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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Micheli Ferla

Citation names

  • Ferla, Micheli

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
951B-0D0C-D172

Email addresses

  • a21002275@ihmt.unl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • R. da Junqueira 100, 1349-008, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pharmacology and pharmacy

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/10/09 - 2027/08
Ongoing
Biomedical Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Biomedical Sciences
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
"Unveiling the dog’s first contact with Leishmania by exploring skin immunity through a three-dimensional in vitro approach" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2019/03 - 2021/09/29
Concluded
Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master)
Major in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
"Search for a therapeutic target in Purinergic Signaling in Trichomonas vaginalis: inhibition of the adenosine transporter" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011/08 - 2018/12
Concluded
Pharmacy (Bachelor)
Major in Pharmacy
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
"Anti-Trichomonas vaginalis activity of Brazilian brown propolis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2018/07/25 - 2019/02/21 Research Assistant (Research) GPTrico - Grupo de Pesquisa em Tricomonas, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2013/08/01 - 2014/07/31 Research Assistant (Research) PPGNeuro - Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurofisiologia, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2017/08/05 - 2018/07/14 Assistant (University Teacher) Faculdade de Farmácia - UFRGS, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/10/01 - Current PhD Student Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2018/08/01 - 2018/12/20 Internship - Pharmacy Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
2018/02/06 - 2018/07/31 Internship - Pharmacy Centro de Saúde Modelo, Brazil
Centro de Saúde Modelo, Brazil
2016/09/01 - 2016/12/20 Internship - Pharmacy Farmácias Panvel, Brazil
Farmácias Panvel, Brazil
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024 - Current New approaches on neglected cutaneous Leishmaniasis: tridimensional (3D) skin models and miRNA signatures
2023.11944.PEX
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/04/01 - 2021/09/29 Search for therapeutic targets in purinergic signaling for Trichomonas vaginalis: inhibition of the adenosine transporter
356822/2019-00
Master Student Fellow
GPTrico - Grupo de Pesquisa em Tricomonas, Brazil
CAPES - Fundação Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Concluded
2018/07/25 - 2019/02/21 Investigating the cytotoxic activity of natural and synthetic products against amitochondrial pathogenic protozoa
Scientific Initiation Fellow
GPTrico - Grupo de Pesquisa em Tricomonas, Brazil
Concluded
2013/08/01 - 2014/07/31 Evaluating early stimuli through enriched environment in hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: an experimental model
Scientific Initiation Fellow
PPGNeuro - Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurofisiologia, Brazil
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Weber JI; Ferla, Micheli; Cláudia Jassica Gonçalves Moreno ; Joana Palma-Marques; Armanda Rodrigues; Santos-Gomes, Gabriela. "Canine Chagas Disease: Exploring the influence of Trypanosoma cruzi in host immune response". Paper presented in XV IHMT Scientific Conference, 2024.
  2. Ferla, Micheli; Tasca, Tiana. "Involvement of adenosine in serum restriction in cellular signaling involved in trichomoniasis pathogenesis". Paper presented in X Meeting of the Brazilian Purine Club, 2021.
  3. Ferla, Micheli; Tasca, Tiana. "Effect of serum restriction on the enzymatic activity of Ectonucleotidases of Trichomonas vaginalis". Paper presented in XXVII Congress of the Brazilian Society of Parasitology, 2021.
  4. Ferla, Micheli; Tasca, Tiana. "Effect of serum restriction on the enzymatic activity of Ectonucleotidases of Trichomonas vaginalis.". Paper presented in 5th congress of the Brazilian Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020.
  5. Ferla, Micheli; Tasca, Tiana. "Involvement of adenosine and guanosine nucleosides in cellular signaling involved in trichomoniasis pathogenesis". Paper presented in XXXV Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology / XLVI Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas Disease, 2019.
  6. Ferla, Micheli; Lenir Pereira. "O efeito do enriquecimento ambiental precoce no desenvolvimento dos reflexos neurológicos e no dano tecidual em estriado e córtex cerebral de ratos submetidos á hipóxia isquemia neonatal". Paper presented in Symposium for Scientific Initiation (SIC), 2014.
Journal article
  1. Bruna Eugénia de Freitas; Rodrigues, Maria Armanda; Joana Palma-Marques; Juliana Ines Weber; Ana Valério-Bolas; Rodrigo Pedro Soares; Ana Claudia Torrecilhas; et al. Corresponding author: Santos-Gomes, Gabriela. "Unleashing the immune modulatory potential of Leishmania amazonensis derived extracellular vesicles in American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis". Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences (2025):
    Under revision
  2. Armanda Rodrigues; Juliana Ines Weber; Durães-Oliveira, João; Claudia Moreno; Ferla, Micheli; Maria Aires; Ana Valério-Bolas; et al. Corresponding author: Armanda Rodrigues. "Extracellular vesicles derived from trypanosomatids: the key to decoding host-parasite communication". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 26 9 (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26094302.
    Open access • Accepted
  3. Ferla, Micheli; Tasca, Tiana. "The Role of Purinergic Signaling in Trichomonas vaginalis Infection". Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 21 3 (2021): 181-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026620999200904122212.
    10.2174/1568026620999200904122212
Report
  1. Ferla, Micheli. 2021. The adenosine uptake inhibitor dipyridamole reduces Trichomonas vaginalis growth and shows synergism with metronidazole.
  2. Ferla, Micheli. 2018. Anti-Trichomonas vaginalis activity of Brazilian brown propolis fractions.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021 Involvement of adenosine in serum restriction in cellular signaling involved intrichomoniasis pathogenesis X Meeting of the Brazilian Purine Club
Brazilian Purine Club (Online, Brazil)
2021 Effect of serum restriction on the enzymatic activity of ecto-nucleotidases from Trichomonas vaginalis 5th congress of the Brazilian Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Brazilian Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Online, Brazil)
2019 Effect of serum limitation in the extracellular hydrolysis of nucleotides and in the cytotoxicity of Trichomonas vaginalis against vaginal and prostate epithelial cells XXXV Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology / XLVI Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas Disease
Brazilian Society of Protozoology (Caxambu, MG, Brazil)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Empreendedorismo farmacêutico a ciência em prol de soluções inovadoras.
Seminar
VI Escola de Verão
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2021 - Current IX Workshop Biotechnological Potential of the Caatinga, Licuri: the (UNKNOWN) gold of the Caatinga.
Workshop
IX Workshop Biotechnological Potential of the Caatinga, Licuri: the (UNKNOWN) gold of the Caatinga
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
2020 - Current XV Virtual Symposium of Biosciences and Biotechnology Applied to Pharmacy.
Symposium
XV Virtual Symposium of Biosciences and Biotechnology Applied to Pharmacy
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Câmpus de Araraquara, Brazil
2020 - Current Online Course: Current Topic in Protozoology.
Exhibition
Online Course: Current Topic in Protozoology
Sociedade Brasileira de Protozoologia, Brazil
2020 - Current Online Course: Update in Medicine - Infectious and Parasitic Diseases.
Other
Online Course: Update in Medicine - Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
SECAD - Artmed, Brazil
2018 - Current 1ª Jornada de Genética Médica da PUCRS - Doenças Genéticas Tratáveis.
Seminar
1ª Jornada de Genética Médica da PUCRS - Doenças Genéticas Tratáveis
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2017 - Current 43º SAEF - Minicurso de Farmácia Clínica.
Meeting
43º SAEF - Minicurso de Farmácia Clínica
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/11 - 2019/11 Teaching Internship - Clinical Parasitology Parasitologia Clínica (Bachelor) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Distinctions

Award

2019 CAPES Master's Scholarship
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Brazil

Other distinction

2021 Best Poster Candidate
Sociedade Brasileira de Protozoologia, Brazil