Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/11/13	Yeast as a model organism: when less is more.	Seminar in the scope of the Master's degree in Applications in Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology and in Molecular and Cell Biology Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2024/04/22	Crosstalk between mitochondrial function and cell cycle progression in budding yeast.	External seminar in the scope of the Research Training Group MOMbrane University of Tübingen (Tübingen, Germany)
2023/07/09	Iron overload impairs autophagy and decreases lifespan in the yeast model of Niemann-Pick type C1.	47th FEBS Congress - “Together in bioscience for a better future”. FEBS: Federation of European Biochemical Societies (Tours, France)
2023/05/12	Upregulation of Vps27 mediates the mitochondrial derepression and increased lifespan of yeast cells lacking the Sit4 protein phosphatase.	IJUP-14th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2023/02/24	Investigating the cell-cycle regulation of mitochondrial function.	MCBiology Symposium - Science: everything, everywhere all at once. I3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2022/10/19	Yeast as a model organism: when less is more.	Seminar in the scope of the Master's degree in Applications in Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2022/10/17	Fosfoproteoma da membrana vacuolar revela alterações na homeostasia do ferro e no tráfego de vesículas no modelo de levedura NPC1.	Microbiologia 2022 Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia (Portugal)
2021/11/10	The role of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in biotechnology.	Seminar in the scope of the Master's degree in Applications in Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/10/16	Cell cycle-dependent regulation of ATP synthase beta subunit.	SPB Portuguese Biochemical Society (Évora)
2021/07/04	Investigating the function of the anaphase promoting complex ubiquitin ligase in the regulation of mitochondrial ATP synthase beta subunit.	45th FEBS Congress, Molecules of Life: Towards New Horizons, FEBS (Ljubliana, Slovenia)
2021/05/06	Role of Gln3 and amino acids in the yeast model of Niemann-Pick type C1	IJUP-14th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2020/11/18	Yeast as a model organism in biotechnology	Seminar in the scope of the master course Aplicações de Biotecnologia e Biologia Sintética from Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019/11/07	Phosphoregulation of ATP synthase beta subunit: coordinating mitochondrial function with cell division?	Integrative programs seminars at I3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde I3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (Porto, Portugal)
2019/10/16	Yeast as a model organism: when less is more.	Seminar in the scope of the master course Aplicações de Biotecnologia e Biologia Sintética from Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019/04/09	Regulation of mitochondrial function and aging by the yeast Ser/Thr protein phosphatase Sit4p	CBMA 2019 Advanced Course- Mammalian and yeast cells as complementary models to understand programmed cell death and autophagy Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2018/06/28	Regulation of mitochondrial function and aging by the yeast Ser/Thr protein phosphatase Sit4p	CBMA 2018 Advanced Course- Mammalian and yeast cells as complementary models to understand programmed cell death and autophagy Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2018/06/09	Dephosphorylation of the ATP synthase subunit Atp2 by the Ser/Thr protein phosphatase Sit4p contributes to the regulation of mitochondrial function.	XXI Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras "Professor Nicolau van Uden" (Braga, Portugal)
2018/02	Identification of regulatory kinases of the yeast mitochondrial VDAC1/Por1p.	IJUP14-11th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2017/08	The Hog1p kinase regulates Aft1p transcription factor to control iron accumulation.	28th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology (ICYGMB) (Prague, Czech Republic)
2017/06/28	Studying the regulation of mitochondrial function by the yeast type 2A-like protein phosphatase Sit4p.	CBMA 2017 Advanced Course- Mammalian and yeast cells as complementary cell models in programmed cell death and autophag CBMA, Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2017/06/14	Phosphoproteomic screening identifies ATP synthase beta subunit as a target of the yeast type 2A-like protein phosphatase Sit4p.	First International GIBB Meeting GIBB (Catania, Italy)
2017/06/01	Bioactive sphingolipids, nutrient signaling and mitochondrial function in yeast.	SINAL 2017-8th Meeting on Signal Transduction (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/12	Effects of mistranslation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a lipidomics study.	XIX National Congress of Biochemistry Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica (Guimarães, Portugal)
2016/06/22	The role of the yeast sphingomyelinase Isc1p in iron signalling and cell death.	CBMA 2016 Advanced Course- Mammalian and Yeast Cells as Models in Programmed Cell death and autophagy CBMA, Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2015/11/17	Identification of the FoF1 ATP Synthase Complex ß Subunit as a Potential Target for the Phosphatase Sit4p	Master Courses of Molecular Genetics and of Applied Biochemistry of University of Minho Dep Biologia, Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2015/09	Identification of the F1Fo ATP Synthase Complex beta Subunit as a Potential Target for the Phosphatase Sit4p, Impacting on Mitochondrial Function in Yeast.	17th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology (Levico Terme, Italy)
2015/07/02	Regulation of mitochondrial function and yeast lifespan by the phosphatase Sit4p.	CBMA 2015 Advanced Course- Mammalian and yeast as complementary cell models in programmed cell death Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2015/02	SLMP53-1: a new reactivator of mutant p53 with potent antitumor activity.	Reunião anual XLV Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/02	Identification of a selective small molecule activator of PKCdelta with potential antitumor properties.	Reunião anual XLV Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/07	A selective activator of protein kinase Cdelta discovered using a yeast-based assay.	XX Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras “Professor Nicolau van Uden” (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/07	Role of Sit4p-dependent protein dephosphorylation in the regulation of mitochondrial function and yeast lifespan.	XX Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras “Professor Nicolau van Uden” (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/02	Discovery of a new small molecule inhibitor of the p53-Mdm2 interaction.	IJUP14-7th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2014/02	Microglia P2y6 receptors mediate nitric oxide release and astrocyte apoptosis in primary glial cultures of newborn Wistar rats.	Reunião anual XLIV Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia; XXXII Farmacologia Clínica e XIII Toxicologia, (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/02	A new small-molecule activator of wild-type and mutant p53 with potential antitumor properties.	Reunião anual XLIV Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia; XXXII Farmacologia Clínica e XIII Toxicologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/02	A novel selective small molecule activator of protein kinase Cdelta.	Reunião anual XLIV Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia; XXXII Farmacologia Clínica e XIII Toxicologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/02	LEM2: A potential inhibitor of the p73-MDM2 interaction.	Reunião anual XLIV Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia; XXXII Farmacologia Clínica e XIII Toxicologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2013/02/20	Yeast as a tool for biomedical research: functional and pharmacological studies of human disease-related proteins.	DBio Seminars, 20 anos do Mestrado em Genética Molecular Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2013/02	Virtual screening of a focused library of cell growth inhibitors to identify potential inhibitors of p53:MDM2 interaction.	IJUP11-6th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP (Porto, Portugal)
2013/02	Virtual screening of a focused library of cell growth inhibitors to identify potential inhibitors of p53:MDM2 interaction.	IJUP11-6th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP UP (Porto, Portugal)
2013/02	Small-molecule activators of caspase-7 with potential antitumor activity identified using a yeast assay.	Reunião anual XXXI Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia; XII Farmacologia Clínica e X Toxicologia (Porto, Portugal)
2013/02	Discovery of a new small-molecule inhibitor of p53-MDM2 interaction using a yeast-based screening assay.	Reunião anual XXXI Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia; XII Farmacologia Clínica e X Toxicologia (Porto, Portugal)
2013/02	Identification of potential activators of p53 activity using yeast-based screening assays.	Reunião anual XXXI Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia; XII Farmacologia Clínica e X Toxicologia (Porto, Portugal)
2013	Phosphoproteome analysis to unravel the role of the ceramide-activated protein phosphatase Sit4p in mitochondrial function and lifespan in yeast.	Portuguese Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology’ 2013 (Aveiro, Portugal)
2012/11	A new small-molecule inhibitor of p53-MDM2 interaction discovered using a yeast cell-based screening assay.	3º Encontro Nacional de Química Terapêutica (Aveiro, Portugal)
2012/06	Discovery of potent small-molecule caspase-7 activators using yeast target-based screening assays	XIX Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras “Professor Nicolau van Uden” (Caparica, Portugal)
2012/06	Nap6: a new inhibitor of p53-mdm2 interaction discovered using a yeast target-based screening approach.	XIX Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras “Professor Nicolau van Uden” (Caparica, Portugal)
2012/05/25	Utilização de microrganismos para a produção de proteínas virais com interesse terapêutico.	1º Encontro de Biotecnologia Microbiana e Farmacêutica (Porto, Portugal)
2011/05/20	Yeast as a model system to study human proteins involved in cancer and neurodegeneration.	Yeast: a valuable research tool Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2011/05	Vacuole-mitochondrial crosstalk during apoptosis induced by acetic acid in yeast.	8th International Meeting on Yeast apoptosis
2011/03	What yeast can tell us about how cells commit suicide?	14th Portugaliae Genetica (Porto, Portugal)
2011/03	Distinct regulation of p53-mediated apoptosis by protein kinase Ca, d, e and z: evidence in yeast for transcription-dependent and -independent p53 apoptotic mechanisms.	14th Portugaliae Genetica (Porto, Portugal)
2011/02	Searching for small molecule inhibitors of p53-mdm2/MDMX interaction, using yeast cell-based assays.	XLI Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia; XXIX Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica e X Reunião de Toxicologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2011/02	Distinct regulation of p53-mediated apoptosis by protein kinase Ca, d, e and ¿ revealed by a yeast cell system.	Reunião anual XLI Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia; XXIX Farmacologia Clínica e X Toxicologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2010/09	Acetic acid-induced apoptosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.	Society for General Microbiology Autumn Meeting - Metals and Microbes (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
2009/12	Development of a yeast-based system to search for LRRK2 mutant inhibitors.	XL Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia, XXVIII Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica e IX Reunião de Toxicologia (Porto, Portugal)
2009/12	Searching for small-molecule modulators of p53 activity and inhibitors of MDM2-p53 interaction, using yeast expression systems.	Reunião anual XL Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia, XXVIII Farmacologia Clínica e IX Toxicologia (Porto, Portugal)
2008/08	Communication between vacuole and mitochondria regulates mitochondrial degradation in yeast cells committed to apoptosis.	12th International Congress on Yeasts (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2008/05	Contributions of yeast biology to the understanding of cell death regulation.	XVI Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras "Professor Nicolau van Uden” (Vimeiro, Portugal)
2008/04	Mitochondrial fragmentation/degradation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae programmed cell deat	6th International Meeting on Yeast Apoptosis (Leuven, Belgium)
2007/06	Loss of ADP/ATP carrier leads to aggregation of mitochondria and delayed degradation during apoptotic cell death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	XV Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras "Professor Nicolau van Uden” (Porto, Portugal)
2007/05	Role of ADP/ATP carrier in acetic acid induced cell death in yeast	International Workshop "Exploring molecular approaches to cancer research" (Braga, Portugal)
2006/12	Absence of ADT/ATP carrier affects thread-grain transition associated with acetic acid induced apoptosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	XLI Congress of the Portuguese Society for Microscopy (Guimarães, Portugal)
2006/09	Integrating mammalian protein expression and yeast apoptosis towards understanding cell death regulation	5th International Meeting on Yeast Apoptosis (Kutná Hora, Czech Republic)
2005/09	Cell death with apoptotic phenotype in yeasts	XX Congresso Nacional de Microbiologia (Cáceres, Spain)
2005	Envolvimento de proteínas mitocondriais na morte celular programada induzida por ácido acético em Saccharomyces cerevisiae	XIII Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras “Professor Nicolau van Uden" (Vila Real, Portugal)
2003/09	Mitochondrial proteins involved in programmed cell death induced by acetic acid in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	2nd International Meeting on Yeast Apoptosis (Smolenice, Slovakia)
2003/05	Envolvimento de proteínas mitocondriais de interesse na morte celular programada em Saccharomyces cerevisiae induzida por ácido acético	11ª Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras “Professor Nicolau van Uden” (Bragança, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2018/11/01 - Current	Role of the cell cycle APC/C in the regulation of mitochondrial ATP synthase beta subunit: cross-regulation of mitochondrial function and cell cycle progression Supervisor	Doctoral program in Molecular and Cellular Biology from University of Porto (PhD) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2024/10/30	Phosphoregulation of the yeast lysosome-like vacuole and its role in lifespan Co-supervisor	Biologia Molecular e Celular (PhD) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/10/01 - 2022/11/16	Role of mitochondrial signaling in the regulation of Cdc37 and cell cycle progression. Supervisor of José Pedro Ramos Guimarães	Bioquímica (Master) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2021/12/13	Searching for mitochondrial targets of the ubiquitin ligase APC/C-Cdh1 Supervisor	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/08/01 - 2021/02/19	Identification of regulatory kinases of the FoF1ATPsynthase beta subunit Supervisor of Ana Isabel Oliveira Campos	Master in Molecular and Cell Biology (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/02/02 - 2020/08/31	The role of mitochondrial function in cell cycle regulation Supervisor of Rute Sofia Rodrigues Cesário	PEEC - Programa de Estágios Extra-Curricular (Scientific initiation) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/07/24	Searching for Novel Mitochondrial Targets of the Ubiquitin Ligase APC/CCdc20 Supervisor	Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/06/05	Mitochondrial Atp2p as a Potential Target of the Cell Cycle Regulator APC/C Supervisor	Projecto I (Degree) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/06/05	Unraveling the role of Frq1 binding to ceramide as a switch between life and death Co-supervisor	Project I (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2019	Role of the yeast frequenin (Frq1) as ceramide sensor in cell death and aging Co-supervisor	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2018/07/31	Regulação da proteína mitocondrial Por1p/VDAC por fosforilação Supervisor	Master student in Biologia Celular e Molecular: PEEC (programa de estágio extracurricular) (Scientific initiation) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2018/07/12	Identification of regulatory kinases of the yeast mitochondrial VDAC1 Supervisor	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2016/02/01 - 2016/06/30	Impact of the regulation of the voltage dependent anion channel (VDAC) in the longevity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Supervisor	Biochemistry (Project I) (Degree) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2016	Identification of regulatory kinases of the yeast mitochondrial VDAC1 Supervisor	Degree internship in Biology (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2016	Papel do ferro no fenótipo de células sit4¿ e isc1¿ Co-supervisor	Biochemistry (Projecto I) (Degree) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011 - 2016	Targeting p53 in cancer: from innovative yeast screening strategies to new drugs Co-supervisor	Doutoramento em Ciências Farmacêuticas, especialidade Microbiologia (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2015/10/12	Role of the sphingomyelinase Isc1p in the regulation of iron homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisia Supervisor	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2014/12/01 - 2015/07/24	Role of Atp2p phosphorylation in the regulation of mitochondrial function and lifespan in yeast Supervisor	Discipline of Projecto I of the degree in Biochemistry (Degree) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2014/11/14	Role of Sit4p-dependent protein dephosphoylation in the regulation of mitochondrial function and yeast lifespan Co-supervisor	Bioquímica (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009 - 2014	Development of yeast-based assays to study p53 family proteins: identification of new small molecule modulators Co-supervisor	Ciências médicas e da saúde- Doutoramento em Ciências Farmacêuticas Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2013 - 2013	Implementação de um ensaio com células de levedura para a pesquisa de ativadores da caspase-6 humana Co-supervisor	Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Projeto I) (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2013 - 2013	Implementação de um ensaio com células de levedura para a pesquisa de ativadores da caspase-3 humana Co-supervisor	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2012 - 2013	Utilização da levedura Saccharomyces cerevisiae na pesquisa de ativadores da p53 e de inibidores da interação p53-MDM2/MDMX Co-supervisor	Mobility student under the Programme "Ciências sem Fronteiras" ; Unidade Curricular de Projeto II do Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Master) Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Brazil Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2011 - 2012	Utilização da levedura como sistema de produção de uma proteína da cápside de um novo norovirus Supervisor	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010 - 2010	Análise fenotípica e pesquisa de supressores da proteína humana LRRK2/mutante no sistema celular da levedura Co-supervisor	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2019/06/28 - 2019/06/28	Organization of the I3S Friday noon Seminar with Prof. Yves Barral (2019) Seminar (Co-organisor)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2017/02/03 - 2017/02/03	Organization of the I3S Friday noon Seminar with Prof. Giovanna Lippe (2017) Seminar (Co-organisor)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2014 - 2015	Member of the organization of the Post Doc Seminars at IBMC (2014 - 2015) Seminar (Co-organisor)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/03/03 - Current	Participation in the I3S educational program (group school visit) Other	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2025/07/01 - 2025/07/01	Participation in the educational program Campo de Férias 2025 organized by E2S-P.PORTO - Escola Superior de Saúde do Politécnico do Porto. Other	Campo de Férias 2025 E2S-P.PORTO - Escola Superior de Saúde do Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2024/02/05 - 2024/02/05	Participation in the project Escola Ciência Viva “À conversa com … um Cientista” with the theme “A ciência da levedura’” (5 of February 2024) aimed at the dissemination of science among primary school students. Workshop	Escola Ciência Viva “À conversa com … um Cientista” Universidade do Minho, Portugal Centro Ciência Viva de Guimarães , Portugal
2023/08/20 - 2023/08/25	Poster communication: Martins T.S., Correia M., Vilaça, R., Lemos C., Pereira C., Costa, V. Vps27 mediates the mitochondrial derepression and increased lifespan of yeast cells lacking the Sit4 protein phosphatase. Florence, Italy. Congress	31° International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology
2023/02/23 - 2023/02/24	Poster communication: Iron limitation restores autophagic flux and improves lifespan in the yeast model of Niemann-Pick type C1. Conference	MCBiology Symposium - Science: everything, everywhere all at once. Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022/02/07 - 2022/02/08	Pedagogical training: Planificação de unidades curriculares. Workshop	Pedagogical training Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021/10/14 - 2021/10/16	Poster communication: Vacuolar membrane proteome and role of amino acids in the lifespan of a Niemann-Pick type C1 yeast model. Martins T.S., Costa R., Lemos C., Pereira C., Costa, V. Évora, Portugal. Conference	XXI SPB- National Congress of Biochemistry Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica, Portugal
2021/09/13 - 2021/09/24	Jornadas internacionais de ensino de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular (webinar series) Meeting	Sociedade Brasileira de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Brazil Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica, Portugal
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/07	Poster communication: Searching for mitochondrial targets of the ubiquitin ligase APC/C-Cdh1. Conference	IJUP-14th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/07	Poster communication: Identification of regulatory kinases of the FoF1 ATP synthase beta subunit. Conference	IJUP-14th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2019/12 - 2021	Volunteer of "Embaixadores da Ciência/ Science Ambassadors", a program of science visits to schools aiming the dissemination of science among middle and secondary students (https://i3sedu.wordpress.com/embaixadores/lista-de-embaixadores/) Seminar	Embaixadores da Ciência/ Science Ambassadors Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/11/28 - 2019/11/29	Poster communication: Investigating the function of the Anaphase Promoting Complex ubiquitin ligase in the regulation of mitochondrial ATP synthase beta subunit. Leite, A.C., Martins T.S., Costa, V., Pereira C. Porto, Portugal. Meeting	8th i3S Annual Meeting Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/11/28 - 2019/11/29	Poster communication: Phosphoregulation of the yeast lysosome-like vacuole and its role in lifespan. Martins T.S., Pereira C., Costa, V. Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. Meeting	8th i3S Annual Meeting Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/11/06 - 2019/11/06	Poster communication: Investigating the function of the Anaphase Promoting Complex ubiquitin ligase in the regulation of mitochondrial ATP synthase beta subunit. Leite, A.C., Martins T.S., Costa, V., Pereira C. Porto, Portugal. Symposium	MCBiology Symposium - From the InCell to ExCell! Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/11/06 - 2019/11/06	Poster communication: Phosphoregulation of the yeast lysosome-like vacuole and its role in lifespan. Martins T.S., Pereira C., Costa, V. Porto, Portugal. Symposium	MCBiology Symposium - From the InCell to ExCell! Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/09/07 - 2019/09/07	Moderator at 15.ª Escola de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde: congresso de encerramento (3.º PAINEL) Conference	Universidade Júnior 15.ª Escola de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018/09/08 - 2018/09/08	Moderator at 14.ª Escola de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde: congresso de encerramento (4.º PAINEL), Porto, Portugal. Congress	14.ª Escola de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde: congresso de encerramento Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018/06/04 - 2018/06/07	Poster communication: The Sit4p phosphatase controls mitochondrial function and lifespan by regulating the phosphorylation of the ATP synthase beta subunit Atp2. Pereira C., Pereira A., Osório H., Moradas-Ferreira P., Costa V. Lisbon, Portugal. Meeting	19th biennial meeting for the Society for Free Radical Research International (SFRRI)
2017/08/27 - 2017/09/01	Poster communication: The Hog1p kinase regulates Aft1p transcription factor to control iron accumulation. Martins T.S., Pereira C., Canadell, D., Vilaca R., Teixeira V., Moradas-Ferreira P., de Nadal E., Posas F., and Costa V. Prague, Czech Republic. Conference	28th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology (ICYGMB)
2017/05/26 - 2017/05/26	Poster communication: Phosphoproteomic screening identifies ATP synthase subunit beta as a target of the yeast type 2A-like protein phosphatase Sit4p. Pereira C., Martins T., Pereira A., Osório H., Moradas-Ferreira P., Costa V. Porto, Portugal. Symposium	International Symposium MitoPorto- Advances in mitochondrial research
2016/12/08 - 2016/12/10	Poster communication: Identification of the F1Fo ATP Synthase beta subunit as a potential target for the phosphatase Sit4p, impacting mitochondrial function and longevity in yeast. Pereira C. Pereira A.T., Osório H., Moradas-Ferreira, Costa V. Guimarães, Portugal. Congress	XIX National Congress of Biochemistry Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica, Portugal
2016/12/08 - 2016/12/10	Poster communication: Activation of the transcriptional regulator Aft1p underlies iron accumulation in cells lacking the sphingomyelinase Isc1p. Martins T.S., Pereira C., Teixeira V., R. Vilaca, Moradas-Ferreira P. and Costa V. Guimarães, Portugal. Congress	XIX National Congress of Biochemistry Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica, Portugal
2016/11/03 - 2016/11/04	Poster communication: Identification of the F1Fo ATP synthase ß subunit as a target of the phosphatase Sit4p, impacting mitochondrial function in yeast. Pereira, C., Pereira A.T., Osório H., Moradas-Ferreira, P. Costa V. Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. Meeting	Fifth I3S Scientific Retreat Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2016/11/03 - 2016/11/04	Poster communication: Activation of the transcriptional regulator Aft1p underlies iron accumulation in cells lacking the sphingomyelinase Isc1p. Martins T.S., Pereira C., Teixeira V., Vilaca R., Moradas-Ferreira P. and Costa V. Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. Meeting	Fifth I3S Scientific Retreat Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2016/09 - 2016/09	Volunteer researcher on the exhibition "Noite Europeia dos Investigadores-European Researchers' Night: researchers' speed dating" Other	Noite Europeia dos Investigadores
2015/12/01 - 2015/12/03	Poster communication: SLMP53-1: a new reactivator of mutante p53 with potente in vivo antitumor activity. Soares J., Raimundo L., Pereira N.A.L., Monteiro A., Gomes S., Bessa C., Gomes A. S., Pereira C., Reis F., Santos M.M.M. and Saraiva L. Porto, Portugal. Congress	Congresso Quimica Orgânica e Quimica Terapêutica
2015/09/06 - 2015/09/12	Poster communication: Role of the sphingomyelinase Isc1p in the regulation of iron homeostasis. Martins T.S., Pereira C., Teixeira V., Leite A., Rangel M., Moradas-Ferreira P. and Costa V. Levico Terme, Italy. Conference	17th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology
2015/03/30 - 2015/04/02	Poster communication: Role of the sphingomyelinase Isc1p in the regulation of iron homeostasis. Martins T.S., Pereira C., Teixeira V., Leite A., Rangel M., Moradas-Ferreira P. and Costa V. Aveiro, Portugal. Meeting	IV Encontro Nacional de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015/03 - 2015/03	Participation in the school visit "Microbiologia Celular" inserted in the IBMC.INEB educational program	IBMC.INEB educational program
2014/07/12 - 2014/07/17	Poster communication: Identification of the F1Fo ATP synthase complex ß subunit as a potential target for the phosphatase Sit4p, impacting lifespan extension in yeast. Pereira, C., Pereira A.T., Osório H., Moradas-Ferreira P., Costa V. Lisbon, Portugal. Conference	18th European BioEnergetics Conference
2014/02/12 - 2014/02/14	Poster communication: Using phosphoproteomics to elucidate the role of the phosphatase Sit4p in mitochondrial function and lifespan yeast. Pereira C., Pereira A.T., Osório H., Moradas-Ferreira P., Costa V. Porto, Portugal. Meeting	IJUP14-7th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2013/09 - 2013/09	Volunteer on the exhibition "Noite Europeia dos Investigadores- European Researchers' Night" Other	Noite Europeia dos Investigadores
2013/02/13 - 2013/02/15	Poster communication: Flavonoids as potential small-molecule inhibitors of p53-MDM2 interaction revealed by a yeast-based assay. Gomes S., Soares J., Leão M., Pereira R., Neves M., Pinto M., Silva A.M.S., Cidade H., Pereira C. and Saraiva L. Meeting	IJUP13-6th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2013/02/13 - 2013/02/15	Poster communication: yeast to search for new selective activators of protein kinase C isoforms. Bessa C., Pereira C., Machado J., Gonçalves J., Simões M.F. and Saraiva L. Meeting	IJUP13-6th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2013/02/13 - 2013/02/15	Poster communication: Development of a yeast model to search for activators of the executioner caspase-3, -6 and -7. Pereira C., Coelho J., Coelho T. and Saraiva L. Meeting	IJUP13-6th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2013/02/13 - 2013/02/15	Poster communication: A new inhibitor of p53-MDM2 interaction discovered using a yeast target-based screening approach. Soares J., Pereira N.A.L., Bessa C., Leão M., Bisio A., Ciribilli Y., Inga A., Pereira C., Santos M.M.M. and Saraiva L. Meeting	IJUP11-6th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2013/02/13 - 2013/02/15	Poster communication: Leão M., Gomes S., Pedraza-Chaverri J., Sousa E., Pinto M., Inga A., Pereira C. and Saraiva L. 2013. alpha-Mangostin and gambogic acid: putative inhibitors of p53-MDM2 interaction revealed by yeast. February 13-15, Porto, Portugal. Meeting	IJUP13-6th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2012/11/28 - 2012/11/30	Poster communication: Discovery of potent small-molecule activators of caspase-7 with promising anticancer activity. Coutinho I., Lopes-Rodrigues V., Neves M.P., Lima R.T., Pereira C., Kijjoa A., Pinto M., Cidade H., Vasconcelos M.H. and Saraiva L. Meeting	3º Encontro Nacional de Química Terapêutica Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2012/11/28 - 2012/11/30	Poster communication: Insights into the molecular mechanism of action of new inhibitors of p53:MDM2 interaction. Machado N., Paiva A., Leão M., Palmeira A., Pereira C., Saraiva L., Pinto M., Sousa E. Meeting	3º Encontro Nacional de Química Terapêutica, Aveiro, Portugal
2012/11/28 - 2012/11/30	Poster communication: Flavonoids as promising small-molecule inhibitors of p53-MDM2 interaction. Leão M., Soares J., Neves M., Pinto M., Silva A.M.S., Inga A., Pereira C, Cidade H., Saraiva L. Meeting	3º Encontro Nacional de Química Terapêutica, Aveiro, Portugal
2012/10/28 - 2012/10/31	Poster communication: Insights into the molecular mechanism of action of a new inhibitor of p53:MDM2 interaction. Paiva A., Leão M., Machado N., Palmeira A., Soares J., Pereira C., Ferreira-da-Silva F., Gales L., Pinto M., Saraiva L., Sousa E. Symposium	6th Brazilian Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry –BrazMedChem2012, Canela, Brazil
2012/09/14 - 2012/09/17	Poster communication: Discovery of a new inhibitor of p53/MDM2 interaction using a yeast target-based screening strategy. Leão M., Pereira C., Bisio A., Ciribilli Y., Soares J., Paiva A., Sousa E., Pinto M., Inga A., and Saraiva L. Conference	20th Euroconference on Apoptosis “From Death to Eternity” & 9th Training course on 'Concepts and Methods in Programmed Cell Death', Rome, Italy
2012/09/14 - 2012/09/17	Poster communication: Discovery of potent small molecule caspase-7 activators that sensitize tumour cells for etoposide cytotoxicity. Coutinho I., Lopes-Rodrigues V., Neves M.P., Lima R.T., Pereira C., Kijjoa A., Pinto M., Cidade H., Vasconcelos M.H. and Saraiva L. Conference	20th Euroconference on Apoptosis “From Death to Eternity” & 9th Training course on 'Concepts and Methods in Programmed Cell Death', Rome, Italy.
2012/09/04 - 2012/09/06	Poster communication: Flavonoids targeting caspase-7: priming tumour cells for death. Lopes-Rodrigues V., Coutinho I., Neves M.P., Lima R.T., Pereira C., Kijjoa A., Pinto M., Cidade H., Vasconcelos M.H. and Saraiva L. Conference	Biotechnology in Action 2012: Stem Cells & Tissue Engineering, Biopharmaceutical Production and Cancer Biomarkers, Dublin, Ireland
2012/09/02 - 2012/09/06	Poster communication: Discovery of new small-molecule caspase-7 activators. Pinto M., Coutinho I., Lopes-Rodrigues V., Neves M.P., Lima R.T., Pereira C., Kijjoa A., Cidade H., Vasconcelos M.H. and Saraiva L. Symposium	EFMC-ISMC 2012 22nd International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Berlin, Germany
2012/07/07 - 2012/07/10	Poster communication: Discovery of a new inhibitor of p53/MDM2 interaction using a yeast target-based screening strategy. Leão M., Pereira C., Bisio A., Ciribilli Y., Soares J., Paiva A., Sousa E., Pinto M., Inga A., and Saraiva L. Congress	22nd Biennial Congress of the European Association for Cancer Research, Barcelona, Spain
2012/05/10 - 2012/05/11	Poster communication: Production and Purification of a MDM2 fragment to elucidate the molecular mechanism of a new inhibitor of p53-MDM2 interaction by X-ray crystallography. M. Leão, A.M. Paiva, J. Soares, F. Silva, L. Gales, C. Pereira, A. Inga, E. Sousa, M. Pinto and L. Saraiva. Meeting	Third I3S Scientific Retreat, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2012/05/10 - 2012/05/11	Poster communication: Flavonoids priming tumour cells for death. I. Coutinho, V. Lopes-Rodrigues, M.P. Neves, R.T. Lima, C. Pereira, A. Kijjoa, M. Pinto, H. Cidade, M. H. Vasconcelos and L. Saraiva. Meeting	Third I3S Scientific Retreat, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2012/02/22 - 2012/02/24	Poster communication: Production and purification of a nucleocapsid protein from a novel canine norovirus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Pereira C., Lopes E., Soares J., Mesquita J.R., Nascimento M.S.J. and Saraiva L. Meeting	IJUP11-5th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP, Porto, Portugal. Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2012/02/22 - 2012/02/24	Poster communication: Functional and pharmacological studies of p53 family proteins: screening for selective small-molecule modulators. Leão M., Costa D., Soares J., Bessa C., Pereira C. and Saraiva L. Meeting	IJUP11-5th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP, Porto, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2011/12/01 - 2011/12/03	Poster communication: Production and purification of a novel canine norovirus nucleocapsid protein in yeast for use in serological studies. Pereira C., Lopes E., Mesquita J.R., Nascimento M.S.J. and Saraiva L. Congress	Portuguese Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Braga, Portugal
2011/04/28 - 2011/04/29	Poster communication: Searching for small molecule inhibitors of p53-mdm2/MDMX interaction, using yeast cell-based assays. Leão M., Coutinho I., Paiva A., Sousa E., Pinto M., Pereira C. and Saraiva L. Meeting	XX Porto Cancer Meeting, Porto, Portugal
2011/03/17 - 2011/03/18	Poster communication: Yeast as a model system to study the Parkinson-associated protein Parkin. Pereira C., de Castro I.P., Vasconcelos H., Martins L.M. and Saraiva L. Meeting	14th Portugaliae Genetica, Porto, Portugal
2011/03/17 - 2011/03/18	Poster communication: Searching for small molecule inhibitors of p53-mdm2/MDMX interaction, using yeast cell-based assays. Leão M., Coutinho I., Paiva A., Sousa E., Pinto M., Pereira C. and Saraiva L. Meeting	14th Portugaliae Genetica, Porto, Portugal
2011/03 - 2011/03	Volunteer on the exhibition “Mostra da UP – Mostra de Ciência, Ensino e Inovação da Universidade do Porto” Exhibition	Mostra da UP – Mostra de Ciência, Ensino e Inovação da Universidade do Porto Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2011/02/17 - 2011/02/19	Poster communication: Using yeast cell-based assays to search for small-molecule activators of p53 and inhibitors of p53-MDM2 interaction. Leão M., Costa D., Coutinho I., Neves M., Cidade H., Paiva A., Sousa E., Pinto M Pereira C. and Saraiva L. Meeting	IJUP11-4th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP. Porto, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2011/02/17 - 2011/02/19	Poster communication: A yeast model for LRRK2: biological studies and screening for small-molecule inhibitors. Pereira C., Soares J., Vasconcelos H., Martins L.M. and Saraiva L. Meeting	IJUP11-4th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP, Porto, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2011/02/17 - 2011/02/19	Poster communication: Production of a novel canine norovirus nucleocapsid protein in yeast for use in serological studies. Pereira C., Lopes E., Soares J., Mesquita J.R., Nascimento M.S.J. and Saraiva L. Meeting	IJUP11-4th Meeting of Young Researchers at UP, Porto, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2010/12/15 - 2010/12/17	Poster communication: Using yeast cell-based assays to search for small molecule activators of p53 and inhibitors of p53-MDM2 interaction. Leão M., Coutinho I., Maciel C., Neves M., Cidade H., Paiva A., Sousa E., Pinto M Pereira C. and Saraiva L. Congress	XVII Congresso Nacional de Bioquímica, Porto, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2010/11/28 - 2010/11/30	Poster communication: Searching for small-molecule activators of p53 and inhibitors of p53-MDM2 interaction, using yeast cell-based assays. Leão M., Coutinho I., Maciel C., Neves M., Cidade H., Paiva A., Sousa E., Pinto M Pereira C. and Saraiva L. Meeting	2º National Meeting on Medical Chemistry, Coimbra, Portugal
2010/08/01 - 2010/08/06	Poster communication: A non-autophagic role for the vacuole in mitochondrial degradation during acetic acid-induced yeast apopto sis. Chaves S., Pereira C., Alves S., Salin B., Camougrand N., Manon S., Sousa M.J. and Côrte-Real M. Congress	9th International Mycological Congress (IMC9: the Biology of Fungi), Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2010/06/26 - 2010/07/01	Poster communication: A yeast model for LRRK2: biological studies and screening for small-molecule inhibitors. Pereira C., Vasconcelos H., Martins L.M. and Saraiva L. Congress	35th FEBS Congress: Molecules of Life, Gothenburg, Sweden
2010/06/26 - 2010/07/01	Poster communication: Searching for small-molecule modulators of p53 activity and inhibitors of p53-MDM2 interaction using yeast expression systems. Leão M., Coutinho I., Neves M., Cidade H., Paiva A., Sousa E., Pinto M., Gonçalves J., Pereira C. and Saraiva L. Congress	35th FEBS Congress: Molecules of Life, Gothenburg, Sweden
2010/05/04 - 2010/05/07	Poster communication: A yeast model for LRRK2: biological studies and screening for small-molecule inhibitors. Pereira C., Vasconcelos H., Martins L.M. and Saraiva L. Meeting	Proteolysis and Neurodegeneration (EMBO Workshop & 5th Inproteolys Meeting), Madrid, Spain
2010/02/17 - 2010/02/19	Poster communication: A yeast model for LRRK2: biological studies and screening for small-molecule inhibitors. Pereira C., Soares J., Vasconcelos H., Martins L.M. and Saraiva L. Meeting	IJUP10 -3rd Meeting of Young Researchers at UP, Porto, Portugal
2009/02/25 - 2009/02/27	Workshop of Scientific Writing Workshop	Workshop de Redacção Científica para Investigadores Seniores Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2008/04/30 - 2008/05/04	Poster communication: Absence of ADP/AP carrier rescues the apoptotic sensitive phenotype of Saccharomyces cerevisiae POR1 deletion strain. Cardoso C., Pereira C., Pacheco A., Sousa M.J. and Côrte-Real M. Meeting	6th International Meeting on Yeast Apoptosis, Leuven, Belgium
2007/12/30 - 2008/01/02	Poster communication: Mode of action of Candida nodaensis killer toxin. Calado, S., Pereira, C., Côrte-Real, M. and Aguiar, C. Congress	Portuguese Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology’ 2007 e XXXIII Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética, Lisboa, Portugal
2007/10/26 - 2007/10/31	Poster communication: Loss of ADP/ATP carrier leads to aggregation of mitochondria and delayed degradation during apoptotic cell death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Pereira C., Camougrand N., Manon S., Sousa M.J. and Côrte-Real M. Conference	15th Euroconference on Apoptosis, Portoroz, Slovenia
2006/12/14 - 2006/12/14	Poster communication: Absence of ADT/ATP carrier affects thread-grain transition associated with acetic acid induced apoptosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Pereira C., Camougrand N., Manon S., Sousa M.J. and Côrte-Real M. Congress	XLI Congress of the Portuguese Society for Microscopy, Guimarães, Portugal
2006/09/03 - 2006/09/07	Poster communication: Involvement of the ADP/ATP carrier in Saccharomyces cerevisiae programmed cell death. Pereira C., Manon S., Camougrand N., Sousa M.J. and Côrte-Real M. Meeting	5th International Meeting on Yeast Apoptosis, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
2005/12/30 - 2006/01/03	Poster communication: AAC is involved in the permeabilization of the outer mitochondrial membrane during acetic acid-induced cell death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Pereira C., Manon S., Sousa M.J. and Côrte-Real M. Congress	Micro'05-Biotec'05 Congress, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
2005/08/07 - 2005/08/12	Poster communication: AAC is involved in the permeabilization of the outer mitochondrial membrane during acetic acid-induced cell death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Pereira C., Manon S., Sousa M.J. and Côrte-Real M. Conference	XXII International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology, Bratislava, Slovakia
2005/05/18 - 2005/05/21	Poster communication: AAC is involved in acetic acid-induced programmed cell death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Pereira C., Manon S., Sousa M.J. e Côrte-Real M. Congress	9 Congresso da Sociedade Ibérica de Citometria, Porto, Portugal
2004/08/18 - 2004/08/22	Poster communication: Acetic acid-induced programmed cell death is delayed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae AAC null mutant. Pereira C., Manon S., Sousa M.J. and Côrte-Real M. Meeting	3rd International Meeting on Yeast Apoptosis, Salzburg, Austria
2003/07/21 - 2003/07/25	Advanced course Other	Genetic improvement of Yeast Strains with Industrial Applications Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2002/05/02 - 2002/06/07	Advanced course Other	Biomolecular Machines and Materials (Phenomenology, Physical Basis and Applications) Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/07/31	Novel tools and data for the detection and assessment of ecological risks of fungicides (Thesis) Main arguer	Filipa Diana da Silva Mendes (PhD) Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2024/07/17	Comparative analysis of proteomics of a yeast model of N88S BSCL2/seipin-related human seipinopathy (Thesis) Main arguer	Mafalda Pinto Gomes de Oliveira (Other) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2023/11/15	“Elucidação do mecanismo molecular do potente candidato a fármaco anticancerígeno BBIT20” (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Carolina Sá e Silva (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/06/21	Study of the metabolic conditions involved in monocarboxylate transporter MCT1 internalization in human cancer cell lines. (Thesis) Main arguer	Jéssica Patrícia Azevedo Pinto (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/11/17	Food polyphenols interaction with bitter taste receptors. (Thesis) Main arguer	Maria Leonor Pestana Gonçalves (Master) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2018/11/16	Leishmania mitochondrial function and disease progression (Thesis) Main arguer	Alexandra Maria Silva Soares Rodrigues (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2018/04/12	The role of endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria contact sites on mitochondrial permeabilization and regulated cell death induced by acetic acid (Thesis) Main arguer	Vitor Rafael Miranda Martins (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2017/06/08	The role of ceramides in the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway induced by acetic acid (Thesis) Main arguer	António Miguel Araújo Rego (PhD) Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2016/04/22	The role of endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria contact sites and mitochondrial phospholipid composition in Saccharomyces cerevisiae acetic acid-induced apoptosis (Thesis) Main arguer	Catarina Barbeiro Afonso (Master) Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2015/07/30	Searching for New Potential Small-Molecule Modulators of Pro-Apoptotic Proteins Using the Yeast-Based Screening Assay (Thesis) Main arguer	Verónica Sofia Leite Salazar E Costa (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2013/12/20	Contribution of the adenine nucleotide carrier, porin, and sphingolipid metabolism to mitochondria membrane permeabilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Thesis Member	Dário Alexandre Martins Trindade (PhD) Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2025/07/05 - Current	iScience (2589-0042)	Cell Press
2023 - Current	IUBMB Life (1521-6543)	John Wiley & Sons
2022/04 - Current	Genes (2073-4425)	MDPI
2022 - Current	Biomolecules (2218-273X)	MDPI
2021 - Current	Yeast (0749-503X)	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2020/07 - Current	G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (2160-1836)	Genetics Society of America
2020/02 - Current	Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering (1389-1723)	Elsevier
2020 - Current	BioMed Research International (2314-6133)	John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
2017/12 - Current	Canadian Journal of Microbiology (1480-3275)	CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
2017 - Current	FEBS Letters (1873-3468)	FEBS press
2016 - Current	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (1432-0614)	Springer

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2003 - Current	Member (2413) of the Portuguese Biochemistry Society (associated member of FEBS).

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2022/12/16 - Current	External member (examiner) of the jury of the 3rd year PhD thesis monitoring committee of Filipa Mendes for Doctoral degree in Biologia Molecular e Ambiental da Universidade do Minho. Other	Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2022/04/22 - Current	External member (examiner) of the jury of the 2nd year PhD thesis monitoring committee of Filipa Mendes for Doctoral degree in Biologia Molecular e Ambiental da Universidade do Minho. Other	Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2025/05/30 - 2025/05/30	7th Meeting on Medicinal Biotechnology & 3rd Iberian Congress on Medicinal Biotechnology	Escola Superior de Saúde do Politécnico do Porto
2025/02/20 - 2025/02/21	Membro do comité cientifico do 11th Molecular and Cell Biology Symposium	i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde
2019/09/26 - 2019/09/26	2nd PhDay: PhD Countdown, A Time for Science	i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação da Universidade do Porto

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2025/02 - Current	BIOQUÍMICA MICROBIANA	Biotecnologia Medicinal (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2024/09 - Current	Bioreactors/Biorreatores	Biotecnologia Medicinal (Licenciatura)	E2S-P.PORTO - Escola Superior de Saúde do Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2024/09 - Current	SUSTAINABLE BIOTECHNOLOGY/ BIOTECNOLOGIA SUSTENTÁVEL	Biotecnologia Medicinal (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2007 - Current	Practical component (8h + 8h) of the “Cellular fractioning” block, of the Molecular Genetics Master at Minho University 2007-2008	(Mestrado)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2019/09/02 - 2019/09/07	Responsible for the project “Regulação da actividade mitocondrial por vias de sinalização por nutrientes” inserted in the programme of introduction to research 15ª Escola de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde	15ª Escola de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde (Universidade Júnior) (Ensino secundário)	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2019/07/08 - 2019/07/12	FFUP/ICBAS Advanced Course- Model organisms in human disease: the right organism for a specific question.	(Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/09/03 - 2018/09/08	Responsible for the project “Regulação da actividade mitocondrial por vias de sinalização por nutrientes” inserted in the programme of introduction to research 14ª Escola de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde (Universidade Júnior)- Universidade do Porto.	Health sciences (Ensino secundário)	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/09/04 - 2017/09/09	Co-responsible for the project "Combate aos radicais livres: enzimas antioxidantes versus moléculas antioxidantes" inserted in the programme of introduction to research 13ª Escola de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde (Universidade Júnior)- Universidade do Porto.	Health sciences (Ensino secundário)	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2016 - 2017	Invited Assistant Professor (partial time 9,4%)	Biochemistry (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2009 - 2015	Invited lecture (1h + 1h) integrated in the discipline of Industrial Microbiology from the Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas.		Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2006 - 2006	Practical component (8h + 8h) of the "Cellular fractioning" block, and practical component (6h) of the "Introduction to Cytometry" block	Master in Molecular Genetics (Mestrado)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2005 - 2005	Practical component (8h + 8h) of the "Cellular fractioning" block	Microbial Molecular Genetics (Mestrado)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2003 - 2003	Practical component (8h + 8h) of the "Programmed cell death" block	Microbial Molecular Genetics (Mestrado)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2014/02/14	Potential small-molecule activators of caspase-7 identified using yeast-based caspase-3 and -7 screening assays	Forum of the Portuguese Association for Cancer Research (ASPIC)

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2021/01/12 - Current	Microorganisms [Journal Topic Editor] (2076-2607)	MDPI
2021/01/01 - Current	Yeast (1097-0061)	Wiley Online Library
2019 - Current	Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering	Elsevier
2018 - Current	The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	Elsevier
2017 - Current	Canadian Journal of Microbiology (1480-3275)	Canadian Science Publishing
2017 - Current	FEBS Letters (1873-3468)	Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2016 - Current	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity (1942-0994)	Hindawi Limited
2012 - Current	BioMed Research International (2314-6141)	Hindawi Limited

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2018/01/15 - 2018/10/14	Regulation of mitochondrial VDAC by cell signaling and its implication in longevity	Ana Cláudia Leite

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2017/07/10 - 2017/07/10	Member of the jury of examination (examiner) for the Project/Internship of the degree in Biochemistry of Ana CR Gomes, ICBAS-FCUP da Universidade do Porto, July, 2017.	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2014/05 - 2014/05	Member of the jury of examination (examiner) of the Seminar from the Master degree in Química Farmacêutica of Joana Moreira, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Port0	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014/05 - 2014/05	Member of the jury of examination (examiner) of the Seminar from the Master degree in Química Farmacêutica of Veronica Costa, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, May, 2014	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal