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Abeer Heskol. Completed the Master in Molecular Medicine in 2016/06/30 by Uppsala Universitet and Bachelor in Biotechnology Engineering in 2010/06/30 by University of Aleppo. Attended the Doutoramento in Program in Intergrative Biology and Biomedicine by Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência since 2017/09/01. Published 4 articles in journals.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
ABEER HESKOL

Citation names

  • Heskol, Abeer

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8E1C-532E-A103

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 916819097 (Professional)

Addresses

  • R. Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Arab (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/09/01 - 2025/10/30
Concluded
Program in Intergrative Biology and Biomedicine (Doutoramento)
Major in Integrative Biology and Biomedicie
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
"Characterization and integration of the transcriptional programs downstream Ascl1 and Notch signaling during neurogenesis: investigating a cell-autonomous cross-talk between the two pathways." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Developmental Neurobiology
2014/09/01 - 2016/06/30
Concluded
Molecular Medicine (Master)
Major in Biomedicine
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
"Optimization of High-Throughput Single Cell Transcriptomics Setup" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2005/09/15 - 2010/06/30
Concluded
Biotechnology Engineering (Bachelor)
Major in Biotechnology
University of Aleppo, Syria
"Sero-prevalence of HSV types 1 and 2 in pregnant women Using ELISA" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2026/03/02 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2025/12/01 - 2026/02/28 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2016/11/15 - 2017/07/27 Research Assistant (Research) Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
2011/11/01 - 2014/06/30 Science and Technology Management University of Aleppo, Syria
University of Aleppo, Syria
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2017/09/01 - 2024/04/30 Integration of Ascl1 and Notch1 transcriptional program
PD/BD/139177/2018
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Meijer, Mandy; Agirre, Eneritz; Kabbe, Mukund; van Tuijn, Cassandra A.; Heskol, Abeer; Zheng, Chao; Mendanha Falcão, Ana; et al. "Epigenomic priming of immune genes implicates oligodendroglia in multiple sclerosis susceptibility". Neuron (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.12.034.
    Published • 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.12.034
  2. Soares, Mário A.F.; Soares, Diogo S.; Teixeira, Vera; Heskol, Abeer; Bressan, Raul Bardini; Pollard, Steven M.; Oliveira, Raquel A.; Castro, Diogo S.. "Hierarchical reactivation of transcription during mitosis-to-G1 transition by Brn2 and Ascl1 in neural stem cells". Genes & Development 35 13-14 (2021): 1020-1034. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gad.348174.120.
    10.1101/gad.348174.120
  3. Falcão, Ana Mendanha; Meijer, Mandy; Scaglione, Antonella; Rinwa, Puneet; Agirre, Eneritz; Liang, Jialiang; Larsen, Sara C.; et al. "PAD2-Mediated Citrullination Contributes to Efficient Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Myelination". Cell Reports 27 4 (2019): 1090-1102.e10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.03.108.
    10.1016/j.celrep.2019.03.108
  4. Hochgerner, Hannah; Lönnerberg, Peter; Hodge, Rebecca; Mikes, Jaromir; Heskol, Abeer; Hubschle, Hermann; Lin, Philip; et al. "STRT-seq-2i: dual-index 5' single cell and nucleus RNA-seq on an addressable microwell array". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16546-4.
    10.1038/s41598-017-16546-4
Activities

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/10/23 - 2019/10/26 Poster presentation. EDBC 2019
Conference
EDBC 2019 European Developmental Biology Congress
2018/11/07 - 2018/11/10 Poster presentation. DevBio 11
Conference
DevBio - Joint Meeting of the Portuguese, Spanish and French Societies for Developmental Biology
2017/05/30 - 2017/06/01 Poster presentation. SPN 2019–XVI
Conference
SPN 2019–XVI Meeting Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências
Distinctions

Other distinction

2014 Swedish Institute Master Scholarship