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Andreia Garcia is currently a PhD student in Pharmaceutical Sciences - Microbiology Specialty at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto. She completed her Master's Degree in Molecular Biomedicine in 2019 at the Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro and her Degree in Biochemistry in 2017 at the Faculty of Sciences and Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto. She was researcher in the Nephrology & Infectious Diseases R&D group at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S). Among other scientific productions, the publication of an original article as the first author in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics stands out. She operates in the areas of Medical and Health Sciences, Clinical Medicine with an emphasis in Urology and Nephrology, Microbiology and Biochemistry. Currently, she is developing her doctoral thesis at the Microbiology Department of Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, whose main research interest is understand the role of Lactobacillaceae from the female urogenital tract in health and disease states.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Andreia Sofia Rodrigues Garcia

Citation names

  • Garcia, Andreia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9610-636C-29F3
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0281-086X

Email addresses

  • andreiasrgarcia@gmail.com (Professional)

Addresses

  • Rua Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Urology and Nephrology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Infectious Diseases
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/03/25 - 2025
Ongoing
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbiologia
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/10/11 - 2023/01/31
Concluded
 Comunicar Ciência - Ciências da Vida e da Saúde (Course) (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2022/11/10 - 2022/11/11
Concluded
 Análise Estatística em R (Course) (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/07/07 - 2022/07/08
Concluded
 Moving beyond single species outbreaks: the role of mobile genetic elements (Course) (Outros)
Eurpean Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2021/05/07 - 2021/05/09
Concluded
 Investigação Científica: Na Vanguarda da Inovação em Saúde (Course) (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/09/13 - 2019/12/16
Concluded
 Biomedicina Molecular (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
"Influence of uremic toxins on microbial intestinal epithelial barrier translocation in chronic kidney disease" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/09/11 - 2017/07/11
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Effects of methamphetamine on neuronal morphology" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/02 - 2020/03 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2018/08 - 2020/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
(...)
2016/09 - 2017/07 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/05 - Current PhD Student REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/05/01 - Current Lactobacillaceae in the urinary microbiota of patients with overactive bladder syndrome
10.54499/UI/BD/151316/2021
PhD Student Fellow
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/08 - 2020/01 The microbiome mobility pathway in chronic kidney disease and its role in infection and systemic inflammation
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029777
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal

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

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Lobo, Andrea; Terceiro, Ana F.; Carvalhais, Lia; Magalhães, Ana; Garcia, Andreia; Bettencourt Relvas, João; Summavielle, Teresa. "Psychostimulant induce neuronal plasticity by cytoskeleton remodeling via cdc42 pathway". Paper presented in I3S Annual Meeting 2019, Porto, 2019.
    Published
  2. Lobo, Andrea; Carvalhais, Lia; Terceiro, Ana F.; Magalhães, Ana; Garcia, Andreia; Socodato, Renato; Bettencourt Relvas, João; Summavielle, Teresa. "Psychostimulants induce neuronal remodeling via intersectin1-cdc42 pathway". Paper presented in SPN2019 - Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neurosciences, Lisboa, 2019.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Andreia Garcia; Ribeiro TG; Grosso, Filipa; Peixe, L. "Why bacteriocin-producing Lactobacillaceae do not protect women in the same manner?". Paper presented in 33rd ECCMID - European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2023.
  2. Garcia, Andreia; Ribeiro TG; Grosso, Filipa; Peixe, L. "Bacteriocin Diversity, Antimicrobial Resistance Genes and Prophages Repertoire in Lactobacillaceae from the Female Urinary Microbiota". Paper presented in IUMS 2022 - International Union of Microbiological Societies, 2022.
  3. Garcia, Andreia; Macedo, Maria Helena; Azevedo, Maria; Sarmento, Bruno; Sampaio-Maia, Benedita. "Influence of uremic toxins on microbial intestinal epithelial barrier translocation in chronic kidney disease". Paper presented in IJUP'20 - 13º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores da Universidade do Porto, 2020.
Journal article
  1. Maria João Azevedo; Andreia Garcia; Carolina F.F.A. Costa; Ana Filipa Ferreira; Inês Falcão-Pires; Bernd W. Brandt; Carla Ramalho; Egija Zaura; Benedita Sampaio-Maia. "The contribution of maternal factors to the oral microbiota of the child: Influence from early life and clinical relevance". Japanese Dental Science Review (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdsr.2023.06.002.
    10.1016/j.jdsr.2023.06.002
  2. Costa, Carolina F. F. A.; Merino-Ribas, Ana; Ferreira, Catarina; Campos, Carla; Silva, Nádia; Pereira, Luciano; Garcia, Andreia; et al. "Characterization of Oral Enterobacteriaceae Prevalence and Resistance Profile in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis". Frontiers in Microbiology 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.736685.
    10.3389/fmicb.2021.736685
  3. Garcia, Andreia; Macedo, Maria Helena; Azevedo, Maria João; Pestana, Manuel; Sarmento, Bruno; Sampaio-Maia, Benedita. Corresponding author: Sarmento, Bruno. "Effect of uremic state in intestine through a co-culture in vitro intestinal epithelial model". International Journal of Pharmaceutics 584 (2020): 119450. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119450.
    10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119450
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/10/27 Bacteriocin diversity in Lactobacillaceae from the female urinary microbiota Microbiology Day 2022
(Porto, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/11 - 2022/03 MicroMundo@UPorto (2022/02 - 2022/03) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, Portugal
2018/09 - 2018/11 Signaling Afternoon (2018/11/20)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/02/13 - 2025/02/13 Decoding Microbial Communities Sequencing Solutions for Microbiome Research
Seminar
 Decoding Microbial Communities Sequencing Solutions for Microbiome Research
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2024/04/24 - 2024/04/24 Translating health research into global impact: The power of networks
Seminar
 Translating health research into global impact: The power of networks
UiT Norges arktiske universitet Institutt for klinisk medisin, Norway
2024/04/10 - 2024/04/10 Complicated Urinary Tract Infections: management, challenges and next trials
Seminar
 Complicated Urinary Tract Infections: management, challenges and next trials
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2024/03/20 - 2024/03/20 Microbiome and Human Health
Seminar
 Microbiome and Human Health
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/03/05 - 2024/03/05 Decode the Potential of AI in AMR Prevention and Detection
Seminar
 Decode the Potential of AI in AMR Prevention and Detection
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland

Infectious Diseases Society of America, United States
2024/02/14 - 2024/02/14 Sample Collection and Management Manual for Urinary Tract Infections
Seminar
 Sample Collection and Management Manual for Urinary Tract Infections
European Clinical Research Alliance on Infectious Diseases, Netherlands
2024/02/06 - 2024/02/07 Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Conference 2024
Conference
 Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Conference 2024
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, United Kingdom

Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership, Switzerland
2023/12/11 - 2023/12/11 Glycans in host-microbe interactions
Seminar
 Glycans in host-microbe interactions
GLYCOTwinning, Portugal
2023/12/07 - 2023/12/09 Microbiotec 2023 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023
Congress
 Microbiotec 2023 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2023/11/17 - 2023/11/17 Bridging Knowledge Gaps in the Urobiome
Seminar
 Bridging Knowledge Gaps in the Urobiome
CAIRIBU - Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology, United States
2023/06/27 - 2023/06/27 Pangenome Workshop
Workshop
 Pangenome Workshop
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/04/27 - 2023/04/27 BioSAXS - A method to accelerate and de-risk antimicrobial drug development
Seminar
 BioSAXS – A method to accelerate and de-risk antimicrobial drug development
GenScript Biotech Corp, United States
2023/04/15 - 2023/04/18 33rd ECCMID - European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Congress
 33rd ECCMID - European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2023/04/03 - 2023/04/05 Princípios Gerais de Obtenção de uma Publicação Científica
Seminar
 Princípios Gerais de Obtenção de uma Publicação Científica
ReadyToPub, Portugal
2023/01/23 - 2023/01/23 Planning your research and manuscript writing more efficiently
Seminar
 Planning your research and manuscript writing more efficiently
2022/10/24 - 2022/10/24 Como publicar? Meus direitos e escolhas como autor Como publicar? Meus direitos e escolhas como autor
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2022/10/10 - 2022/10/16 FIC.A - Festival Internacional de Ciência 2022
Festival
 FIC.A - Festival Internacional de Ciência 2022
2022/09/30 - 2022/09/30 Interrogating biofilms to improve antimicrobial options to combat rising resistance
Seminar
 Interrogating biofilms to improve antimicrobial options to combat rising resistance
2022/09/22 - 2022/09/22 Next Generation Sequencing and its Clinical Applications
Seminar
 Next Generation Sequencing and its Clinical Applications
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2022/09/20 - 2022/09/20 Genomic surveillance of viral pathogens: are we prepared for emergent global threats across One Health
Seminar
 Genomic surveillance of viral pathogens: are we prepared for emergent global threats across One Health
2022/09/13 - 2022/09/13 Investigating and Managing Infectious Diseases in the Microbiome Era
Seminar
 Investigating and Managing Infectious Diseases in the Microbiome Era
2022/07/20 - 2022/07/22 IUMS 2022 - International Union of Microbiological Societies
Congress
 IUMS 2022 - International Union of Microbiological Societies
2022/06/16 - 2022/06/16 A Beginner's Guide to sequencing applications and the microbiome
Seminar
 A Beginner's Guide to sequencing applications and the microbiome
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2022/05/13 - 2022/05/13 NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Genomic Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance Showcase
Seminar
 NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Genomic Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance Showcase
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, United Kingdom
2022/05/12 - 2022/05/12 PubMed: pesquisa por palavra e assunto, limitação de resultados, acesso ao texto integral dos artigos
Workshop
 PubMed: pesquisa por palavra e assunto, limitação de resultados, acesso ao texto integral dos artigos
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2022/04/21 - 2022/04/21 A Beginner's Guide to DNA-seq Bioinformatics Analysis
Seminar
 A Beginner's Guide to DNA-seq Bioinformatics Analysis
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2022/02/09 - 2022/03/09 Microbial Genomics Seminar Series
Seminar
 Microbial Genomics Seminar Series
Microbiology Society, United Kingdom
2022/02/23 - 2022/02/23 Biomarker Discovery for Microbiome-related Diseases
Seminar
 Biomarker Discovery for Microbiome-related Diseases
Global Engage, United Kingdom
2022/02/23 - 2022/02/23 Mass spectrometry in microbiological diagnostics beyond bacterial identification
Symposium
 Mass spectrometry in microbiological diagnostics beyond bacterial identification
Eurpean Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2022/02/22 - 2022/02/22 Pathogen genome data to public health and clinical decision making
Seminar
 Pathogen genome data to public health and clinical decision making
Eurpean Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2022/01/20 - 2022/01/20 Curated genome database for Lactococcus lactis
Seminar
 Curated genome database for Lactococcus lactis organized by BioCyc Project/SRI International
2022/01/11 - 2022/01/11 Host Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease
Conference
 Host Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease organized by Microbiome Virtual International Forum
2021/07/07 - 2021/07/07 Microbiome meets AI: Microbiome Biomarker for Disease Diagnosis
Seminar
 Microbiome meets AI: Microbiome Biomarker for Disease Diagnosis
Global Engage, United Kingdom
2021/06/02 - 2021/06/02 Introdução às Revisões Sistemáticas e Meta-Análise
Conference
 Introdução às Revisões Sistemáticas e Meta-Análise
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/06/01 - 2021/06/01 Disfunção Urinária em Adultos: Que Respostas?
Seminar
 Disfunção Urinária em Adultos: Que Respostas?
DGERT - Direção Geral do Emprego e das Relações de Trabalho, Portugal
2020/02/12 - 2020/02/14 IJUP'20 - 13º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores da Universidade do Porto
Meeting
 IJUP'20 - 13º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores da Universidade do Porto
Universidade do Porto Reitoria, Portugal
2019/04/11 - 2019/04/12 IV Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciências Forenses
Congress
 IV Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciências Forenses
Centro de Congressos da Alfândega do Porto, Portugal
2019/04/11 - 2019/04/12 XIII Jornadas Científicas de Ciências do Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde
Other
 XIII Jornadas Científicas de Ciências do Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde
Centro de Congressos da Alfândega do Porto, Portugal
2019/02/13 - 2019/02/15 IJUP'19 - 12º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores da Universidade do Porto
Meeting
 IJUP'19 - 12º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores da Universidade do Porto
Universidade do Porto Reitoria, Portugal
2018/10/26 - 2018/10/26 Cancro Colorretal em Portugal: da investigação à prevenção e ao tratamento
Conference
 Cancro Colorretal em Portugal: da investigação à prevenção e ao tratamento
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018/03/26 - 2018/03/26 Forensic Anthropology
Workshop
 Forensic Anthropology
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2018/03/26 - 2018/03/26 Clinical Pathology in animal models
Workshop
 Clinical Pathology in animal models
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2017/10/25 - 2017/10/25 Animal Experimentation (Animal Models of Disease)
Workshop
 Animal Experimentation (Animal Models of Disease)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2017/04/29 - 2017/04/29 Forensic Sciences - Crime case analysis
Workshop
 Forensic Sciences - Crime case analysis
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2017/04/28 - 2017/04/29 IV Jornadas da Bioquímica - Bioquímica pelo Tempo: 35 anos de evolução
Other
 IV Jornadas da Bioquímica - Bioquímica pelo Tempo: 35 anos de evolução
Universidade do Porto Reitoria, Portugal
2017/04/10 - 2017/04/10 First Aid
Workshop
 First Aid
Universidade do Minho Campus de Gualtar, Portugal
2017/04/10 - 2017/04/10 Ethics in Research
Workshop
 Ethics in Research
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2015/02/27 - 2015/02/28 II Jornadas da Bioquímica: Indústria vs Investigação
Other
 II Jornadas da Bioquímica: Indústria vs Investigação
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015/02/27 - 2015/02/27 Antibiograms and Effect of antibiotics in the life of bacteria
Workshop
 Workshop of Antibiograms and Effect of antibiotics in the life of bacteria
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2014/01 - 2014/05 IX Olimpíadas de Biotecnologia
Call
 IX Olimpíadas de Biotecnologia
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/10 - Current Portuguese Society of Microbiology
2022/03 - Current European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Young Scientist
2021/05 - Current UCIBIO@REQUIMTE

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/05/29 - 2023/05/29 Guest instructor of practical classes in the curricular unit of Bacteriology dedicated to the theme: "Bacteriological Examination of Urine" Master in Clinical Analysis (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/10 - 2021/10 Guest instructor of practical classes in the curricular unit of Bacteriology dedicated to the theme: "Human Microbiome and Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections: Clinically Relevant Gram-Negative Rods" Integrated Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/02 Guest instructor of class in the curricular unit of Microbiology II Integrated Master in Dentistry Medicine (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/07 - 2023/07 Microbiology Luka Joveski
2022/11 - 2023/01 Microbiology Chiara
2022/02 - 2022/05 Microbiology Frederikke Østergaard
2022/02 - 2022/05 Microbiology Ida Ulsø
2022/03 - 2022/03 MicroMundo@UPorto Lurdes Silva
2022/03 - 2022/03 MicroMundo@UPorto Marta Sousa
2020/01 - 2020/03 Biochemistry Tatiana Barbosa
2018/06 - 2018/11 Biochemistry Ricardo Magalhães
Distinctions

Award

2021 PhD Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal