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Sara Domingues completed the PhD in Pharmacy, specialization in Microbiology and Parasitology, in 2013 by University of Coimbra Faculty of Pharmacy (FFUC), Master in Cell Biology in 2009 by University of Coimbra Faculty of Sciences and Technology and Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2006 by FFUC. S. Domingues is Assistant Professor, Assistant coordinator of the Degree in Bioanalytical Sciences, member of the College Assembly and the Scientific Council of FFUC. S. Domingues published 28 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and has 3 chapters in published books. S. Domingues organized 3 events, participated in 32 events, supervised 1 Degree student and 3 MSc student, cosupervised a PhD student and supervised 3 and co-supervised 2 Bachelor's thesis. Currently she supervises 1 PhD student, 1 MSc student, and co-supervises 1 PhD student. S. Domingues participated as Master Student Fellow in 1 project, PhD Student Fellow in 1 project and as a Researcher in 6 projects. S. Domingues works in Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences, specifically in Microbiology. Over the last years, S. Domingues main research interest has been the unravelling of horizontal gene transfer mechanisms and intracellular mobilization events involved in the antimicrobial drug resistance dissemination among Gram-negative bacteria, with special focus on natural transformation and conjugation, as well as associated mobile genetic elements. Behind understanding antimicrobial drug resistance dissemination strategies, it is also crucial to search for new therapeutic options against multidrug-resistant bacteria as effective antimicrobials are extremely scarce nowadays. S. Domingues is involved in two international project collaborations that are undergoing with the aim to find new treatment options for bacterial infections, as well as in a national project dedicated to the development of ceramic tiles with antimicrobial properties.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sara Margarida dos Santos Domingues

Citation names

  • Domingues, Sara
  • Domingues, S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
911F-817A-6523
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8879-5113

Email addresses

  • saradomingues@ff.uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra. Lab. de Microbiologia. Polo Ciências da Saúde, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Norwegian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/10/14 - 2024/11/21
Concluded
 Curso de Inteligência Artificial para Professores Universitários (Outros)
Miles in the Sky, Portugal
2019/01/22 - 2019/06/21
Concluded
 Biostatistics with SPSS (Outros)
Universidade Aberta, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 16 valores
2013
Concluded
 Farmácia (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbiologia e Parasitologia
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Unravelling novel mechanisms of horizontal transfer of class 1 integrons in bacteria. Implications for the dissemination of antibiotic resistance" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with Distinction and Honor
2009/09/03 - 2009/09/04
Attended
 Acinetobacter Infections: Microbiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects (Postgraduate Certificate)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2009/06/15 - 2009/06/26
Attended
 Academic Writing Course (Postgraduate Certificate)
The Norwegian Study Centre in Great Britain, United Kingdom
2009
Concluded
 Biologia Celular (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Natural transformation of Acinetobacter baylyi by integrons from multi-resistant bacteria" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with distinction
2006
Concluded
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Não aplicável" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15 valores
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2014/11/14 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2013/09/15 - 2014/09/14 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2006/05/01 - 2007/10/30 Técnico Farmacêutico 1 Cl (Técnico Farmacêutico) Farmácia A. Guerra Pedrosa, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2025/11/11 - Current Coordenadora do Laboratório de Microbiologia Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/10/30 - Current Membro do Conselho Científico Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/06/28 - Current Membro da Assembleia da Faculdade Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/04 - Current Assistant coordinator of the Degree in Bioanalytical Sciences Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/12/18 - 2019/01/01 Membro da Assembleia da Faculdade Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2011 - 2013 Ajudante de ensino Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2009/04/01 - 2013 UNRAVELLING NOVEL MECHANISMS OF HORIZONTAL TRANSFER OF INTEGRONS IN BACTERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN CLINICAL SETTINGS
SFRH/BD/49061/2008
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/02/01 - 2010/06/30 Unravelling novel mechanisms of horizontal transfer of class 1 integrons in bacteria. Implications for the dissemination of antibiotic resistance
195862/V11
Other
Norges forskningsråd
Concluded
2007 - 2008 NATURAL TRANSFORMATION IN DYNAMIC OF INTEGRONS FROM ANTIBIOTIC MULTI-RESISTANT BACTERIA
SFRH/BM/38133/2007
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia - Centro de Estudos Farmacêuticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01/02 - 2027/12/31 SAFETILES - Safe Antimicrobial Functional and Efficient Tiles for Innovative Living Environments
18285
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Programa Operacional Regional do Centro, financiado pelo Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER)
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia - Laboratório Associado
LA/P/0058/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0058/2020
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Laboratório de Instrumentação Engenharia Biomédica e Física da Radiação, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/09/01 - 2024 Development of biofiltration strategies for water recovery
NA
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra
2015 - 2017 Mosaic antibiotic resistance marker genes: prevalence, characterization and risk assessment for environments potentially exposed to GMOs
not applicable
Researcher
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
Concluded
2013 - 2014 Impact of mosaic gene formation for the risk assessment of GMOs
na
Researcher
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
Concluded
2012 - 2012 Frequency of Environmental Antibiotic Resistance - Baseline prevalence of neomycin phosphotransferase genes II and III in maize and potato fields, feed and human bacterial pathogens in Austria
BMG-70420/0089-II/B/9/2010
BMLFUW Dafne Nr. 100598/1
Researcher
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
Concluded
2010 - 2012 Virulence factors associated with antimicrobial resistance determinants among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. environmental strains: potential impact in public health
ESCMID Research Grant 2010
Researcher
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Domingues, Sara; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Microbiota: inhabitants from the human body (original - Microbiota: habitantes do corpo humano)". In ebook Science Communication in Microbiology (original: Comunicação de Ciência em Microbiologia). Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia, 2022.
    Published
  2. Fulsundar, Shweta; Domingues, Sara; Nielsen, Kaare Magne. "Vesicle-Mediated Gene Transfer in Acinetobacter baumannii". In Methods in Molecular Biology, 87-94. Springer New York, 2019.
    10.1007/978-1-4939-9118-1_9
  3. Domingues, S.; Nielsen, K.M.. "Horizontal Gene Transfer: Uptake of Extracellular DNA by Bacteria". In Encyclopedia of Microbiology, edited by Schmidt, T.. Elsevier, 2016.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-801238-3.99485-6
Conference abstract
  1. Lima, Tiago; Pomba, Maria Constança; Domingues, Sara; da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Dissemination of Colistin Resistance from One Health Perspective". Paper presented in X Congresso Iberoamericano de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Coimbra, 2023.
    Published
  2. Domingues, S.; Duarte, Aida; Nielsen, Kaare; da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Identification of a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter genomic species 10 with an integron-borne blaVIM-2 gene flanked by Miniature Inverted-Repeat Transposable Elements". Paper presented in 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, London, 2012.
    Published
  3. Calhau, V; Ferreira, S.; Domingues, S.; Reis, T.; Chaves, C.; Boaventura, L.; Ribeiro, G.; Mendonça, N.; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Retrospective study of multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from renal transplanted patients: epidemiology, genetic basis of resistance and virulence markers". Paper presented in 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, London, 2012.
    Published
  4. Domingues, S.; Vieira, Pedro; Starikova, I.; da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Nielsen, Kaare. "Biological fitness effects of integrons in the absence of antibiotic-selective pressure". Paper presented in 20th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Vienna, 2010.
    Published
  5. Domingues, S.; Dias, C.; Saavedra, M.J.; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Detection and characterization of class 1 integrons of Gram-negative bacteria isolates from domestic, wild and food-producing animals.". Paper presented in 20th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Vienna, 2010.
    Published
  6. Domingues, S.; Wikmark, O.D.; Utnes, A.; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Nielsen, Kaare. "Role of natural transformation in integron dissemination". Paper presented in 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Helsinki, 2009.
    Published
  7. Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Cardoso, O.; Domingues, S.; Bento, Guida; Ribeiro, G.. "First report of a Morganella morganii clinical isolate producing VIM-2 carbapenemase". Paper presented in 18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Barcelona, 2008.
    Published
  8. Pereira, A.S.; Domingues, S.; Mendo, S.; Duarte, Aida; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Occurrence and molecular characterisation of class 1 integrons in Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates collected from 1995 to 2006 in Portugal". Paper presented in 18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Barcelona, 2008.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Domingues, S.. "Environmental and human health under the magnifying glass (Original title: A saúde ambiental e humana vistas à lupa)". Paper presented in XX Jornadas sobre Ambiente e Desenvolvimento – Ambiente e Saúde, Leiria, 2015.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Esteves, Inês; Lima, Tiago; Almeida, Gonçalo; da Silva, GJ; Domingues, S.. "Microbiological Quality Assessment of Raw Fish for Domestic Consumption". Paper presented in III ENCONTRO ANUAL DO CIVG, 2025.
  2. Esteves, Inês; Lima, Tiago; Almeida, Gonçalo; da Silva, GJ; Domingues, S.. "Microbiological Safety of Raw Fish: Evaluation of Pathogens and Freezing Effect". Paper presented in Microbiotec25 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2025.
  3. Mendes, Sérgio; Combo, Sofia; Allain, Thibault; Mó, Inês; Domingues, S.; Buret, Andre; da Silva, GJ. "Interplay Between Ciprofloxacin Resistance, Biofilm Development, and Virulence in Acinetobacter baumannii". Paper presented in Microbiotec25 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2025.
  4. Lima, Tiago; Plantade, Julie; Charpentier, Xavier; da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Domingues, Sara. "Large DNA fragment transposition during natural transformation allows interspecies dissemination of antimicrobial resistance genes". Paper presented in 34th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2024.
  5. Lima, Tiago; Abrantes, Ana; Domingues, Sara; Silva, Gabriela. "Exploring microbial interaction in polymicrobial biofilms: impact on biomass and antibiotic susceptibility". Paper presented in 34th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2024.
  6. Lima, Tiago; Stubberud, Victoria; Doan, Monica; Da Silva, Gabriela J.; Domingues, Sara. "Colistin subinhibitory concentrations effect on growth and natural transformation in Acinetobacter baumannii". Paper presented in Microbiotec23 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2023.
  7. Abrantes, Ana Patrícia; Lima, Tiago; Domingues, S.; Da Silva, Gabriela J.. "Interaction of Acinetobacter spp. and Candida spp. in dual mixed biofilms". Paper presented in Microbiotec23 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2023.
  8. Mendes, Sérgio; Combo, Sofia; Allain, Thibault; Domingues, Sara; Buret, Andre G.; Da Silva, Gabriela J.. "Antimicrobial resistance is associated with increased biofilm formation and altered motility in Acinetobacter baumannii". Paper presented in 10th Congress of European Microbiologists FEMS 2023, Hamburg, Germany, 2023.
  9. Combo, Sofia; Mendes, Sérgio; Allain, Thibault; Buret, Andre; Da Silva, Gabriela J.; Domingues, Sara. "Acinetobacter baumannii outer-membrane vesicles immunomodulate human pulmonary epithelial cells: Effects of antimicrobial resistance". Paper presented in 13th Symposium on the Biology of Acinetobacter, 2023.
  10. Mendes, Sérgio; Combo, Sofia; Allain, Thibault; Domingues, Sara; Buret, Andre G.; Da Silva, Gabriela J.. "Acquisition of ciprofloxacin resistance is associated with increased biofilm formation and altered motility in acinetobacter baumannii". Paper presented in 13th Symposium on the Biology of Acinetobacter, 2023.
  11. Mendes, Sérgio G.; Combo, Sofia I.; Allain, Thibault; Domingues, Sara; Buret, Andre G.; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Co-regulating mechanisms beyond biofilms formation and antimicrobial resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii". Paper presented in Banff Inflammation Workshop (BIW 2023), 2023.
  12. Lima, Tiago; Pomba, Constança; Domingues, Sara; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Custo biológico e estabilidade da resistência à colistina em isolados de Escherichia coli". Paper presented in Microbiologia 2022: Congresso internacional de microbiologia em língua Portuguesa, 2022.
  13. Lima, Tiago; Ruivo, Afonso; Pomba, Constança; Domingues, Sara; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Dissemination of colistin resistance mcr-1 gene by natural transformation between unrelated bacterial species". Paper presented in AcinetoVibes2022, 2022.
  14. Abrantes, Ana Patrícia; Lima, Tiago; Domingues, Sara; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Interkingdom biofilms: interactions of Acinetobacter spp. and Candida spp. in mixed biofilms". Paper presented in AcinetoVibes2022, 2022.
  15. Lima, Tiago; Pomba, Constança; Domingues, Sara; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Prevalence of colistin resistance in Escherichia coli strains from food-producing animals: is there a biological cost associated to mcr-borne plasmids?". Paper presented in 2nd FEMS Conference on Microbiology, Belgrade, Serbia, 2022.
  16. Lima, Tiago; Matias, M.; Mateus, A.; Silveira, Eduarda; Domingues, Sara; Constança Pomba; Silva, Gabriela. "Longitudinal study detects the co-carriage of ESBL and mcr-1 and -4 genes in Escherichia coli strains in a Portuguese farrow-to-finish swine herd.". Paper presented in 31st ECCMID, 2021.
  17. J.C.L. Martins; R. Lopes; Lima, Tiago; Silva, Gabriela; Domingues, Sara. "Detection of beta-lactam and colistin resistant Gram-negative bacteria in ready-to-eat vegetables". Paper presented in World Microbe Forum, 2021.
  18. Lima, Tiago; Constança Pomba; Domingues, Sara; Silva, Gabriela. "Impact of colistin resistance mcr-1-carrying plasmids in the fitness of Escherichia coli from food producing animals". Paper presented in World Microbe Forum, 2021.
  19. Lima, T.; Loureiro, D.; Henriques, A.; Pomba, C.; Domingues, S.; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Co-Occurrence and spread of mcr-1 and extended spectrum beta-lactamase genes from Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica isolated from food producing animals". Paper presented in Microbiotec19 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2019.
  20. Domingues, S.; Dias, C.; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Saavedra, M.J.. "Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Class 1 Integrons in Gram Negative Bacteria Recovered from Domestic, Wild and Food-Producing Animals". Paper presented in 1st International Conference of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology, Athens, Greece, 2019.
  21. Domingues, S.; Rosário, Natasha; Neto, Daniela; Nielsen, Kaare; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "DNA uptake by clinical multidrug resistant Acinetobacter spp.". Paper presented in 11th International Symposium on the Biology of Acinetobacter, Seville, Spain, 2017.
  22. Ben Cheikh, Hadhemi; Domingues, S.; Silveira, Eduarda; Kadri, Yosr; Mastouri, Maha; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Report of ST85 NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Tunisia: evidence of the need of continuous surveillance". Paper presented in 11th International Symposium on the Biology of Acinetobacter, Seville, Spain, 2017.
  23. Domingues, S.; Duarte, Aida; Nielsen, Kaare; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Identification of a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter genomic species 10 with an integron-borne blaVIM-2 gene flanked by Miniature Inverted-Repeat Transposable Elements". Paper presented in 22th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, London, United Kingdom, 2012.
  24. Calhau, Vera; Ferreira, S.; Domingues, S.; Reis, Teresa; Chaves, C.; Boaventura, L.; Ribeiro, G.; Mendonça, N.; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Retrospective study of multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from renal transplanted patients: epidemiology, genetic basis of resistance and virulence markers". Paper presented in 22th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, London, United Kingdom, 2012.
  25. Domingues, S.; Nielsen, Kaare; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Integron transfer from Salmonella sp. into Acinetobacter sp. by natural transformation". Paper presented in 4th Congress of European Microbiologists FEMS 2011, Geneva, Switzerland, 2011.
  26. Domingues, S.; Nielsen, Kaare; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Dissemination of integrons carrying antibiotic resistance genes by natural transformation". Paper presented in 8th International Symposium on the Biology of Acinetobacter, Rome, Italy, 2010.
  27. Domingues, S.; Vieira, Pedro; Starikova, I.; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Nielsen, Kaare. "Biological fitness effects of integrons in the absence of antibiotic-selective pressure". Paper presented in 20th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Vienna, Austria, 2010.
  28. Domingues, S.; Dias, C.; Saavedra, M.J.; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Detection and characterization of class 1 integrons of Gram-negative bacteria isolates from domestic, wild and food-producing animals.". Paper presented in 20th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Vienna, Austria, 2010.
  29. Domingues, S.; Wikmark, O.D.; Utnes, A.; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Nielsen, Kaare. "Role of natural tranformation in integron dissemination". Paper presented in 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Helsinki, Finland, 2009.
  30. Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Cardoso, O.; Domingues, S.; Bento, Guida; Ribeiro, G.. "First report of a Morganella morganii clinical isolate producing VIM-2 carbapenemase". Paper presented in 18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Barcelona, Spain, 2008.
  31. Pereira, A.S.; Domingues, S.; Mendo, S.; Duarte, Aida; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Occurrence and molecular characterisation of class 1 integrons in Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates collected from 1995 to 2006 in Portugal". Paper presented in 18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Barcelona, Spain, 2008.
Encyclopedia entry
  1. Combo, Sofia; Mendes, Sérgio; Nielsen, Kaare M.; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Domingues, Sara. "The Role of Outer Membrane Vesicles against Bacteria". In Encyclopedia, 2023. https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/40874.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Mendes, Sérgio G.; Combo, Sofia I.; Allain, Thibault; Mó, Inês; Domingues, Sara; Buret, Andre G.; Da Silva, Gabriela J.. "Ciprofloxacin resistance enhances biofilm formation and modulates virulence in Acinetobacter baumannii: Insights into the role of efflux pumps and quorum sensing". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (2026): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-025-05279-2.
    Published • 10.1007/s10096-025-05279-2
  2. Lima, Tiago; Costa, Verónica; Nunes, Carla; da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Domingues, S.. "From Dysbiosis to Cardiovascular Disease: The Impact of Gut Microbiota on Atherosclerosis and Emerging Therapies". Applied Sciences 15 13 (2025): 7084. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15137084.
    10.3390/app15137084
  3. Domingues, S.; Lima, Tiago; Escobar, Corentin; Plantade, Julie; Charpentier, Xavier; da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Large DNA fragment ISEc9-mediated transposition during natural transformation allows interspecies dissemination of antimicrobial resistance genes". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 44 6 (2025): 1417-1424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-025-05113-9.
    10.1007/s10096-025-05113-9
  4. Mendes, Sérgio G.; Combo, Sofia I.; Allain, Thibault; Domingues, Sara; Buret, Andre G.; Da Silva, Gabriela J.. "Co-regulation of biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: from mechanisms to therapeutic strategies". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 42 12 (2023): 1405-1423. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-023-04677-8.
    Published • 10.1007/s10096-023-04677-8
  5. Domingues, Sara; Lima, Tiago; Saavedra, Maria José; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "An Overview of Cefiderocol's Therapeutic Potential and Underlying Resistance Mechanisms". Life 13 7 (2023): 1427. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13071427.
    Published • 10.3390/life13071427
  6. Martins, Joana C.L.; Lima, Tiago; Lopes, Rita; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Domingues, Sara. "Detection of beta-lactam and colistin resistant Enterobacterales in ready-to-eat fresh products". Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00003-023-01428-x.
    Published • 10.1007/s00003-023-01428-x
  7. Karah, Nabil; Mateo-Estrada, Valeria; Castillo-Ramírez, Santiago; Higgins, Paul G; Havenga, Benjamin; Khan, Wesaal; Domingues, Sara; et al. "The <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> website (Ab-web): a multidisciplinary knowledge hub, communication platform, and workspace". FEMS Microbes 4 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsmc/xtad009.
    Published • 10.1093/femsmc/xtad009
  8. Lima, Tiago; Loureiro, Dina; Henriques, Ana; Ramos, Fernando; Pomba, Constança; Domingues, Sara; da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Occurrence and Biological Cost of mcr-1-Carrying Plasmids Co-harbouring Beta-Lactamase Resistance Genes in Zoonotic Pathogens from Intensive Animal Production". Antibiotics 11 10 (2022): 1356. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11101356.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/antibiotics11101356
  9. Combo, Sofia; Mendes, Sérgio; Nielsen, Kaare Magne; da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Domingues, Sara. "The Discovery of the Role of Outer Membrane Vesicles against Bacteria". Biomedicines 10 10 (2022): 2399. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10102399.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/biomedicines10102399
  10. Lima, Tiago; Fernandes, Laura; Matias, Marta; Mateus, Ana; Silveira, Eduarda; Domingues, Sara; Pomba, Constança; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Longitudinal Study Detects the Co-Carriage of ESBL and mcr-1 and -4 Genes in Escherichia coli Strains in a Portuguese Farrow-to-Finish Swine Herd". Animals 12 17 (2022): 2209. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12172209.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/ani12172209
  11. Lima, Tiago; Domingues, Sara; Silva, Gabriela. Corresponding author: Domingues, Sara. "Manure as a Potential Hotspot for Antibiotic Resistance Dissemination by Horizontal Gene Transfer Events". Veterinary Sciences 7 3 (2020): 110. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci7030110.
    10.3390/vetsci7030110
  12. Tiago Lima; Sara Domingues; Gabriela Da Silva. "Plasmid-Mediated Colistin Resistance in Salmonella enterica: A Review". Microorganisms 7 2 (2019): 55-55. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7020055.
    10.3390/microorganisms7020055
  13. Sara Domingues; Natasha Rosário; Ângela Cândido; Daniela Neto; Kaare Magne Nielsen; Gabriela J. Da Silva. "Competence for Natural Transformation Is Common among Clinical Strains of Resistant <i>Acinetobacter</i> spp.". Microorganisms (2019): http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/7/2/30.
    10.3390/microorganisms7020030
  14. Domingues, Sara; Rosário, Natasha; Ben Cheikh, Hadhemi; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "ISAba1 and Tn6168 acquisition by natural transformation leads to third-generation cephalosporins resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii". Infection, Genetics and Evolution 63 (2018): 13-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2018.05.007.
    Published • 10.1016/j.meegid.2018.05.007
  15. Cheikh, Hadhemi Ben; Domingues, Sara; Silveira, Eduarda; Kadri, Yosr; Rosário, Natasha; Mastouri, Maha; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. "Molecular characterization of carbapenemases of clinical Acinetobacter baumannii–calcoaceticus complex isolates from a University Hospital in Tunisia". 3 Biotech 8 7 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13205-018-1310-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s13205-018-1310-3
  16. da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Domingues, Sara. "We Are Never Alone: Living with the Human Microbiota". Frontiers for Young Minds 5 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frym.2017.00035.
    Published • 10.3389/frym.2017.00035
  17. Domingues, S.; Nielsen, K.M.. "Membrane vesicles and horizontal gene transfer in prokaryotes". Current Opinion in Microbiology 38 (2017): 16-21. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018497666&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.mib.2017.03.012
  18. Da Silva, G.J.; Domingues, S.. "Interplay between colistin resistance, virulence and fitness in acinetobacter baumannii". Antibiotics 6 4 (2017): 1-11. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85036542959&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/antibiotics6040028
  19. Da Silva, Gabriela; Domingues, Sara. "Insights on the Horizontal Gene Transfer of Carbapenemase Determinants in the Opportunistic Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii". Microorganisms 4 3 (2016): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms4030029.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/microorganisms4030029
  20. Calhau V; Domingues S; Ribeiro G; Mendonça N; Da Silva GJ. "Interplay between pathogenicity island carriage, resistance profile and plasmid acquisition in uropathogenic Escherichia coli.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26293926.
    10.1099/jmm.0.000104
  21. Domingues S; da Silva GJ; Nielsen KM. "Global dissemination patterns of common gene cassette arrays in class 1 integrons.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25901001.
    10.1099/mic.0.000099
  22. Woegerbauer M; Kuffner M; Domingues S; Nielsen KM. "Involvement of aph(3')-IIa in the formation of mosaic aminoglycoside resistance genes in natural environments.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26042098.
    10.3389/fmicb.2015.00442
  23. Inwezerua C; Mendonça N; Calhau V; Domingues S; Adeleke OE; Da Silva GJ. "Occurrence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in human and bovine isolates of Escherichia coli from Oyo state, Nigeria.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24916877.
    10.3855/jidc.3430
  24. Da Silva, G.J.; Van Der Reijden, T.; Domingues, S.; Mendonça, N.; Petersen, K.; Dijkshoorn, L.. "Characterization of a novel international clonal complex (CC32) of Acinetobacter baumannii with epidemic potential". Epidemiology and Infection 142 7 (2014): 1554-1558. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84901394657&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0950268813002288
  25. Domingues, S.; Toleman, M.A.; Nielsen, K.M.; Da Silva, G.J.. "Identical miniature inverted repeat transposable elements flank class 1 integrons in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter spp.". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 51 7 (2013): 2382-2384. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879430220&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.00692-13
  26. Domingues, Sara. "Various pathways leading to the acquisition of antibiotic resistance by natural transformation". Mobile Genetic Elements (2012):
    http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/mge.23089
  27. Domingues, S.; Harms, K.; Fricke, W.F.; Johnsen, P.J.; da Silva, G.J.; Nielsen, K.M.. "Natural Transformation Facilitates Transfer of Transposons, Integrons and Gene Cassettes between Bacterial Species". PLoS Pathogens 8 8 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866172604&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.ppat.1002837
  28. Domingues, Sara. "Integrons: Vehicles and pathways for horizontal dissemination in bacteria". Mobile Genetic Elements (2012):
    http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/mge.22967
  29. Domingues, S.; Nielsen, K.M.; Da silva, G.J.. "The bla imp-5-carrying integron in a clinical Acinetobacter baumannii strain is flanked by miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs)". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 66 11 (2011): 2667-2668. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80054697269&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/jac/dkr327
Journal issue
  1. Domingues, S.; da Silva, GJ. "Antibiotic Resistance in Pathogenic Bacteria". Microorganisms (2025):
    Editor
  2. Da Silva, Gabriela J.; Domingues, Sara. "Recent Advances in Acinetobacter Biology". Microorganisms (2024):
    Invited editor
  3. Silva, Gabriela; Domingues, Sara. "Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Emergent Pathogens". Pathogens (2022):
    Invited editor
  4. Domingues, S.; da Silva, G. "Emergence and Dissemination of Colistin Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria". Microorganisms (2020):
    Editor
Magazine article
  1. Domingues, S.. "PhD highlight: Unravelling novel mechanisms of horizontal transfer of class 1 integrons in bacteria. Implications for the dissemination of antibiotic resistance.", Magazine da SPM, 2013
Online resource
  1. Several academics. Acinetobacter baumannii websute. 2023. https://acinetobacterbaumannii.no/.
  2. Lima, Tiago; Fernandes, Laura; Pomba, Maria Constança; Domingues, Sara; Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge. Escherichia coli strain IG5-3 phosphoethanolamine-lipid A transferase MCR-4.7 (mcr-4) gene, mcr-4.7 allele, complete cds. GenBank: ON586856. 2022. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/ON586856.
Report
  1. Woegerbauer M; Kuffner M; Kopacka, I.; Domingues, S.; Steinwider, J.; Nielsen, K.M.; Fuchs, K.. 2015. Impact of mosaic genes on the risk assessment of GMOs.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Domingues, Sara Margarida dos Santos. "Unravelling novel mechanisms of horizontal transfer of class I integrons in bacteria. Implications for the dissemination of antibiotic resistance". PhD, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/24537.
  2. Domingues, S.. "Natural transformation of Acinetobacter baylyi by integrons from multi-resistant bacteria". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2009.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/10/27 Dissemination of colistin resistance from One Health perspective (original title: Disseminação da Resistência à Colistina na Perspetiva de One Health) X Congresso Iberoamericano de Ciências Farmacêuticas
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/06 Increased Intraspecies Transfer of blaCTX-M-1 After Interspecies Acquisition from Salmonella enterica to Acinetobacter baumannii by Natural Transformation 13th Symposium on the Biology of Acinetobacter
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/05/04 One Health: emergence and dissemination of multidrug resistant bacteria (original title - Uma Só Saúde: emergência e disseminação de bactérias multirresistentes) Seminar
Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama (Portugal)
2022/05/12 Antimicrobial resistance and associated mobile genetic elements Molecular Approaches in Infectious Diseases Research
Faculdade de Farmácia Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
2021/11 Transfer of genetic material through bacterial membrane vesicles (BMV) EMBO workshop: Bacterial membrane vesicles: Biogenesis,functions and medical applications
EMBO (Ibaraki, Japan)
2021/04/21 Impact of mobile genetic elements in antimicrobial resistance dissemination Molecular Approaches in Infectious Diseases Research
Faculdade de Farmácia Universidade de Coimbra (online, Portugal)
2019/09/15 Screening and characterization of plasmidic colistin- and extended spectrum cephalosporins- resistance in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica isolated from intensive farming animals 1st Annual Meeting in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2013 Detection of Miniature Inverted Repeat Transposable Elements (MITEs) in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter spp. 9th International Symposium on the Biology of Acinetobacter
(Cologne, Germany)
2012 Identification of a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter genomic species 10 with an integron-borne blaVIM-2 gene flanked by Miniature Inverted-Repeat Transposable Elements CEF2012, Coimbra, Portugal.
Centro de Estudos Farmacêuticos (Coimbra, Portugal)
2011 Integron In76 encoding the IMP-5 carbapenemase is flanked by Miniature Inverted-Repeat Transposable Elements (MITEs) in an Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strain 51th ICAAC
(Chicago, United States)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role		 Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 - Current Biofilm Formation of Antibiotic-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: From Mechanisms to Novel Therapeutics
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/09/01 - Current Innovative delivery tools for the repurposing of antimicrobials against Multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria
Supervisor
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017 - Current Development of a molecular test to detect colistin resistance in Escherichia coli isolates of animal origin
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Segurança Alimentar (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/03/17 - 2025/04/17 Laboratory rotation: Detection of resistance genes in bacterial isolates from wild animals (Original title: Deteção de genes de resistência em isolados bacterianos de animais selvagens)
Supervisor
 Microbiologia e Biotecnologia Microbiana (Other)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - 2025 Evaluation of the microbiological quality of raw fish intended for domestic consumption (Original title: Avaliação da qualidade microbiológica do pescado cru destinado ao consumo doméstico)
Supervisor
 Segurança Alimentar (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/09 - 2023/07/27 Involvement of horizontal gene transfer mechanisms in antibiotic resistance acquisition in Acinetobacter baumannii
Supervisor
 Biologia Celular e Molecular (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/03/06 - 2023/06/05 Colistin subinhibitory concentrations effect on natural transformation in Acinetobacter baumannii, Erasmus program
Supervisor
 Bachelor's Programme in Bioengineering, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway (Degree)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/02/06 - 2023/05/19 Natural transformation of Acinetobacter spp. in biofilm
Supervisor
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/04 - 2023/02/17 Horizontal gene transfer of colistin resistance and virulence co-regulation in Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli from food-producing animals
Co-supervisor
 Doutoramento em Ciências Farmacêuticas (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/09 Interkindgom microbial biofilm and the quest for novel therapies
Co-supervisor
 Farmacologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/03/28 - 2022/06/08 Evaluation of biofilm formation of colistin-resistant Escherichia coli, Erasmus program
Co-supervisor
 Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (Degree)
2020 - 2021/10/15 Deteção e caracterização molecular de isolados de Enterobactérias resistentes a antibióticos em alimentos prontos a consumir.
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Segurança Alimentar (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/06/14 - 2021/07/02 Impacto da actividade antibacteriana no crescimento de células planctónicas
Supervisor
 Biologia Celular e Molecular (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/01/18 - 2021/02/12 Deteção de isolados de Enterobactérias resistentes à colistina em alimentos prontos a consumir
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Investigação Biomédica (Other)
2019/03 - 2019/06 Evaluation of the lateral gene transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes, Erasmus program
Supervisor
 Bachelor's Programme in Bioengineering, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway (Degree)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/05 Evaluation of the osmolarity influence in natural competence of Acinetobacter baumannii A118
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Other)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Dissemination of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance, by natural transformation in Acinetobacter baumannii - An experimental study, Erasmus program
Co-supervisor
 Bachelor’s Programme in Medical Laboratory Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway (Degree)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Detection of competence among clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii in semisolid media
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Other)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014/02 - 2014/05 Natural transformation of Acinetobacter baumannii strains
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Other)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)		 Institution / Organization
2022/06 - 2023/06 Organization of the 13th Symposium on the Biology of Acinetobacter, held in 21-23 June, Coimbra, Portugal, which joined experts on Acinetobacter from 163 countries. (2023/06/21 - 2023/06/23)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/06 - 2023/06 Member of scientific committee of the 13th Symposium on the Biology of Acinetobacter, held in 21-23 June, Coimbra, Portugal, which joined experts on Acinetobacter from 163 countries. (2023/06/21 - 2023/06/23)
Symposium (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Organization of the Open Class “Genetically Modified Organisms” given by Prof. Kaare Magne Nielsen from Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. (2019/12/04 - 2019/12/04)
Other (Other)
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018 - 2019 XII NEF/AAC Cientific Congress Congresso Científico entitled (Re)Emergent Diseases - a Public Health Problem (Original title: “Doenças (Re)Emergentes – Um problema de Saúde Pública), Auditório Principal do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra. (2019/03/07 - 2019/03/08)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event		 Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/09/17 - Current Team member in the "speed dating with microorganisms" activity targeting the community to celebrate the International Microorganism Day 2023
Other
 International Microorganism Day 2023
Exploratório Centro Ciência Viva de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/05/05 - Current Organization of an activity entitled "Microbiological quality evaluation of a water sample from a public fountain" included in the "Open Day FFUC 2023" targeting high school students
Other
 Dia Aberto FFUC 2023
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/05/06 - Current Organization of an activity entitled "Microbiological analysis of a water sample" included in the "Open Day FFUC 2022" targeting high school students
Other
 Dia Aberto FFUC 2022
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/05/03 - Current Participation in the Webinar Escabiose (sarna): o ressurgir, na Europa, de uma parasitose esquecida
Other
Ordem dos Farmaceuticos, Portugal
2021/11/18 - Current Participation in the Pharmacy Students Organization (NEF/AAC) promotion of the European Antibiotic Awareness Day
Other
 European Antibiotic Awareness Day
2021/09/17 - Current Online exhibition to celebrate the International Microorganism Day: https://exploratorio.wixsite.com/microrganismos
Other
 International Microorganism Day 2021
Exploratório Centro Ciência Viva de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/06/23 - Current Attendance of the online meeting " Communicate science to kids ans teenagers - challenges and opportunities" (Original title: Comunicar Ciência para crianças e jovens - Desafios e oportunidades)
Meeting
 Comunicar Ciência para crianças e jovens - Desafios e oportunidades
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/05/21 - Current Attendance of the online seminar "Antibiotic resistance: health care associated infections perspective and the One Health approach (Original title: Resistência aos antibióticos: a perspetiva das infeções associadas aos cuidados de saúde e o conceito One Health)
Seminar
 Resistência aos antibióticos:  a perspetiva das infeções associadas aos cuidados de saúde e o conceito One Health
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2021/05/14 - Current Attendance of the online seminar "Journalists and Scientists: How to Communicate" organized by Centre for Neurosciences and Cell Biology
Seminar
 Journalists and Scientists: How to Communicate
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2021/04/27 - Current Online attendance of the conference "Emerging Infectious Diseases and related environmental, clinical and translational challenge" organized by University of Coimbra
Conference
 Emerging Infectious Diseases and related environmental, clinical and translational challenge
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/03/05 - Current Attendance of the online conference "Drug discovery in the era of antimicrobial resistance" organized by the Group for the Promotion of Pharmaceutical chemistry in Academia
Conference
 Drug discovery in the era of antimicrobial resistance
2021/02/19 - Current Attendance of the webinar "SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: efficacy, approval and implementation" (Original title: Vacina para o SARS-CoV-2: Eficácia, Aprovação e Implementação) organized by LisbonPH
Other
 Vacina para o SARS-CoV-2: Eficácia, Aprovação e Implementação
2019/09 - Current Realization of a quiz related to antibiotics and bacteria target general public under the celebration of the International Microorganism Day
Festival
 Brew Festival 2019
2023/07/26 - 2023/07/27 Organization of the activity "The power of bacteria" in University of Coimbra Summer School 2023 targeting high school students.
Other
 Summer School 2023
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/06/01 - 2023/06/02 Participation in the 4th Zoom on Griffith's legacy: Today's models, approaches and concepts
Other
 Griffith's legacy: Today's models, approaches and concepts
2021/06/15 - 2021/06/16 Attendance of the online conference "Griffith's legacy redux" related with natural transformation in bacteria
Conference
 Griffith's legacy redux
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/06 Attendance of the online conference "AcinetoVibes 2021"
Conference
 AcinetoVibes 2021
2020/11/05 - 2020/11/06 Participation in IberPhenol International Conference (online)
Conference
 IberPhenol
2020/10/09 - 2020/10/09 Participation in III International Conference NOVAhealth Chronic Disease and Infection - ¿Infection, Cancer and Global Health¿ (online event)
Conference
 III International Conference NOVAhealth Chronic Disease and Infection
2020/09/17 - 2020/10/05 Participation in the exhibition of the "Pet microorganism" to celebrate the International Microorganism Day
Exhibition
 International Microorganism Day
Exploratório Centro Ciência Viva de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/06/15 - 2020/06/16 Participation on Zoom on Griffith's legacy - Today's models, approaches and concepts
Conference
 Zoom on Griffith's legacy
2020/05/15 - 2020/05/15 Speaker at a Genetic Webinar entitled "Horizontal gene transfer: consequences for antimicrobial resistance"
Other
 Genetic Webinar
Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, Portugal
2020/05/07 - 2020/05/08 Participation in AcinetoVibes2020 - International Virtual Conference on Acinetobacter
Conference
 AcinetoVibes2020
2020/03/05 - 2020/03/05 Participation in conference session “Drug discovery in the era of antimicrobial resistance”
Conference
 GP2A 2021 – Online Event
2019/06/19 - 2019/06/19 Participation in "Nanotechnology and Brain Drug Delivery" workshop
Workshop
 Nanotechnology and Brain Drug Delivery
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/03/07 - 2019/03/07 Chair in the Tropical Parasitic Diseases Panel (Doenças Parasitárias Tropicais) in the XII NEF/AAC Cientific Congress Congresso Científico entitled (Re)Emergent Diseases - a Public Health Problem (Original title: “Doenças (Re)Emergentes – Um problema de Saúde Pública), Auditório Principal do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra.
Congress
 XII NEF/AAC Cientific Congress Congresso Científico entitled (Re)Emergent Diseases - a Public Health Problem
2017 - 2019 Speaker at a Genetic Seminar entitled "Horizontal gene transfer – consequences for antimicrobial resistance"
Seminar
 Genetic Seminar
Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Participation in the workshop DGGE: same principle new applications?
Workshop
 DGGE: same principle new applications?
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Speaker in Colloquium "Fungi, Life and Environment" (Fungos, Vida e Ambiente)
Other
 Fungos, Vida e Ambiente
Oikos – Associação de Defesa do Ambiente e do Património da Região de Leiria, Portugal
2017/07/21 - 2017/07/21 Development of the Summer School activity "Microbes: invaders or allies?" (Micróbios: invasores ou aliados?)
Other
 Summer School 2017
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Participation in the IMMEM meeting
Congress
 11º International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers, Estoril, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Participation in the 6th FEMS congress
Congress
 6th Congress of European Microbiologists FEMS 2011, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Federation Of European Microbiological Societies, Netherlands
2015 - 2015 Oral communication "Environmental and human health seen under the microscope"
Other
 XX Jornadas sobre Ambiente e Desenvolvimento – “Ambiente e Saúde”
Oikos – Associação de Defesa do Ambiente e do Património da Região de Leiria, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Speaker at the Open Class "Food quality: origin and influence of the biological contaminants"
Other
 Aula aberta
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Participation in MGMM meeting
Symposium
 4th Microbial Genome Maintenance Meeting in Oslo, Norway
2011 - 2011 Speaker at the Seminar "Infectious Diseases - Bacteria"
Other
 Educação para a Saúde
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Attendance of "NDM-1: A catalyst for antibiotic resistance global awareness?" seminar by Timothy Walsh
Seminar
 NDM-1: A catalyst for antibiotic resistance global awareness?
UiT Norges arktiske universitet, Norway

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role		 Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2026/02/20 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Maria Francisca Simões de Oliveira Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/10/28 Modulation of the Gut Microbiota in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Current Evidence and Clinical Potential (Original title: Modulação da Microbiota Intestinal na Artrite Reumatoide: Evidência Atual e Potencial Clínico)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sara Maria dos Santos Martins (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/10/27 Point-of-Care testing: Benefits, challenges, and future perspectives (Original title: Point-of-Care testing: Benefícios, desafios e perspetivas futuras)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Bernardo de Jesus Almeida e Silva (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/10/24 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Carolina Pereira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/10/24 Microbiome Intervention to Reduce Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Pathogenesis in Middle-Aged Mice
President of the jury
 Sara Jordão (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/10/22 Emergence of antimicrobial resistance due to antibiotic presence in wastewater and surface water: implications for public health
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Bruna Filipa Caetano Sousa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/10/20 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Francisco Neves Pacheco (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/10/20 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 João Filipe Costa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/10/20 Characterization of Tumor Cellular Microenvironment Based on Raman Spectroscopy Imaging
President of the jury
 Maria Francisca Silva (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/10/17 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Gonçalo Nascimento (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/10/17 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Marta Silva Santos (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/10/13 Probiotics and Microbiota Modulation: Impact on the Prevention of Premature Birth and the Promotion of Maternal and Child Health (Original title: Probióticos e Modulação da Microbiota: Impacto na Prevenção do Parto Prematuro e na Promoção da Saúde Materno-Infantil)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tânia Simal Pina (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/10/13 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Maria Ferreira Simões (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/10/13 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Maria Margarida Araújo (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/09/30 Relatório de Estágio
President of the jury
 Joana Fernandes Neto (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/09/26 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Filipa Betencourt (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/09/26 EFEITO DA SUPLEMENTAÇÃO COM TRIPTOFANO DURANTE O PERÍODO GESTACIONAL DE MURGANHOS NOS NÍVEIS DE SEROTONINA, DOPAMINA E NORADRENALINA
President of the jury
 Daniela Filipa Trindade da Silva (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/09/24 Pharmacomicrobiomics: Microbiome Influence on Drug Metabolism and Therapeutic Response (Original title: Farmacomicrobiómica: A Influência do Microbioma no Metabolismo de Fármacos e na Resposta Terapêutica)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ricardo Guilherme Martins de Araújo (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/09/19 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Francisca Andrezo Carvalho (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/07/22 Relatório de Estágio
President of the jury
 Carolina Marques Martins (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/02/26 DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE FOR THE PRECLINICAL EVALUATION OF EPIGENETIC MODULATORS IN EPILEPSY
President of the jury
 Sérgio Filipe Rodrigues Correia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025/02/25 The food chain as a vehicle for the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria (Original title: A cadeia alimentar como veículo de disseminação de bactérias multirresistentes)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Marina Jesus Batista (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/10/31 Comparasion of PICOs between Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Agencies and their Impact on Determining Added Therapeutic Value (ATV) of Cancer Medicines
President of the jury
 Cláudia Margarida Almeida Silva (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/10/30 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Mouad Blali (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/10/22 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Mariana Filipa Teixeira Oliveira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/10/18 The impact of infant gut microbiota on the establishment of diseases (Original title: O impacto da microbiota intestinal infantil no estabelecimento de doenças)
Supervisor
 Carolina Cunha Lopes (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/10/14 Improving therapeutic strategies in the context of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3
President of the jury
 Luís Miguel Sousa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/10/09 Therapeutic alternatives to antibiotics (original title: alternativas terapêuticas aos antibióticos)
Supervisor
 Margarida Machado Monteiro (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/10/08 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Mariana Filipa Nunes Esteves (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/10/08 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Sara Alves Simões Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/10/01 Impact of gut microbiota modulation in prevention and development of aterosclerosis (Original title: Impacto da Modulação da Microbiota Intestinal na Prevenção e Desenvolvimento da Aterosclerose)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Verónica das Neves Costa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/09/27 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Eva Marina Martins (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/09/27 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Maria Madalena Rasteiro Branco (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/09/24 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Daniela Carolina Magro Dias Jorge Trino (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/09/24 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Érica da Costa Domingos (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/09/19 Gut microbiota and the impact on extraintestinal diseases (Original title: Microbiota intestinal e o impacto nas doenças extraintestinais)
Supervisor
 Cátia Patrícia Santos Soares (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/09/18 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Ana Filipa Pereira Duarte (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/07/29 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Ana Beatriz Paiva Cordeiro Duarte Carvalho (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/07/29 Relatório Final de Estágio/Monografia
President of the jury
 Maria Luísa Cavadas (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/10/25 Molecular characterization of clinical carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Francisca Marques Travassos Cruz (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/10/24 Staphylococcus aureus and systemic infections (original title: Staphylococcus aureus e infeções sistémicas)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago Alexandre Nobre Tavares (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/10/20 The role of infant gut microbiota in food allergies (original title: O papel da microbiota intestinal infantil nas alergias alimentares)
Supervisor
 Mariana Fonseca Constantino (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/09/21 The use of anaerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria in the treatment of solid and metastatic cancers
Supervisor
 Marta Cruz Grilo de Oliveira Garcia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/09/20 The role of probiotics as adjuvants in the treatment and prevention of Diabetes Mellitus (Original title: O Papel dos Probióticos como Adjuvantes no Tratamento e Prevenção da Diabetes Mellitus)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Filipa Duarte Ferreira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/09/18 Bacterial evasion mechanisms to the host immune system (original title: Mecanismos de Evasão Bacteriana ao Sistema Imune)
Supervisor
 Ricardo Filipe Amado Simões (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/07/27 Photosensitive materials to microorganisms inactivation (original title: Materiais Fotossensíveis para Fotoinativação de Microrganismos)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carolina Valente Domingos (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/07/27 Involvement of horizontal gene transfer mechanisms in antibiotic resistance acquisition in Acinetobacter baumannii
Supervisor
 Afonso Miguel Simões dos Santos Rodrigues Ruivo (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/07/26 Impact of tuberculosis in pregnancy, fetus development and breastfeeding (Original title: Impacto da Tuberculose na Gravidez, no Desenvolvimento Fetal e na Amamentação)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sandra Alves Trigo (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/02/22 The CRISPR-Cas system and the impact on antibiotic resistance (Original title: Sistema CRISPR-Cas e o seu impacto na resistência aos antibióticos).
Supervisor
 Sara Sofia Gaspar Marques (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/02/22 Modulation of the urinary microbiota as an alternative fighting Recurrent Infections (original title: Modulação da microbiota urinária como alternativa no combate a Infeções Recorrentes)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Eunice Maria Marques do Rego (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/07/06 Cyanoev: characterizing cyanobacterial extracellular vesicles, envisioning technological applications
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Steeve da Silva Lima (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2022/01/13 Disclosing the role of Helicobacter pylori outer membrane vesicles in bacterial pathogenesis
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Teixeira Pinto de Melo (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2021/11/29 Teixobactin and analogues as potential bactericide against MRSA and VRE strains (Original title: Teixobactina e seus análogos como potenciais bactericidas em estirpes MRSA e VRE).
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Gonçalo Falcão Ramos da Veiga Antunes (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/11/22 Microbiome and pulmonary affections (Original title: Microbioma e afeções pulmonares: existe alguma associação?)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Martins Alberto (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/11/21 Antibacterial activity of cranberry in urinary tract infections caused by Escherichia coli (Original title: Atividade antibacteriana do arando vermelho face a infeções do trato urinário causadas por Escherichia coli)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sara Madalena Henriques Silvestre (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/11/12 Impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the antimicrobial resistance phenomenon (Original title: O impacto da pandemia COVID-19 no fenómeno da resistência aos antimicrobianos).
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Guilherme Augusto Mota Arrais (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/10/29 Microorganism-associated cancers - Helicobacter pylori and the stomach cancer (Original title: Cancros associados a microrganismos - Helicobacter pylori e cancro do estômago).
Supervisor
 Nádia Graciela Fernandes Araújo (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/10/08 Bacterial zoonoses, a Public Health problem (Original title: Zoonoses bacterianas, um problema de Saúde Pública).
Supervisor
 Iara Carina Magalhães Quintela (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/10/01 Bacterial infection in pregnancy: pre- and post-natal impact (Original title: Infeções bacterianas na gravidez: impacto pré- e pós-natal).
Supervisor
 Inês dos Santos Costa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/09/30 Community-acquired pneumonia in paediatric population (Original title: Pneumonia adquirida na comunidade na população pediátrica)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rita Peixoto Pereira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/11/09 Escherichia coli in urinary tract infections (original title: Escherichia coli nas Infeções do Trato Urinário).
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Helder Manuel Figueiredo Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/11/06 Probiotics as immune system stimulants (original title: Probióticos como estimulantes do Sistema Imunitário).
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Margarida Gomes Constâncio (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/10/19 Pseudomonas aeruginosa and resistance to beta-lactams, aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones (original title - Pseudomonas aeruginosa e resistência aos beta-lactâmicos, aminoglicosídeos e fluoroquinolonas).
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Bárbara Tadeu Tavares (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/10/08 Carbapenemases in Enterobacteria and the Public Health threat (original title: Carbapenemases em Enterobactérias e o risco para a Saúde Pública).
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maria Inês Magalhães Monteiro (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/09/30 Evaluation of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance emergence in Escherichia coli (original title: Avaliação da emergência de resistência à colistina mediada por plasmídeos em Escherichia coli)
Supervisor
 Marta Filipa Grilo Matias (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/09/25 Microbiome: influence in pregnancy and/or infertility (original title: Microbioma: influência na gravidez e/ou infertilidade).
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina Alexandra Conceição Pereira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/09/23 Urophatogenic Escherichia coli and urinary infections (original title: Escherichia coli uropatogénica e infeções urinárias).
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Juliana dos Santos Almeida (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/07/16 Antibiotic resistance in community-acquired infections (original title: Resistência aos Antibióticos em Infeções Adquiridas na Comunidade)
Supervisor
 Inês Ladeiro Domingues (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/07/10 Causes and consequences of antibiotic resistance (original title: Causas e consequências da resistência aos antibióticos).
Supervisor
 Ana Margarida Manaia Morgado (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/11/27 Coxiella burnetii and Q fever - An emergent zoonosis in Portugal?
Thesis Member
 Sofia Ferreira Anastácio (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/09/11 The female microbiota and implications in pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum (original title: A Microbiota Feminina e as suas implicações na Gravidez, Parto e Pós-parto).
Supervisor
 Joana Luísa Ribeiro dos Santos (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/07/16 Nosocomial infections due to the ESKAPE pathogens (original title: Infeções nosocomiais provocadas por bactérias ESKAPE).
Supervisor
 Carolina Almeida Carvalho da Silva Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/02/22 Neisseria meningitidis – traits and epidemiology of the meningococcal disease (original title: Neisseria meningitidis – características e epidemiologia da doença meningocócica).
Supervisor
 Carolina Ramos Batista (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019 Bacteriophages vs. bacteria in the era of antibiotic crisis (original title: Bacteriófagos vs. bactérias na era da crise da resistência aos antibióticos)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cláudia Sofia dos Reis Caroço Barata (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019 Antibiotic resistance - environment versus human being relation (Original title: Resistência aos antibióticos - relação ambiente versus ser humano)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Rita da Silva Bento (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019 Point-of-care tests and their application in HIV diagnosis (Original title: Testes point-of-care e sua aplicação no diagnóstico do VIH)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mariana Seco Duarte (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019 Klebsiella pneumoniae, an emergent multirresistent bacteria in Portuguese hospitals (Original title: Klebsiella pneumoniae, uma bactéria multirresistente emergente em hospitais portugueses)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mariana Melo da Silva (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019 Evaluation of the in vitro susceptibility to ceftazidime-avibactam in multidrug resistant bacteria from Centro Hospitalar da Universidade de Coimbra (Original title: Avaliação da suscetibilidade in vitro à combinação Ceftazidima-Avibactam em bactérias multirresistentes isoladas no Centro Hospitalar da Universidade de Coimbra)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sónia da Silva Lopes (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/09/19 Cystic fibrosis and related respiratory infections (original title: Fibrose Quística e Infeções Respiratórias Relacionadas).
Supervisor
 Maria Beatriz Reis Cardoso (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/09/14 Gut microbiota: from dysbiosis to extraintestinal disease (original title: Microbiota Intestinal: Da Disbiose à Doença Extra-Intestinal).
Supervisor
 João Paulo Braz Pires Leitão Abreu (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/07/20 Infant gut microbiota – conditioning factors and health consequences (original title: Microbiota intestinal infantil – fatores condicionantes e consequências para a saúde).
Supervisor
 Bárbara Cristina Pereira Torres (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017 Carbapenemases epidemiology in Europe (Original title: Epidemiologia das carbapenemases na Europa)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Teresa Branco Gomes (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017 Vaccine development against Plasmodium sp.: the RTS,S vaccine (Original title: Desenvolvimento de vacinas contra Plasmodium sp.: a vacina RTS,S)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ângela Cristina Mendes Guerra (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017 Most prevalent infectious diseases in the community: the role of the pharmacist (Original title: Doenças infeciosas mais preponderantes na comunidade: o papel do farmacêutico)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maria Cruz Ferreira e Sousa Santos (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017 Colistin resistance and dissemination: implications for the public health (Original title: Resistência à colistina e sua disseminação: implicações em saúde pública)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Adriana Nunes Alves Castanheira da Costa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/09/29 Bioterrorism – examples of biological weapons (original title: Bioterrorismo – exemplos de armas biológicas).
Supervisor
 Luís Ricardo Dias Castanheira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/09/28 Evaluation of the antimicrobial potential and synthesis of glucosylglycerate in Streptacidiphilus jiangxiensis under different stress conditions (Original title: Avaliação do potencial antimicrobiano e síntese de glucosilglicerato em Streptacidiphilus jiangxiensis sob diferentes condições de stress)
Thesis Member
 Cristina Isabel da Silva Martins (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/09/26 Establishment of a PCR based method for detection of Neisseria meningitidis DNA DUS as a marker for meningococcal carriage
Supervisor
 Jessica Aguiar Neves (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/09/13 Clostridium difficile – infection and therapeutic options (original title: Clostridium difficile – infeção e opções terapêuticas).
Supervisor
 Isabel Cristina Eiras Cordeiro (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016 Salmonelosis in humans (Original title: Salmonelose em humanos)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cátia Vanessa Carvalho Francisco (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016 CTX-M ß-lactamases epidemiology in Gram negative bactéria in Portugal (Original title: Epidemiologia das beta-lactamases CTX-M, em bactérias Gram negativo, em Portugal)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Raquel Fernandes Barrocas (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016 Biorremediation (Original title: Biorremediação)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sofia Raquel Madalena Catarino (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016 Gut microbiota homeostasis: health or disease in Man (Original title: Homeostase da microbiota intestinal: Saúde ou Doença no Homem)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cátia Teixeira Pinto (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016 New target on bactericidal compounds: lipid II synthesis inhibitor
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rafael Fernando Maurício Lopes (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015/09/21 Legionella pneumophila and Legionnaire’s Disease (original title: Legionella pneumophila e doença dos legionários).
Supervisor
 Maria Margarida Rodrigues Teixeira Rosa Pais (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015/07/27 Infections associated to the ESKAPE microorganisms and associated antimicrobial resistance (original title: Infeções associadas aos microrganismos ESKAPE e respetiva resistência antimicrobiana).
Supervisor
 Daniela Medeiros Neto (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015/07/15 Applications of bacteria in the environment, pharmaceutical industry and medicine (original title: Aplicação das bactérias no ambiente, na indústria farmacêutica e na medicina).
Supervisor
 Diana Cláudia Pereira Reis (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015 Antibiotic resistance in Europe (Original title: Resistência aos antibióticos na Europa)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marilyn Marques de Sousa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015 Magnetotactic bacteria and their applications (Original title: Bactérias magnetotáticas e suas aplicações)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mariana Monteiro Pereira Vieira Pinto (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015 Klebsiella pneumoniae as a nosocomial pathogen: importance associated with the increased antibiotic resistance (Original title: Klebsiella pneumoniae como um patogéneo hospitalar: a sua importância com o aumento da resistência aos antibióticos)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sara Isabel Queirós Nóbrega (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015 Congenital toxoplasmosis: challenges in the pre- and post-natal diagnosis (Original title: Toxoplasmose congénita: desafios no diagnóstico pré-natal e pós-natal)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Liliana Figueiredo Pinto (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015 Diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis (Original title: Diagnóstico da toxoplasmose congénita)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Andreia Isabel de Azevedo Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015 KPC-producer bacteria – role in the ß-lactams resistance (original title: Bactérias produtoras de KPC – papel na resistência aos ß-lactâmicos).
Supervisor
 João Carlos Gonçalves Santos (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014/07/31 Antibacterial soaps: effectiveness and safety (original title: Sabonetes antibacterianos: eficácia e segurança).
Supervisor
 Cátia Guadalupe Dias Martins (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014/07/23 Maternal milk microbiota: source and benefits (original title: Microbiota do leite materno: origem e benefícios).
Supervisor
 Sara Barbosa Leite Nunes (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014/07/23 Probiotics with antimicrobial activity (original title: Probióticos com ação antimicrobiana).
Supervisor
 Daniela Filipa Ferreira Leonardo (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014 Urinary tract infections: main etiologies and therapeutics (Original title: Infeções do trato urinário: principais etiologias e terapêuticas)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mariana Jorge Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014 Carbapenemase production in Enterobacteria: impact in the public health (Original title: Produção de carbapenemases em Enterobactérias: impacto na saúde pública)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marisa Neto Bernardino (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014 Retrospective study of the antimicrobial resistance in Centro Hospitalar Entre Douro e Vouga and evaluation in the European context and emergency at the global level (Original title: Estudo retrospetivo da resistência aos antimicrobianos no Centro Hospitalar Entre Douro e Vouga e a sua análise no contexto europeu e de emergência a nível global)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maria de Fátima de Pinho e Silva (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014 Food poisoning by Clostridium botulinum (original title: Intoxicação alimentar por Clostridium botulinum).
Supervisor
 Diana Maria Fernandes Pereira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023/06/22 - Current Co-chair of the Session "Genetics and Evolution of Acinetobacter spp." in 13th Symposium on the Biology of Acinetobacter Coimbra, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2026 - Current Food Microbiology (original title: Microbiologia Alimentar) Segurança Alimentar (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017 - Current Clinic Parasitology (Parasitologia Clínica) Análises Clínicas (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016 - Current Laboratory Methodologies (Metodologias Laboratoriais) Ciências Bioanalíticas (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016 - Current Epidemiology and Public Health (Epidemiologia e Saúde Pública) Ciências Bioanalíticas (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2013 - Current General Microbiology (Microbiologia Geral) Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2011 - Current Parasitology and Parasitological Analysis (Parasitologia e Análises Parasitológicas) Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/01 Microbiology and Public Health (Microbiologia e Saúde Pública) Farmácia Biomédica (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/01 Clinical Microbiology (Microbiologia Clínica) Ciências Bioanalíticas (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Clinical Mycology (Micologia Clínica) Análises Clínicas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Antibiotherapy and antibiotic resistance (Original title: Módulo Antibioterapia e resistência aos antibióticos) Farmacologia Aplicada (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/05/27 - 2022/05/28 Infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance module (original: doenças infeciosas e resistência aos antibióticos) Farmacologia Aplicada (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/06/26 - 2020/06/26 Seminário "Doenças infeciosas e Resistência aos antibióticos" Mestrado de Farmacologia Aplicada (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role		 Institution / Organization Funding entity
2025 - 2025 Evaluator of a research proposal submitted to The Israel Science Foundation, on the Joint NSFC-ISF Research Grant.
Evaluator
 Israel Science Foundation, Israel
2023/06/21 - 2023/06/23 Jury member in posters evaluation in the 13th Symposium on the Biology of Acinetobacter.
Evaluator
2021 - 2021 Abstracts evaluator in iMED Conference 13.0, Lisbon, Portugal
Evaluator
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Medical School, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Evaluator in the 2019 Edition of the Fondo Clemente Estable, oriented to grant basic research projects in all areas of knowledge.
Evaluator
 Agencia Nacional de Investigacion e Innovacion

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025 - Current European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2025 - Current International Journal of Medical Microbiology
2025 - Current Journal of Biomedical Science
2025 - Current npj Antimicrobials and resistance
2024/10 - Current Molecular Biology Reports
2024/09 - Current Molecules mdpi
2024/07 - Current Diversity
2024/05 - Current Journal of Advanced Research
2024/05 - Current Environmental Pollution
2024/05 - Current Environmental Geochemistry and Health
2024 - Current Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
2024 - Current Microbiological Research
2022 - Current Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
2022 - Current Life mdpi
2021 - Current PeerJ
2021 - Current Frontiers in Microbiology
2021 - Current mSystems
2020 - Current BioMed Research International
2020 - Current Journal of Hazardous Materials
2020 - Current Pathogens
2019 - Current Microorganisms (2076-2607) MDPI AG
2019 - Current Antibiotics (2079-6382) MDPI AG
2019 - Current International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067) MDPI AG
2015 - Current Microbial Drug Resistance (1931-8448) Mary Ann Liebert
2020 - 2021 Infection and Drug Resistance
2020 - 2020 Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2020 - 2020 Biomolecules (2218-273X) MDPI AG
2019 - 2019 Journal of Medical Microbiology (1473-5644) Microbiology Society
2019 - 2019 Journal of Visualized Experiments (1940-087X) MyJoVE Corporation
2019 - 2019 Marine Drugs (1660-3397) MDPI AG
2019 - 2019 AIMS Microbiology (2471-1888) American Institute of Mathematical Sciences
2019 - 2019 Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (1582-4934) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2018 - 2019 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (1660-4601) MDPI AG
2018 - 2019 Virulence (2150-5608) Landes Bioscience
2018 - 2018 BMC Infectious Diseases (1471-2334) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2018 - 2018 Emerging Microbes & Infections (2222-1751) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2018 - 2018 Veterinary Sciences MDPI AG
2017 - 2017 Foodborne Pathogens and Disease (1556-7125) Mary Ann Liebert
2017 - 2017 PLoS Genetics (1553-7404) Public Library of Science
2014 - 2014 Gene (0378-1119) Elsevier

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023 - 2024 Therapeutic alternatives to antibiotics (Original title: Alternativas terapêuticas aos antibióticos) Margarida Machado Monteiro
2023 - 2024 Gut microbiota and the impact on extraintestinal diseases (Original title: Microbiota intestinal e o impacto nas doenças extraintestinais) Cátia Patrícia Santos Soares
2023 - 2024 The impact of infant gut microbiota on the establishment of diseases (Original title: O impacto da microbiota intestinal infantil no estabelecimento de doenças) Carolina Cunha Lopes
2022 - 2023 The role of infant gut microbiota in food allergies (Original title: O Papel da Microbiota Intestinal Infantil nas Alergias Alimentares) Mariana Fonseca Constantino
2022 - 2023 The use of anaerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria in the treatment of solid and metastatic cancers Marta Cruz Grilo de Oliveira Garcia
2022 - 2023 Bacterial evasion mechanisms to the host immune system (original title: Mecanismos de Evasão Bacteriana ao Sistema Imune) Ricardo Filipe Amado Simões
2021/12 - 2022/07 Multirresistant tuberculosis, a public health threat (Original title: Tuberculose Multirresistente, uma ameaça à saúde pública) Juliana Salvado de Carvalho
2021/12 - 2022/07 Benefits of Breastfeeding and the Breast Milk Microbiota (original title: Benefícios da Amamentação e a Microbiota do Leite Materno) Mariana Filipa Ferreira Couceiro
2020 - 2021 Bacterial zoonoses, a Public Health problem (Original title: Zoonoses bacterianas, um problema de Saúde Pública). Iara Carina Magalhães Quintela
2020 - 2021 Bacterial infection in pregnancy: pre- and post-natal impact (Original title: Infeções bacterianas na gravidez: impacto pré- e pós-natal). Inês dos Santos Costa
2020 - 2021 Microorganism-associated cancers - Helicobacter pylori and the stomach cancer (Original title: Cancros associados a microrganismos - Helicobacter pylori e cancro do estômago). Nádia Graciela Fernandes Araújo
2019 - 2020 Causes and consequences of antibiotic resistence (Original title: Causas e consequências da resistência aos antibióticos). Ana Margarida Manaia Morgado
2019 - 2020 Evaluation of the emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance in Escherichia coli (Original title: Avaliação da emergência de resistência à colistina mediada por plasmídeos em Escherichia coli). Marta Filipa Grilo Matias
2019 - 2020 Antibiotic resistance in community-acquired infections (Original title: Resistência aos Antibióticos em Infeções Adquiridas na Comunidade). Inês Ladeiro Domingues
2018 - 2019 Neisseria meningitidis – traits and epidemiology of the meningococcal disease (Original title: Neisseria meningitidis – características e epidemiologia da doença meningocócica). Carolina Ramos Batista
2018 - 2019 Nosocomial infections due to the ESKAPE pathogens (Original title: Infeções Nosocomiais provocadas por bactérias ESKAPE.) Carolina Almeida Carvalho da Silva Ribeiro
2018 - 2019 The Female Microbiota and its impliations in pregancy, childbirth and postpartum (Original title: A Microbiota Feminina e as suas implicações na Gravidez, Parto e Pós-Parto). Joana Luísa Ribeiro dos Santos
2017 - 2018 Natural Transformation in Acinetobacter spp. Natasha de Fátima Oliveira Esteves Rosário
2016 - 2017 Infant gut microbiota – conditioning factors and health consequences (Original title: Microbiota intestinal infantil – fatores condicionantes e consequências para a saúde). Bárbara Cristina Pereira Torres
2016 - 2017 Gut microbiota: from dysbiosis to extraintestinal disease (Original title: Microbiota intestinal: da disbiose à doença extra-intestinal). João Paulo Braz Pires Leitão Abreu
2016 - 2017 Cystic fibrosis and related respiratory infections (Original title: Fibrose quística e infeções respiratórias relacionadas). Maria Beatriz Reis Cardoso
2015 - 2016 Clostridium difficile – infection and therapeutic options (Original title: Clostridium difficile – infeção e opções terapêuticas). Isabel Cristina Eiras Cordeiro
2015 - 2016 Bioterrorism – examples of biological weapons (Original title: Bioterrorismo – exemplos de armas biológicas). Luís Ricardo Dias Castanheira
2015 - 2016 Establishment of a PCR based method for detection of Neisseria meningitidis DNA DUS as a marker for meningococcal carriage. Jessica Aguiar Neves
2014 - 2015 Applications of bacteria in the environment, pharmaceutical industry and medicine (Original Title: Aplicação das bactérias no ambiente, na indústria farmacêutica e na medicina). Diana Cláudia Pereira Reis
2014 - 2015 KPC-producer bacteria – role in the ß-lactams resistance (Original Title: Bactérias produtoras de KPC – papel na resistência aos ß-lactâmicos). João Carlos Gonçalves Santos
2014 - 2015 Infections associated to the ESKAPE microorganisms and associated antimicrobial resistance (Original tiltle: Infeções associadas aos microrganismos ESKAPE e respetiva resistência antimicrobiana). Daniela Medeiros Neto
2014 - 2015 Legionella pneumophila and Legionnaire’s Disease (Original title: Legionella pneumophila e doença dos legionários). Maria Margarida Rodrigues Teixeira Rosa Pais
2013 - 2014 Food poisoning by Clostridium botulinum (Original Title: Intoxicação alimentar por Clostridium botulinum). Diana Maria Fernandes Pereira
2013 - 2014 Maternal milk microbiota: source and benefits (Original Title: Microbiota do leite materno: origem e benefícios). Sara Barbosa Leite Nunes
2013 - 2014 Probiotics with antimicrobial activity (Original title: Probióticos com ação antimicrobiana). Daniela Filipa Ferreira Leonardo
2013 - 2014 Antibacterial soaps: effectiveness and safety (Original title: Sabonetes antibacterianos: eficácia e segurança). Cátia Guadalupe Dias Martins

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/04 - Current Member of the juri in Degree and Diploma Recognition Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2025 - 2025 Jury member for the award of a research fellowship under the scope of the project SAFETILES (CENTRO2030-FEDER-01436000) - Safe Antimicrobial Functional and Efficient Tiles for Innovative Living Environments Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Evaluator of abstracts submitted to the Innovative Competition of the iMed conference 13.0; grantees were able to develop their research project
2018/05/04 - 2018/05/04 Invited examiner in the Defense jury of the Laboratorial Rotation II Defense of Rafael Tiago Pereira Martins Aroso, student from the Doctoral Program in Medicinal Chemistry (MedChemTrain), from University of Coimbra and Lisbon, in a joint iniciative with Bial, Bluepharma and Hovione, .
Distinctions

Award

2022 2020 Best Paper Award Veterinary Sciences
MDPI AG, Switzerland

Other distinction

2010 Young Scientist Travel Grant
Federation Of European Microbiological Societies, Netherlands
2009 ESCMID Attendance Grant
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2007 3% of the best students of each Degree
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal