course on Stem Cell Technologies (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
18 values
2017/09 - 2019/10/23
Concluded
Molecular Biology and Genetics (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Unravelling the role of Ctdnep1-Eps8L2 interaction during nuclear positioning in migrating fibroblasts " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
19 values
2018/09 - 2018/09
Concluded
ReTuBi Second Joint Summer School 2018 (Outros)
ReTuBi consortium, Portugal
Approved
2014/09 - 2017/07/05
Concluded
Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
16 values
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/10/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2019/11 - 2020/08 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/10 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
2018/07 - 2018/08 Researcher (Research) International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience , Portugal
Abertay University, United Kingdom
2018/02 - 2018/07 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/02 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
2017/07 - 2017/07 Research Trainee (Research) Summer Science @ ITQB-NOVA, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/03 - 2020/07 Volunteer Technician in the COVID-19 diagnostic task force Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/10 - Current Uncovering the similarities and differences in METastasis formation in Adult and Paediatric skin cancer (MetAP)
NA
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/11 - 2020/08 Unravelling the role of Ctdnep1-Eps8L2 interaction during nuclear positioning in migrating fibroblasts
NA
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Concluded
2018/07 - 2018/08 Characterization of biofilm formation by Pseudomonas fluorescens wrinkly spreader mutant
NA
Research Fellow
Abertay University, United Kingdom
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2018/09 - 2019/10 Unravelling the role of Ctdnep1-Eps8L2 interaction during nuclear positioning in migrating fibroblasts
NA
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Concluded
2018/02 - 2018/07 Characterization of mice policlonal sera against kLANA, protein produced by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
NA
Research Trainee
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/02 Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in a cohort of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected patients
PGG/064/2014
Research Trainee
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
2017/07 - 2017/07 Ribonuclease R role during the translation process in Escherichia coli
NA
Research Trainee
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Carvalho-Marques, Sofia; Maia Soares, Raquel; Martínez-Lopez, Maria; Vercauteren Drubbel, Alizée; Carvalho, Tânia; Beck, Benjamin; Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique; Sánchez-Danés, Adriana. "Are Children Just Little Adults? Tackling the Role of the Tumor Microenvironment in Pediatric and Adult Melanoma Progression". Paper presented in Champalimaud Research Symposium, 2024.
  2. Carvalho-Marques, Sofia; Canato, Sara; Maia Soares, Raquel; Vercauteren Drubbel, Alizée; Carvalho, Tânia; Beck, Benjamin; Sánchez-Danés, Adriana. "Uncovering the role of the immune microenvironment in pediatric and adult melanoma progression". Paper presented in EMBO workshop “Tissue-resident immune cells in health and disease”, 2024.
  3. Carvalho-Marques, Sofia. "Uncovering the similarities and differences between pediatric and adult melanoma". Paper presented in Champalimaud Research Symposium, 2022.
  4. Carvalho-Marques, Sofia; Francisco Javier Calero-Cuenca; Edgar Rodrigues Gomes. "Unravelling the role of Ctdnep1-Eps8L2 interaction in nuclear positioning". Paper presented in Symposia on Tumour Biology: from basic biology to disease, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Sara Canato; Rahul Sarate; Carvalho-Marques, Sofia; Raquel Maia Soares; Yura Song; Sara Monteiro-Ferreira; Pauline Vieugué; et al. "Survivin Promotes Stem Cell Competence for Skin Cancer Initiation". Cancer Discovery (2025): https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-0263.
    10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-0263
  2. Francisco J. Calero-Cuenca; Daniel S. Osorio; Sofia Carvalho-Marques; Sreerama Chaitanya Sridhara; Luis M. Oliveira; Yue Jiao; Jheimmy Diaz; et al. "Ctdnep1 and Eps8L2 regulate dorsal actin cables for nuclear positioning during cell migration". Current Biology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.007.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.007
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Carvalho-Marques, Sofia. "Unravelling the role of Ctdnep1-Eps8L2 interaction during nuclear positioning in migrating fibroblasts". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2019. https://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/40154.
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2024/01/01 - 2024/10/31 Champalimaud Research Students' Annual Retreat (2024/10/29 - 2024/10/31)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2023/01 - 2023/05 Science Outreach - Pint of Science: Invited speakers, prepared multimedia content for diffusion of the event and moderated scientific lectures for the general public (2023/05)
Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)
2023/01 - 2023/05 Champalimaud Research Annual Retreat (2023/05/29 - 2023/06/01)
Other (Member of the Scientific Committee)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2022/10/07 - 2022/10/07 COLife PhD Day 2022 - Organized a full day of scientific and social activities to promote engagement between the PhD students from the different COLife consortium research institutes (2022/10/07)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/05 - Current Sience Outreach - Lectured for 8th and 9th grad students at Pedro D'Orey da Cunha school in Damaia (Lisbon suburbs) on skin cancer and my personal experience as a scientist.
Seminar
Ciência di Noz Manera
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2022/09 - 2022/09 Science Outreach - Assisted in the preparation of a stand with scientific activities and informal scientific lectures to the general public.
Festival
European Researchers' Night 2022
2021/03/01 - 2021/03/01 Moderator
Seminar
Champalimaud Research Internal Seminal Series
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27 Science Outreach - Assisted in the preparation of a stand with scientific activities and informal scientific lectures to the general public.
Festival
European Researchers' Night 2019
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
2015/05 - 2015/05 Science Outreach - Guided groups of middle and high school students through the faculty facilities, enlightening their questions and sharing my personal experience as a student. Also performed some scientific experiments to demonstrate the work developed at the Chemistry and Biochemistry department.
Other
Open Day in Sciences 2015 and 2017
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/04 - 2015/04 Science Outreach - Guided small groups of middle school students throughout the Faculty to scheduled activities and directed some of the tests performed in the Chemistry Olympics.
Other
Junior Chemistry Olympics 2015 and 2017
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2024/01/01 - Current Mental health subcommittee for MSc and PhD students at Champalimaud Research
Member
2022/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Champalimaud Research PhD Students Committee Core - Representation of the Students (Master's degree and PhD) and Technicians, acting as a communication channel amongst students, and between students and concerned authorities
President / Vice-president
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal

Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
2023/01 - 2023/12 PhD and MSc students representative at the Champalimaud Research Council
Member
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2020 Caixa Geral de Depósitos Award
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 Academic Merit Award
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017 Academic Merit Award
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 Academic Merit Award
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Other distinction

2021 FCT PhD studentship, 2021 call
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal