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Marta Raquel Lima Ferreira has a BCs in Biomedical Science (2020) from the University of Algarve and a Master's degree in Biomedical Science - Disease Mechanisms (2023) by the University of Algarve. Marta´s thesis was focused on studying the potential effect of a combined administration of Baclofen with Pregabalin as a potential therapy for spinal cord injury. Her thesis was important for Marta to develop skills in in vivo spinal cord injury models, pharmacology, immunohistochemistry and microscopy. After completing her master’s thesis, Marta was awarded a research fellowship to study the therapeutic potential of molecules produced by pro-regenerative macrophages in the context of spinal cord injury. Her main research interests lie in regenerative medicine of the central nervous system, with a particular focus on multidisciplinary approaches to the treatment of spinal cord injuries. Currently, Marta is pursuing her PhD in Biomedical and Health Sciences at ICVS (Life and Health Sciences Research Institute). Her doctoral project investigates the effect of a multidisciplinary therapeutic approach for spinal cord injury, combining neural stem cells capable of secreting chondroitinase with epidural electrical stimulation.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marta Raquel Lima Ferreira

Citation names

  • Lima, Marta F.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9415-7D59-EBD2
ORCID iD
0009-0004-4291-2355

Email addresses

  • id11694@alunos.uminho.pt (Professional)
  • marta.f.lima@hotmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 917480318 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS) Universidade do Minho , Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Gualtar, Braga, Puerto Rico (Professional)
  • Rua Castelães de Baixo, nº232 Porta nº1 R/C, 4805-247, Ponte, Guimarães, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Social Biomedical Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/09 - 2028/09
Ongoing
 Biomedicina e Ciências da Saúde (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2025/03/03 - 2025/03/21
Concluded
 Laboratory Animal Science (Diploma de especialização)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2024/05/06 - 2024/05/10
Concluded
 Proteomics Approaches in Life Sciences (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2021/10/04 - 2023/11/02
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas - Mecanismos de Doenças (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Combined administration of Baclofen with Pregabalin as potential therapy for spinal cord injury" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2016/09/11 - 2020/03/01
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02/16 - 2024/12 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/02/16 - 2024/12/31 Activated Macrophages and Spinal Cord Injury Repair: The Secretome Effect
WFL-PT-14/23
Master Student Fellow
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Lima, Marta F.; Silva, Nuno A.. "Breaking Barriers: A Multidisciplinary Therapeutic Approach for Spinal Cord Injury Repair". 2025.
  2. Monteiro, Andreia; Vidinha-Mira, André; Lima, Marta F.; Fernandes, Luís S.; Salgado, António J; Silva, Nuno A.. "ACTIVATED MACROPHAGES AND SPINAL CORD INJURY REPAIR: THE SECRETOME EFFECT". Paper presented in Wings for Life Scientific Meeting 2025, 2025.
  3. Rito-Fernandes, Sara; Monteiro, Andreia; M. Moura, Maria; Lima, Marta F.; Afonso, João L.; Fernandes, Luís; Carneiro-Pereira, Bárbara; et al. Corresponding author: Silva, Nuno A.. "Sex differences in the sympathetic regulation of the immune response and functional recovery after Spinal Cord Injury". Paper presented in 4th International Meeting of Spinal Cord Injury Portuguese Researchers, 2024.
  4. Lima, Marta F.; Andreia G. Pinho; Ariana Correia-Silva; André Vidinha-Mira; Diogo J. Santos; Campos, Jonas; Cavaleiro, Helena; et al. "Combined admnistration of Baclofen with Pregabalin as a potential therapy for spinal cord injury". Paper presented in 3rd International Meeting of Portuguese Spinal Cord Injury Researchers, 2023.
Journal article
  1. Silva, R. M.; Oliveira, F. J.; Lima, M. F.; Silva, N. A.; Miranda, G.. "Titanium-based hybrid coatings grown using ALD/MLD onto AZ31 screw-like supports for implantable systems". RSC Advances 15 14 (2025): 10774-10786. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ra07952c.
    10.1039/d4ra07952c
  2. de Sousa, Nídia; Correia-Silva, Ariana; Pinho, Andreia G; Vidinha-Mira, André; Cainé, Laura; Lima, Marta F.; Santos, Diogo J; et al. "Baclofen modulates the immune response after spinal cord injury with locomotor benefits". British Journal of Pharmacology (2024): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wbpVdjpCFcp3_kimPg6Jlav0fsTn1umT/view?usp=sharing.
    Under revision
  3. Ainla, Alar; Cibrão, Jorge; Armada, Miguel; Lima, Marta F.; Vidinha-Mira, André; Salgado, António J; Silva, Nuno. "A multi-channel in vitro electrical stimulator for neuroscience". (2024):
    Submitted
  4. Lima, Marta F.; Mira, André; Pinho, A.G; Santos, Diogo J; de Sousa, Nídia; Salgado, António J. "Abstract". European Journal of Clinical Investigation 53 S1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eci.13992.
    10.1111/eci.13992
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Combined baclofen with pregabalin administration as a potential therapy for spinal cord injury". Master, Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Medicina e Ciências Biomédicas, 2023.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/04/22 Activates macrophages and spinal cord injury repair: the secretome effect Wings For Life Scientific Meeting, April 22nd 23rd, 2024, Salzburg, Austria
(Austria)
2023/07 Understanding the effect of neutrophil infiltration on microglia population after spinal cord injury XVI European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease (GLIA 2023)
2023/06/08 Combined administration of Baclofen with Pregabalin as a potential therapy for spinal cord injury Annual Scientific meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation
(Praga, Czech Republic)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/10/11 - Current Stem Cells Day (2025/10/11) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2025/09/26 - Current Noite Europeia dos Investigadores – SCIGLO – Science for Global Challenges Lab to Life (2025/09/26) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2025/09/26 - Current Noite Europeia dos Investigadores – SCIGLO – Science for Global Challenges ‘SFNMinho Chapter (2025/09/26)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sfn Minho Chapter, Portugal
2024/09/27 - Current Noite Europeia dos Investigadores – SCIGLO – Science for Global Challenges ‘Respirar é preciso! - Inspira, expira e aprende sobre a respiração! (2024/09/27)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2025/10/15 - 2025/10/16 AIM-SCI: Azores International Meeting on Spinal Cord Injury (2025/10/15 - 2025/10/16)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
2024/04/19 - 2024/04/19 UPA- Universidade (do Minho) de Portas Abertas (2024/04/19 - 2024/04/19) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/04/05 - 2024/04/05 VIII Symposium Portuguese Glial Network (2024/04/05 - 2024/04/05)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/03/30 - 2023/04/01 UPA- Universidade (do Minho) de Portas Abertas (2023/03/30 - 2023/04/01) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/03/13 - 2023/03/19 The International Brain Awareness Week (BAW) (2023/03/13 - 2023/03/19) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09/16 - Current 4th Meeting SCI Portuguese Researchers
Congress
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2025/06/26 - 2025/06/27 ICVS Retreat 2025
Other
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2025/03/13 - 2025/03/14 Brain Awareness Week 2025 (2025/03/13- 2025/03/14)
Other
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2024/12/05 - 2024/12/06 ERA CHAIRS ANNUAL MEETINGIMMUNOHUB& NCBIO - At the Crossroads ofNeuroscience & Immunology: Advances and Innovations
Meeting
 ERA CHAIRS ANNUAL MEETINGIMMUNOHUB & NCBIO - At theCrossroads of Neuroscience &Immunology: Advances and Innovations
2024/07/04 - 2024/07/05 ICVS Retreat 2024
Other
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2023/06/28 - 2023/06/29 ICVS Retreat 2023
Other
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2023/06/22 - 2023/06/23 3rd International Meeting of Portuguese Spinal Cord Injury Researchers
Congress
Centro de Reabilitação do Norte Dr Ferreira Alves Unidade de Reabilitação de Lesão Medular, Portugal
2018/04/19 - 2018/04/21 IX Jornadas Nacionais de Ciências Biomédicas
Meeting
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Medicina e Ciências Biomédicas, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/01 - 2023/08 João Pedro Cardoso Dourado
2021/10 - 2022/10 Tiago Bota
2021/10 - 2022/06 Gabriel Duarte
Distinctions

Award

2023 Travel Grant
European Society for Clinical Investigation, Netherlands

Other distinction

2025 Class Leader- PhD in Biomedicine and Health Science
2023 Class Leader- Master Biomedical Science- Disease Mechanisms
2022 Class Leader- Master Biomedical Science- Disease Mechanisms
2021 Class Leader- Master Biomedical Science- Disease Mechanisms